Wikipedia article of the day is Zino’s petrel. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Q3YXCR Summary: Zino’s petrel (Pterodroma madeira) is a species of small seabird, endemic to Madeira. This gadfly petrel is grey above with a dark “W” across the wings. The wings are mainly blackish below, and the belly is white. It is very similar in […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of Halmyros. Check it out: https://ift.tt/18Nri4J Summary: The Battle of Halmyros was fought on 15 March 1311 between the Frankish Duchy of Athens and the Catalan Company (seal depicted). The Catalans were mercenaries hired by the Byzantine emperor to combat the increasing power of the Turks in Anatolia. After the […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Nasr of Granada. Check it out: https://ift.tt/38EApXH Summary: Nasr (1287–1322) was the son of Muhammad II al-Faqih and the fourth Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula. When he ascended the throne on 14 March 1309 after his brother Muhammad III was dethroned in a palace revolution, Granada faced […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Oi0Yel Summary: The Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar is a commemorative coin struck in 1904 and 1905 as part of the United States Government’s participation in the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. That fair was held in 1905 in […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Limusaurus. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2euROn0 Summary: Limusaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Jurassic, around 161 to 157 million years ago. The only species, Limusaurus inextricabilis, was described in 2009 from specimens (pictured) found in the Upper Shishugou Formation in […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Typhoon Maemi. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3quWFcw Summary: Typhoon Maemi was the most powerful typhoon to strike South Korea since records began in 1904. Maemi formed on September 4, 2003 in the western Pacific and became a typhoon on September 8. Passing over the Japanese island of Miyako-jima on September 10, it left […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of the Aegates. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Kz4cUz Summary: The Battle of the Aegates was a naval battle fought on 10 March 241 BC between the fleets of Carthage and Rome. It took place among the Aegates Islands, off the western coast of Sicily. The Carthaginians were commanded by Hanno, and the […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Paper Mario: The Origami King. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2zFn1DL Summary: Paper Mario: The Origami King is a cross-genre video game, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo; it was released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch console in July 2020. The story follows Mario teaming up with his new ally […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Women’s poll tax repeal movement. Check it out: https://ift.tt/39ZPt3n Summary: The women’s poll tax repeal movement in the United States was the attempt, predominantly led by women, to secure the abolition of poll taxes as a prerequisite for voting in the Southern states. After women were granted the right […]

Wikipedia article of the day is The Grand Budapest Hotel. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1DtrgdS Summary: The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson. Ralph Fiennes leads a seventeen-actor ensemble cast as Monsieur Gustave H., renowned concierge of a fictional European mountainside resort. When Gustave is framed for the murder […]