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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
  2. 1 hour ago

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

  3. 4 hours ago

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

  4. Feb 17

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

  5. 8 hours ago

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

  6. 10 hours ago

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

  7. 14 hours ago
  8. 17 hours ago

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

  9. 20 hours ago

    A list of dishes made using chicken:

  10. 23 hours ago

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

  11. Feb 17

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

  12. Feb 17

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

  13. Feb 17

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

  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
  15. Feb 17

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

  16. Feb 17

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

  17. Feb 17

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

  18. Feb 17

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

  19. Feb 17

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

  20. Feb 17

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

  21. Feb 16

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

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