On this day:
1759
General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
1844
Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1905
Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.
1941
Romanian governmental forces, allies of Nazi Germany, launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iaşi, (Romania), resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
1950
The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1954
The world’s first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1759
General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
1844
Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1905
Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.
1941
Romanian governmental forces, allies of Nazi Germany, launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iaşi, (Romania), resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
1950
The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1954
The world’s first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
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The Silurian Hypothesis asks: if an industrial civilization arose millions of years ago — say, during the Devonian or the Paleocene — would we find any trace of it today?
Ocean crust, where much sediment settles, recycles every 170 million years or so. On land, surface preservation is even rarer. “The current area of urbanization is less than 1% of the Earth’s surface,” the researchers note, and ancient surfaces that remain intact are scarcer still.
Ocean crust, where much sediment settles, recycles every 170 million years or so. On land, surface preservation is even rarer. “The current area of urbanization is less than 1% of the Earth’s surface,” the researchers note, and ancient surfaces that remain intact are scarcer still.
So aliens--or early great earthly civilizations--can never be disproved.
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Commonplace opened in the old Georgie's on Monday
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New Data Suggests Social Security Cut Benefits “by 30.3%” for New Retirees as Trust Fund Collapse Accelerates
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SatStats
China’s consumer spending dropped for the first time since Covid
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As many as 30,000 English-language books have been written about Donald Trump since 2016.
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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has accumulated over 1,110 days across five spaceflights and who is now, by the same calculation, approximately 0.025 seconds younger than people born at the same time as him.
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10 years after Brexit, Britain has had 7 PMs, a population decline, and a 6%-8% shrinkage in its economy.
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O2, Trees and Water:
Prochlorococcus, the smallest known photosynthetic organism, is so abundant that, by NOAA’s account, it alone produces up to a fifth of the oxygen in the entire biosphere. That is a larger share than all the world’s tropical rainforests combined.
These organisms do much the same thing a tree does. They use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into food, releasing oxygen as a by-product.
A mature forest consumes almost all the oxygen it makes. Yadvinder Malhi, an ecosystem scientist at the University of Oxford, has put the Amazon’s net contribution to atmospheric oxygen at close to zero.
Prochlorococcus, the smallest known photosynthetic organism, is so abundant that, by NOAA’s account, it alone produces up to a fifth of the oxygen in the entire biosphere. That is a larger share than all the world’s tropical rainforests combined.
These organisms do much the same thing a tree does. They use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into food, releasing oxygen as a by-product.
A mature forest consumes almost all the oxygen it makes. Yadvinder Malhi, an ecosystem scientist at the University of Oxford, has put the Amazon’s net contribution to atmospheric oxygen at close to zero.
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Fast Food
From a government survey (why the government would pay for this is unexplained), in the peculiar "most considered" field:
McDonald's was the No. 1 "most-considered" restaurant for both males and females, as well as among age groups 18-29, 30-44, and 45-64. People 65 or older said they'd most consider Wendy's as a fast-food dining option.
McDonald's was first with 39.6%, Chick-fil-A came in second at 35.5%, while Wendy's was third with 33.2%.
McDonald's was the No. 1 "most-considered" restaurant for both males and females, as well as among age groups 18-29, 30-44, and 45-64. People 65 or older said they'd most consider Wendy's as a fast-food dining option.
The survey also ranked America's top burger, sandwich, and taco spots.
Five Guys was America's favorite burger (15.5%), followed closely by Burger King (15%) and In-N-Out Burger (12.1%). Wendy's took fourth place (10.2%), while McDonald's came in fifth place (8.7%). Subway was selected as having the best deli sandwich (22.9%) and Taco Bell the best taco/burrito (30.3%).
For French fries, McDonald's earned 39.2% of the vote, followed by Five Guys, with just 9% of the vote.
Chick-fil-A was most people's favorite chicken spot (25.3%), while Pizza Hut earned first place for people's preferred pizza (19.1%). Chick-fil-A was the top-ranked fast-food brand based on quality, while McDonald's did not make the top 10.
Wendy's (21.6%) ranked No. 1 based on value, while McDonald's came in at No. 8 (12.5%). i
From a government survey (why the government would pay for this is unexplained), in the peculiar "most considered" field:
McDonald's was the No. 1 "most-considered" restaurant for both males and females, as well as among age groups 18-29, 30-44, and 45-64. People 65 or older said they'd most consider Wendy's as a fast-food dining option.
McDonald's was first with 39.6%, Chick-fil-A came in second at 35.5%, while Wendy's was third with 33.2%.
McDonald's was the No. 1 "most-considered" restaurant for both males and females, as well as among age groups 18-29, 30-44, and 45-64. People 65 or older said they'd most consider Wendy's as a fast-food dining option.
The survey also ranked America's top burger, sandwich, and taco spots.
Five Guys was America's favorite burger (15.5%), followed closely by Burger King (15%) and In-N-Out Burger (12.1%). Wendy's took fourth place (10.2%), while McDonald's came in fifth place (8.7%). Subway was selected as having the best deli sandwich (22.9%) and Taco Bell the best taco/burrito (30.3%).
For French fries, McDonald's earned 39.2% of the vote, followed by Five Guys, with just 9% of the vote.
Chick-fil-A was most people's favorite chicken spot (25.3%), while Pizza Hut earned first place for people's preferred pizza (19.1%). Chick-fil-A was the top-ranked fast-food brand based on quality, while McDonald's did not make the top 10.
Wendy's (21.6%) ranked No. 1 based on value, while McDonald's came in at No. 8 (12.5%). i
30% eat fast food at least once a week, according to the report.
Among weekly fast-food eaters, 55% are male and 45% are female; 49% are middle-income (earning 75%-200% of the median income); and 51% are younger than 45 years old, the study found."Value and discounts are the biggest drivers for weekly fast-food diners, followed by a clean dining area," the report said.
Among weekly fast-food eaters, 55% are male and 45% are female; 49% are middle-income (earning 75%-200% of the median income); and 51% are younger than 45 years old, the study found."Value and discounts are the biggest drivers for weekly fast-food diners, followed by a clean dining area," the report said.
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The U.S. national debt crossed $39 trillion on March 18, 2026. The U.S. had already suffered credit downgrades from all three major ratings agencies — S&P in 2011, Fitch in 2023, and Moody’s in May 2025. The dollar’s share of global foreign exchange reserves had fallen to 56.9%, its lowest level since 1995 and down from a peak of 72% in 2001.
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