Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

hallux \ HAL-uhks \ , noun; 
  1. the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
  2. the comparable, usually backward-directed digit in birds. 
Origin: Hallux entered English in the 1820s. It is a corruption of the Latin word allex meaning "great toe." 

Tumblr thumb
  • The act of scrolling incessantly through your tumblr pics, usually porn, which produces tumblr thumb: a soreness that comes from long term scrolling on your iPad.
Hey, DuJuan, I'm rolling through the tumblr feed of all the new porn pics on Tumblr. Dude, I've got Tumblr thumb!

History
  • Kappa Alpha Society: Union College student society became the first college fraternity in the US (1825)
  • Alice in Wonderland: pseudonymous author Lewis Carroll gave an illustrated manuscript of the tale to the eponymous Alice as an early Christmas gift (1864)
  • King Tut: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were the first to enter the tomb of the boy king since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.E. (1922)
  • Casablanca: film set in wartime Morocco premiered in New York City (1942)
  • The Price is Right: TV's longest running daily game show debuted (1956)
  • Diamant-A: rocket launched France's space program with the Astérix-1 satellite, which blasted off from Hammaguir, Algeria (1965)
Birthdays
  • Eric Severeid 1912
  • Eugene Ionesco 1912
  • Charles M. Schulz 1922
  • Robert Goulet 1933
  • Marian Mercer 1935
  • Rich Little 1938
  • Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) 1938
  • Jean Terrell 1944
  • John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1945
  • Art Shell 1946
  • Scott Jacoby 1955
  • Jamie Rose 1959
  • Linda Davis 1962
  • Steve Grisaffe (Road River) 1965
  • Garcelle Beauvais 1966
  • Lorissa McComas 1970
  • Maia Campbell 1976
  • Peter Facinelli 1973 - Actor ("Twilight")
  • Aurora Snow - 1981 t3h pr0n
  • Natasha Bedingfield - 1981

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