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  1. Born this day in 1725: Giacomo Casanova, famous for his elaborate love affairs.

  2. Today is World Awareness Day, supporting research, diagnoses, treatment and understanding.

  3. Wikipedians went on vacation, took photos, won awards. Williamzarza photo.

  4. Born this day in 1939: “The Prince of Motown” and “Prince of Soul”, Marvin Gaye.

  5. Writing history as it happens: The fascinating relations between the US and Cuba.

  6. On nearly all of our sites, mobile users now make up more than half of our unique visitors.

  7. "Red" Snapp was known as the "king of the minors" for leading 7 baseball teams to pennants in bush leagues.

  8. April always starts on the same day of the week as July and ends on the same day of the week as December.

  9. Born this day in 1908: Abraham Maslow, known for Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health.

  10. This day in 1826: Samuel Morey received a patent for the internal combustion engine.

  11. Did you know? Sreenivasan, digital chief , was born in Japan, grew up in USSR, US, Fiji, & India.

  12. This day in 1960: The first television picture from space was transmitted. Here it is.

  13. This day in 2004: Google announced Gmail to the public.

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    Here are the 15 most edited articles of all time on Wikipedia. REAX? SURPRISES?

  15. Two boys at the beach. One is buried in the sand. (Not a photo montage.) Photo by Böhringer.

  16. Have you ever thought about a wikivacation? Williamzarza photo.

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  18. Hoop skirts got so big in 1860 that elaborate prank photos were staged to lampoon them.

  19. 40 years ago: Inc. was Apple was founded. Here's the 1st logo. .

  20. The nonfiction podcast ranked No. 1 on even before its debut and won a Peabody Award.

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