abiogenesis \ey-bahy-oh-JEN-uh-sis, ab-ee-oh-\, noun:
- Biology. the now discredited theory that living organisms can arise spontaneously from inanimate matter; spontaneous generation.
Coined by T. H. Huxley in 1870, abiogenesis comes from the Latin words meaning "birth" and "origin."
Loss Vegas
- Sin City, Nevada, where people go in the hopes of winning it big, but usually end up just losing their shirts .
I just got a windfall settlement, but I ain't gonna blow it a Loss Vegas --- they say you're more likely to get struck by lightning than win the jackpot.
TriviaWhat gemstone was used in all the medals awarded at the 2008 Olympics?
- Jade. The 2008 Olympics were held in China, where jade represents beauty and excellence.
- Festivus ("for the rest of us")
- kidney transplant: was successfully performed for first time, in Boston (1954)
- Federal Reserve Act: law signed by President Woodrow Wilson created the Federal Reserve System, a central banking system for the US (1913)
- Immaculate Reception: the Pittsburgh Steelers won an NFL playoff game over the Oakland Raiders with a "miraculous" touchdown (1972)
- Voyager: experimental plane designed by Burt Rutan completed a 9-day flight around the world without refueling (1986)
- Lenny Bruce: comedian who satirized politics, religion and sex was granted by the governor of New York a posthumous pardon for obscenity, for which he had been convicted 40 years earlier (2003)
- Richard Arkwright 1732
- Alexander I (Russia) 1777
- Joseph Smith 1805
- Samuel Smiles 1812
- Fredi Washington 1903
- Don McNeill 1907
- Yousuf Karsh 1908
- Maurice Denham 1909
- James Gregory 1911
- Jose Greco 1918
- Gerald O’Loughlin 1921
- Ruth Roman 1923
- Harry Guardino 1925
- Robert Bly 1926
- Dick Weber 1929
- Akihito 1933
- 'Little' Esther Phillips 1935
- James Stacy 1936
- Frederic Forrest 1936
- Johnny Kidd (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates) 1939
- Tim Hardin 1940
- Eugene Record (Chi-Lites) 1940
- Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) 1940
- Elizabeth Hartman 1943
- Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap) 1943
- Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly) 1945
- Susan Lucci 1946
- Johnny Contardo 1951
- Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) 1958
- Joan Severance 1958
- Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) 1964
- Carla Bruni 1967
- The Naked Cowboy 1970
- Corey Haim 1972
- Jamie Murphy (Space) 1975
- Estella Warren 1978
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