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Attic salt: Word of the day for October 28, 2017

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Word of the day is Attic salt : (idiomatic) Pointed and delicate wit. Today is Ohi Day (Anniversary of the “No”) in Greece, which marks the rejection by Ioannis Metaxas of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s ultimatum in 1940 during World War II to allow Axis forces to enter Greek territory.

A Snow Leopard Cub Made Her Public Debut At The Bronx Zoo And It Was Very, Very Cute

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A Snow Leopard Cub Made Her Public Debut At The Bronx Zoo And It Was Very, Very Cute She was born last summer to famous father Leo, a snow leopard who was was rescued as an orphaned cub after being found in the mountains of northern Pakistan. October 27, 2017 at 02:22PM

Two American Women Rescued After Five Months at Sea

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Two American Women Rescued After Five Months at Sea With a broken mast rigging, a disabled engine and with distress calls out of range, two American women have been rescued after being at sea for five months, the U.S. Navy and the lucky mariners said Thursday.

Picture of the day for October 28, 2017

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Picture of the day on October 28, 2017: Hurtigruten ship MS Nordnorge in Raftsundet, Hadsel municipality, Nordland, Norway in 2015 September. Raftsundet is a strait between the islands of Hinnøya and Austvågøya at the foot of Lofoten archipelago.

Attic salt: Word of the day for October 28, 2017

Attic salt , n : (idiomatic) Pointed and delicate wit. Today is Ohi Day (Anniversary of the “No”) in Greece, which marks the rejection by Ioannis Metaxas of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s ultimatum in 1940 during World War II to allow Axis forces to enter Greek territory.

Article of the day for October 28, 2017

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Article of the day is O. G. S. Crawford. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Article of the day for October 28, 2017

The Article of the day for October 28, 2017 is O. G. S. Crawford . O. G. S. Crawford (28 October 1886 – 28 November 1957) was a British archaeologist who specialised in the study of prehistoric Britain and the archaeology of Sudan. After overseeing the excavation of Abu Geili in Sudan, he served during the First World War in the London Scottish Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps, performing ground and aerial reconnaissance along the Western Front. After the war, he obtained aerial photographs produced by the Royal Air Force and identified the extent of the Stonehenge Avenue, excavating it in 1923. With the archaeologist Alexander Keiller he conducted an aerial survey of many counties in southern England and raised the finances to secure land around Stonehenge for The National Trust. In 1927 he established the scholarly journal Antiquity, which drew contributions from many of Britain's most prominent archaeologists, and in 1939 he served as president of The Prehistoric Society. Hi...

Two American Women Rescued After Five Months at Sea

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Two American Women Rescued After Five Months at Sea

A Snow Leopard Cub Made Her Public Debut At The Bronx Zoo And It Was Very, Very Cute

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A Snow Leopard Cub Made Her Public Debut At The Bronx Zoo And It Was Very, Very Cute

Picture of the day for October 28, 2017

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Hurtigruten ship MS Nordnorge in Raftsundet, Hadsel municipality, Nordland, Norway in 2015 September. Raftsundet is a strait between the islands of Hinnøya and Austvågøya at the foot of Lofoten archipelago..

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

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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 October 27, 2017 at 09:31PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Chimatronx|Chimatronx]] ([[User talk:Chimatronx|talk]]) to last revision by BOGLA. ([[WP:TW|TW]]).

New edit in the Article on Google

On October 27, 2017 at 09:17PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about .

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 October 27, 2017 at 12:28PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about .