- A mixture; a medley.
Melange derives from Old French meslance, from mesler, "to mix," ultimately from Latin miscere, "to mix."
- The stage in fat accumulation when fabric can no longer contain the enormity of one's buttocks.
Jesus, I can't zip up these jeans anymore - I've reached critical ass!
Trivia
Walt Disney was nominated for 64 individual Academy Awards. How many did he win?
- 26—not counting the seven miniature Oscars he received for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs along with his standard-size Oscar. Disney holds the record for both individual Oscar nominations and awards.
- Detroit: La Ville d'Etroit, or "city of the strait," was founded by Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, a French fur trader (1701)
- Brigham Young: seeking a safe haven, the Mormon leader and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake, in what is now Utah (1847)
- Watergate: the US Supreme Court ordered President Richard Nixon to turn over incriminating subpoenaed White House recordings (1974)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870): writer of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo; Tanizaki Jun'ichiro (1886-1965)
- Amelia Earhart (1897-1937): female pilot who disappeared over the S. Pacific while attempting to circumnavigate the globe
- Bella Abzug (1920-1998): women's rights activist
- Pat Oliphant (73): award-winning political cartoonist
- Jennifer Lopez (38): superstar singer/actress; other actors born today are Dan Hedaya (68), Chris Sarandon (66), Robert Hays (61), Michael Richards (59), Lynda Carter (57), Kristin Chenoweth (40), Eric Szmanda (33) and Anna Paquin (26)
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