Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

paphian \PEY-fee-uhn\, adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to love, esp. illicit physical love.
2. Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite.
3. Noting or pertaining to Aphrodite or to her worship or service.
Paphian relates to the ancient Greek paphios, "of the Greek goddess Aphrodite."
 
Rebound Team
  • The team you start to root for after your home team is knocked out of the playoffs or if they just suck.
Guy 1: I can't believe the ravens lost to the steelers
Guy 2: Yeah same here. The Jets are my rebound team because they play the steelers next
 
History
  • Caligula: Roman emperor who had a reputation for freakish behavior was assassinated by his Praetorian Guards (41)
  • gold rush: a gold nugget was found at Sutter's Mill in northern California; President Polk announced the find in December and the gold rush began (1848)
  • Robert Baden-Powell: organized the first Boy Scout troop in England (1908)
  • Eskimo Pie: chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar was patented by Christian K. Nelson; it aimed to satisfy cravings for ice cream and chocolate bars at once (1922)
  • St. Petersburg: Russian city was renamed Leningrad three days after Lenin's death (1924)
  • Shoichi Yokoi: Japanese soldier was discovered hiding on Guam, 28 years after American forces reconquered the island in the Battle of Guam (1972)
  • Department of Homeland Security: began operations, headed by Tom Ridge (2003)
Birthdays
  • Hadrian (Roman emperor) AD 76
  • Frederick the Great (Prussia) 1712
  • Edith Wharton (Jones) 1862
  • Ann Todd 1909
  • John Beasley Brickhouse 1916
  • Ernest Borgnine 1917
  • Oral Roberts 1918
  • Maria Tallchief 1925
  • Marvin Kaplan 1927
  • Desmond Morris 1928
  • Doug Kershaw 1936
  • Jack Scott (Scafone) 1936
  • Bobby Scott 1937
  • Ray Stevens 1939
  • Neil Diamond 1941
  • Aaron Neville 1941
  • Julie Gregg 1944
  • Warren Zevon 1947
  • John Belushi 1949
  • Becky Hobbs 1950
  • Michael Ontkean 1950
  • Yakov Smirnoff 1951
  • Elaine Giftos 1954
  • Julian Holland (Squeeze) 1958
  • Nastassja Kinski 1961
  • Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) 1963
  • John Myung (Dream Theater) 1967
  • Mary Lou Retton 1968
  • Pat "Sleepy" Brown (Society of Soul) 1970
  • Tatyana Ali 1979
  • Nicole Marie Lenz 1980 Playmate
  • Mischa Barton 1986

 

 

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