Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

mantic \MAN-tik\, adjective:

1. Of or pertaining to divination.

2. Having the power of divination.

Mantic stems from the Greek mantikos, "of a soothsayer."

fat hangover

• The horrible feeling after indulging on too much food, similar to the hangover of alcohol. Fat hangovers have almost all of the same effects of regular hangovers. Fat hangovers, however, usually occur right after eating or when going to sleep.

Jimi has a fat hangover from today's food party. He's vomiting all over the sheets and has a major head and stomach ache.

Trivia

How fast can a dragonfly fly?

• About 36 miles an hour.

History

• Lionel Nathan Rothschild: became the first Jew to sit in the British Parliament — 11 years after he was elected; the House of Commons had to allow a special oath (1858)
• Unua Libro: the "First Book" of Esperanto was published, by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof (1887)
• National Security Act: was signed by US President Harry S Truman; it created the Department of Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, and Joint Chiefs of Staff (1947)
• Suez Canal: was nationalized by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading to an international crisis (1956)
• Jimmy Hoffa: Teamsters union head was convicted of fraud and conspiracy (1964)

Birthdays

• George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950): Nobel Prize-winning author of Pygmalion; also, writers Pearl Buck (1892-1973) and Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
• Carl Jung (1875-1961): the founder of analytical psychology
• Salvador Allende (1908-1973): Chilean president
• Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999): perfectionist director of A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey; also, directors Blake Edwards (89) and Peter Hyams (68)
• Mick Jagger (68): singer/songwriter, The Rolling Stones; rocker Roger Taylor (62) shares this birth date
• Dorothy Hamill (55): gold medal figure skater
• Sandra Bullock (47): Oscar-winner for The Blind Side; also, actors Gracie Allen (1902-1964), Vivian Vance (1909-1979), Jason Robards (1922-2000), Kevin Spacey (52), Jeremy Piven (46), Jason Statham (44), Cress Williams (41), Kate Beckinsale (38) and Taylor Momsen (18)