Wikipedia picture of the day on November 1, 2023: View of quite Monroe Harbor in fall at dawn, Chicago, Illinois, USA. More Info

On Sept. 7, 2023, during its 54th close flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission captured this view of an area in the giant planet’s far northern regions called Jet N7. The image shows turbulent clouds and storms along Jupiter’s terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the planet. The low angle […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Five Nights at Freddy’s (video game). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Five Nights at Freddy’s is a 2014 survival horror game developed by Scott Cawthon. The player takes the role of Mike Schmidt, a night security guard at a family pizzeria. Schmidt must complete his shifts without being caught […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Velociraptor. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Velociraptor is a genus of small dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch. It was about 1.5 to 2.07 m (4.9 to 6.8 ft) long with a body mass around 14.1 to 19.7 kg (31 to 43 lb). Velociraptor was a bipedal carnivore with […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Solar System. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. There are eight planets, numerous dwarf planets, the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the Kuiper belt, and the scattered disc beyond Neptune’s orbit. The […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Smooth toadfish. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The smooth toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) is a species in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae. It is native to shallow coastal and estuarine waters of southeastern Australia, where it is widespread and abundant. French naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville described the species […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 31, 2023: Jubilee and Munin, two of the ravens of the Tower of London. Born in 2012, Jubilee (male) was offered to Queen Elizabeth II for her Diamond Jubilee. Munin (female), born in 1995, is the oldest raven of the Tower. More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of Settepozzi. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Battle of Settepozzi was fought in 1263 off the Greek island of Spetses between a Genoese–Byzantine fleet and a Venetian fleet (Venetian galley pictured). Genoa had been engaged in the War of Saint Sabas against Venice since 1256, and had […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 30, 2023: Twilight over Mykonos, Greece More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is 2022 Tour Championship. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The 2022 Tour Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 28 March to 3 April at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, it comprised the top eight players on the money list for ranking events […]