Tuesday facts

While investigating facts about Tuesday, I found out little known, but curios details like:

The the term "Taco Tuesday" is legally owned by Taco John's and they have issued hundreds of cease and desist letters demanding companies stop holding Taco Tuesdays.

"Taco Tuesday" isn't something just any restaurant can celebrate. It's trademarked by a Wyoming-based chain called Taco John's, which routinely sends cease-and-desist letters to other restaurants that use it.

In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 50 of the best facts about Tuesday I managed to collect.

1. In 2038, we will have another Y2K-style software issue with dates, as 32 bit software can't represent time past Tuesday, 19 January 2038. Times beyond that will be stored internally as a negative number, which these systems will interpret as Friday, 13 December 1901

2. In 1992, Sega orchestrated the world's first global launch of a video game, Sonic the Hedgehog 2. They chose a Tuesday and dubbed the event "Sonic 2sday". At the time, new games would release at different stores on different days. Thanks to Sega, Tuesday is now the industry standard.

3. Alexander I of Yugoslavia refused to attend public events on Tuesdays after three family members died on that day of the week. After finally being forced to appear on Tuesday, he was promptly assassinated.

4. There is a residential area in Stockholm, Sweden just north of the Stockholm University that has a tradition whereby at 10 PM every Tuesday the residents open their windows and scream for several minutes to relieve stress caused by university exams.

5. US election day is always held on a Tuesday because in 1845 farmers often needed a full day to travel by horse-drawn vehicles to the county seat to vote. Farmers would leave Monday, vote on Tuesday and be back in time for market day, which was on Wednesday.

6. The color of the plastic tag on bread actually means something. They indicate the day of the week on which the loaf was baked: Monday - Blue, Tuesday - Green, Thursday - Red, Friday - White, Saturday - Yellow.

7. Taco John's Restaurant has trademarked the term "Taco Tuesday" and is not afraid to sue those who use it.

8. King Alexander of Yougoslavia refused to do public events on Tuesdays because 3 family members had died on Tuesdays. When he finally DID begin a state visit on a Tuesday, he was assassinated.

9. J.R.R.Tolkien (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings) and C.S.Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia) were friends at Oxford. They organised a literary group for budding writers who would share their stories over lunch and a beer in the same pub every Tuesday.

10. Mark Davis, owner of the Oakland Raiders NFL team, is worth $500 million but drives a 1997 minivan and carries a 2003 dumbphone. Until recently he ate at Hooters every Tuesday night for $12.99 all-you-can-eat wings. Davis travels to southern California to get his unusual bowl haircut.

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Video games are commonly released on Tuesdays thanks to Sonic The Hedgehog

There's a resedential area in Sweden full of students and at 10pm on Tuesday everyone screams out their window to relieve stress - source

The Friday the 13th movies are titled "Martes 13" (Tuesday the 13th) in Spain and certain Latin-American countries, because their unlucky day is Tuesday the 13th instead of Friday. - source

Back in 2000, chef Anthony Bourdain said he never ate fish on Mondays because, in NYC, fresh fish is delivered on Tuesdays and the fish might be 5 days old. Now, because of changes in the restaurant business, he says that is no longer the case.

Friday is the most dangerous day of the week, and Tuesday is the safest. - source

The word "Tuesday" comes from the old English word Tiwesdæg, which was named after the Nordic god Tyr.

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. It was founded to honour the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of workers.

Mardi Gras is the French term for Fat Tuesday. It is tradition on this day to consume rich foods prior to the beginning of Lent the following day.

King's decision to obey the restraining order became known as "turnaround Tuesday," The move also caused an already apparent rift between the SCLC and the SNCC.

Because Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day is a moveable feast it can fall anywhere between February 3rd to March 9th.

Tasmania have an extra day of Easter - Easter Tuesday. It is only celebrated in Tasmania.

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