Wikipedia picture of the day on February 2, 2021: Aerial view of the “Monkey”, one of the most popular geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines, which are located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. The geoglyphs of this UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 1994) are spread over a 80 km (50 mi) plateau between the towns of […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Groundhog Day (film). Check it out: https://ift.tt/1dXLI7s Summary: Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Ramis and Danny Rubin. It stars Bill Murray (pictured), Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott. Murray portrays Phil Connors, a cynical television weatherman who is sent, […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on February 1, 2021: View of the district of Otrobanda, Willemstad, Curaçao, from Queen Emma Bridge, a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay. It connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the island’s capital. The bridge is hinged and opens regularly to enable the passage of oceangoing vessels. https://ift.tt/3aiZLdv
Wikipedia article of the day is Haane Manahi. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3cvVVR0 Summary: Haane Manahi (28 September 1913 – 29 March 1986) was a New Zealand Māori soldier who served in the Second World War with the Māori Battalion. He joined the battalion in 1939 and fought in Greece, in Crete and in North Africa. In April 1943, during the Tunisian […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 31, 2021: Walk across the Hulshorsterzand/Hulshorsterheide. Sand was blown away between the tree roots. https://ift.tt/3ap17nk
Wikipedia article of the day is Zebra. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1NsKdDr Summary: Zebras are African equines with black-and-white striped coats and share the genus Equus with horses and asses. Zebras inhabit eastern and southern Africa and can be found in savannahs, grasslands, woodlands, shrublands and mountainous areas. They are primarily grazers, but can subsist on […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 30, 2021: A small loch in the saddle between Beinn an Dothaidh and Beinn Dorain. Taken during sunrise. Scottish Highlands, Scotland https://ift.tt/3aiUNgL
Wikipedia article of the day is Hitler’s prophecy. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2ApLIod Summary: Hitler’s prophecy was a statement first made by Adolf Hitler in a speech (pictured) at the Reichstag on 30 January 1939: “If international finance Jewry inside and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, the result will […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 29, 2021: Bird-cherry ermine moth (Yponomeuta evonymella) caterpillars, Lahemaa National Park, Estonia https://ift.tt/3psWjn5
Wikipedia article of the day is Pyramid of Nyuserre. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2mt9dSJ Summary: The Pyramid of Nyuserre is a pyramid complex built in the 25th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Nyuserre Ini of the Fifth Dynasty. It is in the Abusir necropolis south of modern-day Cairo between the complexes of Neferirkare and of […]