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facetious: Word of the day for April 6, 2016

facetious , adj : Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant. Pleasantly humorous; jocular.

The TSA Spent $1.4 Million On An App That Takes 10 Minutes To Build

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The TSA Spent $1.4 Million On An App That Takes 10 Minutes To Build

The TSA Spent $1.4 Million On An App That Takes 10 Minutes To Build

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The TSA Spent $1.4 Million On An App That Takes 10 Minutes To Build At least $336,000 of the $1.4 million went to actual development costs, but the rest of the amount's exact relevance to the project is still unknown. Regardless of where that money went, this is shameful. April 5, 2016 at 03:44PM

facetious: Word of the day for April 6, 2016

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Word of the day is facetious : Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant. Pleasantly humorous; jocular.

Watch Villanova Defeat North Carolina For The National Championship On A Buzzer Beater Three

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Watch Villanova Defeat North Carolina For The National Championship On A Buzzer Beater Three In one of the craziest closing sequences to a National Championship game in a long time, Villanova defeated North Carolina 77-74 on a buzzer beater three — just seconds after North Carolina's Marcus Paige had tied the game with an off-balance, double-pump three of his own.

Picture of the day for April 6, 2016

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Picture of the day on April 6, 2016: Upper view of the main nave of the Gothic church of San Pedro de los Francos in Calatayud, Aragon, Spain. The original temple was founded in the 12th century by order of Alfonso I, "The Battler". He wished to offer the French who settled in Calatayud after helping him in the Battle of Cutanda (1120) against the Almoravids a place to pray. The current church was built two centuries later.

Article of the day for April 6, 2016

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Article of the day is Rosendale Trestle. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Picture of the day for April 6, 2016

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Upper view of the main nave of the Gothic church of San Pedro de los Francos in Calatayud, Aragon, Spain. The original temple was founded in the 12th century by order of Alfonso I, "The Battler". He wished to offer the French who settled in Calatayud after helping him in the Battle of Cutanda (1120) against the Almoravids a place to pray. The current church was built two centuries later..

Watch Villanova Defeat North Carolina For The National Championship On A Buzzer Beater Three

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Watch Villanova Defeat North Carolina For The National Championship On A Buzzer Beater Three

Article of the day for April 6, 2016

The Article of the day for April 6, 2016 is Rosendale Trestle . The Rosendale Trestle is a 940-foot (290 m) continuous truss bridge and former railroad trestle in Rosendale in Ulster County, New York. Originally constructed by the Wallkill Valley Railroad to continue its rail line from New Paltz to Kingston, the bridge rises 150 feet (46 m) above Rondout Creek, spanning both Route 213 and the former Delaware and Hudson Canal. Construction began in 1870; when it opened to rail traffic on April 6, 1872, it was the highest span bridge in the United States. The trestle was rebuilt in 1895 by the King Bridge Company to address public concerns regarding its stability and sturdiness, and it was repeatedly reinforced until 1977, when Conrail closed the Wallkill Valley rail line. The bridge was sold in 1986 for one dollar to a private businessman who tried unsuccessfully to operate it as a bungee jumping platform, and a similar attempt was made the following decade. The trestle was se...