Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

crepitate \KREP-i-teyt\, verb:
  • To make a crackling sound; crackle
Crepitate is from the Latin crepitare which meant “to rustle or chatter.”

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PC issues...


Youtube degree
  • A bachelor's level certificate that people award to themselves after they have deemed themselves to be experts in a particular field of study by watching various instructional and how-to videos on Youtube.
Ben: Whoa! That is NOT the correct way to put on cologne! You spray and then you walk into it.
Joey: Okay and since when did you become the expert on all things cologne?
Ben: Since last spring when I got my Youtube degree in cologne management.
Trivia
What country was once known as the Hermit Kingdom?
  • Korea, because of its strict isolationism in the late 19th century, before it signed trade agreements with the U.S. and other Western nations.
History
  • Battle of Chattanooga: huge battle at a railway junction began during the US Civil War, ending with a Union victory (1863)
  • jukebox: the first coin-operated phonograph was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco (1889)
  • Doctor Who: British sci-fi TV program about a doctor who time-travels in a TARDIS debuted; it is still running (1963)
  • China: the People's Republic took over Taiwan's seat in the UN Security Council (1971)
Birthdays
  • John Wallis (1616-1703): mathematician
  • Franklin Pierce (1804-1869): South-leaning Northern POTUS; other world leaders born on this date include Otto I (912-973) and José Napoleon Duarte (1925-1990)
  • William H. Bonney (1859-1881): outlaw known as Billy the Kid
  • Jerry Bock (1928-2010): composer, Fiddler on the Roof; plus, composers Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) and Krzysztof Penderecki (78)
  • Snooki Polizzi (24): reality TV star, Jersey Shore
  • Miley Cyrus (19): singer/actress, the titular star of Hannah Montana: also, actors Boris Karloff (1887-1969), Michael Gough (94), Franco Nero (70), Steve Landesberg (66), Vincent Cassel (45), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (44), Oded Fehr (41), Page Kennedy (35), Kelly Brook (31) and Lucas Grabeel (27)
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