Have you heard of the American hero Bass Reeves?

In 1838 Bass Reeves was born into slavery in Arkansas to Arkansas state legislator William Steele Reeves.  His master refused to let him learn to read and write, but did teach him to shoot so he could serve as a bodyguard and hunt food.  He believed knowledge was much more dangerous than a firearm. 

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As this is published on August 21st 2017, an event will happen that hasn’t happened in the US for over a century ...

n 1806 the HMS Victory saw another light in its path in the deep fog.

They tried to warn the other vessel: Other vessel, divert your course 15 degrees.

The other vessel replied:  You need to divert your course 15 degrees to avoid a collision.

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Back in Rochester, once on the way home from work, I asked Gaylene if anything interesting had happened at work that day.  She said well, she heard there was another floaties sighting.    
I said "What??
"Oh you didn’t hear of the bath floaties?"
Obviously I had not.
If you are not familiar with the story, I will summarize what she told me:

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Are you familiar with the Horseshoe crab?

Did you know that their blood is blue?  Humans have red blood since our blood is based on iron, but the Horseshoe crab’s blood is based on copper, so it is more like baby blue.
Did you know that most of us have a minute quantity of their blood inside of us?
Backing up the story…..