CORNELL

Cornell, Ezra Cornell

(noun) United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)

Cornell, Katherine Cornell

(noun) United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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GROIN

(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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