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Definition:(noun) Temper or anger.
Synonyms:hackles
Usage:He 'pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up.
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Olbers's Paradox

If the universe is assumed to contain an infinite number of uniformly distributed luminous stars, then every point in the sky should be as bright as a star. So why is the sky dark at night? That is the question posed by Olbers's paradox, named for astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, who described it in 1823, more than 200 years after Johannes Kepler first posed the question as an argument against the notion of a limitless universe with infinite stars. How has the paradox since been resolved? More...
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Wiping Away Fingerprints Not Enough Anymore

Traditional fingerprinting methods involve the use of a powder that reacts with the sweat secreted through human skin and produces an image of a fingerprint on the surface of an object. If a criminal wipes the item down, however, the sweat is removed, making any attempt to isolate a fingerprint using common methods futile. Fortunately, sweat slightly corrodes certain metals found in bullets and bombs, leaving behind microscopic fingerprint information. British experts have developed a technique that allows them to highlight this corrosion with a fine powder, thereby allowing police to identify suspects who attempt to cover their tracks by wiping off the bullets or other metal items left at a crime scene. More on the subject...
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Munich Massacre (1972)

The Munich massacre occurred at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by members of Black September, a Palestinian terrorist organization. Two of the athletes were killed during their capture and nine others lost their lives in the course of a failed rescue attempt, during which a German police officer and five of the eight kidnappers were killed as well. What went wrong during the rescue attempt at Fürstenfeldbruck airbase? More...
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Marquis de Lafayette (1757)

Lafayette was a French aristocrat most famous for his participation in the American and French revolutions. Considered a national hero in both France and the US, he is one of only six people in history to have become an Honorary Citizen of the US. Lafayette is also credited with having created the modern French flag in July 1789. He lived in retirement in France during the First Empire, but returned to the US in 1824 to attend the inaugural banquet of what university? More...
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