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    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
    35 replies 280 retweets 463 likes
  2. 1 hour ago

    On this day in 1913: Pedro Lascuráin became President of Mexico...for 45 minutes.

    1 reply 8 retweets 10 likes
  3. 4 hours ago

    Catallaxy or catallactics is an alternative expression for the word "economy."

    5 retweets 13 likes
  4. Feb 17

    Ellis Island was the gateway for over 12M immigrants to the US from 1892 to 1954. (1908 video)

    4 replies 45 retweets 83 likes
  5. 8 hours ago

    The production of Japanese whisky began as a conscious effort to recreate the style of Scotch whisky.

    6 retweets 15 likes
  6. 10 hours ago

    Larry, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, is said to have "a distinct lack of killer instinct."

    8 retweets 25 likes
  7. 14 hours ago

    A list of national liquors:

    6 retweets 13 likes
  8. 17 hours ago

    Crypto-anarchists trade information using cryptographic software to protect their privacy and political freedom.

    6 retweets 11 likes
  9. 20 hours ago

    A list of dishes made using chicken:

    13 retweets 15 likes
  10. 23 hours ago

    On this day in 1954: The first Church of Scientology was established in Los Angeles.

    1 reply 8 retweets 8 likes
  11. Feb 17

    On this day in 1930: Clyde Tombaugh accidentally discovered Pluto while studying photographs of the sky.

    1 reply 17 retweets 19 likes
  12. Feb 17

    According to Icelandic legend, the Lodsilungur is a furry trout that is the creation of demons and giants.

    14 retweets 18 likes
  13. Feb 17

    Many nightshades contain highly toxic alkaloids, but some cultures eat them regardless as staple foods.

    2 replies 9 retweets 11 likes
  14. Feb 17

    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
    9 replies 140 retweets 239 likes
  15. Feb 17

    Ellis Island was the gateway for over 12M immigrants to the US from 1892 to 1954. (1908 video)

    4 replies 45 retweets 83 likes
  16. Feb 17

    Sixteen of the 17 warmest years on record have occurred since 2000.

    1 reply 48 retweets 44 likes
  17. Feb 17

    Although traditionally composed of natural chalk, modern blackboard chalk is generally made from the mineral gypsum.

    1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
  18. Feb 17

    Trees play a role in many mythologies and religions, and have been given sacred meanings through the ages.

    11 retweets 16 likes
  19. Feb 17

    Born this day in 1942: American activist Huey P. Newton, who co-founded the Black Panther Party.

    2 replies 7 retweets 11 likes
  20. Feb 17

    Belief perseverance is maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it.

    14 retweets 17 likes
  21. Feb 16

    Born this day in 1781: French physician René Laennec, inventor of the stethoscope.

    2 replies 15 retweets 15 likes

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