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Provided by the compucert finical \FIN-ih-kuhl\, adjective:
- Extremely or unduly particular in standards or taste; fastidious; finicky.
Urban Word of the Day
December 21, 2007: flojectile
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flojectile&defid=1957458
- The bits of food matter that fly onto your mirror while flossing your teeth.
I need to wash those flojectiles off my bathroom mirror before the Health Department shuts me down.
Trivia
How much honey does the average worker bee produce during its lifetime?
- 1/12 teaspoon.
- Pilgrims: arrived in the New World, seeking religious freedom; they went ashore near Plymouth Rock, having traveled west after their initial settlement in Leiden, Holland, became unsustainable (1620)
- radium: radioactive element was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie; it was used commonly to light watch hands and instrument dials until found medically dangerous (1898)
- crossword puzzle: was first printed in the US, authored by Arthur Wynne, in The New York World (1913)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: film version premiered in Hollywood (1937)
Today's Birthdays
- Rebecca West (1892-1983): novelist, critic and journalist who reported on the Nuremburg trials
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881): writer and two-time English prime minister who promoted social reform and a strong foreign policy
- Jane Fonda (70), Samuel L. Jackson (59), Kiefer Sutherland (41), Julie Delpy (38), Ray Romano (50): actors
- Andy Dick (42): actor, comedian, train wreck
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