The Spider was an American pulp magazine published by Popular
Publications from 1933 to 1943. Every issue included a lead novel
featuring the Spider, a heroic crime-fighter. The novels in the first
two issues were written by R. T. M. Scott; thereafter every lead novel
was credited to "Grant Stockbridge", a house name. Norvell Page, a
prolific pulp author, wrote most of these. Unlike some contemporary pulp
heroes, The Spider was willing to kill criminals, and when he did so he
left a red spider inked on his victims. Page in particular wrote stories
with violent storylines, often with science-fiction plot devices.
Continuity from novel to novel was often disregarded, with characters
killed in one issue appearing unscathed in later issues. Each magazine
also featured short stories, occasionally including elements of horror
fiction. Most of the cover art was painted by John Newton Howitt or
Rafael de Soto. The magazine was cancelled in 1943 due to a paper
shortage caused by World War II.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider_%28magazine%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1644:
First English Civil War: Prince Maurice abandoned his siege of
Lyme Regis in Dorset after learning of the approach of a Parliamentarian
relief force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lyme_Regis>
1934:
The landmark Australian Eastern Mission concluded after a
three-month diplomatic tour of East and South-East Asia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Mission>
2014:
War in Donbas: An Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the
Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the self-proclaimed
Luhansk People's Republic, killing all 49 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_Air_Force_Il-76_shootdown>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
acrasia:
(archaic, rare) Lack of self-control; excess, intemperance; also,
irregular or unruly behaviour. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acrasia>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I made America great again, and I may have to do it again.
--Donald Trump
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump>
The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place in Normandy, France, on 13 June
1944 during World War II. Following the D-Day landings on 6 June, the
Germans established defences in front of Caen. The British attacked to
attempt to exploit a gap in the German defences west of the city. They
reached Villers-Bocage without incident in the morning but were ambushed
by Tiger I tanks as they left the town and numerous tanks, anti-tank
guns and transport vehicles were destroyed. The Germans then attacked
the town but were repulsed. The British withdrew west of Villers-Bocage
that evening and repulsed another attack the next day. The British
conduct in the battle was controversial because their withdrawal marked
the end of the post–D-Day "scramble for ground" and the start of an
attritional battle for Caen. Some historians wrote that the British
attack was a failure caused by a lack of conviction among some senior
commanders; others judged the British force to be insufficiently strong
for the task.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Villers-Bocage>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1881:
The Jeannette expedition to reach the North Pole from the
Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait came to an end when the
USS Jeannette was finally crushed and sank after having been trapped in
ice for almost two years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jeannette_%281878%29>
1952:
Soviet aircraft shot down a Swedish military plane carrying out
signals-intelligence gathering operations, followed three days later by
the shootdown of a second plane searching for the first one.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_affair>
1969:
Preston Smith, Governor of Texas, signed a law converting a
research arm of Texas Instruments into the University of Texas at
Dallas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Dallas>
2013:
Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech prime
minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Czech_political_corruption_scandal>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hard-won:
Having been obtained with effort, despite difficulty and hardship.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hard-won>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather
about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for
a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our
quiet.
--William Butler Yeats
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Butler_Yeats>
Incapillo is a Pleistocene-age caldera – a depression formed by the
collapse of a volcano – in La Rioja Province, Argentina. It is part
of the southernmost volcanic centre in the Andean Central Volcanic Zone
(CVZ). Subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate is
responsible for most of the volcanism in the CVZ. Volcanism commenced in
the Incapillo region 6.5 million years ago, forming the high volcanic
edifices of Monte Pissis, Cerro Bonete Chico and Sierra de Veladero.
Incapillo is known to have erupted the Incapillo ignimbrite 0.52
± 0.03 and 0.51 ± 0.04 million years ago; this has a total volume
of about 20.4 cubic kilometres (4.9 cu mi). A caldera with dimensions
of 5 by 6 kilometres (3.1 mi × 3.7 mi) formed during the eruptions.
Later volcanism generated more lava domes within the caldera and a
debris flow in the Sierra de Veladero. The lake within the caldera may
overlie an area of ongoing hydrothermal activity..
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothermal_circulation>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1864:
Union general Ulysses S. Grant pulled his troops out of the
Battle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia, ending one of the
bloodiest, most lopsided battles in the American Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor>
1914:
As part of the Ottoman Empire's policies of ethnic cleansing,
Turkish irregulars began a six-day massacre in the predominantly Greek
town of Phocaea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Phocaea>
1954:
Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at his death in 1857, was
canonized by Pope Pius XII, making him one of the youngest non-martyred
saints in the Catholic Church.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Savio>
1994:
The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden
flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tin-pot dictator:
(derogatory) An autocratic ruler with little political credibility,
typically having delusions of grandeur.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tin-pot_dictator>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Hold on yet awhile. More ways of killing a cat than choking
her with cream.
--Charles Kingsley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsley>
Marasmius rotula, the pinwheel mushroom, is a fungus in the family
Marasmiaceae. Widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, it was first
described scientifically in 1772 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. The
mushrooms are characterized by thin whitish caps up to 2.0 cm (0.8 in)
wide that are sunken in the center and pleated with scalloped margins.
The wiry black hollow stalks measure up to 8.0 cm (3.1 in) long by
1.5 mm (0.06 in) thick. On the underside of the caps are widely spaced
white gills, attached to a collar encircling the stalk. The mushrooms
grow in groups or clusters on decaying wood such as moss-covered logs
and stumps. Spore release is dependent upon sufficient moisture. Dried
mushrooms may revive after rehydrating and release spores for up to
three weeks, much longer than most gilled mushrooms. Although the
mushrooms are not generally considered edible, they produce a unique
peroxidase enzyme that is attracting research interest for use in
bioengineering applications.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marasmius_rotula>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1786:
Ten days after being formed by an earthquake, a landslide dam
on the Dadu River in China was destroyed by an aftershock, causing a
flood that killed an estimated 100,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1786_Kangding-Luding_earthquake>
1861:
American Civil War: The Confederate Army only suffered eight
casualties in its victory at the Battle of Big Bethel in York County,
Virginia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Big_Bethel>
1957:
Led by John Diefenbaker, the Progressive Conservative Party won
a plurality of House of Commons seats in the Canadian federal election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Canadian_federal_election>
1987:
Mass protests demanding direct presidential elections broke out
across South Korea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Democratic_Struggle>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cynegetic:
(hunting, rare) Of or relating to hunting (especially with dogs).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cynegetic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We
aren't. Grownups always say they protect their children, but they're
really protecting themselves. Besides, you can't protect children. They
know everything.
--Maurice Sendak
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak>
The Ecstatic is the fourth album by American rapper Mos Def (pictured),
released by Downtown Records on June 9, 2009. Singer Georgia Anne
Muldrow and rappers Slick Rick and Talib Kweli were guest vocalists. The
album has been described by music journalists as a conscious and
alternative hip hop record. Mos Def's raps about global politics, love,
spirituality, and social conditions are informed by Black
internationalism and pan-Islamic ideas. The album's loosely structured,
lightly reverbed songs use unconventional time signatures and samples
taken from Afrobeat, soul, Eurodance, jazz, reggae, Latin, and Middle
Eastern music. The Ecstatic charted at number nine on the Billboard 200
in its first week of release and eventually sold 168,000 copies. A
widespread critical success, The Ecstatic was viewed as a return to form
for Mos Def and one of the year's best albums. He performed concerts to
support the record in North America, Japan, Australia, and the United
Kingdom.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ecstatic>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1772:
In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American
colonists led by Abraham Whipple attacked and burned the British
schooner Gaspee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspee_affair>
1944:
World War II: In reprisal for successful French Resistance
attacks, German SS and SD troops hanged 99 men in the town of Tulle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulle_massacre>
1954:
During hearings investigating conflicting accusations between
the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army lawyer Joseph
N. Welch asked McCarthy: "At long last, have you left no sense of
decency?"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%E2%80%93McCarthy_hearings>
1999:
Yugoslav Wars: The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an
end to the Kosovo War the next day.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumanovo_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
plankter:
(biology) A single organism of plankton.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plankter>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies
on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the
tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things You
have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit
silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and
flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. ...Up, up the long,
delirious, burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy
grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew— And, while with silent,
lifting mind I’ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
—Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
--John Gillespie Magee Jr.
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee_Jr.>
Bill Newton (8 June 1919 – 29 March 1943) was an Australian
recipient of the Victoria Cross, honoured for his actions as a bomber
pilot in Papua New Guinea during March 1943. Raised in Melbourne, he
joined the Citizen Military Forces in 1938 and enlisted in the Royal
Australian Air Force (RAAF) in February 1940. He served as a flying
instructor in Australia before being posted to No. 22 Squadron, which
began operating Boston light bombers in New Guinea late in 1942. Having
just taken part in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, he was on his fifty-
second mission when he was shot down. Newton was still posted as missing
when given the Victoria Cross in October 1943. It later emerged that he
was captured by the Japanese and beheaded. Newton was the only
Australian airman to receive a Victoria Cross for action in the South
West Pacific theatre of World War II, and the sole Australian to be so
decorated while flying with an RAAF squadron.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Newton>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1862:
American Civil War: The Confederate Army won a resounding
victory at the Battle of Cross Keys, one of the two decisive battles in
Jackson's Valley campaign.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cross_Keys>
1929:
Margaret Bondfield became the first female member of the
Cabinet of the United Kingdom when she was named Minister of Labour by
Ramsay MacDonald.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bondfield>
1941:
World War II: The Allies commenced the Syria–Lebanon campaign
against Vichy French possessions in the Levant.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign>
1953:
An F5 tornado struck Flint and Beecher, Michigan, causing 116
fatalities, 844 injuries and $19 million in damage during a larger
tornado outbreak sequence.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint%E2%80%93Worcester_tornado_outbreak_sequ…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
memory hole:
1. A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be
forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere,
oblivion.
2. (computing)
3. A fragment of physical address space which does not map to main
memory.
4. (rare) Synonym of memory leak (“any of several faults in the memory
allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become
hidden or unusable”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/memory_hole>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I was taught by both of my parents to work hard, to be passionate
about whatever I did, and I felt that I did that and kind of got to
where I am today because of hard work and passion and determination.
--Ashley Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ashley_Biden>
Munsey's Magazine was an American magazine founded by Frank Munsey in
1889. Originally launched in 1889 as Munsey's Weekly, it became an
illustrated monthly in 1891, printing both fiction and non-fiction. In
1893 the price was reduced from 25 to 10 cents and circulation rose to
more than 250,000 issues. The same year Munsey became one of the first
publishers to regularly feature a pretty girl on the cover. Circulation
was also helped by the liberal use of illustrations, and reached a peak
of about 700,000 in 1897, declining in the 1910s. Well-known writers
appeared, including O. Henry, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Rice Burroughs,
P. G. Wodehouse, and Joseph Conrad. In 1929 it was merged with Argosy,
another of Munsey's magazines. Magazine historians consider Munsey's to
have started a revolution in magazine publishing by setting a low price
to increase circulation, and attracting sufficient advertising revenue
to make a substantial profit. Other magazines quickly followed the
example of Munsey's.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsey%27s_Magazine>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1628:
The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document
that set out specific liberties of individuals, received royal assent
from King Charles I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petition_of_Right>
1917:
First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines
under German lines, killing perhaps 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear
man-made explosion in history during the Battle of Messines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Messines_%281917%29>
1948:
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in the French protectorate in
Morocco, during which 44 people were killed and 150 injured.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_anti-Jewish_riots_in_Oujda_and_Jerada>
1969:
In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup Blind Faith,
featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, debuted in
London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Faith>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
eat someone's lunch:
(idiomatic, chiefly US, slang) To best or defeat someone thoroughly; to
make short work of.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eat_someone%27s_lunch>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As we reflect on the sacrifices made on D-Day, we are reminded
that freedom is not free and it has never been guaranteed. Every
generation has to earn it, fight for it, and defend it in the battle
between autocracy and democracy — between the greed of a few and the
rights of many. Eighty years after our Nation’s brave Airmen, Coast
Guardsmen, Sailors, Soldiers, and Marines embarked on D-Day — and as
Americans everywhere answered the call to prayer and filled their hearts
and homes with hope — may we honor the faith they kept in our Nation
and their legacy by upholding the future that they died for — one
grounded in freedom, democracy, opportunity, and equality for all.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven
Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set in 1944 in France during
World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John
Miller (Tom Hanks), on their mission to locate Private James Francis
Ryan (Matt Damon), who is to be brought home after his three brothers
are killed in action. Inspired by the books of Stephen E. Ambrose and
accounts of the deaths of members of a single family such as the Niland
brothers, Rodat drafted the script and Paramount Pictures hired him to
finish the writing. Spielberg wanted to make Saving Private Ryan as
authentic as possible, and hired Frank Darabont and Scott Frank to
perform uncredited rewrites based on research and interviews with
veterans. The cast went through a week-long boot camp to understand the
soldier experience. Filming took place from June to September 1997 in
England and Ireland. Saving Private Ryan earned critical acclaim for its
graphic portrayal of combat.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1749:
A plot by Muslim slaves in Malta to assassinate Manuel Pinto da
Fonseca of the Knights Hospitaller was uncovered.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1749_Muslim_slave_revolt_plot_in_Malta>
1813:
War of 1812: The British ambushed an American encampment near
present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stoney_Creek>
1912:
The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century began,
forming the volcano Novarupta in the Alaska Peninsula.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novarupta>
1944:
World War II: Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious
military operation in history, began with Allied troops landing on the
beaches of Normandy in France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nuzzle:
1. (transitive)
2. To push or thrust (the nose or snout, face or muzzle, or head, or an
object) against or into something.
3. To rub or touch (someone or something) with the nose, face, etc., or
an object.
4. Chiefly of an animal: to dig (something, especially food) out of the
ground using the nose or snout; to root.
5. (intransitive)
6. Often followed by in or into: to press or push the nose or snout,
mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch
someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.
7. Chiefly of an animal: to push the nose or snout into the ground to
dig for something, especially food; to root, to rootle.
8. Followed by down: to settle or lie comfortably and snugly in a bed,
nest, etc.; to nestle.
9. Chiefly followed by up or with: to press affectionately against
someone or something; to nestle, to snuggle.
10. (figurative) To come into close contact with someone or something.
11. (obsolete, rare) To feel or probe with the fingers.
12. An act of nuzzling (all verb senses). [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nuzzle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have
striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes
and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In
company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you
will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the
elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and
security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy
one.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower>
The double sovereign is a gold coin of the United Kingdom with a nominal
value of two pounds sterling (£2). It features the reigning monarch on
its obverse and, most often, Benedetto Pistrucci's depiction of Saint
George and the Dragon on the reverse (pictured). It was rarely issued in
the first century and a half after its debut in 1820, usually in a new
monarch's coronation year or to mark the institution of a new coinage
portrait of the monarch. In addition to the usual coinage in Britain,
specimens were struck at Australia's Sydney Mint in 1887 and 1902. Most
often struck as a proof coin, the double sovereign has been issued for
circulation in only four years, and few examples worn from commercial
use are known. It is now a collector and bullion coin, and has been
struck by the Royal Mint most years since 1980. In some years, it has
not been issued and the Royal Mint instead placed gold versions of the
commemorative £2 piece in the annual gold proof sets.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_sovereign>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1899:
Antonio Luna, Commanding General of the Philippine Army, was
assassinated in the midst of the Philippine–American War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Luna>
1997:
Anticipating a coup attempt, President Pascal Lissouba of the
Republic of the Congo ordered the detainment of his rival Denis Sassou
Nguesso, initiating a second civil war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_Civil_War_%281997%E2%80…>
2004:
Noël Mamère, the mayor of Bègles, conducted a marriage
ceremony for two men, even though same-sex marriage in France had not
yet been legalised.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_France>
2009:
After almost two months of civil disobedience, at least 31
people were killed in clashes between the National Police and indigenous
people in Bagua Province, Peru.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Peruvian_political_crisis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
greenhouse gas:
Any gas (such as carbon dioxide, a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), or methane)
that contributes to the greenhouse effect when released into the
atmosphere by absorbing infrared radiation emitted by a planet's
surface, thus increasing the surface temperature.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/greenhouse_gas>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The old saying holds. Owe your banker £1000 and you are at his
mercy; owe him £1 million and the position is reversed.
--John Maynard Keynes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes>
550 Madison Avenue is a postmodern skyscraper on Madison Avenue between
55th Street and 56th Street in New York City. Designed by Philip Johnson
and John Burgee with associate architect Simmons Architects, the
building was completed in 1984. It is a 647-foot-tall (197-meter),
37-story office tower with a facade made of pink granite. It was
originally the headquarters of AT&T; Corp., which relocated from 195
Broadway, the company's previous headquarters. Following the breakup of
the Bell System in 1982, AT&T; spun off subsidiary corporations and
never occupied the entire building as it had originally intended. The
building later became the American headquarters of Sony. An annex to the
west was demolished and replaced in the early 2020s. Opinion of the
building has been mixed ever since its design was first announced in
March 1978. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
designated the building's exterior as a landmark in 2018.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/550_Madison_Avenue>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1944:
World War II: A United States Navy task group captured German
submarine U-505 (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-505>
1974:
Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians hosted Ten Cent Beer
Night, but had to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to rioting
by drunken fans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Cent_Beer_Night>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tankman:
(military) The (male) operator of a military tank.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tankman>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Have no
friends not equal to yourself. When you have faults, do not fear to
abandon them.
--Confucius
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Confucius>