Wikipedia picture of the day on August 8, 2020: Shops in Skagway Historic District in traditional wooden style, Alaska, United States. https://ift.tt/2DmOsVrhttps://ift.tt/2DmOsVr

Wikipedia article of the day is Cyril Bassett. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3knU9D8 Summary: Cyril Bassett (1892–1983) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth’s highest combat award for gallantry at the time. He was the only soldier serving with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Gallipoli campaign of the First World […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 7, 2020: Martyrs’ Window in the south aisle of the nave of Freiburg Minster, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anonymous master, around 1270–80; complemented by Fritz Geiges, around 1922. https://ift.tt/3funVCwhttps://ift.tt/3funVCw

Wikipedia article of the day is Second Silesian War. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2y9sDUu Summary: The Second Silesian War (1744–1745) was a conflict between Prussia and Austria which confirmed Prussia’s control of Silesia (now in south-western Poland). The war was fought mainly in Silesia, Bohemia, and Upper Saxony and formed one theatre of the wider War […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 5, 2020: Tübingen, Germany: The so-called Neckarfront consists almost entirely of listed buildings. This photo shows it as seen from the Plataneninsel (plane tree island). In the middle on the river Neckar there is a Stocherkahn (punt) passing, very typical for Tübingen. On the left you see the […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 6, 2020: Nasturtium leaves with water drops stacked from 18 pictures. https://ift.tt/3fBpWgahttps://ift.tt/3fBpWga

Wikipedia article of the day is Passions. Check it out: https://ift.tt/27y47WU Summary: The Russell family is a fictional family on the American soap opera Passions, which aired on NBC (1999–2007) and on DirecTV (2007–2008). Created by the soap’s founder and head writer James E. Reilly, the family originally consisted of the married couple Eve and […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Eurasian crag martin. Check it out: https://ift.tt/30sZYXW Summary: The Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) is a small swallow with brown upperparts, paler underparts, and a white-spotted square tail. It breeds in mountains in southern Eurasia and northwestern Africa. It is larger and has brighter tail spots than the three […]

Wikipedia article of the day is James Thompson (surveyor). Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Rheix4 Summary: James Thompson (1789–1872) was an American surveyor who created the first plat of Chicago (pictured), completing it on August 4, 1830. Born in South Carolina, Thompson moved to Kaskaskia in southern Illinois as a young man and lived in the area for […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Banksia sessilis. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2lVcPi1 Summary: Banksia sessilis is a large shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae. First collected and described by Robert Brown in the early 19th century, the species grows widely throughout southwest Western Australia. It has prickly dark green leaves and dome-shaped cream-yellow […]