Pod is the debut album by American alternative rock band the Breeders, released by 4AD records on May 29, 1990. Engineered by Steve Albini, it features band leader Kim Deal (pictured) on vocals and guitar, Josephine Wiggs on bass, Britt Walford on drums, and Tanya Donelly on guitar. The Breeders formed in 1988 when Deal, a member of the Pixies, befriended Donelly of Throwing Muses during a European tour. They recorded a country-infused demo in 1989, leading to 4AD co-founder Ivo Watts- Russell funding an album, Pod, recorded that year at the Palladium studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. The album became a critical and popular success, reaching number 22 in the UK. Critics praised its dark, sexualized lyrics, and compared it favorably to the Pixies. Nirvana's Kurt Cobain said it was one of his favorite records, and Pitchfork ranked it number 81 on its list of the best albums of the 1990s. The cover art was designed by Vaughan Oliver and portrays a man performing a fertility dance while wearing a belt of eels.

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1416:

A squadron of the Venetian navy captured many Ottoman ships at the Battle of Gallipoli, confirming Venetian naval superiority in the Aegean Sea for the next few decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli_%281416%29

1900:

N'Djamena (monument pictured), now the capital of Chad, was founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Djamena

1954:

Diane Leather became the first woman to run a mile in less than five minutes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Leather

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nick: 1. (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. 2. (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar. 3. (transitive, rare) To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher). 4. (transitive, obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. 5. (transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. 6. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection. 7. (transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon. 8. (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face. 9. (transitive, Australia, Britain, slang) To steal. 10. (transitive, Britain, law enforcement, slang) To arrest. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nick

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