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Provided by the compucert menagerie \muh-NAJ-uh-ree; -NAZH-\, noun:
- A collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition.
- An enclosure where wild or unusual animals are kept or exhibited.
- A diverse or varied group.
Urban Word of the Day: facebookable
- Content is considered appropriate enough to be viewed by the general public of the facebook community i.e friends/ significant others/ family/ coworkers without having to worry about explaining a sketchy situation
You know it was a good night when only 3 out of 152 pics are facebookable.
Trivia
Who was the only 20th-century tennis player to win the grand slam in both singles and doubles?
- Australian Margaret Smith Court. She won the doubles grand slam with fellow Aussie Ken Fletcher in 1963, and the singles grand slam in 1970.
- Davis Cup: international tennis competition was played for the first time; its donor, Dwight F. Davis, won (1900)
- daylight savings time: clocks were turned forward 1 hour in the US to aid the war effort (1942)
- Satchel Paige: became the first Negro League player elected into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame (1971)
- William Henry Harrison (1773-1841): US president who served only 1 month before dying of pneumonia
- Joe Pesci (65): actor, My Cousin Vinnie; other actors born today include Mia Farrow (63), Judith Light (59) and Zhang Ziyi (29)
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