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2018-12-20

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Gyromitra esculenta
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Gyromitra esculenta

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Gyromitra esculenta is an ascomycete fungus from the genus Gyromitra. The fruiting body, or mushroom, is an irregular brain-shaped cap, dark brown in colour, that can reach 10 centimetres high and 15 cm (6 in) wide, perched on a stout white stipe up to 6 cm high. It is widely distributed across Europe and North America…

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Penny Marshall
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Carole Penny Marshall was an American actress, film director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Laverne De…

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Macaulay Culkin
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Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin is an American actor and musician. Considered one of the most successful child actors of…

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On This Day

10 events
2007
Pablo_Picasso
Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.
1999
Handover_of_Macau
Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.
1995
Dayton_Agreement
Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1995
American_Airlines_Flight_965
American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.
1987
List_of_maritime_disasters
The deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history occurred when the MV Doña Paz (pictured) sank after colliding with an oil tanker in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, resulting in an estimated 4,385 deaths.
1984
Murder_of_Jonelle_Matthews
Twelve-year-old Jonelle Matthews disappeared from her home in Greeley, Colorado; her body was not discovered until 2019.
1980
NBC
NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.
1940
Captain_America
The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.
1852
George_Cathcart
Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I.
1248
Franco-Mongol_alliance
Attempting to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire, Louis IX of France met with two of their envoys while en route to the Seventh Crusade.

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