On This Day
46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.[1]
The Battle of Ruspina was fought on 4 January 46 BC in the Roman province of Africa, between the Republican forces of the Optimates and forces loyal to Julius Caesar. The Republican army was commanded by Titus Labienus, Caesar’s former lieutenant during the Gallic Wars who had defected to the Republican side at the beginning of the civil war.
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Born On This Day
659 – Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (d.680)[42][43]
ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (Arabic: علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (ٱلسَّجَّاد, lit. ’the one who is constantly prostrating in worship’) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (lit. ’ornament of worshippers’), c. 4 January 659 – c. 13 October 713, was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather, Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Ali ibn al-Husayn survived the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE, after which he and the other survivors were taken to Yazid I in Damascus. He was eventually allowed to return to Medina, where he led a secluded life with a few close companions. He devoted his life to prayer and was regarded as an authority on law and hadith. Some of his supplications are collected in Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (lit. ’the scripture of Sajjad’), which is highly regarded by the Shia.[10] He adopted a quiescent attitude towards the Umayyads and is seen by the Shia community as an example of patience and perseverance when numerical odds are against them.[11]
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FYI
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
This Day in Tech History
Just A Car Guy: Ever heard of the Signal Tarzan Club?
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Just A Car Guy: Ever heard of the cold storage limestone caves in Missouri? One trucker shared his dash cam of his delivery into the mine, very interesting and different environment few people experience first hand. Be ready to forward, a LOT, but it’s worth seeing
The New Madrid Seismic Zone (/ˈmædrɪd/), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.
The New Madrid fault system was responsible for the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes, and has the potential to produce large earthquakes in the future. Since 1812, frequent smaller earthquakes have been recorded in the area.[1]
Earthquakes that occur in the New Madrid Seismic Zone potentially threaten parts of seven American states: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.[2]
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Ideas
By CraftAndu: Simple Rooftop Tent
By stillash: Faux Popcorn and Cranberry Garland
Recipes
By DannyZeee: How to Season a Carbon Steel Wok (The Best Way)
By In The Kitchen With Matt:: Homemade Apple Cider
By John deCaux: How to Cook Baked Brie With Basil Pesto and Sundried Tomatoes
By buck2217: Anything Goes, Christmas/New Year Leftover Pie
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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- Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for June 15 June 15, 2026Picture of the day Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
- 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.
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