Wikipedia article of the day is Chandler’s Ford shooting. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Chandler’s Ford shooting was an attempted robbery on 13 September 2007 in which two men were shot dead by officers of London’s Metropolitan Police while robbing a cash-in-transit van. The Met had been tracking a gang who had stolen an estimated £500,000 […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Edvard August Vainio. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Edvard August Vainio (1853–1929) was a Finnish lichenologist. His early works on the lichens of Lapland, his three-volume monograph on the lichen genus Cladonia, and, in particular, his study of the classification and form and structure of lichens in Brazil made […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 23, 2021: Max Niedermeier practicing for the 2018 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship finals at Inzell, Germany. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 22, 2021: Steam-boiling green asparagus in a stainless steel pot. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Arsenal Women and Bristol City Women played an association football match on 1 December 2019 that ended with a scoreline of 11–1. It was part of the 2019–20 Football Association Women’s Super League (FA WSL) and became the highest-scoring game in […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Candy (Foxy Brown song). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: “Candy” is a song by American rapper Foxy Brown (pictured) featuring Kelis, released by Def Jam on August 21, 2001, as the third single from her third studio album Broken Silence (2001). A dance-pop and R&B track, it was produced by […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 21, 2021: Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus), near Divava, Namibia, very close to the Botswana border. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Shuttle-Centaur. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket that could be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle and used to launch satellites into high Earth orbits or probes into deep space. Two variants were produced: Centaur G-Prime, to launch robotic probes […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 20, 2021: The Rock Arch, a natural granite formation, near Spitzkoppe, Namibia. The Spitzkoppe itself is visible on the right. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Orangutan. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Three species in the genus Pongo are recognised. The most arboreal of the great apes, orangutans spend most of their time in trees. They have proportionally long arms and short legs […]