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Image caption Cambridge University Botanic Garden measured 38.7C (101.7F) on Thursday beating the previous UK record of 38.5C (101.3F), set in Kent in 2003 The UK’s highest-ever temperature has been officially recorded in Cambridge, the Met Office has confirmed. Cambridge University Botanic Garden measured 38.7C (101.7F) on Thursday beating the previous UK record of 38.5C …

Here’s a new animated “bar chart race” visualization above showing the world’s top ten billionaires in every year from 2000 to 2019 based on data from business magazine Forbes’ annual lists of the World’s Billionaires via Wikipedia. I’ve slowed this visualization down to four seconds per year to make it easier to absorb the annual changes, and have …

Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh disqualified remaining 14 rebel MLAs with immediate effect till the end of the term assembly, just a day before BJP leader BS Yediyurappa seeks the support of MLAs in a trust vote to form the new Karnataka government. Jul 28, 2019, 13:02 PM IST Source link

The Senate intelligence committee, chaired by Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., has released a new report about election security. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The Senate intelligence committee, chaired by Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., has released a new report about election security. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Updated at 3:59 p.m. ET The …

By David Mercer, news reporter There is a “40% chance” that the UK could see its hottest-ever recorded temperature this week, forecasters have said. Temperatures are expected to hit 37C (98.6F) in South East England on Thursday and Sky weather producer, Joanna Robinson said: “There’s now an 80% chance we’ll break the July temperature record …

michael barbaro From The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. This is “The Daily.” Today: Hundreds of leaked text messages revealed the governor of Puerto Rico mocking his own citizens. For Puerto Ricans, it was the last straw. It’s Friday, July 19. patricia mazzei Hello, Michael Barbaro. michael barbaro Hello, hello. How are you? patricia …

Prime Day 2019 has come and gone, but some deals remain. After studying spreadsheets and combing the Internet until our screens blurred before our eyes, we found a considerable number of great deals this year. Hopefully you were able to grab the noise-canceling headphones or Instant Pot of your dreams at a much more reasonable …

You see, emoji isn’t a language. And Unicode Consortium, the organization that globally standardizes every character no matter the platform, isn’t trying to make it one. So tell those emoji elitists to back off. You can use that 🦄 however you want. Here are a few examples with some emojiology analysis from Emojipedia: It’s the …

Don’t believe us? Here’s Rick the Reptile Guy from Florida’s Emerald Coast Zoo measuring the snake: Not quite yet, but maybe some day. Missouri’s “Medusa” currently holds the Guinness World Record title for the longest snake ever, coming in at 25 feet and 2 inches. Medusa snatched the title in 2011. “Reticulated pythons — named …