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Quippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
In 1963, baseball pitcher G**lord Perry (yes, the first half of his name is blammed, do the math) said: "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." Only a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, Perry hit the first and only home run of his career.
Groundhog Day owes its true origins to the ancient Greeks, who believed that an animal's shadow was its soul, blackened by the past year's sins. While the animal hibernates, its soul is cleansed by nature, and if it wakes up before winter is over, it will see the dirty shadow and be horrified and then return to its den for more purification.
[Edited on 01.08.2010 8:49 PM PST]