June 21, 2019

By: Chris McLeod

21/6/2019

5 Things You Need To Know

June 21st is the 172nd day of the year. There are 193 days remaining until the end of the year.

Busy weekend in Chatham-Kent.

The Thamesville Threshing Festival kicks off tonight with the annual parade at 6:30, followed by the midway and entertainment tonight and Saturday in Ferguson Park. More info here. 

The Paincourt Truck and Tractor Pull is tonight under the water tower at 7. Find out more here.

RetroFest and the RM40th anniversary celebrations kick off tonight. The parade from the Civic Centre to the Retro Suites begins at 5, followed by the Classic Car Cruise starting at the Bradley Centre. Sam Roberts Band in Tecumseh Park tonight. Tomorrow the classic cars on display downtown, the Concours d’Elegance and Art at RM begins at 9 at RM Classic Cars. Big Sugar at the Capitol Saturday night. For more info check out RM40th.com.

Sunday check out the Boulevard Of Dreams-Erieau Car Show from 12-4. All makes and models and includes food and music.

Ride Don’t Hide with the Canadian Mental Health Association is Sunday at Rondeau Park. Find out more info here.

Summer officially arrives at 11:54am.

It’s the longest day and shortest night of the calendar year. By longest, the longest period of sunlight.

The solstice is also when those in the northern hemisphere see the highest sun of the year. But it’s getting lower over time. That’s because Earth’s tilt is slowly decreasing.

Today, the sun rises farthest left on the horizon, and sets at its rightmost possible spot. Sunlight strikes places in your rooms that get illuminated at no other time.

Baseball’s Tampa Rays have received permission from Major League Baseball‘s executive council to explore a plan in which they would play home games in both the Tampa Bay area and Montreal.

Under the plan, the Rays would play early season home games in the Tampa Bay area and the remainder of the year in Montreal, with both cities getting new stadiums. The ability to play games early in the season in Florida would preclude the need for a domed stadium, cutting the cost of a new building.

The Expos last played in Montreal in 2004.

If Rays and Expos Merge, Will They Be the X-Rays?

Netflix holds something called Hack Days — experiments that may or may not become a part of the streaming service.

At the most recent Hack Days someone introduced Project Rumble Pak: as you watch a movie on your phone the feature delivers haptic feedback at key moments — meaning you could feel every explosion and punch.

A French golfer named Clement Berardo found that out at an event in Spain yesterday, that you can be disqualified if you run out of golf balls.

He ran out on the 15th hole, and he was already 10 over par at that point. Once he realized he was out, he was forced to head straight back to the clubhouse. Berardo is ranked 1,909th in the world.

Back in 2000, Tiger Woods almost ran out of golf balls during the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. He was actually playing good, but he’d taken a handful of balls out of his bag to practice putting on the carpet at the hotel, and forgot to put them back.

You can continue playing if you can borrow more balls from another player, but they must be the exact brand and type. Apparently, Berardo couldn’t do that.

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