Today is Wednesday, January 4, the fourth day of 2017 in the Gregorian calendar, with 361 days remaining.
There are:
12 days until Martin Luther King Day;
16 days until
Donald Trump becomes President of the Unites States;
29 days until
Groundhog Day;
41 days until Valentines Day;
47 days until
Presidents Day;
67 days until Daylight Saving Time begins;
72 days
until St. Patrick's Day;
75 days until the arrival of Spring;
87
days until April Fool's Day;
100 days until Good Friday;
102 days
until Easter Sunday; and
670 days until the 2018 midterm elections.
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(Art by Sara
Zimmerman on Unearthed
Comics)
Today at 14:18 Universal Time (9:18 am EST) Earth reaches its perihelion, or closest point to the Sun- 91,404,322 miles.
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Among other things, today is also National Spaghetti Day. Spaghetti is the plural form of the Italian word spaghetto, which is a diminutive of spago, meaning "thin string" or "twine".
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A Florida man named Elvis shot at cows with an AR-15 from a car traveling on the Florida Turnpike. It appears no cows were injured. Elvis, however, is now firmly ensconced in the pokey. As are two Florida women who committed several armed robberies while dressed as Batman.
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As of this writing, The KGB Quotations Database contains 44,047 entries. Check it out.
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Some persons born on January 4 who said interesting things:
- Bob Black (1951), American anarchist;
- Louis Braille (1809-1852), French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired;
- Everett Dirksen (1896-1969), American politician;
- Max Eastman (1883-1969), American writer on literature, philosophy and society; a poet, and a prominent political activist;
- Natalie Goldberg (1948), American New Age author and speaker;
- Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943), American biographer, historian, and political commentato;
- Floyd Patterson (1935-2006), American professional boxer;
- Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), a Founding Father of the United States;
Quote of the day:
"When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and
colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep
deliberation and quiet contemplation. I wait to the last available
minute and then I always vote with the losers. Because, my friend, the
winners never remember and the losers never forget."
-Everett
Dirksen
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Foxconn, the Chinese factory where iPhones are manufactured, has long been criticized for its working conditions, which caused some employees to commit suicide on the job. One solution- get rid of the humans. Foxconn plans to replace almost every human worker with robots. And it's not limited to factory workers. In Japan, white-collar workers are already being replaced by artificial intelligence
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Baltimore wins the dubious crown as the city with the biggest bedbug problem. Virtually unheard of in the U.S. ten years ago, bedbug infestations are becoming commonplace. An Orkin spokesman said "Anyone can get bed bugs in their home. They are not a sign of uncleanliness. Bed bugs only need blood to survive. We have treated for bed bugs in everything from million dollar homes to public housing." Check out the link above for tips on finding the little buggers.
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On the bright side, a major Zika virus outbreak is unlikely in the U.S. Exposure to mosquitoes in the United States is limited by widespread access to clean water, air conditioning, screened doors and windows, and other household amenities that most Americans take for granted.
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"So far, you know, we've been lucky." NASA Astronaut Piers Sellers observes about the millions of pieces of space junk orbiting the Earth. It could be that the litter in our celestial backyard will make space travel even more hazardous.
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In each of the last 104 weeks, at least one toddler in the United States has discharged a firearm, shooting himself or another person. Toddler shootings in the U.S. were up six percent in 2016.
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Add to the things about which you didn't realize you had to worry: you are probably not cleaning your bath towel anywhere near enough. Experts say you should use a towel no more than three times before washing it- provided you can dry it completely between uses. If the towel stays damp... you're taking a big chance. Which doesn't explain why any single men are still alive on the planet.
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Well, that's awkward... while studying brain scans to search for patterns that correlated with psychopathic behavior, a neuroscientist found that his own brain fit the profile. Turns out his family line included seven alleged murderers, including Lizzie Borden, infamously accused of killing her father and stepmother in 1892. He considers himself to be a prosocial psychopath. I still wouldn't want to cut him off in traffic...
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