GMT: 12 June 2018, Tuesday

Mornin’ y’all.



1940
Edsel Ford agrees to manufacture Rolls-Royce engines for war effort

1940
Paris on the verge of invasion

1942
Anne Frank receives a diary

1987
Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall

1994
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murdered

Factoid of the Day: "Kakonomics" is the concept in which people expect mediocrity from others so less is expected of themselves.

Quote of the Day: “Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get facts.” - E.B. White

Today is National Jerky Day.

Happy birthday to George Herbert Walker Bush.



JOTD:

A blind guy on a bar stool shouts to the bartender, "Wanna hear a blonde joke?" In a hushed voice, the guy next to him says, “Before you tell that joke, you should know something. Our bartender is blonde, the bouncer is blonde. I’m a six foot tall, 200 lb black belt. The guy sitting next to me is six foot two, weighs 225, and he’s a rugby player. The fella to your right is six foot five, pushing 300, and he’s a wrestler. Each one of us is blonde. Think about it, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that joke?" The blind guy says, “Nah, not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times."