#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago:
John Tenta, best known as Earthquake, passes away from bladder cancer
He is only 42
Sadly, his wife says no wrestlers, nor any officials, attend his funeral or send flowers
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On this date in 1991, "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" officially opened in theaters across North America.
BITE-SIZED FACT | Starring Christina Applegate, the film evolved into a massive cult classic thanks to steady VHS rentals & frequent cable TV reruns in the 1990s.
Space fact:
Space does not begin at a specific altitude above the Earth, but the Kármán line at 100 km (62 miles; 330,000 feet) is a commonly used definition.
1 in 6 people worldwide experience persistent loneliness.
That's linked to an estimated 871,000 deaths every year, over 100 every hour.
The US Surgeon General has called it a public health crisis equivalent in mortality risk to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
We built the most connected world in history.
And people have never been more alone.
The actual size of Hawaii in comparison to the continental United States.
Most people picture Hawaii as a small group of islands in the middle of the Pacific, but its true geographic span is far greater than that familiar image suggests.
From the Big Island in the southeast to Kure Atoll in the northwest, the Hawaiian archipelago stretches about 1,500 miles. If overlaid on the continental United States, it would reach from Southern California all the way toward the central Great Plains.
This length comes from more than just the eight main islands. Hawaii also includes the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands—a long chain of small islands, reefs, shoals, and atolls that extend deep into the Pacific Ocean. Many of these locations are remote, uninhabited, and ecologically significant. Midway Atoll, for instance, lies closer to Asia than to mainland America and played an important strategic role during World War II.
Because maps typically compress Hawaii into a small inset beside Alaska, its true scale is often underestimated.
Hawaii is the only U.S. state composed entirely of islands and remains one of the most isolated population centers on Earth, with California—the nearest state—located roughly 2,400 miles away.
Jun 7, 1981: @CanadianPacific hosts an Open House Day at Toronto Yard in Agincourt. Over 12,000 people attend the event. The day commemorated the centennial of the incorporation of the company and was a goodwill gesture for CP employees and their families. 1/3