Once Every Thousand Years Comes Today

Here’s a little something for trivia fans, and all those who like momentous occasions. Today is the 8th of July in 2009 right? So it’s 7/8/09. Shortly after noon today, it will be 12:34. Moments later, it will be 12:34 and 56 seconds. So that means it will be…12:34:56 7/8/9. Get it? 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. It only happens once every thousand years, so be sure to stop and take a breath and feel it.

This will be our last chance to experience one of these thrills for awhile, at least until 11:11:11 on 11/11/11.

h/t to Anu Garg at Wordsmith

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On June 7, 1989 at 01:23 and 45 seconds. The numbers could be counted 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

And if you are in almost any other country besides the US, you will have to wait until August 7 because the date and month are reversed.

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Once Every Thousand Years Comes Today

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Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”