Wikipedia article of the day is 1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The 1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1899. The Republican incumbent, William Bradley, was term-limited. The Democrats chose William Goebel. Republicans nominated William Taylor. Taylor won by a vote of 193,714 to 191,331. The vote was challenged on […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Rodrigues night heron. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Rodrigues night heron is an extinct species of heron that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues. It was first mentioned in two accounts, from around 1692 and around 1725, which were correlated with subfossil remains found and described […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 6, 2023: F-35 Heritage Flight Team performs in Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show 2018, Fort Worth, Texas. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Logic. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Logic is the study of correct reasoning. Formal logic aims to determine the correctness of arguments based on their structure alone and often uses a formal language to analyze them. Informal logic examines arguments expressed in natural language and also takes their content […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 5, 2023: 125 Bolivares share certificate, issued by the mining company Compañia Minera El Callao on 1. March 1887 in Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela). Graphic design with underground mining scene, richly ornamented with coats of arms and monograms of the society. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 4, 2023: St. John Nepomuk Chapel in Hiddingsel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany More Info
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 […]