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Article of the day for June 17, 2017

The Article of the day for June 17, 2017 is Upper Pine Bottom State Park . Upper Pine Bottom State Park is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) Pennsylvania state park near the southern end of what has been called the "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania", Pine Creek Gorge. The park is in Lycoming County on Upper Pine Bottom Run, a tributary of Pine Creek in the West Branch Susquehanna River drainage basin. Local streams have cut through five major rock formations from the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. The earliest recorded inhabitants of the area were the Iroquoian-speaking Susquehannocks; they were followed by the Iroquois, Lenape, and Shawnee. Upper Pine Bottom Run was the site of a furnace for pig iron in 1814. The first sawmill was built on it in 1815, and in 1825 an earlier bridle path across its headwaters became a turnpike. The park is surrounded by 105,000 acres (42,000 ha) of the Tiadaghton State Forest, which was created after the lumber industry clearcut the area in the 19th cen...

The Crazy, Lightning-Quick Reflexes Of A Race Car Driver At 150 MPH

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The Crazy, Lightning-Quick Reflexes Of A Race Car Driver At 150 MPH

Article of the day for June 17, 2017

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Article of the day is Upper Pine Bottom State Park. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

parliament: Word of the day for June 17, 2017

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Word of the day is parliament : (government, politics) Meanings relating to a political body authorized to exercise governmental powers. An institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative powers and sometimes judicial powers. A group of representatives of the people elected or appointed to serve as a parliament (in sense 1 above) for a certain period of time. In this sense the word is commonly used with an ordinal number (for example, first parliament and 12th parliament) or a descriptive adjective (for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament). A flock of owls or rooks. (historical) Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread. Today is Iceland’s national day. Its Althing, founded in 930, is regarded as the oldest parliamentary institution in the world.

parliament: Word of the day for June 17, 2017

parliament , n : (government, politics) Meanings relating to a political body authorized to exercise governmental powers. An institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative powers and sometimes judicial powers. A group of representatives of the people elected or appointed to serve as a parliament (in sense 1 above) for a certain period of time. In this sense the word is commonly used with an ordinal number (for example, first parliament and 12th parliament) or a descriptive adjective (for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament). A flock of owls or rooks. (historical) Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread. Today is Iceland’s national day. Its Althing, founded in 930, is regarded as the oldest parliamentary institution in the world.

Picture of the day for June 17, 2017

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Picture of the day on June 17, 2017: Remains of an old pier on the beach of Juliusruh (Isle of Rügen, Germany) at sunrise. The pier was used by the fishermen of the bay Tromper Wiek.

What If (Almost) Every Gene Affects (Almost) Everything?

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What If (Almost) Every Gene Affects (Almost) Everything?

Picture of the day for June 17, 2017

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Remains of an old pier on the beach of Juliusruh (Isle of Rügen, Germany) at sunrise. The pier was used by the fishermen of the bay Tromper Wiek..

What If (Almost) Every Gene Affects (Almost) Everything?

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What If (Almost) Every Gene Affects (Almost) Everything? Three Stanford scientists have proposed a provocative new way of thinking about genetic variants, and how they affect people’s bodies and health.

The Crazy, Lightning-Quick Reflexes Of A Race Car Driver At 150 MPH

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The Crazy, Lightning-Quick Reflexes Of A Race Car Driver At 150 MPH We would have crashed if we were driving 50 mph and a car appeared in front of us like this. June 16, 2017 at 01:31PM