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[Dotta]

18 January

We have a glorious sunny, snowy, white winter Sunday here in Poland

These are Winter holidays for pupils


"It's buried in my soul like California gold
You found the light in me that I couldn't find."

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Watch these moves girls!!
And repeat

 

[killarney rose]

It’s a snowy morning here in SE AL. We are about 20 miles north of FL those are my daughter’s goats in the background.they have shelters with heat lamps that you can’t see.

 

[Dotta]

Wow!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012925436494328156

 

[tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD SUNDAY JANUARY 18 2026

WEIRD, DARK, AND UNUSUAL HISTORY — JANUARY 18

Welcome to January 18… the day history reminded us that reality has always been stranger than fiction.


In 1943, the U.S. government decided wartime sacrifice meant one thing: no more sliced bread. Yes, really. Imagine waking up and finding out the enemy wasn’t overseas… it was your sandwich.


Back in 1733, Boston residents were treated to a truly unhinged attraction: the first polar bear ever displayed in America. Nothing says “family entertainment” like a massive Arctic predator hauled into town as a living curiosity.


Then in 1778, Captain James Cook reached Hawaii and casually named it the “Sandwich Islands.” Because when you “discover” paradise, the first priority is apparently branding it like a lunch special.


Fast forward to 1896, and people got their first public look at the X-ray machine—the invention that proved you could be fully dressed and still not have any privacy. Medical miracle? Sure. Also a brand-new reason to be horrified.


And in 1990, Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was arrested in an FBI sting. If you ever needed proof that politics is its own true crime genre, this was it.


January 18: sliced bread gets outlawed, polar bears become entertainment, paradise gets renamed after lunch, your bones become public knowledge, and power keeps doing what it does best—imploding in public.


Stay weird. Stay curious. Stay skeptical.

 

[tricia]

I'm not giving up. We will have a daily thread forever and ever. ​

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD MONDAY JANUARY 19 2026​

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY.​

A disaster that came without warning​

On this day, a deadly earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, collapsing buildings, hospitals, and homes in seconds. What followed wasn’t just destruction — it was a humanitarian nightmare. People were trapped under rubble for days. Entire families vanished in one moment. The world watched… and for many, the trauma never ended.

A mystery that still chills people​

Also on this day, “the Black Dahlia” Elizabeth Short was born (1924) — a name that still makes true crime fans stop and stare. Her murder remains one of the most infamous unsolved cases in American history. Not just because it was brutal… but because it became something darker: a media frenzy, a legend, and a symbol of how evil can be turned into entertainment.

A shipwreck so terrifying it feels unreal​

On this day in 1915, the passenger ship SS Ercolano sank in Lake Superior, taking nearly everyone with it. A huge lake doesn’t look like an ocean… but it can kill like one. Cold water. Crushing waves. Panic in the dark. People assume lakes are safe. Superior is not.

A night when the world stopped​

And on this day in 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River after takeoff from Washington, D.C. The images are haunting — icy water, frozen rescue lines, and people clinging to life in full view of the nation. Survival came down to minutes… and luck.

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The dark takeaway​

One thing connects all of these:
People woke up that morning thinking it would be a normal day.
And by nightfall, history had taken a bite out of reality.

If you ever wonder why we follow true crime and dark history… it’s because we’re trying to understand the moment everything went wrong.

What’s the creepiest case or disaster you’ve ever fallen into a research hole over?

 

[Gemmie]

Today is National Popcorn day and boy is Cinemark in the game!

Ready to celebrate National Popcorn Day? We got you. BYOBucket into theatres 1/18 and 1/19 and we’ll fill it up with regular popcorn or kettle corn (available in select locations) for just $5!

Get creative with it— any container can be a bucket, including a Lowe’s 5-gallon blue bucket. And just for bringing in your Lowe’s bucket, you’ll get a FREE medium popcorn when you buy any medium fountain drink.*

https://www.cinemark.com/popcornday

 

[Gators North]

It’s a snowy morning here in SE AL. We are about 20 miles north of FL those are my daughter’s goats in the background.they have shelters with heat lamps that you can’t see.

OMG! I love goats!

 

[killarney rose]

OMG! I love goats!

Here is a better photo. They are just pets and very tame. Dolly, Reba, Patsy, June, Willie, and Rufus.

 

[tricia]

Here is a better photo. They are just pets and very tame. Dolly, Reba, Patsy, June, Willie, and Rufus.

Those babies are adorable

 

[tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2026
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( I am going to keep posting the daily thread. It will pick up. I will participate more. If you have any ideas, please send me a DB or text me at 435-647-6896)

1265 – England gets its first “real” Parliament
Simon de Montfort called a Parliament that included commoners—not just nobles. Basically: “Congrats, peasants, you’re invited… sort of.”


1841 – Hong Kong becomes British territory
The British took possession of Hong Kong after the First Opium War era began reshaping the region. Big historical moment… born out of a very ugly trade.


1887 – The U.S. Senate allows debate to be stopped (the birth of “cloture”)
Meaning: the Senate finally admitted, “Okay, we need a way to shut somebody up.”


1936 – King George V’s funeral train gets delayed… because of freezing fog
Even royalty couldn’t beat bad weather. Imagine being the guy who had to tell the palace:
“Uh… the King is going to be late.”


1961 – JFK becomes President and gives the iconic line:
“Ask not what your country can do for you…”
A serious historic moment, but also the beginning of America’s long tradition of quoting speeches while doing absolutely nothing requested.


1981 – The Super Bowl becomes a weird pop-culture time capsule
Super Bowl XV had commercials and halftime acts that now look like something you’d see in a museum labeled: “Early Humans Attempt Entertainment.”


1996 – Chess champion Garry Kasparov loses a game to a computer (sort of the beginning of AI humiliation)
It was one of those moments where people realized:
“Oh no… the machines are learning.”


2009 – Barack Obama is sworn in, but… the Bible is technically closed
He used Lincoln’s Bible, but because of how it was held, the book wasn’t fully open. People immediately argued about it like it was a national emergency.


2018 – A man tries to steal a tank in Virginia
Yes. A tank. Authorities had to stop it before it became the world’s most aggressive joyride.

 

[tricia]

Get this. I asked ChatGPT to give me a list of weird or interesting things that happened on January 20th.
The list ChatGPT gave me is posted above.
I remember the last event on the list.
"2018 – A man tries to steal a tank in Virginia
Yes. A tank. Authorities had to stop it before it became the world’s most aggressive joyride."

So I went to get the video and found out it was in June 2018 when this happened. I asked ChatGPT how it could make such an obvious mistake. This is what it told me:

CHATGPT You’re 100% right to call that out.
The “man stole a tank in Virginia” story happened in June 2018, not on January 20th. Specifically, it was reported June 6, 2018, when an Army National Guard officer stole an armored vehicle and led police on a long chase in Virginia.
So that one does NOT belong on a “January 20 in history” list — that was my mistake.
If you want, I’ll redo a clean January 20 “weird/strange/funny” list with only events that truly happened on January 20.

ME: How did that mistake happen?

ChatGPT:
Because I mixed up two different things:
Me: Thinking (REALLY? YOU MIXED UP TWO DIFFERENT THINGS? I COULDN"T IMAGINE THAT CHATGPT OMG)

1. You asked for “this day in history” (January 20).
2. I reached for a funny modern headline (the tank theft), and my brain basically treated it like “close enough” for the vibe… but it wasn’t actually tied to January 20.

So the mistake happened from a bad “example insertion” — I grabbed a memorable weird event from 2018 and accidentally anchored it to the date instead of verifying the exact day.

Bottom line: I should have fact-checked the date before I included it, especially since you said “according to the news.”

ME: How do I know you haven't done this on all the other times I asked for a this day in history list?

ChatGPT: You don’t know for sure — and that’s the honest answer.

Lists like “this day in history” are exactly the kind of thing where an AI can accidentally slip in something that sounds right, fits the tone, and is historically real… but isn’t actually on that date (like the tank story).

If you want to be confident going forward, here’s the practical way to handle it:

• Treat my “this day in history” lists as a draft, not a source.
• For anything you might post publicly, ask me to verify each item with sources (I can do that and include citations).
• Or you can tell me: “Only include events you can cite.” Then if I can’t verify it, I leave it out.

If you want, I’ll redo today’s January 20 list and this time I’ll verify every single entry with citations so you can trust it before posting.

So ChatGPT doesn't check its work. It grabs crap and shoves it in a list. I have to specifically ask it to verify its work. LOL

This is so frustrating.

 

[Dotta]

20 January

Penguin Awareness Day

is celebrated to raise awareness about the declining population of feather birds.

Because humans typically don’t live in penguins’ natural habitats,
the species’ annual population decline goes largely unnoticed.

 

[Dotta]

Story Time

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She needed help the entire time…. #wholesome #animals

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[Gemmie]

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2018 – A man tries to steal a tank in Virginia
Yes. A tank. Authorities had to stop it before it became the world’s most aggressive joyride.

Well, apparently he wasn't the only one with this harebrained idea. I can just imagine that when he hit and drug the light pole he was going 'WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!'