Today is Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

That means that today is day number 182 of the year or 183 days before the end of the year.

Today's First Wise Thought From a Famous Person is:
(Number 180 out of 368)

“Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc.”
—Georg Lichtenberg

Today's Second Wise Thought From a Famous Person is:
(Number 215 out of 439)

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
—Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931, American inventor)

Today's Made-Up Wise Thought is:
(Number 156 out of 320)

“The truly committed, like the truly frivolous, know no shame.”
— Anonymous Maxim-Maker

Today's Quotation Without Comment is:
(Number 261 out of 533)

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854-1900, Irish author)

Today's First Provocative International Factoid is:
(Number 182 out of 373)

In Iran it is illegal for a private person to own a satellite dish because “most satellite channels not only weaken the foundation of families, but also cause improper behavior in children,” according to Mohammad Reza Naghdi, head of the Sasij militia.

Today's Second Provocative International Factoid is:
(Number 271 out of 554)

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia paid $27.3 million to lobbyists and “consultants” in Washington DC in 2017, more than triple what they spent in 2016.

Today's First Provocative U.S. Factoid is:
(Number 205 out of 419)

In the wake of Tropical Storm Florence, it was reported that North Carolina was home to about 9.7 million pigs, producing about 10 billion gallons of manure a year, or about 2.8 gallons of manure per pig per day. Big pigs.

Today's Second Provocative U.S. Factoid is:
(Number 309 out of 632)

By the middle of 2007, the three Spiderman movies had grossed a total of 2.4 billion dollars worldwide, more than the gross domestic product of at least 33 nations. (070726)

Today's Pretentiously Literate Foreign-Language Quote is:
(Number 128 out of 262)

“Plura saepe peccantur dum demeremur quam dum offendimus.”
[More sins are committed trying to please than in giving offense.]
—Tacitus (AD 55-117): Annales XV: 21

Today's Folksy But Profound Chinese Proverb is:
(Number 75 out of 154)

平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊。
(Píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì, bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng.)
"One who never does objectionable acts, is not disturbed by a late night knock at the door."

Today's Factoid or Quote From or About Donald Trump, the Great Orange Ego is:
(Number 283 out of 579)

“Buddy our boy can become President of the USA and we can engineer it. I will get all of Putin’s team to buy in on this. I will manage this process.”
—Felix Slater (Trump adviser writing to Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen in November, 2015)

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