Wikipedia article of the day is Alan Shepard. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Alan Shepard (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961 he became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971 he walked on the Moon (pictured). Shepard saw […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 17, 2023: This 18th-century stained glass window depicts Elizabeth of Hungary, whose feast day is today. It is located in the City Museum of Ljubljana (Ljubljana, Slovenia). More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Australiformis. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Australiformis is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) that infest marsupials in Australia and New Guinea. The worm’s body consists of a long trunk and a proboscis armed with hooks which it uses to pierce and hold the gut […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Interstate 40 in Tennessee. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: In Tennessee, Interstate 40 (I-40) runs from west to east, from the Mississippi River at the Arkansas border to the Blue Ridge Mountains at the North Carolina state line. Paralleling the older U.S. Route 70 corridor, I-40 passes through Tennessee’s three largest […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 16, 2023: Solitary tree in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Jessie Murray. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Jessie Murray (1867–1920) was a British psychoanalyst and suffragette who studied medicine at the University of Durham and University College London. Murray and her close friend Julia Turner opened the Medico-Psychological Clinic (site pictured) in 1913, a pioneering entity that provided psychological […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 15, 2023: Hercegovačka Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located on the historic Crkvina Hill over the city of Trebinje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The monastery, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and completed in 2000, is largely a copy of the Gračanica monastery in Kosovo. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is 90377 Sedna. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Sedna is a trans-Neptunian object with the minor-planet number 90377. It was discovered on November 14, 2003, by the astronomers Michael Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz. As of 2023, Sedna is 84 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, which is almost three […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 14, 2023: A drinker (Euthrix potatoria) in Pärnu, Estonia. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Fuzuli (poet). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Fuzuli (Füzuli) is the pen name of Muhammad bin Suleyman (1483–1556), a 16th-century poet who composed works in his native Azerbaijani, as well as Persian and Arabic. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Turkic literature. He was widely […]