Music Box is the third studio album by Mariah Carey (pictured), released
on August 31, 1993, by Columbia Records. She adopted a radio-friendly
approach for the album to appeal to a wider audience. Carey wrote and
produced most of its tracks with Walter Afanasieff, though other
songwriters and producers were involved. Music Box is a pop and R&B;
album consisting of sentimental ballads and uptempo dance tracks. Its
five singles include the US Billboard Hot 100 number-ones "Dreamlover"
and "Hero", as well as "Without You"—her most successful song
worldwide at the time. On release, Music Box received mixed reviews from
music critics, who praised her vocals but criticized the album's mellow,
formulaic, and subdued lyricism. Retrospective reviews have been more
positive, underscoring its significance in Carey's career. The album
topped the charts in 15 countries and became Carey's bestseller and one
of the best-selling albums in history, with over 30 million copies sold
worldwide. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Box_%28album%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1814:
War of 1812: American militia forces repelled a British force
at the Battle of Caulk's Field, killing 41 people including Captain
Peter Parker of the Royal Navy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Caulk%27s_Field>
1886:
The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake struck southeastern South
Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 60
people and causing damage worth an estimated $5–6 million.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Charleston_earthquake>
1897:
Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a
precursor to the modern movie projector.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetoscope>
2019:
A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of
Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Alta_helicopter_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Merdeka:
1. (Indonesia, Malaysia) Chiefly of a nation or people: freedom;
independence.
2. (Malaysia, informal) Short for Merdeka Day (“the independence day of
Malaysia, on August 31”).
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Merdeka>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is a small area of land in Asia Minor that is called Armenia, but
it is not so. It is not Armenia. It is a place. There are only
Armenians, and they inhabit the earth, not Armenia, since there is no
Armenia. There is no America and there is no England, and no France, and
no Italy. There is only the earth.
--William Saroyan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Saroyan>
In their 1980–81 season, the English football club Ipswich Town F.C.
finished as runners-up in the championship of the Football League First
Division, were semi-finalists in the FA Cup, and won the UEFA Cup.
Ipswich played 66 competitive games during the season, winning 37,
drawing 13 and losing 16. The season began with an unbeaten run in the
club's opening 15 league matches. By the middle of March, they were
strong title contenders with only two defeats in thirty-two, but a 2–1
defeat at Manchester United triggered a slump which handed the
initiative to eventual league champions Aston Villa. This result was the
second-best finish Ipswich had achieved in their history, bettered only
by their 1961–62 championship-winning season. The club reached the
semi-final of the FA Cup, losing in extra time to Manchester City. They
won the final of the 1981 UEFA Cup, where a 5–4 aggregate victory over
the Dutch team AZ Alkmaar clinched the club's first and only European
trophy (celebration pictured). (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Ipswich_Town_F.C._season>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1896:
Philippine Revolution: In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the
first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured a
powder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_del_Monte>
1942:
British and Australian prisoners of war in Singapore revolted
against their Japanese captors, who required them to pledge not to
escape.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selarang_Barracks_incident>
1967:
Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African-American
Supreme Court justice.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall>
1974:
A powerful bomb exploded at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, killing eight people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries_bombing>
2025:
Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy was assassinated in Lviv,
Ukraine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Andriy_Parubiy>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
untiring:
1. Not able to be tired; inexhaustible, tireless.
2. (figurative) Resolute, unfailing. [...]
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/untiring>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
”
--Warren Buffett
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett>
Dualism is a family of views that posit a fundamental division into two
separate principles or kinds. It typically emphasizes a sharp
distinction between independent or antagonistic sides, but also includes
theories in which the two sides are correlated or complementary. Dualism
contrasts with monism, which rejects any fundamental division, and spans
many domains. Mind–body dualism holds that mind and body are
fundamentally different. Ethical dualism regards good and evil as
antagonistic forces that govern human conduct and the cosmic order.
Platonic dualism divides reality into timeless forms and mutable matter.
Epistemological dualism posits an essential gap between the object of
perception and the real object. Critics argue that dualism ignores
continuities, creates pseudoproblems, or introduces evaluative biases.
Dualism has its roots in antiquity as a key theme of various religious
traditions, such as Zoroastrianism, Jainism, the yinyang school,
Samkhya, Gnosticism, and Manichaeism. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1903:
Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was
launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Slava>
1916:
Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal
and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence
to the Philippines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Law_%28Philippines%29>
1984:
Followers of Osho began deliberately infecting people in The
Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist
attack in United States history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Rajneeshee_bioterror_attack>
2007:
Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United
States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from North Dakota to
Louisiana.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nullifidian:
1. (religion) Synonym of atheist (“a person who does not believe in
deities or gods”).
2. (figurative, obsolete) Synonym of sceptic (“a person who does not
believe in or doubts something”).
3. (religion) Having no faith or religion; atheist; also, doubtful or
sceptical about faith or religion.
4. About Word of the Day
5. Nominate a word
6. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nullifidian>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
He that uses words without any clear and steady meaning, what does he
but lead himself and others into errors? And he that designedly does it,
ought to be looked on as an enemy to truth and knowledge.
--John Locke
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Locke>
The All-Story Magazine was a pulp magazine founded in 1905 and published
by Frank Munsey. The editor was Robert H. Davis. Munsey merged it with
The Cavalier, another pulp, in May 1914, and the title changed to All-
Story Cavalier Weekly for a year. In 1920 it was merged with Munsey's
Argosy; the combined magazine was retitled Argosy All-Story Weekly.
Well-known contributors included mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart
and the Western writer Max Brand. The most famous was Edgar Rice
Burroughs, whose first sale, Under the Moons of Mars, appeared in 1912,
starting his Barsoom series set on Mars. The same year, All-Story
printed his Tarzan of the Apes (issue pictured), and more Tarzan stories
followed, along with another Burroughs series, about Pellucidar, a land
inside the Earth. The debut of Zorro, the vigilante, was in All-Story
in 1919, in Johnston McCulley's The Curse of Capistrano. The magazine
was merged in 1929 into another, which soon focused on love stories and
continued until 1955. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_All-Story_Magazine>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1789:
With the first use of his 1.2-metre (3.9 ft) telescope, then
the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of
Saturn, later named Enceladus (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus>
1909:
The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest
Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000
people throughout Mexico.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909_Monterrey_hurricane>
1963:
American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered
the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for
civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream>
1993:
The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and
took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/243_Ida>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious:
1. (originally US, humorous) Fantastic, marvellous, wonderful.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The greatest happiness for the thinking man is to have fathomed the
fathomable, and to quietly revere the unfathomable.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe>
On 27 August 1979 Lord Mountbatten was assassinated off the coast of
Mullaghmore, Ireland. A bomb was planted on Mountbatten's boat by Thomas
McMahon during Mountbatten's annual summer trip to Classiebawn Castle.
McMahon was an Irish republican and volunteered for the Provisional
Irish Republican Army (IRA), which planned the attack for several
months. A bomb team built a device that contained fifty pounds (23 kg)
of gelignite. The bomb killed Mountbatten along with his grandson
Nicholas, Nicholas's grandmother Doreen, and crew member Paul Maxwell.
Three other passengers were severely injured. McMahon was sentenced to
life in prison for his role in the assassination. The event caused
Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister, to change the United
Kingdom's strategy towards Northern Ireland, including implementing a
more active role for intelligence agencies. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Lord_Mountbatten>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
Edwin Drake successfully drilled for oil in Titusville,
Pennsylvania, resulting in the Pennsylvania oil rush, the first oil boom
in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_oil_rush>
1896:
In the shortest recorded war in history, the Sultanate of
Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of
conflict.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War>
2006:
Comair Flight 5191 crashed (wreckage pictured) while
inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass
Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board,
and causing the Federal Aviation Administration to modify air traffic
control rules.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comair_Flight_5191>
2013:
Religious violence between Hindus and Muslims erupted in
Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, leaving 62 people dead.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Muzaffarnagar_riots>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
limnological:
1. (ecology) Of or relating to limnology (“the science concerning the
biological, geological, and physical properties of fresh water bodies,
especially lakes and ponds”).
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/limnological>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
”
--Tim Curry
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tim_Curry>
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an American animated television
series produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and broadcast on Cartoon
Network from August 26, 1996, to April 16, 1997. A continuation of
Jonny Quest and The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, it features teenage
adventurers Jonny Quest, Hadji Singh, and Jessie Bannon as they
investigate strange phenomena, legends, and mysteries in exotic locales.
Action also takes place in the virtual realm of QuestWorld, a three-
dimensional cyberspace domain rendered with computer animation. Hanna-
Barbera dismissed creator Peter Lawrence in 1996. John Eng and Cosmo
Anzilotti completed Lawrence's work; David Lipman, Davis Doi, and Larry
Houston wrote new episodes with reworked character designs akin to those
of classic Quest. Turner supported the show through a massive marketing
campaign with 33 licensees. Real Adventures debuted with a wide release
on Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT, airing 21 times per week. The series
failed to gain high ratings with its target demographics, leading to its
cancellation. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Adventures_of_Jonny_Quest>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1826:
Quincy Market in Boston, Massachusetts, opened as a replacement
for an overcrowded market in Faneuil Hall.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Market>
1914:
World War I: As the British Expeditionary Force and French
Fifth Army began their retreat from Mons, the British II Corps delayed
the pursuing Germans at the Battle of Le Cateau long enough for the main
force to escape.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Le_Cateau>
1928:
At a cafe in Paisley, Scotland, a woman found the remains of a
snail in her bottle of ginger beer, giving rise to the landmark civil-
action case Donoghue v Stevenson.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoghue_v_Stevenson>
1978:
A conclave elected Albino Luciani as Pope John Paul I,
succeeding Paul VI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1978_conclave>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fidelity:
1. (uncountable) Often followed by to or towards: faithfulness or
loyalty towards a person, a group, one's civic or moral duties, etc.;
allegiance; (countable) an instance of this.
2. Faithfulness or loyalty to one's partner or spouse, including
restraint from romantic or sexual relationships with third parties.
3. (archaic) Faithfulness to God and one's religion.
4. (by extension, uncountable)
5. Accuracy, or exact correspondence, to some given fact or quality;
exactness.
6. (ecology) The closeness of association between an organism and a
plant community.
7. (technology) Chiefly in high fidelity, low fidelity, etc.: the degree
to which a system accurately reproduces an input such as an image or
sound.
8. (obsolete)
9. (countable) In by one's fidelity, to break fidelity, to give
fidelity, etc.: one's pledge or promise to act in good faith; an oath, a
word of honour.
10. (uncountable) Of a person: honesty, trustworthiness; (countable) an
instance of this.
11. About Word of the Day
12. Nominate a word
13. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fidelity>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I hope life treats you kind And I hope that you have all That you ever
dreamed of And I wish you joy and happiness But above all of this, I
wish you love. And I will always love you, I will always love you.
--Dolly Parton
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton>
Well-being is what is intrinsically good for a person, indicating how
well their life is going. In the broadest sense, it is the balance of
all positive and negative aspects. More narrowly, it refers only to
positive degrees and contrasts with ill-being, which denotes negative
ones. Researchers discuss types by how they are measured and to whom
they belong, distinguishing subjective from objective well-being, and
individual from community well-being. Hedonism and desire theory
disagree about whether the balance of pleasure over pain or desire
satisfaction is the source of well-being. Objective list theories hold
that diverse elements are responsible. Often-discussed contributing
factors are emotions, life satisfaction, achievement, finding meaning,
interpersonal relationships, and health. As a central goal of many
individual and societal endeavors, well-being is relevant to many
fields, including philosophy, psychology, economics, sociology,
anthropology, religion, politics, and medicine. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-being>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1835:
The New York Sun perpetrated the Great Moon Hoax, publishing
articles about the supposed discovery of life on the Moon (lithograph
pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax>
1914:
World War I: During the sack of Louvain in Belgium, German
troops burned the town's Catholic university, destroying hundreds of
medieval manuscripts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Louvain>
2001:
American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record
company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after
takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport in The Bahamas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Marsh_Harbour_Cessna_402_crash>
2011:
Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people were killed in an arson
attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Monterrey_casino_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
demake:
1. (video games) A remake of a modern video game for an older platform.
2. (transitive, video games) To remake (a modern video game) for an
older platform.
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demake>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I write with a pen and if you have any problem why do not you pick up a
pen to protest. … The surprising thing in this part of the world is
that they have picked up arms against me because I have expressed my
views.
--Taslima Nasrin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taslima_Nasrin>
Brochfael ap Meurig (ruled c. 872 – c. 910) was the king of Gwent
in south-east Wales. He ruled jointly with his brother, Ffernfael ap
Meurig. Gwent and Glywysing, the neighbouring territory to the west,
were ruled as a single kingdom in some periods; at other times they were
separate and the king of Glywysing had the higher status. Brochfael's
father, Meurig ab Arthfael, ruled both territories with the title of
King of Glywysing, but Brochfael and Ffernfael were only kings of Gwent,
and had a lower status than their cousin Hywel ap Rhys, the king of
Glywysing. The Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia claimed dominion over most
of Wales, but in the late 880s Brochfael, Ffernfael and Hywel submitted
voluntarily to Alfred the Great, the king of Wessex, in order to gain
protection from the oppression of Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians. A
number of Brochfael's charters survive, mainly grants to Bishop
Cyfeilliog and settlements of Brochfael's disputes with the bishop.
Brochfael was the last of his line and was succeeded by Hywel's son,
Owain ap Hywel. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brochfael_ap_Meurig>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1814:
War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting
fire to various U.S. government buildings, including the White House.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington>
1942:
World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers
from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft
carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied
victory.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons>
1992:
Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to
impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern
Florida.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bashi-bazouk:
1. (military, historical) An irregular soldier of the Ottoman army,
reputed to be brutal and undisciplined.
2. (figurative, dated) One who does work outside regular employment; an
irregular.
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bashi-bazouk>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Any time something is written against me, I not only share the sentiment
but feel I could do the job far better myself. Perhaps I should advise
would-be enemies to send me their grievances beforehand, with full
assurance that they will receive my every aid and support. I have even
secretly longed to write, under a pen name, a merciless tirade against
myself.
--Jorge Luis Borges
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges>
The pairs' figure skating competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics was
held on February 9 and 11 at the Salt Lake Ice Center in Salt Lake
City, Utah, in the United States. Originally, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton
Sikharulidze of Russia won the gold, while Jamie Salé and David
Pelletier of Canada won the silver, and Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of
China won the bronze. However, allegations of misconduct led to one
judge's scores being discarded; Salé and Pelletier were also awarded
gold medals, while the Russians were allowed to keep theirs. In a joint
press conference, the International Skating Union (ISU) and the
International Olympic Committee announced that Marie-Reine Le Gougne,
the French judge implicated in collusion, was guilty of misconduct and
immediately suspended. In 2004, the ISU voted to retire the 6.0 judging
system. As a result, the ISU Judging System was created, in which
skaters are scored based on a technical evaluation of the required
elements. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics_%E…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1775:
King George III issued a proclamation that declared elements
of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and
avowed rebellion".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Rebellion>
1960:
Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai
from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched
an invasion of South Kasai.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_South_Kasai>
2006:
Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten in
Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn
after more than eight years in captivity.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natascha_Kampusch>
2011:
A 5.8 MW earthquake struck the Piedmont region of Virginia,
and was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fug:
1. (countable, uncountable, informal, originally UK, dialectal and
school slang) A heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually
in a crowded or poorly ventilated area.
2. (countable, figurative) A state of chaos or confusion; a daze.
3. (transitive)
4. To create a fug (“heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere”;
etymology 1, noun sense 1) in (a place).
5. To surround (someone or something) with a fug (etymology 1, noun
sense 1).
6. To put (someone or something) into a fug (“daze”; etymology 1, noun
sense 2); to confuse, to daze.
7. (intransitive)
8. To create a fug (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
9. Sometimes followed by up: to be surrounded by a fug (etymology 1,
noun sense 1), for example, in an enclosed, stuffy place. [...]
10. About Word of the Day
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fug>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Radical creed, as I understand it, is this: We have not abandoned
our old belief in liberty, justice, and Self-help, but we say that under
certain conditions the people cannot help themselves, and that then they
should be helped by the State representing directly the whole people. In
giving this State help, we make three conditions: first, the matter must
be one of primary social importance; next, it must be proved to be
practicable; thirdly, the State interference must not diminish self-
reliance. Even if the chance should arise of removing a great social
evil, nothing must be done to weaken those habits of individual self-
reliance and voluntary association which have built up the greatness of
the English people.
--Arnold Toynbee
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arnold_Toynbee>
The Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036 is a dinosaur fossil in the
collection of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. It was found
in 1910 in Wyoming, United States, in rocks of the Lance Formation that
are about 66 million years old. The mummy is ascribed to the species
Edmontosaurus annectens. It comprises a nearly complete skeleton found
wrapped in skin impressions, a rare case of preservation for which the
term dinosaur mummy has been used. It is assumed that the individual
died during a drought and the carcass dried out before being carried
away by a sudden flood and buried rapidly. Sand filled the body cavity,
preserving the three-dimensional shape of the body, and a biofilm on the
skin formed a thin crust of clay that preserved the shape of the skin in
positive relief (protruding up from the surface). The mummy was found by
Charles Sternberg and his sons. It is one of the best-preserved
hadrosaurid mummies and the second to be discovered. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmontosaurus_mummy_SMF_R_4036>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1711:
Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed
when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_expedition_%281711%29>
1851:
The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred
Sovereigns (trophy pictured), later renamed the America's Cup, near the
Isle of Wight, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1851_America%27s_Cup>
1985:
A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester
Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading
to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Manchester_Airport_disaster>
2003:
Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after
refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock
inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court
of Alabama building.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mi-parti:
1. (clothing, heraldry, chiefly historical) Vertically divided into
distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; party per pale.
2. (chiefly historical, rare, uncountable) Clothing vertically divided
into two distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; (countable) an
individual garment of this type.
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