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Provided by the compucert afflatus \uh-FLAY-tuhs\, noun:
- A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.
Urban Word of the Day: consumerican
- An individual suffering from the particularly American brand of [consumerism].
You'd have to be a real consumerican to always think you need the newest, most expensive computer every two years.
Trivia
What famous singer produced an album entitled Wet, in which every song contained a reference to water?
- Barbara Streisand, in 1979. The songs included “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “Splish Splash,” and “No More Tears.”
- public library: America's first tax-supported public library was founded in Peterborough, New Hampshire (1833)
- Saddam Hussein: statue of Iraqi dictator was toppled in Baghdad, signifying the end of the Baath regime (2003)
- Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867): poet/translator/critic
- Leon Blum (1872-1950): France's first Socialist premier
- Dennis Quaid (54): star of American Dreamz and Vantage Point; also, actors Jean-Paul Belmondo (75), Cynthia Nixon (42) and Elle Fanning (10)
- Jesse McCartney (21): singer, Beautiful Soul; singers Paul Robeson (1898-1976), Hal Ketchum (55) and Albert Hammond, Jr. (28) were also born today
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