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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
    151 retweets 221 likes
  2. 3 hours ago

    Beautiful visualization of transverse waves on a string.

    23 retweets 28 likes
  3. 3 hours ago

    Robert Delaunay's "Windows Open Simultaneously" is among many works here:

    6 retweets 3 likes
  4. 6 hours ago

    Drunken shrimp is a dish popular in China, consisting of shrimp placed in strong liquor and then eaten alive.

    12 retweets 13 likes
  5. 12 hours ago

    On this day in 1913: A circus acrobat named Otto Witte was purportedly crowned King of Albania.

    8 retweets 7 likes
  6. 18 hours ago

    The Lion Capital of Ashoka, a leading emblem of India, was rediscovered by one amateur archaeologist.

    9 retweets 16 likes
  7. 21 hours ago

    In Mumbai, there are an estimated 10 to 12 million inhabitants, and six million of them are squatters.

    11 retweets 9 likes
  8. 22 hours ago

    Greenland sharks don't reach sexual maturity until they're 150 years old.

    14 retweets 20 likes
  9. Aug 12

    Zika virus has recently reached pandemic levels. As of March, it cannot be prevented by vaccines.

    10 retweets 11 likes
  10. Aug 12

    The Eurasian Wryneck is known to feign death, hanging limply with its eyes closed.

    11 retweets 16 likes
  11. Aug 12

    Great introduction to editing by at editathon at the !

    20 retweets 29 likes
  12. Aug 12

    “Today, in this room, change starts with you” - to new editors at 's edit-a-thon

    72 retweets 136 likes
  13. Aug 12 United Nations

    Now at our at podium for editathon. Take part!

    41 retweets 49 likes
  14. Aug 12

    Mark Sutton portrayed a skydiving James Bond during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer .

    1 retweet 1 like
  15. Aug 12

    Today's the day to help write great women into h̶i̶s̶t̶o̶r̶y̶ ! Join ,

    33 retweets 41 likes
  16. Aug 12

    Today's the day to help write great women into h̶i̶s̶t̶o̶r̶y̶ ! Join ,

    33 retweets 41 likes
  17. Aug 12

    Today is the day! UN Women editathon - all over the world. Signup & contribute:

    13 retweets 13 likes
  18. Aug 12

    On this day in 1960: NASA launched Echo 1A, their first successful communications satellite experiment.

    7 retweets 8 likes
  19. Aug 12

    On this day in 1981: IBM released its first personal computer, popularizing the acronym "PC."

    16 retweets 14 likes
  20. Aug 11

    A greeble is a fine detailing added to the surface of a larger object that makes it appear more complex.

    5 retweets 9 likes
  21. Aug 11

    Join the Wikipedia community, and for editathons live and online this weekend!

    32 retweets 38 likes

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