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adscititious \ad-si-TISH-uhs\, adjective:
- added or derived from an external source; additional.
peefurbished
- Electronics replaced after water damage by begging the company to do it under warranty.
"It was, but I pleaded with the guy at the store and he replaced it with a peefurbished one!"
Trivia
What is a ship doing when it is cold-ironing?
- It’s in port with its onboard generators shut down, using shoreside power.
History
- Edward Teach: the pirate known as Blackbeard was killed during a battle with the British Navy off the coast of Virginia (1718)
- ...---...: S-O-S was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin (1906)
- China Clipper: a Pan Am "flying boat" started regular transoceanic mail service from San Francisco to Manila (1935)
- JFK: the 35th president of the US was assassinated by a sniper during a motorcade in Dallas (1963)
- Margaret Thatcher: the prime minister of England quit her post, citing lack of party support (1990)
Birthdays
- George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819
- Charles de Gaulle (France) 1890
- Hoagy Carmichael 1899
- Benjamin Britten 1913
- Lew Hays 1914
- Rodney Dangerfield 1921
- Geraldine Page 1924
- Lew Burdette (MLB) 1926
- Robert Vaughn 1932
- Michael Callan 1935
- Allen Garfield 1939
- Terry Gilliam 1940
- Tom Conti 1941
- Guion S. Bluford 1942
- Billie Jean King 1943
- Wade Blasingame 1943 - Baseball player
- Floyd Sneed (Three Dog Night) 1943
- Aston Barrett (Bob Marley & The Wailers) 1946
- Steve Van Zandt (E Street Band) 1949
- Greg Luzinski 1950 - Baseball player
- Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club) 1950
- Craig Hundley (Cragi Hundley Trio) 1953
- Jamie Lee Curtis 1958 - Actress
- Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers) 1958
- Mariel Hemingway 1961
- Stephen Geoffreys 1964
- Nicholas Rowe 1966
- Boris Becker 1967
- Scarlett Johansson 1984 - Fappening / Actress (Avengers)
