Saturday, July 13, 2013

Saturday, July 13, 2013

dilly \DIL-ee\, noun:
  • Informal. something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.: a dilly of a movie.
Dilly is thought to have come to English by combining the first syllable of delightful and delicious with the -y suffix meaning "full or characterized by."
Atty
  • Short for Atomizer; the part of an Electronic Cigarette that creates the vapor from the E-Liquid
"I can't get this menthol flavor out of my atty, I gonna switch it out for a fresh one"
Trivia
Why did witches in Romania throw poisonous mandrake into the Danube River in January 2011?
  • To cast spells on their president and government for enacting a law requiring them to pay a 16 percent income tax—from which they previously had been exempt.
At what depth are oceans in total darkness, with absolutely no sunlight penetrating from above?
  • Below 3,280 feet.
History
  • Jean Paul Marat: physician and radical French revolutionary was stabbed in his bath by noblewoman Charlotte Corday; she was swiftly guillotined (1793)
  • Hollywood Sign: the iconic landmark was officially dedicated (1923); until 1949 it read "HOLLYWOODLAND"
  • World Cup: the first world soccer competition began in Uruguay (1930)
  • Live Aid: benefit concert took place in London and Philadelphia, raising £150 million for famine relief; Phil Collins performed at both venues, traveling by Concorde (1985)
  • presidential disability clause: President Ronald Reagan transferred power for 7 hours to his vice president, George Bush, before undergoing surgery for cancer; it was the first time the clause was invoked (1985)
Birthdays
  • Edward J. Flanagan 1886 - Founder of Boys Town in Nebraska.
  • Dave Garroway 1913
  • Sam Hanks 1914
  • Ruben Gomez 1927
  • Bob Crane 1928
  • Robert N.C. Nix, Jr. 1928
  • Frank Ramsey 1931
  • David Storey 1933
  • Wole Soyinka 1934
  • Jack Kemp 1935
  • Charles Coody 1937
  • Patrick Stewart 1940
  • Robert Forster 1941
  • Harrison Ford 1942
  • Roger McGuinn (Byrds) 1942
  • Stephen Bladd (J. Geils Band) 1942
  • Erno Rubik 1944
  • Lynn Loring 1944
  • Cheech Marin 1946
  • Didi Conn 1951
  • Louise Mandrell 1955
  • Cameron Crowe 1957
  • Lawrence Donegan 1961
  • Victoria Shaw 1962
  • Michael Jace 1965
  • Neil Thrasher (Thrasher Shiver) 1965
  • Gerald Levert 1966
  • Deborah Cox 1973

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