Wikipedia article of the day is Treaty of Lutatius. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Treaty of Lutatius was the agreement of 241 BC between Carthage and Rome which ended the First Punic War after 23 years. The Romans had defeated a Carthaginian fleet attempting to lift the blockade of its last strongholds on Sicily. Accepting […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Scorpion. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always ending with a stinger. There are over 2,500 described […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 31, 2021: Wrocław Główny, the largest railway station in Poland in terms of the number of passengers serviced. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is MAUD Committee. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The MAUD Committee was a British scientific working group formed during the Second World War to determine if an atomic bomb was feasible. The name came from a reference by Danish physicist Niels Bohr to his housekeeper, Maud Ray. The committee was […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 30, 2021: Fortress Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle. Today is the day of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Mysteries of Isis. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The mysteries of Isis were religious initiation rites performed in the cult of the goddess Isis in the Greco-Roman world. Alluding to the worship of Isis from ancient Egyptian religion, they were modeled on other mystery rites, particularly the Eleusinian mysteries, […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 29, 2021: California gull (Larus californicus) landing in Palo Alto Duck Pond, Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, California. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Menstrual cycle. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The menstrual cycle is a series of natural changes in hormone production and the structures of the uterus and ovaries of the female reproductive system that make pregnancy possible. Naturally occurring hormones drive two concurrent and coordinated cycles that last about 28 […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 28, 2021: Detail of Distinction Hotel facade, Christchurch, New Zealand More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 27, 2021: Aerial shot of the Church of the Savior on Blood in Saint Petersburg, Russia More Info