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November 12, 1859 - Jules Leotard performs the first Flying Trapeze circus act in Paris. He also designed garment that bears his name.
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Peace".
LaLaLa Laura wrote: "It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War &Peace"."
LOL And most people to read!
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LaLaLa Laura wrote: "James Joyce suffered from astraphobia (fear of thunder and lightning), and cynophobia (fear of dogs)."One of the strangest to me is Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. This site lists many more--fear is so very powerful.
http://phobialist.com/
My list:Aichmophobia (knives), Atomosophobia (atomic bombs), Ballistophobia (missiles, bullets), Carcinophobia (cancer), Dystychiphobia (accidents-my worst fear, especially car accidents), Hematophobia (blood-but only my own), and Katsaridaphobia (cockroaches).
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11...Great life lessons via one of my favorite literary characters.
Jen, these are wonderful--thanks for sharing. I'm going to hang onto these for my 13 year old granddaughter. My favorite is: "When the world disappoints you, just compensate with your imagination."
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"We all know that Theodore Seuss Geisel wrote under the pen name of Dr. Seuss. Did you know that he also wrote under the pen names of Theo LeSieg and once under the pen name of Rosetta Stone? The pen name Theo LeSieg has an interesting origin. “Theo” is short for his first name, Theodore and “LeSieg” is his last name spelled backwards. Whenever Theodore Geisel wrote a book but did not do the illustrations he used the pen name, Theo LeSieg."http://rutlandlibrary.wordpress.com/2...
Julia wrote: "Jen, these are wonderful--thanks for sharing. I'm going to hang onto these for my 13 year old granddaughter. My favorite is: "When the world disappoints you, just compensate with your imagination.""You're very welcome :)
Nov. 17, 1558Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary.
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LaLaLa Laura wrote: "The following words were invented by William Shakespeare: boredom disgraceful hostile money’s worth obscene puke perplex on purpose shooting star sneak Until his time, people had to have their conv..."Interesting indeed!
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Ah, my favorite is "shooting star" :-) I found this site with more listings which cites "shooting star" as being from Richard II. http://www.pathguy.com/shakeswo.htm
The "pathguy" is really Ed Friedlander, M.D., Pathologist. His academic credentials are impressive: http://apps.kcumb.edu/fac/fop/cv/erf-...
Nice to see a scientist who loves Shakespeare AND skydives! :-)
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http://www.pathguy.com/shakeswo.htm
The "pathguy" is really Ed F..."
that is in fact quite a combination!
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nice to know they are so diligent!
LaLaLa Laura wrote: "Dolphins sleep with one eye open.nice to know they are so diligent!"
Interesting.
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The sky is falling, the sky is falling! ^ ^
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"In his 1726 novel Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift predicted that Mars was orbited by 2 moons. The moons were discovered 150 years later."
"Aristophanes' play Assemblywomen contains the longest word in Greek. It has 171 letters and is the name of a fictional food dish...Some may think that James Joyce is responsible for the longest word in all of literature, but the longest he managed was 101 letters long, in Finnegans Wake. (This word, for those who are interested, was: "Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhoun-awnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk", referring to the thunderclap associated with the Fall of Adam and Eve.) But the longest word in ancient Greek, and the longest word in literature, is this word from Aristophanes' play. Since you're doubtless itching to know what this word is, I'll give Aristophanes the final word:
"Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-...
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How does one even begin to pronounce them!
So true--and what the HECK does the Aristophanes word even MEAN??!! Tried to look it up, and Google said the word was too long--ya think?? :-)
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Aristophanes word: A fictional food dish consisting of a combination of fish, poultry and other meat, hare usually refers to rabbit, it is cited as the longest ancient Greek word ever written.Wonder if its like a turducken?
Thanks, Jen--knew you'd find it if anyone could! Sounds sort of like a Greek bouillabaisse, perhaps? Plus Aristophanes is the comic Greek playwright, so maybe he is pulling the proverbial leg lol.
Julia wrote: "Thanks, Jen--knew you'd find it if anyone could! Sounds sort of like a Greek bouillabaisse, perhaps? Plus Aristophanes is the comic Greek playwright, so maybe he is pulling the proverbial leg lol."I'm sure he is! :)
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Poor butterflies--but it seems Nabokov was an expert in the field: "Vladimir Nabokov, who could dazzle and provoke readers through exquisite imagery and the psychological realism of his characters, worked with equal talent as curator of lepidoptery in charge of Harvard University's butterfly collecting and classification program in the Museum of Comparative Zoology during the 1940s. So great were his contributions in this field that a species of butterflies was named to honor his exacting work: the Nabokovia. It is, most appropriately, a blue butterfly -- a species in the genus Polyommatinae, which is the 'blues' subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies."
http://www.bluebutterflybooks.ca/comp...
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Jingle Bells is originally a Thanksgiving song.
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I'm glad I don't have those fears. He certainly didn't have a fear for writing really dirty letters. ;)