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Article of the day for December 6, 2017

The Article of the day for December 6, 2017 is Halifax Explosion . The Halifax Explosion was a maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the morning of 6 December 1917. SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship laden with high explosives bound for Bordeaux, France, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the Narrows, north-west of the upper Halifax Harbour. When a fire on board the French ship ignited her cargo, around 2,000 people were killed by the blast, debris, fires and collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. Nearly all structures within an 800-metre (half-mile) radius, including the entire community of Richmond, were obliterated. A pressure wave snapped trees, bent iron rails, demolished buildings, grounded vessels, and scattered fragments of Mont-Blanc for kilometres. A tsunami created by the blast wiped out the community of Mi'kmaq First Nations people who had lived in the Tufts Cove area for generations. The blast was the largest man-mad

Article of the day for December 6, 2017

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

John Oliver Grills An Uncomfortable Dustin Hoffman Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

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John Oliver Grills An Uncomfortable Dustin Hoffman Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

demulcent: Word of the day for December 6, 2017

demulcent , adj : (also figuratively) Soothing or softening.

John Oliver Grills An Uncomfortable Dustin Hoffman Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

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John Oliver Grills An Uncomfortable Dustin Hoffman Over Sexual Harassment Allegations In early November, two detailed allegations of sexual assault were leveled against actor Dustin Hoffman. At a panel last night, John Oliver confronted Hoffman about them.

Chris Pratt Interviews Margot Robbie About Outback Steakhouse And Venomous Snakes

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Chris Pratt Interviews Margot Robbie About Outback Steakhouse And Venomous Snakes Chris Pratt hosted "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last night and was not afraid to ask Margot the most cliché possible questions one could ask an Australian. December 5, 2017 at 03:08PM

Picture of the day for December 6, 2017

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Panoramic view of Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg, Russia..