Thursday, February 10, 2011

daedal \DEE-duhl\, adjective:

1. Complex or ingenious in form or function; intricate.

2. Skillful; artistic; ingenious.

3. Rich; adorned with many things.

Daedal comes from Latin daedalus, "cunningly wrought," from Greek daidalos, "skillful, cunningly created."

idgaf

• An acronym for 'I don't give a fuck'. Indifference. Used when you don't care about something, or have no opinion on a matter. Sometimes used without the 'i', ie "I dgaf about her".

Person 1: Hey hey you you I don't like your girlfriend

Person 2: idgaf

Trivia

What are the only lizards with pincers?

• Chameleons. Their pincers—or zygodactyle feet—enable them to cling to trees.

History

• Canada: was ceded by France to Britain when the Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War (1763)
• Queen Victoria: wed Prince Albert; when Albert died in 1861, Victoria went into a period of mourning that only ended 50 years later, when she died
• "All the News That's Fit to Print": first appeared on page 1 of The New York Times; the slogan was coined by owner Adolph S. Ochs (1897)
• "Chattanooga Choo Choo": earned bandleader Glenn Miller the first gold record for sales of over 1 million (1942)
• Deep Blue: computer won its first game against world chess champ Garry Kasparov (1996)

Birthdays

• Boris Pasternak (1890-1960): Nobel Prize-winning novelist/poet, Doctor Zhivago; writers Aaron Hill (1685-1750), Charles Lamb (1775-1834) and Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) were also born on this date
• Harold Macmillan (1894-1986): English PM; Russian emperor Peter III (1728-1760) shared this birth date
• Roberta Flack (71): singer, "Killing Me Softly With His Song"; plus, musicians Kenny Rankin (1940-2009) and Lionel Cartwright (51)
• Mark Spitz (61): swimmer whose world record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics was broken by Michael Phelps; also, tennis champ Bill Tilden (1893-1953) and golf pro Greg Norman (56)
• George Stephanopoulos (50): broadcast journalist, ABC News
• Laura Dern (44): actor, Jurassic Park, Recount; plus, actors Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), Judith Anderson (1898-1992), Lon Chaney, Jr., (1906-1973), Robert Wagner (81), Elizabeth Banks (37), Emma Roberts (20) and Chloë Moretz (14)