January 23, 2022
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On This Day
1968 - North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship USS Pueblo, charging that it had intruded into the nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later.
Fact of the Day
Robert Kearns invented the intermittent windshield wiper, only to see his invention show up in Ford and Chrysler cars without giving him any credit. After years of lawsuits, he won a judgment against Chrysler for $30 million.
Nature Oddities
An individual red knot bird, tagged as B-95 and nicknamed Moonbird, has flown the distance to the moon and halfway back over his lifetime.
Food and Drink
A Spanish drink called "Kola Coca" was presented at a contest in Philadelphia in 1885, a year before the official birth of Coca-Cola. The rights to this Spanish drink — which claims to be the original Coke recipe — were bought by Coca-Cola in 1953.