Monday Open Thread; February 12 is Darwin Day (International observance)

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year, there are 322 days left

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Today's number is 12

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12 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. making it a great base for a number system 12 is the sum of two primes, 5 & 7 A polygon with 12 sides is a dodecagon. A polyhedron with 12 faces is a dodecahedron. Cuboids (cubes & rectangular prisms) have 12 edges Regular icosahedrons have 12 vertices. 12 is magnesium A year has 12 months The 24 hour day is generally broken up into 2 - 12 hour segments, am & pm There are 12 inches in a foot. There are twelve basic hues in the color wheel In craps, 12, is a double 6. It is called Boxcars and is craps (loses or craps out) on a come out roll. Humans have 12 pairs of ribs There are 12 Federal Reserve Districts There were 12 kniggits of the round table There are 12 signs of the zodiac There were 12 Angry Men The 12 bar blues is a popular musical form 12th Night is a comedy by Shakespeare

Title 12 of the US Code is GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES

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12 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Quirinius Halley's Comet appeared.

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12 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Capito Caligula was born

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On this day in:

1502 -- Isabella I issued an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile 1733 -- James Oglethorpe founded the English colony of Georgia 1818 -- The Chilean Declaration of Independence was formally approved 1825 -- The Creek lands in Georgia were stolen by the Treaty of Indian Springs 1825 -- The Treaty of Indian Springs 1832 -- Ecuador annexed the Galapagos Islands. 1909 -- The NAACP was founded 1924 -- Rhapsody in Blue was premiered 1935 -- USS Macon crashed into the Pacific Ocean 1946 -- Isaac Woodard, a black veteran, was severely beaten by a South Carolina cop 1963 -- They started building the Gateway Arch in St. Louis 1968 -- The Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacres. 1990 -- Carmen Lawrence became Premier of Western Australia. 1994 -- Edvard Munch's painting The Scream was stolen. 1999 -- The Senate acquitted Bill Clinton 2004 -- San Francisco began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples

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Born this day in:

1663 -- Cotton Mather, minister and author 1804 -- Heinrich Lenz, physicist 1809 -- Charles Darwin, geologist 1809 -- Abraham Lincoln, lawyer and politician 1880 -- John L. Lewis, miner and union leader 1881 -- Anna Pavlova, ballerina 1893 -- Omar Bradley, a soldier 1914 -- Tex Beneke, singer, saxophonist, and bandleader 1915 -- Olivia Hooker, The first African-American woman in the Coast Guard 1928 -- Vincent Montana, Jr., drummer and composer 1935 -- Gene McDaniels, singer, songwriter, and producer 1939 -- Ray Manzarek, singer, songwriter, keyboard player 1948 -- Ray Kurzweil, computer scientist and engineer 1950 -- Steve Hackett, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1952 -- Michael McDonald, singer, songwriter and keyboard player 1954 -- Phil Zimmermann, cryptographer and programmer 1955 -- Bill Laswell, bass player and producer 1956 -- Brian Robertson, guitarist and songwriter 1958 -- Omar Hakim, drummer, producer, arranger, and composer 1961 -- Michel Martelly, singer and politician 1965 -- David Westlake, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1968 -- Chynna Phillips, singer and actress 1970 -- Jim Creeggan, singer, songwriter and bass player

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Died this day in:

1538 -- Albrecht Altdorfer, painter, engraver, and architect 1789 -- Ethan Allen, Green Mountain Boy, general, 1804 -- Immanuel Kant, philosopher and anthropologist 1916 -- Richard Dedekind, mathematician and philosopher   1929 -- Lillie Langtry, singer and actress 1935 -- Auguste Escoffier, chef 1942 -- Grant Wood, painter 1979 -- Jean Renoir, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1983 -- Eubie Blake, pianist and composer 1995 -- Philip Taylor Kramer, bass player 2007 -- Peggy Gilbert, saxophonist and bandleader 2009 -- Coleman Mellett, guitarist 2009 -- Gerry Niewood, saxophonist 2017 -- Al Jarreau, singer

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:   Darwin Day (International observance) Georgia Day (Georgia (U.S. state)) International Day of Women's Health Lincoln's Birthday (United States) National Freedom to Marry Day (United States)

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So, for music,

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James Oglethorpe

Tex Beneke  

Vincent Montana, Jr  

Gene McDaniels  

Ray Manzarek  

Steve Hackett  

Michael McDonald  

David Westlake  

Jim Creeggan  

Eubie Blake  

Philip Taylor Kramer  

Al Jarreau  

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picture is Charles Robert Darwin by Greg Goebel

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