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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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