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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Independence Day

When I first Googled “independence day” using lowercase first letters, I ended up with this as a first hit: Independence Day is a blockbuster movie from 1996 starring Will Smith.

When I Googled “Independence Day'” using capital first letters, I ended up with this: Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.

Now, the internet has corrected itself and properly displays “ratifying the Declaration of Independence” no matter how I enter the Google query.

Thank you, internet.

Happy Independence Day, America!

—Mitchell Hegman

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