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    May 23

    Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey for over two years now. Today reaches out to the European Court of Human Rights to help end nationwide censorship.

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    23 hours ago

    . just launched a cool new look for its website. Check it out and see how you can join the free movement:

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  3. 22 hours ago

    As of 2007, New Zealand had nearly 10 times as many sheep as people.

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  4. Jul 10

    Following her active duty service in the United States Navy, Tammie Jo Shults safely landed a Boeing 737-700 after the aircraft suffered an engine failure with debris causing a uncontrolled decompression of the aircraft.

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  5. Jul 9

    The Angelina Jolie Trapdoor Spider (yep, that's its name) injects its prey with venom after ambushing it from its burrow.

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  6. Jul 9

    But he only publicized the party after it was over so that only time travelers would know to attend. (As expected, nobody showed up.)

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  7. Jul 9

    As a "test" of his 1992 conjecture that travel into the past is effectively impossible, Stephen Hawking held a party open to all, complete with hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne.

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  8. Jul 9

    Psst...tell me your favorite fact about science!

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    Jul 8

    Do you edit ?

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  10. Jul 8

    There is an underground fire in Pennsylvania that has been burning since 1962 and could continue to burn for another 250 years:

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  11. Jul 7

    The cornet is like the trumpet, but has a conical bore, more compact shape, and mellow tone. In old style jazz bands, the cornet was preferred to the trumpet, but from the swing era onwards, it's been largely replaced by the louder, more piercing trumpet.

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  12. Jul 6

    In 2003, the patent for Magic: The Gathering was an element of a larger legal dispute between Wizards of the Coast and Nintendo, regarding trade secrets related to Nintendo's Pokémon Trading Card Game.

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  13. Jul 6

    In September 1944 during Operation Loyton, a member of the French Resistance died eating plastic explosives he had mistaken for cheese.

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  14. Jul 5

    What is your favorite vicious predator of the animal kingdom, and why is it the wolverine?

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  15. Jul 3

    How do you get to be one of the most powerful women in the tech world by the time you're in your mid-30s? Our own , executive director and CEO of , joins to debunk stereotypes about women in tech.

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  16. Jul 3

    Ahen John Livingston Lowes taught Kubla Khan, he told his class "If there is any man in the history of literature who should be hanged, drawn, and quartered, it is the man on business from Porlock."

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  17. Jul 2

    Amidst the many animals of Australia that would be all too happy to kill you, may we present ... the wallaby.

    Wallaby feeding via publicdomainpictures.net
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  18. Jul 2

    The photo competition focuses on natural heritage in protected areas—unique and special places like nature reserves, landscape conservation areas, national parks, and more. Looking forward to seeing this! More about Wiki Loves Earth:

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    📷 📸 My conversation with one of Nigeria’s foremost photographer - Dayo Adedayo () airs tomorrow at 12:30pm/8:30pm. Watch on (Startimes CH 308/528 or )
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  19. Jul 2

    What topics were you obsessed with as a child?

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    Jul 2

    Before a student created this article using our tools, the topic wasn’t represented on the site. Now it’s featured on Wikipedia’s main page! Watch the page views roll in…

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  21. Jul 2

    The Harry Potter series by has been translated into over 75 languages—including Azerbaijani, Malayalam, and Welsh, as well as the dead languages Latin and Ancient Greek.

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