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Firefox Certificate
“From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3!” came the statement from Mozilla, making this the record download of software in 24 hours, and earning them a place in Guinness World Records.
Mozilla’s servers crashed on the day due to the very high demand, but [...]
Birthdays
Christopher Lee, actor who starred in many horror movies, and who was born on this day in England in 1922, shares his birthday with Dr Henry Kissinger,Nobel Prize Winner, and one time US Secretary of State who was born the following year in Germany.
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What is the history behind our current celebration of Groundhog Day?
Around the fifth century, the European Celts believed that animals had certain “supernatural” powers on special days that were half-way between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. Folklore from Germany and France indicated that when Groundhogs came out of their winter dens too early, they were frightened by their shadow and retreated back inside for [...]
