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TheTesla Model S is abattery-electric, four-doorfull-size car, produced byTesla since 2012. Considered by critics as one of the most influential electric cars, Tesla began developing the Model S around 2007. To produce the Model S, Tesla acquireda facility inFremont, California;mass production of the car began there in June 2012. Tesla carried out final assembly for European markets atits facilities inTilburg, the Netherlands, between 2013 and 2021. Changes to the car have included the introduction ofTesla Autopilot—a partial vehicle automationadvanced driver-assistance system, released in 2015. That year, the Model S wasthe world's best-selling plug-in electric vehicle. The car has received accolades, including theMotor Trend Car of the Year award in 2013.Time named it one of the Best 25 Inventions of the Year 2012 and later included it on its list of the 10 Best Gadgets of the 2010s in 2019. Tesla operatesa network of fast-charging stations to charge all Tesla vehicles including the Model S. (Full article...)

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Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga

28 BC –Chinese astronomers during theHan dynastymade the first precisely dated observation of asunspot.
1775 –American Revolutionary War: A small force ofPatriots led byEthan Allen andBenedict Arnoldcaptured Fort Ticonderoga(depicted) inNew York, without significant injury or incident.
1933 – As part ofNazi Germany's persecution of transgender people, thousands of books taken from theInstitute for Sexual Science were burned inBebelplatz square for being "un-German".
1940 – British prime ministerNeville Chamberlain resigned and formally recommendedWinston Churchill as his successor.
2005 –Vladimir Arutyunian attempted to assassinate U.S. presidentGeorge W. Bush and Georgian presidentMikheil Saakashvili inTbilisi using a hand grenade, which failed to detonate.

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Euphaedra themis is abutterfly in the familyNymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and western Cameroon. Its wings have a black ground-colour above and are green, blue, orange-yellow or whitish to beyond the middle of the hindwing and at the hindmargin of the forewing. This maleE. themis was photographed in theBobiri Forest, Ghana.

Photograph credit:Charles J. Sharp

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