AFM | Thursday, 9/6/2018 | #6
From the founding era. In 2018 this went out every weekday as a card, not an essay — so there is no narrative to publish here, and none has been invented. What follows is the edition itself, reconstructed from the two spreadsheets that recorded it.
Today is
- Barbie Doll Day
- Fight Prograstination Day
- Great Egg Toss Day
- National Coffee Ice Cream Day
- Read a Book Day
- Stillborth Remembrance Day
This day in history
- Suai Church Massacre
- 1999
- Swaziland gains independence from British
- 1968
- The first female vote is cast in the US
- 1870
- Victoria becomes first ship to circumnavigate the world
- 1522
Born on this day
- CeCe Penniston (1969)
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis De Lafayette (1757)
Died on this day
- Luciano Pavarotti (2007)
- Margaret Sanger (activist) (1966)
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.— Dr. Seuss
The answer
Meat
The riddle itself wasn't kept. The index recorded the answer for every edition and the question for only some — this is one it didn't.
Aloha Friday Motivation
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