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In Tokyo, Japan, there is a hedgehog cafe. You can go to Hedgehog Cafe HARRY and pay 1,000 Yen to go in, have a cappuccino and play with and cuddle some amazing hedgehogs. (Upon further research there appears to be more than one.) Just be careful when you’re cuddling them because they aren’t exactly softContinue reading “There’s a theme restaurant for everything”

September 21, 1897 –The New York Sun ran its famous editorial that answered a question from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon: “Is there a Santa Claus?“on this date. Obviously, times were different back then given that The New York Sun was printing an editorial about Christmas in September. And so it goes

September 21, 1327 –Former King Edward II came to a particularly painful end on this date. Edward had been overthrown by his wife, Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer. Edward had pissed off Isabella royally for among other things, sleeping with men. Isabella and Mortimer had Edward II imprisoned, after his abdication in favor ofContinue reading “Kids, don’t let this happen to you!”

September 21, 1912 – Chuck Jones, animator and director of Warner Brothers cartoon characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, was born on this date. He has directed three films have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant: Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, andContinue reading “Two giants of animation share the same birthday:”

In medieval times, a baker who shorted a customer was put in jail in order to think about past transgressions. As a result, bakers started placing thirteen items (e.g., buns) in a dozen, hence the term “baker’s dozen.”

A rural Cuban farmer once owned the most expensive cow in history. On November 30, 1960, Rufina, a female cow was killed by a falling chunk of U.S. satellite in Cuba. This was during a time where tensions between Havana and Washington were at their highest. So the Cuban government decided to make the bestContinue reading “A very expensive piece of meat”

September 20, 1946 – The first Cannes film festival, the first great international cultural event of the post-war period, begins on this date. Among the selections that year were: Brief Encounter directed by David Lean Wet Paint directed by Jack King, produced by Walt Disney The Bandit (Il bandito) directed by Alberto Lattuada The MagicContinue reading “Cannes Film Festival”

September 20, 1955 – The Phil Silvers Show (originally broadcast as You’ll Never Be Rich) premiered on CBS-TV on this date Phil Silvers (Bilko) and Maurice Gosfield (Doberman) did not get along. In real-life, Gosfield was very much the slob that he portrayed as Doberman. He also had constant trouble remembering his lines, which frustratedContinue reading “The Phil Silvers Show”

September 19, 1881 –The 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield, (shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau,) died from his wounds on this date. Psst – Guiteau didn’t kill the President, his doctors did. Several inserted their unsterilized fingers into the wound to probe for the bullet, and one doctor punctured Garfield’s liverContinue reading “The lesson here – avoid doctors”

September 18, 1977 –NASA’s unmanned space probe Voyager 1 snapped the first photograph of the Moon and the Earth in the same frame while on its mission to study the Solar System and its boundaries. At the time, Voyager 1 was 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometers) from Earth. Voyager 1 continues its mission todayContinue reading “Don’t go yet, there’s a lovely Earth outside”