Quote of the day
Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong?
Robert Smalls
Born: April 5, 1839
Died: February 23, 1915 (aged 75)
Bio: Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, gained freedom and became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician.







