What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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Dvorak Jan 2021 9:53pm, 12 Jan 2021 21,732 posts	0 Dvorak ponders Chris's post deeply
rf_fozzy Jan 2021 10:45pm, 12 Jan 2021 12,609 posts	0 rf_fozzy That if you cheat a bit, today was a palindromic date: 12-1-21
McGoohan Jan 2021 9:49am, 13 Jan 2021 48,101 posts	0 McGoohan Bewitched had an episode with the whole cast in blackface to, ahem, combat racism
macca 53 Jan 2021 11:10am, 13 Jan 2021 28,502 posts	0 macca 53 😳😳
Diogenes Jan 2021 11:59am, 13 Jan 2021 56,574 posts	0 Diogenes [It worked - no 60s children grew up racist (hold on, I think I need to post this in a different thread)]
macca 53 Jan 2021 12:19pm, 13 Jan 2021 28,504 posts	0 macca 53 Bewitched was so “wholesome”, like Mr. Ed, I Love Lucy...
Ocelot Spleens Jan 2021 10:08pm, 13 Jan 2021 29,737 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens That Paul Simon was inspired to write homeward bound at Widnes station.
SteveC NordRunner Jan 2021 10:27pm, 13 Jan 2021 392 posts	0 SteveC NordRunner Ferdinand Porsche once served as a chauffeur to Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the crown prince of Austria whose assassination sparked World War I a decade later.
Dvorak Jan 2021 11:52pm, 13 Jan 2021 21,747 posts	0 Dvorak Early Judas Priest favourite "Diamonds And Rust" was written about Bob Dylan. (Although not by Messrs Halford, Tipton and Downing, but by Joan Baez.)
GlennR Jan 2021 12:07am, 14 Jan 2021 55,274 posts	0 GlennR That Judas Priest ever recorded Diamonds and Rust (I knew about Joan Baez).