Monthly Archives: July 2019

July 11, 2011

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 11, 2011, the planet Neptune completed its first orbit around the sun since it was discovered by Johann Gottfried Galle on September 23, 1846. It only took Neptune 165 years or 60,182 Earth days to complete a Neptunian year. In the time it took Neptune to make one complete orbit, the people of … Continue reading →

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July 10, 1913

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 10, 1913, the temperature in Death Valley, California hit 134 °F, the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth. The Devil and his entourage immediately bought time-shares and now spend their Christmas break there every year.

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July 9, 2018

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 9, 2018, researcher, Dr. Nur Gueneli, discovered that bright pink might be the world’s oldest biological pigment. The ancient pink pigments were discovered in 1.1-billion-year-old marine shale rocks found deep beneath the Sahara Desert in the Taoudeni Basin of Mauritania, West Africa. The pigment was produced by cyanobacteria that was fossilized in the … Continue reading →

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July 8, 1982

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 8, 1982, the most perfect carbonated beverage was introduced to the world. The Coca-Cola Company unveiled Diet Coke to a thirsty global population. Diet Coke may not cure scurvy, prevent memory loss, make your troglodyte boyfriend funnier or more attentive. But it does taste better than Pepsi or any of those other off-brand … Continue reading →

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July 7, 1456

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 7, 1456, Joan of Arc’s heresy verdict was thrown out 25 years after her death. It turns out that just because she was a woman who was able to beat the English in military combat, it did not mean that she was a witch or in league with the devil. When a spiritualist … Continue reading →

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July 6, 1885

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 6, 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine on young Joseph Meister. Nine-year-old Meister had just been recently bit multiple times by a rabid dog and was waiting to die. Pasteur’s vaccine was administered and Meister lived. In fact, he later became the director of the Pasteur Institute. I’m not saying that … Continue reading →

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July 5, 1841

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 5, 1841, Thomas Cook of Leicester, England started the first travel agency. On that date in 1841, Thomas Cook escorted 500 people, who paid one shilling each to travel from Leiscester Campbell railway station to a teetotaler rally in Loughborough, eleven miles away. Cook thought if people were willing to pay a shilling … Continue reading →

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July 4, 1776

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 4, 1776, the amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress of America. Why was Thomas Jefferson drafted to write the Declaration of Independence instead of the more qualified and better writer Benjamin Franklin? It was because Franklin was well … Continue reading →

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July 3, 1844

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 3, 1844, the last pair of Great Auks were killed. The Great Auk was a large, flightless seabird that lived in the islands of the Northern Atlantic around northern Scotland. Unfortunately for these large, penguinesque birds, they were delicious, easy to hunt, and their feathers and down were extremely profitable. Even though Britain … Continue reading →

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July 2, 1976

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 2, 1976, the US Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual, but could be if you did it right. They recommended that the brazen bull be brought back. That’s where the condemned is placed in a hollow, bronze bull and then a fire is lit under it, … Continue reading →

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