The Daily Dose/April 5, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
The Sunday Bottom 5
The very best of the very worst of the week that was…
The Sunday Bottom 5 will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Read Free Fortnight Rolls On!
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest MPG figures for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
…the new ride continues to get first-class gas mileage…I filled up at the convenience store in town preparatory to heading to the next county and I’ll be honest, I knew…Anytime the trip odometer is over 400 miles you know you’re getting top mileage…
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On This Date
Great moments in us.
In 1792 – President of the United States George Washington vetoes a bill that had been approved by Congress, the first time this power was used in the United States. The bill concerned how members of the House of Representatives would be apportioned and Washington vetoed it because he found elements unconstitutional, and Congress revised the bill and re-submitted it later in the year.
In 1915 – Jess Willard wins the heavyweight championship of the world knocking out Jack Johnson in the 26th round at a racetrack in Havana. Willard would keep the title until losing to Jack Dempsey in 1919 in Toledo. Known for his strength, Willard had killed a man in the ring in 1913 and was later acquitted of second-degree murder charges. Willard died in 1968, aged 86 and remains the longest-lived heavyweight champion.
In 1975 – Minnie Ripperton is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Lovin’ You. It would remain the only Top 40 hit for Ripperton and only a #75 hit later in the year prevented her from being an ultimate one-hit wonder, an act whose only Hot 100 entry goes to #1. The song also peaked at #2 in Great Britain and at #3 on Billboard’s soul chart. It was the final of 12th consecutive #1 songs that spent only one week at the top, a Hot 100 record that still stands.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Indifference to evil makes evil stronger. – Elie Wiesel
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson holds the Hot 100 record for the biggest jump to #1, moving from #97 on February 7, 2009. Since Billboard changed its methods for determining song popularity in the mid-1990s, songs began debuting at #1, a feat that is now common enough to have little statistical significance.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
When did Congress first override a presidential veto? – Answer next time!
