• On this day in 1890, journalist Nellie Bly returned from flying around
the world… in just 72 days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly
*(Nice PD image for that one on her article)*
• A mission in Brazil was established on Jan. 25, 1554. It's now São Paulo,
the 9th-most populous city on Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/São_Paulo
• "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!"
Happy birthday, Rabbie Burns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns
*(That last one is my favourite. :)*
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This one is not time sensitive:
• Bulgarian actor Ideal Petrov was so popular his name is now used to mean
"great quality" by his compatriots.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_Petrov
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