"Candy" is a song by American rapper Foxy Brown (pictured) featuring
Kelis, released by Def Jam on August 21, 2001, as the third single from
her third studio album Broken Silence (2001). A dance-pop and R&B;
track, it was produced by the Neptunes duo Chad Hugo and Pharrell
Williams, who co-wrote the song alongside Brown and Juan Manuel Cordova.
Brown raps on the verses while Kelis, a frequent collaborator with the
Neptunes, performs the hook. The lyrics are about cunnilingus. "Candy"
received a positive response from critics upon release and in
retrospective reviews. Music critics compared it to music by other
artists, including Lil' Kim, while scholars analyzed its representation
of black female sexuality. In the US, the song appeared on Billboard
charts, reaching the top ten on the Hot Rap Songs chart. "Candy"
appeared on several soundtracks in the early 2000s; it featured in the
television series Dark Angel and the films Friday After Next and The 40
-Year-Old Virgin.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_%28Foxy_Brown_song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1808:
Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the
first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vimeiro>
1911:
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by
museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years
later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa>
1971:
Six people were killed during an escape attempt and riot at
California's San Quentin State Prison; the subsequent trial of six
inmates was the longest in state history at the time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Quentin_Six>
1986:
A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of
carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
anhedonic:
(psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to
feel pleasure.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anhedonic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Friend, I haven't a dollar in the world, but if thee knows a
fugitive who needs a breakfast, send him to me.
--Thomas Garrett
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Garrett>
Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket that
could be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle and used to launch
satellites into high Earth orbits or probes into deep space. Two
variants were produced: Centaur G-Prime, to launch robotic probes to
Jupiter; and Centaur G, for use with US Department of Defense Milstar
satellites and the Magellan Venus probe. Its power allowed for heavier
deep space probes, prolonging the operational life of the spacecraft.
The US Air Force agreed to pay half the cost of Centaur G. The Space
Shuttles Challenger and Atlantis were modified to carry the Centaur.
After the Challenger accident, NASA concluded it was too risky to fly
the Centaur on the Shuttle, just months before its first scheduled
flight. The Galileo and Ulysses probes were ultimately launched using
the less powerful Inertial Upper Stage. A variant of the Centaur G-Prime
was mated with the Titan rocket to produce the Titan IV, which placed
16 military satellites in orbit.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle-Centaur>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1794:
American troops defeated the Northwestern Confederacy, a Native
American alliance, at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the decisive battle
of the Northwest Indian War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fallen_Timbers>
1905:
Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others founded the Tongmenghui,
a secret society dedicated to overthrowing the Qing dynasty of China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongmenghui>
1971:
The Stanford prison experiment, one of the most infamous
psychological studies, was ended after six days, when the simulation
became too abusive.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment>
1989:
After colliding with a dredger on the River Thames in London,
the pleasure steamer Marchioness sank in just thirty seconds, killing 51
people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchioness_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gamin:
(dated, also attributively) A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also
(more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gamin>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.
--H. P. Lovecraft
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft>
Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Borneo and
Sumatra. Three species in the genus Pongo are recognised. The most
arboreal of the great apes, orangutans spend most of their time in
trees. They have proportionally long arms and short legs and their hair
is reddish-brown. Adult males may develop distinctive cheek pads or
flanges and make long calls that attract females and intimidate rivals.
Orangutans are generally solitary, with most social bonds occurring
between mothers and their dependent offspring. The apes eat mainly
fruit, but also vegetation, bark, honey, insects and bird eggs. Among
the most intelligent primates, orangutans use a variety of sophisticated
tools and construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches
and foliage. The illegal pet trade, poaching, and habitat destruction
for palm oil cultivation have caused severe declines in the populations
and ranges of all three species.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1759:
Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Lagos, British ships, having
damaged several French vessels the previous day, pursued the remainder
of the fleet to Lagos, Portugal, and continued the battle there in
violation of Portuguese neutrality.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lagos>
1934:
A referendum supported the recent merging of the posts of
Chancellor and President of Germany, consolidating Adolf Hitler's
assumption of supreme power.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_German_referendum>
1981:
Two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan Su-22 Fitters
during military exercises over the Gulf of Sidra.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_%281981%29>
2005:
Thunderstorms in southern Ontario, Canada, spawned at least
three tornadoes that caused over C$500 million in damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ontario_tornado_outbreak_of_2005>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
humanitarian:
Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering;
compassionate, humane.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/humanitarian>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions
do their bounds divide.
--John Dryden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Dryden>
The Gurian Republic was an insurrection and protest movement in the
western Georgian region of Guria between 1902 and 1906, against the
Russian Empire. It arose from a revolt over land grazing rights;
taxation, land ownership and economic factors were also concerns. The
Republic established its own system of government, although it was not
anti-Russian, desiring to remain within the Empire. The 1905 Russian
Revolution led to uprisings throughout the Empire, including Georgia,
and in reaction the imperial authorities deployed the military to end
the rebellions. The peasants were able to fend off a small force of
Cossacks, but overwhelming military force was used to re-assert control
in 1906. Some of the Republic's leaders were executed, imprisoned or
exiled, but others later played prominent roles in the 1918–1921
Democratic Republic of Georgia. The Gurian Republic demonstrated that
peasants could participate in the socialist movement, an idea previously
downplayed by leading Marxists.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurian_Republic>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1891:
A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing
about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe
damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_Martinique_hurricane>
1920:
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
(authors pictured) was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the
country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Con…>
1966:
Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal
Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at
the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until
reinforcements arrived.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan>
2008:
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure
from a movement to impeach him.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_to_impeach_Pervez_Musharraf>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
disquisition:
1. (archaic) A methodical inquiry or investigation.
2. A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic;
(loosely) a dissertation or treatise.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disquisition>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I feel that the end of my days is drawing near; my senses are
failing me; my delight and strength in creating songs are gone; he, who
was once honored by half of Europe, is forgotten; others have come and
are the objects of admiration; one must give place to another. Nothing
remains for me but trust in God, and the hope of an unclouded existence
in the Land of Peace.
--Antonio Salieri
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antonio_Salieri>
William de Cantilupe was killed by multiple stab wounds in Scotton,
Lincolnshire, in March 1375. The de Cantilupes were a wealthy English
family and had a history of service to the crown. They were major
landholders in the Midlands, with estates in Greasley, Ilkeston, and
Withcall. William de Cantilupe's ancestors included royal councillors
and, distantly, Saint Thomas de Cantilupe. Among the suspects in the
murder were his wife Maud and the sheriff Thomas Kydale. Maud may have
had an affair with Kydale during her husband's frequent absences on
service during the war in France. Fifteen members of the household were
also accused. De Cantilupe's murder was the first to come within the
purview of the Treason Act 1351, a statute which declared the murder of
a man by his wife or servants to be petty treason. Maud was tried and
acquitted. She then married Kydale. Two members of the household staff
were convicted and executed. Others who were indicted did not appear for
trial and were outlawed. One of the outlaws, de Cantilupe's steward,
John Tailour of Barneby, was pardoned by Richard II.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_William_de_Cantilupe>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1676:
Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the
Battle of Halmstad, the last battle in Halland between the two
countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halmstad>
1907:
Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated
public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction,
opened in Seattle, Washington.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_Place_Market>
1945:
Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet
totalitarianism, was first published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm>
2009:
A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in
Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75
people and causing widespread power outages.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayano-Shushenskaya_power_station_accident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fatberg:
A large accumulation of fat and discarded toiletries which clogs sewers.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fatberg>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Life is a play acted by dying men, Where, if its heroes seem to
foot it well And go light-tongued without grimace of pain, Death will
be found anon. And who shall tell Which part was saddest, or in youth
or age, When the tired actor stops and leaves the stage?
--Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Scawen_Blunt>
Dimple Kapadia (born 1957) is an Indian actress of Hindi films. She was
discovered at age 14 by Raj Kapoor, who cast her in the title role of
Bobby, a major success in 1973. The same year, she married and then quit
acting until 1984. Both Bobby and her comeback film Saagar (1985) won
her Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. She established herself as a
leading lady in both mainstream and parallel Hindi cinema and won
acclaim for Kaash (1987), Drishti (1990) and Lekin (1991). Her portrayal
of a professional mourner in Rudaali (1993) won her a Filmfare Critics
Award and the National Film Award for Best Actress; a supporting role in
Krantiveer (1994) earned her a fourth Filmfare Award. Less active in
later decades, Kapadia played troubled middle-aged women in Dil Chahta
Hai (2001) and Leela (2002). She followed with several leading roles,
but character parts in films including Luck by Chance (2009), Finding
Fanny (2014) and the Hollywood thriller Tenet (2020) brought her more
success.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimple_Kapadia>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1896:
A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason
discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold
Rush.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush>
1906:
An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck
Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Valpara%C3%ADso_earthquake>
1946:
Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in
Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent
Pakistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Action_Day>
2015:
Suicide bombers assassinated Pakistani politician Shuja
Khanzada and killed at least 21 others at his home in Attock District.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja_Khanzada>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pie-eyed:
1. (informal, originally US) With one's eyes wide open and staring in an
expressionless manner; wide-eyed.
2. (informal, by extension) (Extremely) drunk or intoxicated.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pie-eyed>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
An intelligent man neither allows himself to be controlled nor
attempts to control others; he wishes reason alone to rule, and that
always.
--Les Caractères
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Les_Caract%C3%A8res>
Shaw and Crompton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of
Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, containing the town of Shaw.
Formerly known as Crompton, the parish lies at the edge of the South
Pennines, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Manchester. There is evidence
of ancient British and Anglian activity in the area, and by the Middle
Ages it was a small township, although lacking a lord's manor. Farming
was the main industry with some hand-loom woollen weaving until textile
manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution initiated rapid
urbanisation. By the late 19th century Crompton had emerged as a densely
populated mill town. Imports of foreign cotton led to a decline in
textiles in the mid–20th century and the last mill closed in 1989. The
borough is mainly suburban, with a population of 21,065 as of 2011. Of
the 48 cotton mills, some very large, that have existed in the area, six
now serve as home to large distribution companies, among them Yodel's
Shaw National Distribution Centre.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_and_Crompton>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1018:
Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles captured and blinded
Ibatzes of Bulgaria by means of a ruse, ending the last resistance
against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustathios_Daphnomeles>
1941:
Corporal Josef Jakobs became the last person executed at the
Tower of London, having been convicted of espionage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs>
1963:
President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of
Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_Glorieuses_%281963%29>
1977:
The Big Ear radio telescope in Ohio received a strong,
apparently extraterrestrial radio signal, which became known as the
"Wow! signal" (printout pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
neroli:
More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from
the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium
subsp. amara) used to make perfumes.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/neroli>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is the nature of human institutions to degenerate, to lose
their vitality, and decay, and the first sign of decay is the loss of
flexibility and oblivion of the essential spirit in which they were
conceived. The spirit is permanent, the body changes; and a body which
refuses to change must die. The spirit expresses itself in many ways
while itself remaining essentially the same but the body must change to
suit its changing environments if it wishes to live.
--Sri Aurobindo
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo>
The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) is a medium-sized thrush, breeding
mainly in Europe. Males are mostly black with a white crescent across
the breast, females are browner and duller than males, and young birds
may lack chest markings. A high-altitude bird, it breeds in open
mountain areas with some trees or shrubs, often including heather or
juniper. It is migratory, wintering in southern Europe, northern Africa
and Turkey, often in mountains with juniper. A typical clutch of three
to six brown-flecked pale blue or greenish eggs is incubated by the
female and hatches after 13 days. The downy chicks fledge in another 14
days. The thrush is omnivorous, eating invertebrates, particularly
insects and earthworms, some small vertebrates, and a wide range of
fruit. Most animal prey is caught on the ground. With an extensive range
and a large population, the ring ouzel is evaluated as a least-concern
species by the IUCN. There are declines in several countries, perhaps
due to climate change or human disturbance.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_ouzel>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
One of the first music recordings ever made, of Arthur
Sullivan's "The Lost Chord" (audio featured), was played at a press
conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Chord>
1941:
After a secret meeting in Newfoundland, British prime minister
Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the
Atlantic Charter, establishing a vision for a post–World War II
world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Charter>
1971:
The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, the group's
only album to top the UK charts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Next>
2013:
Egyptian security forces raided two camps of ousted president
Mohamed Morsi's supporters in Cairo, leading to at least 595 deaths and
forcing the government to declare a state of emergency.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2013_Rabaa_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
en masse:
In a single body or group; as one, together.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en_masse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
God save the pennon, ragged to the dawn, That signs to moon to
stand, and sun to fly; And flutters when the weak is overborne To stem
the tide of fate and certainty. That knows not reason, and that seeks
no fame — So! Undismayed beneath the serried clouds, Raise up the
banner of forlorn defence — A jest to the complacency of crowds —
Bright-haloed with the one diviner sense: To hold itself as nothing to
itself; And in the quest of its imagined star To lose all thought of
after-recompense!
--John Galsworthy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Galsworthy>
The Battle of Blenheim was fought on 13 August 1704 during the War of
the Spanish Succession. The French were seeking to knock Austria out of
the war by seizing its capital, Vienna. An army of the reconstituted
Grand Alliance, led by the Duke of Marlborough, marched south from the
Dutch Republic to the Danube. There he defeated the Bavarians at the
Battle of Donauwörth and joined an Austrian army under Prince Eugene. A
French army under Marshall Tallard bolstered the Elector of Bavaria's
forces. The opposing armies met on the banks of the Danube near the
village of Blindheim. Marlborough unexpectedly attacked the slightly
larger Franco-Bavarian army and after a hard day's fighting inflicted a
crushing defeat. France suffered around 30,000 casualties, Tallard was
taken prisoner and Bavaria was knocked out of the war. Before the
campaign ended, the Allies had taken several important towns and were
preparing to invade France in 1705.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1762:
Anglo-Spanish War: The United Kingdom captured Havana after a
five-week siege, holding it until the Treaty of Paris the following
year.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Havana>
1918:
Opha May Johnson became the first woman to enlist in the United
States Marine Corps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opha_May_Johnson>
1961:
Construction began on the Berlin Wall, a long barrier
separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of
East Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbed_Wire_Sunday>
2010:
After having been boarded by Canadian authorities, the MV Sun
Sea docked in British Columbia and the 492 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee
claimants on board were placed into detention.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sun_Sea_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
meteorwrong:
(humorous) A rock that is believed to be a meteorite, but is in fact
terrestrial in origin; a pseudometeorite.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meteorwrong>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and
comforting, animating and stirring to action. What its great thinkers
have thought and written on the deepest problems of life, shall we not
hear and enjoy? The future calls upon us to prepare its way. Dare we
fail to answer its solemn summons?
--Felix Adler
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Felix_Adler>
Star Trek Generations is a 1994 American science fiction film, the
seventh in the Star Trek film series. Malcolm McDowell (pictured) joined
cast members from the 1960s television show Star Trek and the 1987 spin-
off The Next Generation, including William Shatner and Patrick Stewart.
In the film, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-D joins with
Captain James T. Kirk to stop the villain Tolian Soran from destroying a
planetary system. David Carson directed with photography by franchise
newcomer John A. Alonzo. The distributor, Paramount, marketed the film
with merchandising tie-ins, including toys, books, games, and the first
website to ever promote a major motion picture. The film opened at the
top of the United States box office its first week of release and
grossed a total of $118 million worldwide. Critical reception was
lukewarm, with critics divided on the film's characters and
comprehensibility to a casual viewer.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Generations>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1883:
The last known quagga (example pictured), a subspecies of the
plains zebra, died at the Natura Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga>
1944:
World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS
and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and
burned their bodies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%27Anna_di_Stazzema_massacre>
1985:
Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into the ridge of Mount
Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in
the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_123>
1990:
Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue
Hendrickson found one of the most complete discovered Tyrannosaurus rex
skeletons, nicknamed Sue.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_%28dinosaur%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sericulture:
(agriculture) The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sericulture>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am born into an environment — I know not whence I came nor
whither I go nor who I am. This is my situation as yours, every single
one of you. The fact that everyone always was in this same situation,
and always will be, tells me nothing. Our burning question as to the
whence and whither — all we can ourselves observe about it is the
present environment. That is why we are eager to find out about it as
much as we can. That is science, learning, knowledge; it is the true
source of every spiritual endeavour of man.
--Erwin Schrödinger
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger>