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The Lottery Hackers

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The Lottery Hackers

Article of the day for March 2, 2018

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

Little Girl Regrets Trying Wasabi

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Little Girl Regrets Trying Wasabi She was warned, but she still went for it. And immediately regretted it. March 1, 2018 at 04:16PM

Article of the day for March 2, 2018

The Article of the day for March 2, 2018 is Indian Head cent . The Indian Head cent is a penny ($0.01) that was produced by the U.S. Bureau of the Mint from 1859 to 1909. It was preceded by the large cent (1793–1857), a copper coin about the size of a half dollar, and the Flying Eagle cent. The large cent was discontinued after a rise in the price of copper in the wake of the California Gold Rush (1848–1855). The 1857 Flying Eagle is identical in diameter to the modern U.S. cent, but thicker, with a composition of 12% nickel and 88% copper. The Indian head cent, designed by James Barton Longacre, the Chief Engraver at the Philadelphia Mint, was initially the same size as the Flying Eagle. Cents were hoarded during the economic chaos of the American Civil War, when nickel was in short supply, and privately issued bronze tokens began to circulate until Congress authorized a thinner cent of bronze alloy. After the war the cent became popular, and even more so with the advent of coin-oper

Picture of the day for March 2, 2018

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Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Germany, escalator to former coal washing plant..

Picture of the day for March 2, 2018

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Picture of the day on March 2, 2018: Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Germany, escalator to former coal washing plant.

montage: Word of the day for March 2, 2018

montage , n : A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.

Little Girl Regrets Trying Wasabi

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Little Girl Regrets Trying Wasabi

The Lottery Hackers

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The Lottery Hackers Jerry Selbee has always had an eye for puzzles and spotting patterns — which is how he discovered a lottery loophole that would eventually make he and his wife millionaires.

montage: Word of the day for March 2, 2018

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Word of the day is montage : A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.