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Provided by the compucert benefaction \BEN-uh-fak-shuhn; ben-uh-FAK-shuhn\, noun:
- The act of conferring a benefit.
- A benefit conferred; especially, a charitable donation.
Urban Word of the Day
December 25, 2007: mall hangover
- the headache, tiredness and sometimes nausea one gets after going to the mall.
I was at the mall for like five hours and when I got home I had a major mall hangover.
Trivia
What famous novel begins with the words, “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents”?
- Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott.
Today's Holiday
- William the Conqueror: the Duke of Normandy was crowned king of England after invading the island and slaying its reigning king, Harold (1066)
- George Washington: crossed the Delaware River to attack British forces in New Jersey, reviving the Patriot cause (1776)
- Nicolae Ceauşescu: Romanian dictator and his wife were executed after being overthrown in the Romanian Revolution (1989)
Today's Birthdays
- Isaac Newton (1642-1727): physicist who explained gravity
- Clara Barton (1821-1912), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948), Conrad Hilton (1887-1979): founders of American Red Cross, Pakistan and Hilton hotels, respectively
- Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929): German-Jewish existentialist and religious philosopher
- Jimmy Buffett (61): singer of "Margaritaville"
- Annie Lennox (53): Scottish singer and lead of Eurythmics
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