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Picture of the day for February 5, 2018

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Worm's-eye view of the office building LVM 1, LVM insurance, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

shoot one's cuffs: Word of the day for February 5, 2018

shoot one's cuffs , v : To straighten one's arms with a sudden movement to make the cuffs of one's shirt appear beyond the sleeves of one's coat or jacket. Today is the start of New York Men’s Fashion Week in 2018.

Picture of the day for February 5, 2018

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Picture of the day on February 5, 2018: Worm's-eye view of the office building LVM 1, LVM insurance, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Article of the day for February 5, 2018

The Article of the day for February 5, 2018 is White-breasted nuthatch . The white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) is a small songbird that breeds in old-growth woodland across much of temperate North America. It is a stocky nuthatch with a large head, short tail, powerful bill, and strong feet. The upperparts are pale blue-gray, and the face and underparts are white. It has a black cap and a chestnut lower belly. The nine subspecies differ mainly in the color of the body plumage. Like other nuthatches, the white-breasted nuthatch forages for insects on trunks and branches and is able to move head-first down trees. Seeds form a substantial part of its winter diet, as do acorns and hickory nuts that were stored by the bird in the fall. The nest is in a hole in a tree, and a breeding pair may smear insects around the entrance as a deterrent to squirrels. Adults and their young may be killed by hawks, owls, and snakes, and forest clearance may lead to local habitat loss, but this

The Comic-Strip Heroine I'll Never Forget

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The Comic-Strip Heroine I'll Never Forget Modesty Blaise was something like Wonder Woman meets James Bond — but she was so much more, too.

shoot one's cuffs: Word of the day for February 5, 2018

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Word of the day is shoot one's cuffs : To straighten one's arms with a sudden movement to make the cuffs of one's shirt appear beyond the sleeves of one's coat or jacket. Today is the start of New York Men’s Fashion Week in 2018.

Natalie Portman Followed Up Her Old 'SNL' Rap With This Way Fouler Sequel

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Natalie Portman Followed Up Her Old 'SNL' Rap With This Way Fouler Sequel The original Natalie Portman rap is 12 years old now. Yeah, we can't believe that either. February 4, 2018 at 02:37PM