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    2 mei

    It has been one year since Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey. Today, we commemorate this loss of knowledge. Share this video and let the world know that .

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  2. We're taking a break from facts to share a few "palate cleansers," like this article of a cross-dressing squirrel. No need to thank us.

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    On this day in 1613: The Globe Theater burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.

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    TIL that these typographic geegaws are 'catchwords', from designs by wood type manufacturers in 19th & early 20th century. Curiously, Wikipedia defines a very different & older use: words/syllables added to the bottom of pages to aid medieval bookbinders.

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    The French word "pigeon" is derived from the Latin pipio, for a "peeping" chick, while "dove" is a Germanic word that refers to the bird's diving flight. Doves can be found in many shapes and sizes.

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  6. 4 uur geleden

    Since there are no World Cup matches to talk about today, we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming! This is a pigeon.

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    10 jun.
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    Mexican group Los Bukis won the Lo Nuestro Award for Best Regional Mexican Song in 1989 with their number-one single "Y Ahora Te Vas."

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    Czech actress Olga Scheinpflugová suffered a heart attack directly on the stage, during her performance in the play Mother, written by her husband Karel Čapek.

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    Prescott, Arizona, Mayor Sam Steiger was criminally prosecuted for painting a crosswalk between the local courthouse and the saloons on Whiskey Row.

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  11. Because United Kingdom passports are issued on the authority of Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen herself is not required to carry one. All other members of the royal family, however, do have passports.

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  12. The English slang term "coffee-and" has been used in the 20th century as a noun to denote a cup of coffee and cakes or doughnuts, such as that being the most affordable meal available in a diner or café, and commonly considered to be 'the office diet'.

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  13. Pioneering lesbian journalist Edith Eyde only assumed the pseudonym Lisa Ben after editors of the lesbian magazine The Ladder rejected her first choice, "Ima Spinster."

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  14. Centipede were an English jazz/progressive rock band with more than 50 members. Formed in 1970, it brought together much of a generation of young British jazz and rock musicians from a number of bands, including Soft Machine, Nucleus and Blossom Toes.

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  15. Frank Bossard was the first spy caught with the aid of an electronic transmitter.

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  16. According to one Roman writer, Aeschylus was killed by a tortoise dropped by an eagle, which mistook his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell of the reptile.

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    28 jun.

    Newly available on all Wikimedia wikis: embeddable maps that make the world a little easier to understand. More:

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    28 jun.

    TIL that there were Albania and Iberia next to Asia Minor during Octavian Augustus' days

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  19. 28 jun.

    In accordance with the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act enacted in 1991, certain businesses in Canada need to report their stock or earnings, including casinos, notaries, and dealers in precious stones or metals.

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  20. 28 jun.

    During the 2010 qualification, in the fourth round of the Asian Qualifiers, Japan became the first team other than the host South Africa to qualify after defeating Uzbekistan 1–0 away.

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  21. 28 jun.

    A football match between Japan and South Korea is often shortened as "nikkansen" (Japanese: 日韓戦) or "haniljeon" (Korean: 한일전) in their respective languages.

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