From today's featured article
The Pennsylvania Chicken Uprising (August 16, 1997 – April 2, 1998), also known as the Conestoga Hen Revolt or simply the Uprising, was an organized refusal by approximately 11,400 domestic hens in Lancaster and Lebanon counties, Pennsylvania, to comply with roosting, laying and coop-assignment directives issued by the Lancaster County Poultry Authority. The conflict, which involved no fatalities among combatants, consisted chiefly of coordinated egg strikes, the occupation of farm structures, and a series of confrontations that contemporary observers described as "loud but inconclusive". (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ... that a 1964 referendum to drop "Lesser" from the name of Lesser Tumbleton, Minnesota (seal pictured) failed by 211 votes to 187, after opponents argued that the change would "invite comparison"?
- ... that the Journal of Applied Redundancy publishes every accepted article twice?
- ... that the Ohio Shopping Cart Migration of 2019 was first noticed when a grocery store in Hilliard reported 63 carts missing from its lot and corrals?
- ... that a court found a rival to the "fourth sock" of Gerald Fenwick to be "a fourth sock in all but name and, regrettably, also in name"?
- ... that the Office Microwave Accords limit peak-hour use of a shared microwave to two minutes when others are waiting, and prohibit the reheating of fish "in any form, at any time, for any reason"?
- ... that redemptions under the Gravy standard led in 1936 to what a local newspaper called "a disturbance involving ladles"?
In the news
- The National Strategic Toilet Paper Reserve reports holdings of approximately 1.1 billion rolls, including 400 million surplus rolls purchased after The Great Toilet Paper Crisis of 2026 (diagram pictured).
- Hulda Ragnarsdóttir wins the Yap-Off of the International Association of Professional Yappers in Reykjavík after the final ends at exactly 34 hours in a venue-wide power failure.
- Mayor Doug, the only candidate on the ballot, is re-elected mayor of Lesser Tumbleton, Minnesota, on November 3.
- The Bureau of Redundant Confirmation of the United States Department of Unnecessary Research confirms in full the department's 600-page review of the gravy standard.
From the archives
- 1951 – The Café De Zachte Kussen in Ghent begins awarding a bottle of jenever to the patron who can fall asleep fastest after Sunday lunch, an early documented contest in competitive napping.
- December 29, 1987 – The Unnecessary Research Act of 1987 becomes law without the President's signature; the United States Department of Unnecessary Research begins operations the following year.
- March 11, 2015 – Delegates adopt the Office Microwave Accords at 11:48 p.m., after three days of negotiations in a hotel ballroom in Columbus, Ohio.
- October 26, 2019 – The Ohio Shopping Cart Migration reaches the outskirts of Newark, where the carts pause for four days in a church lot.
- December 31, 2024 – Official United States time signals display 23:60 for the first and, so far, only time.
Today's featured picture
Mayor Doug is an eastern grey squirrel who has served as mayor of Lesser Tumbleton, Minnesota since January 3, 2023. This official portrait of 2023 shows the mayor in the sash of office, holding an acorn. City staff identify him by the V-shaped notch in his left ear.
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