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Today is Wednesday, September 13, the 256th day of 2017 in the Gregorian calendar, with 109 days remaining.
This is the 236th day of Donald Trump's presidency. There are 1,226 days remaining in his term, assuming he doesn't resign, is otherwise removed from office, or his unhinged, psychotic behavior results in the destruction of the republic.
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What happened on September 13 from On This Day
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Among other things, today is National Peanut Day.
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"Florida Man" vs Irma: Tales of heroism and stupidity as a hurricane makes landfall. And check out the story that follows the Florida man coverage: We rely on the internet during a crisis. So what if the next crisis threatens the internet?
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Quote of the day:
"Don't gobblefunk around with words."
-Roald
Dahl
(More
Roald Dahl quotes)
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On this date in 1899, Henry Bliss became the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
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That mental boost you get from coffee may be a placebo effect. As Stephen Wright said, "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter."
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Just the important stuff from yesterday's Apple extravaganza.
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Face-reading AI will be able to detect your politics and IQ, professor says. Probably by judging the severity of the look of terror on our faces.
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How Trump Is Ending the American Era. For all the visible damage the president has done to the nation’s global standing, things are much worse below the surface.
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In 232 days, President Trump has made 1,145 false and misleading claims. It would be a lot simpler if they just listed the number of times he's told the truth.-----
Lawmakers demand accounting from Equifax on massive security breach. Criminals using false identities could do "irreparable harm" to the IRS, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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Bitcoin is "a fraud" and "won't end well. Someone is going to get killed." So sayeth JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon. Bitcoin stock fell roughly 0.8% after his comments.-----
Interesting article showing much of Star Trek's technology is borrowed from sci-fi pulp magazines.
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Talk about a vote of confidence... HBO orders three more 30 episode seasons of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is set to release his long-awaited “Medicare for all" bill Wednesday afternoon with the backing of several prominent Democrats. Sanders' opinion piece in today's New York Times.
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A colossal 'fatberg' clogging London's sewage system is ten times bigger than the last one. And it's not pretty.
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Why has our sun been freaking out so much lately? Well, just because.
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