Fun facts about the birth of our nation:
Corrections( due to re-reading source ): Here's what really happened. The vote for independence was taken on the 2nd. Another vote was taken on the 4th, with the same results. But the delegates did not sign until Aug 2nd. John Hancock did put his John Hancock on there on the 4th, but more as a formality, it seems, so that the others would not back out. The rest had to wait until the declaration came back from the printer.
But years later, Jefferson and Adams did swear that the 4th was the first vote.
The last colony to sign the Declaration was Delaware, in Jan of 1777.
Corrections( due to re-reading source ): Here's what really happened. The vote for independence was taken on the 2nd. Another vote was taken on the 4th, with the same results. But the delegates did not sign until Aug 2nd. John Hancock did put his John Hancock on there on the 4th, but more as a formality, it seems, so that the others would not back out. The rest had to wait until the declaration came back from the printer.
But years later, Jefferson and Adams did swear that the 4th was the first vote.
The last colony to sign the Declaration was Delaware, in Jan of 1777.
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As for your request... that's a good one. A very good one, and one that I'm particularly interested in. The short answer - nobody knows. The long answer... I'll post. It's going to have to be a multi-part session, I'll do one on cellular/molecular memory (I may have to split those into two if they get too long) and one on structural/neuroanatomical memory. Very cool stuff though.
Yep, SG is great for meeting people with all sorts of random knowledge. I actually stole the idea for biology discussions from Minty, who does Archaeology hour every other week or so. You should check it out, it's full of fun facts.
Have a nice christmas. Are you going to go to the SGNY party on the 3rd?