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  2. 19 minutes ago

    Born this day in 1963: E. L. James, author of the Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy.

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  3. 1 hour ago

    “The Scottish Robin Hood”: Rob Roy MacGregor was an outlaw who later became a folk hero.

    10:00 AM - 7 Mar 2016 · Details
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  4. 2 hours ago

    This day in 2009: The Kepler space observatory was launched.

    9:00 AM - 7 Mar 2016 · Details
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  5. 3 hours ago

    Born this day in 1917: Janet Collins, who was the first African American ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera.

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  6. 5 hours ago

    Kangaroos are the only large animals to use hopping as a means of locomotion.

    6:00 AM - 7 Mar 2016 · Details
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  7. 13 hours ago

    The composition of lava determines its behavior more than the temperature of its eruption.

    10:00 PM - 6 Mar 2016 · Details
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  8. 15 hours ago

    Can this robot predict crime before it happens? Meet Knightscope:

    5 retweets 7 likes
  9. 17 hours ago

    In Hollywood accounting, a film's commercial success can be converted into a net loss.

    6:00 PM - 6 Mar 2016 · Details
    13 retweets 8 likes
  10. 22 hours ago

    Ever heard of an attosecond? That's how long it takes for light to travel the length of two hydrogen atoms.

    7 retweets 21 likes
  11. 23 hours ago

    Wikipedians are updating the article for Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of the first email system, who has died at 74.

    27 retweets 17 likes
  12. 24 hours ago

    The "Thatcher effect" has nothing to do with politics, but rather describes an illusion about upside-down faces.

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    Mar 5

    Everyone is working away at the wikipedia edit-a-thon! I'm improving entries of female cartoonists

    12:29 PM - 5 Mar 2016 · Details
    19 retweets 61 likes
  15. Mar 6

    Wikipedians are updating the article for Nancy Reagan, former first lady of the United States, who has died at 94.

    13 retweets 7 likes
  16. Mar 6

    "Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry." - author Gabriel García Márquez, born this day in 1927.

    8 retweets 9 likes
  17. Mar 6

    Open Sesame! This phrase from One Thousand and One Nights may pertain to Babylonian magic practices–with sesame oil.

    10 retweets 8 likes
  18. Mar 6

    This day in 1967: Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana, defected to the United States.

    7:00 AM - 6 Mar 2016 · Details
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