Monday, June 27, 2011

June 27, 2011

Word of the Day:
Flibbertigibbet - Someone who is silly, flighty, irresponsible, or a gossip.
The group of girls were being flibbertigibbets as they talked about other people.

Quote:
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
- Elbert Hubbard

Fact:
When someone says they will be back in a jiffy, you shouldn't believe them. A jiffy is a unit of time and is only 1/100 of a second.

Fact About the Day:
On June 27, 1880, Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. After falling ill at only 19 months old, Helen was left blind and deaf. Helen became the first deaf-blind person to have earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, which she received from Radcliffe College. Throughout her life, Helen was an author, lecturer, and a political activist. Helen also spent many of her later years devoted to raising money for the American Foundation for the Blind.

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