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Fact of the Day
The underwater mating song of the toadfish is so loud that sometimes it can be heard by humans on the shore.
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Quote of the Day
"Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year."
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Word of the Day
usufructuary
Pronunciation: /yoo-zuh-FRUK-choo-er-ee/
n : a person or agent having the right to use the property of another, without altering or damaging it
"You can be the usufructuary of my cottage while I'm away for the summer." |
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Giorgio Armani is famous in which field? Answer:
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"I watched his countenance closely, to see if he was not deranged…and I was assured by other Senators after we left the room that they had no confidence in it."
- Senator Smith of Indiana on a telegraph demonstration by Samuel Morse, 1842.
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Harry Houdini broke, injured, or sprained nearly every part of his body during the course of his escape-artist career. One of the worst injuries he sustained was when he was performing a rope tie in Pittsburgh. He had a longshoreman come onstage and tie him tightly. Houdini was tied so tightly his kidney was ruptured. For about a week, he was urinating blood. |
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