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Article of the day for September 29, 2016

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

What the cleaner saw | Lizzie Feidelson

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What the cleaner saw | Lizzie Feidelson When I took a job cleaning expensive Manhattan apartments, I had no idea what I would find out about my clients.

Article of the day for September 29, 2016

The Article of the day for September 29, 2016 is Isopoda . Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Most isopods are small greyish or whitish animals with rigid, segmented exoskeletons. They have two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen for respiration. Aquatic species live in marine or freshwater habitats, mostly on the bottom, but some can swim for a short distance. Terrestrial forms tend to be found in cool, moist places. Around 4,500 species dwell in salt water, 500 in fresh water and another 5,000 on land. Some isopods eat dead or decaying plant and animal matter, others are grazers or strain food particles from the water around them, a few are predators, and some are parasitic, mostly on fish. Some species are able to roll themselves into a ball to conserve moisture or as a defence mechanism. The fossil record of isopods dates back to the Carboniferous period (in

What the cleaner saw | Lizzie Feidelson

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What the cleaner saw | Lizzie Feidelson

Picture of the day for September 29, 2016

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Oktoberfest is the world's largest Volksfest (beer festival and travelling funfair). Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a 16-day folk festival running from mid or late September to the first weekend in October, with more than 6 million people from around the world attending the event every year. Locally, it is often called the Wiesn, after the colloquial name for the fairgrounds (Theresienwiese). The Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since 1810. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations that are modelled after the original Munich event. In 2016, Munich Oktoberfest is taking place from September 17 to Oktober 3..

Bill Murray Made Out With A Stranger At The Ryder Cup

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Bill Murray Made Out With A Stranger At The Ryder Cup Little did she know he's been repeating this day over and over for hundreds of years. September 28, 2016 at 03:50PM

freedom of speech: Word of the day for September 29, 2016

freedom of speech , n : The right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or prosecution. Banned Books Week, organized by the American Library Association to celebrate the freedom to read and to draw attention to banned and challenged books, is held in 2016 from September 25 to October 1.