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‘Girls wear short dresses, drink, go out at night to invite rape’: Gurugram cops | City - Times of India Videos

Cold Moon Rising over Town Square #1

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Cold Moon Rising over Town Square #2

Bogus DMCA Notices Still A Huge Problem As Apple Gets Unfairly Blamed For Reddit Takedown

Looking for a probe video

ESPRESSO: The Decisive Spectrograph to Find Earth-like Planets

TIL Saudi Arabia’s royal family’s net worth of $1.4 trillion, makes the family roughly 16 times as wealthy the British royal family, which has a net worth of $88 billion.

[Paguaga] On the 7th year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, Newtown High School wins the CT state championship for the first time since 1992 on the last play of the game.

ah yes, enslaved fabric

LPT: if your high school GPA and extracurriculars aren't up to par for the university you're interested in, attend community college for two years and save some money whilst boosting up your stats.

I captured a Tornado on the Sun from my backyard. It lasted for 2 hours before it vanished.

I used an amateur telescope to collect light from deep space for over 13 hours, revealing this beautiful pair of galaxies [OC]

TIL Hitler was so paranoid that the British would poison him so he had 15 girls taste the food before he ate it himself. ""The food was delicious, only the best vegetables, asparagus, bell peppers, everything you can imagine", food taster Margot Woelk recalled

TIL when Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017, multi-millionaire pastor Joel Osteen initially refused to open the doors of his megachurch as a shelter, instead offering prayers. When criticized, he claimed it was inaccessible due to floods, despite dozens of pictures proving otherwise.

On final play, Newtown wins state title on seventh anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting

LPT: Stop getting annoying pre-approved credit offers in the mail by going to optoutpreescreen.com

LPT: When teaching, it’s tempting to say a concept is “easy” because we want to reassure the listener that they’ll be able to get it - but it’s rarely helpful and can actually do a lot of damage to their confidence if they don’t get it right away.

TIL A bus driver in Brampton, Ontario, learned to speak fluent Punjabi with the help of passengers. Many people in the community are surprised and delighted at his Punjabi, including seniors who don't speak English

This looks like a fun way to die

Billionaire boy club

LPT: Most suit coats have a simple stitch holding the back flaps together so they remain flat while for sale. Remove before use!

Watch Trump Tell Same Story Four Times, Each Time Naming a Different Jewish Friend

Boeing's Starliner Astronaut Taxi Is 'Go' for Launch on Dec. 20

NASA's NICER Delivers Best-ever Pulsar Measurements, 1st Surface Map

Poll finds Graham with just 2-point lead on Democratic challenger

Mitch McConnell Just Out and Said the Senate Impeachment Trial Will Be a Sham

TIL that the first named author in history was a woman named Enheduanna from the Sumerian city state of Ur (modern Iraq) in the 23rd century BCE. As a high priestess, she wrote hymns and poems that were in circulation for hundreds of years after her death.

TIL that in the aftermath of a car crash that had killed 5 people, two similar looking blond girls were mistaken for one another. One girl was buried and mourned, while the other was hospitalised but unable to communicate due to her injuries. Five weeks later, the mistake was realised.

LPT: if you’re a manager/supervisor of any kind, say “thank you” to your team every once in a while, even if it’s non-specific. Even the smallest amount of thanks/appreciation goes a long way to boost workplace morale

Trump told the same story about a Jewish friend four times in three months. Each time, the name of the friend changed.

Rural US women have a greater risk of maternal death and life-threatening complications compared to urban residents, new research shows.

LPT: If you don't know where you want to go in life, pick any direction and move forward

LPT: Vehicles have body language, and you can read it.

LPT: If you’re looking to move to a new neighbourhood, book an Airbnb for a few days to see if you like the vibe

Students from Jamia Millia, Delhi protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019.

LPT: If a questionable experience happens at work, send yourself an email with details and witnesses. This creates a timestamped record of events that you can use to protect yourself.

LPT: If your indoor cat is lost outdoors leave their litterbox outside. They can smell it up to a mile away and use that to find their way home.

Northrop Grumman Signs Customer for First Flight of OmegA Rocket

In the 1960's 11 deaf men helped NASA get to the moon. They were known as the Gallaudet Eleven.

McConnell Faces Calls to Recuse Himself From Impeachment Trial After Saying 'No Chance' Trump Will Be Removed; "No court in the country would allow a member of the jury to also serve as the accused's defense attorney."

When proteins in the brain form deposits consisting of insoluble aggregates, diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s can occur. Now a research team has come a step closer to understanding this process.

"We are concerned that India’s new Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 is fundamentally discriminatory in nature. We hope the Supreme Court of #India will consider carefully the compatibility of the law with India’s international human rights obligations." -- @UNHumanRights

3D printing Space Shuttle tiles on mars for a habitat

McConnell says he'll be in 'total coordination' with White House on impeachment trial strategy

Congresswoman Tells Betsy DeVos, You Are ‘Out to Destroy Public Education’ | “You are the most unpopular person in our government,” Rep. Frederica Wilson told Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

AT&T Said Trump Tax Cuts Would Create Thousands Of Jobs. Instead, AT&T's Laying Off Thousands.

TIL in the Hobbit movies, Smaug is guarding 16,646,250 metric tons of gold, and it would be worth approximately 676 trillion USD.

Punjab Will Not Implement CAB, Says Amarinder Singh, Terms It A Direct Assault On India’s Secular Character. Earlier today, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also termed Modi government's contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill as 'unconstitutional'.

Europe is sending a robot to clean up space. Why is the junk there in the first place?