Thursday, July 14, 2011

July 14, 2011

Word of the Day:
Superfluous - excessive; unnecessary; irrelevant; excessive; exceeding requirements or sufficiency; obsolete.
The scientist listed the important information in his report but also listed superfluous details.

Quote:
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fact:
The best kind of milk to leave in the refrigerator for a long period of time is camel's milk, because it doesn't curdle.

Fact About the Day:
On July 14, 1881, Henry McCarty, otherwise known as Billy the Kid, was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett at the Maxwell Ranch in New Mexico. Billy the Kid had reportedly killed 21 men and was only 21 when he died. He was known as a notorious outlaw in the west as well as a folk hero. Garrett had been after Billy since November of 1880.

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