Friday, March 29, 2013 @ Automotive World

qualm \kwahm, kwawm\, noun:

an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
a sudden feeling of apprehensive uneasiness; misgiving: a sudden qualm about the success of the venture.
a sudden sensation or onset of faintness or illness, especially of nausea.

The etymology of qualm is uncertain. It may come from the Old English cwealm, which means "torment," "pain," and "injury," but scholars believe there is not enough evidence to assume a direct connection between these terms.

man points

Points that one receives upon the completion of a distinctly manly task. More often than not, intelligent points and man points are inversely proportional.
Points received for doing stereotypical macho actions like starting a fight with a professional boxer, taunting someone to throw a dart at your face, lighting a fart on fire, or holding a scorching object in your hand for an extended period of time

-Dude, I totally just walked barefoot over jagged rocks.

-Wow, you really earned some major man points.

Trivia
How did the passion flower get its name?

From its symbolic connection to the passion of Christ, which was first noted in the 16th century by Spanish missionaries in South America. They believed the flower’s 10 petals and sepals represented the 10 disciples at the crucifixion; its three prominent stigmas, the nails used to crucify Jesus; its five red stamens, the wounds; and its showy corona of filaments, the crown of thorns.

Holiday

Good Friday: Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary.

History

Niagara Falls: ceased falling due to an ice jam upstream (1848)
North America Act: the British parliament created the Dominion of Canada (1867)
Royal Albert Hall: was opened by Queen Victoria, dedicated to her husband and consort, Prince Albert (1871)
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: the Ringling Brothers joined P.T. Barnum and James A. Bailey to form "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1919)
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg: US Communist couple were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage about the atomic bomb on behalf of the Soviet Union (1951)
Vietnam War: the last US soldiers left South Vietnam (1973)
Ireland: became the first country to ban smoking in all public places (2004)

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