Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by
Robert Zemeckis, and starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea
Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson. Set in 1985, the story
follows Marty McFly (Fox), accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time-
traveling DeLorean automobile. While there, Marty prevents his parents
from falling in love, threatening his existence unless he reconciles the
pair. Eric Stoltz was initially cast as Marty, but after filming began,
Zemeckis determined he was not right for the part and hired Fox, re-
filming scenes already shot. The film was the highest-grossing film of
1985 worldwide, earning $381.1 million. Critics praised the story,
humorous elements, and the cast. It won an Academy Award, three Saturn
Awards, and a Hugo Award. Its theme song, "The Power of Love" by Huey
Lewis and the News, was also a success. Two sequels, video games, theme
park rides, an animated television series, and a stage musical testify
to its enduring popularity.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1943:
The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance
group, were arrested by the Gestapo in Munich, bringing the group's
activities to an end.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose>
1977:
NASA's first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, made its first test
flight on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (both pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise>
2013:
Eight gunmen stole approximately US$50,000,000 worth of
diamonds from a Swiss-bound aircraft at Brussels Airport, Belgium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Airport_diamond_heist>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
balloon goes up:
(idiomatic) Chiefly preceded by the: something exciting, risky, or
troublesome begins.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balloon_goes_up>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It's a pretty good world. I'm glad we saved it. Do I miss the
action? Sometimes. … For the rest of you kids out there — word of
advice: Look out for the little guy. Make mistakes. Take chances. For if
there's one thing life's taught me: There's always room to grow.
--Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ant-Man_and_the_Wasp:_Quantumania>
Theodora Kroeber (1897–1979) was an American writer and
anthropologist, best known for her accounts of Native Californian
cultures. She grew up in the mining town of Telluride, Colorado. She
graduated with a major in psychology in 1919, and received a master's
degree in 1920. Married in 1920 and widowed in 1923, she began doctoral
studies in anthropology. She met anthropologist Alfred Kroeber and
married him in 1926. One of her two children with Alfred was the writer
Ursula K. Le Guin. Kroeber began writing professionally late in life,
publishing a collection of translated Native Californian narratives in
1959. Two years later she published Ishi in Two Worlds, an account of
the last member of the Yahi people of northern California. This sold
widely, and received high praise from contemporary reviewers. After
Alfred died in 1960, Theodora married artist John Quinn in 1969. She
published several other works, including a biography of Alfred. A 1989
biography stated that her "great strength was as an interpreter of one
culture to another".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_Kroeber>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1894:
Rudolf Diesel's first working diesel engine ran for one minute.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine>
1944:
World War II: The U.S. Navy began Operation Hailstone, a
massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air
base at Truk in the Caroline Islands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hailstone>
1959:
Vanguard 2 (model pictured), the first weather satellite, was
launched to measure cloud cover distribution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_2>
2006:
A massive landslide in the Philippine province of Southern
Leyte killed over 1,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Southern_Leyte_mudslide>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
staunch:
1. Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate;
watertight.
2. (by extension) Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
3. Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
4. (figuratively)
5. Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
6. Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
7. (chiefly hunting) Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick
up the scent of, or to mark, game.
8. (obsolete) Cautious, restrained. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/staunch>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The struggle for power is universal in time and space and is an
undeniable fact of experience. It cannot be denied that throughout
historic time, regardless of social, economic and political conditions,
states have met each other in contests for power. Even though
anthropologists have shown that certain primitive peoples seem to be
free from the desire for power, nobody has yet shown how their state of
mind can be re-created on a worldwide scale so as to eliminate the
struggle for power from the international scene. … International
politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power. Whatever the
ultimate aims of international politics, power is always the immediate
aim.
--Hans Morgenthau
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hans_Morgenthau>
Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series.
First published in 1959, it centres on Bond's investigation into the
gold-smuggling activities of Auric Goldfinger, who is suspected of being
connected to Soviet counter-intelligence. Bond uncovers Goldfinger's
plot involving the gold reserves at Fort Knox (pictured). In Goldfinger,
Fleming presents the character of James Bond as a more complex
individual than in the previous novels. A theme of Bond as a St George
figure is echoed by the fact that Bond is a British Secret Service agent
sorting out an American problem. Fleming probably based the gold-
obsessed character of Goldfinger on the American gold tycoon Charles W.
Engelhard Jr. On its release, the novel went to the top of the best-
seller lists. It was adapted as the third James Bond feature film of the
Eon Productions series, released in 1964 and starring Sean Connery as
Bond. (This article is part of a featured topic: Ian Fleming's James
Bond novels and short stories.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Ian_Fleming%27s_Jam…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
The French government passed a law setting the musical note A4
to a frequency of 435 hertz, in the first attempt to standardize
concert pitch.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch>
1923:
English Egyptologist and archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed
Tutankhamun's tomb, KV62, in the Valley of the Kings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Tutankhamun>
1959:
Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba, beginning
his decades-long rule over the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro>
2013:
At least 91 people were killed and 190 others injured after a
bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town,
Pakistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2013_Quetta_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
window of opportunity:
(originally US) A (usually limited) period of time in which suitable
action can achieve success.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/window_of_opportunity>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A lot of times I would play a lot of roles a man would play…In
One Million Years B.C.—yes, the costume was revealing. But I was
outdoors all the time, I was fighting to survive, there was a girlfight.
I was participating, it was physical, and I was independent. I wasn’t
that pushover kind of a girl. And I think that left an impression.
--Raquel Welch
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Raquel_Welch>
The UEFA Euro 2020 final was a football match between England and Italy
that took place at Wembley Stadium (pictured) in London, England, on
11 July 2021 to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2020, which had been
delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Italy won their second
European Championship, beating first-time finalists England 3–2 in a
penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw after extra time. England's
Luke Shaw opened the scoring in the second minute of the match, the
fastest goal ever scored in a European Championship final, only for
Leonardo Bonucci – who was later named the man of the match – to
equalise midway through the second half. England had a 2–1 advantage
in the shoot-out after two kicks each, but Italy came back to win. The
event was marred by crowd disorder and incidents of violence; the
English Football Association was punished by UEFA. Racial abuse on
social media directed at England's final three, unsuccessful, penalty
takers led to a police investigation.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1493:
Christopher Columbus wrote a letter widely distributed upon his
return to Portugal that announced the results of his first voyage to the
Americas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus%27s_letter_on_the_first_voyage>
1900:
Second Boer War: British cavalry led by John French defeated
Boer forces to end a 124-day siege of Kimberley in present-day South
Africa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kimberley>
1942:
Second World War: Japanese forces led by General Tomoyuki
Yamashita captured Singapore with the largest surrender of British-led
military personnel in history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore>
2013:
A previously undetected meteor exploded (video featured) over
Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia; the resulting shock wave injured about 1,500
people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
a day after the fair:
Too late.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_day_after_the_fair>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It always seems to me extreme rashness on the part of some when
they want to make human abilities the measure of what nature can do. On
the contrary, there is not a single effect in nature, even the least
that exists, such that the most ingenious theorists can arrive at a
complete understanding of it. This vain presumption of understanding
everything can have no other basis than never understanding anything.
For anyone who had experienced just once the perfect understanding of
one single thing, and had truly tasted how knowledge is accomplished,
would recognize that of the infinity of other truths he understands
nothing.
--Galileo Galilei
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei>
"I Need You" is a song recorded by American socialite Paris Hilton
(pictured). Michael Green produced the song and co-wrote it with Hilton
and Simon Wilcox. Heiress Records released it as a digital download on
February 14, 2018. A version of the song leaked in 2010, but Hilton
said she re-recorded portions of the vocals and instrumental as a
dedication to her then-fiancé Chris Zylka. It is a doo-wop and pop
ballad with holiday-related puns about love. Green based the ballad's
style on 1950s music. Critics praised "I Need You", partially as a
departure from Hilton's dance and EDM songs. The single peaked at
number 32 on the Dance Club Songs chart, Hilton's fifth appearance on
it. A music video, directed by Zylka, features Hilton wearing lingerie,
posing in a bed covered with red rose petals, and popping out of a cake.
It was inspired by Marilyn Monroe's performance of "I Wanna Be Loved by
You" and Jessica Rabbit. Critics described the bed scene as an homage to
the 1999 film American Beauty.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Need_You_%28Paris_Hilton_song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1852:
The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England
to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in
London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital>
1924:
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed to
International Business Machines, which grew into one of the world's
largest companies by market capitalization.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM>
1992:
Sri Temasek, the official residence of the Prime Minister of
Singapore, was gazetted as a national monument.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Temasek>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tenderoni:
(originally African-American Vernacular, slang) A younger (often female)
love interest.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tenderoni>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Ay me! for aught that I ever could read, Could ever hear by tale
or history, The course of true love never did run smooth.
--A Midsummer Night's Dream
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream>
Pavle Đurišić (1909–1945) was a Royal Yugoslav Army officer who
became a Chetnik leader during World War II. He was a commander of a
popular uprising in July 1941 against the Italians who occupied
Montenegro, then collaborated with the Italians against the Yugoslav
Partisans. On 13 February 1943, he wrote to Draža Mihailović, the
Chetnik supreme commander, reporting that his men had killed about 1,200
Bosnian Muslim combatants and 8,000 women, children and elderly people
in Montenegro and eastern Bosnia. Soon after, Đurišić and his troops
participated in an anti-Partisan offensive alongside Italian troops.
Captured by the Germans in May 1943, he escaped and was recaptured.
Released after the Italian surrender, he began collaborating with the
Germans and the Serbian puppet government. In 1944 he was decorated by
the German commander in Montenegro. Đurišić was killed by the Armed
Forces of the Independent State of Croatia near Banja Luka after he was
captured in April 1945.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavle_%C4%90uri%C5%A1i%C4%87>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1867:
Work began on the covering of the Senne, burying the polluted
main river of Brussels to allow for urban renewal in the centre of the
city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covering_of_the_Senne>
1945:
World War II: The Allies began a strategic bombing of Dresden,
Germany, resulting in a lethal firestorm that killed tens of thousands
of civilians.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II>
1970:
The English rock band Black Sabbath released their eponymous
debut album, which is generally accepted as the first heavy metal album.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath_%28album%29>
2012:
The first Vega rocket was launched by the European Space
Agency.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_%28rocket%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
podcast:
1. (transitive) To deliver (information) in the form of a programme,
especially an audio programme, over the Internet on a regular basis for
playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
2. (intransitive) To deliver a programme, especially an audio programme,
over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or
portable devices such as mobile phones.
3. A programme, especially an audio programme, produced on a regular
basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and
designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile
phones.
4. (loosely) An individual episode of such a programme.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/podcast>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When we went to school we were told that we were governed by
laws, not men. As a result of that, many people think there is no need
to pay any attention to judicial candidates because judges merely apply
the law by some mathematical formula and a good judge and a bad judge
all apply the same kind of law. The fact is that the most important part
of a judge's work is the exercise of judgment and that the law in a
court is never better than the common sense judgment of the judge that
is presiding.
--Robert H. Jackson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_H._Jackson>
The Battle of Powick Bridge was fought on 23 September 1642 south of
Worcester, England, during the First English Civil War, between elements
of the principal field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians.
A Royalist convoy carrying valuables took refuge in Worcester and
reinforcements were sent under Prince Rupert. The Parliamentarians sent
a detachment, commanded by Colonel John Brown, to capture the convoy.
Each force consisted of around 1,000 mounted troops, a mix of cavalry
and dragoons. The Parliamentarians approached from the south, up narrow
lanes, and straight into Rupert's force, which was resting in a field.
The Royalist dragoons fired at point-blank range as the Parliamentarians
emerged. Rupert's cavalry then charged and broke most of the
Parliamentarian cavalry. Brown covered his cavalry's escape with his
dragoons at Powick Bridge (pictured), but his cavalry fled 15 miles
(24 km) further, causing panic among part of the main Parliamentarian
army.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Powick_Bridge>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1855:
The precursor of Michigan State University in East Lansing was
founded as the United States' first agricultural college.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_University>
1947:
The French fashion company Dior unveiled its New Look
collection (suit pictured), which revolutionized women's dress and re-
established Paris as the centre of the fashion world after World
War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dior>
2001:
The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros,
becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker>
2016:
In the first meeting between the leaders of the Catholic Church
and the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of
Moscow signed the Havana Declaration at José Martí International
Airport in Cuba.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Declaration_of_Pope_Francis_and_Patriar…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
palingenesis:
1. (uncountable, also figuratively) Rebirth; regeneration; (countable)
an instance of this.
2. The recurrence of historical events in the same order in an infinite
series of cycles.
3. (philosophy, theology, historical) Spiritual rebirth through the
transmigration of the soul.
4. (uncountable, biology, chiefly historical or obsolete) The apparent
repetition, during the development of a single embryo, of changes that
occurred previously in the evolution of its species.
5. (uncountable, geology) The regeneration of magma by the melting of
metamorphic rocks.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/palingenesis>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending,
we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
--Abraham Lincoln
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln>
Fatima Whitbread (born 1961) is a retired British javelin thrower. She
broke the women's javelin throw world record with a throw of 77.44
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��4 in) at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and
also won the European title that year. She took the gold medal at the
1987 World Championships in Athletics and is a two-time Olympic
medallist, winning bronze at the 1984 games and silver at the 1988
games. She was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1987. During
her career, she had a well-publicised rivalry with another British
javelin athlete, Tessa Sanderson. Her later career was affected by a
persistent shoulder injury, and in 1992 she retired from competition.
She has since appeared on several television programmes, including I'm a
Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! in 2011. Whitbread was named the
Sports Writers' Association Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1987.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for
services to athletics.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_Whitbread>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1823:
Around 110 boys were killed in a human crush at the Convent of
the Minori Osservanti in Valletta on the last day of the Maltese
Carnival.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_tragedy_of_1823>
1840:
La fille du régiment (audio featured), an opéra comique by
Gaetano Donizetti, premiered in Paris to highly negative reviews but
later became a success.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_fille_du_r%C3%A9giment>
1919:
Friedrich Ebert was elected the provisional president of
Germany by the Weimar National Assembly.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert>
2008:
Rebel East Timorese soldiers invaded the homes of President
José Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, seriously wounding
the former.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_East_Timorese_assassination_attempts>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Isonade:
(Japanese mythology) A mythological monster that resembles an enormous
shark said to live off the coast of western Japan.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Isonade>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In life you must often choose between getting a job done or
getting credit for it. In science, the most important thing is not the
ideas you have but the decision which ones you choose to pursue. If you
have an idea and are not doing anything with it, why spoil someone
else's fun by publishing it?
--Leó Szilárd
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3_Szil%C3%A1rd>
George Andrew Davis Jr. (December 1, 1920 – February 10, 1952) was
an American fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II and the
Korean War. Born in Dublin, Texas, he joined the United States Army Air
Corps in 1942, and was sent to the Pacific Theater. He flew in the New
Guinea and Philippines campaigns, scoring seven victories over Japanese
aircraft. Known for his "daredevil" style which contrasted with his
reserved personality, Davis was the only American flying ace to be
killed in action in Korea. During this war, he flew the F-86 Sabre
fighter jet, rising quickly to become the war's ace of aces and downing
fourteen North Korean, Chinese, and Soviet aircraft. During his final
combat mission, Davis surprised and attacked twelve Chinese MiG-15
fighter jets in "MiG Alley", downing two before he was shot down and
killed. A major at the time of his death, he was posthumously promoted
to lieutenant colonel, and received the Medal of Honor.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Andrew_Davis_Jr.>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1763:
To end the Seven Years' War, Britain, France and Spain signed
the Treaty of Paris, which significantly reduced the size of the French
colonial empire and marked the beginning of an extensive period of
British dominance outside of Europe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_%281763%29>
1906:
The Royal Navy battleship HMS Dreadnought was launched,
representing such a marked advance in naval technology that her name
came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_%281906%29>
1962:
The first solo exhibition by Roy Lichtenstein opened, including
the painting Look Mickey, which featured his first use of Ben Day dots,
speech balloons, and comic imagery sourcing.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Mickey>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
what say you:
1. (formal) What do you say? What is your opinion?
2. (law) When addressed to a defendant in court: how do you plead? Also,
when addressed to a jury or its foreperson: what is your verdict?
3. (informal)
4. Sometimes followed by if: how about or what about (something)?
5. Followed by to: do you fancy, or would you like (something, such as
an activity or a drink or a food item)?
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what_say_you>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I knew I was doing things different but at the same time I was
doing things that were very natural for me … I wasn’t trying to
break any rules. But I wrote the way I heard things.
--Burt Bacharach
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Burt_Bacharach>
The forest raven (Corvus tasmanicus), or Tasmanian raven, is a passerine
bird in the family Corvidae native to Tasmania and parts of southern
Victoria and New South Wales. It is 50 to 53 cm (20 to 21 in) in
length, its plumage, beak and legs are all black, and its feathers have
grey bases. Adults have white irises; younger birds have dark irises
with a blue rim. New South Wales populations form a subspecies,
C. t. boreus. This raven lives in a wide variety of habitats in
Tasmania, but in closed forest on mainland Australia. Breeding takes
place in spring and summer, occurring later in Tasmania than in New
South Wales. The nest is a bowl-shaped structure of sticks sited high in
a tree. An opportunistic omnivore, it eats a wide variety of plant and
animal material, as well as food waste from urban areas and roadkill. It
has been blamed for killing lambs and poultry, and is unprotected in
Tasmanian law. It is sedentary, with pairs generally bonding for life in
permanent territories.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_raven>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1855:
A series of hoof-like marks in the snow continuing through the
countryside for some 40 to 100 miles (60 to 160 km) were discovered in
Devon, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Footprints>
1913:
A meteor procession was observed along a great circle arc from
Canada to Brazil, leading astronomers to conclude that its source was a
small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Great_Meteor_Procession>
1923:
Stanley Bruce became prime minister of Australia as leader of
the country's first Coalition government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Bruce>
1964:
As Beatlemania swept the United States, the Beatles made their
first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-breaking
audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the British Invasion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Invasion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
kibosh:
1. (slang) Chiefly in put on the kibosh or put the kibosh on: something
which checks or restrains.
2. (transitive) To decisively put a stop to or terminate (someone or
something).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kibosh>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
My heart goes out to the people of Türkiye and Syria in this
hour of tragedy. I send my deepest condolences to the families of the
victims and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. The United Nations is
fully committed to supporting the response. Our teams are on the ground
assessing the needs and providing assistance. We count on the
international community to help the thousands of families hit by this
disaster, many of whom were already in dire need of humanitarian aid in
areas where access is a challenge.
--António Guterres
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Guterres>