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Celebrate Wiggle Your Toes Day
Wiggle Your Toes Day is an excellent opportunity to let your tootsies see the daylight and indulge in some public wiggling adventures. With so many opportunities to let those ten little piggies get some action, Wiggle Your Toes Day means it’s time to plan something special to celebrate. Whether you chose to wiggle alone, or use the occasion as a chance to join with like-minded friends, family or colleagues in a glorious session of communal wiggling, no one can afford to let the day go by unmarked.
There are numerous ways to show your support for Wiggle Your Toes Day; sandals at the office are an obvious start, with some discreet toe flexing getting your digits limbered up for the rigors of later wiggling. Why not plan a group wiggle at a lake or beach? Simply dip those feet in the water and luxuriate in a fun-packed toe workout.
Bizarre Beauty Trends From History
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During the 19th century, corsets were modified to support the separated breasts beauty trend.
So in lieu of the high and tight corset styles from the previous centuries that made it difficult to breathe, women started using the divorce corset. It got this name because it was designed to create a broader cleavage by separating the breasts.
Word of the Day
bondieuserie
MEANING:
noun: A piece of banal religious art, devotional object, ornament, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French bondieuserie (religious knick-knack), from bon (good) + dieu (god). Earliest documented use: 1941.
USAGE:
“Extant churches were ‘cleansed’, stripped of altars, stained glass, paintings, and dubious bondieuserie.”
Jonathan Meades; Vatican II and Architecture’s Wild Men; The Spectator (London, UK); Apr 15, 2017.
Jonathan Meades; Vatican II and Architecture’s Wild Men; The Spectator (London, UK); Apr 15, 2017.
Women in Ancient China were always changing their looks by adding color to their eyebrows.
To achieve the look, they would use either green, blue or black grease to change the color and in the process, reshape the eyebrows. So, besides color, some Chinese women sported arched brows to express sadness.
Idiom of the Day
Hit the road running -
Meaning - Start performing immediately.
Example - She was our old employee. She hit the road running when she joined us back.
The beauty standard for some Native American women involved plucking out their pubic hair.
When colonists landed in the American continent, they discovered the oh-so painful beauty trend of certain tribal women. In fact, Thomas Jefferson stated that these women found it disgraceful to have hairy bodies, hence why they pluck down there.
This Day in History
1879 - The first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne.
1890 - Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career.
1926 - Warner Brothers premiered its Vitaphone system in New York. The movie was "Don Juan," starring John Barrymore.
1945 - The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed. (8:16am Japanese time)
1960 - Chubby Checker performed "The Twist" on American TV for the first time on "American Bandstand."
1969 - The first fair ball to be hit completely out of Dodger Stadium occurred. Willie "Pops" Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit the ball 506 feet from home plate.
1986 - William J. Schroeder died. He lived 620 days with the Jarvik-7 man made heart. He was the world's longest surviving recipient of a permanent artificial heart.
1996 - NASA announced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars. The evidence came in the form of a meteorite that was found in Antarctica. The meteorite was believed to have come from Mars and contained a fossil.
2012 - The Mars rover Curiosity landed on the floor of Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on November 26, 2011.
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If You Were Born Today, August 6
You are gifted creatively, possessing a powerful imagination and a distinctly spiritual side, but also make an excellent business person. Security-conscious and savvy with practical matters, you have a knack for sales and promotion as well as the more factual side of business. You can be exceptionally gracious, diplomatic, and peace-loving. Others easily find the warmth and beauty in you. You love a good debate and solid conversation. Family means the world to you. In love, you easily make sacrifices and you are often drawn to people who are youthful in spirit (sometimes there can be a big age difference), playful, and creative. Famous people born today:
1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, British Poet Laureate of Great Britain, born in Somersby, Lincolnshire (d. 1892)
1861 Edith Roosevelt, US First Lady and wife of Teddy Roosevelt, born in Norwich, Connecticut (d. 1948)
1881 Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist (invented penicillin; Nobel Prize 1945), born in Lochfield, Scotland (d. 1955)
1911 Lucille Ball, American comedienne and actress (I Love Lucy, Mame), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1989)
1928 Andy Warhol, American pop artist and film producer (Frankenstein, Bad), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
1972 Geri Horner [Halliwell], British pop singer "Ginger Spice" (Spice Girls), born in Watford, England
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(Not So) Totally Useless Fact of The Day:
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, archaeologist Indiana Jones was named after George Lucas's dog named Indiana. The character was originally named Indiana Smith, after his dog Indiana, an Alaskan Malamute that Lucas owned in the 1970s.
Spielberg disliked the name Smith, and Lucas casually suggested Jones as an alternative. In the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. admits to having taken for himself the name of the family dog, Indiana, of whom he had very fond memories.
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1960 -
Chubby Checker performed his version of The Twist on American Bandstand. The song had originally been released by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters in 1959 on the B side of their record that had Teardrops On Your Letter on the A side. However, it was the Chubby Checker version of the song and his appearance on American Bandstand that ushered in a nationwide dance craze.
Dick Clark and his wife, Barbara Mallery, played an important role in Chubby Checker's career. Mallery came up with the name "Chubby Checker" for the singer – whose real name was Ernest Evans -- after seeing him perform a Fats Domino impression and finding out that his nickname was Chubby. Dick Clark played an important role in the recording of the song. Clark had noticed the growing popularity of the Hank Ballard and Midnighters' song and dance The Twist, but worried about the band's reputation due to the adult content of some of their songs. Clark talked to Cameo-Parkway records about recording a new version of the song. The Chubby Checker version was incredibly similar to the Hank Ballard and the Midnighters' original version, and Ballard earned royalties as the song's writer. While Chubby Checker became a household name in the 1960s due to the song, he has not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Hank Ballard, the song's writer, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and the Midnighters as a band were inducted in 2012.
Chubby Checker's The Twist reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts on Sept. 19, 1960, and again in 1962. In the 1980s, a rap group known as the Fat Boys recorded a version of the song which featured Chubby Checker. The song has been included on the National Recording Registry which preserves songs found to be culturally important, and it is one of the biggest hits of the 1960s.
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1879 - The first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne.
1986 - William J. Schroeder died. He lived 620 days with the Jarvik-7 man made heart. He was the world's longest surviving recipient of a permanent artificial heart.
1996 - NASA announced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars. The evidence came in the form of a meteorite that was found in Antarctica. The meteorite was believed to have come from Mars and contained a fossil.
2012 - The Mars rover Curiosity landed on the floor of Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on November 26, 2011.
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In Raiders of the Lost Ark, archaeologist Indiana Jones was named after George Lucas's dog named Indiana. The character was originally named Indiana Smith, after his dog Indiana, an Alaskan Malamute that Lucas owned in the 1970s.
Spielberg disliked the name Smith, and Lucas casually suggested Jones as an alternative. In the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. admits to having taken for himself the name of the family dog, Indiana, of whom he had very fond memories.
Chubby Checker performed his version of The Twist on American Bandstand. The song had originally been released by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters in 1959 on the B side of their record that had Teardrops On Your Letter on the A side. However, it was the Chubby Checker version of the song and his appearance on American Bandstand that ushered in a nationwide dance craze.
Trailer Food Tuesday 2019
Aug 7, 2019 | Austin, TX
The Long Center for the Performing Arts|701 West Riverside Drive
Austin’s Trailer Food Tuesdays spotlights the city’s celebrated food truck scene with gatherings. The event draws thousands of hungry revelers, who come to sample from the diverse assortment of food trucks offering savory eats and tasty sweets. The event also features family-friendly attractions like lawn games and live music.
De Leon Peach & Melon Festival & Tractor Pulls 2019
Aug 6 - 10, 2019 | De Leon, TX
This festival encompasses so many different facets of family fun that you may be disappointed that you didn’t have time to accomplish absolutely everything it offers. It kicks off with a pageant, then transitioning into a bunch of activities such as stuffing your face with food, parades, live music, truck and tractor pulls. Oh yeah, don’t forget the focus of this festival: melons. You’ll devour them by the slice, spit seeds and have an absolute blast with the family.
Minot Great Tomato Festival 2019
Aug 28, 2019 | Minot, ND
North Dakota State Fair Center|2005 E Burdick Expy
If the simple tasting of a fresh picked pleases you, juicy tomato, then the Minot Great Tomato Festival, which was founded in 1989, might just give you a fantastic freak out. The indoor picnic includes a menu ripe with tomato-themed dishes, a silent auction and live music. The event helps more than your taste buds; festival proceeds assist various organizations.
You may have noticed that paintings of Renaissance women tend to have very large foreheads.
In those days, women plucked or shaved their hairlines so that the size of their foreheads would appear much bigger. While it might sound odd to modern-day women, it was considered quite trendy way back when.
Curiosity is a car-sized rover designed to explore the crater Gale on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. It was launched from Cape Canaveral in November 2011 and landed on Aeolis Palus inside Gale on August 6, 2012, at 05:17 UTC. Curiosity's landing site, nicknamed Bradbury Landing, was less than 2.4 km (1.5 mi) from the center of the rover's touchdown target after a 560-million km (350-million mi) journey. The rover's goals include an investigation of the Martian climate and geology; assessment of whether the selected field site inside Gale has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life, including investigation of the role of water; as well as planetary habitability studies in preparation for human exploration.This picture is a self-portrait of Curiosity on Mars at the "Big Sky" drilling site, where it collected a rock sample at the foothills of Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp) in October 2015. The photograph combines dozens of images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the rover's robotic arm; the arm itself is not included, although its shadow is visible on the ground. Wrist motions and turret rotations on the arm allowed MAHLI to acquire the mosaic's component images.
Rare Rainbow-Colored Octopus Caught in
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About 1,000 BCE, the ancient Mayans modified their infants’ skulls to make them prettier.
A child’s head was bound with different tools or strapped to a board in order to reshape their skulls. This was performed on both genders. It didn’t symbolize that the child was of noble blood. It was just done of aesthetic purposes.
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Brightly Beaded Moccasins pattern by Amy Polcyn
China’s Tang Dynasty didn’t have an issue with women who had big cheeks or anything else either.
Women with round faces, particularly big cheeks were revered as one of the most beautiful human beings. But this philosophy wasn’t limited to the face either. A plump figure was a symbol of beauty as well.
Knit Pattern of the Day: Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
Throughout the Edwardian era, women were eager to embrace the sway-back figure.
To achieve this, they used s-corsets, which wasn’t quite as stressful on women’s waists as previous corsets but it did put an awful strain on women’s spine. This corset variant threw the hips back and made women walk around with an unnatural sway that sometimes led to long-term damage.
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During the Middle Ages and 18th century, men’s calves were more widely revered than their abs.
Men used to wear stockings just so they could show off how awesome their calves looked. In fact, King Henry VIII was known for his impressive calves. But if a guy’s calves weren’t up to specs, they would use padding to achieve a more satisfying look.
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Cleavage was all the rage in 17th Century England, but there was more to it than a plunging neckline.
Paleness was considered a sign of wealth because the rich didn’t have to work in the sun. So, to look pale, women used powder on their faces and cleavages. They even drew blue veins on their bosom to make it seem like their skin was translucent.
CROCKPOT RECIPE
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Renaissance women weren’t known for having a set of long teeth because it just wasn’t cool.
In those days, it was far better to have short teeth. Who knew that too much gum tissue showing above the top teeth used to be so trendy in those days? Ironically, some modern-day people might feel that a gummy smile makes them look less attractive.
SWEETS
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Although facial hair removal isn’t a big deal, European women in the Middle Ages went too far.
They believed that eyelashes were too over the top, so they had a habit of removing them completely. How they achieved this is beyond us. But hopefully, they didn’t pluck them out because that sounds painful.
ADULT COLORING
The wives and daughters of Chinese noblemen underwent a foot binding process in the 13th century.
In China, when a girl was around 5 or 7 years old, the toes on her feet, minus the big toes, would be broken and laid against the sole, creating a triangular shape. The feet were then held in place with a silk strip. Over time, the wrappings became tighter. The two-year-process would result in small, dainty feet.
CRAFTS
People might gawk at unibrows, but in Ancient Greece, having one told people you were very smart.
Besides intelligence, a unibrow also symbolized purity. But the women of Ancient Greece weren’t all born with a unibrow. So, they would draw one on themselves using kohl pigment to achieve the brainy look.
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You might think that piercings in people’s private parts are a relatively new concept, but you’re wrong.
The beauty practice dates back to the Victorian era. Rich women pierced their bosoms and linked them using a chain. While men pierced themselves below the waist. In fact, rumor has it that Prince Albert had one of these piercings, too. In fact, if you visit a place that does piercings and ask for a Prince Albert piercing, they will know exactly what you mean.
PUZZLE
Regardless of the gender, the people of China once thought that long nails were actually cool.
During China's Qing Dynasty, both genders grew their nails out eight to ten inches. Some women even wore gold nail guards to preserve their pointy manicures. But only upper-class citizens were allowed to do this to show off that they were richer than the lowly commoners.
WORD SEARCH
In the 18th century, women started accessorizing their faces with classy beauty patches.
Tiny pieces of fabric shaped like squares, circles, and stars were glued to women’s faces. But the meaning of these patches varied by their location. So, if a woman had a patch on her right cheek, then she was married. If a woman had a patch near her mouth, she was a total flirt.
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Did you know that in Japan, it was traditional for women to blacken their teeth to symbolize beauty?
It was also considered a sign of marital commitment. So, for thousands of years, Japanese women used a dark brown solution made out of dissolved iron filings in vinegar. Not only was it trendy, but it prevented tooth decay!
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WWII led to a shortage of nylon, which left women without pantyhose. But they found a solution.
To give the illusion that they were wearing pantyhose; a variety of paint products went on sale that allowed women to paint their legs. But those who couldn’t afford the products used whatever they could find like gravy.
In the 16th century, patches made from pricey fabrics like silk or velvet and coated in a gum adhesive to hold them in place became a symbol of wealth. Many people at this time suffered from severely damaged skin and scars from both the harmful lead-based cosmetics and diseases like smallpox. The patches were used to cover up the damage. What a smart solution to blemishes.
CLEVER
Rainbow freckles: the newest beauty trend
According to Seventeen magazine, the newest beauty trend is rainbow freckles. Seventeen wrote, "Rainbow freckles are here, adding a splash of color to bare faces. Girls are rocking pinks, purple, blue, yellow, and even white and gold spots. To get the look, use a large-pore sponge to ~lightly~ dab on liquid lipsticks in any color you want.
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EYE OPENER
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate. -Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, moralist and essayist (6 Aug 1715-1747)
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