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obscurantism \uhb-SKYOORr-uhn-tiz-uhm\, noun:
1. Opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.2. Deliberate obscurity or evasion of clarity.
Obscurantism originally comes from the Latin root obscur meaning “dark” and the suffix -ant which turned a verb into a noun (as in the word servant), so the word literally meant “one that makes dark.”
Damn nature you scary
- Expression of fear and awe at the wonderment of the animal kingdom.
Look at that cheetah go...Damn nature you scary!
Trivia
What is a cross between a camel and a llama called?
- A cama. Because of the great size difference between the camel and the llama, artificial insemination was used to produce the first cama, a male named Rama, in 1998.
- The Times of India: the world's most widely circulated daily newspaper was founded under the name The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (1838)
- Opium War: first broke out between China and Britain (1839)
- US presidential election of 1948: the Chicago Tribune reported erroneously that "Dewey Defeats Truman"
- Sputnik II: the Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space; Laika died in orbit (1957)
- Iran-contra affair: Reagan administration scandal came to light when a Lebanese periodical revealed that the US was selling weapons to Iran (1986)
- John Montague 1718
- William Cullen Bryant 1794
- Bronko (Bronislaw) Nagurski 1908
- James Reston 1909
- Bob Feller 1918
- Charles Bronson 1921
- Wanda Hendrix 1928
- Peggy McCay 1931
- Monica Vitti 1931
- Ken Berry 1933
- Micheal Dukakis 1933
- John Barry 1934
- Briam Poole 1941 - Musician (Tremeloes)
- Steve Landesberg 1945
- Shadoe Stevens 1946
- Lulu (Marie Lawrie) 1948
- Tom Shales 1948
- Mike Evans 1949
- Larry Holmes 1949
- Roseanne Barr 1952
- Kate Capshaw 1953
- Dennis Miller 1953
- Adam Ant 1954 - Musician (Adam & the Ants)
- Phil Simms 1956
- Lee Montgomery 1961
- Ian McNabb 1962 - Musician (Icicle Works)
- Aria Giovanni 1977 - adult model / t3h pr0n
- Elizabeth Smart 1988
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