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toxicity, can be removed by parboiling or pickling. Although it used to be widely eaten in Russia and eastern European countries, it is generally not recommended for consumption. There are many similar Russula species that have a red cap with white stem and gills, some of which can be reliably distinguished from R. emetica only by microscopic characteristics. (Full article... ) Recently featured: Kappa Kappa Psi – Betelgeuse – Grey Cup Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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In Drivers' Championship for the third consecutive year. In Canadian football, the Toronto Argonauts defeat the Calgary Stampeders to win the 100th Grey Cup (trophy pictured). A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka , Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi outlaws challenges to presidential authority. escalation in hostilities in Southern Israel and the Gaza Strip . Recent deaths: Marvin Miller – Héctor Camacho – Larry Hagman Syrian civil war – Wikinews – More current events...
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November 28: Independence Day in Albania (1912) and Mauritania (1960); Navy Day in Iran (1980) 1660 – At London's Gresham College, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, Christopher Wren and other leading scientists founded a learned society now known as the Royal Society (coat of arms pictured). killed seventeen members of the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary, marking a turning point in the Irish War of Independence . Tsilhqot'in First Nation, was severely beaten by Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables. Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Antarctica's Mount Erebus , killing all 257 people on board. Arkia Israel Airlines charter flight with surface-to-air-missiles. More anniversaries: November 27 – November 28 – November 29 List of historical anniversaries It is now November 28, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid, a character from The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby, a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Published in 1863, the book was extremely popular in England, and was a mainstay of British children's literature for many decades. The book had been intended in part as a satire, a tract against child labour, as well as a serious critique of the closed-minded approaches of many scientists of the day in their response to Charles Darwin's ideas on evolution.

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