The 2006 film Night at the Museum follows Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), a struggling dreamer who takes a job as a night security guard at the American Museum of Natural History, where he discovers some of the displays come to life after dark.
1870 - The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. Today it’s officially known as the National Weather Service.
Fact of the Day
On February 5, 1958, United States Air Force lost a 7,600 pound hydrogen bomb in the Wassaw Sound in Savannah, Georgia, and it remains missing to this day.
Nature Oddities
In the 1950s, Macy’s department store in New York City used four Doberman Pinschers as security guards after hours.
Food and Drink
When dairy farmers began to use cow’s milk to make cheese, they skimmed most of the fat from the top to use for butter. Since most of the color was lost, they began to dye the cheese orange using annatto, a natural food color from the seeds of the achiote tree.