- A Tribute to the State of New Jersey, and apology to our friend murph for impugning it.
- Skee-ball, the drive-in movie, and condensed soup were invented…as well as the submarine and first American steam locomotive
- President Grover Cleveland, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms…was from New Jersey.
- James Garfield chose to die in New Jersey, 2 months after he was assassinated.
- Aaron Burr was born in New Jersey.
- New Jersey was the first state to ratify the bill of rights.
- In 1820, the tomato was proven to be non-poisonous by Colonel Robert Gibbon eating a tomato on steps of courthouse in Salem, New Jersey
- In 1870, Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy, New Jersey became the first African American to vote in the US under provisions of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution
- YouTube’s new experiment suggests it could replace Google Podcasts
- Firefox for Android is finally getting more extensions
- Twitter to charge for SMS-based two-factor authentication – How to use Google Authenticator instead
- You can now edit Google Contacts directly from the Gmail sidebar
- Google Calendar and Assistant Reminders will migrate to Google Tasks soon
- IKEA launches its own Matter-compatible air quality sensor
- Mozilla Firefox picks up one of Android 13’s nicest features
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