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imbroglio: Word of the day for July 21, 2017

imbroglio , n : A complicated situation; an entanglement.

Scientists have reversed brain damage in a U.S. toddler who drowned in her family swimming pool

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Scientists have reversed brain damage in a U.S. toddler who drowned in her family swimming pool Using oxygen therapy, scientists were able to restore Eden Carlson's ability to walk and talk just months after the accident, in which she spent 15 minutes submerged in a swimming pool and two hours where her heart did not beat on its own.

Scientists have reversed brain damage in a U.S. toddler who drowned in her family swimming pool

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Scientists have reversed brain damage in a U.S. toddler who drowned in her family swimming pool

Article of the day for July 21, 2017

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Article of the day is Murder of Dwayne Jones. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Picture of the day for July 21, 2017

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Picture of the day on July 21, 2017: Skógafoss is a waterfall situated on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline. After the coastline had receded seaward (it is now at a distance of about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) from Skógar), the former sea cliffs remained, parallel to the coast over hundreds of kilometres, creating together with some mountains a clear border between the coastal lowlands and the Highlands of Iceland.

Picture of the day for July 21, 2017

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Skógafoss is a waterfall situated on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline. After the coastline had receded seaward (it is now at a distance of about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) from Skógar), the former sea cliffs remained, parallel to the coast over hundreds of kilometres, creating together with some mountains a clear border between the coastal lowlands and the Highlands of Iceland..

Blind 'Card Mechanic' Leaves Penn And Teller Aghast With His Sleight Of Hand

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Blind 'Card Mechanic' Leaves Penn And Teller Aghast With His Sleight Of Hand "A card mechanic is somebody who controls the outcome of a card game. And the techniques for the card table are literally a thousand times more difficult to develop than the techniques used to perform card magic." July 20, 2017 at 05:07PM

Blind 'Card Mechanic' Leaves Penn And Teller Aghast With His Sleight Of Hand

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Blind 'Card Mechanic' Leaves Penn And Teller Aghast With His Sleight Of Hand

Article of the day for July 21, 2017

The Article of the day for July 21, 2017 is Murder of Dwayne Jones . Dwayne Jones was a Jamaican 16-year-old who was killed by a violent mob in Montego Bay on the night of 21 July 2013, after he attended a dance party dressed in women's clothing. Perceived as effeminate, Jones had been bullied in school and rejected by his father, and had moved into a derelict house in Montego Bay with transgender friends. When some men at the dance party discovered that the cross-dressing Jones was not a woman, they confronted and attacked him. He was beaten, stabbed, shot, and run over by a car. Police investigated, but the murder remains unsolved. The death made news internationally. While voices on social media accused Jones of provoking his killers by cross-dressing in public, the murder was condemned by Jamaican educators and by Justice Minister Mark Golding. In the wake of the attack, domestic and international organisations devoted to LGBT rights and human rights – among them Human Rights

imbroglio: Word of the day for July 21, 2017

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Word of the day is imbroglio : A complicated situation; an entanglement.