February 2012
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Beard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard
In Greco-Roman antiquity the beard was “seen as the defining characteristic of the philosopher; philosophers had to have beards, and anyone with a beard was assumed to be a philosopher.”
Epictetus saw his beard as an integral part of his identity and held that he would rather be executed than submit to any force demanding he remove it.
Beards...
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Gyp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyp
Gyp may refer to:
A cheat or swindle
“Gyp” doesn’t really have a Wikipedia entry, only a disambiguation page. The above definition is what I was searching for initially.
Now, to be fair, Wikipedia didn’t know that I wasn’t searching for the writer Sibylle Gabrielle Marie Antoinette Riqueti de Mirabeau (1849-1932), aka Gyp, or...
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RACISTS (And Other Stories)
This fellow named Seuss, not a surgeon was he Yet he still could sense sickness, I think you’ll agree Corruption and malice, oppression and greed— He found people’s wrongdoings grievous, indeed. While pondering this, the Doc had to admit That he did not like it. Not one little bit. Thus driven, he did what he figured was best: He’d tell a few tales, and let us do...
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Wonderlic Test
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_Test
While an average football player usually scores around 20 points, Wonderlic, Inc. claims a score of at least 10 points suggests a person is literate.
On the other hand, some well-known players have scored low on the test. Dan Marino scored a 16 and Vince Young also scored a 16 on the test his second try, after sources confirmed his previously...