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A thought for the day: Jealousy is an unjust and stifling thing. -- Zane Grey

On this date in history:

In 1846, two amateur baseball teams played under new rules at Hoboken, N.J., planting the first seeds of organized baseball. The New York Nine beat the Knickerbockers, 23-1.

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Those born on this date include:

- French philosopher/mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1623
- Moe Howard of the Three Stooges comedy act in 1897
- bandleader Guy Lombardo in 1902
- baseball Hall ...Read more

Today is Tuesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2018 with 195 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Venus.

prevaricate \prih-VAIR-uh-kayt\ (intransitive verb) - To depart from or evade the truth; to speak with equivocation.

"Confused, also, with a thousand inexpressible sensations which the dean's presence inspired, she seemed...Read more

Group A
A Hurricane
A Human
A Needle

Group B
A Football Game
A Golf Match
A Cooking Show

Group C A Cabbage
A Ship
A Hammer

SAN DIEGO -- The University of California, San Diego has discovered the world's first known nursery for manta rays, an idyllic spot in the Gulf of Mexico where the "gentle giants" approach divers along colorful reefs that ...Read more

It may have taken thousands of generations of hunting, gathering, farming and cooking to get here. But in the end, the genius of humankind has combined fats and carbohydrates to produce such crowning culinary glories as ...Read more

On this date in history:

In 1812, the United States declared war on Britain, beginning the War of 1812.

In 1815, England's Duke of Wellington and Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher defeated ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Cyrus Curtis, founder/publisher of the Ladies' Home Journal, in 1850
- journalist/publisher Edward W. Scripps in 1854
- British mountain climber George Mallory in ...Read more

factotum \fak-TOH-tuhm\ (noun) - A person employed to do all kinds of work or business.

"Come back tomorrow and I'll give you an appointment, the factotum would say. Of course the arkhon kept everyone waiting, or his ...Read more

For each of the groups of actors below, can you identify the movie / TV character they have in common? For instance, given

Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan

The answer would be "James Bond".

1. Sandra Dee, Deborah Walley, Cindy Carol, Karen Valentine, Sally Field, Caryn Richman
2. Alan Napier, Michael Gough, Michael Caine
3. William Devane, Ossie Davis, William Jordan
4. Boris Karloff, Peter Boyle, Robert deNiro

On this date in history:

In 1885, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United States, arrived in New York Harbor.

In 1967, China announced it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.

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Those born on this date include:

- British clergyman John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, in 1703
- John Robert Gregg, inventor of the Gregg shorthand system, in 1867
- Russian-born composer Igor ...Read more

perfervid \puhr-FUR-vid\ (adjective) - Ardent; impassioned; marked by exaggerated or overwrought emotion.

"To court their own discomfiture by love is a common instinct with certain perfervid women. Conflicting sensations ...Read more

In this teaser, you have to find the odd ones out in the groups of words. BUT WAIT! There's a catch. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong. Can you find them both?

EXAMPLE:

Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose

Jane does not belong as it's the only one which is not a flower

Tulip also does not belong because it's the only one which is not a girl's name

You're on you own for the rest!

1. Dodge - Ford - Lincoln - Hoover

2. King - ...