{"id":41955,"date":"2015-07-04T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=41955"},"modified":"2015-07-03T15:20:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T22:20:03","slug":"weekly-wrap-volume-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/weekly-wrap-volume-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap Volume 88"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"cheese-wheels\"<\/a>Why Some Cheeses Come in Wheels and Others in Blocks<\/a><\/p>\n

Whether a block, a wheel, a cylinder or a pyramid, a cheese\u2019s shape is dictated by concerns with pressure, salt absorption, ripening, economics and\/or tradition. Cheeses that are made in wheels, like creamy Brie and Camembert, need equal rates of salt uptake, as well as even ripening action from its molds (like P. camemberti and P. candidum) as they break down the milk proteins and produce the delicious ambrosia within. The wheel shape facilitates both as the consistent thickness encourages equal absorption as the surface flora spread; so the disk\u2019s shape keeps the mold from focusing too much on one area (as it would if there were, for instance, square corners, where a higher percentage of molds would work on the edge areas, resulting… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier2\"<\/a>Standing in a Hurricane- Watching Over the Tomb of the Unknowns<\/a><\/p>\n

Since 1937, the Tomb of the Unknowns has famously never once been left unattended with there always being at least one guard present to keep vigil. The highly coveted position of Tomb Sentinel is only meted out to truly exceptional soldiers, all of whom must prove their dedication and mettle through a series of grueling and somewhat unusual tests. For starters, to even be considered for the position of Sentinel, a given soldier must be a member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, who are colloquially and rather aptly known as the \u201cOld Guard\u201d due to being the oldest currently serving unit in the US military, with the unit\u2019s history stretching all the way back to 1784. Because the Old Guard… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Where Did All the Cabooses Go?<\/a><\/p>\n

For well over a century, cabooses, the cute quintessentially red cars at the rear of trains in years past, served an integral function in train operations. Carrying a brakeman and a flagman back when brakes were set by hand, when it was time to slow the train, the engineer would blow the whistle. This signaled to the brakemen, and one would emerge from the caboose and work his way toward the engine, while another would leave the engine and work his way back toward the caboose. At each car… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"sos\"<\/a>What the SOS Distress Signal Stands For<\/a><\/p>\n

It is commonly held that \u201cSOS\u201d is an acronym for \u201cSave Our Ship\u201d and thus often written \u201cS.O.S.\u201d\u00a0 In truth, SOS is not an acronym for anything, which is why it is incorrect to put full stops between each letter. So why was SOS chosen to signify a distress signal?\u00a0 The thought was that SOS- in Morse code signified by three dots, three dashes, then three dots- could not be misinterpreted as being a message for anything else.\u00a0 Further… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"founding-fathers-declaration-of-independence\"<\/a>The Signers of The Declaration of Independence Did So On August 2nd, 1776 Not July 4th<\/a><\/p>\n

While it is often said that the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, this isn\u2019t actually correct.\u00a0 In fact, nobody signed it on the 4th.\u00a0 This is contradictory to Thomas Jefferson\u2019s, John Adams\u2019, and Benjamin Franklin\u2019s account of events.\u00a0 On top of their accounts, the public congressional record of events back their story. So how do we know it didn\u2019t happen this way? To begin with, the Secret Journals of Congress, that were eventually made public in 1821 paint a different story.\u00a0 They contain an entry stating, on August 2nd… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This Week’s YouTube Videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n