Saturday, July 26, 2014

Saturday, July 26, 2014




prevaricator \ pri-VAR-i-key-ter \ , noun;
  1. a person who speaks falsely; liar. 
  2. a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator. 
Origin: Prevaricator came to English in the mid-1500s from the Latin praevāricātor meaning "unfaithful advocate."

sniff test
  • To test if an item of already worn clothing is suitable to wear out. common amongst students who cant be bothered to do their washing.
Friend1: Hey man cant you just wear those boxers?
Friend2:(sniff test) yeah i can get a couple more uses out of those

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 Catlin 1796
  • George Bernard Shaw 1856
  • Carl Jung 1875
  • Aldous Huxley 1894
  • Gracie Allen 1906
  • Vivian Vance 1912
  • Erskine Hawkins 1914
  • Marjorie Lord 1921
  • Blake Edwards 1922
  • Jason Robards, Jr. 1922
  • Hoyt Wilhelm 1923
  • Louie Bellson (Duke Ellington Band) 1924
  • James Best 1926
  • Stanley Kubrick 1928
  • Bobby Lilly 1939
  • Bobby Rousseau 1940
  • Bobby Hebb 1941
  • Dobie Gray 1943
  • Peter Hyams 1943
  • Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) 1943
  • Keil Martin 1944
  • Mickei King 1944
  • Helen Mirren 1946
  • Roger Taylor (Queen) 1949
  • Susan George 1950
  • Duncan Mackey 1950
  • Dorothy Hamill 1956
  • Kevin Spacey 1959
  • Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen) 1961
  • Sandra Bullock 1964
  • Jeremy Piven 1965
  • Jennifer Ashe 1966
  • Kate Beckinsale 1973
  • Derek Jeter 1974
  • Taylor Momsen 1993
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