"Despre tine" (Romanian for 'About You') is a dance-pop song by the
Moldovan band O-Zone, released as a single by Media Services in Romania
around December 2002. Written and produced by the band's founder Dan
Balan (pictured), it was included on a reissue of their second studio
album Number 1 (2002) and later on their third studio album DiscO-Zone
(2003). "Despre tine" was recorded in September 2002 at the MOF Records
studio with the assistance of Bogdan Popoiag. Following the
international success of O-Zone's 2003 single "Dragostea din tei",
"Despre tine" was re-released in select European markets in
August 2004. At the MTV Romania Music Awards 2003, "Despre tine" won
Best Song and Best Dance. It also received a nomination for Best Dance-
Pop Song at the Radio România Actualități Awards the same year. It
topped the Romanian Top 100 in 2003 and reached number one in Norway in
2004. The song was certified double gold in Romania and gold in France.
(Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despre_tine>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1900:
Robert Anderson Van Wyck, mayor of New York City, broke ground
for a new underground Rapid Transit Railroad that would link Manhattan
and Brooklyn.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway>
1921:
The inaugural Women's Olympiad (cover pictured), the first
international women's sports event, opened at the International Sporting
Club of Monaco in Monte Carlo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Women%27s_Olympiad>
1976:
The Argentine military, led by Jorge Rafael Videla, deposed
President Isabel Perón in a coup d'état, establishing a military junta
known as the National Reorganization Process.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Rafael_Videla>
2015:
The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed
the aircraft, an Airbus A320, in a mass murder–suicide in the French
Alps, killing all 150 people on board, including himself.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
truthseeker:
1. One who goes in quest of the truth.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/truthseeker>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
This is a painful bit of truth: Fascism, in the form of
irresponsibility, is present in the masses of all countries, nations and
races. Fascism is the result of thousands of years of warping of the
human structure. It could have developed in any nation. It is not a
specific German or Italian character trait.
--Wilhelm Reich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich>
Ethan Hawke (born 1970) is an American actor, author and filmmaker whose
career on screen and stage has spanned over four decades. Known for his
versatile range of roles—often in art films—and collaborations with
director Richard Linklater, he made his film debut in Explorers (1985)
and gained fame with Dead Poets Society (1989), Reality Bites (1994),
Gattaca (1997) and Great Expectations (1998). He was nominated for
Academy Awards for his roles in Training Day (2001), Boyhood (2014) and
Blue Moon (2025), as well as for screenwriting two films from the Before
trilogy (1995–2013), in which he also starred. Hawke saw commercial
success with Sinister (2012), The Purge (2013), The Magnificent Seven
(2016) and the Black Phone films (2021–2025). He made his Broadway
debut in 1992 in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull and was nominated for a
Tony Award in 2007 for his performance in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of
Utopia. Hawke has authored five books and has four children from his two
marriages. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Hawke>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1839:
An earthquake struck central Burma, causing significant damage
and killing an estimated 300 to 400 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1839_Ava_earthquake>
1919:
Benito Mussolini and his supporters founded the Fasci Italiani
di Combattimento, the predecessor of the National Fascist Party.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasci_Italiani_di_Combattimento>
1991:
The Sierra Leone Civil War began with the invasion of the
Revolutionary United Front, in an attempt to overthrow President Joseph
Saidu Momoh.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Civil_War>
2021:
A container ship ran aground and obstructed the Suez Canal for
six days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cirrus:
1. (biology)
2. (botany) Synonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that
attaches a plant to its support”).
3. (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-
like sensory organ around the mouth”) of some fish, a cilium of some
species of protists, or a foot of some crustaceans of the infraclass
Cirripedia.
4. (meteorology, often attributive) A principal high-level type of
cloud, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments or wisps,
or narrow bands.
5. About Word of the Day
6. Nominate a word
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cirrus>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In the development of both capitalism and communism, as we
visualize them in the next fifty or a hundred years, the processes that
encourage human alienation will continue. Both systems are developing
into managerial societies, their inhabitants well fed, well clad, having
their wishes satisfied, and not having wishes that cannot be satisfied.
Men are increasingly automatons, who make machines which act like men
and produce men who act like machines; their reason deteriorates while
their intelligence rises, thus creating the dangerous situation of
equipping man with the greatest material power without the wisdom to use
it.
--The Sane Society
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Sane_Society>
Chris Redfield is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a
survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company
Capcom. He was introduced as one of the two playable characters of the
original Resident Evil, which was released on March 22, 1996, appearing
with his partner Jill Valentine as members of the Raccoon Police
Department's Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) unit. Chris
and Jill fight against the Umbrella Corporation, which creates zombies
and other bio-organic weapons through bioterrorism. Later, the pair
become founding members of the United Nations' Bioterrorism Security
Assessment Alliance (BSAA). Chris is the protagonist in several Resident
Evil games, novels, and films, and has also appeared in other game
franchises. In later games, his features were based on New Zealand model
Geordie Dandy. Critics have been polarized in their discussions of
Chris, and several publications consider him one of the sexiest video
game characters. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Redfield>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1765:
The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring
that many printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British America
carry a tax stamp.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765>
1934:
In golf, the first Masters Tournament was held at Augusta
National Golf Club in Georgia, United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_Masters_Tournament>
1943:
World War II: Almost the entire population of the village of
Khatyn, in present-day Belarus, were massacred by Ukrainian and
Belarusian Nazi collaborators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khatyn_massacre>
1997:
Comet Hale–Bopp reached its closest approach to Earth at
1.315 AU.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
shadoof:
1. A device used since ancient times in the Middle East to raise water
from a well or other low point, consisting of a pivoted rod with a
bucket on one end and a counterweight on the other.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shadoof>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The order appointing me special counsel authorized us to
investigate actions that could obstruct the investigation. We conducted
that investigation and kept the office of the acting Attorney General
apprised of the progress of our work. After that investigation, if we
had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we
would have said so. We did not, however, make a determination as to
whether the President did commit a crime. The introduction to volume two
of our report explains that decision.
--Robert Mueller
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Mueller>
Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) was an English composer best known for
his operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert. Among his
early works were a ballet, a symphony, a cello concerto and a one-act
comic opera, Cox and Box, which is still widely performed. He wrote his
first opera with Gilbert, Thespis, in 1871. The impresario Richard
D'Oyly Carte in 1875 engaged Sullivan to write the music for a one-act
piece, Trial by Jury, with a libretto by Gilbert. Its box-office success
led the partners to create 12 full-length comic operas, including
H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Sullivan's
only grand opera, Ivanhoe, though initially successful in 1891, has
rarely been revived. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral
works, 10 choral works and oratorios, 2 ballets, incidental music to
several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber
pieces. His hymns and songs include "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and
"The Lost Chord". (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Sullivan>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1844:
The Baháʼí calendar, used in the Baháʼí Faith, began.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_calendar>
1963:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons closed Alcatraz Federal
Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Federal_Penitentiary>
1983:
In the West Bank, a number of Palestinian girls complained of
breathing difficulties due to strange odors, leading to accusations of
poison gas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_West_Bank_fainting_epidemic>
2006:
Jack Dorsey sent the first message on the social-media network
Twitter.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_%28social_network%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
wagger-pagger-bagger:
1. (originally Oxford University slang, now British slang, humorous,
dated) A wastepaper basket.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wagger-pagger-bagger>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When you are fighting, good against evil, when the good guys are
taking on the bad guys and winning, then I think that’s good …
unfortunately in our society, in reality, that’s not always the case.
--Chuck Norris
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris>
Hurricane Hilary was a large and intense Pacific hurricane in
August 2023 that brought torrential rainfall to the Pacific Coast of
Mexico and the Southwestern United States, resulting in widespread
flooding. It was the eighth named storm, sixth hurricane, and fourth
major hurricane of the active and highly destructive 2023 Pacific
hurricane season. Hilary originated from a tropical wave south of Mexico
on August 16, and became a hurricane a day later. It underwent rapid
intensification, reaching maximum sustained winds of 140 mph
(220 km/h) on August 18, making it a Category 4 storm on the
Saffir–Simpson scale. Thousands of people evacuated to shelters as
ports closed along the Pacific Coast of Mexico. In anticipation of
"catastrophic and life-threatening flooding", the National Hurricane
Center issued its first-ever tropical storm warning for Southern
California, extending from the Mexico–U.S. border to just north of Los
Angeles. Death Valley National Park closed for two months.
(Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hilary>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1808:
King Charles IV of Spain was forced to abdicate in favour of
his son Ferdinand VII as a result of the Tumult of Aranjuez.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IV_of_Spain>
1964:
Between 300,000 and 500,000 Brazilians attended the March of
the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of
João Goulart and against communism.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_of_the_Family_with_God_for_Liberty>
1979:
The American cable television network C-SPAN, covering
government proceedings and public-affairs programming, was launched.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-SPAN>
2008:
The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B was observed, setting a record
for the farthest event from Earth observable with the naked eye.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_080319B>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pandamonium:
1. (humorous) Furore caused by or involving pandas (that is, giant
pandas).
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pandamonium>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Implicit in the term "national defense" is the notion of
defending those values and ideals which set this Nation apart. For
almost two centuries, our country has taken singular pride in the
democratic ideals enshrined in its Constitution, and the most cherished
of those ideals have found expression in the First Amendment. It would
indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction
the subversion of one of those liberties — the freedom of association
— which make the defense of our nation worthwhile.
--Earl Warren
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Earl_Warren>
The Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State, in the Flatiron
District of Manhattan in New York City, is used by the First Department
of the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division. The original three-
story building, at the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 25th
Street, was designed by James Brown Lord in 1899. A six-story annex to
the north, designed by Rogers & Butler, was completed in 1955, as was a
renovation of the original structure. The courthouse's facade, made
primarily of marble, originally had 21 sculptures, of which one was
removed in 1955. The building's roof also contains the sculpture NOW by
Shahzia Sikander, and its annex includes a Holocaust memorial by Harriet
Feigenbaum. The courthouse was renovated in the 1980s and the 2000s; its
architecture has received largely positive commentary. The Appellate
Division Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic
Places, and its facade and interior are both New York City landmarks.
(Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellate_Division_Courthouse_of_New_York_Sta…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1793:
Andreas Joseph Hofmann proclaimed the Republic of Mainz,
becoming the first republican state in Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Joseph_Hofmann>
1901:
The construction of the House with Chimaeras commenced in Kyiv.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_with_Chimaeras>
1921:
Russian Civil War: Bolshevik forces suppressed a rebellion of
sailors and civilians in Kronstadt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt_rebellion>
2015:
Gunmen attacked the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia, killing
24 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_National_Museum_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
attain:
1. (transitive)
2. To come to or reach (a place) by motion or progression.
3. (figurative)
4. To arrive at (a certain age or time, condition or state, etc.); to
reach.
5. To gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort; to
accomplish, to achieve.
6. (archaic) To gain possession of (something tangible or intangible)
through effort; to acquire, to obtain.
7. (obsolete)
8. To reach (someone) after being behind them.
9. (figurative) To find out (information, knowledge, etc.); to
ascertain, to get at.
10. (intransitive) Often followed by to.
11. (archaic) To come to or reach a place by motion or progression; to
reach.
12. (figurative)
13. To arrive at a certain condition or state, etc.
14. To gain possession of something tangible or intangible through
effort.
15. (obsolete)
16. To come to or reach a position without moving from one place to
another.
17. To extend or reach from one position to another; to stretch.
18. (figurative)
19. To gain a desired result or other objective through effort.
20. Of a person: to live to a certain age or time.
21. Of a thing: to befall, to happen to someone. [...]
22. About Word of the Day
23. Nominate a word
24. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attain>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The papers exaggerate. They exaggerate everything, just to sell
papers. The government exaggerates, to keep our minds off what morons
they are.
--John Updike
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Updike>
The Corleck Head is a 1st or 2nd century AD three-faced Irish stone idol
discovered in Drumeague in County Cavan c. 1855. It may have been
buried, perhaps about 900–1200 AD, possibly due to its paganism and
association with human sacrifice. Its dating is based on its
iconography, similar to that of contemporary Celtic art artefacts. It is
believed to depict a Celtic god and was intended to be placed on top of
a larger shrine. The head is carved from a single block of limestone
into three simply described faces, each with similar features, including
protruding eyes, thin and narrow mouths and enigmatic expressions. The
faces may depict all-knowing, all-seeing gods representing the unity of
the past, present and future. The head is assumed to have been intended
for ceremonial use on the nearby Corleck Hill, a major religious centre
at the time and a site for celebration of the Lughnasadh, a pre-
Christian harvest festival. It is on permanent exhibit at the National
Museum of Ireland. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corleck_Head>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
American Revolutionary War: The 11‑month Siege of Boston
ended with the evacuation of the city's British garrison (depicted).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_%28Massachusetts%29>
1891:
The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with
the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than
twenty minutes and killing 562.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Utopia>
1957:
A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed
Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash>
2011:
First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council
adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to
protect civilians.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_19…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lurgy:
1. Chiefly preceded by the.
2. (chiefly England (Cornwall, Northern England), Ireland, archaic)
Idleness or laziness regarded as a medical condition; also, depression,
especially resulting from a hangover.
3. (possibly by extension, originally UK military slang, now chiefly
Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) A non-specific (often infectious)
disease, especially one with symptoms similar to those of a cold or flu,
which renders one unfit to attend social events, go to work, etc.
4. (chiefly England (Cornwall, Northern England), obsolete) Idle, lazy.
5. About Word of the Day
6. Nominate a word
7. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lurgy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Take care of yourself and be caring with others. Nurture a sense
of gratitude, and be grateful for a sense of humor. Be sure to thank
your parents and mentors for all they’ve given you, but give love to
your future children and mentees freely without any expectation of
thanks in return.
--Dana Reeve
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dana_Reeve>
Yan Ruisheng is a 1921 Chinese silent film directed by Ren Pengnian,
starring Chen Shouzi and Wang Caiyun. A docudrama based on the murder of
Wang Lianying the previous year, it follows a young man named Yan
Ruisheng who kills a courtesan to steal her jewellery. When the crime is
discovered, he and his accomplices flee, but Yan is captured and
executed. China's first full-length feature film, Yan Ruisheng was
produced as domestic short films were becoming increasingly common. It
emphasized accuracy to real life in its casting and setting; the stars
were chosen based on their physical resemblance to those involved, while
extensive use of location shooting allowed scenes to be set in places
associated with the murder. A commercial success upon release, the
critical reception of its technical aspects was positive but the subject
matter was challenged and the film faced several calls for banning. The
film is thought to be lost. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Ruisheng>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1621:
Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth
Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset>
1960:
African American civil rights activists in Savannah, Georgia,
conducted a sit-in, commencing the Savannah Protest Movement.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Protest_Movement>
2001:
A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China,
killed 108 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Shijiazhuang_bombings>
2002:
Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern was premiered in Hamburg,
together with her Johannes-Passion, by soloists, choirs and orchestras
from the Mariinsky Theatre and the NDR.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes-Ostern>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bode:
1. (transitive)
2. Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to
portend.
3. (archaic) To declare (something, such as a future event) before it
occurs; to foretell, to predict; specifically, to predict (something
undesirable); to forebode.
4. (intransitive) Often followed by ill or well: of a thing: to be an
indication, omen, or sign of something.
5. A feeling that something is going to happen; a premonition, a
presentiment.
6. (obsolete)
7. An indication, an omen, a sign.
8. A message; also, news, tidings. [...]
9. About Word of the Day
10. Nominate a word
11. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bode>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
No government, any more than an individual, will long be
respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable
without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.
--James Madison
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Madison>
Zenobia (c. 240 – c. 274) was the queen of the Palmyrene Empire.
Her husband Odaenathus became king in 260 and elevated Palmyra's power
in the Near East by defeating the Sassanians and stabilizing the Roman
East. After his assassination, she became the regent of her son
Vaballathus and held de facto power throughout his reign. In 270,
Zenobia launched an invasion which brought most of the Roman East under
her sway, culminating with the annexation of Egypt. In reaction to Roman
emperor Aurelian's campaign in 272, Zenobia declared Palmyra's secession
from Rome, naming her son emperor and assuming the title of empress. The
Romans were victorious after heavy fighting; the queen was besieged in
her capital and captured by Aurelian. He exiled her to Rome, where she
spent the remainder of her life. Zenobia fostered a multicultural and
intellectual environment in her court, which was open to scholars and
philosophers. Her biography has inspired historians, artists and
novelists. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1783:
George Washington delivered a speech to Continental Army
officers in Newburgh, New York, asking them to support the supremacy of
the Congress of the Confederation, defusing a potential coup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh_Conspiracy>
1874:
France and Vietnam signed the Second Treaty of Saigon, further
recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saigon_%281874%29>
1921:
Talaat Pasha, the main perpetrator of the Armenian genocide,
was assassinated by Soghomon Tehlirian.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Talaat_Pasha>
1990:
Iraqi authorities hanged Iranian freelance reporter Farzad
Bazoft on charges of spying for Israel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farzad_Bazoft>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
concierge:
1. An employee of a hotel who attends to the requirements and wishes of
guests.
2. (by extension, chiefly attributive) One who offers a bespoke level of
service in any of various industries.
3. (healthcare) A nurse who provides support during fertility treatment.
4. (often US) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and
provides services to its tenants and visitors.
5. (obsolete)
6. (except historical) A senior official in charge of a fortress,
palace, etc.; also, a custodian of a house; a warden of a prison.
7. Synonym of conciergerie (“the office of a concierge; also, the lodge
or residence of a concierge”).
8. About Word of the Day
9. Nominate a word
10. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/concierge>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with equal
protection when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because
they are women, full citizenship stature — equal opportunity to
aspire, achieve, participate in and contribute to society based on their
individual talents and capacities.
--Ruth Bader Ginsburg
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg>
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The number π (pi) is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to
3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
It is an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be expressed exactly
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idth:1px}22/7. Its decimal representation never ends, nor does it
enter a permanently repeating pattern. The digits of π appear to be
evenly distributed, but no proof of this conjecture has been found. It
appears in many formulae in mathematics and physics, and for thousands
of years mathematicians have computed its value with increasing
accuracy. Since the late 20th century, mathematicians and computer
scientists have extended the decimal representation of π to many
trillions of digits. Many equations from trigonometry and geometry rely
on π, especially those concerning circles and spheres. A transcendental
number, π is one of the most widely known mathematical constants.
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Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1593:
Japanese invasions of Korea: A force of 3,000 Korean soldiers
successfully defended Haengju Fortress against 30,000 Japanese invaders.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Haengju>
1885:
The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performed
Savoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mikado>
1945:
The Royal Air Force first used the Grand Slam, a 22,000 lb
(10,000 kg) earthquake bomb, on a strategic railway viaduct in
Bielefeld, Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_%28bomb%29>
1991:
Escondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the
world, was officially inaugurated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escondida>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
transcendental:
1. Synonym of transcendent (“surpassing usual limits; excelling;
extraordinary”).
2. (philosophy)
3. In the philosophy of Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.): synonym of
transcendent (“transcending or extending beyond a single category”);
also, synonym of metaphysical (“of or relating to the basic structure of
reality”).
4. In the philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) or similar
philosophies: concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of
knowledge, independent of experience.
5. In the philosophy associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882): of
or relating to transcendentalism (“a philosophy which stresses intuition
and spirituality”).
6. (by extension)
7. Beyond one's ordinary experience; extraordinary.
8. Existing in the imagination; abstract, conceptual.
9. Mystical, superhuman, supernatural.
10. (mathematics)
11. (algebra, field theory) Of an element of an extension field: not
algebraic, that is, not the root of any polynomial that has positive
degree and rational coefficients; also, of an extension field: that
contains elements which are not algebraic.
12. (number theory) Of a function or number: not algebraic.
13. A thing which is transcendental (all adjective senses).
14. (Christian theology; metaphysics, philosophy (specifically
Platonism); chiefly in the plural) Any one of the three transcendental
properties of being—beauty, goodness, and truth—which are respectively
the ideals of art, religion, and science, and thus the principal
subjects of the study of aesthetics, ethics, and logic.
15. (mathematics) An element of an extension field, an extension field,
a function, or a number which is not algebraic.
16. (obsolete) Synonym of transcendentalist (“one who believes in
transcendentalism; a philosopher who asserts that true knowledge is
obtained by faculties of the mind that transcend sensory experience”).
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
They had no vision amazing Of the goodly house they are raising;
They had no divine foreshowing Of the land to which they are going:
But on one man's soul it hath broken, A light that doth not depart;
And his look, or a word he hath spoken, Wrought flame in another man's
heart.
--Arthur O'Shaughnessy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_O%27Shaughnessy>