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Daily Five: Bones, Wild Orchids, Hamlet Lands in Oatmeal

Five things to know for Thursday, June 7, 2012.

 

1. Weather: A chance of showers. Otherwise, partly sunny with a high near 75. For Thursday night, a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10 p.m. Partly cloudy with a low around 53. 

2. Bones and Pelts: First Selectman Mark Walter recently presented an educational show and tell at the . Do yo know what's hiding 

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3. Wild Orchids: this weekend along the the wetland edges of .

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4. Piglet Motivated by Food: Forget How to Train Your Dragon, this video teaches you how to train your piglet to walk down stairs. Spoiler Alert: Hamlet lands in a bowl of oatmeal at the bottom. Sounds like the grounds for a good breakfast joke. Anyone? 

5. On this day, June 7:

  • 1654-Louis XIV was crowned King of France in Rheims.
  • 1776-Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress.
  • 1972- The musical "Grease" opened on Broadway.


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