White chocolate is a chocolate made from cocoa butter, sugar and milk

solids. It is ivory in color as it does not contain the non-fat

components of cocoa (cocoa solids). Of the three traditional types of

chocolate (the others being milk and dark), white chocolate is the least

popular; its taste and texture are divisive. White chocolate is sold in

a variety of forms and it is common for manufacturers to pair white

chocolate with other flavors. White chocolate is made industrially in a

five-step process. The ingredients are mixed to form a paste; the paste

is refined, reducing the particle size to a powder; then agitated for

several hours (known as conching); further processing standardizes its

viscosity and taste; and the chocolate is tempered by heating, cooling

and then reheating. White chocolate was first sold commercially in

tablet form in 1936 by the Swiss company Nestlé. It was not until the

1980s that white chocolate became popular in the United States.

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1775:

King George III issued a proclamation that declared elements

of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and

avowed rebellion".

1960:

Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai

from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched

an invasion of South Kasai.

2006:

Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten in

Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn

after more than eight years in captivity.

2011:

A 5.8 MW earthquake struck the Piedmont region of Virginia,

and was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history.

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

plunk:

1. (transitive)

2. To move (something) with a sudden push.

3. (figurative) Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to

plank.

4. (music) To pluck and quickly release (a string of a stringed

instrument); also, to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking strings;

to play (a piano, etc.) by striking keys; or, to play (a note or tune)

on such an instrument.

5. (also reflexive, originally Scotland) Often followed by down: to

drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily into

or on to a surface or some other thing, making a dull sound; to plump

6. (chiefly US) To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot

(someone or something) with a firearm.

7. (baseball) To pitch a ball in a way that it hits (a player).

8. (intransitive)

9. To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on

a surface; to thud.

10. (figurative) Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.

11. (music) To pluck and quickly release a string of a musical

instrument; also, to play a stringed instrument by plucking strings; to

play a piano, etc., by striking keys; or, to play a note or tune on such

an instrument.

12. (originally Scotland) Often followed by down: to drop, land, or set

abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing with

a dull sound; to plump down.

13. (obsolete) Of a raven: to croak. [...]

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Wikiquote quote of the day:

  The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is

how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished

the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about

Brightness, nothing about the Future. We are not going to allow this to

happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums,

and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and

Universities where tremendous progress has been made. This Country

cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE.  

--Donald Trump

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