Friday, July 13, 2007

Word of the Day for Friday, July 13, 2007

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: pottermania
http://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?
  • 10. Virginia, the most populous state at the time, had 10 of the 65 representatives in the first U.S. Congress.

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