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Five Things to Know Today, April 18

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Welcome to Wednesday. Here are some things to know today.

The weather: We may see more rain again today; the chance is 70 percent, and it's most likely before 2 p.m., according to the National Weather Service, though there's still a chance of rain later in the day. The high today will be around 77 degrees, and the low tonight about 56.

Gas prices are holding steady. The lowest price reported for Lilburn to www.georgiagasprices.com was still $3.71 (at QuikTrip, 4900 Stone Mountain Hwy near Stone Drive), and the highest was unchanged at $3.79 (at Chevron, 4784 US-29 at Killian Hill Road, and at three other places).

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Happy birthday…Lucrezia Borgia. The fabled femme fatal of Renaissence Italy’s incessantly warring and conspiring city-states was born on this day in 1480. She was the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman who later became Pope Alexander V1, and spent her life involved in the political machinations of her clan. Rumored to have used a hollow ring to dispense poison to her foes, she has lived on in popular culture to this day - including the 2011 Showtime series “The Borgias” and a role in the video game “Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.”  

Curious: Children’s Book Week is coming up May 7-13, and the Gwinnett public library system is celebrating with a special visitor: Curious George. The character will be acting at several libraries that week, including the Lilburn branch on Saturday, May 12.  

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Quake: It’s the anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. The quake measured an estimated 8.0 on the Richter scale and destroyed buildings as well as water lines, leaving firefighters severely limited in battling a rapid spread of firestorms. The blazes weren’t put out until April 23. An estimated 3,000 people died, the U.S. Army patrolled the city and there was a shoot-to-kill order from the mayor for looters. The devastation destroyed the central business district and most of the city’s homes.


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