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intuit: Word of the day for January 20, 2018

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Word of the day is intuit : To know intuitively or by immediate perception.

Holy Crap, Watch This Fishing Boat's Crew Bail Out Of Their Boat A Second Before A Bigger Boat Obliterates It

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Holy Crap, Watch This Fishing Boat's Crew Bail Out Of Their Boat A Second Before A Bigger Boat Obliterates It It's unclear whether the pilot of the bigger boat lost control of his vessel or just didn't see the fishers — either way, they were super lucky to escape unharmed. January 19, 2018 at 12:42PM

City Of Los Angeles Announces Graphic Designer Job Opening With An Extremely Clever Ad

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City Of Los Angeles Announces Graphic Designer Job Opening With An Extremely Clever Ad ​If the aim of a good ad is to reach a wide number of people for cheap and to make a lasting impression, then this is a very good ad.

Picture of the day for January 20, 2018

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Picture of the day on January 20, 2018: True color image of Mars taken by the OSIRIS instrument on the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft during its February 2007 flyby of the planet.

Article of the day for January 20, 2018

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Article of the day is Reg Pollard (general). Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

intuit: Word of the day for January 20, 2018

intuit , v : To know intuitively or by immediate perception.

Article of the day for January 20, 2018

The Article of the day for January 20, 2018 is Reg Pollard (general) . Reg Pollard (20 January 1903 – 9 March 1978) was a senior commander in the Australian Army, serving as Chief of the General Staff from 1960 to 1963. He was mentioned in despatches in 1941 after seeing action with the 7th Division in the Middle East. In 1942 he became senior staff officer of the division in New Guinea, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his actions. Pollard's early post-war roles involved recruit training, administration, and planning. In 1953 he took command of the Australian Army Component of the British Commonwealth Forces Korea. In 1957 he was promoted to lieutenant general and took charge of Eastern Command in Sydney. Knighted in 1961, he presided over the Army's reorganisation as Chief of the General Staff, and helped Royal Military College, Duntroon become a degree-granting institution. In 1962, he oversaw deployment of the first team of Australian military advisors t