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On this day in 1988, Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer prize for her first of three novels about love and African-American history.
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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Smoking Ban in New York City bars and restaurants. A year into the ban, the city began providing free nicotine replacement therapy to smokers who wanted to quit.
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Man O' War, often considered the greatest racehorse of the 20th century, was foaled on this day in 1917. In his career, he won 20 of 21 races and $249,465 ($3,374,000 today) in purses.
Today in Shoelace History
On this day in 1790, English inventor Harvey Kennedy patented the modern shoelace. It had aglets, the small sheaths found at each end of the lace (strings with aglets have actually been around for thousands of years).
National Spinach Day
It's National Spinach Day. The leafy green veggie originated in ancient Persia over 2000 years ago. It was introduced to India and China in the 600s and brought to Sicily in the 800s.
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On this day in 2017, citizens of Innisfail, Australia set the record for largest banana split ever, 8,040 meters long and featuring 40,000 bananas. That's a whole lotta bananas!
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The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company formed on this day in 1868. Today, it has 90 million customers in over 60 countries.
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Pioneering mathematician Emmy Noether was born on this day in 1882. Her work revolutionized mathematics and physics.