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  1. 1 hour ago

    This , learn about El Güegüense, Nicaragua's folkloric masterpiece combining music, dance & theater. One of the oldest Indigenous theatrical works of the Western Hemisphere, it was passed down orally for centuries.

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    4 hours ago

    Today's page of the day is about the X-files s. 4 ep 2. episode "Home" which I certainly vividly remember as feeling viscerally different from most of the series & it was interesting visiting the division about its reception

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    Oct 8

    This , we asked five Wikimedia contributors... What is one thing you wish people knew about your community, culture, or history? Here is what they said 👇

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  4. Oct 8

    Coral reefs: <0.1% of the ocean, yet they host at least 25% of all marine species. But these reefs are in danger: they have declined by 50% since 1950. Warming oceans, sunscreen use, and overfishing have all contributed to their problems.

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    Oct 6

    Yesterday a small green longhorn landed on my arm as I was sunbathing. Very excitedly, I put it up on . However, I also saw that it didn’t have a page. So I spent the rest of my afternoon making one for it! This is a beautiful Sinclair’s longhorn 💚🪲

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  6. Oct 7

    After moving to the US from Puerto Rico in 1891, Arturo A. Schomburg collected literature, art and other materials of African history. They became the basis of 's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, named in his honor.

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  7. Oct 6

    In the 1917 film The Woman God Forgot, extras were thrown off a fake Aztec pyramid. The film crew knew the pyramid was roughly constructed, so they had a bucket of iodine, an antiseptic, ready at the bottom. This is a list of film & television accidents:

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    Oct 6

    Okaaay... But did you know this picture is used as an example for Electrostatics on Wikipedia??

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  9. Oct 5

    Did you know there are more Wikipedia articles about Antarctica than most countries in Africa? The movement is working to change this. For example, learn about the group documenting Nigeria's oral languages:

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  10. Oct 1

    He may not have a freely licensed image available (yet 🤞), but today we are celebrating Akyaaba Addai-Sebo. A Ghanaian journalist and pan-African activist, Addai-Sebo inspired the UK's annual , first celebrated this month in 1987.

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    Sep 30

    Why should people care about filling knowledge gaps about Latinx people and topics on and other free knowledge projects? This , we asked five Wikimedia contributors to share their perspectives. Here is what they said 🧵

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  12. Sep 29

    Hey. How many tabs do you have open in your internet browser right now? ... Be honest. ... Great, now that we are all a bit embarrassed, check out the 16th-century equivalent of having too many tabs open at one time.

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  13. Sep 28

    "Knowledge is power, but it is much more powerful when it is shared." All month long, we are asking South African writers, filmmakers, and other creatives to share what Wikipedia and knowledge means to them. Discover :

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  14. Sep 28

    Lights, Camera, Action 🎬 Read about Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez — known for their revolutionary films that highlighted inequalities of social class, as well as racial and gender discrimination. More ⬇️

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    Sep 25

    A surprisingly large part of the value of Google & other search engines is just Wikipedia. This paper shows that Wikipedia articles appear in 67%-84% of all search engine results pages & they are the source for most “knowledge boxes” or other excerpts.

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  16. Sep 26

    Have you heard about 's new US$4.5 million fund aimed at increasing the availability of free knowledge? Here are the first grants ⬇️

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  17. Sep 25

    Rainbows are actually full circles. From the ground, however, usually only its upper half can be seen.

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    Sep 23

    I suggest everyone take this opportunity to skim the "History of Haiti" Wikipedia page

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  19. Sep 24

    On this in South Africa, explore one of the country's oldest languages: Khoekhoe. Khoekhoe includes 31 consonants, most of which are clicks. The language is currently endangered, with only 167,000 speakers in Africa. Learn common phrases:

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  20. Sep 23

    "Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it." This , we are celebrating the words of Colombian writer, Gabriel García Márquez — considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century.

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