Wikipedia article of the day is Dark Archives. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Dark Archives is a book by the medical librarian and death-positive advocate Megan Rosenbloom. It focuses on anthropodermic bibliopegy, the binding of books in human skin (reported example pictured). In Dark Archives, Rosenbloom discusses such books and their historical, ethical, and cultural […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Murasaki Shikibu. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973 – c. 1014 or 1025) was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012. She […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 3, 2023: Rosy ermine moth (Trosia nigropunctigera), Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama. More Info
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 […]