Wikipedia article of the day is Hurricane Olivia (2018). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Hurricane Olivia was a Category 4 hurricane that hit Hawaii as a weakening tropical storm in September 2018, causing severe flooding and wind damage. Olivia was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall on either Maui or Lanai since modern weather records began. […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 9, 2021: Bosc’s fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper) in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan. The male is giving the female a lovebite as part of his courtship ritual. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is 2008 UAW-Dodge 400. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 was the third stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on March 2 before a crowd of 153,000 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 267-lap race was won by […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 8, 2021: Atomic model of the external structure of the SARS-CoV-2. Each “ball” is an atom. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Shoom. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Shoom was a weekly all-nighter dance music event held at nightclubs in London, England, between December 1987 and early 1990. It is widely credited with initiating the acid house movement in the UK. Shoom was founded by Danny Rampling and managed by his wife […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 7, 2021: Interior of Salepçioğlu Mosque in Izmir, Turkey More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Henry IV (11 November 1050 – 7 August 1106) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105. After his father’s death in 1056, Henry was placed under his mother’s guardianship. Archbishop Anno II of Cologne kidnapped him in 1062 and administered Germany until he came of […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 6, 2021: Motherhood by Stanisław Wyspiański. From the National Museum in Kraków collection. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is South Park: The Stick of Truth. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: South Park: The Stick of Truth is a 2014 role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment in collaboration with South Park Digital Studios, and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Based on the American adult […]
Wikipedia article of the day is York County, Maine, Tercentenary half dollar. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The York County, Maine, Tercentenary half dollar is a fifty-cent piece minted in 1936 as a commemorative coin to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of York County, the southernmost county in Maine and the first to […]