Wikipedia article of the day is USS Iowa (BB-61). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: USS Iowa is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class and the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships. Iowa served with the Pacific Fleet in 1944, shelling beachheads at Kwajalein and Eniwetok and screening aircraft carriers […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 26, 2021: Microcrystals of Mineral Water “Essentuki 4” Salt Light microscopy, polarized light. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Crécy campaign. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Crécy campaign was an expedition by an English army from the north of Normandy to the County of Boulogne, devastating the French countryside on a wide front, followed by the successful siege of Calais. It began on 12 July 1346 during […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 25, 2021: Coast with Dome Hotel, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Santería. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Santería is an African diasporic religion that developed among Afro-Cuban communities during the late 19th century. It arose through the syncretism of the Yoruba religion of West Africa, the Roman Catholic form of Christianity, and Spiritism. Santería is an initiatory tradition with no […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 24, 2021: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv. Today is the Independence Day of Ukraine. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Chandler’s Ford shooting. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Chandler’s Ford shooting was an attempted robbery on 13 September 2007 in which two men were shot dead by officers of London’s Metropolitan Police while robbing a cash-in-transit van. The Met had been tracking a gang who had stolen an estimated £500,000 […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Edvard August Vainio. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Edvard August Vainio (1853–1929) was a Finnish lichenologist. His early works on the lichens of Lapland, his three-volume monograph on the lichen genus Cladonia, and, in particular, his study of the classification and form and structure of lichens in Brazil made […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 23, 2021: Max Niedermeier practicing for the 2018 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship finals at Inzell, Germany. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 22, 2021: Steam-boiling green asparagus in a stainless steel pot. More Info