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Picture of the day for March 20, 2018

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An automobile with 2 men and 2 children in Paris, France, 1910..

Picture of the day for March 20, 2018

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Picture of the day on March 20, 2018: An automobile with 2 men and 2 children in Paris, France, 1910.

Article of the day for March 20, 2018

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

carious: Word of the day for March 20, 2018

carious , adj : Having caries (“bone or tooth decay”); decayed, rotten. Today is World Oral Health Day, an annual event organized by the FDI World Dental Federation to raise awareness about oral health.

carious: Word of the day for March 20, 2018

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Word of the day is carious : Having caries (“bone or tooth decay”); decayed, rotten. Today is World Oral Health Day, an annual event organized by the FDI World Dental Federation to raise awareness about oral health.

We've been waiting for John Oliver to troll our Vice President for over a year, and it's better (and Pence is worse) than we could have imagined.

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We've been waiting for John Oliver to troll our Vice President for over a year, and it's better (and Pence is worse) than we could have imagined.

Article of the day for March 20, 2018

The Article of the day for March 20, 2018 is Barry Voight . Barry Voight (born 1937) is an American geologist, volcanologist, author, and engineer. He was a professor of geology at Pennsylvania State University from 1964 until his retirement in 2005. He still conducts research on rock mechanics, plate tectonics, disaster prevention, and geotechnical engineering. In April 1980, Voight's publications on landslides, avalanches and other mass movements convinced Rocky Crandell of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to ask him to look at a growing bulge on the Mount St. Helens volcano in the state of Washington. Voight predicted the collapse of the mountain's north flank as well as a powerful eruption. After his predictions were realized in May 1980, he was hired by the USGS to investigate the debris avalanche that initiated the eruption. His work at St. Helens brought him international recognition, and he continued researching and guiding monitoring efforts at several active volcano