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Provided by the compucert euphonious \yoo-FOH-nee-uhs\, adjective:
- Pleasing or sweet in sound; smooth-sounding.
Euphonious comes from Greek euphonos, "sweet-voiced," from eu-, "well" (hence "sweetly") + phonos, from phone, "voice, sound." The noun form is euphony.
- When you're in a shower and have to blow your nose. You use your index and thumb and replicate the actions of blowing your nose then letting the shower wash the boogers away.
"Man, the other day I Shower Tissued and it flew onto my face!"
TriviaWhat was Agent Scully's first name on the sci-fi TV series The X-Files?
- Dana. The role was played by Gillian Anderson. The childhood nickname her father gave her was Starbuck.
Christopher Columbus: Italian-born navigator arrived at the Bahamas, thinking he was in East Asia (Old Style calendar) (1492) - Oktoberfest: tradition of beery celebration began with the wedding reception of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1810)
- The Pledge of Allegiance: was first recited in US public schools (1892)
- Dick Gregory (76): comedian and activist
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007): famed Italian tenor; singers Nappy Brown (1929-2008) and Sam Moore (73) were also born on this date
- Chris Wallace (61): broadcast journalist
Dave Freudenthal (58): governor of Wyoming; former Michigan governor John Engler (60) shares this birth date - Hugh Jackman (40): Wolverine in X-Men; other actors born on this date include Susan Anton (58), Carlos Bernard (46) and Kirk Cameron (38)
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