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• Circus lovers might refer to that person who walks along a thin wire high above the crowd as a tightrope walker. The official name of this performer is funambulist. The most famous funambulist was Charles Blondin, a French acrobat who crossed Niagara Falls on a rope for the first time on June 30, 1859. A rope less than an inch thick was attached to an oak tree on the American side of the falls and to a rock on the Canadian side. His walk from bank to bank took 23 minutes. Four days later, Blondin repeated the feat, with another one on July 15, during which he walked backwards to Canada and forward to the U.S. while pushing a wheelbarrow. His next achievement was to somersault and backflip the distance, followed by a trip carrying his manager on his back. The daredevil even carried a stove on one trip, started a fire, and cooked an omelet on the rope. His final Niagara Falls crossing took place in 1896 at age 62. By then, he had made the crossing 300 times. During his career, he logged more than 10,000 miles on his tightrope. His death in 1897 came not from a fall, as had been expected for decades, but from complications of diabetes. • Did you know that there’s a special word for that cloudlike streak left behind by jets? It’s known as a contrail, and it comes from the combination of two words – condensation and trail. And speaking of airplanes, you may not know that empennage refers to the craft’s entire tail assembly. It comes from a French word meaning “the feathers at the end of an arrow.” • You might call this person a shopaholic, but the official term for a person with an uncontrollable urge to buy things is oniomaniac. Some specialists call it Compulsive Buying Disorder, or CBD. ...continued

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• Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz suffered from nostomania, a fancy word for overwhelming homesickness. After all, “there’s no place like home!” • If the mythical unicorn has one large pointed horn projecting from its forehead, what kind of creature is a bicorn? It’s not a creature at all, but rather a two-cornered hat that became popular in the late 1700s as the headgear of military officers. You’ll recognize a bicorn in portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte. • Many of us are changing out our regular light bulbs for LED bulbs since they are energy efficient, produce a brighter light, and have a long lifespan, sometimes more than 100,000 hours. In case you’re interested, LED stands for “LightEmitting Diode.” • There’s a difference between a bibliophile and a bibliopole. The –phile is a collector of rare books, but the –pole is a seller of rare books. • The words bovine, lupine, ovine, and porcine are all animal terms. Bovine refers to something that resembles a cow or an ox, while lupine indicates being wolf-like. Ovine represents sheeplike characteristics, and porcine refers to a pig or swine. • How about these strange words for those who are dimwits? Dizzard, gomeril, gudgeon, gump, and sumph are all relatively unknown terms for numbskulls and ninnies.

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• On April 13, 1360, a hailstorm kills an estimated 1,000 of King Edward's III's English soldiers in France. The heavy losses were seen as a sign from God, convincing King Edward to negotiate peace with the French. • On April 10, 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York by philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh after he witnessed and later wrote about work horses beaten by their peasant drivers in Russia. • On April 12, 1914, the Mark Strand Theatre opens to the public in New York City, the first of the "dream palaces," known for their impressive size and luxuriously appointed interiors. The Strand seated some 3,000 people. • On April 11, 1945, the American Third Army liberates the Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Germany. Among those saved by the Americans was Elie Wiesel, who would go on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. • On April 9, 1962, President John F. Kennedy throws out the ceremonial first pitch in Washington D.C.'s new stadium, called simply "D.C. Stadium." He continued a tradition that began in 1910 when President William Taft threw out Major League Baseball's first opening-day pitch in old Griffith Stadium. • On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth's legendary record of 714 homers. Aaron would hit 40 more home runs for a career total of 755. • On April 14, 1986, the U.S. launches airstrikes against Libya in retaliation for its sponsorship of terrorism against American troops and citizens. The attacks were mounted by Navy attack jets in the Mediterranean and Air Force bombers from bases in England. France refused to allow the bombers to fly over its territory, forcing them to make a 3,000-mile detour. © 2019 Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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• When the exhibit closed, Merrick joined a circus that was touring Europe. While in Belgium, his new manager robbed him of his life savings and abandoned him in Brussels. After miraculously making his way back to England, he was given a bed in the London Hospital. He was befriended by a surgeon named Frederick Treves and a close friendship blossomed. • When two new buildings were added to the hospital, the Prince and Princess of Wales came to the perform the dedication. Treves introduced Joseph to Princess Alexandra, who sent him a Christmas card every year for the remainder of his short life. • Joseph became adept at constructing elaborate models of buildings out of cardstock, including ornate cathedrals. • At age 27, Joseph Merrick died at the hospital. At least three books were written about his life, a Tony Award-winning play, a BBC documentary, and a 1980 film that was nominated for eight Oscars. • It was not until 1986 that physicians theorized that Joseph suffered from Proteus syndrome. It’s a very rare condition that had first been described by doctors in 1976. To date, about 200 cases have been verified worldwide, with about 120 people currently living with the disorder.

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• Joseph was born in England in 1862 as a seemingly healthy baby with no symptoms of the severe deformities that would surface after the first few years of his life.

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The name Joseph Merrick is most likely not a familiar one. You may know him as the “Elephant Man,” a gentleman whose life story was profiled on stage and screen. This week, Tidbits has the account of this remarkable man’s life.

• After four miserable years in the workhouse, Joseph decided to see if he could profit from his many deformities. After contacting a showman, he secured a spot in a “human oddities” show, advertised as “The Elephant Man, Half-Man, HalfElephant.” The show was quite successful, and soon Joseph was on the road traveling to several exhibits around Britain.

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• With the Great Depression approaching, bringing with it the rationing of textiles, the little black dress provided affordable chic style. Chanel began producing LBD’s in wool or chenille for daytime wear, and sophisticated dresses in satin, crepe, and velvet for evening wear. She wanted all women to have a dress that could be “dressed up” or “dressed down,” depending on accessories. • During the 1940s, Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, owned several LBD’s in varying styles, stating that, “When a little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its place.” French singer Edith Piaf earned her nickname the “little black sparrow” from her habit of wearing a simple black sheath dress during her performances. ...cont'd

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• Christian Dior designed his dresses for Hollywood stars, adding further glamor to the image, creating Answer: Dell. for Rita Hayworth, Ava Gardner, and Marilyn Monroe. Hemlines, necklines, A VERY LARGE NUMBER and sleeve style changed many times over the •decades, Edward from Kasnerfull was a mathematician. 1938 poufy skirts and a In cinched he was asked to come up with a name for a waist to a narrow sheath, from long to the tinivery large number: the numeral one, followed est of mini-skirts. During the 1990s, little by a hundred zeros. He asked his twotheyoung black dresswhat wentname “grunge,” with suggest. some wearers nephews they would adding combat boots to the look. • Nine-year-old Milton suggested a name

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