As Wikipedia turns 20 it aims to reach more readers
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFounded on January 15, 2001 by the American-British entrepreneur Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia is now the seventh-most popular website in the world, with its...
An NFT of Wikipedia’s first edit sold for more than the iMac used to create the site
Quartz· 7 months agoIn a separate lot, the 20-year-old strawberry pink iMac used to create the online encyclopedia went...
19 Wikipedia Pages About Missing People That Are Both Terrifying And Heartbreaking
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2018 was B.C.'s worst wildfire season — 1.35 million hectares burned
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Social media giants mishandled Trump: Wikipedia founder
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwitter and Facebook repeatedly mishandled Donald Trump as he pushed baseless claims, including his...
Why have British schools white-washed history?
Cosmo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThen there was World War One and World War Two: I spent many nights in the library bent over a textbook, yellow highlighter in hand, circling the names...
The Oldest Building in Each State
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12 weather stories of Christmas past
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Boris Johnson Simps for ‘Anti-Racist’ Winston Churchill in Speech That Ignored Brexit Mess
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEurope has been united in schadenfreude as it’s watched furious British drivers line up for miles to...
17 Nightmare-Inducing Stories About Oceans, Lakes, And More Straight From Wikipedia
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe bogs' acids, with pH levels similar to vinegar, conserve human bodies in the same way as fruit...