Morning Express – Thursday, May 23

Photo by April Jokelianen

Hit and miss showers to start the day with winds picking up this morning, those winds will usher in some cooler air for the next 24 hours, especially overnight. Our daytime high should reach a seasonal value of 16c but then fall to 3c overnight with clear conditions. Scattered showers roll back in for the weekend, but Friday looks nice and sunny!

1785 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals

1934 American outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow – Bonnie and Clyde, are killed by police in an ambush near Sailes, Louisiana

1958 Mao Zedong starts the “Great Leap Forward” movement in China, kills between 23 and 55 million Chinese citizens due to famine and forced labor

“A la Crecy” is a French cooking term that describes a dish that is made or is garnished with what?
Answer: Carrots

The ancient Egyptian symbol “Ouroboros” depicts a serpent eating what?
Answer: Its own tail

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Have a safe and happy Thursday!

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