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aye-aye: Word of the day for August 3, 2017

aye-aye , n : The lemur Daubentonia madagascariensis, a solitary nocturnal quadruped found in Madagascar and remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth. Twins Days, a festival celebrating multiple births, takes place annually in Twinsburg, Ohio, USA, during the first full weekend of August.

Article of the day for August 3, 2017

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

Picture of the day for August 3, 2017

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Picture of the day on August 3, 2017: Female silver-spotted skipper butterfly ( Hesperia comma). To celebrate 40 years since the publication of A Nature Conservation Review which identified the most important places for nature conservation in Great Britain. It included the Grade I Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, an important Site of Special Scientific Interest for the silver-spotted skipper.

Take A Ride Down The Hyperloop One Test Track

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Take A Ride Down The Hyperloop One Test Track Today, the Hyperloop had its fastest test yet, attaining a speed of nearly 200 miles per hour. August 2, 2017 at 08:39PM

Picture of the day for August 3, 2017

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Female silver-spotted skipper butterfly ( Hesperia comma). To celebrate 40 years since the publication of A Nature Conservation Review which identified the most important places for nature conservation in Great Britain. It included the Grade I Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, an important Site of Special Scientific Interest for the silver-spotted skipper..

Take A Ride Down The Hyperloop One Test Track

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Take A Ride Down The Hyperloop One Test Track

A Super-Expensive iPhone Would Be Good News For Us All

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A Super-Expensive iPhone Would Be Good News For Us All

Article of the day for August 3, 2017

The Article of the day for August 3, 2017 is William Cooley . William Cooley (1783–1863) was one of the first American settlers in what is now Broward County, in the US state of Florida. Born in Maryland, he arrived in East Florida as part of a military expedition. He was a farmer in the northern part of the territory before moving south, where he traded with local Indians and continued to farm. He sided with natives in a land dispute against a merchant who had received a large grant from the King of Spain and was evicting them from their lands. Unhappy with the actions of the Spanish, he moved to the New River in 1826, an area removed from their influence. He was a salvager and farmer, cultivating and milling arrowroot. His fortune and influence grew, and he became the first judge in the settlement. His decision in a case involving the murder of a local chief antagonized the natives, who attacked the settlement in revenge in January 1836 during the Second Seminole War, killing his fa...

aye-aye: Word of the day for August 3, 2017

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Word of the day is aye-aye : The lemur Daubentonia madagascariensis, a solitary nocturnal quadruped found in Madagascar and remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth. Twins Days, a festival celebrating multiple births, takes place annually in Twinsburg, Ohio, USA, during the first full weekend of August.

A Super-Expensive iPhone Would Be Good News For Us All

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A Super-Expensive iPhone Would Be Good News For Us All You don’t have to buy the new iPhone that Apple will announce this fall. You’ll almost certainly want to, but it will probably cost around $1200. But that price-tag might be good thing in the long term.

New edit in the Article on Google

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Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

New edit in the Article on Google

On August 2, 2017 at 03:14PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Nixinova|Nixinova]] ([[User talk:Nixinova|talk]]) to last revision by Power~enwiki. ([[WP:TW|TW]]).