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By The U.S. Postal Inspection Service
“Have you or a veteran you know been contacted about ‘secret’ government benefits for a fee? It’s a scam! Help those who served us by learning more about this & other scams & spreading the word! Operation Protect Veterans can help.”
Posted on May 27, 2021
By The University of Copenhagen
About 14 billion years ago, our universe changed from being a lot hotter and denser to expanding radically – a process that scientists have named “The Big Bang.”
And even though we know that this fast expansion created particles, atoms, stars, galaxies and life as we know it today, the details of how it all happened are still unknown.
Now a new study performed by researchers from University of Copenhagen reveals insights on how it all began.
Posted on May 25, 2021
By The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service
Otten’s Seafood, a Tinley Park establishment, is recalling approximately 46,804 pounds of Siluriformes fish (catfish) because the products were produced, packed and distributed without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Saturday.
The fresh and frozen catfish items were produced from Jan. 25, 2021 through May 21, 2021. The following products are subject to recall:
Posted on May 22, 2021
By Dinosaur Drive-Thru
GURNEE – Dinosaur Drive-Thru’s family attraction will be located in the parking lot of Six Flags Great America from May 13th through June 6th.
Dinosaur Drive-Thru is a COVID, and family, friendly activity, as everyone remains in their own vehicle during the show. The attraction presents over 50 animatronic dinosaurs that will educate, entertain and engage kids of all ages.
Posted on May 6, 2021
By David Rutter
My first ever job in 1967 was loading cases of orange-flavored, drink-generating powder Tang onto truck pallets at a General Mills facility.
It was a sweaty job for minimum wage. The minimum wage in 1967 was $1.40 an hour. Various calculators assert this is $11.08 in 2021 dollars. But that judgement is an optical – and fiscal – illusion, wrought by economists who would not work for minimum pay, no matter what century it is.
That pay scale was exactly then what it seems like now. Roman galley oar rowers got more for sea duty. They were fed nutritious slop.
Zag of the Pleistocene Era would not work for $1.40 an hour, even if you tossed in free brontosaurus filets as a bonus. That’s about 2.5 pennies per minute. Even Cro-Magnons won’t work for that.
Posted on May 5, 2021
