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Bleed American is the fourth studio album by Jimmy Eat World (pictured), released on July 24, 2001. The album was re-released as Jimmy Eat World following the September 11 attacks; it was re-released in 2008 with its original title. Following the commercial failure of Clarity, the band was dropped by their label. They raised money for the album by touring and working odd jobs. The musical style was more direct and accessible than its predecessor, with simpler chord structures. The album's lead single, "Bleed American", was released to radio on June 5, 2001. Each of the album's singles entered the top twenty of at least one US chart: the most successful was "The Middle", which reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. In August 2002, Bleed American was certified platinum; as of September 2016, the album has sold more than 1.6 million copies in the US. Bleed American was well received by critics and appeared on several publications' best-of-the-year album lists and all-time lists. (Full article...)
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On this day: July 24
July 24: Pioneer Day in Utah, United States (1847)
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- 1920 – Franco-Syrian War: At the Battle of Maysalun, forces of the Arab Kingdom of Syria were defeated by a French army moving to occupy the territory allocated to them by the San Remo conference.
- 1948 – Australia set a world record for the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket history during the Fourth Test of the Ashes series against England.
- 1974 – The Metapolitefsi period began with Konstantinos Karamanlis (pictured) taking office as Prime Minister of Greece after the collapse of the military junta.
- 1987 – Iran–Iraq War: In opposition to the American plan to protect Kuwaiti tankers, Iran laid mines and damaged SS Bridgeton, resulting in a propaganda victory for Iran.
- 2014 – Air Algérie Flight 5017 disappeared from radar shortly after take-off from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; its wreckage was found the following day in Mali with no survivors.
- Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (d. 946)
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Knowledge about Earth
Facts and Figures
- Age of Earth: ~ 4.568 billion years
- World Population: 7.3 billion (July 2015)
- Continents: 7 (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia)
- Mean Radius: 6371.0 km
- Axial Tilt: 23,44°
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Our Solar System
Our solar system consists of
1 star (Sun) and 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune).
- 1 AU (astronomical unit) is roughly the distance between Earth and the Sun (about 150 million kilometres).
- The space probe Voyager 1 was launched by the NASA in 1977 and is meanwhile (autumn 2015) about 133 AU away from Earth.
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Why you should extend your general knowledge:
There are many reasons why one should or wants to extend his knowledge.
First you should consider that "general knowledge" is knowledge which a group of humans - who belong together regional, temporal or otherwise - owns. Thus, it describes a basic understanding of specific categories of knowledge.
As the English philosopher Francis Bacon said before: "Wisdom is Power" [Bacon 1597].