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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
    255 retweets 406 likes
  2. 54 minutes ago

    Amyloid-beta proteins, which are associated with Alzheimer's disease, may help to fight other diseases.

    2 retweets 1 like
  3. 4 hours ago

    Should this be the next Featured Article on Wikipedia? Share your thoughts with editors and readers.

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  4. 7 hours ago

    Born this day: Kenyan adventurer Beryl Markham, the first woman to fly solo from east to west across the Atlantic.

    7 retweets 13 likes
  5. 13 hours ago

    On this day in 1984: "Baby Fae" received a heart transplant from a baboon, sparking wide ethical and legal debate.

    8 retweets 10 likes
  6. 16 hours ago

    The Golden Door Film Festival Women in Film Award is named for Alice Guy-Blaché, a pioneer in the movie industry.

    2 retweets 7 likes
  7. 21 hours ago

    There are over 18,500 unique species of butterfly.

    10 retweets 19 likes
  8. Oct 25

    Wikipedia is fixing one of the Internet’s biggest flaws

    75 retweets 85 likes
  9. Oct 25

    Armenia's first feature film was a 1925 silent film based on Alexander Shirvanzade's novel, "Namus."

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  10. Oct 25

    Wolf pups will develop behavioral abnormalities if raised without another member of its kind.

    21 retweets 19 likes
  11. Oct 25

    Volunteer Wikipedia editors praised for overall balance and civility by in .

    17 retweets 23 likes
  12. Oct 25

    This day in 1924: Zinoviev Letter was published, which the British Labour party would blame for a landslide loss.

    10 retweets 12 likes
  13. Oct 25

    On this day in 1920: Terence MacSwiney died after a hunger strike of 74 days in England's Brixton Prison.

    5 retweets 8 likes
  14. Oct 24

    Princess Pingyang organized an army of women in her campaign to capture the Sui capital Chang'an.

    5 retweets 12 likes
  15. Oct 24

    Watch this cube float and spin as Estonian scientist Maxim Bilovitskiy creates a superconductor. See more here:

    34 retweets 34 likes
  16. Oct 24

    A 2007 survey examined what it meant to be a "furry" and proposed a taxonomy to categorize their different types.

    33 retweets 65 likes
  17. Oct 24

    A three-story house in the historical neighborhood of Even Yisrael has been called "Jerusalem's first skyscraper."

    2 retweets 5 likes
  18. Oct 20

    We are proud to announce that we are a finalist for the . We write women's bios on . Our budget:$0

    35 retweets 35 likes
  19. Oct 23

    :Annie went over in a barrel on her 63rd birthday. This is 1 of 16% wikibios about women

    , , and 2 others
    4 retweets 6 likes
  20. Oct 24

    We're supporting Women's History Month by adding women's history to Wikipedia. Join us in …

    4 retweets 6 likes
  21. Oct 24

    Only known photo of African American Union soldier and family. 1860s. See it on Wikimedia Commons in public domain:

    17 retweets 35 likes

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