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Picture of the day for April 5, 2016

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“Altes Warmbad” on the East Frisian island Juist, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Picture of the day for April 5, 2016

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Picture of the day on April 5, 2016: “Altes Warmbad” on the East Frisian island Juist, Lower Saxony, Germany

John Oliver Explains The Absurd Amount Of Time Your Congressman Spends Fundraising

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John Oliver Explains The Absurd Amount Of Time Your Congressman Spends Fundraising

John Oliver Explains The Absurd Amount Of Time Your Congressman Spends Fundraising

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John Oliver Explains The Absurd Amount Of Time Your Congressman Spends Fundraising Lawmakers have to raise money to keep their jobs, but a surprising amount of their job now consists of raising money. John Oliver sits down with Congressman Steve Israel to discuss the costs of political spending. April 4, 2016 at 12:02PM

What You Should Know About The Panama Papers

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What You Should Know About The Panama Papers

tonology: Word of the day for April 5, 2016

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Word of the day is tonology : (linguistics, uncountable) The study of tone in human languages. (linguistics, countable) The system of rules governing tones in a particular language.

Article of the day for April 5, 2016

The Article of the day for April 5, 2016 is Moonraker (novel) . Moonraker is the third novel by the British author Ian Fleming to feature the Secret Service agent James Bond. It was published by Jonathan Cape on 5 April 1955 with a cover design conceived by Fleming. The only Bond novel set entirely in Britain, it features Drax, an ex-Nazi working for the Russians, who plans to build a rocket, arm it with a nuclear warhead, and fire it at London. Moonraker, like Fleming's previous novels, was well received by critics. It plays on fears common in the 1950s, including rocket attacks (following the V2 strikes of the Second World War), Soviet communism, the re-emergence of Nazism and the "threat from within" posed by both ideologies. Fleming examines Englishness, and the novel shows the virtues and strength of England. Adaptations include a broadcast on South African radio in 1956 starring Bob Holness and a 1958 Daily Express comic strip. The novel's name was used in 1979...

What You Should Know About The Panama Papers

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What You Should Know About The Panama Papers ​On Sunday, over 100 news organizations from around the world dropped simultaneous investigations into a massive data leak which revealed how the the ultra-wealthy, including several world leaders, hide their money. Here's what you need to know.

tonology: Word of the day for April 5, 2016

tonology , n : (linguistics, uncountable) The study of tone in human languages. (linguistics, countable) The system of rules governing tones in a particular language.

Article of the day for April 5, 2016

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Article of the day is Moonraker (novel). Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W