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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 21

    Wikipedia is fighting fake news with a policy of verifiability.

    No, we’re not in a post-fact world. On Wikipedia, facts matter.
    When writing Wikipedia, facts matter. Verifiability helps separate real facts from fake news. #FactsMatter
    16 replies 195 retweets 309 likes
  2. 3 hours ago

    The Javanese breed of cat is not from Java nor Indonesia, and neither is the woman who coined the name.

    8 retweets 18 likes
  3. 6 hours ago

    Born this day in 1913: American activist Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement."

    88 retweets 87 likes
  4. Feb 2

    Greek philosopher Chrysippus died from laughing at one of his own jokes.

    62 replies 2,972 retweets 3,957 likes
  5. 9 hours ago

    A list of firsts in African-American history:

    15 retweets 24 likes
  6. 12 hours ago

    On this day in 960: Emperor Taizu coronation launched China's Song dynasty, which would last over three centuries.

    22 retweets 37 likes
  7. 14 hours ago

    On this day in 1936: Radium became the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.

    1 reply 22 retweets 21 likes
  8. 18 hours ago

    On this day in 1972: The deadliest snowstorm in history dumped over 3 m (10 ft) of snow across rural Iran.

    13 retweets 16 likes
  9. Feb 3

    has been incredible. Wikipedia wants YOU, , to keep on in our shared mission of free knowledge.

    29 retweets 24 likes
  10. 23 hours ago

    In the 1950s, the La Sape movement was synonymous with the Congolese rumba scene.

    7 retweets 8 likes
  11. 23 hours ago

    With the power of online transparency, together we can beat fake news, by in .

    63 retweets 66 likes
  12. Feb 3

    "A life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives." - Jackie Robinson, 1972.

    23 retweets 30 likes
  13. Feb 3

    Isn't that famous librarian in that old-timey LIBRARIAN WANTED ad?

    has been incredible. Wikipedia wants YOU, , to keep on in our shared mission of free knowledge.
    1 reply 7 retweets 30 likes
  14. Feb 3

    A list of fictional ducks in animation:

    2 replies 51 retweets 68 likes
  15. Feb 3

    Born this day in 1911: Robert Earl Jones, a paradigm-busting film star of the Harlem Renaissance.

    1 reply 27 retweets 40 likes
  16. Feb 3

    "Robbing Peter to pay Paul" means to eliminate one debt by incurring another.

    8 retweets 14 likes
  17. Feb 2

    On this day in 1690: The colony of Massachusetts issued the first paper money in the Americas.

    24 retweets 34 likes
  18. Feb 2

    Crab apples were regarded as talismans against Wen Shen, the Chinese god of pestilence.

    1 reply 10 retweets 26 likes
  19. Feb 2

    In baseball, a golden sombrero is a player's inglorious feat of striking out four times in a single game.

    3 retweets 10 likes
  20. Feb 2

    Greek philosopher Chrysippus died from laughing at one of his own jokes.

    62 replies 2,972 retweets 3,957 likes
  21. Feb 2

    The collared lory, a fast and straight flyer with quick shallow wingbeats, can be found in pairs or small groups.

    6 retweets 21 likes

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