The Batagay megaslump (also called the Batagaika crater) is a large pit in Siberia. It is caused by the permafrost melting. This megaslump began as a cut on the side of a hill. It is the largest megaslump in the world. Scientists are interested in the Batagay because it has a natural record of past ecology. Remains of extinct animals such as the prehistoric steppe bison and cave lion have been recovered.
Audemus jura nostra defendere
Audemus jura nostra defendere is the state motto of Alabama. It means "We dare defend our rights".
Extreme Spots
"Extreme Spots" is the first part of the 9th season of "SpongeBob SquarePants". It was first shown on television on July 21, 2012. In the episode, SpongeBob and Patrick try to join an extreme sports team. The episode guest stars Johnny Knoxville as Johnny Krill.
The episode was a part of a television marathon called "The Super Spongy Square Games". The marathon was watched by 3.7 million people. This made the marathon the most watched kids program for the week it was shown. The episode was released on a DVD named "Extreme Kah-Rah-Tay" on January 15, 2013.
SpongeBob and Patrick are playing in sand and see an extreme sports team named The Drasticles (short for The Drastic Radicals). The members of The Drasticles are two fish named Grand Maul Granny and Not Dead Ted and a krill named Johnny Krill. A British fish tells SpongeBob and Patrick that they are part of an extreme sports team. Patrick thinks that the fish said "extreme spots" because of the fish's lisp, so he stings himself with a jellyfish to get "extreme spots". Johnny Krill tells SpongeBob to get on a motorbike to see if SpongeBob can play extreme sports. Patrick sandboards down a mountain with Grand Maul Granny. Both SpongeBob and Patrick are not able to keep up with the sports and are told that the sports are too extreme for them.
SpongeBob and Patrick try jump roping. The Drasticals show "extreme" jump rope by having Not Dead Ted being put on fire and having him jump to an airplane. SpongeBob tries blowing a bubble next. The Drasticals make Johnny Krill ride a motorcycle inside a bubble, which hits a building. SpongeBob tries to do boxing with a pillow and loses. Johnny puts the pillow in a washing machine and gets attacked by a mattress. Patrick shows himself dumpster diving. Grand Maul Granny shows "extreme" dumpster diving by having herself compacted with the waste. SpongeBob and Patrick tell The Drasticals that they like to catch jellyfish. The Drasticals try catching jellyfish and get injured and covered in spots. The British fish comes back and says that extreme spots come from extreme sports.
Paul Mavis of DVD Talk said that the episode "gets big laughs from some very funny bits" but called the "stereotypical" British fish "a scream." Joe Corey of "Inside Pulse" calls the episode "equally dangerous" as the rest of the episodes in the "Extreme Kah-Rah-Tay" DVD.
Sikeston, Missouri
Sikeston is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the state of Missouri, United States. It is the principal city of the Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of all of Scott County. It has a total population of 41,143.
Benton, Missouri
Benton is a city in Scott County, Missouri, United States. The population was 863 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Scott County.
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. It was founded in 1800 by Congregationalists. The college currently enrolls 2,526 undergraduates from all 50 states and 74 countries and offers 44 majors in the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences.
The college is the first American institution of higher education to have granted a bachelor's degree to an African-American, graduating Alexander Twilight in the class of 1823.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell).
Early on there are typically no symptoms. Later non-painful lymph node swelling, feeling tired, fever, night sweats, or weight loss for no clear reason may occur.
Risk factors include having a family history of the disease.
Perence Shiri
Perrance Shiri (born Bigboy Samson Chikerema on 11 January 1955 – 29 July 2020) Zimbabwean air officer and government official. He was Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe from 1 December 2017 until his death in 2020. He was the commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe and member of the Joint Operations Command.
Shiri was a cousin of former President Robert Mugabe. He called himself "Black Jesus".
Shiri died on 28 July 2020 from COVID-19 while hospitalized in Harare, aged 65.
Anilingus
Anilingus (from the Latin "anus" + "-lingus", from "lingere", "to lick", variantly spelled "analingus",) is the oral and anal sex act in which a person licks the anus of another by using the mouth, including lips, tongue, or teeth. It is also called anal–oral contact and anal–oral sex, and is additionally known by slang names.
Nicknames include: rimming, rim job, eating ass or tossing the salad.
Andy Haden
Andrew Maxwell Haden (26 September 195029 July 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player and All Black captain. He played at lock for Auckland and New Zealand from 1972 until 1985. He also played club rugby in the United Kingdom and Italy. He was born in Wanganui, New Zealand.
In 2003, Haden announced that he was beginning chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. He died on 29 July 2020 in Auckland, aged 69.
Reese Schonfeld
Maurice Wolfe "Reese" Schonfeld (November 5, 1931 – July 28, 2020) was an American television journalist and executive. He was a co-founder of CNN in the early 1980s. He was president to the news network from 1980 to 1982. He went on to create the Food Network in the 1990s. Schonfeld was born in Newark, New Jersey.
Schonfeld died on July 28, 2020, at his home in Manhattan from Alzheimer's disease-related problems, aged 88.
Joseph Moingt
Joseph Moingt (19 November 1915 – 28 July 2020) was a French jesuit. He was born in Salbris, France. He was known for working at the Institut Catholique de Paris. From 1970 to 1997, he was Director of the Recherches de science religieuse. In 2015, he turned 100.
Moingt died on 28 July 2020 in Paris, aged 104.
Raavi Kondala Rao
Raavi Kondala Rao (11 February 1932 – 28 July 2020) was an Indian actor, playwright, theatre artist, journalist, editor, producer, director and writer. He appeared in Telugu movies and performed in over 600. He was born in Srikakulam, Andra Pradesh. Rao was known for his works in "Ramudu Bheemudu", "Preminchi Choodu" and in "Jeevitha Chakram".
Rao died from cardiac arrest on 28 July 2020 in Hyderabad, India at the age of 86.
Sound City Studios
Sound City Studios is a recording studio in Los Angeles, California. It first opened in 1969 in the Van Nuys neighborhood. Before this, it was a factory for the British musical instrument maker Vox. The studio became well known for having a unique sound, especially when drums are played in there. Because of this, many famous recording artists have recorded there. These include Johnny Cash, Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, and many others. Over one hundred albums recorded at Sound City were given gold and platinum certifications.
Gisèle Halimi
Gisèle Halimi (born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb; 27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020) was a Tunisian-French lawyer, feminist, and essayist. She was born in Tunis.
In 1971 she founded the feminist group "Choisir" ("To Choose"), to protect the women who had signed the Manifesto of the 343 admitting to having illegal abortions.
In 1981 she was elected to the French National Assembly and was Deputy for Isère until 1984. Between 1985 and 1987 she was a French legate to UNESCO.
Halimi died at the age of 93 on 28 July 2020 in Paris.
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