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Unfortunately, the erudite tea sommelier decided to go to the Middle East to investigate whether the worshipers of the Mesopotamian goddess

Aya

had any tea-drinking rituals.

Indeed. That might impart the saved cash with a fragrance only appreciated by (-m)

tapirs

Hello there, Please help us test a possible new Zooniverse project - Science Scribbler: Synapse Safari. What the researchers say: "Our brains have tens of billions of neurons connected with each other. Most of these connections were made during the first few years of our lives. By studying this...

https://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/5-21 1860 - A swarm of tornadoes occurred in the Ohio Valley. Tornadoes struck the cities of Louisville, KY, Cincinnati, OH, Chillicothe, OH, and Marietta, OH, causing a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum) 1896 - The mercury soared to 124 degrees at ...

https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/ 1986 — Japan's Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) vessel Settsu arrived in Juneau for three days of meetings with 17th District staff members, SAR talks, softball games (against the crew of CGC Morgenthau – the MSA crew won one game out of three), and comp...

1776 – Launch of USS Raleigh, one of thirteen ships that the Continental Congress authorized for the Continental Navy in 1775 New Hampshire's state seal depicts the frigate USS Raleigh 1918 - A World War I naval engagement between an American armed yacht and a German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean...

C6 across (reversed) RESCUE, J18 across DOG

The 20th of May is Rescue Dog Day

A bit late since Chris is no longer here to post them...
The 2023 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

N12 across world LAUGHTER day
(first Sunday in May)

https://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/5-20 1894 - A record late snow of two to eight inches whitened parts of central and eastern Kentucky. Lexington KY received six inches of snow. (The Weather Channel) 1916 - A tornado struck the town of Codell, KS. A tornado struck the town on the same d...

https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/ 1882 — The lookout of Station No. 10 (Louisville, Kentucky), 9th District, spotted two men and a skiff being swept toward the dam and falls of the Ohio River. He sounded the alarm and "a boat at once shot out from the station, and reached the me...

20 May 1570 - Abraham Ortelius published Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the "first modern atlas"

https://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_May_19 1780: The infamous "dark day" in New England tradition. At noon, it was nearly as dark as night. Chickens went to roost, and many persons were fearful of divine wrath. The "dark day" was caused by forest fires to the...

https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/ 1846 — Secretary of Treasury Walker assigned Revenue Captain John A. Webster to control movements of vessels assigned to Army and to cooperate with the Navy in the War with Mexico. 1896 — Congress authorized the Secretary of Treasury to patrol regatt...

https://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-history/may-19.html 1882 — Commodore Robert W. Shufeldt, onboard USS Swatara, arrives in Korea to negotiate the first commerce treaty between Korea and a Western power. The treaty is signed on May 22, opening Korea to United States trade. https://s3.amazonaws.c...

NASA Earth Observatory https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/152000/152832/yawajaba_oli2_20240421.jpg April 21, 2024 https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/152000/152832/yawajaba_oli_20240429.jpg April 29, 2024 Montgomery Reef Revealed https://www.geonames.org/2074108/colli...