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The Million Second Quiz is an American game show that was hosted by Ryan Seacrest (pictured) and broadcast by NBC from September 9 to September 19, 2013. For one million seconds, contestants attempted to win trivia matches, and the four top scorers competed in a stepladder playoff for a top prize of $2,000,000. Stephen Lambert, Eli Holzman, and David Hurwitz served as executive producers of The Million Second Quiz. The show helped to promote NBC's lineup for the 2013–14 television season. NBC broadcast a live prime time show for each night of the competition (except during Sunday Night Football), including a two-hour finale. Using a mobile app, viewers could play the game against others and potentially earn a chance to appear as a contestant during the prime time episodes. Critics argued that The Million Second Quiz suffered from a confusing format and a lack of drama. Ratings dropped after the show's premiere. (Full article...)
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- ... that the Korean stew budae-jjigae (example pictured) commonly includes baked beans, Spam, corn, and American cheese?
- ... that the U.S. Marine Hospital in Lahaina collapsed due to vibrations from neighboring construction, was rebuilt, and then was destroyed by the 2023 Hawaii wildfires?
- ... that Daniela Ceballos worked with the Football Federation of Chile to supervise safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic while playing football herself?
- ... that a seat was reserved for Buddhist monks and nuns in the Sikkim State Council?
- ... that when the New York City Subway's 14th Street–Union Square station was built, the park above it was raised?
- ... that Taiwan used to have a consulate general in Latvia before it was downgraded?
- ... that Script Ohio has been called "one of the most impressive examples of American folk art in existence"?
- ... that it can be horrifying to people to choose to use too many tos?
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- An earthquake strikes Morocco, killing more than 800 people.
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam (pictured) is elected as the next president of Singapore.
- In Johannesburg, South Africa, a residential fire kills 77 people.
- In Gabon, President Ali Bongo is deposed by a military coup shortly after his re-election.
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- AD 9 – During the Germanic Wars, an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius engaged Roman forces at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, defeating three legions within a few days.
- 1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeated Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan, near Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan.
- 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval engagement between French and British fleets off the coast of Sumatra ended inconclusively.
- 1954 – An earthquake registering 6.7 Mw struck near Chlef, Algeria, killing over 1,200 people and forcing the government to implement comprehensive reforms in building codes.
- 1971 – Imagine, the second solo album by John Lennon (pictured), was released.
- Honorius (b. 384)
- James Clark (d. 1885)
- Gan Eng Seng (d. 1899)
- Soňa Červená (b. 1925)
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Blairmorite is a very rare porphyritic volcanic rock named after the community of Blairmore in southwestern Alberta, Canada. It is characterized by dominant phenocrysts of analcime in a matrix of analcime, sanidine and alkalic pyroxene, with accessory titanite, melanite and nepheline. It is a leucocratic variety of analcimite. Blairmorite is known from only two geological formations worldwide: the Crowsnest Formation in Alberta, where it is associated with agglomerates and tuffs from explosive eruptions, and the Lupata Gorge in Mozambique. This specimen of blairmorite, found in the Crowsnest Formation, is about 17 centimetres (6.7 in) in length. Photograph credit: Paul Glombick; edited by Bammesk
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