February 10 - Think about the falling beans

 Okay, so this one was a new thing for me.

I see that it's World Pulses Day.

Okay, so something about taking your pulse... something about hearts?

Nope, pulses are ... I guess another way of saying 'legume'.  So today is the world day to recognize the importance of types of crops.

Bleh, always hated lentils myself.

All them beans floating around, they need some rain to help them grow, but you may need an umbrella - good thing the US celebrates "National Umbrella Day".

Who was it that said you never 'own' an umbrella, merely borrow it from the universe for a period of time.

All the while under that umbrella thinking deep thoughts, and there's one computer who's probably thinking more - Deep Blue.

It was on this day Deep Blue (from IBM) played the world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1996.

This was their second match - Deep Blue had tried against Kasparov in 1989 and lost.  In 1996 however, of 6 games, Deep Blue actually won a game, caused them to draw twice, but Kasparov won 3.  But, Deep Blue won the first.