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Meghan Trainor performing "Lips Are Movin"

"Lips Are Movin" is a song by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor (pictured) from her debut major-label studio album Title (2015). She wrote the song with its producer Kevin Kadish. Epic Records released it as Title's second single on October 21, 2014. A doo-wop and pop song, it was inspired by Trainor's conflict with her label, but critics interpreted it as a song about leaving a cheating significant other. Some compared it to "All About That Bass" (2014); some found it catchy while others criticized its lyrics. Peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, it was certified 4× Platinum in the United States. It reached the top ten in countries including Australia and Canada, where it received multi-platinum certifications. Philip Andelman directed its music video, said to be the first created entirely by social media influencers, portraying behind-the-scenes events of a video shoot. Trainor performed the song on television shows and her concert tours. (This article is part of a featured topic: Title (album).)

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1268 – The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a five-year peace treaty.
1841 – William Henry Harrison (pictured) became the first U.S. president to die in office, sparking a brief constitutional crisis regarding questions of presidential succession that were unanswered by the U.S. Constitution.
1905 – An earthquake hit the Kangra Valley in India, killing at least 20,000 people and destroying 100,000 buildings.
1975 – Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.
2013 – A building collapsed on tribal land in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane in Maharashtra, India, causing 74 deaths.

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The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is an American multirole all-weather strike fighter manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and first conceived in 2018, the F-15EX is not expected to be survivable against modern air defenses by 2028, but has the capability to perform homeland and airbase defense, enforce no-fly zones against limited air defenses, and deploy standoff munitions. The aircraft made its maiden flight in February 2021, and as of 2023 has a total planned fleet size of up to 104. This F-15EX, from the United States Air Force's 40th Flight Test Squadron, was photographed flying over northern California during an aerial-refueling operation in May 2021.

Photograph credit: Ethan Wagner

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