WTF Is It Now?!?

New to the Fish Tank:
Added 7 baby lampeye killifish (Aplochilichthys ranculari - wtf's with the spelling, anyway??!) to the tank last night. Place your bets on how long they'll live in the Comments section below.



This day in History:
1794 The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney
1840 For the second winter running, foal-like tracks, but 'of considerable size' were discovered ranging from 12 miles in the glens of Orchy, Lyon and Lochay, south of the fairy-haunted Rannoch Moor in Scotland. One of the legendary creatures of this district is especially interesting: the Fachan, with 'one hand out of its chest, one leg out of its haunch and one eye out of its head,' hopping out in forays from his home in Glen Etive, a few mile north-west of Rannoch Moor.
1843 The first town meeting was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at Faneuil Hall .
The Blizzard Of 1888 - March 11-March 14, 1888: The "Great White Hurricane," as it was called, paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine. Telegraph and telephone wires snapped, isolating
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington for days. Two hundred ships were grounded, and at least one hundred seamen died. Fire stations were immobilized, and property loss from fire alone was estimated at $25 million.
Overall, more than 400 deaths were reported.The resulting transportation crisis led to the creation of the New York subway, approved in 1894 and begun in 1900.
1932 George Eastman , American photographic pioneer who founded the Kodak company, committed suicide.
1950 The FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list made its debut.
1964 Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald , alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy .
- - - Infoplease and Fortean Times
2002 Maru finally concludes her 4-day "Meet Your Stomach/Intestinal Contents!" marathon. No report available.