Tuesday, September 13, 2011

September 13th 2011

Thought of the Day




"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."  Frederick Douglass




1501 – Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.


Word of the Day




googol:noun

a number that is equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros and expressed as 10 100 .


Origin:
1935–40;  introduced by U.S. mathematician Edward Kasner (1878–1955), whose nine-year-old nephew allegedly invented it



Word of the Day

On this Day in History

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