Although the chance of a meteorite striking a house is small, of the three that have occurred in the US last century, two of the houses that were hit are in the town of Wethersfield, Connecticut. That town is only 13.1 square miles in size. The homes were struck 11 years apart, in 1971 and 1982. There were no injuries in either of those instances, but on November 30, 1954, a meteor appeared in the Alabama sky and exploded in the atmosphere just before 3:00 p.m. A chunk went through the home of Mr. & Mrs. Hodges, smashing a hole in the roof and striking Elizabeth Ann Hodges in the hip. Although there were reported close calls and some reported incidents of animals being struck prior to that incident, until then there had been no authenticated cases of a person actually being struck by a meteorite.

The number of documented cases of meteorites striking a house is extremely small. Only three are known to have occurred in the U.S. in the 20th century. What’s interesting about that?

The three smallest bones in the human body, referred to as ossicles, are located in the middle ear. Individually they are named Malleus (hammer), Incus (anvil) and Stapes (stirrup).

What are the smallest bones in the human body and where are they located?

Veterans Day was first called Armistice Day commemorating the first anniversary of the end of World War I – November 11, 1919. The very first Veterans Day parade was held in Birmingham, Alabama in 1947 and continues to be held there annually. France, Britain, Canada, and Australia also honor World War I and II veterans on or near November 11th.
In 1954, President Eisenhower signed legislation changing the name of the holiday to Veterans Day. In 1968, the date commemorating Veterans Day was changed to the fourth Monday in October, but in 1975, President Ford changed it back to November 11th.
In the United States, every year on Veterans Day, at exactly 11:00 a.m. local time, a ceremony is held in Arlington National Cemetery, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, laying a wreath in honor of all those who died serving their country.

Veterans Day is always observed on November 11 and is both a State and a Federal holiday in the United States. First established as a holiday in 1919 with a different name, today marks the 100th Anniversary of the commemorative holiday but the 101st anniversary of the date whose significance it was intended to commemorate (that’s why the image of the poster shows 2018)? What was the holiday’s original name and what does it commemorate?

The Canary Islands is named after the Latin word for the genus of mammals which includes dogs – Canis! The biological genus Canis also includes wolves, coyotes and jackals.