Wikipedia article of the day is History of the British farthing. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Zu8rak Summary: Historically, the British farthing was a continuation of the English farthing, a coin struck by English monarchs prior to the Act of Union 1707 that was worth a quarter of an old penny (1⁄960 of a pound sterling). Only […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 7, 2020: Dune ripples near Sossusvlei in the Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia https://ift.tt/31SpsPA
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 6, 2020: Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) looking for food in the waves on Lake Windermere. Bowness-on-Windermere, England https://ift.tt/2ZEiMls
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 5, 2020: Ten Million Mark “Notgeld” banknote from Trier, Germany (1923), designed by Fritz Quant, view of Trier after a copperplate print by Matthäus Merian (1646). https://ift.tt/3gqknlr
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 4, 2020: Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) mating in Whitecross Green Wood, Buckinghamshire. The composite shows how the female swings her abdomen to initiate pairing. https://ift.tt/2Ax0zOe
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 3, 2020: Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World, Montreal, Canada. The construction of the cathedral, ordered by Ignace Bourget, began in 1875 in order to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. The building is a scale model of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 2, 2020: Cusheon Lake is the third largest lake of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. This picture was taken from a pier on a public beach by Cusheon Lake Road in the early morning, about 2 hours after the sunrise https://ift.tt/38jTNHT
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 1, 2020: North corridor of the Strasbourg train station (Bas-Rhin, France). https://ift.tt/2VPcsqj
Wikipedia article of the day is Maya (M.I.A. album). Check it out: https://ift.tt/31OUKGW Summary: Maya is the third studio album by British recording artist M.I.A. (pictured), released on 7 July 2010 on her own label, N.E.E.T. Recordings, through XL Recordings and Interscope Records. Songwriting and production for the album were primarily handled by M.I.A., Blaqstarr […]
Wikipedia article of the day is HMS Levant (1758). Check it out: https://ift.tt/2AwyGWq Summary: HMS Levant was a sixth-rate 28-gun frigate of the Coventry class, launched in 1758. Principally a hunter of privateers, she was also designed to be a match for small French frigates, but with a broader hull and sturdier build at the expense […]