Wikipedia picture of the day on October 6, 2023: The winding road to Shingo La, a 5,090 m (16,700 ft) Himalayan mountain pass in northern India connecting the Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh with the Zanskar region of Ladakh. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Ministerial by-election. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Prior to 1926, a successful ministerial by-election was required for members of the British House of Commons (pictured) to regain their seats after being made ministers. This requirement originated from 17th-century ideas of parliamentary independence from the Crown, which appoints the ministers; […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 5, 2023: Fields and meadows at the western slope of the Mittelberg mountain, near Neckarkatzenbach, Neunkirchen, Germany. The photo was taken shortly before sunset at an evening in October. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 4, 2023: Small pratincole (Glareola lactea), Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is WSNS-TV. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: WSNS-TV (channel 44) is a television station in Chicago broadcasting the Spanish-language Telemundo network. It is owned and operated by the network and shares its studios in the NBC Tower (pictured), and its transmitter on the Willis Tower, with WMAQ-TV. WSNS-TV was built […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 3, 2023: A waitress with Hacker-Pschorr, one of the traditional beers allowed to be served at Oktoberfest. She wears a Dirndl, a traditional women’s dress of Bavaria. Today is the last day of the festival this year. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is 1919–20 Gillingham F.C. season. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The 1919–20 Gillingham Football Club season was their 22nd season in England’s Southern League, and their 21st in the league’s Division One. George Collins was appointed as Gillingham’s new manager, and most of the players were new; the club struggled […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Baljuna Covenant. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Baljuna Covenant was an oath sworn in mid-1203 by Temüjin—the future Genghis Khan (depicted)—and the Baljunatu, a small group of companions. Temüjin, khan of the Mongols, had steadily risen in power through the late 12th century in the service of Toghrul, […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 2, 2023: Group of trees in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Medieval cuisine. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Medieval cuisine includes the foods, diets, and cooking methods of various European cultures from the 5th to the 15th century. Cereals were the most important staple during the Early Middle Ages: barley, oats, and rye were eaten by the poor while wheat […]