Today's Highlights
November 08, 2008 
X-ray of a Mummy's Skull
Quote: "When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch up my x-rays." — Henny Youngman
Questions of the Day
What do infrared light and visible light and X-rays have in common?
Infrared (IR) light, visible light and X-rays are all electromagnetic radiation, and the only difference is in the frequency (or wavelength) of the energy. They are listed here in the question in order of lower to higher frequency, and that means longer to shorter wavelength.
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Today in History
The Louvre
- Louvre: the former royal French palace opened as a museum; it is now the most-visited art museum in the world (1793)
- Days of Our Lives: long-running soap opera premiered on TV (1965)
- Three Gorges Dam: the Yangtze, China's largest river, was diverted in a massive ongoing construction project (1997)
Today's Birthdays
Bonnie Raitt
- Edmond Halley (1656-1742): astronomer who discovered Halley's Comet
- Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949): Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gone With the Wind; Dracula's creator Bram Stoker (1847-1912) has the same birth date
- Christiaan Barnard (1923-2001): surgeon who performed the world's first human heart transplant
- Morley Safer (77): broadcast journalist, 60 Minutes
- Bonnie Raitt (59): blues-rock musician; other singers born today include Patti Page (81), Rickie Lee Jones (54) and Leif Garrett (47)
- Parker Posey (40): actor, Best in Show; also, actors Norman Lloyd (94), June Havoc (92), Alfre Woodard (55), Courtney Thorne-Smith (41), Roxana Zal (39), Gretchen Mol (36), Tara Reid (33) and Chris Rankin (25)
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