Thursday, July 7, 2011

July 7, 2011

Word of the Day:
Incredulous - skeptical, disinclined to believe; showing or indicating disbelief; unbelief or unbelieving.
The crowd was very incredulous at the thought of the team winning the championship.

Quote:
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
- Albert Einstein

Fact:
Ever notice how often a cat moves its ears? Cats have 32 muscles in each ear! All the better to hear you with.

Fact About the Day:
On July 7, 1930, construction began on the Hoover Dam. It took five years and 21,000 men to produce the great dam and it was finished two years ahead of schedule. There are 4,360,000 cubic yards of concrete that help make up the dam, the first of which was poured on June 6, 1933 and the last being put into place on May 29, 1935.

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