Britain's 1st full-length Motorway (M1) opened on this day (22nd Nov) 1959

The Minister of Transport and Aviation, the Right Honourable Ernest Marples, opened the London to Birmingham Motorway on 22 November 1959 - the M1. In terms of accuracy, the M1 doesn't go to Birmingham, and at the time it opened came to a sudden halt in the middle of nowhere at Crick in Northamptonshire - roughly where the M6 to Birmingham now begins.
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JFK assassination (22 Nov) 1963

John F Kennedy travelling in the presidential Lincoln Continental convertible was assassinated in Dallas, Texas 52 years ago today (22 November). He was shot twice, and an hour after his death Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime. No serving US president has travelled in an open top car since. The car is now at the Henry Ford museum in Michigan.
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Why you should get a beagle is the cutest dog video you'll see today

Beagles are the cutest, most intelligent and stubborn dogs ever. If you get one your life will never be the same:
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Sweet potato vs. yam: What's the difference?

Why Americans have been confused about this for hundreds of years?
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Lucas Etter - 4.90 Official Rubik's Cube World Record

Really awesome solve! Done at River Hill Fall 2015 in Clarksville, Maryland.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Pennies (HBO)

Pennies are not even worth what they’re worth. So why do we still make them?
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A Thanksgiving Miracle

There's only one thing that can keep a family (Beck Bennett, Jay Pharoah, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, Matthew McConaughey, Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer) from fighting at Thanksgiving: Adele.
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