Wikipedia article of the day is Dermotherium. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3asoTA5 Summary: Dermotherium is a genus of fossil mammals closely related to the living colugos, a small group of gliding mammals from Southeast Asia. The two species are known from Thailand; D. major from the late Eocene, based on a fragment of the lower jaw, and […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Silesian Wars. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3b3IMMN Summary: The Silesian Wars were a series of three wars fought between Prussia (under King Frederick the Great) and Austria (under Archduchess Maria Theresa) for control of the Central European region of Silesia (now in south-west Poland). The First (1740–1742) and Second Silesian […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Heaven Upside Down. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3djjX1U Summary: Heaven Upside Down is the tenth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson, released on October 6, 2017. The record was initially scheduled to be issued on Valentine’s Day, but was delayed by the death of the father of lead singer […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Saturn (magazine). Check it out: https://ift.tt/3jLrHv0 Summary: Saturn was an American magazine published from 1957 to 1965. It was launched as a science-fiction magazine, but sales were weak, and after five issues the publisher, Robert C. Sproul, switched the magazine to hardboiled detective fiction that emphasized sex and sadism. […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Grant Memorial coinage. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3phb0sq Summary: The Grant Memorial gold dollar and silver half dollar were struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1922 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant, a leading Union general during the Civil […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Bernard A. Maguire. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3qdGZeg Summary: Bernard A. Maguire (February 11, 1818 – April 26, 1886) was a Catholic priest and Jesuit who twice served as the president of Georgetown University. Maguire emigrated with his family from Ireland to Maryland at the age of six, where he studied under the […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Operation PBHistory. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3aTXuWJ Summary: Operation PBHistory was a covert operation carried out in Guatemala by the United States Central Intelligence Agency. It followed Operation PBSuccess, which led to the overthrow of Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz (pictured) in June 1954 and ended the Guatemalan Revolution. PBHistory attempted […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Apollo 14. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1nN4cmJ Summary: Apollo 14 (January 31 – February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, and the third to land on the Moon. Commander Alan Shepard (pictured), Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell overcame a series of […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Elizabeth Raffald. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2oLsy2q Summary: Elizabeth Raffald (1733–1781) was an English author, innovator and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Doncaster, Yorkshire, Raffald went into domestic service for fifteen years, ending as the housekeeper to the Warburton baronets at Arley Hall, Cheshire. She moved with her husband to […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Margate F.C.. Check it out: https://ift.tt/29llq8C. Summary: Margate F.C. is an English football team based in the seaside resort of Margate, Kent. They currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1896 and joined the Southern Football League in 1933. After a spell in […]