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May 12, 2008 
Winning at Chess
Quote: "A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing."
Questions of the Day
Why does white make the first move in chess?
Somebody has to go first or the two players would sit there and never begin to play. So somebody decided White would start, centuries ago. When two players sit down, one puts a white pawn in one hand and a black pawn in the other and holds them behind his back. More
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Today in History
Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota
- Minnesota: became the 32nd US state; its name is Sioux for "cloudy water" (1858)
- reinventing the wheel: B.F. Goodrich Company announced the development of the tubeless tire (1947)
- Israel: was admitted to the United Nations (1949)
- euro: the currency's first coin was struck in a French mint (1998)
Today's Birthdays
Salvador Dali
- Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-1874): conjoined twins
- Irving Berlin (1888-1989): prolific songwriter of some of America's favorite songs, "White Christmas" and "God Bless America"
- Martha Graham (1894-1991): choreographer and modern dancer
- Salvador Dali (1904-1989): surrealist painter
- Richard Feynman (1918-1988): Nobel Prize-winning physicist who wrote Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
- Shohreh Aghdashloo (56): nominated for an Oscar for her performance in House of Sand and Fog; other actors born on this date include Coby Bell (33) and Jonathan Jackson (26)
Word of the Day
parturient (pär–tür'ē–ənt, –tyür'- )
adj.[Latin parturiēns, parturient-, present participle of parturīre, to be in labor, from partus, past participle of parere, to give birth.] parturiency par·tu'ri·en·cy n. (© Houghton Mifflin Company)
adj.
- About to bring forth young; being in labor.
- Of or relating to giving birth.
- About to produce or come forth with something, such as an idea or a discovery.
Usage: The wing was filled with parturient women in various stages of labor.
Today is Mother's Day in the United States, Canada, Australia, India and elsewhere around the globe. We dedicate this week's words to our mothers — those who bore us, those who raised us and those who love us through thick and thin.
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