Monday, March 18, 2024

Monday March 18, 2024

brisance \bri-ZAHNS\, noun:
  • The shattering effect of a high explosive.
Brisance is a relatively new English word. It started being used commonly in the 1910s, but it can be traced to the Celtic word brissim meaning "to break."
 
St. Patrick's Day Shits
  • Anytime someone has an unusually green shit. Such an act is likely to take place the day after St. Patrick's Day because of the high amount of green food dye consumed.
Dude 1: Wow, I don't know what I ate yesterday, but I had a mad case of St. Patrick's Day shits this morning and got it all over the bathroom wall.
Dude 2: Holy shit! It looks like Gumby exploded in the your bathroom!
 
Trivia
What popular sitcom actor provided the voice of the Geico Insurance Company gecko in its TV ad debut?
  • Kelsey Grammer, in a 1999–2000 ad campaign.
Trivia
Which planet experiences 42 earth years of constant summer followed by 42 earth years of dark winter?
  • Uranus, because of its unusual (almost 90-degree) tilt as it orbits the sun.
History
  • Tri-State Tornado: the deadliest tornado in US history hit Missouri, Illinois and Indiana; nearly 700 were killed (1925)
  • Gideon v. Wainwright: the US Supreme Court ruled that poor defendants in felony cases have the right to a court-appointed lawyer (1963)
  • spacewalk: cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov made the first walk in space; he spent 20 minutes outside, tethered to the spacecraft (1965)
  • art theft: the largest museum heist in history took place at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, with the thieves dressed as police officers; it remains unsolved and a $5 million reward is still offered (1990)
Birthdays
  • Grover Cleveland 1837
  • Rudolf Diesel 1858
  • Neville Chamberlin 1869
  • Edward Everett Horton 1886
  • William H. Johnson 1901
  • Smiley (Lester) Burnette 1911
  • Andy Granatelli 1923
  • Peter Graves 1926 - Actor
  • John Kander 1927 - Composer ("Chicago")
  • George Plimpton 1927
  • John Updike 1932 - Author
  • Frederick W. de Klerk 1936 - Former South African president
  • Mark Donohue 1937
  • Shashi Kapoor 1938
  • Charlie Pride 1938 - Country singer
  • Margie Bowes 1941
  • Wilson Pickett 1941 - Singer
  • Leslie Parrish (Fleck) 1943
  • Kevin Dobson 1944 - Actor
  • Barrie (B.J.) Wilson (Procol Harum) 1947
  • Brad Dourif 1950 - Actor
  • John Hartman (The Doobie Brothers) 1950
  • Ingemar Stenmark 1956
  • Irene Cara 1959 - Singer
    Patricia Farinelli 1960
  • James McMurtry 1962
  • Thomas Ian Griffith 1962 - Actor
  • Jeff LaBar 1963 - Musician (Cinderella)
  • Vanessa Williams 1963 - Singer, actress
  • Bonnie Blair 1964 - Olympic gold medal speed skater
  • Scott Saunders 1964 - Country musician (Sons of the Desert)
  • Jerry Cantrell 1966 - Musician (Alice in Chains)
  • Miki Berenyi 1967 - Musician (Lush)
  • Queen Latifah 1970 - Rapper, actress
  • Stuart Zender 1974 - Musician (Jamiroquai)
  • Brian Griese 1974 - Football player
  • Devin Lima 1977 - Singer (LFO)



 
 
 

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