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Google Doodle Today Celebrates Chess As World Chess Championship Kicks Off In Singapore
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Google Doodle Today Celebrates Chess As World Chess Championship Kicks Off In Singapore

ABP News  

Google Doodle Today: Google’s newest Doodle celebrates chess, the globally cherished game of strategy and intellect played on a board of 64 alternating black and white squares. Since then, chess has continued to thrive, with modern variations like speed chess and timed matches bringing a fresh twist to the game, challenging players to think quickly and adapt their strategies on …

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A brief history of turtle soup and its role in ensuring we protect turtles today
4 months, 2 weeks ago

A brief history of turtle soup and its role in ensuring we protect turtles today

The Independent  

Interfering with turtles today can land you in a lot of trouble. Turtle soup was a favourite of royalty and presidents, with William Howard Taft keeping a specialist chef on White House payroll who knew how to prepare a dish known as “Taft Terrapin Soup”. open image in gallery A 19th-century advert for Bellis’s Real Turtle Soup made from green …

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DC Edit | A long, acrimonious campaign will end today
7 months, 1 week ago

DC Edit | A long, acrimonious campaign will end today

Deccan Chronicle  

One of the longest and most acrimonious election campaigns in recent history is coming to a close with the loudspeakers falling silent on Thursday ahead of the seventh and final phase of voting for the 18th Lok Sabha scheduled on June 1. It would indeed be remarkable if the election produces a result that will allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

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More history for Tiger Woods, makes Masters cut for record 24th time in a row
8 months, 3 weeks ago

More history for Tiger Woods, makes Masters cut for record 24th time in a row

Hindustan Times  

A howling gust -- the kind that created havoc at Augusta National all day long -- struck the 18th green just as Tiger Woods was lining up yet another testy putt. “But Lance and I really did some good fighting today, and we’ve got a chance.” Stewart Hagestad, an amateur who missed the cut, marveled at Woods’ performance. That’s unbelievable.” …

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The secret history of water on Mars: What ancient climate change tells us about the future on Earth
10 months ago

The secret history of water on Mars: What ancient climate change tells us about the future on Earth

Salon  

If you suddenly found yourself standing on the surface of Mars, it would feel like you’d been transported into a dusty space western. “Whether you’re looking for signs of ancient life, trying to sustain human explorers, or making rocket fuel to get back home to Earth, it’s essential to know where the water would most likely be.” "Understanding groundwater flow …

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Today in Sports - Albert Pujols becomes fourth player in MLB history to hit 700 career HRs
1 year, 3 months ago

Today in Sports - Albert Pujols becomes fourth player in MLB history to hit 700 career HRs

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 2007 — For the first time in NFL history, two players have 200-plus yards receiving in the same game — whether they were opponents or teammates — in Philadelphia’s 56-21 rout of Detroit. 2012 — The Tennessee Titans become the first team in NFL history to …

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Infused with history
1 year, 7 months ago

Infused with history

China Daily  

Tourists experience tea picking in Shuanglian village, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in April. As a recreational drink, tea became popular during the Tang Dynasty. From it, a tea culture was established and spread throughout China, particularly after the completion of The Classic of Tea — an encyclopedia by Lu Yu, in the 8th Century, which compiled and recorded all the information …

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Chocolate Day 2023 Today: History, Significance and Quotes to Celebrate the Sweet Occasion
1 year, 11 months ago

Chocolate Day 2023 Today: History, Significance and Quotes to Celebrate the Sweet Occasion

News 18  

HAPPY CHOCOLATE DAY 2023: The festival of love begins from February 7 to February 14. Chocolate Day: History and Significance It originated as a Christian feast day that honoured Saint Valentine along with other Christian saints called Valentines. Chocolate Day: Quotes to Celebrate Your hand and your mouth agreed many years ago that, as far as chocolate is concerned, there …

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Today in History: FEB 8, Mary, Queen of Scots beheaded
1 year, 11 months ago

Today in History: FEB 8, Mary, Queen of Scots beheaded

Associated Press  

Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2023. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. In 1965, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663, a DC-7, crashed shortly after takeoff from …

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Rutte’s speech today: Apologies for slavery history, or not yet?
2 years ago

Rutte’s speech today: Apologies for slavery history, or not yet?

NL Times  

It will finally become clear if Prime Minister Mark Rutte's “significant moment” will be an actual apology from the Dutch Cabinet for the country’s past history involving slavery, or whether it will be little more than a “starter pistol” for the commemorative year 2023 in which the 150th anniversary of the end of slavery will be commemorated. After weeks of …

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Today in History: November 2, Truman defeats Dewey
2 years, 2 months ago

Today in History: November 2, Truman defeats Dewey

Associated Press  

Today in history: On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman won the presidential election against the heavily favored Republican governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey. Operators of Russia’s Mission Control center monitor the crew floating inside Expedition One floating international space station, at Korolyov, just outside …

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Devdutt Pattanaik at India Today Conclave East 2022: I would advise future politicians to go to drama schools
2 years, 6 months ago

Devdutt Pattanaik at India Today Conclave East 2022: I would advise future politicians to go to drama schools

India Today  

Mythologist-author Devdutt Pattanaik has said that future politicians should take drama lessons, as ‘Natya shashtra’ receives more importance in the current political scenario than ‘Dharma shashtra’. Pattanaik was speaking during a session at the India Today Conclave East 2022 in Kolkata’s Grand Oberoi on July 4. In his session titled The Myth Of India’s East: Going Beyond the Divisive Binaries …

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Court: Browns QB Watson must address history with therapists
2 years, 9 months ago

Court: Browns QB Watson must address history with therapists

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson must say whether he had sex with 18 massage therapists who supported him last year following criminal complaints, a judge in Texas ruled Tuesday. As part of those civil lawsuits, the women’s attorneys want Watson to answer written “requests for admission” about whether he had sex with the 18 therapists who backed him …

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Valentine's Day 2022 Today; History, Significance and Why Do We Celebrate the Day of Love?
2 years, 10 months ago

Valentine's Day 2022 Today; History, Significance and Why Do We Celebrate the Day of Love?

News 18  

Valentine?s Day 2022: Today is the day of love, Valentine’s Day. Before February 14, a whole week starting from February 7 is devoted to different days such as Teddy Day, Rose Day, Chocolate Day, and others to keep the spirit of love going. As per Britannica, the day may have taken its name from the priest named Valentine who was …

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Today in History
4 years, 5 months ago

Today in History

Associated Press  

Today in History Today is Monday, Aug. 3, the 216th day of 2020. In 1921, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis refused to reinstate the former Chicago White Sox players implicated in the “Black Sox” scandal, despite their acquittals in a jury trial. In 2018, Las Vegas police said they were closing their investigation into the Oct. 1 shooting that left …

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