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Apr 07
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International Beaver Day 2023

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Yup, it’s that time of the year. You are finally celebrating it since you rarely got to see any all year.

Apparently today is also 75th World Health Day by WHO (World Health Organization). In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day.

International Beaver Day is annually celebrated on April 7.

Beavers Wetlands & Wildlife (B.W.W. ), a non-profit organisation with members in the United States, Canada, and other countries, created the holiday in 2009.

  1. What did the beaver say when it saw it’s home on fire? Dam!
  2. What did the beaver say to the tree? It’s been nice gnawing you
  3. What did the beaver say when he slipped in water? Damn it!
  4. Did you watch that Beaver Documentary? It was the Best Dam Show!
  5. What do you call a lazy beaver? A beaver that doesn’t give a dam.
  6. Why did the beaver need an alarm clock? It was too dam early.
  7. What did the sign for the party for beavers say? Beaver or be square.
  8. What is a beaver’s favorite snack? Wood chips.
  9. Where do beavers sleep? On a river bed.
  10. What did a river say when seeing beavers for the first time? Well I’ll be dammed!
  11. What does a French beaver call his dam? Ma’dame.
  12. Where do beavers keep their money? They keep it in the riverbank.
  13. Why are beavers always happy? They don’t give a dam.
  14. Why are beavers so good at maths? They love log-arithms.
  15. Did you hear about the beaver who learned to code? It was the best dam program ever made
  16. Someone once challenged me to tell a joke about beavers. I said dam, I can’t .
  17. What did one beaver say to the other beaver when he fell in the river? Dammit
  18. Who do Beavers get a lot of flak for building their shelters and blocking water ways? They are Damed if they do, and Damned if they don’t.
  19. Why was the beaver mad? because no one came to his damn party
  20. Hey girl, are you a beaver? Cause damn.
  21. I should start making friends with beavers They always seem to give a dam
  22. The hipster beaver refused to swim in the river He said it was too mainstream.
  23. What did the beaver say to the river? You can run but can’t tide.
  24. What did the ocean say to the beaver? Nothing, it just waved.
  25. What did the beaver say to the scout who tried to recruit him? Your offer is too dam low.
  26. Why did the beaver need an alarm clock? It was too dam early.
  27. How do beavers make a bouncy dam? They use spring water.
  28. How did the beaver build the insides of a dam using logs? He logged in
  29. A beaver walks into a bar and the bartender asks: You want a drink? To which the beaver replied ‘GNAW.
  30. I saw a beaver movie last night it was the best dam movie I’ve ever seen.
  31. Who’s beaver’s favorite pop singer? Justin Beaver.
  32. What did the male beaver say to the female beaver when she said she wanted him to build something nice for her? “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a dam.”
  33. What’s the worst part about being a beaver? It’s a lot of dam work.
  34. Why do beavers make the best neighbors? Because they mind their own dam business.
  35. Knock knock! Whose there? Beaver! Beaver who? Be-very-quite, I’m hiding.
  36. Why don’t you ever find beavers at sea? They don’t have much gnaw-tical experience.
  37. Why did the beaver get in trouble? Illegal streaming
  38. Why was the beaver so chill? He was just going with the flow
  39. What did the river say to the beaver? Nothing, it just waved!
  40. Why was the beaver too cool for the river? It was too mainstream
  41. What do beavers like to put on their salads? Branch dressing.
  42. Do you know why the beaver was found guilty? Because the prosecutor had damming evidence.
  43. My Dutch guinea pigs want to become beavers. They’re building a Hamsterdam.
  44. What did the sign for the party for beavers say? Beaver or be square
  45. How does a beaver get online? He logs in
  46. What is a beaver’s favourite rap artist? Timber-land
  47. What does beaver chili taste like? Like a normal chili, but little otter
  48. What is a beaver’s most favorite drama series ever? Riverdale
  49. What did the river ask the beaver? Water you doing today?
  50. Why was the beaver not arrested when he jumped into the Nile? Because he was juve’niles

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Jul 13
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Guess the first motorized vehicle to cross the U.S.

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First motorized vehicle to cross the U.S. wasn’t a car – it was a bike
by Jeff Peek from Hagerty.com

George A. Wyman made a name for himself as a bicycle racer, but he reached legendary status 119 years ago.

He rode a motorized two-wheeler from San Francisco to New York to become the first person to cross the North American continent aboard an engine-powered vehicle.

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Dec 07
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Triumph Collector Stumbles Across Ultimate Collectible, the 1901 Prototype

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from https://www.autoevolution.com/ by Daniel Patrascu

At the turn of the last century, a time when horse-drawn carriages turned into automobiles and bicycles into motorcycles, most of the companies active back then wanted a piece of the new action, and turned their businesses around to include the production of the new mechanical wonders.

So did a British enterprise that went by the name Triumph Engineering, which used to make bicycles. Which, if you come to think of it, are just like motorcycles, only without engines, hence easy to re-make.

And that’s exactly what Triumph did with one of its bikes, fitting it with a Minerva engine and opening the doors to a history that has spanned so far for 120 years. That production motorized two-wheeler came to be in 1902, but as you can imagine, a prototype had to be made before that. A prototype that, like many others of its kind, was considered lost for a long time, despite rumors surrounding its existence floating around.

Extremely conveniently-timed, the first 1901 Triumph motorcycle prototype just resurfaced, having been uncovered by a collector named Dick Shepherd, and put back into the spotlight by the company itself.

According to the available details, attesting to the motorcycle’s authenticity are the engine number, “consistent with references in Minerva’s engine records of a 1901 first Triumph engagement,” and a “letter from Triumph, dated in 1937, that outlined the bike’s unique origins and provided key details.”

As far as we understand, the bike was uncovered some time ago, as the collector had time to restore it.

“As a lifelong passionate fan of the history and achievements of this incredible British brand, to have discovered this amazing survivor and restored it to the glorious condition it would have been in when it first went on display in 1901, has given me an immense amount of satisfaction,” Shepherd said in a statement.

The prototype will be, of course, included in the celebration events the British company has planned for next year, and it will be shown, together with the millionth Triumph manufactured in Hinckley, in a special display being set up at the factory.

PRESS RELEASE

4 DECEMBER 2021 – An amazing historic find, discovered and restored by leading vintage Triumph collector Dick Shepherd, the 1901 Prototype rewrites the history books, adding a whole new chapter prior to Triumph’s official sales starting in 1902.

Long rumoured to exist and referenced within advertising and reviews that appeared in 1901, this first Triumph prototype was developed from a standard Triumph bicycle, with an engine provided by Belgian manufacturer Minerva, in order to generate interest and gauge the public’s demand for a Triumph motorcycle.

Dick Shepherd said “Having been approached by a friend of a collector, who had sadly recently passed away, to evaluate an old Triumph I was incredibly excited to discover that the bike they had featured unique details that were not present on the first production Triumphs. Along with the bike, the collector had also received a letter from Triumph, dated in 1937, that outlined the bike’s unique origins and provided key details.”

“With an engine number that is consistent with references in Minerva’s engine records of a 1901 first Triumph engagement the historic significance of this motorcycle became incredibly clear.”

“As a lifelong passionate fan of the history and achievements of this incredible British brand, to have discovered this amazing survivor and restored it to the glorious condition it would have been in when it first went on display in 1901, has given me an immense amount of satisfaction.”

First unveiled at the UK’s Motorcycle Live show the 1901 prototype will feature in dedicated event at Triumph’s Factory Visitor Experience on the 14th December, where the machine will be ridden in public for the very first time in over 100 years.

This incredible, historic motorcycle will then be on display, alongside the millionth Hinckley Triumph, in a new, specially created 120-year anniversary display, hosted within Triumph’s Factory Visitor Experience.

The Triumph Factory Visitor Experience is free to visit and is located at Triumph’s HQ in Hinckley, England and is open daily Wednesday through Sunday, from 10am – 4.30pm.