26 November 2015

alphamegamia

[al-fuh-meh-gey-mee-uh]

noun

1. marriage between a younger person and a much older person. Significant age disparity in a relationship.

Example

– The TV show loved stories of alphamegamia and often featured stories about younger men or women marrying much older partners.

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Today’s quote

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

– Hermann Hesse

On this day

26 November 1922 – British archaeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnavon enter the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen which Carter had discovered a few days earlier. Legend held that the tomb was protected by the ‘Mummy’s Curse’. Within 7 months of entering the tomb, both Carter and Carnavon were dead.

26 November 1942 – world premiere of iconic film ‘Casablanca’, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. The movie was nominated for 8 Oscars, winning 3 of them.

26 November 1992 – The Queen begins paying income tax and the number of royals receiving tax-payers funds is reduced to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen Mother.