Wikipedia article of the day is Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” is a well-known line from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church titled “Is There a Santa Claus?”, which appeared in the New York newspaper The Sun on September 21, 1897. Written […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 23, 2023: Christ and the Apostles on the facade of the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in commune of Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of the Trebia. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The battle of the Trebia was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and a Roman army under Sempronius Longus on 22 or 23 December 218 BC near modern Piacenza in northern Italy. […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 22, 2023: A view of Kalabaka from Meteora, Greece More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Antarctica. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole, first reached in 1911 by Norwegian explorers. Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 21, 2023: Interior of the cupola of the St. Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest, Hungary. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Sun in fiction. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Sun has appeared in fiction since classical antiquity, but for a long time it rarely received attention. Many of the early depictions viewed the Sun as essentially Earth-like and potentially habitable—a once-common belief about celestial objects in general known as […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 20, 2023: Europe as seen from the International Space Station. Five years ago today, ISS Expedition 57 ended. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Tolui. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Tolui (c. 1191 – 1232) was a prominent general and prince of the early Mongol Empire. The fourth son of Genghis Khan and his first wife Börte, Tolui came to prominence in 1221 during the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire—contemporary chroniclers claimed that his […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 19, 2023: Winter in ‘It Wikelslân. Location, Nationaal Park De Oude Venen in Friesland. Footpath between marshes and bog holes. More Info