Wikipedia article of the day is 44th Chess Olympiad. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, in 2022. This was the first Chess Olympiad to take place in India. The main venue was the Four Points by […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 2, 2023: Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) near Chobe Game Lodge in Chobe National Park Botswana. The lodge has an all-female guiding team. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Asimov’s Science Fiction. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Asimov’s Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine edited by Sheila Williams (pictured) since 2004. It was launched in 1976 under the title Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, and was quickly successful, reaching a circulation of over 100,000 within a […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 1, 2023: View of quite Monroe Harbor in fall at dawn, Chicago, Illinois, USA. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Five Nights at Freddy’s (video game). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Five Nights at Freddy’s is a 2014 survival horror game developed by Scott Cawthon. The player takes the role of Mike Schmidt, a night security guard at a family pizzeria. Schmidt must complete his shifts without being caught […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Velociraptor. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Velociraptor is a genus of small dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch. It was about 1.5 to 2.07 m (4.9 to 6.8 ft) long with a body mass around 14.1 to 19.7 kg (31 to 43 lb). Velociraptor was a bipedal carnivore with […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Solar System. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. There are eight planets, numerous dwarf planets, the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the Kuiper belt, and the scattered disc beyond Neptune’s orbit. The […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Smooth toadfish. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The smooth toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) is a species in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae. It is native to shallow coastal and estuarine waters of southeastern Australia, where it is widespread and abundant. French naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville described the species […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 31, 2023: Jubilee and Munin, two of the ravens of the Tower of London. Born in 2012, Jubilee (male) was offered to Queen Elizabeth II for her Diamond Jubilee. Munin (female), born in 1995, is the oldest raven of the Tower. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of Settepozzi. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Battle of Settepozzi was fought in 1263 off the Greek island of Spetses between a Genoese–Byzantine fleet and a Venetian fleet (Venetian galley pictured). Genoa had been engaged in the War of Saint Sabas against Venice since 1256, and had […]