Pluto was discovered on this day in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, who was seeking a 'mysterious planet x' that they speculated should exist based on effects that Uranus and Neptune were showing.
Pluto lasted until 2006 and it's something they now give it the term
'plutoid'
What a tale of a planet.
A tale I used to like when I was a kid was by Mark Twain and it was on this day in 1885 that "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published.
Tho' I often get the 2 stories of his and Tom Sawyer's mixed up.
Mark Twain sure could paint a picture of the time. And speaking of painting, it was on this day in 1564 that famous painter Michelangelo passed away.
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