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Pluto & Eris

Answers.com says: Spotlight: Easy come, easy go. On this date in 2005, astronomers announced the discovery of Eris , a heavenly body slightly larger than Pluto , and called it the 10th planet. The International Astronomical Union did a little further research and decided that both bodies were too small to be official planets; both Eris and Pluto were demoted to the official designation of dwarf planet . Along with its moon, Dysnomia , Eris is the most distant known object in orbit around the sun. Dwarf Planet Eris Source Quote: "Mmm. Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. How embarrassing." — Yoda , Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Ice Cream History

According to Answers.com: A famous American saying goes, "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream !" Tom Carvel set up the first permanent ice-cream stand in 1934, when the truck from which he had been selling the frozen treat had a flat tire near a pottery store in New York. He sold his ice cream from that spot — off the back of his truck — for two years, until he finally bought the store in 1936 and turned it into an ice-cream parlor . That same year, he developed a formula for soft serve ice cream. In 1947, Carvel set up his first franchise , and, soon after, he ran a series of franchising seminars, nicknamed "Sundae School." Carvel was born on this date in 1906. Quote: "If you like ice cream, why stop at one scoop? Have two, have three. Too much is never enough." — Morris Lapidus See previous Highlights