Wikipedia article of the day is Antiochus X Eusebes. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Antiochus X Eusebes (c. 113 BC – 92 or 88 BC) was a king of Syria during the Hellenistic period. During his lifetime Seleucid Syria was beset by civil wars, interference by Ptolemaic Egypt and incursions by the Parthians. In 95 BC, Seleucus VI killed his own half-uncle […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 17, 2021: Mountain tour from Watles via Sesvennahütte and the Uina Slucht to Sur En Alte Pforzheimer Huette on the Pforzheimer See. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Podokesaurus. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Podokesaurus is a genus of coelophysoid dinosaur that lived in what is now the eastern United States during the Early Jurassic Period between 201 and 190 million years ago. Its only fossil was discovered by the geologist Mignon Talbot near Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts, in […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 16, 2021: Sculpture “Silberne Frequenz” (Otto Piene, 1970/71, 2012/14 redesign) at the LWL museum, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Bombing of Yawata (June 1944). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Bombing of Yawata on the night of 15/16 June 1944 was the first air raid on the Japanese home islands conducted by United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) strategic bombers during World War II. The attack was undertaken by 75 B-29 […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 15, 2021: State Opera and Ballet House in Yekaterinburg, Russia More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Enthiran. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Enthiran (Robot) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language science fiction film written and directed by S. Shankar. Produced by Kalanithi Maran, it stars Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (both pictured). The story revolves around a scientist’s struggle to control his creation, an android that can […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 14, 2021: Male Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes) in the Chobe National Park, Botswana. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Barren Island, Brooklyn. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Barren Island is a former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in New York City. Located on Jamaica Bay, it was occupied by the Lenape Native Americans prior to the arrival of Dutch settlers in the 17th century. Its name […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 13, 2021: Volcanic landscape featuring from left to right Tomasamil (5,890 m or 19,320 ft), Cañapa (5,882 m or 19,298 ft), Ollagüe (5,868 m or 19,252 ft) and Aucanquilcha (6,176 m or 20,262 ft), Andes, southern Bolvia/northern Chile. More Info