Wikipedia article of the day is Banksia petiolaris. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1P2FKHa Summary: Banksia petiolaris is a species of flowering plant of the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia, where it is found in sandy soils in the south coastal regions from Munglinup east to Israelite Bay. It was first described by the botanist Ferdinand […]
Wikipedia article of the day is SMS Dresden (1907). Check it out: https://ift.tt/3jutbsI Summary: SMS Dresden was a German light cruiser, armed with ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40 guns and two torpedo tubes, launched in October 1907. Dresden visited the United States in 1909 during the Hudson–Fulton Celebration, before serving in the High Seas Fleet. In 1913, she […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Joseph A. Lopez. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2ItaUeC Summary: Joseph A. Lopez (October 4, 1779 – October 5, 1841) was a Mexican Catholic priest who became a prominent ally of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide. As a priest in Peribán, he tried to arrest the first leader of the Mexican War of Independence, Miguel […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Antiochus XI Epiphanes. Check it out: https://ift.tt/33nBLni Summary: Antiochus XI Epiphanes (died 93 BC) was a Seleucid monarch who reigned as King of Syria in 94–93 BC, during the Hellenistic period. He ruled at a time of civil war, waged by several claimants to the throne. At first a follower of his […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Vermilion flycatcher. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2WJpdUc Summary: The vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus) is a tyrant flycatcher found in South America and southern North America. The male (pictured) has a bright red crown and underparts, and brownish wings and tail; females lack the red coloration. The male’s chirpy song is […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Rwandan Civil War. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1nHk7Su Summary: The Rwandan Civil War was a conflict between the Hutu-led Rwandan Armed Forces and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), founded by Tutsi refugees. The war began on 1 October 1990 with an RPF invasion but the army, assisted by French troops, had […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Herbert Maryon. Check it out: https://ift.tt/33bQzFE Summary: Herbert Maryon (1874–1965) was an English sculptor, conservator, goldsmith, archaeologist and authority on ancient metalwork. Maryon was the first director of the Arts and Crafts–inspired Keswick School of Industrial Art, then taught at the universities of Reading and Durham until 1939. During […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Valston Hancock. Check it out: https://ift.tt/36lmPIt Summary: Valston Hancock (31 May 1907 – 29 September 1998) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Hancock transferred to the RAAF in 1929 and qualified as a pilot. After fifteen years of occupying staff and […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Rigel. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1SyKwfV Summary: Rigel is a blue supergiant star in the constellation of Orion, approximately 860 light-years (260 pc) from Earth. It is the brightest and most massive component of a star system of at least four stars that appear as a single blue-white point of light […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Margaret Macpherson Grant. Check it out: https://ift.tt/32tTNlb Summary: Margaret Macpherson Grant (1834–1877) was a Scottish heiress and philanthropist. Born in Aberlour parish to a local surgeon, she was educated in Hampshire and inherited a large fortune from her uncle, Alexander Grant, a planter and merchant who had become rich […]