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baby's tears n

Any of various plants having parts (such as leaves or spots on leaves, petals, etc.) resembling teardrops; specifically, angel's tears (Soleirolia soleirolii), a plant in the nettle family grown as a green, mossy ground cover. Today is the Global Day of Parents, which is recognized by the United Nations to honour the commitment of parents towards their children.

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snottite n

(bacteriology) A colony of single-celled extremophilic bacteria that hangs in a sheet (having the consistency of snot or nasal mucus) from the ceilings of some caves like stalactites.

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tandem adv

One behind the other; in single file. (figurative) In close collaboration; collaboratively, cooperatively. tandem n (also attributive) (countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer. (by extension, countable) Two draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other. A thing with two components arranged one behind the other. (specifically, cycling) Short for tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”). (medicine) A hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer. (figurative) (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration. (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn. [...] Today is World Bicycle Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to highlight the bicycle as a simple, affordable, and sustainable form of transport.

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greenhouse gas n

Any gas (such as carbon dioxide, a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), or methane) that contributes to the greenhouse effect when released into the atmosphere by absorbing infrared radiation emitted by a planet's surface, thus increasing the surface temperature. Today is World Environment Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to promote worldwide awareness of the need and action to protect the environment. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden, began on this day in 1972.

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eat someone's lunch v

(idiomatic, chiefly US, slang) To best or defeat someone thoroughly; to make short work of. Today is World Food Safety Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to raise awareness about and promote global food safety.

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memory hole n

A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion. (computing) A fragment of physical address space which does not map to main memory. (rare) Synonym of memory leak (“any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable”) The English writer George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, from which the term originates, was published on this day 75 years ago in 1949.

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plankter n

(biology) A single organism of plankton. Yesterday was World Oceans Day, a day recognized by the United Nations to highlight the importance of conserving and protecting the world’s oceans. The Oceans Institute of Canada, supported by the Government of Canada, held an event called Oceans Day at the Global Forum, a parallel event at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 8 June 1992.

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