Tiberius III (died c. 706) was Byzantine emperor from 698 to 705. He
was a mid-level commander who served in the Cibyrrhaeot Theme. In 696,
he was part of an army sent by Emperor Leontius to retake Carthage from
the Umayyads. After seizing the city, the army was pushed back by Arab
reinforcements and retreated to Crete. Some officers, fearing Leontius,
killed their commander and declared Tiberius emperor. Tiberius gathered
a fleet, sailed for Constantinople, and deposed Leontius. He did not
attempt to retake Byzantine Africa from the Umayyads, but campaigned
against them along the eastern border. In 705, former emperor
Justinian II, previously deposed by Leontius, led an army of Slavs and
Bulgars from the First Bulgarian Empire to Constantinople, and deposed
Tiberius. Tiberius fled to Bithynia, but was captured a few months later
and beheaded between August 705 and February 706. His body was initially
thrown into the sea, but was later recovered and buried in a church on
the island of Prote.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_III>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1745:
War of the Austrian Succession: French victory at the Battle of
Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent in the Dutch Republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Melle>
1868:
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,
including the Citizenship Clause and the Equal Protection Clause, was
ratified by the minimum required twenty-eight states.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Con…>
1981:
Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong (cabinet
pictured), which featured the debut of Mario, one of the most famous
characters in video-game history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario>
2008:
Under the belief that Israel and the United States were
planning to attack its nuclear program, Iran conducted the Great Prophet
III missile test and war games exercise.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Prophet_III>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hurtle:
1. (transitive, archaic)
2. To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
3. To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person
or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
4. (figuratively) To attack or criticize (someone) verbally or in
writing.
5. (intransitive)
6. To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy
manner.
7. (archaic)
8. Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing,
especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to
collide together; to clash.
9. To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter,
to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.
10. (figuratively) Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent
encounter; to clash; to jostle.
11. (countable) An act of colliding with or hitting; a collision.
12. (countable, also figuratively) A rapid or uncontrolled movement; a
dash, a rush.
13. (countable) A sound of clashing or colliding; a clattering, a
rattling.
14. (uncountable, figuratively) (Violent) disagreement; conflict. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hurtle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We are the ones we have been waiting for.
--June Jordan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/June_Jordan>
The Third Test of the 1948 Ashes series was one of five Tests in the
Ashes cricket series between Australia and England. It was played at Old
Trafford in Manchester from 8 to 13 July 1948. After a bouncer by Ray
Lindwall bloodied his head, Denis Compton left the field but returned
and helped England recover to 363 all out on the second afternoon.
Compton and Alec Bedser were involved in a mix-up, running out the
latter and ending a 121-run partnership. Dick Pollard hit Australian Sid
Barnes (pictured) in the ribs with a pull shot, hospitalising him. After
rain washed out the fourth day and the first half of the fifth day, the
match was drawn, meaning that England could do no better than level the
series. As Australia held the Ashes, they retained them. Even though 30%
of the playing time was lost to rain, the match set a record for the
highest attendance at a Test match in England at 133,740, surpassing the
previous Test. (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:
1776:
The United States Declaration of Independence received its
first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence>
1950:
Korean War: American troops withdrew from Cheonan, in modern-
day South Korea, after suffering heavy casualties from a North Korean
attack.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chonan>
2014:
German citizen Lars Mittank disappeared from Varna Airport,
Bulgaria; his last known movements have been widely watched on YouTube.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Lars_Mittank>
2021:
Head of a Bear sold at auction in London for £7.5 million, a
record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_a_Bear>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
thwack:
1. (transitive)
2. To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement
or a stick; to thrash, to whack.
3. (also figuratively) To drive or force (someone or something) by, or
as if by, beating or hitting; to knock.
4. To pack (people or things) closely together; to cram.
5. (figuratively) To decisively defeat (someone) in a contest; to beat,
to thrash.
6. (obsolete) To crowd or pack (a place or thing) with people, objects,
etc.
7. (intransitive)
8. To fall down hard with a thump.
9. (obsolete) To be crammed or filled full.
10. (obsolete, rare) Of people: to crowd or pack a place.
11. An act of hitting hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick;
a whack; also, a powerful stroke involved in such hitting; a blow, a
strike.
12. A dull or heavy slapping sound.
13. Used to represent the dull or heavy sound of someone or something
being hit or slapped.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thwack>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Passion is power, And, kindly tempered, saves. All things
declare Struggle hath deeper peace than sleep can bring.
--William Vaughn Moody
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Vaughn_Moody>
John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1415–1461), was a fifteenth-century
English magnate who was the only son and heir of John Mowbray, 2nd Duke
of Norfolk, and Katherine Neville. As a minor he became a ward of King
Henry VI and was placed under the protection of Humphrey, Duke of
Gloucester, alongside whom Mowbray would later campaign in France. He
led the defence of England's possessions in Normandy during the Hundred
Years' War. He fought in Calais in 1436, and in 1437 and 1438 served as
warden of the Eastern March on the Anglo-Scottish border. In the early
1430s he became the bitter rival of William de la Pole, Earl (later
Duke) of Suffolk. In the early years of the Wars of the Roses in the
1450s he defended King Henry against two rebellions by Richard, Duke of
York. Eventually Mowbray drifted towards York, with whom he shared an
enmity towards de la Pole. In March 1461, Mowbray was instrumental in
King Edward IV's victory at the Battle of Towton, bringing
reinforcements late in the combat.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mowbray,_3rd_Duke_of_Norfolk>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1911:
Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention,
which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Fur_Seal_Convention_of_1911>
1963:
The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief
political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm,
attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest
during the Buddhist crisis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Seven_Day_scuffle>
1983:
After writing a letter to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov,
American schoolgirl Samantha Smith visited the Soviet Union as
Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest
Ambassador".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Smith>
1991:
Yugoslav Wars: The signing of the Brioni Agreement ended the
Ten-Day War between SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brioni_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Pijin:
In full Solomon Islands Pijin, Solomon Pijin, or Solomons Pijin: a
language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian
Pidgin.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pijin>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The world is not what we wish it to be. It is what it is. No, I
have over-assumed. Perhaps it is indeed what we wish it to be. Either
way, it is what it is.
--Glory Road
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Glory_Road>
Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age of carbon-bearing
material by measuring its levels of radiocarbon, the radioactive isotope
carbon-14. Invented by Willard Libby in the late 1940s, it soon became a
standard tool for archaeologists. Radiocarbon is constantly created in
the atmosphere, when cosmic rays create free neutrons that hit nitrogen.
Plants take in radiocarbon through photosynthesis, and animals eat the
plants. After death, they stop exchanging carbon with the environment.
Half of the radiocarbon decays every 5,730 years; the oldest dates that
can be reliably estimated are around 50,000 years ago. The amount of
radiocarbon in the atmosphere was reduced starting from the late 19th
century by fossil fuels, which contain little radiocarbon, but nuclear
weapons testing almost doubled levels by around 1965. Accelerator mass
spectrometry (apparatus pictured) is the standard method used, which
allows minute samples. Libby received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in
1960.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1916:
First World War: Russian troops won a victory in the Battle of
Kostiuchnówka, with the Polish Legions playing a key role on the
Austro-Hungarian side.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kostiuchn%C3%B3wka>
1941:
Second World War: After a three-month siege, the Italian
garrison of Saïo (in modern-day Ethiopia) surrendered to Belgian,
British and Ethiopian troops.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sa%C3%AFo>
1971:
After visiting several Asian communist countries, Romanian
leader Nicolae Ceaușescu gave a speech on a number of neo-Stalinist and
socialist-realist ideals, which became known as the July Theses.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Theses>
2013:
Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State,
Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yobe_State_school_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
aphelion:
(astronomy, also figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a
comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from
the Sun.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aphelion>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Within the body there are billions of different particles.
Similarly, there are many different thoughts and a variety of states of
mind. It is wise to take a close look into the world of your mind and to
make the distinction between beneficial and harmful states of mind. Once
you can recognize the value of good states of mind, you can increase or
foster them.
--Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama>
Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth that begins in the
lung. It is the most diagnosed cancer worldwide, and the leading cause
of cancer death. Those with early lung cancer often have no symptoms,
but advanced disease can cause shortness of breath, coughing (including
with blood), and chest pain. The cancer can spread to other organs,
causing a variety of symptoms, and eventually death. Lung cancer is
treated with surgery and chemotherapy, followed by newer targeted
molecular therapies and immunotherapy. Prognosis is poor, with around 19
percent of people surviving five years from their diagnoses. Lung cancer
used to be a rare disease, but its incidence rose dramatically following
the mass popularity of cigarettes in the 20th century. Up to 90 percent
of lung cancer cases are caused by exposure to tobacco smoke, with the
remainder caused by genetic factors, radon gas, asbestos, and air
pollution.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1944:
Second World War: Canadian troops defeated the last German
counterattacks against Carpiquet, Normandy, France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Windsor>
1946:
Named after Bikini Atoll, the site of the nuclear-weapons test
Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands, the modern bikini was
introduced at a fashion show in Paris.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini>
1973:
Juvénal Habyarimana orchestrated a bloodless coup d'état of
the Rwandan government and began a totalitarian dictatorship.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Rwandan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
2009:
A series of violent riots broke out in Ürümqi, the capital
city of Xinjiang in China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2009_%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi_riots>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
visceral:
1. (anatomy) Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or
within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those
contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”).
2. (pathology) Of a disease: involving the viscera.
3. Of or relating to the viscera or bowels formerly regarded as the
origin of a person's emotions; hence (figuratively), relating to or
having deep internal feelings or sensibility.
4. (figuratively)
5. Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the
intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
6. (obsolete) (Apparently) situated in the viscera or the interior of
the body.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/visceral>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Establishing the full truth about the crimes of the occupiers on
our independent Ukrainian land is a fundamental prerequisite for
bringing Russia to full accountability for its aggression and terror. We
must do everything for justice, and I am grateful to those of you who
are bringing this day closer, this time — the time of justice.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>
The Battle of Helena was fought on July 4, 1863, during the American
Civil War. Union troops had been using Helena, Arkansas, as a base of
operations since July 1862. More than 7,500 Confederate troops led by
Theophilus H. Holmes attempted to capture Helena in hopes of relieving
some of the pressure on the Confederate army besieged in Vicksburg,
Mississippi. Helena was defended by about 4,100 Union troops led by
Benjamin Prentiss, manning one fort and four batteries. Differing
interpretations of the order by Holmes to attack at daylight resulted in
James Fleming Fagan's troops attacking Battery D unsupported, and
Sterling Price's attack against the Union center was made after Fagan's
had largely fizzled out. To the north, Confederate cavalry commanded by
John S. Marmaduke and Lucius M. Walker failed to act in concert and
accomplished little. The assaults failed, and Vicksburg fell the same
day. Later in the year, Union troops used Helena as a staging ground for
the Little Rock campaign.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Helena>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1643:
First English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the
Parliamentarians at the Battle of Burton Bridge, securing a crossing of
the River Trent for a convoy of supplies travelling with Queen Henrietta
Maria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Burton_Bridge_%281643%29>
1943:
The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of
the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and
fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski%27s_death_contro…>
1945:
The Brazilian cruiser Bahia was accidentally sunk by one of its
own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_cruiser_Bahia>
1988:
Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on
to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_%28album%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Cadillac converter:
(chiefly Southern US, malapropism, nonstandard, often humorous) Synonym
of catalytic converter (“chamber containing a finely divided platinum
catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from the exhaust are
oxidized to carbon dioxide”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cadillac_converter>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Declaration of Independence predicated upon the glory of man
and the corresponding duty to society that the rights of citizens ought
to be protected with every power and resource of the state, and a
government that does any less is false to the teachings of that great
document — false to the name American. The assertion of human rights
is naught but a call to human sacrifice. This is yet the spirit of the
American people. Only so long as this flame burns shall we endure, and
the light of liberty be shed over the nations of the earth.
--Calvin Coolidge
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge>
The Mauritius sheldgoose (Alopochen mauritiana) is an extinct sheldgoose
that was endemic to Mauritius. Accounts by visitors in the 17th century
mentioned geese, with few details. In 1893, a wing-bone (depicted) and
pelvis were attributed to a new species of comb duck, but later
determined to belong to a relative of the Egyptian goose in Alopochen, a
genus of sheldgeese. The bird may have descended from Egyptian geese
that colonised the Mascarene Islands. This small sheldgoose had wings
that were half black and half white. Although smaller than the Egyptian
goose, it had more robust legs. Accounts indicate they were very tame,
were grazers, lived in groups, and were usually found on the north side
of the island except when seeking water to drink in the dry season. They
were terrestrial, and avoided water. The species was eaten by
travellers, and while abundant in 1681, it was declared extinct in 1698,
probably due to overhunting and predation by introduced animals,
particularly cats.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius_sheldgoose>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
Confederate forces were defeated by the Union Army on the last
day of the Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the American Civil
War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg>
1940:
Second World War: The Royal Navy attacked the French fleet at
Mers El Kébir, fearing that the ships would fall into Axis hands after
the French–German armistice.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir>
1973:
British singer David Bowie retired his stage persona Ziggy
Stardust in a surprise announcement on the last day of a 17-month tour.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Stardust_Tour>
2013:
General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to depose
President Mohamed Morsi in a coup d'état in Cairo, suspending the
Egyptian Constitution of 2012.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Egyptian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
retain:
1. (transitive)
2. Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to
check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
3. (education) To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to
advance to the next class or year; to keep back.
4. Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
5. (medicine) To hold back (tissue or a substance, especially urine) in
the body or a body organ.
6. To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming
detached or separated.
7. To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having
(something); to keep back.
8. To keep (something) in the mind; to recall, to remember.
9. To keep (something) in place or use, instead of removing or
abolishing it; to preserve.
10. To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
11. (chiefly law) To employ (someone, especially a lawyer) by paying a
retainer (“fee one pays to reserve another person's time for services”);
specifically, to engage (a barrister) by making an initial payment to
secure their services if needed.
12. To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also, (chiefly
historical) to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
13. (reflexive) To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-
control over (oneself).
14. (archaic) To keep (someone) in custody; to prevent (someone) from
leaving.
15. (Christianity) To declare (a sin) not forgiven.
16. (intransitive)
17. To keep in control or possession; to continue having.
18. To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the
memory.
19. (medicine) Of a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a
substance.
20. (obsolete)
21. To refrain from doing something.
22. To be a dependent or follower to someone.
23. (rare) To continue, to remain.
24. An act of holding or keeping something; a possession, a retention.
25. Synonym of retinue (“a group of attendants or servants, especially
of someone considered important”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/retain>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.
--The Zürau Aphorisms
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Z%C3%BCrau_Aphorisms>
Thomas A. Spragens (1917–2006) was an American administrator who was
the 17th president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. A graduate
of the University of Kentucky, Spragens worked for the state and federal
government early in his career before joining the staff at Stanford
University as a presidential advisor. He was the president of Stephens
College in Columbia, Missouri, for a five-year term, and left Stephens
for Centre in 1957. He was an effective fundraiser and was instrumental
in the school's integration; Centre admitted its first black student in
1962 and hired its first black faculty member in 1971. While in office,
he helped to facilitate the founding of what is now the Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference, and he attended the 1968 Democratic
National Convention as a delegate to support Senator Eugene McCarthy. He
resigned in 1981, at which point Centre's enrollment and faculty numbers
had both nearly doubled and its endowment had grown.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Spragens>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1644:
First English Civil War: The combined forces of Scottish
Covenanters and English Parliamentarians defeated Royalist troops at the
Battle of Marston Moor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor>
1941:
A German SS unit arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, and began the
systematic execution of up to 100,000 people over the next three years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponary_massacre>
2008:
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An Arab man rammed a loader
into traffic in Jerusalem, killing three people and injuring 40 others
(damage pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Jerusalem_bulldozer_attack>
2013:
The International Astronomical Union announced that the fourth
and fifth moons of Pluto to be discovered would be named Kerberos and
Styx, respectively.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx_%28moon%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards:
(intransitive, Britain, simile, humorous, informal) To look extremely
disheveled.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/look_as_if_one_has_been_dragged_through_a_he…>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of
yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
--Hermann Hesse
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse>
Title is the debut extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter
Meghan Trainor (pictured). Trainor wrote all of its songs with its
producer, Kevin Kadish. The two conceived the EP shortly after Trainor
signed with Epic Records in 2014. The label released it on September 9,
2014. Inspired by doo-wop from the 1950s, Title comprises songs that lie
between modern R&B; and melodic pop. The EP has a lyrical theme of
commitment and staying true to oneself, which Trainor hoped would
empower women. It includes Trainor's debut single, "All About That
Bass", which reached number one in 58 countries with worldwide sales of
11 million units. Title garnered mixed reviews from critics, who
thought its tracks had potential for commercial success, but considered
the lyrics too repetitive and questioned Trainor's musicality. The EP
debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200. Trainor promoted Title by
performing its tracks on television shows and her concert tours.
(This article is part of a featured topic: Title (album).).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Title_%28album%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1643:
The Westminster Assembly of Divines first assembled to
restructure the Church of England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Assembly>
1874:
The Remington No. 1, the first commercially successful
typewriter, went on sale.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholes_and_Glidden_typewriter>
1935:
The first Grant Park Music Festival was held in Chicago's Grant
Park.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Park_Music_Festival>
1983:
A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet crashed into the Fouta
Djallon mountains in Guinea, killing all 23 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Chosonminhang_Ilyushin_Il-62_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
poutine:
1. A dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy,
eaten primarily in Canada.
2. Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of variations on the
basic poutine dish.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poutine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.
--Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Georg_Christoph_Lichtenberg>