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Picture of the day for February 13, 2018

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Small red damselflies (Ceriagrion tenellum) mating; Remember it's Valentine's Day tomorrow....

Watch Mirai Nagasu Become The First US Woman To Land A Triple Axel At The Olympics

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Watch Mirai Nagasu Become The First US Woman To Land A Triple Axel At The Olympics The move helped Team USA win bronze in the team skating event. February 12, 2018 at 03:35PM

jab molassie: Word of the day for February 13, 2018

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Word of the day is jab molassie : (Trinidad and Tobago) A traditional character in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival dressed as a devil, mostly naked and covered in molasses or grease and a colourful dye. Today is Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras in Western Christianity in 2018, the day before the start of Lent when carnivals are often held.

Picture of the day for February 13, 2018

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Picture of the day on February 13, 2018: Small red damselflies (Ceriagrion tenellum) mating; Remember it's Valentine's Day tomorrow...

Watch Mirai Nagasu Become The First US Woman To Land A Triple Axel At The Olympics

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Watch Mirai Nagasu Become The First US Woman To Land A Triple Axel At The Olympics

jab molassie: Word of the day for February 13, 2018

jab molassie , n : (Trinidad and Tobago) A traditional character in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival dressed as a devil, mostly naked and covered in molasses or grease and a colourful dye. Today is Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras in Western Christianity in 2018, the day before the start of Lent when carnivals are often held.

Inside Facebook's Two Years of Hell

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Inside Facebook's Two Years of Hell

Article of the day for February 13, 2018

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

Article of the day for February 13, 2018

The Article of the day for February 13, 2018 is Stretford . Stretford (pop. 46,910) is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Lying on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, it is 3.8 miles (6.1 km) to the southwest of Manchester city centre. Historically in Lancashire, Stretford was an agricultural village during much of the 19th century known locally as Porkhampton, in reference to the large number of pigs produced for the nearby Manchester market. The arrival of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894, and the subsequent development of the Trafford Park industrial estate in the north of the town, accelerated the industrialisation that had begun in the late 19th century; by 2001 less than one per cent of Stretford's population was employed in agriculture. Stretford has been the home of Manchester United Football Club since 1910, and of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1864. Residents have included the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, the paint...

Inside Facebook's Two Years of Hell

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Inside Facebook's Two Years of Hell How a confused, defensive social media giant steered itself into a disaster, and how Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix it all.