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Celebrate Smart is Cool Day
If there’s ever a time to show off your IQ test results, Smart is Cool Day is probably it. Though it’s not clear where the tradition started, the eggheaded individual’s idea was absolutely brilliant.
Schools typically put together shows for their pupils and students and invite both street-smart youngsters and successful degree holders to speak to them about the importance of staying in school. But there’s really no need for that, because all it takes to see smart people are cool is to Google Mayim Bialik, Zach Braff or Matthew McConaughey and to check out their background.
To celebrate Smart is Cool Day, put on your vintage T-shirt and your corduroys and check out Sheldon Cooper’s latest adventures. Then test your wits at the IQTest.com and tell all your friends that you decided to become a doctor. Then download the Mensa app and enroll to become a Mensa member. Don’t forget to wear a cap saying ‘I make smart cool’ and to post your selfie for all to see, because it’s always nice to share your gifts with your friends, intellectual or otherwise.
Sergey Gorshkov was born in Siberia in 1966 and has worked as a professional photographer for 15 years. He specialises in photographing the unique wildlife and wilderness areas of his native Russia, but has also worked extensively in Africa. He has published 4 books and has been successful in a number of international photography competitions, including Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Sergey is the founding member of the Russian Union of Wildlife Photographers. His images are printed in magazines around the world and he has garnered awards in Russia, the UK, Italy and France. He also organizes personal exhibitions and seminars in Russia and Europe.
Joke of the Day
Word of the Day
devi
MEANING:noun: A goddess.
ETYMOLOGY:From Sanskrit devi (goddess). Earliest documented use: 1799.
NOTES:Devi is her middle name. Really. Kamala means lotus; also the name of a goddess.
USAGE:“She is in reality a devi with enormous power and titanic strengths.”
Anita Myles; Feminism and the Post-modern Indian Women Novelists in English; Sarup & Sons; 2006.
Anita Myles; Feminism and the Post-modern Indian Women Novelists in English; Sarup & Sons; 2006.
Idiom of the Day
This Day in History
1746 - The College of New Jersey was officially chartered. It later became known as Princeton University.
1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet.
1811 - Composer Franz Liszt was born.
1883 - The Metropolitan Opera House held its grand opening in New York.
1883 - The New York Horse show opened. The first national horse show was formed by the newly organized National Horse Show Association of America.
1939 - The first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14.
1968 - Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft had orbited the Earth 163 times.
1975 - Air Force Technical Sergeant Leonard Matlovich was discharged after publicly declaring his homosexuality. His tombstone reads " "A gay Vietnam Veteran. When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one."
1995 - The 50th anniversary of the United Nations was marked by a record number of world leaders gathering.
2010 - The International Space Station set the record (3641 days) for the longest continuous human occupation of space. It had been continously inhabited since November 2, 2000.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, October 22
Although you are personally magnetic, you have a manner that is slightly intimidating to others, making you a little hard to get close to. You give off the subtle impression that perhaps you don't really need new people in your life. You do, although you tend to be somewhat selective when it comes to your social life, simply because your work is extremely important to you and you value your time. There is a no-nonsense directness about you that inspires trust in others. You give the impression of solidity, strength of character, dependability, and honesty. Although you are an idealist and visionary, you still manage to keep your feet on the ground. You don't seem capable of doing things halfway, and that includes your relationships. You are quite focused on achieving in life. Famous people born today:
1811 Franz Liszt, Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (Faust Symphony), born in Raiding, Hungary (d. 1886)
1844 Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (Camille, Queen Elizabeth), born in Paris, France (d. 1923) (birth poss 23rd Oct)
1844 Louis Riel, Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies, born in Red River Colony, Rupert's Land, British North America (d. 1885)
1913 Robert Capa, Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1954)
1917 Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2013)
1952 Jeff Goldblum, American actor (Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day), born in West Homestead, Pennsylvania
1968 Shaggy [Orville Richard Burrell], Jamaican-American reggae musician and rapper (Boombastic), born in Kingston, Jamaica
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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
How one man turns annoying cold calls into cash
In 2011, a man in the UK was tired of marketers calling him, so he set his phone line as a premium rate number. When telemarketers called him, he would make money by letting them talk.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest snowflake ever recorded fell in January of 1887. Landing in Fort Keogh, which is based in Montana, the snowflake was recorded at 15″ across.
Medieval English longbows could fire an arrow further than 300 yards - which is almost the distance of 3 football fields. So much strength was required to operate them that ancient skeletons can be identified as longbow archers due to their
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TODAY: In 1995, Kingsley Amis dies.
3.Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO CorrespondentThese super-moist little cakes are best served warm. If some of the rhubarb sticks to the pan, just scoop it out and onto the cakes.
enlarged left arms.
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TODAY: In 1995, Kingsley Amis dies. |
Pictures of the Day
Venus and Adonis is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian artist Paolo Veronese, created in the early 1580s. The work illustrates a scene from the Metamorphoses, a narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid. It portrays Venus, the goddess of love, with Adonis sleeping on her lap. She has foretold that her lover will be killed during a hunt, and she is looking down at her son Cupid, who is restraining a sighthound in a vain endeavour to prevent Adonis from hunting and thus precipitating his death. The painting is now in the collection of the Museo del Prado in |
Tell Shares Photo of Rare $1000 Bill a Customer Brought in to Deposit
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crochet .. Halloween
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Quarantine Cooking Recipes
VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE
Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.
COPYCAT RECIPE
SWEETS
ADULT COLORING
FUN
Can You Find the Cat Hidden in This Photo of Bats?
Hint —the cat looks just like the bats except for one main thing: it doesn't have wings!
answer:
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PUZZLE
WORD SEARCH
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solution:
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CLEVER .. Halloween
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