Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

kloof  \kloof\, noun:
  • (in South Africa) a deep glen; ravine.
Kloof came to English in the 1700s from the Dutch word meaning "cleft." 
 
Couch syrup
  • The liquor one hides in a couch (and throughout the house) while pretending to be sober
Aunt Claire said she would stop drinking, but we keep finding all the couch syrup she has hidden away.
 
Trivia
What Christmas song was written on a hot summer day by two songwriters who were hoping that wintry thoughts would cool them off?
  • “The Christmas Song,” popularly known as “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.” It was written in 1945 by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells.
History
  • Edwin Drake: drilled America's first successful oil well near Titusville, PA
  • Krakatoa: volcano erupted in the loudest explosion ever recorded; the resultant tsunami killed 36,000 (1883)
  • Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in history ended after less than an hour when Zanzibar surrendered (1896)
  • Kellogg-Briand Pact: multinational treaty signed in Paris outlawed war — about 11 years before the same nations took part in WWII (1928)
  • Mariner 2: the US launched a space probe to Venus; it flew past the planet in December (1962)
  • Mars: the red planet got up close and personal with Earth — only 55,758,006 km away (2003)
Birthdays
  • George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770
  • Margaret Hungerford 1850
  • Theodore Dreiser 1871
  • Charles Rolls 1877
  • Lyndon B. Johnson (U.S.) 1908
  • Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Theresa) 1910
  • Martha Raye 1916
  • Jimmy C. Newman 1927
  • Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (South Africa) 1928
  • Ira Levin 1929
  • Carter Stanley 1935 - Musician (Stanley Brothers)
  • J.D. Crowe 1937
  • Tommy Sands 1937
  • Daryl Dragon 1942 - Musician (The Captain and Tennille)
  • Tuesday Weld 1943
  • Tim Bogert 1944 - Musician (Vanilla Fudge)
  • Marianne Sagebrecht 1945
  • Harry Reems 1947
  • Barbara Bach 1947
  • Jeff Cook 1949 - Musician (Alabama)
  • Buddy Bell 1951
  • Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Reubens 1952
  • Willy DeVille 1953
  • Alex Lifeson 1953 - Musician (Rush)
  • Diana Scarwid 1955
  • Glenn Matlock 1956 - Musician (Sex Pistols) 
  • Dean Delvin 1962
  • Mike Johnson 1965 - Musician (Dinosaur Jr.)
  • Bobo 1968 - Musician (Cypres Hill)
  • Tony Kanal 1970 - Musician (No Doubt)
  • Sarah Chalke 1976
  • Jon Siebels 1979 - Musician (Eve)

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