Wednesday, August 10, 2011
willowwacks \WIL-oh-waks\, noun:
- A wooded, uninhabited area.
Willowwacks is of uncertain origin.
collateral whiz
- The 5% of a man's whiz missing the toilet, sprinkling over the toilet seat.
While 95% of Chad's whiz may have found its mark, I'm worried about the other 5%, the collateral whiz.
Trivia
When it comes to two-letter Internet country codes, .us stands for the United States. What countries are represented by .es and .is?
- Spain and Iceland, respectively.
History
- Ferdinand Magellan: set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe; of the five ships that set out under his command, only one — the Victoria — returned to Spain (1519)
- Smithsonian Institution: was created with $500,000 left by English scientist James Smithson (1846)
- Son of Sam: New York serial killer David Berkowitz was arrested (1977)
- Yuri Malenchenko: Ukrainian cosmonaut became the first person to be married in space, to a woman on the ground in Texas (2003)
Birthdays
- Herbert Hoover (1874-1964): 31st POTUS, believed in private enterprise
- Jorge Amado (1912-2001): novelist, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands; plus, writer Alfred Döblin (1878-1957)
- Ian Anderson (64): musician, Jethro Tull; also, singers Jimmy Dean (1928-2010), Eddie Fisher (83), Ronnie Spector (68), Patti Austin (61), Jon Farriss (50) and Aaron Hall (47)
- Antonio Banderas (51): actor/voice actor, The Mask of Zorro, Puss in Boots in the Shrek sequels; also, actors Rhonda Fleming (88), Kate O'Mara (72), James Reynolds (65), Daniel Hugh Kelly (59), Rosanna Arquette (52), Justin Theroux (40), Angie Harmon (39) and Ryan Eggold (27)
- Phoolan Devi (1963-2001): gang leader who became a member of India's Parliament
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