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Galerina marginata is a species of poisonous fungus in the Hymenogastraceae family of the Agaricales order. It is a classic "little brown mushroom"—a catchall category that includes all small to medium-sized, hard-to-identify brownish mushrooms, and may be easily confused with several edible species. Widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, North America and Asia, Galerina marginata has also been found in Australia. It is a wood-rotting fungus that grows predominantly on decaying conifer wood. An extremely poisonous species, it contains the same deadly amatoxins found in the death cap (Amanita phalloides). Ingestion in toxic amounts causes severe liver damage with vomiting, diarrhea, hypothermia, and eventual death if not treated rapidly. About ten poisonings have been attributed to the species now grouped as G. marginata over the last century. (more...) Recently featured: History of the New York Jets – American Airlines Flight 11 – Silverchair Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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At the US Open tennis tournament, Novak Djokovic (pictured) wins the men's singles and Samantha Stosur wins the women's singles. A Tanzanian passenger ferry en route to Pemba Island sinks, killing at least 240 people. Russian director Alexander Sokurov wins the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for his film Faust. Thousands of demonstrators storm the Israeli embassy in Cairo, prompting Israeli diplomats to flee Egypt. Jürgen Stark resigns from the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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September 13: Feast Day of Saint John Chrysostom (Western Christianity) 1541 – After three years of exile, John Calvin returned to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine that came to be known as Calvinism. 1848 – A large iron rod completely penetrated the skull of Phineas Gage (pictured); the resulting medical case was the first to indicate that damage to certain regions of the brain could affect personality and behavior. 1933 – Elizabeth McCombs became the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand. 1971 – Following a failed coup attempt, Mao Zedong's second-in-command Lin Biao died in a plane crash while attempting to flee the People's Republic of China. More anniversaries: September 12 – September 13 – September 14 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now September 13, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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USS New Jersey (BB-16) was a Virginia-class battleship of the United States Navy. She was one of the many ships that sailed around the world in 1907–1909 as part of the Great White Fleet, a voyage intended to demonstrate growing American military power and blue-water navy capability. New Jersey was used mostly as a training vessel and saw almost no combat.

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