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Five Things to Know Today, April 25

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

The weather: Ah, that's more like it. The high will be about 81 degrees, and it'll be partly sunny, with a little wind. Tonight the low will be about 59.

Gas prices are unchanged from yesterday in Lilburn, according to reports to www.georgiagasprices.com. The lowest price in ZIP code 30047 as of late Tuesday night on the website was $3.63 (at Shell, 5414 Five Forks Trickum at Rockbridge), and the highest was $3.74 (at Citgo, 4967 Lawrenceville Hwy at Holly Ridge Drive).

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Happy birthday… Batman. The caped crusader has been a hit since he first appeared in the comics and has gone through a series of transformations, from the jokier 1960s TV character to the more ominous Dark Knight. He came into the world on this day in 1939 with the publication of Detective Comics #27 (Robin only appeared as a sidekick a year later). That 10-cent comic book spawned an empire and the issue itself is considered one of the most valuable in the world, with a copy selling for over $1 million two years ago.  

War: Remember the Peloponnesian War? That’s the one that pitted Athens and its empire in ancient Greece against rival Greek city-states led by Sparta. Athens was a democracy, Sparta was an oligarchy, and the two powers tore up their world. The 27-year conflict named for the Peloponnese peninsula ended on this day in 404 B.C. with the former imperial leader Athens defeated, impoverished and never to recover its former glory.  

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Tongues: You might think the whole battle over English vs. Spanish and who gets to speak what where is a recent thing for Georgia. But no: Way back in the previous century, in 1996, Gov. Zell Miller signed a law that made English the state’s official language. It’s part of the section in the statute book that regulates “the state flag, seal, and other symbols.”


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