Operation Grapple was a series of British nuclear weapons tests carried
out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Christmas Island in what is
now Kiribati. Britain had successfully tested an atomic bomb in
October 1952, and in July 1954, decided to develop a hydrogen bomb. In
the first test, Grapple 1 (pictured), the bomb's yield was below its
designed capability. The second, Grapple 2, was the largest ever
achieved by a single-stage device. The third, Grapple 3, also had a low
yield. A further test, Grapple X, exceeded expectations. Grapple Y, in
April 1958, yielded about three megatonnes and remains the most
powerful British nuclear weapon ever tested. Much of its yield came from
its thermonuclear reaction, making it a true hydrogen bomb, and the
United Kingdom became the third nation to possess one. A final series of
four tests, Grapple Z, tested techniques for making bombs immune to
predetonation by nearby nuclear explosions. (This article is part of a
featured topic: Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Nuclear_weapons_and…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
Henry Wirz, the Confederate superintendent of Andersonville
Prison, was hanged after a controversial conviction, becoming the only
American Civil War soldier executed for war crimes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz>
1937:
Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas executed a self-coup of his
constitutional government, establishing the dictatorial Estado Novo
regime.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Brazilian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
1958:
Merchant Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond, the "most
famous diamond in the world", to the Smithsonian Institution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond>
2009:
Ships of the South Korean and North Korean navies skirmished
off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daecheong_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sumac:
1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other
genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian
sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria).
2. Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus,
particularly the tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and
tanning leather or for medicinal purposes.
3. A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the
berries of tanner's sumac.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sumac>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The little folk dare anything … And they talks a lot of
nonsense. But they talks an awful lot of sense, as well. You listen to
'em at your peril, and you ignore 'em at your peril, too.
--Stardust : Being A Romance Within The Realm of Faerie
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stardust_%28Gaiman_novel%29>
Frederick the Great (1712–1786) was King of Prussia from 1740 until
his death. His most significant accomplishments included his military
successes in the Silesian wars, the First Partition of Poland, and his
patronage of the arts and culture. Prussia became a major power in
Europe under his rule. Frederick was a proponent of enlightened
absolutism, stating that the ruler should be the first servant of the
state. He modernised the Prussian bureaucracy, reformed the judicial
system, encouraged immigrants of various nationalities and faiths to
come to Prussia, and increased freedom of the press in Berlin. Frederick
was also an accomplished musician, writer, and philosopher. He played
the flute, and wrote over 100 scores, including flute sonatas and opera
libretti. His collected works of poetry, histories, and philosophy spans
30 volumes and his political correspondence spans 46 volumes. He remains
an important symbol of modern Germany to this day.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
Mary Jane Kelly, was widely believed to be the fifth and final
victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer known as Jack the
Ripper.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_Kelly>
1918:
The government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted a
tricolour national flag that remains in use today with slight
modifications by the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Azerbaijan>
1967:
The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing
on music, politics and popular culture, was published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone>
2019:
Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur
Corridor, a visa-free border crossing connecting the Gurdwara Darbar
Sahib to the Indian border.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartarpur_Corridor>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
trounce:
1. (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
2. (transitive) To beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially
(games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
3. (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold
with abusive language.
4. (transitive, Britain, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit
against; to sue. [...]
5. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To walk heavily or with some
difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
6. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To pass across or over; to
traverse.
7. (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trounce>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
The loom of time and space works the most astonishing transformations of
matter. Our own planet is only a tiny part of the vast cosmic tapestry,
a starry fabric of worlds yet untold. Those worlds in space are as
countless as all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the earth.
Each of those worlds is as real as ours. In every one of them there's a
succession of incidents, events, occurrences, which influence its
future.
--Carl Sagan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan>
James A. Doonan (November 8, 1841 – April 12, 1911) was an American
Catholic priest and Jesuit who was the president of Georgetown
University from 1882 to 1888. Born in Georgia, he studied at Georgetown
before entering the Society of Jesus in 1857. During his formation, he
taught at Loyola College in Maryland and Boston College. He also studied
at Woodstock College and was ordained a priest in 1874. Doonan became a
professor at Georgetown before being named president in 1882. He worked
to offset the debt accrued during the construction of Healy Hall, and
installed in front of the building two historic cannons that had been
carried aboard Lord Baltimore's 1634 expeditionary voyage to Maryland.
He also oversaw construction of a new building for the School of
Medicine. After his presidency, Doonan continued teaching and engaging
in pastoral work throughout the Northeastern United States. He died at
Georgetown in 1911.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Doonan>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1861:
American Civil War: The USS San Jacinto stopped the British
mailship RMS Trent (depicted) and arrested two Confederate envoys en
route to Europe, sparking a major diplomatic crisis between the United
Kingdom and the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Affair>
1940:
The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek
units repulsed the Italians at the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elaia%E2%80%93Kalamas>
1971:
English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album,
which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_IV>
2016:
The Government of India announced the demonetisation of certain
banknotes, causing prolonged cash shortages in the weeks that followed
and significant disruption throughout the economy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mentalese:
(philosophy, psychology) A hypothetical non-verbal language in which
concepts are represented in the mind.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mentalese>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Truth seeth God, and Wisdom beholdeth God, and of these two
cometh the third: that is, a holy marvellous delight in God; which is
Love. Where Truth and Wisdom are verily, there is Love verily, coming of
them both. And all of God’s making: for He is endless sovereign Truth,
endless sovereign Wisdom, endless sovereign Love, unmade; and man’s
Soul is a creature in God which hath the same properties made, and
evermore it doeth that it was made for: it seeth God, it beholdeth God,
and it loveth God. Whereof God enjoyeth in the creature; and the
creature in God, endlessly marvelling.
--Julian of Norwich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich>
The basic outfit of traditional Inuit clothing consisted of a parka,
pants, mittens, inner footwear, and outer boots, historically made from
animal hide and fur. The Inuit are a group of culturally related
indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic areas of the United States,
Canada, and Greenland. The most common sources of hide were caribou,
seals, and seabirds, although other animals were used when available.
The production of warm, durable clothing was a survival skill, passed
down from adult women to girls. Preparation of clothing was an
intensive, weeks-long process that occurred on a yearly cycle following
established hunting seasons. Inuit clothing resembles in many ways the
traditional garb of the indigenous peoples of Alaska, Siberia and the
Russian Far East. There is archaeological evidence of similar clothing
from Siberia that dates from 22,000 BCE, and in northern Canada and
Greenland as early as 2500 BCE.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_clothing>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1775:
Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of the Colony of Virginia,
signed a proclamation promising freedom for the slaves of Patriots if
they joined the British Armed Forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmore%27s_Proclamation>
1941:
World War II: German aircraft sank the Soviet hospital ship
Armenia while she was evacuating civilians and wounded soldiers from
Crimea, killing an estimated 5,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_hospital_ship_Armenia>
1949:
Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of
Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's
first offshore oil platform.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neft_Da%C5%9Flar%C4%B1>
1991:
Professional basketball player Magic Johnson announced his
retirement from the game because of his infection with HIV.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
where there is a will there is a way:
If someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found
to make it happen.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/where_there_is_a_will_there_is_a_way>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A
scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child
placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. We
should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be
reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery
also has its beauty. Neither do I believe that the spirit of adventure
runs any risk of disappearing in our world. If I see anything vital
around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems
indestructible and is akin to curiosity.
--Marie Curie
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marie_Curie>
The Idiot is the debut studio album of American musician Iggy Pop,
released on March 18, 1977, by RCA Records. In 1976 Pop accompanied his
friend David Bowie to Europe to rid themselves of their drug addictions.
There Bowie agreed to produce an album for Pop. Recording began in June
1976 and further sessions took place at Musicland Studios in Munich in
August. Bowie composed most of the music and contributed a major portion
of the instrumentation, while Pop wrote most of the lyrics. The album's
title was taken from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same name, while
Erich Heckel's painting Roquairol inspired its artwork. When released
the album received divided, albeit largely positive, reviews. It charted
in the US, the UK, and Australia. Pop supported The Idiot with a tour in
1977, with Bowie as his keyboardist. The Idiot has continued to be
received positively, with many noting Pop's artistic evolution. It has
influenced post-punk, industrial, and gothic acts, including Joy
Division. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idiot_%28album%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1868:
Red Cloud, a leader of the Oglala Lakota Native American tribe,
signed the second Treaty of Fort Laramie, ending Red Cloud's War and
establishing the Great Sioux Reservation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_%281868%29>
1939:
As part of their plan to eradicate the Polish intellectual
elite, the Gestapo arrested 184 professors, students and employees of
the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderaktion_Krakau>
1977:
The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed;
the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in
damages.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Barnes_Dam>
2016:
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched the
Raqqa campaign, a successful military operation with the goal of
isolating and eventually capturing the Islamic State's capital city,
Raqqa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqqa_campaign_%282016%E2%80%932017%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Hansard:
1. (historical, also attributively) A member of a Hanse (“merchant
guild”), or a resident of a Hanse town. […]
2. (chiefly Britain, Commonwealth of Nations) The official report of
debates and other proceedings in the British and some Commonwealth
parliaments.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hansard>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And
that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to
treat great men as lunatics.
--Cesare Lombroso
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cesare_Lombroso>
John Thirtle (1777–1839) was an English watercolour artist and frame-
maker. Born in Norwich, where he lived for most of his life, he was a
leading member of the Norwich School of painters. He produced frames
for paintings by several members of that school, including John Crome
and John Sell Cotman. He also worked as a drawing-master, a printseller
and a looking glass maker. At the Norwich School's first exhibition in
1805, Thirtle exhibited five paintings as one of the five featured
artists. Most of his watercolours are of Norwich and the surrounding
Norfolk countryside. His style, influenced by Thomas Girtin, Crome and
Cotman, was technically accomplished. His earlier landscapes were
painted with a restricted range of buffs, blues and grey-browns, but he
later developed a brilliancy of colour, producing works that included
angular block forms. His Manuscript Treatise on Watercolour, unpublished
before 1977, was probably for his own use, and he exhibited fewer than
100 paintings.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thirtle>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1605:
The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace
of Westminster, foiled the Gunpowder Plot, which planned to blow up the
House of Lords.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot>
1916:
An armed confrontation in Everett, Washington, between local
authorities and members of the Industrial Workers of the World resulted
in seven deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_massacre>
1943:
World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on
Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Vatican>
1990:
Ultra-Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York
City hotel by an Arab gunman.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Kahane>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
swole:
1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Having large, well-
developed muscles; muscular.
2. (slang) Of the penis: erect; of a person: with an erection of the
penis; aroused, hard.
3. (slang) Followed by up: upset; experiencing strong negative emotion.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swole>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convincedThat Heaven but
tries our virtue by affliction,—That oft the cloud which wraps the
present hourServes but to brighten all our future days.
--John Brown
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Brown_%28essayist%29>
Rockstar San Diego is an American video game developer known for the Red
Dead, Midnight Club, and Smuggler's Run franchises. Founded by Diego
Angel in January 1984 as Angel Studios, it was initially a work-for-hire
animation studio, working on films such as The Lawnmower Man (1992) and
the music video for the song "Kiss That Frog" (1993). The company
shifted towards video game development in the 1990s. In its early years
in the sector, it was responsible for the Nintendo 64 port of Resident
Evil 2 (1999) and cooperated with Nintendo on multiple projects. The
studio's work on Midtown Madness (1999) attracted the attention of
Rockstar Games, which worked with the studio on the Midnight Club and
Smuggler's Run series, both first released in 2000. Take-Two Interactive
acquired Angel Studios for Rockstar Games in November 2002, renaming the
studio Rockstar San Diego. Under Rockstar Games, the studio developed
Red Dead Revolver (2004), further Midnight Club games, and Red Dead
Redemption (2010).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_San_Diego>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1890:
London's City and South London Railway, the first deep-level
underground railway in the world, officially opened, running a distance
of 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_South_London_Railway>
1921:
The remains of an unknown soldier were buried with an eternal
flame at the Altare della Patria in Rome.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II_Monument>
1944:
Second World War: Allied forces completed Operation Pheasant, a
major operation to clear German troops from the province of North
Brabant in the Netherlands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pheasant>
2016:
The Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change came into effect.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
othering:
(philosophy, politics) gerund of other: the process of perceiving or
portraying someone or something as essentially alien or different.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/othering>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am a peace man. I haven't got any use for wars and there is no
more humor in 'em than there is reason for 'em.
--Will Rogers
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Will_Rogers>
Rhodocene is an organometallic compound with the formula [Rh(C5H5)2].
Each molecule contains an atom of rhodium bound between two planar
systems of five carbon atoms known as cyclopentadienyl rings in a
sandwich arrangement. The [Rh(C5H5)2] radical is found above 150 °C or
when trapped by cooling to liquid nitrogen temperatures (−196 °C).
At room temperature, pairs of these radicals join via their
cyclopentadienyl rings to form a dimer, a yellow solid. Biomedical
researchers have examined the applications of rhodium compounds and
their derivatives in medicine and reported one potential application for
a rhodocene derivative as a radiopharmaceutical to treat small cancers.
Rhodocene derivatives are also used to study metal–metal interactions
in linked metallocenes which can potentially be used to make molecular
electronics. Rhodocene can be synthesized by reacting rhodium chloride
hydrate, cyclopentadiene, and ammonium hexafluorophosphate.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodocene>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1793:
French playwright, journalist and outspoken feminist Olympe de
Gouges was guillotined for her revolutionary ideas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympe_de_Gouges>
1898:
The Fashoda Incident ended with French forces withdrawing after
several months of military stalemate with the British in Fashoda (now in
South Sudan).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashoda_Incident>
1954:
The first film featuring the giant monster known as Godzilla
was released nationwide in Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla>
1996:
Abdullah Çatlı, a leader of the ultra-nationalist Grey
Wolves, was killed in a car crash near Susurluk, Turkey, sparking a
scandal that exposed the depth of the state's complicity in organized
crime.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susurluk_scandal>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
attainable:
Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attainable>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and
will continue to be, life's pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by
hostility. This puts us under an obligation.
--Wilhelm Reich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich>
Energy is sustainable if it meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Sustainability issues in the current energy system include high
emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollution from the burning of fossil
fuels and biomass, and pervasive energy poverty in developing countries.
The scientific literature on limiting global warming describes pathways
in which the world rapidly phases out coal-fired power plants, produces
more electricity from clean sources such as wind and solar, shifts
towards using electricity instead of fuels in sectors such as transport
and heating buildings, and takes measures to conserve energy. These
changes would involve a system-wide transformation of the way energy is
produced, stored, distributed, and consumed. Decarbonization of the
energy system would bring major co-benefits to human health and can be
done in concert with providing universal access to electricity and to
clean cooking.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_energy>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1917:
The British government issued the Balfour Declaration in
support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a
small minority Jewish population.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration>
1963:
President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was assassinated,
marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_assassination_of_Ngo_Dinh_Diem>
1984:
The serial killer Velma Barfield became the first woman to be
executed in the United States since 1962.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfield>
2007:
In Tbilisi, Georgia, tens of thousands of people demonstrated
(police pictured) against the allegedly corrupt government of president
Mikheil Saakashvili.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Georgian_demonstrations>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
amaranth:
1. (dated, poetic) An imaginary flower that does not wither.
2. Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.
3. The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of
these plants. amaranth:
4. (chemistry) A red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, and
in some countries in cosmetics and as a food colouring.
5. (cooking) The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amaranth>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A lot of writers write as if the hero sort of popped out of the
box at age 22 fully formed. And one thing that raising children does is
give you some sense of how human beings really are put together. So when
you go to put together a character you can have a more realistic sense
of where people really come from, why they really behave the way they do
and what a tremendous amount of life and complexity lies behind every
human being.
--Lois McMaster Bujold
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold>
Charles Green (26 December 1919 – 1 November 1950) was an Australian
Militia officer who volunteered for overseas service at the start of
World War II. He fought in Greece in 1941 and returned to Australia in
1942. From March to July 1945, Green commanded the 2/11th Battalion
during the Aitape–Wewak campaign in New Guinea, becoming the youngest
Australian infantry battalion commander. For his performance during the
campaign, Green was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
He later commanded the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR),
during the Korean War. The battalion joined UN forces and advanced into
North Korea, fighting in the Battles of the Apple Orchard, the Broken
Bridge and Chongju. On 30 October 1950, Green was wounded in the stomach
by a shell fragment. Evacuated to hospital, he died of his wounds two
days later, aged 30, and was subsequently awarded the US Silver Star. He
remains the only commanding officer of an RAR battalion to die on active
service.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Green_%28Australian_soldier%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1897:
Juventus, Italy's most successful football club, was founded as
an athletics club.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus_F.C.>
1914:
World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian
Imperial Force (soldiers pictured) departed Albany, Western Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force>
1941:
American photographer Ansel Adams shot Moonrise, Hernandez, New
Mexico, one of his most famous photographs.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonrise,_Hernandez,_New_Mexico>
1956:
The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were
formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cherub:
1. (biblical) A winged creature attending on God, described by Pseudo-
Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest
order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a
lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in
later texts.
2. An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a
winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.
3. (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being
particularly angelic or innocent.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cherub>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If there is a witness to my little life, To my tiny throes and
struggles, He sees a fool; And it is not fine for gods to menace
fools.
--Stephen Crane
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Crane>