Wikipedia article of the day is Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s 1937 tour of Germany. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2PaNqBa Summary: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s 1937 tour of Germany was opposed by the British government, which feared that Nazi Germany would use the visit for propaganda. After Edward had abdicated the British throne in […]

Wikipedia article of the day is University of Washington station. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2naDUwj Summary: University of Washington is a light rail station located on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, United States. The station is served by Sound Transit’s Link light rail system and is the current northern terminus of Line 1. University […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Wells and Wellington affair. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2WA763b Summary: The Wells and Wellington affair was a dispute involving the Australian Journal of Herpetology, a scientific journal on the study of amphibians and reptiles published beginning in 1981 by the Australian Herpetologists’ League. Richard Wells, a student, served as the […]

Wikipedia article of the day is O Captain! My Captain!. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2mqbSMj! Summary: “O Captain! My Captain!” is an extended-metaphor poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865 about the death of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Well received upon publication, the poem was Whitman’s most popular during his lifetime. Whitman was employed by the […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Zino’s petrel. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Q3YXCR Summary: Zino’s petrel (Pterodroma madeira) is a species of small seabird, endemic to Madeira. This gadfly petrel is grey above with a dark “W” across the wings. The wings are mainly blackish below, and the belly is white. It is very similar in […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of Halmyros. Check it out: https://ift.tt/18Nri4J Summary: The Battle of Halmyros was fought on 15 March 1311 between the Frankish Duchy of Athens and the Catalan Company (seal depicted). The Catalans were mercenaries hired by the Byzantine emperor to combat the increasing power of the Turks in Anatolia. After the […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Nasr of Granada. Check it out: https://ift.tt/38EApXH Summary: Nasr (1287–1322) was the son of Muhammad II al-Faqih and the fourth Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula. When he ascended the throne on 14 March 1309 after his brother Muhammad III was dethroned in a palace revolution, Granada faced […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Oi0Yel Summary: The Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar is a commemorative coin struck in 1904 and 1905 as part of the United States Government’s participation in the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. That fair was held in 1905 in […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Limusaurus. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2euROn0 Summary: Limusaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Jurassic, around 161 to 157 million years ago. The only species, Limusaurus inextricabilis, was described in 2009 from specimens (pictured) found in the Upper Shishugou Formation in […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Typhoon Maemi. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3quWFcw Summary: Typhoon Maemi was the most powerful typhoon to strike South Korea since records began in 1904. Maemi formed on September 4, 2003 in the western Pacific and became a typhoon on September 8. Passing over the Japanese island of Miyako-jima on September 10, it left […]