Friday, June 24, 2011

June 22, 2011

Word of the Day:
Baffle - to be perplexed or confused.
The man was baffled by the mystery.

Quote:
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare

Fact:
In the wild, a lions roar can be heard from as far away as five miles.

Fact About the Day:
On June 22, 1945, the battle of Okinawa ended. It was one of the bloodiest battles of Word War 2. The invasion of Okinawa began on April 1 of the same year. In defending Okinawa, the Japanese lost 120,000 soldiers while the Americans lost 12,500 with 35,000 other soldiers wounded.

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