prevaricator \ pri-VAR-i-key-ter \ , noun;
History
- a person who speaks falsely; liar.
- a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.
sniff test
- To test if an item of already worn clothing is suitable to wear out. common amongst students who cant be bothered to do their washing.
Friend1: Hey man cant you just wear those boxers?
Friend2:(sniff test) yeah i can get a couple more uses out of those
History
- Lionel Nathan Rothschild: became the first Jew to sit in the British Parliament — 11 years after he was elected; the House of Commons had to allow a special oath (1858)
- Unua Libro: the "First Book" of Esperanto was published, by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof (1887)
- National Security Act: was signed by US President Harry S Truman; it created the Department of Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, and Joint Chiefs of Staff (1947)
- Suez Canal: was nationalized by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading to an international crisis (1956)
- Jimmy Hoffa: Teamsters union head was convicted of fraud and conspiracy (1964)
Birthdays
- George Catlin 1796
- George Bernard Shaw 1856
- Carl Jung 1875
- Aldous Huxley 1894
- Gracie Allen 1906
- Vivian Vance 1912
- Erskine Hawkins 1914
- Marjorie Lord 1921
- Blake Edwards 1922
- Jason Robards, Jr. 1922
- Hoyt Wilhelm 1923
- Louie Bellson (Duke Ellington Band) 1924
- James Best 1926
- Stanley Kubrick 1928
- Bobby Lilly 1939
- Bobby Rousseau 1940
- Bobby Hebb 1941
- Dobie Gray 1943
- Peter Hyams 1943
- Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) 1943
- Keil Martin 1944
- Mickei King 1944
- Helen Mirren 1946
- Roger Taylor (Queen) 1949
- Susan George 1950
- Duncan Mackey 1950
- Dorothy Hamill 1956
- Kevin Spacey 1959
- Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen) 1961
- Sandra Bullock 1964
- Jeremy Piven 1965
- Jennifer Ashe 1966
- Kate Beckinsale 1973
- Derek Jeter 1974
- Taylor Momsen 1993
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