American English joined the party in 1990, when the American Dialect Society picked bushlips for “insincere political ...
Drafted by the then-St. Louis (now, Atlanta) Hawks in 1964, Silas would play for them and the Phoenix Suns before he was ...
In 1972, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan guided lander Challenger to a touchdown on the moon, where he and Harrison “Jack” ...
Exactly 300 years ago today on Dec. 11, 1725, George Mason, the fifth president of the United States, was born.
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Even with its impressive revenue growth this year, Palantir now has a P/S ratio of just under 120. That means if it generated its existing revenue ...
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Today-History-Dec12

Today in History for Dec. 12: In 1783, New Brunswick's first newspaper, the "Royal Saint John Gazette and Nova Scotian Intelligencer," was published. In 1787, Pennsylvania became the second U.S. state ...
The duration of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to clean up voter rolls has been extended in five states and a ...
The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) on December 11 observed 'North East Black Day' in Kohima, joining student bodies across ...
The Cold War border that once split Germany was a tightly guarded “death strip.” Against all odds, it turned into a thriving refuge — and may now hold lessons for European nations urgently seeking new ...
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4 century-old nickels that have become surprisingly valuable today

You probably have a handful of nickels in your pocket right now. They seem so ordinary, worth just five cents each, right?