The aardvark is the first animal in the dictionary what’s second?
The aardvark is the first animal in the dictionary what’s second? Aardwolf
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Donald Baxter McMillan compiled the first what dictionary?
Donald Baxter McMillan compiled the first what dictionary? Eskimo – English
Where in the world can you find Friday before Thursday?
Where in the world can you find Friday before Thursday? In a Dictionary
What was the first shoe brand name to go into Oxford dictionary?
What was the first shoe brand name to go into Oxford dictionary? Dr Martins
In the Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue 1811 what is a wasp?
In the Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue 1811 what is a wasp? An infected prostitute sting in tail
The longest section American slang dictionary what subject?
The longest section American slang dictionary what subject? Vomit
April 15 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day
April 15 in History 769 – The Lateran Council condemned the Council of Hieria and anathematized its iconoclastic rulings. 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard. 1395 – Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde at the Battle of the Terek River. The Golden Horde capital city, Sarai, is razed to the ground and Timur…
April 14 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day
April 14 in History 43 BC – Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Caesar’s assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Aulus Hirtius. AD 69 – Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of…
February 28 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day
February 28 in History 202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. 1246 – The siege of Jaén ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in the Castilian takeover of…
February 1 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day
February 1 in History 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). 1662 – The Chinese…