On This Day
534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.[1]
The Code of Justinian (Latin: Codex Justinianus, Justinianeus[2] or Justiniani) is one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman law ordered early in the 6th century AD by Justinian I, who was Eastern Roman emperor in Constantinople. Two other units, the Digest and the Institutes, were created during his reign. The fourth part, the Novellae Constitutiones (New Constitutions, or Novels), was compiled unofficially after his death but is now also thought of as part of the Corpus Juris Civilis.[3]
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Born On This Day
159 – Empress Dowager Bian, second wife of Cao Cao, mother of Cao Wei’s first emperor, Cao Pi (d. 230)
Lady Bian (29 January 161[1] – 9 July 230),[a] also known as Empress Dowager Bian or Grand Empress Dowager Bian, formally known as Empress Wuxuan, was an empress dowager and later grand empress dowager of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She was the wife of Cao Cao, a warlord who rose to power in the late Eastern Han dynasty and laid the foundation of Wei. She bore Cao Cao’s successor, Cao Pi, who ended the Han Dynasty and founded Wei in 220 after his father’s death.
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FYI
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
This Day in Tech History
A friend of mine said her parakeet reacted to this so The Carmenator and I listened to it, did not faze him at all.
By Daniel Estrin, NPR AK: Turns out dinosaurs probably didn’t roar quite like we think
Fireside Books: Haruki Murakami’s ‘Novelist as a Vocation’; a Round-up for ‘Reading into 2023’ and more ->
The New York Times: 25 stories you might have missed this year
The Hustle: 23 predictions for 2023 and more ->/a>
By Damon Mitchell, Narratively: These 1930s Housewives Were the Godmothers of Radical Consumer Activism When meat prices spiked during the Great Depression, the women of Detroit got mad as hell—and launched a boycott that changed America.
Tim Hawkins (Christian Comedian) – Funny Songs 2022
Talking parrot says ridiculous things prank
Marcus Luttrell’s Words of Wisdom
Massad Ayoob – short answers to the anti-2A crowd.
Recipes
By Choya Johnson, The kitchn: I Tried Hong Kong-Style French Toast and It Was So Good, I Made It Twice in One Day
Just the Recipe: Paste the URL to any recipe, click submit, and it’ll return literally JUST the recipe- no ads, no life story of the writer, no nothing EXCEPT the recipe.
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- Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Streusel June 12, 2026Firstly, thank you for the Jaffle love. 🥰 Hit the Jaffle button above to see what he got up to today! Secondly – cake. Specifically, Coffee Cake! A classic crumb cake with a jammy cinnamon ribbon, loaded with lots and lots of nubbly, extra crunchy cinnamon streusel. Outrageously good. Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Streusel This... […]Nagi
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- Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for June 14 June 14, 2026Picture of the day Wulfenite crystals with calcite, found in the Erupción Mine, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for June 13 June 13, 2026Picture of the day An image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on a stained-glass window located in a church in St. Peters, Missouri. Today is the feast day of the Immaculate Heart in the Roman Catholic Church.
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