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ONE DAY OLDER ON OCTOBER 18:
Chuck Lorre (72)
Jean-Claude Van Damme (64)
Zac Efron (37)
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
1867: The United States took possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million.
1898: The United States took possession of Puerto Rico.
1921: Charles Perkins Strite of Iowa received a patent for his pop-up toaster. Toast had long been made by various methods, and sometimes by simply suspending the bread over open flames. And there already existed electric toasters, but they heated just one side at a time. Strite’s pop-up solution of 1921 became available to the public in 1926.
WORD OF THE DAY: gratis [ grat-is, grey-tis ]
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/gratis
costing nothing
Some services must be paid for, but others are provided gratis to the community.
DAILY AFFIRMATION: I am focused on the present and optimistic about the future
Enhances Mental Clarity and Concentration: Focusing on the present helps to clear the mind of clutter, improving concentration and productivity. It allows for more mindful engagement with current tasks and responsibilities.
https://www.amazon.com/100-Daily-Affirmations-Positivity-Confidence/dp/B0D2D6SS2D
PLUS, TODAY WE CELBRATE: Chocolate Cupcake Day
National Chocolate Cupcake Day on October 18 celebrates the sweetness of small chocolate cakes. With a dollop of frosting, one sweet serving satisfies chocolate and cake lovers! Cupcakes can be traced back to 1796 when a recipe notation of “a cake to be baked in small cups” was written in American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons. The earliest known documentation of the term cupcake was in 1828 in Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats in Eliza Leslie’s Receipts cookbook.
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-chocolate-cupcake-day-october-18
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