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Weird Faith is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriterMadi Diaz(pictured), released on February 9, 2024, on the record labelAnti-. The album followed her fifth studio album,History of a Feeling, as well as tours withAngel Olsen,Waxahatchee, andHarry Styles. It was written inNashville andupstate New York, recorded in the latter by Diaz andSam Cohen, and produced by Diaz, Cohen, and Konrad Snyder.Weird Faith has been described as anindie rock,indie folk, andindie pop album. The album features sparse, acoustic arrangements that highlight Diaz's lyrics and vocals, and it addresses themes of love, trust, and intimacy. Critics positively reviewed the album, particularly praising Diaz's emotional songwriting and the album's production. It was featured on several year-end lists and was nominated for twoGrammy Awards. (Full article...)

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1575 –Anglo-Scottish Wars: A dispute betweenSir John Forster andSir John Carmichael led toa Scottish raid on Northumberland, England, in which 27 men were killed.
1800 –War of the Second Coalition: The BritishRoyal Navy forceattacked the well-defended French anchorage of Dunkirk(depicted), capturing a Frenchfrigate.
1937 – ThePeel Commission published a report stating that theLeague of Nations'Mandate for Palestine had become unworkable and recommended the partition of British-administeredMandatory Palestine into two states.
1983 – After writing a letter to Soviet premierYuri Andropov, American schoolgirlSamantha Smith visited the Soviet Union as Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest Ambassador".

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Prince Edward Island's 63 municipalities cover 34.7 per cent of the province's land mass and were home to 73 per cent of its population in 2021.Prince Edward Island is theleast populous province in Canada, with 154,331 residents as of the2021 census, and isthe country's smallest in land area, at 5,681.18 km² (2,193.52 sq mi). Municipal statuses in Prince Edward Island arecities,towns,rural municipalities, andresort municipalities. Prince Edward Island has two cities, ten towns, fifty rural municipalities, and one resort municipality(map pictured), distributed across three counties:Kings,Prince andQueens.Charlottetown is Prince Edward Island's capital and largest municipality by population, whileBelfast is the largest municipality by land area. (Full list...)

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Thetitan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is aNeotropical species oflonghorn beetle. It is one of the largest knownbeetles, as well as one of the largest known insects, at more than 170 millimetres (6.7 inches) in length. Adult titan beetles only live for a few weeks, and protect themselves from predators with their sharp spines and powerful jaws. The species is native totropical rainforests throughout South America, primarily theAmazon rainforest, and is primarily found inold-growth forests with plenty of rotting wood, which serves as their principal food supply. Despite a broad distribution throughout South America, it is secretive and rarely seen due to itsnocturnal habits and cryptic behavior. These three male titan beetles, collected inFrench Guiana, are in the collection of theMuséum de Toulouse in France.

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