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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Continental drift (arrows indicate the directions of motion of the landmasses) A. Proposed reconstruction of the supercontinent Pangaea indicating the major present landmasses B…Shirley Muldowney Biography
Shirley MuldowneyBorn: June 19, 1940Drag Racer “Cha Cha”; women's racing pioneer; 3-time Winston drag racing Top Fuel champion (1977,80,82); recorded 18 career NHRA National Event Victories.…Being Transgender Today
After years of struggling for visibility and acceptance, transgender individuals and the issues they face came into the national spotlight in 2015. Caitlyn Jenner Photo Credit: Annie…Cosmic Dust Doomed Dinosaurs?
The earliest fossil animal embryos, dating from the Precambrian era, were found by American, Taiwanese, and Chinese scientists in phosphate deposits in China's Guizhou province. Some of…Cosmic Dust and Snotties: Recent Discoveries
In 1998 we have seen several notable and surprising scientific discoveries. Here are the finds that raised our eyebrows, made us scratch our heads, and occasionally grossed us out. Slimy Cave…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 15, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 14, 1804August 16, 1804August 15, 1804 August 15th Wendesday I took ten men & went out to Beaver Dam across a Creek about a mile S W…Brewer's: Draft on Aldgate
(A), or A draft on Aldgate pump. A worthless note of hand; a fraudulent draft or money order. The pun is between draft or draught of drink, and draft a money order on a bank. Source:…Brewer's: Draggle-tail
A slut; a woman who allows her petticoats to trail in the dirt. The word should be “daggle-tail” (q.v.), from the Scotch dag (dew on the grass), daggle (wet with the grassdew), like the…Brewer's: Plough
Fond, Fool, or White Plough. The plough dragged about a village on Plough Monday. Called white, because the mummers who drag it about are dressed in white, gaudily trimmed with flowers and…Trending
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