Rose Cleveland (1846–1918) was the acting first lady of the United
States from 1885 to 1886, during the first presidency of her brother,
Grover Cleveland, until his wedding with Frances Folsom in 1886.
Receiving an advanced education in her youth, Rose Cleveland rejected
traditional gender norms and worked in literary and academic positions.
She used the role of first lady as a platform for her support of women's
suffrage. After leaving the White House, Cleveland authored several
fiction and nonfiction works, many relating to women's rights. She was
editor of a literary magazine, and continued teaching and lecturing. She
met Evangeline Marrs Simpson in 1889, and the two became romantic
partners, interrupted for several years by Simpson's marriage to Henry
Benjamin Whipple. After reuniting, they moved to Italy in 1910. There,
Cleveland spent her final years aiding refugees during World War I and
cared for Spanish flu patients before contracting the disease herself
and dying in 1918.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Cleveland>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1920:
The American Professional Football Association, a predecessor
of the National Football League, was founded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League>
1988:
Fires in the United States' Yellowstone National Park ravaged
more than 150,000 acres (610 km2) on the single worst day of the
conflagration.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_fires_of_1988>
1989:
The final stage of the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South
Australia, was finished, completing at the time the world's longest and
fastest guided busway, with buses (example pictured) travelling 12 km
(7.5 mi) at speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_Busway>
2018:
Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Sam>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
anopheles:
(entomology, loosely, also attributive) A mosquito of the genus
Anopheles, some insects of which transmit various parasites of the genus
Plasmodium that are the cause of malaria.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anopheles>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I believe in tension and release, in that if you stay in the the
same tone and mode and intensity for too long, it actually becomes
monotonous. When you change up your pace or your humour level, then the
release is welcome. … I believe that's my biggest job: tone control,
and maintaining enough unity so that it all feels like one movie and all
the scenes belong together, and yet diversity so that emotional and
narrative interest is maintained.
--Patricia Rozema
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patricia_Rozema>
Proceratosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the
Middle Jurassic in what is now England. The holotype and only known
specimen (pictured) consists of a mostly complete skull with an
accompanying lower jaw and a hyoid bone, found near Minchinhampton, a
town in Gloucestershire. It was originally described as a species of
Megalosaurus, M. bradleyi, in 1910, but was moved to its own genus in
1926. The genus was named after a supposed close relationship with
Ceratosaurus, later shown to be erroneous, due to the presence of an
incomplete cranial crest considered to resemble Ceratosaurus's nasal
horn. Proceratosaurus is now considered to be one of the oldest members
of Tyrannosauroidea (the broader group that includes the tyrannosaurids,
including Tyrannosaurus). During the Bathonian age when Proceratosaurus
lived, Britain and the rest of Western Europe formed a subtropical
island archipelago, with contemporary dinosaurs including stegosaurs,
Megalosaurus and Cetiosaurus.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proceratosaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1745:
Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Jacobite standard at
Glenfinnan, Scotland, in an attempt to regain the British throne for his
father, beginning the Jacobite rising of 1745.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745>
1897:
The Bersey Electric Cab entered service as the first electric
taxi in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersey_Electric_Cab>
1920:
Russian Civil War: Peasants in Tambov Governorate began a
rebellion against the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambov_Rebellion>
2005:
Thunderstorms in southern Ontario, Canada, spawned at least
three tornadoes that caused over C$500 million in damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ontario_tornado_outbreak_of_2005>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
adjuvant:
1. (formal) Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative,
helpful.
2. (immunology) Enhancing the immune response to an antigen; also,
containing a substance having such an effect.
3. (medicine) Of a form of therapy or treatment: additional,
supplementary; specifically (oncology), of a cancer treatment: given
after removal of a primary tumour.
4. (formal) Someone or (more commonly) something that assists,
facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.]
5.
6. (agriculture) An additive (often a separate product) that enhances
the efficacy of a pesticide, but has little or no pesticidal effect
itself.
7. (immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.
8. (medicine) A form of therapy or treatment which is additional or
supplementary to another, or which enhances the effectiveness of
another.
9. (pharmacology, archaic) An additive which aids or modifies the action
of the principal ingredient of a drug.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adjuvant>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Perhaps indeed the possession of wealth is constantly
distressing, But I should be quite willing to assume every curse of
wealth if I could at the same time assume every blessing. The only
incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can't cure,
Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are
poor.
--Ogden Nash
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ogden_Nash>
Maltese nationality law is primarily governed by the Maltese Citizenship
Act, which came into force on 21 September 1964. All persons born in
Malta between 21 September 1964 and 1 August 1989 automatically
received citizenship at birth regardless of the nationalities of their
parents. Individuals born in the country since that date receive Maltese
citizenship at birth if at least one of their parents was a Maltese
citizen or was born in Malta. Foreign nationals may become Maltese
citizens by naturalisation after meeting a minimum residence requirement
(usually five years). Malta is a member state of the European Union, and
all Maltese nationals are European Union citizens. Maltese citizens are
also Commonwealth citizens under British law.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_nationality_law>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1891:
A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing
about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe
damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_Martinique_hurricane>
1920:
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was
ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Con…>
1966:
Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal
Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at
the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for
several hours until reinforcements arrived.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan>
2008:
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure
from a movement to impeach him.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effort_to_impeach_Pervez_Musharraf>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
acutance:
1. (uncountable) Edge contrast or sharpness in an image; also, a measure
of this.
2. (countable) An instance of the edge contrast or sharpness in an
image.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acutance>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best
they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers
to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like
anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not
timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.
--Brian Aldiss
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_Aldiss>
The battle of Preston took place on 17 August 1648. It was part of the
Second English Civil War, which began with a series of mutinies and
Royalist uprisings. The Scots raised an army under the command of James,
Duke of Hamilton, which marched into England to support King Charles I.
It combined with English Royalists and continued south some 24,000
strong. Oliver Cromwell concentrated 9,000 Parliamentarians in north
Yorkshire and fell on the flank of the much larger Royalist army. Not
anticipating this reckless assault, Hamilton was caught with his army
dispersed. A blocking force of Royalist infantry was outflanked after a
ferocious hour-long fight. A second round of prolonged infantry hand-to-
hand fighting took place for control of the bridge south of Preston
(pictured); the Parliamentarians fought their way across as night fell.
In total 1,000 Royalists were killed and 4,000 captured; Parliamentary
casualties were low. (This article is part of a featured topic:
Scottish invasion of England (1648).).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Scottish_invasion_o…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1560:
The Scottish Reformation Parliament approved a Protestant
confession of faith, initiating the Scottish Reformation and
disestablishing Catholicism as the national religion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Reformation>
1907:
Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated
public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction,
opened in Seattle, Washington.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_Place_Market>
1950:
Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred
by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_303_massacre>
2008:
Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Summer Olympics
in Beijing, setting the record for the most gold medals won by an
athlete at a single games.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
traffic island:
1. (chiefly UK, road transport) A raised or otherwise marked area in a
roadway from which traffic is excluded, so as to direct the traffic flow
and provide a safe place for pedestrians to wait while crossing the
road.
2. (rail transport, obsolete, rare) An area where rail traffic is low.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/traffic_island>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Dark to me is the earth. Dark to me are the heavens. Where is
she that I loved, the woman with eyes like stars? Desolate are the
streets. Desolate is the city. A city taken by storm, where none are
left but the slain.
--Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Scawen_Blunt>
Kitty Marion (1871–1944) was an activist who advocated for women's
suffrage and birth control. Born in Germany, she immigrated to England
in 1886 when she was 15 years old. She sang in music halls throughout
Britain and became known in the industry for bringing attention to the
sexism and sexual assaults that were common in the business. Marion was
a prominent member of the British suffrage movement. She began her
advocacy by selling copies of the newspaper Votes for Women, then
progressed to militant protests, including riots, bombing and arson
attacks; she was imprisoned several times for arson and bombing. On the
outbreak of World War I, she left Britain for the United States. She
joined the American birth control movement, and spent 13 years
campaigning on street corners, selling the magazine Birth Control
Review. Marion was arrested several times for distributing birth control
information in violation of anti-obscenity laws. She died in New York in
1944.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Marion>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1900:
Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord
Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elands_River_%281900%29>
1920:
The British parliament's Blind Persons Act received royal
assent, becoming the first disability-specific legislation to be passed
anywhere in the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Persons_Act_1920>
1977:
American singer and actor Elvis Presley was found dead in his
home in Memphis, Tennessee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley>
2015:
Suicide bombers assassinated Pakistani politician Shuja
Khanzada and killed at least 21 others at his home in Attock District.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja_Khanzada>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
earmark:
1. (chiefly agriculture) To make a mark or attach a tag to the ear of
(an animal, chiefly a livestock animal), to indicate ownership.
2. (figurative)
3. To put a distinguishing or identifying mark or sign on (something);
to make (something) distinctive or identifiable.
4. To designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular
purpose; to allocate.
5. (finance) Chiefly followed by for: to designate (certain funds) to be
used for a specific purpose.
6. (UK) To designate (part of a pension) to be payable to the holder's
former spouse or payment when the pension is paid.
7. (US, politics) Of the Congress: to designate that certain federal
funds be appropriated for a specific project.
8. (chiefly agriculture) A mark made or tag attached to the ear of an
animal (chiefly a livestock animal), intended to indicate ownership.
9. (figurative)
10. A distinguishing or identifying mark or sign; specifically
(archaic), a mark of ownership.
11. (finance) An act of designating certain funds to be used for a
specific purpose; specifically (US, politics), a designation by the
Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific
project.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/earmark>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I walk through rooms of the dead, streets of the dead, cities of
the dead: men without eyes, men without voices; men with manufactured
feelings and standard reactions; men with newspaper brains, television
souls and high school ideals.
--Charles Bukowski
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski>
The Rani of Jhansi (died 1858) was one of the leading figures of the
Indian Rebellion of 1857. After the death of the raja of Jhansi in 1853,
the British East India Company, the overlord of Jhansi, refused to
acknowledge his young wife—the Rani—as regent. They instead annexed
Jhansi, ignoring her vigorous protests. In May 1857, the Indian troops
at Jhansi joined the ongoing rebellion and massacred the town's British
residents; the Rani's complicity in the killing remains uncertain. She
took control of Jhansi and attempted to rule peacefully, but the British
decided to consider her an enemy and attacked Jhansi in March and April
1858. The Rani escaped on horseback and continued to fight, before dying
in battle near Gwalior Fort. Her story and legend became closely
associated with Hindu mythology, Indian nationalism and the developing
independence movement. She remains revered in most of modern India, and
has been extensively depicted in artwork, cinema, and literature.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_of_Jhansi>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1461:
Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The Empire of Trebizond, the longest-
surviving Byzantine successor state, was conquered by Ottoman forces
following a month-long siege.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Trebizond_%281461%29>
1812:
War of 1812: Potawatomi warriors ambushed a United States Army
convoy after it had evacuated Fort Dearborn (site pictured), in present-
day Chicago, and razed the fort.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Dearborn>
1963:
President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of
Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_Glorieuses_%281963%29>
2005:
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the
Government of Indonesia was signed, ending more than 28 years of
fighting.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Aceh>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dighi:
(Bangladesh, West Bengal) A large and deep, often man-made, pond.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dighi>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Spirituality is not necessarily exclusive; it can be and in its
fullness must be all-inclusive. … It sees the infinite behind all
things finite and it adjudges the value of the finite by higher infinite
values of which they are the imperfect translation and towards which, to
a truer expression of them, they are always trying to arrive.
--Sri Aurobindo
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo>
Mandell Creighton (1843–1901) was a British historian and clergyman.
He studied at the University of Oxford, then became a don in 1866. He
was appointed the first occupant of the Dixie Chair of Ecclesiastical
History at the University of Cambridge in 1884. The following year, he
also was engaged as the founding editor of The English Historical
Review, the first English-language academic journal in its field. In
these posts, he helped to establish history as an independent academic
discipline in England. Creighton was a parish priest of the Church of
England who rose to be Bishop of London from 1897 and, but for his
death, was thought likely to become Archbishop of Canterbury. His
moderation and practicality drew praise from Queen Victoria. He was firm
in asserting that public figures should be judged for their public acts,
not private ones. He believed that the Church of England was uniquely
shaped by its particular English circumstances, and he saw it as the
soul of the nation.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandell_Creighton>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
One of the first recordings of music, of Arthur Sullivan's "The
Lost Chord", was played at a press conference in London to introduce
Thomas Edison's phonograph.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Chord>
1975:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in London, the first in
its record-breaking run in cinemas, which continues in limited release.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show>
2005:
Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of
Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522>
2007:
Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi
communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796 people and
wounding 1,562 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qahtaniyah_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
capisce:
1. Used by a listener to confirm that they have understood something
said to them: I got it, I heard you, I understand.
2. (sometimes offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener
has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?,
understood?
3. (transitive) To understand (someone).
4. (intransitive) To understand.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capisce>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy,
the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a
bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
--John Galsworthy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Galsworthy>
The dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) is a small oceanic dolphin
found in coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere. Major populations
occur around South America, southwestern Africa, New Zealand, and
several oceanic islands. It has a somewhat stocky body with a short
beak, a curved dorsal fin and flippers, and a multi-coloured
pigmentation of black, grey, and white. The species prefers cool
currents and inshore waters. It lives in a fission–fusion society
where groups change size based on social and environmental conditions.
The dolphin feeds on several fish and squid species, sometimes using
daytime bait ball herding and nightime feeding in deep scattering
layers. Mating is polygynandrous – several males will chase after a
single female. Young are raised by females in nursery groups. The dusky
dolphin is known for its acrobatics, displaying leaping behaviours. It
is a popular tourist attraction and the object of whale watching tours.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_dolphin>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1650:
General George Monck founded the predecessor to the Coldstream
Guards, the oldest regular regiment of the British Army in continuous
active service.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldstream_Guards>
1918:
Opha May Johnson became the first woman to enlist in the United
States Marine Corps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opha_May_Johnson>
1940:
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launched an air operation,
codenamed Adlertag, to destroy the British Royal Air Force; its failure
indefinitely postponed the German invasion of the United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlertag>
2010:
After being boarded by Canadian authorities, MV Sun Sea docked
in British Columbia and the 492 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants on
board were placed into detention.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sun_Sea_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
monger:
1. Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word.
2. A dealer or trader in a specific commodity.
3. (figurative) A person promoting something, especially an undesirable
thing. [...]
4. To deal in, peddle, or sell (something).
5. (figurative) To promote (something, especially an undesirable thing);
to peddle. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monger>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The moral improvement of the nations and their individual
components has not kept pace with the march of intellect and the advance
of industry.
--Felix Adler
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Felix_Adler>
Eritha (fl. c. 1180 BCE) was a Mycenaean priestess, based at the
cult site of Sphagianes in the southwest Peloponnese. Sphagianes is
believed to have been near the palatial centre of the Mycenaean state of
Pylos, possibly at modern Volimidia. Eritha held authority over several
other people, including at least fourteen women probably assigned to her
as servants by the palatial state. Around 1180 BCE, she was involved in
a legal dispute over the status of her lands against the damos, an
organisation representing the other landholders of Sphagianes. While the
exact nature of the dispute is unclear, Eritha seems to have claimed
that part of her land was held on behalf of her deity, and therefore
subject to reduced taxes or obligations. The record of the matter
constitutes the longest preserved sentence of Mycenaean Greek and the
oldest evidence of a legal dispute from Europe. The outcome of the
dispute is unknown.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritha>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1952:
Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage
based on false confessions.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Murdered_Poets>
1985:
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (aircraft involved pictured)
crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524
people on board, including singer Kyu Sakamoto, in the world's worst
single-aircraft aviation disaster.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_123>
2000:
Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered
an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military
exercise, killing 118 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster>
2016:
The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the
first beer festival in North Korea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_North_Korea>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
callow:
1. Of a person: having no hair; bald, bare, hairless.
2. (masonry) Of a brick: unburnt.
3. (zoology)
4. (ornithology) Of a young bird, or (part of) its body: having not
developed feathers yet; featherless, unfledged; hence, of other animals
or their bodies: having no fur or hair; furless, hairless, unfurred.
5. (figurative) Lacking life experience; immature, inexperienced, naive;
also, of or relating to something immature or inexperienced.
6. (by extension)
7. In the life cycle of an animal: newly born or hatched; juvenile.
8. (entomology) Synonym of teneral (“of certain insects or other
arthropods such as spiders: lacking colour or firmness just after
ecdysis (“shedding of the exoskeleton”)”).
9. (obsolete) Of land: having no vegetation; bare. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/callow>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Nirvana is a state of pure blissful knowledge... It has nothing
to do with the individual. The ego or its separation is an illusion.
Indeed in a certain sense two "I"'s are identical, namely when one
disregards all special contents — their Karma.
--Erwin Schrödinger
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger>
The Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by the writer Theodore Hook in
London in 1810. He made a bet that he could transform any property into
the most talked-about address in London. He spent six weeks sending
between 1000 and 4000 letters to tradespeople and businesses ordering
deliveries of their goods and services to 54 Berners Street, London, at
various times on the same day. Several well-known people were also
invited to call on the address, including the chairmen of the Bank of
England and the East India Company, the Duke of Gloucester, and the Lord
Mayor of London. Chimney sweeps began arriving at the address at
5:00 am on the day, followed by hundreds of traders and businessmen;
goods deliveries included organs, furniture, coal and a coffin. The
police were not able to clear the street until after the final influx of
visitors at 5:00 pm. Hook was unidentified at the time, but admitted
his involvement in a semi-autobiographical novel published twenty-five
years later.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berners_Street_hoax>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1952:
King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental
illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan>
1975:
The Timorese Democratic Union launches a coup in Portuguese
Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timorese_civil_war>
1977:
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford
Pinto (example pictured) to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end
collision.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto>
1999:
The Salt Lake City Tornado hit downtown Salt Lake City,
damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Salt_Lake_City_tornado>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
noddy:
1. (countable, archaic) A silly or stupid person; a fool, an idiot.
[...]
2. (England, regional) Foolish, silly, stupid.
3. (transitive, obsolete, rare) Synonym of noddify (“to make (someone)
into a noddy (noun sense 1), to make a fool of”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/noddy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A precious place is Paradise and none may know its worth, But
Eden ever longeth for the knicknacks of the earth.
--Nathalia Crane
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nathalia_Crane>