Wikipedia article of the day is Scarlet myzomela. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2OnnsdW Summary: The scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta) is a small bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to Australia. It was described by English ornithologist John Latham in 1801. At 9 to 11 centimetres (3.5 to 4.3 in) long, it is the smallest honeyeater in […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 3, 2021: Spherical panorama of the courtyard of the former Real Seminario de Nobles in Calatayud, Spain. The Seminario de Nobles used to be an education institution just before college for noble and bourgeois people. There are only 6 of its kind in the world and this one […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Honan Chapel. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2fq0a1A Summary: The Honan Chapel is a small Catholic church built in the Celtic-Romanesque Revival style on the grounds of University College Cork. Designed in 1914, the building was completed in 1916 and fully furnished by 1917. Its architecture and fittings are representative of […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 2, 2021: Crucifixion of Christ – central panel of the Knappenaltar (altar of the miners) at the Catholic parish church Hallstatt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master, around 1450. https://ift.tt/3fA9Wyw
Wikipedia article of the day is Groundhog Day (film). Check it out: https://ift.tt/1dXLI7s Summary: Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Ramis and Danny Rubin. It stars Bill Murray (pictured), Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott. Murray portrays Phil Connors, a cynical television weatherman who becomes trapped […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 1, 2021: Crab spider (Misumena vatia) female with prey silver-spotted skipper butterfly (Hesperia comma) on Centaurea jacea flower, Bükk National Park, Hungary. https://ift.tt/2Pnu64i
Wikipedia picture of the day on March 31, 2021: Istanbul Railway Museum https://ift.tt/2PkpYSC
Wikipedia article of the day is Lou Spence. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2zyOIMi Summary: Lou Spence (1917–1950) was a fighter pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II and the Korean War. In 1941 he was posted to North Africa with No. 3 Squadron, which operated P-40 Tomahawks and Kittyhawks; he was […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on March 30, 2021: Almandine on gray-green schist from North Tyrol, Austria. https://ift.tt/3m2Rzne
Wikipedia article of the day is Dresden Triptych. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3cwHPyw Summary: The Dresden Triptych is a very small hinged-triptych altarpiece signed and dated 1437 by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck. It consists of five paintings: one central and four on two double-sided wings. It may have been intended as a portable […]