Wikipedia article of the day is Soultaker (film). Check it out: https://ift.tt/1SmeEyl Summary: Soultaker is an American fantasy horror film written by Vivian Schilling and directed by Michael Rissi, released on October 26, 1990. It stars Joe Estevez in the title role, alongside Schilling, Gregg Thomsen, Chuck Williams, Robert Z’Dar, and David “Shark” Fralick. The film […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 24, 2020: The Eldridge Street Synagogue, a National Historic Landmark in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City, USA. It opened in 1887, one of the first American synagogues established by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, and underwent a 20-year restoration which finished in 2007. https://ift.tt/2IQCfuj
Wikipedia article of the day is Super-Science Fiction. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1hCTzzz Summary: Super-Science Fiction was an American digest science fiction magazine published from 1956 to 1959, edited by W. W. Scott and published by Feature Publications. Robert Silverberg and Harlan Ellison were already selling crime stories to Scott for his other magazines, Trapped and Guilty, […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 23, 2020: Strawberry top shell (Clanculus pharaonius), a sea snail found in the shallow subtidal zone throughout the tropics of the Indo-Pacific region. https://ift.tt/2HotpDs
Wikipedia article of the day is William Cragh. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3jmSc8f Summary: William Cragh (born c. 1262, died after 1307) was a medieval Welsh warrior and supporter of Rhys ap Maredudd in his rebellion against King Edward I of England. Captured in 1290, Cragh was tried and found guilty of having killed thirteen men. He was […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 22, 2020: Safari Endeavour vessel exploring the Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States. https://ift.tt/31xdb1U
Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of Goodenough Island. Check it out: https://ift.tt/29KJh0Z Summary: The Battle of Goodenough Island was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought between 22 and 27 October 1942. Japanese forces had been stranded on Goodenough Island, Papua, during the Battle of Milne Bay. Aircraft and […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 20, 2020: The total phase of the June 15, 2011 lunar eclipse lasted an impressive 100 minutes. Its entire duration is covered in this composite of a regular sequence of digital camera exposures, tracking the dark lunar disk as it arced above the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. https://ift.tt/3dG2kYs
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 21, 2020: Main building of the University of Wrocław, which was established on this day in 1702. View from the River Oder. https://ift.tt/31oINGU
Wikipedia article of the day is Leech. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2iNUf61 Summary: Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms of the subclass Hirudinea in the phylum Annelida. Like earthworms, they have soft, muscular, segmented bodies that can lengthen and contract, but the coelom, the body cavity that can be spacious in other annelids, is reduced […]