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Provided by the compucert nescience \NESH-uhn(t)s; NESH-ee-uhn(t)s\, noun:
- Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.
Nescience is from Latin nescire, "not to know," from ne-, "not" + scire, "to know." It is related to science. Nescient is the adjective form.
California roll v. - To fail to make a complete stop at a red light or stop sign, especially when turning. Also known as a California stop.
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What is a dromomaniac?
- Someone with an abnormal impulse to wander or travel.
- domino theory: US President Dwight Eisenhower first articulated the idea that if one country fell to Communism, the surrounding ones would as well (1954)
- Rwandan genocide: 100-day massacre began; more than a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists (1994)
- David Frost (70): talk show host whose famous series of interviews with Richard Nixon inspired the film Frost/Nixon
- Gerhard Schröder (65): former chancellor of Germany
- John Oates (60): singer/guitarist, Hall and Oates; musicians Ravi Shankar (89), Freddie Hubbard (1938-2008) and Janis Ian (58) were also born on this date
- Tony Dorsett (55): football hall-of-famer; twin NFL players Tiki and Ronde Barber (34) also celebrate a birthday today
- Russell Crowe (45): Oscar-winning actor, Gladiator, Body of Lies; also, actors James Garner (81), Wayne Rogers (76) and Jackie Chan (55)
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