Wikipedia picture of the day on April 23, 2021: Ripe carambolas, also known as starfruit, the fruit of Averrhoa carambola tree: vertical, side and cross section profiles. The fruit in cross section is a five-pointed star, hence its name. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Pigeon guillemot. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) is a seabird in the auk family, Alcidae. It is dark brown with a black iridescent sheen and a distinctive wing patch broken by a brown-black wedge in breeding plumage. Its non-breeding plumage has mottled grey and […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Earth. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest and most massive of the four rocky planets. About 29% of Earth’s surface is […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 22, 2021: Power lines in Palo Alto, California. As of 2020, over a third of energy in California comes from renewable sources. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 21, 2021: Buckingham Palace in London, the home of Elizabeth II, the Queen of the 16 Commonwealth realms across the world, who was born on this day 95 years ago. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of the Saw. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Battle of the Saw was the culminating battle of a campaign fought between a Carthaginian army led by Hamilcar Barca and a rebel force led by Spendius in 238 BC in what is now northern Tunisia. Carthage was fighting a […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Portraits of Odaenathus. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Portraits of Odaenathus, the king of Palmyra from 260 to 267 CE, include sculptures, seal impressions, and mosaic pieces. As a client king for Rome, Odaenathus came to dominate the Roman East after defeating Shapur I of Persia in 260 and assuming the […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 20, 2021: Assassin bug (Rhynocoris iracundus), with bee (Apis sp.) prey on Eryngium sp., Republic of North Macedonia. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is League of Legends. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games and released in 2009. Two teams of five players battle in player-versus-player combat, with each player controlling a character with a unique play style […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 19, 2021: Mekong fish hanging on a rack and drying in the sun in Laos. More Info