Wikipedia article of the day is York City War Memorial. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2K8FiPA Summary: The York City War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in York, in the north of England. A public meeting in January 1920 to decide how to commemorate York’s war dead opted for […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Peter Badcoe. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2YEHlx1 Summary: Peter Badcoe (11 January 1934 – 7 April 1967) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in battle that could be awarded at that time to a member of the Australian armed forces. Badcoe joined the Australian Army in 1950 […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 11, 2021: Three Sisters, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, AustraliaWikipedia: Three Sisters · Blue Mountains National Park · New South Wales https://ift.tt/2K0spaa
Wikipedia article of the day is Ficus macrophylla. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2kMovRf Summary: Ficus macrophylla, the Moreton Bay fig, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the family Moraceae native to eastern Australia. A strangler fig, it usually germinates in the canopy of a host tree and lives as an epiphyte until its roots establish […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 9, 2021: Royal Banquet Hall Gyeonghoeru at Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul. https://ift.tt/3hTBlLc
Wikipedia article of the day is Sagitta. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1NVcqAo Summary: Sagitta is a dim but distinctive constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for ‘arrow’, and it should not be confused with the larger constellation Sagittarius, the archer. It was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Horseshoe bat. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1UthpKC Summary: Horseshoe bats are a family of more than 100 bat species. They are found throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. While many are brown, some species have black, reddish, or orange fur. They are small, weighing less than 30 g (1.1 oz), and are […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Homicide: Life on the Street (season 2). Check it out: https://ift.tt/2claKn4 Summary: The second season of Homicide: Life on the Street, a US police drama TV series, originally aired in the US in January 1994. Low ratings during the first season meant NBC ordered only four episodes before deciding whether […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Skegness. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1XYhsTG Summary: Skegness is an English seaside town on the North Sea coast of Lincolnshire with 19,579 residents. The original Skegness was situated farther east but much of it was lost to the sea in the 1520s after the natural sea defences which protected its […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Revival (comics). Check it out: https://ift.tt/2fp7dtJ Summary: Revival is an American horror comics series created by writer Tim Seeley and artist Mike Norton (pictured). The pair worked with colorist Mark Englert and cover artist Jenny Frison to produce the series, which was published by Image Comics as 47 monthly […]