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Carlo
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Feb. 22, 1980 in Lake Placid, N.Y. ?
45 years ago today, the U.S. Men’s Olympic Ice Hockey Team defeated the highly favored Soviets. A day that will forever be known as the Miracle on Ice ? pic.twitter.com/7RfwVtxfN5
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) February 22, 2025
The priest took a nap soon after the Mass ??? pic.twitter.com/crMUnn89II
— Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) February 21, 2025
NASA Voyager 1 is now at 24,891,746,640 km of distance from Earth and we can’t see it.
However, its radio signal can be seen. This is how VLBA saw it exactly 12 years ago Today. pic.twitter.com/ktUFjraa4T
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 21, 2025
In chessy news… HERE
Black to move and mate in 4.
Interested in learning? Try THIS.
Black to move and mate in 4.
[NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.]
In the 2025 Chessable Masters, the first event of this year’s Champions Chess Tour, in one hour Magnus won the Grand Final against Hikaru.
The marble work is astounding. It’s amazing to think this was done before cnc machines and lathes.
What a majestic piece of architecture. Truly, our civilization was ransacked by barbarians in the last century.
“Quid non fecerant barbari Bugnini fecit.”