triskaidekaphobia \tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\, noun:
- A morbid fear of the number 13 or the date Friday the 13th.
Urban Word of the Day
July 13, 2007: pottermaniahttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pottermania&defid=164453
- Fanaticism surrounding fictional characters and themes contained within a series of [book]s written by [J.K Rowling], namely "[Harry Potter]".
Pottermania prior to the release of the new [Harry Potter] [book] has reached fever pitch.
Trivia:
Virginia currently has 11 of the 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. How many did it have when Congress first convened in 1789?
Trivia:
Virginia currently has 11 of the 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. How many did it have when Congress first convened in 1789?
- 10. Virginia, the most populous state at the time, had 10 of the 65 representatives in the first U.S. Congress.
Today's Birthdays
- Harrison Ford (65): star of the Indiana Jones and Star Wars films

- Former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp is 72
- Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 61
- Patrick Stewart (67): actor, Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Professor Xavier on X-Men

- Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 50
- Singer Deborah Cox is 34
- Erno Rubik (63): inventor of the Rubik's Cube









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