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Changi Airport MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station in Changi, Singapore. The station directly connects to Terminals 2 and 3 of Changi Airport and serves other airport amenities. Glass atrium walls at the ends of the station support an illuminated bridge that spans the island platform while allowing maximum sunlight into the station. A rail connection to the airport had been planned in the 1980s but these plans were shelved due to the low financial viability of such a branch. With increased air traffic to Changi Airport and the proposal of Terminal 3 in 1994, the plans were revived. Construction for the line began in 1998 and was finalised in 1996. The station opened on 8 February 2002 with lower passenger demand than expected, but it continues to provide an alternative transport option to the airport. In May 2019 it was announced that the station would be incorporated into the Thomson–East Coast Line by 2040 as it extends to the airport's Terminal 5. (Full article...)

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1914 memento dollar

... that the first silver dollars of the Republic of China were crudely designed mementos (example pictured)?
... that the Haitian Revolution began when Cécile Fatiman sacrificed a black pig, a ritual that was later repeated by Haitians resisting the United States occupation and the Duvalier dynasty?
... that a shark cost a competitor a silver medal in the spearfishing event at the 2014 Micronesian Games?
... that Americans received nearly 15 billion political text messages in 2022?
... that Deep Cut Gardens in New Jersey contains a stone replica of Mount Vesuvius that once erupted smoke at the behest of mobster Vito Genovese?
... that novelist Sue Monk Kidd spent fourteen months researching New Testament–era Egypt and the Levant for The Book of Longings?
... that Pituamkek National Park Reserve, Canada's newest national park, protects a chain of barrier islands used for fishing and hunting by the Mi'kmaq for 4,000 years?
... that the Palace Theater light bulb has been running since 1908?
... that a sensational story in 1888 claimed that James Wickham, a British scientist, introduced two whales to the Great Salt Lake in an attempt to start a whale oil industry?

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Demis Hassabis

The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is divided, with half awarded to Demis Hassabis (pictured) and John M. Jumper for their work on protein structure prediction and the other half to David Baker for his work on computational protein design.
Hurricane Milton makes landfall in the U.S. state of Florida.
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research in machine learning with artificial neural networks.

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King David II of Scotland

1346 – Hundred Years' War: King David II of Scotland (pictured) was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.
1931 – American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.
1952 – Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.
1973 – Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.
2000 – A fatal rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

Beatrice of Falkenburg (d. 1277)
Jupiter Hammon (b. 1711)
James Scott (b. 1947)
Micheline Ostermeyer (d. 2001)

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The greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) is a species of spider in the tarantula family, Theraphosidae. It is native to the Paraguaná Peninsula in Falcón State, Venezuela. The spider features metallic blue legs and blue-green carapace, with give it its name. Greenbottle tarantulas are very active and fast-growing animals that are particularly attractive to hobbyists. This photograph shows a mounted greenbottle blue tarantula female originating from Venezuela and now displayed at the Muséum de Toulouse in France.Photograph credit: Didier Descouens

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