> > July 28th, 1981. The first thing on those "stuff that happened on your birthday" card things is almost INVARIABLY this lovely factoid -
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> > "First potato arrives in Britain."
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> Heh. Mine is "anniversary of the announcement of the discovery of gold in California in 1848, which led to the gold rush of 1849." I think that's a bit of a stretch just to come up with a fun "birthday fact." :-}

Huh. Mine is the anniversary of the Three Wise Men arriving to see the baby Jesus.

-Faux "I couldn't find any potato-related happenings on that date. Sorry." Pas