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Article of the day for March 3, 2018

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Article of the day is HMS St Vincent (1908). Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

There's No Way LeBron Did This On Purpose, Right? 

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There's No Way LeBron Did This On Purpose, Right?  A behind-the-back move to break a double team is audacious. A behind-the-back-move to break a double team that goes through your teammate's legs? That's just LeBron.

trilemma: Word of the day for March 3, 2018

trilemma , n : A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable or, put another way, in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time. (logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.

Picture of the day for March 3, 2018

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Picture of the day on March 3, 2018: Entrance to building on Sonnenstraße 15, Munich.

Article of the day for March 3, 2018

The Article of the day for March 3, 2018 is HMS St Vincent (1908) . HMS St Vincent was the lead ship of her class of three dreadnought battleships, built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was equipped with ten 12-inch (305 mm) guns in five gun turrets. After commissioning in 1910, her entire career was spent with the Home and Grand Fleets, often serving as a flagship. In the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, the ship discharged 98 shells from her main guns, firing first at the crippled German light cruiser SMS Wiesbaden. Targeting the battlecruiser SMS Moltke, her first hit wrecked the sickbay and slightly damaged the surrounding superstructure and hull, causing minor flooding. The second hit penetrated the rear armour of the superfiring turret at the rear of the ship. Apart from Jutland and the inconclusive Action of 19 August several months later, her service during World War I generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. Deemed ob

There's No Way LeBron Did This On Purpose, Right? 

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There's No Way LeBron Did This On Purpose, Right? 

Picture of the day for March 3, 2018

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Entrance to building on Sonnenstraße 15, Munich..