Good morning, Whitewater.
We’ll have a one-third chance of afternoon showers, but otherwise a partially cloudy day, with a high of fifty-two.
Could a creature like Godzilla (that is, a giant reptile) really exist?
Jason of Vsauce makes the case against Godzilla’s existence in a YouTube video:
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures make the case for Godzilla’s existence in their major-motion picture:
I embed – you decide.
On this day in 1933, Wisconsin mobilizes against dairy workers:
1933 – Military Mobilized Against Milk Strike
On this date, seventy-five members of the Janesville-based 32nd Tank Company and 121st Field Artillery were mobilized to quell potential violence in the Wisconsin farmers’ statewide milk strike. The strike was called to protest low milk prices and protesters employed “milk dumping” as their main tactic. The following day, Private Harry Wolfe, a tank company member, was assaulted during strike-related violence that erupted in Waukesha County. [Source: Janesville Gazette].
Puzzability‘s Just Drop It! series concludes with Friday’s game:
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This Week’s Game — May 12-16
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Just Drop It!
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Sometimes, it goes without saying. For each day this week, we started with a word that contains the two-letter chunk IT and deleted it to get a new word. The two-word answer phrase, described by each day’s clue, is the longer IT word followed by the shorter word.
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Example:
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Einstein from England
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Answer:
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Britain brain
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What to Submit:
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Submit the two-word phrase, with the IT word first (as “Britain brain” in the example), for your answer.
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Friday, May 16
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