Gallimimus was a theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. The genus is part of the ostrich dinosaur group of feather-bearing, fast runners. Its head was small and light with large eyes and a bulbous structure at the base of the skull. The snout was longer, broader and more rounded than in similar species. Its horny beak was toothless with a delicate lower jaw. The neck and legs were long, and the weak forelimbs had short three-fingered hands. Several of its fossils were discovered in the Gobi Desert in the 1960s. Gallimimus means "chicken mimic", from the shape of its neck vertebrae. It may have had good vision and intelligence comparable to ratite birds, living in groups as an omnivore, a filter- feeder or a herbivore. Gallimimus was featured in the film Jurassic Park in a scene that included innovative special effects and shaped the popular view of these dinosaurs as bird-like animals.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1819:

A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara river, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God'). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819_Rann_of_Kutch_earthquake

1904:

Irish author James Joyce began his relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce

1958:

Imre Nagy and other leaders of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956 were executed following secret trials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imre_Nagy

2016:

Jo Cox, a British Member of Parliament, was murdered in her constituency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jo_Cox

_____________________________ 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:

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework — you can still be writing, because you have that space.   --Joyce Carol Oates https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joyce_Carol_Oates