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Hurricane Rick was the second-most intense Pacific hurricane on record and the strongest ever to form during October. Developing south of Mexico on October 15, 2009, Rick traversed an area favoring rapid intensification, allowing it to become a hurricane within 24 hours of being declared a tropical depression. An eye began to form during the afternoon of October 16; once fully formed, the storm underwent another period of rapid strengthening. During the afternoon of October 17, the storm attained Category 5 status on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. Several hours later, Rick attained its peak intensity as the second-strongest Pacific hurricane on record with winds of 180 mph (285 km/h). After maintaining this intensity for several hours, Rick began to weaken in response to a combination of an eyewall replacement cycle and increasing wind shear. On October 21, Rick quickly moved northeast, brushing the tip of Baja California Sur before making landfall near Mazatlán with winds of 55 mph (90 km/h). Several hours after moving inland, the final advisory from the NHC was issued as the storm weakened to a tropical depression and dissipated. Overall, the damage from Rick was significantly less than what was initially anticipated. Throughout Mexico, three people were killed by the storm, one in Oaxaca and two in Baja California Sur. (more...)

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16:00, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

... that former Major League Baseball pitcher Paul Shuey (pictured) is now a professional bass fisherman?
... that Rambhadracharya believes that Tulsi Peeth stands at the place where Rama gave his sandals to Bharata, as described in the Ramayana?
... that due to the strength of The Dismemberment Plan album The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified, the band was able to sign with major record label Interscope?
... that Hungarian-born Endre Nemes was a pioneer in Sweden in the use of enamels in public art?
... that when John Ollivier contested the Lincoln electorate in New Zealand in an 1889 by-election, he was praised by his opponent for his good-humoured campaign?
... that the onion-eye grenadier is often caught unintentionally when the Greenland halibut is being fished?
... that the 1941 film Christmas Under Fire features people celebrating Christmas underground?

08:00, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

... that the native American rose Rosa blanda (pictured) is hybridising with the introduced Japanese rose Rosa rugosa?
... that the Danish theological movement Tidehverv, represented in parliament from 2001 to 2011, published combined pamphlets by Martin Luther under the title "Against the Turk and the Jew" in 1999?
... that the Bozeman National Fish Hatchery was instrumental in rebuilding the endangered population of the greenback cutthroat trout?
... that Highway 95 and Highway 96 were the only King's Highways in Ontario not connected to the rest of the network by a fixed link?
... that Scheduled Castes leader Sukumar Barman served as Tripura state minister for transport and fisheries?
... that Horse ebooks is a Twitter spam account best known for the amusing non sequiturs it tweets to evade spam detection?
... that in the 2007 children's book Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch, a duck and Death discuss the afterlife?

00:00, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

... that Japanese censors were horrified by Gaetano Faillace's photograph (right) of General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito?
... that the roundnose grenadier is projected to be fished to extinction unless actions are taken to conserve it?
... that Adéodat Compère-Morel published a socialist encyclopedia and dictionary?
... that when filming "Walkabout", Millennium star Lance Henriksen wanted it to be clear his character was not reckless with medicine?
... that two years after winning the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, the British racehorse Gang Forward was sold for 4,000 guineas and became a stud in Australia?
... that the Atwood-Blauvelt mansion in Oradell, New Jersey, was built for Kimball Atwood, whose Florida grapefruit plantation was the birthplace of the pink grapefruit?
... that the original publication of Eve's Ransom by George Gissing was delayed by Fred Barnard's drunkenness?

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B-17 bombers intercepting the Rex

1743 – War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after Austrian forces drove French troops from the territory.
1938 – During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.
1948 – The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.
1968 – Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.
1998 – Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

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The Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) is a passerine bird in the bunting family. It breeds in southeast Europe east to Iran. It is migratory, wintering in India. It is a rare but regular wanderer to western Europe. The breeding male (shown here) has bright yellow underparts, chestnut upperparts and a black hood.

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