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Picture of the day for December 9, 2017

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Orthetrum luzonicum, Tricolored Marsh Hawk, is a medium sized dragonfly with blue, yellow and brown markings. This is a juvenile male..

genticide: Word of the day for December 9, 2017

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Word of the day is genticide : (rare) The killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide. (rare) The killing of a kinsman or kinswoman; the murder of a blood relative. Today, the anniversary of the adoption of the Genocide Convention in 1948, is recognized by the United Nations as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.

Picture of the day for December 9, 2017

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Picture of the day on December 9, 2017: Orthetrum luzonicum, Tricolored Marsh Hawk, is a medium sized dragonfly with blue, yellow and brown markings. This is a juvenile male.

genticide: Word of the day for December 9, 2017

genticide , n : (rare) The killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide. (rare) The killing of a kinsman or kinswoman; the murder of a blood relative. Today, the anniversary of the adoption of the Genocide Convention in 1948, is recognized by the United Nations as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.

Article of the day for December 9, 2017

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Article of the day is Air Mata Iboe. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Buys Bitcoin once

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Buys Bitcoin once

Buys Bitcoin once

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Buys Bitcoin once "Look it's called blockchain... you wouldn't get it." December 8, 2017 at 02:15PM

A New Optical Illusion Was Just Discovered, And It's Breaking Our Brains

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A New Optical Illusion Was Just Discovered, And It's Breaking Our Brains

Article of the day for December 9, 2017

The Article of the day for December 9, 2017 is Air Mata Iboe . Air Mata Iboe ('"A Mother's Tears") is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) directed and written by Njoo Cheong Seng. Starring Fifi Young, Rd Ismail, Ali Sarosa, and Ali Joego, it follows a mother who raises her children lovingly but is ultimately betrayed by her wealthy eldest sons, who refuse to take her in when she falls on hard times. Unwilling to burden her destitute daughter, she depends on the kindness of strangers. The black-and-white film, billed as a musical extravaganza, features a soundtrack by R. Koesbini, and an eponymous title song written by Njoo. Eleven keroncong songs (a folk style with Portuguese influences) were written by music director R. Koesbini, who also appeared in the film. The last production completed by Fred Young's Majestic Film Company, Air Mata Iboe was released in December 1941, shortly before the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. This fi...

A New Optical Illusion Was Just Discovered, And It's Breaking Our Brains

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A New Optical Illusion Was Just Discovered, And It's Breaking Our Brains Researcher Kohske Takahashi calls it the "curvature blindness illusion" and it's very trippy.