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Picture of the day for April 30, 2018

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Picture of the day on April 30, 2018: Zhavoronki are traditional Eastern Slavic cookies. Photographed in Shebekinsky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia.

Article of the day for April 30, 2018

The Article of the day for April 30, 2018 is Louisiana Purchase Exposition dollar . The Louisiana Purchase Exposition dollar was a commemorative gold coin series dated 1903. The coins were designed by Charles E. Barber, Chief Engraver of the United States Bureau of the Mint. The pieces were issued to promote the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in 1904 in St. Louis. They were struck in two varieties at the urging of exposition authorities, including numismatic promoter Farran Zerbe: one depicted former president Thomas Jefferson, and the other, the recently assassinated president William McKinley. The price for each variety was $3, the same cost whether sold as a coin, or mounted in jewelry or on a spoon. Although not the first American commemorative coins, they were the first in gold. They were intended to help fund the Exposition, originally scheduled to open in 1903. Congress authorized the coins in 1902, but they did not sell well, and most were later melted. They regained their...

Picture of the day for April 30, 2018

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Zhavoronki are traditional Eastern Slavic cookies. Photographed in Shebekinsky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia..

sudorific: Word of the day for April 30, 2018

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Word of the day is sudorific : In a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty. (chiefly pharmacology) That produces sweating. The song “Sweat (A La La La La Long)” was released in Europe by the Jamaican reggae fusion group Inner Circle on this day 25 years ago in 1993.

Article of the day for April 30, 2018

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Article of the day is Louisiana Purchase Exposition dollar. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

sudorific: Word of the day for April 30, 2018

sudorific , adj : In a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty. (chiefly pharmacology) That produces sweating. The song “Sweat (A La La La La Long)” was released in Europe by the Jamaican reggae fusion group Inner Circle on this day 25 years ago in 1993.