Podokesaurus is a genus of coelophysoid dinosaur that lived in what is
now the eastern United States during the Early Jurassic Period between
201 and 190 million years ago. Its only fossil was discovered by the
geologist Mignon Talbot near Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1910.
Talbot described and named the new genus and species Podokesaurus
holyokensis based on it, becoming the first woman to find and describe a
dinosaur. The holotype fossil (pictured) was recognised as significant
and was studied by other researchers, but was lost when the building it
was in burned down in 1917; no unequivocal Podokesaurus specimens have
since been discovered. It was nominated as the state dinosaur of
Massachusetts in 2021. Estimated to have been about 1 m (3 ft) in
length and 1–40 kg (2–90 lb) in weight, Podokesaurus was lightly
constructed with hollow bones and it is estimated it could have run at
15–20 km/h (9–12 mph). It is believed to have been a fleet-footed
predator, with powerful forelimbs and grasping hands.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podokesaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1883:
In the Victoria Hall disaster, 183 children were crushed to
death when they ran down the stairs to collect gifts after a variety
show in Sunderland, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Hall_disaster>
1911:
The technology company IBM was founded as the Computing-
Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing-Tabulating-Recording_Company>
1961:
Pioneering Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected from
the Soviet Union at Paris–Le Bourget Airport with the help of French
police and a Parisian socialite friend.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Nureyev>
2013:
A cloudburst caused severe flooding in the northern Indian
state of Uttarakhand, continuing for several days and resulting in over
5,700 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_North_India_floods>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nuke:
1. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a
target.
2. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or
erase completely.
3. (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-
service attack against (an IRC user).
4. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To expose to some form of
radiation.
5. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nuke>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
my God after that long kiss I near lost my breath yes he said I
was a flower of the mountain yes so we are flowers all a womans body yes
that was one true thing he said in his life and the sun shines for you
today yes that was why I liked him because I saw he understood or felt
what a woman is and I knew I could always get round him and I gave him
all the pleasure I could leading him on till he asked me to say yes and
I wouldnt answer first only looked out over the sea and the sky I was
thinking of so many things he didnt know
--Ulysses
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ulysses>