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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 5

    When you support the Wikimedia Foundation, you support the volunteers who build Wikipedia.

    This is the Wikimedia Foundation
    10:31 AM - 5 May 2016 · Details
    99 retweets 121 likes
  2. 14 minutes ago

    Knight Foundation grant will help make library resources more accessible to Wikipedia editors.

    11:53 AM - 23 Jun 2016 · Details
    3 retweets 4 likes
  3. 34 minutes ago

    The feathers of a Red Warbler contain alkaloids, which makes the birds unpalatable.

    11:33 AM - 23 Jun 2016 · Details
    1 retweet 8 likes
  4. 4 hours ago

    The King of Rome was a successful racing pigeon, and the subject of a song, book, and radio play.

    5 retweets 5 likes
  5. 8 hours ago

    Day 3 at promises a Communications Hackathon, a brand interview with a Ghanian Wikimedian, and pizza in the sun.

    4 retweets 2 likes
  6. 7 hours ago

    On this day in 2013: Nik Wallenda became the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.

    4 retweets 7 likes
  7. 11 hours ago

    On this day in 1887, Canada's oldest national park was created.

    1:33 AM - 23 Jun 2016 · Details
    8 retweets 20 likes
  8. 13 hours ago

    Words cannot describe this small, rocky island in Antarctica, named Inexpressible Island.

    11:14 PM - 22 Jun 2016 · Details
    25 retweets 32 likes
  9. 16 hours ago

    A Germanic pagan temple had been hidden under Uppåkra, Scania for hundreds of years before discovery.

    9 retweets 9 likes
  10. 22 hours ago

    Play the Wikipedia Adventure and learn to edit Wikipedia in under an hour!

    2:02 PM - 22 Jun 2016 · Details
    24 retweets 26 likes
  11. 21 hours ago

    Every winter, copper sharks in South Africa chase after schools of migrating sardines.

    3:10 PM - 22 Jun 2016 · Details
    3 retweets 11 likes
  12. 23 hours ago

    Wikipedia's volunteer editors from around globe are meeting in an Italian town.

    12:40 PM - 22 Jun 2016 · Details
    31 retweets 37 likes
  13. 23 hours ago

    Wikipedia's volunteer editors from around globe are meeting in an Italian town.

    12:40 PM - 22 Jun 2016 · Details
    31 retweets 37 likes
  14. Jun 22

    Despite common misconception, microwave ovens don't cook food from the inside out.

    9 retweets 12 likes
  15. Jun 22

    Ruth Seeger was the first woman to place on the United States track and field team for the World Games for the Deaf.

    3 retweets 8 likes
  16. Jun 22

    Just as kicks off: we published a short guide to navigate research at cc

    We released a comprehensive FAQ page on research resources/responsibilities at .
    11 retweets 11 likes
  17. Jun 20

    We released a comprehensive FAQ page on research resources/responsibilities at .

    10:42 AM - 20 Jun 2016 · Details
    40 retweets 48 likes
  18. Jun 22

    A world of Wikimedians gathers in a small alpine town: leaves big cities behind for Esino Lario.

    14 retweets 12 likes
  19. Jun 22

    Dogs can regulate their body temperature through panting and sweating through their paws.

    5:51 AM - 22 Jun 2016 · Details
    14 retweets 28 likes
  20. Jun 22

    On this day: The Cuyahoga River caught fire in Cleveland, Ohio.

    10 retweets 14 likes
  21. Jun 21

    A world of Wikimedians comes to Italian town: leaves behind big cities for Esino Lario.

    23 retweets 24 likes

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