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Fact of the Day
By the end of the 1500s, women preferred to wear their purse pouches under their skirts.
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Quote of the Day
"Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful."
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Word of the Day
anachronism
Pronunciation: /a-NAK-ro-niz-em/
1: the error of placing a person or thing in the wrong time period *2: one that is chronologically out of place.
Manual typewriters and slide rules are often regarded as anachronisms in this age of computers and calculators. |
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Which European city does the M25 motorway encircle? Answer:
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"The Woman, The Man and [their daughter] Millenny would bathe together, splashing, scrubbing and playing with things that fill and spill and float and sink. Sometimes friends would come and join them in the tub. Everyone enjoyed washing each other's bodies and feeling their slippery, soapy skins. Adults and children were relaxed about nudity, and a good group bath was considered more fun than a backyard barbeque."
-Ms. Magazine editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin, "Born Free: A Feminist Fable," Women in the Year 2000, 1974.
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First choice for the lead in the CBS mystery drama Murder, She Wrote was actress Jean Stapleton. The role of mystery writer/sleuth Jessica Fletcher was created with her in mind, but before production began, Stapleton's husband died and she chose to bow out. Angela Lansbury was selected to replace her in the part. |
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