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shoefie: Word of the day for June 11, 2017

shoefie , n : (photography, slang, neologism) A photograph of one's own shoes taken while one is wearing them. On this day 20 years ago in 1997, the first photographs known to have been shared on a public network using a mobile phone were sent by technology innovator Philippe Kahn using a phone he had jury-rigged with a digital camera. The photographs were of his newborn daughter Sophie.

Article of the day for June 11, 2017

The Article of the day for June 11, 2017 is Alexander of Greece . Alexander (1893–1920) was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death at the age of 27. He succeeded his father, King Constantine I, in 1917, after the Entente Powers of World War I and followers of Eleftherios Venizelos pushed the king and his eldest son Crown Prince George into exile. Venizelos, as prime minister, became the effective ruler with the support of the Entente. Though reduced to the status of a puppet king, Alexander supported Greek troops during their war against the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Under his reign, Greece expanded, following the victory of the Entente and the early stages of the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. Alexander married the commoner Aspasia Manos in 1919, provoking a major scandal that forced the couple to leave Greece for several months. Soon after returning to Greece with his wife, Alexander was bitten by a domestic Barbary macaque and died of septicemia. The sudden death of t...

Picture of the day for June 11, 2017

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Picture of the day on June 11, 2017: Carthusian Pink (Dianthus carthusianorum) at the Buchberg near Neulengbach, Lower Austria

Article of the day for June 11, 2017

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

Picture of the day for June 11, 2017

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Carthusian Pink (Dianthus carthusianorum) at the Buchberg near Neulengbach, Lower Austria.

shoefie: Word of the day for June 11, 2017

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Word of the day is shoefie : (photography, slang, neologism) A photograph of one's own shoes taken while one is wearing them. On this day 20 years ago in 1997, the first photographs known to have been shared on a public network using a mobile phone were sent by technology innovator Philippe Kahn using a phone he had jury-rigged with a digital camera. The photographs were of his newborn daughter Sophie.

Washington's Never Seen Anything Like the Comey Crisis. Or Has It?

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Washington's Never Seen Anything Like the Comey Crisis. Or Has It? Tim Weiner, chronicler of US intel agencies, points out that in showdowns with a president, the FBI is 4-0.

Bro Thinks He's Won Between-Inning Race, Loses In Spectacularly Embarrassing Fashion

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Bro Thinks He's Won Between-Inning Race, Loses In Spectacularly Embarrassing Fashion

Bro Thinks He's Won Between-Inning Race, Loses In Spectacularly Embarrassing Fashion

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Bro Thinks He's Won Between-Inning Race, Loses In Spectacularly Embarrassing Fashion The Atlanta Braves have fans race against the costumed "Freeze" during inning breaks, and Friday's contestant got a *bit* overconfident. June 10, 2017 at 02:24PM

Washington's Never Seen Anything Like the Comey Crisis. Or Has It?

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Washington's Never Seen Anything Like the Comey Crisis. Or Has It?