Wikipedia article of the day is Réunion ibis. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1xThdtm Summary: The Réunion ibis (Threskiornis solitarius) is an extinct bird formerly endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Réunion. Subfossil remains were found in 1974, and it was formally described in 1987. Early travellers described a white bird on Réunion that flew with […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 27, 2020: Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus portrait, New Brighton, New Zealand https://ift.tt/3llGZab
Wikipedia article of the day is Operation PBFortune. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3jl8rTQ Summary: Operation PBFortune was a covert United States operation to overthrow the democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz (pictured) in 1952. The operation was planned by the Central Intelligence Agency and authorized by President Harry Truman. It was motivated by US fears that […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 26, 2020: Panoramic view of Silver Lake during dusk, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States. https://ift.tt/2QqyUCU
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 25, 2020: Bac de Roda Bridge of architect Santiago Calatrava in Barcelona. https://ift.tt/34uyZha
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 24, 2020: The Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument in Kiev was created by Mikhail Mikeshin in 1888. https://ift.tt/31nHHv
Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of Crécy. Check it out: https://ift.tt/QgdW64 Summary: The Battle of Crécy was fought on 26 August 1346 in north-east France during the Hundred Years’ War. It resulted in a victory for a greatly outnumbered English army led by King Edward III over the French led by King Philip VI and heavy loss […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2xxJBIK Summary: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is a 2005 action-adventure video game, the first in the Castlevania series by Konami to be released on the Nintendo DS. It was written and produced by Koji Igarashi (pictured) and directed by Satoshi Kushibuchi. Incorporating […]
Wikipedia article of the day is California Pacific International Exposition half dollar. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3j8Ejuu Summary: The California Pacific International Exposition half dollar is a fifty-cent piece that was struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1935 and 1936 as a commemorative coin. Its obverse depicts Minerva and other elements of […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 23, 2020: Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterflies mating on Yoesden Bank in Buckinghamshire, England. https://ift.tt/31lTQkU