Today is National Pit Bull Awareness Day or NPBAD.  It was established to educate and foster positive communications and experiences in the communities in which we and our dogs live, and it is an initiative dedicated to restoring the image of the American Pit Bull Terrier.

Born on this day in 1868 in London, England, English polymath and engineer Frederick W. Lanchester.  Fred made important contributions to automotive engineering and to aerodynamics, and he co-invented the topic of operations research.

Today's word is polymath.  Polymath is a noun that means: a person of encyclopedic learning.

If you could have any animal as a pet, which one would you choose?