Trichotillomania Is The Compulsive Urge To Pull Out One's Own Hair Leading To Noticeable Hair Loss

I heard this word while watching Hoarders.  Strangely enough, Molly knew what it meant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomania

Miranda Rights Are Named For Ernesto Miranda

*From History.com This Day In History:

The roots of the Miranda decision go back to March 2, 1963, when an 18-year-old Phoenix woman told police that she had been abducted, driven to the desert and raped. Detectives questioning her story gave her a polygraph test, but the results were inconclusive. However, tracking the license plate number of a car that resembled that of her attacker's brought police to Ernesto Miranda, who had a prior record as a peeping tom. Although the victim did not identify Miranda in a line-up, he was brought into police custody and interrogated. What happened next is disputed, but officers left the interrogation with a confession that Miranda later recanted, unaware that he didn't have to say anything at all. 

The Actors Who Portrayed Laura Ingalls & Willie Oleson Are Siblings

Melissa Sue Gilbert and Jonathon Gilbert are brother and sister!

*Learned while reading Michael Landon's biography on Wikipedia.

Nepal Is The Only Country In The World Not To Have A Rectangular Flag

*From A Google A Day.  Wow!  Very cool, Google!

Tercentenary Means 300th Anniversary

The Romanov Tercentenary Fabergé Egg

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tercentenary

*Learned while reading The Court of the Last Tsar: Pomp, Power and Pageantry in the Reign of Nicholas II by Greg King.

Tsar Nicholas II and His Family Were Murdered in 1918

http://www.suite101.com/content/the-romanovs-the-romanov-family-murders-a273326

I had always thought it was much earlier in history.

*Learned while listening to Anastasia on CD with the girls.

Tilting At Windmills Means Attacking Imaginary Enemies or Fighting Futile Battles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilting_at_windmills

*Looked up on Wikipedia after hearing the phrase on KGO.