The Rodrigues rail (Erythromachus leguati) was a flightless bird endemic
to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues, east of Madagascar in the Indian
Ocean. The rail was described as having grey plumage, a red beak and
legs, and a naked red patch around the eye. The bird fed on tortoise
eggs. It was described as being attracted to red objects, which humans
exploited while hunting it. The Rodrigues rail is believed to have
become extinct in the mid-18th century because of predation by
introduced cats and destruction of its habitat by tortoise hunters. The
bird was first documented from life by two contemporaneous accounts,
first by François Leguat, a French Huguenot refugee marooned on
Rodrigues in 1691, and then by Julien Tafforet, marooned on the island
in 1726. Subfossil remains (pictured) were later discovered and
connected with the old accounts in 1874, and the species was named
E. leguati in Leguat's honour.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues_rail>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1667:
The Second Anglo-Dutch War ended with the signing of the Treaty
of Breda.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Breda_%281667%29>
1917:
First World War: The Battle of Passchendaele began near Ypres,
Belgium, with the Allies aiming to force German troops to withdraw from
the Channel Ports.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele>
1954:
A team of Italian climbers became the first to reach the summit
of K2, the world's second-highest mountain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Italian_Karakoram_expedition_to_K2>
2007:
The Troubles: Operation Banner, the British Armed Forces'
operation in Northern Ireland, ended after 38 years with a military
stalemate and ceasefire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Banner>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
aposematism:
(biology, chiefly zoology) An adaptation, especially a form of
coloration, that warns off potential predators.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aposematism>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that
which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent,
and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by
exile or emigration in the case of one's country, by retirement in the
case of a trade or profession.
--Primo Levi
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Primo_Levi>
The decorated ceilings of the Natural History Museum in South
Kensington, London, were designed by the museum's architect Alfred
Waterhouse, and were unveiled at the building's opening in 1881. The
ceiling of the large Central Hall (pictured) consists of 162 panels, 108
of which depict plants considered significant to the history of the
museum, to the British Empire or to the museum's visitors. The remaining
54 are highly stylised decorative botanical paintings. The ceiling of
the smaller North Hall consists of 36 panels, 18 of which depict plants
growing in the British Isles. Both ceilings make extensive use of
gilding for visual effect. Built of lath and plaster to save costs, the
ceilings are unusually fragile and require extensive maintenance and
restoration. Since 2016 the skeleton of a blue whale has been suspended
from the ceiling of the Central Hall.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceilings_of_the_Natural_History_Museum,_London>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
Off the coast of Crescent City, California, the steamship
Brother Jonathan (depicted) struck an uncharted rock and sank, killing
225 people; its cargo of gold coins was not retrieved until 1996.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Jonathan_%28steamer%29>
1930:
Uruguay defeated Argentina at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo
to win the inaugural FIFA World Cup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup>
1950:
At the height of the political crisis known as the Royal
Question, four workers were shot dead by the Belgian Gendarmerie at a
strike in Grâce-Berleur.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Question>
2006:
Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story
building near the Southern Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least 28
civilians, including 16 children.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_airstrike>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tajine:
1. (cooking) An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin,
consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical
or dome-shaped lid.
2. (by extension) A stew, originally from Morocco, the ingredients of
which are traditionally cooked slowly in such a pot; the dish is
normally served with couscous.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tajine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The civilised keep alive The territorial war… Erase the race
that claim the place And say we dig for ore, Or dangle devils in a
bottle And push them from the pull of the Bush. … See the sun set
in the hand of the man.
--Kate Bush
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bush>
Eris is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System,
slightly smaller by volume than the dwarf planet Pluto, although it is
27 percent more massive. Discovered in January 2005 by a team based at
Palomar Observatory, it was named after Eris, the Greek goddess of
strife and discord. The ninth-most-massive object directly orbiting the
Sun, Eris is the largest object in the Solar System that has not been
visited by a spacecraft. It is a member of a high-eccentricity
population known as the scattered disk and has one known moon, Dysnomia.
It is about 96 astronomical units (14.4 billion kilometres;
8.9 billion miles) from the Sun, roughly three times as far away as
Pluto. Except for some long-period comets, Eris and Dysnomia were the
most distant known natural objects in the Solar System until 2018 VG18
was discovered in 2018. Observations of a stellar occultation by Eris in
2010 showed that its diameter was 2,326 ± 12 kilometers
(1,445.3 ± 7.5 mi).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_%28dwarf_planet%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1818:
French physicist Augustin Fresnel submitted a memoir on the
diffraction of light to the Royal Academy of Sciences, which provided
strong support for the wave theory of light.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel>
1900:
Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King
Umberto I of Italy in Monza.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Bresci>
1950:
Korean War: U.S. forces concluded a four-day massacre of
hundreds of civilians through shootings and air attacks near the village
of Nogeun-ri, sparked by fears that North Korean soldiers were
infiltrating refugee columns.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Gun_Ri_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
smocking:
(sewing) An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and
then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place;
the product of the use of this embroidery technique.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/smocking>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But
if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
--Don Marquis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Don_Marquis>
Elasmosaurus was a large marine reptile in the order Plesiosauria. The
genus lived about 80.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous.
The first specimen was sent to the American paleontologist Edward
Drinker Cope after its discovery in 1867 near Fort Wallace, Kansas. Only
one incomplete skeleton is definitely known, consisting of a fragmentary
skull, the spine, and the pectoral and pelvic girdles, and a single
species, E. platyurus, is recognized today. Measuring 10.3 meters
(34 ft) long, the genus had a streamlined body with paddle-like limbs
or flippers, a short tail, and a small, slender, triangular head. With a
neck around 7.1 meters (23 ft) long, Elasmosaurus was one of the
longest-necked animals to have lived, with the largest number of neck
vertebrae known, 72. It probably ate small fish and marine
invertebrates, seizing them with long teeth. Elasmosaurus is known from
the Pierre Shale formation, which represents marine deposits from the
Western Interior Seaway.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasmosaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1939:
During the excavation of a 7th-century ship burial at Sutton
Hoo in Suffolk, England, archaeologists discovered a helmet that
probably belonged to King Rædwald of East Anglia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A6dwald_of_East_Anglia>
1945:
A B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in New
York City, killing 14 people and causing an estimated $1 million in
damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Empire_State_Building_B-25_crash>
1995:
Two followers of Rajneesh were convicted of conspiring to
assassinate Charles Turner, the U.S. attorney for the District of
Oregon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Rajneeshee_assassination_plot>
2005:
The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced the formal end
of its armed campaign to overthrow British rule in Northern Ireland and
create a united Ireland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
brawl:
1. (intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
2. (intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
3. (intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to
make a loud, confused noise.
4. (transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold. [...]
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brawl>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There are all kinds of sources of our knowledge; but none has
authority … The fundamental mistake made by the philosophical theory
of the ultimate sources of our knowledge is that it does not distinguish
clearly enough between questions of origin and questions of validity.
--Karl Popper
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karl_Popper>
Osbert Lancaster (4 August 1908 – 27 July 1986) was an English
cartoonist, architectural historian and stage designer. He became known
in the 1930s for his books on architecture, aiming to amuse the general
reader while demystifying the subject. Several of the terms he coined as
labels for architectural styles such as "Pont Street Dutch" have gained
common usage, and his books have continued to be regarded as important
works of reference on the subject. In the Daily Express from 1938 to
1981 he drew the "pocket cartoons", a form he introduced to Britain.
They featured a cast of regular characters, led by his best-known
creation, Maudie Littlehampton, through whom he expressed his views on
the fashions, fads and political events of the day. In 1951 he was
commissioned to create costumes and scenery for a new ballet, Pineapple
Poll. Between then and the early 1970s he designed new productions for
the Royal Ballet, Glyndebourne, D'Oyly Carte, the Old Vic and the West
End.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osbert_Lancaster>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1778:
The Battle of Ushant, the first encounter between the French
and British fleets in the American Revolutionary War, ended indecisively
and led to political disputes in both countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ushant_%281778%29>
1916:
First World War: British mariner Charles Fryatt was executed in
Bruges, Belgium, after a German court-martial found him guilty of being
a franc-tireur.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fryatt>
1955:
After straying into Bulgarian airspace, El Al Flight 402 was
shot down by two MiG-15 fighter jets, resulting in the deaths of all 58
on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Al_Flight_402>
1990:
Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical Islamic group, began a coup
attempt against the government of Trinidad and Tobago by taking
hostages, including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson, before
surrendering five days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaat_al_Muslimeen_coup_attempt>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
carrier wave:
(physics) A wave that can be modulated, either in amplitude, frequency,
or phase, to carry or transmit images, music, speech, or other signals.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carrier_wave>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I'm a goddess in your eyes, and I will never die. I was born of
people's needs, and what they don't wanna believe. But I am a liar,
that's the truth, go home and think it through. That's the harm in
mystery, all you know is what you see.I got no idols.
--Juliana Hatfield
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Juliana_Hatfield>
Carlos Castillo Armas (November 4, 1914 – July 26, 1957) was a
military officer and the 28th president of Guatemala. He came to power
in a 1954 coup d'état backed by the US Central Intelligence Agency that
overthrew the democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz, and
consolidated his position in an October 1954 election in which he was
the only candidate. A member of the right-wing National Liberation
Movement party, he was also the first of a series of authoritarian
rulers in Guatemala who were close allies of the United States. Under
Castillo Armas, the reforms of the Guatemalan Revolution were largely
undone. Land was confiscated from small farmers and returned to large
landowners, and thousands of people were arrested, tortured, or killed
under suspicion of being communists. In 1957 Castillo Armas was
assassinated by a presidential guard. His policies sparked a series of
leftist insurgencies culminating in the Guatemalan Civil War, which
lasted from 1960 to 1996.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castillo_Armas>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1887:
L. L. Zamenhof published Unua Libro, the first publication to
describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unua_Libro>
1953:
The Battle of the Samichon River, the last engagement of the
Korean War, ended only a few hours before the Korean Armistice Agreement
was signed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Samichon_River>
1968:
After coming second to Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in a rigged
presidential election in 1967, Trương Đình Dzu was jailed by a South
Vietnamese military court for illicit currency transactions.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Dzu>
2016:
In one of the deadliest crimes in modern Japanese history, a
former employee carried out a mass stabbing at a care home for disabled
people in Sagamihara, killing 19 people and wounding 26 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagamihara_stabbings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lexicography:
1. The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
2. (linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing
the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the
lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary
components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A platform is something a candidate stands for and the voters
fall for. … I’m having my platform run up by a movie set designer,
so it will be very impressive from the front, but not too permanent.
After all, there’s no sense putting a lot of time and thought into
something you’ll have no use for after you’re elected.
--Gracie Allen
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gracie_Allen>
Operation Cobra was an offensive launched by the First United States
Army under Omar Bradley against the German 7th Army commanded by Paul
Hausser in the Cotentin Peninsula during the Normandy campaign of World
War II. The attack commenced on 25 July 1944, having been delayed
several times by poor weather. Supporting offensives had drawn the bulk
of German armored reserves toward the British and Canadian sectors, and
the lack of men and materiel available to the Germans meant they were
unable to form successive lines of defense. After a slow start the
offensive gathered momentum and by 27 July most organized resistance had
been overcome and the Americans advanced rapidly. The German response
was ineffectual and the entire Normandy front soon collapsed. Operation
Cobra, together with concurrent offensives by the British Second Army
and the Canadian First Army, was decisive in securing an Allied victory
in the Normandy campaign and the loss of the German position in
northwestern France.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cobra>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1788:
Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, one of his two extant
minor-key symphonies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._40_%28Mozart%29>
1893:
The Corinth Canal, which bisects Greece's narrow Isthmus of
Corinth, was formally opened, connecting the Ionian Sea's Gulf of
Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth_Canal>
2000:
Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde en route from Paris to New
York, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 109 passengers on board
and four people on the ground.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590>
2010:
WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War
in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_War_documents_leak>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cutting:
1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
2. (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
3. (countable) A newspaper clipping.
4. (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from
a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
5. (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for
performance.
6. (countable, Britain) An open passage at a level lower than the
surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
7. (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film
or other recordings.
8. (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired
shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
9. (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a
symptom of a personality disorder; self-harm.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cutting>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-
confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They
acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On
the other hand, the real "have nots" are they who cannot have aught
except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing
the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence
among others, and rich by making others poor.
--Eric Hoffer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eric_Hoffer>
Melanie Barnett is a fictional character on the American sitcom The
Game, which aired on The CW and BET from 2006 to 2015. Portrayed by
actress Tia Mowry (pictured), Melanie was introduced in a backdoor pilot
on the sitcom Girlfriends as the cousin of Joan Clayton (Tracee Ellis
Ross). Melanie chooses to support the career of her boyfriend Derwin
Davis (Pooch Hall), a National Football League player, rather than
attend medical school at Johns Hopkins University. The series focuses
primarily on Melanie and Derwin's complicated relationship and her fears
of his infidelity. Mowry left the series in 2012 upon learning that Hall
had decided to leave the show and her role would be reduced. Both actors
reprised their roles in the series finale. Mowry's performance received
positive feedback from critics, who agreed that the role displayed her
maturity as an actress. She received nominations for two NAACP Image
Awards and a Teen Choice Award for the role.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Barnett>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1923:
The Treaty of Lausanne was signed to settle the Anatolian part
of the partition of the Ottoman Empire, establishing the boundaries of
modern Turkey.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lausanne>
1967:
During a speech in Montreal, French president Charles de Gaulle
declared "Long live free Quebec!", a statement that was interpreted as
support for Quebec independence from Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vive_le_Qu%C3%A9bec_libre>
1974:
Following the collapse of the Greek military junta, the
Metapolitefsi period began as the country transitioned to a democratic
government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metapolitefsi>
1980:
At the Moscow Olympics, Australia's swimming team, nicknamed
the Quietly Confident Quartet, won the men's 4 × 100 metre medley
relay, the only time that the United States, which boycotted the games,
has not won the event at the Olympics.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%9…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
quakebuttock:
(formerly obsolete, rare, now humorous) A coward.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quakebuttock>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I think there is some kind of divine order in the universe. Every
leaf on every tree in the world is unique. As far as we can see, there
are other galaxies, all slowly spinning, numerous as the leaves in the
forest. In an infinite number of planets, there has to be an infinite
number with life forms on them. Maybe this planet is one of the
discarded mistakes. Maybe it's one of the victories. We'll never know.
--John D. MacDonald
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_D._MacDonald>
John Leak (c. 1892 – 1972) was an Australian recipient of the
Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in battle that could be
awarded at that time to a member of the Australian armed forces. Leak
enlisted in early 1915, and served with the 9th Battalion during the
Gallipoli campaign. Along with his unit, he transferred to the Western
Front, where he participated in the Battle of Pozières in July 1916.
For his actions on 23 July during this battle he was awarded the
Victoria Cross. He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Mouquet Farm
in August. Suffering from the effects of his service, Leak was convicted
of desertion in November 1917, but his sentence was ultimately
suspended. In early March 1918 he was gassed, and saw no further combat
before the Armistice of 11 November 1918. He returned to Australia and
was discharged in 1919. After various jobs, Leak settled in South
Australia in 1937 and died in 1972.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leak>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1860:
The Eastbourne manslaughter trial began, which later became an
important legal precedent in the United Kingdom for discussions of
corporal punishment in schools.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastbourne_manslaughter>
1940:
Sumner Welles, U.S. Under Secretary of State, issued a
declaration that the U.S. government would not recognize the Soviet
Union's annexation of the Baltic states.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welles_Declaration>
1968:
A shootout between police and a Black Power group began in
Cleveland, Ohio, sparking three days of rioting.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenville_shootout>
1995:
Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th
century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and
Thomas Bopp.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
churchical:
1. (Christianity, informal) Pertaining to or characteristic of church;
ecclesiastical.
2. (chiefly Jamaican, music) Belonging to a style of Reggae music that
reflects a spiritual sensibility.
3. (chiefly Jamaican, Rastafari) Pertaining to the strain of Rastafarian
culture that emphasizes a traditional theocracy.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/churchical>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only
art, and precious little of that.
--Raymond Chandler
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler>
The Fourth Test of the 1948 Ashes series was one of five Tests in a
cricket series between Australia and England. Played at Headingley
Stadium at Leeds from 22 to 27 July, for the third time in a row the
match set a new record for the highest attendance at a Test in England.
On the last day, Australia, captained by Don Bradman (pictured), had a
target of 404 to make up, and England had used a heavy roller to break
up the pitch to make batting harder. Although many observers predicted
that England would win easily on a deteriorating surface, Australia put
together a stand of 301 in only 217 minutes, aided by erratic bowling
and several missed catches and stumpings. Australia won the match by
seven wickets with 15 minutes remaining to take an unassailable 3–0
series lead. In successfully chasing a target of 404, they set a new
world record for the highest victorious runchase in Test history.
(This article is part of a featured topic: Australian cricket team in
England in 1948.) .
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Australian_cricket_…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1691:
Williamite War: The forces of William III of England defeated
the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the bloodiest ever fought on
Irish soil, with over 7,000 people killed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aughrim>
1894:
Jules-Albert de Dion finished first in the world's first motor
race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules-Albert_de_Dion>
1944:
World War II: In opposition to the London-based government-in-
exile, the Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to
govern territory recaptured from Nazi Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Committee_of_National_Liberation>
1997:
Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece, the best-
selling manga series in history, debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
radiole:
1. (zoology) The spine of a sea urchin.
2. (zoology) A heavily ciliated feather-like tentacle occuring in
clusters on the crowns of certain tubeworms, especially those of the
order Canalipalpata (the fan-head worms), used for feeding and
respiration.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radiole>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules.
The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice.
--Tom Robbins
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Robbins>