Holidays 2021-02-03

Observances today are about a plane crash that affected the rock music scene, reflecting on patient care/satisfaction, female athletes, carrot cake, wedding rings, and the hoax-y ice worms of Alaska:

On this date in 1959 rock musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash.

Apparently Alaskan bartenders will pull spaghetti-like things from ice blocks, claiming they are Cordova Ice Worms. Could these be immature Cordova Ice Worms?
Image by TanteTati from Pixabay


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