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We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.
— J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Today is Wednesday, October 25th, the 298th day of 2023. There are 67 days left in the year. It is Punk For a Day Day, Chucky, the Notorious Killer Doll Day, National Greasy Foods Day, National I Care About You Day, MDS World Awareness Day, and World Pasta Day.
On This Day
In 1760, King George III succeeded to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II.
In 1812, the American frigate USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captured the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
In 1854, the Battle of Balaclava took place during the Crimean War. It was soon memorialized in verse by Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”
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