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2020-10-15

2020-10-15

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Fool's errand
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Fool's errand

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A fool's errand prank is a type of practical joke where a newcomer to a group, typically in a workplace context, is given an impossible or nonsensical task by older or more experienced members of the group. More generally, a fool's errand is a task almost certain to fail.

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Steve Way
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Steve Way may refer to:Steve Way (runner) Steve Way (actor)

The Haunting of Bly Manor
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The Haunting of Bly Manor
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The Haunting of Bly Manor is an American gothic romance supernatural horror drama television miniseries created by Mike …

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On This Day

10 events
2018
Kidnapping_of_Jayme_Closs
Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs was kidnapped from her home in Barron, Wisconsin, and held captive for 88 days.
2013
2013_Bohol_earthquake
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol in the Philippines, resulting in 222 deaths.
2011
15_October_2011_global_protests
Global demonstrations against economic inequality, corporate influence on government, and other issues, were held in more than 950 cities in 82 countries.
2007
New_Zealand_Police
New Zealand Police conducted several anti-terrorism raids in relation to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp in the Urewera mountain ranges, arresting 17 people and seizing four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition.
2006
2006_Kiholo_Bay_earthquake
An earthquake registering 6.7 Mw occurred off the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaii.
1996
Criminal_Assets_Bureau
The Irish Criminal Assets Bureau was established following the gangland murders of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and investigative journalist Veronica Guerin.
1979
Carlos_Humberto_Romero
President Carlos Humberto Romero of El Salvador was overthrown and exiled in a military coup d'état.
1967
The_Motherland_Calls
The Motherland Calls (depicted in coat of arms), a colossal statue in Volgograd, Russia, which commemorates the casualties of the Battle of Stalingrad, was dedicated, becoming the then-tallest statue in the world.
1965
Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War
Vietnam War protests: At an anti-war rally in New York City, David J. Miller burned his draft card (example pictured), the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act.
1954
Hurricane_Hazel
Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas in the United States before moving north to Toronto in Canada later the same day, killing 176 people in the two countries.

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