Here’s another interesting Eponym: SIDEBURN:
One general of the American Civil War had a mustache and some facial hair on the sides of his face. Interestingly, he shaved his chin but allowed his mustache and side hair to grow together in one connected mass. His name was Ambrose Burnside and his distinctive facial hair inspired the word sideburns
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Researchers learned that when people discard a physical representation of their thoughts, such as a note, they also banish those thoughts from their heads.
Why it works: No one ever completely changed their body image by trashing a piece of paper that reads “My thighs are too fat,” but science says it helps. The effect seems to come from labeling thoughts as positive or negative and reacting accordingly by either preserving them or throwing them away.
How to do it: Write down one thing you like about yourself. Keep your “like” safe in your pocket, wallet, or purse and take it out now and again to refine it. Also, write down one thing you dislike about yourself. Now, destroy the “dislike” with all the fires of hell! Shred it and dump it. Pro tip: doing this digitally doesn’t seem to work as well, so break out a real notepad.
Sharing a moment in history: September 27, 1964, the Warren Commission issued a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President Kennedy. Of course, it’s was all and still is a conspiracy theory.
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Sharing a moment in history: September 25, 1957, with 300 United States Army troops standing guard, nine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, days after unruly white crowds had forced them to withdraw.
Check out an exclusive clip from VICE and HBO’s upcoming special on criminal justice in the US: ‘Fixing The System’ — it will air September 27. Watch the full trailer: http://bit.ly/1MmMPRj
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: September
24, 1996, the United States and the world’s other major nuclear powers signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.