O say can you hear: To comply with Navy regulations, commanders at Naval Station Everett recently changed the morning bugle call to the national anthem and boosted the external speaker system’s output.
The base lowered the volume a bit after fielding calls from north Everett residents, who should thank their lucky stars that they don’t live near the Seattle stadiums and have to listen to some celebrity murder the anthem before every game.
Tap a keg a day: Police in Kentucky say rogue distillery workers stole thousands of dollars’ worth of whiskey over the past five or so years.
The alleged thieves stole more booze than one person could possibly drink in a lifetime, said the local prosecutor, who obviously doesn’t have an Irish uncle.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1952, a 31-kiloton nuclear bomb was detonated in Nevada on live national TV.
It was the biggest bomb ever on TV until Jay Leno’s short-lived prime-time show in 2009.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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