Guru Nanak Gurpurab celebrates the founder of Sikhism’s birth. Festivities begin with predawn Prabhat Pheris of devotional singing. A 48‑hour reading of the "Guru Granth Sahib" and, the day before, a grand street procession with the Sikh flag and scriptures lead into the main day. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

This Korean art means gathering place + sound. Pansori performances can last for hours and draw on tales like "Chunhyangga" and "Sugungga". Born as folk entertainment, pansori is now a recognized cultural treasure. Drum up more knowledge ➡️ w.wiki/FLhX

Celebrate World Sandwich Day by exploring the origin of this convenient meal 🥪 Legend says the Fourth Earl of Sandwich asked for meat between slices of bread so he could continue playing cards or working without greasy hands. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Across the International Space Station's modules, hundreds of experiments explore how life, materials, and even stars behave in microgravity. Orbit more cosmic knowledge ➡️ w.wiki/tTY

Families build home altars during Mexico’s Day of the Dead. These ofrendas hold photos, candles, flowers, food, and personal belongings. They are visual and spiritual offerings welcoming the spirits of loved ones. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

What’s 6 + 7? If you said "six seven", you’re in on the internet’s latest joke. Born from Skrilla’s track "Doot Doot (6 7)", it spread through TikTok edits, basketball memes, and viral moments. Now a symbol of Gen Alpha humor, "67" was named Dictionary.com 's word of the year. ➡️ w.wiki/FGo7

Three days, three traditions: Allhallowtide links Halloween, All Saints’ Day, and All Souls’ Day. Also called Hallowtide or Allsaintstide, it is a three‑day Western Christian season. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) 🎉 Learn how Wikidata, which houses over 1.6 billion facts, advances education, innovation, and public institutions ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/10...

In a Siberian peat bog, workers unearthed a carved wooden figure that turned out to be incredibly old. Known as the Shigir Idol, this larch sculpture was carved about 11,500 years ago and stands as the oldest known wooden statue. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Where do love letters and sentimental gifts go after a relationship ends? The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia, began as a whimsical idea when artists Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić split and wondered what to do with their keepsakes. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

How well do you know your pasta? 🍝 Tiny, giant, stuffed, or wheel-shaped, names can change from town to town. One person’s paccheri might be another’s rigatoni. Find your favorite pasta  ➡️ w.wiki/3po6

Sleep paralysis is a transient state where someone is conscious but temporarily unable to move or speak. It happens when the brain wakes before the body exits REM sleep, leaving muscle paralysis in place. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

About a decade ago, Słubice, Poland, showed Wikipedia some love. On 22 October 2014, the town unveiled a statue dedicated to the volunteers building Wikipedia. Four figures hold a jigsaw‑piece globe, echoing the project's logo. Learn more about the Wikipedia Monument ➡️ w.wiki/FLha

HEY! HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY! Typing messages has become part of daily life. Unwritten etiquette urges senders to keep messages brief, respond promptly, and avoid all capitals, which can be interpreted as shouting. LEARN MORE ABOUT TEXTING ETIQUETTE ➡️ w.wiki/FLhc

One of the most popular festivals in Hinduism, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual victory of "light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance". Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/3APB

A massive flood of beer more than 4 meters high once swept through the streets of London, devastating an area of slum dwellings known as the St. Giles rookery. Read about the entire incident ➡️ w.wiki/Ddy

The answer to the Olbers' paradox lies in cosmic history: stars have not existed forever, and light from the most distant galaxies is stretched by the expansion of space. Expand your knowledge about our expanding universe ➡️ w.wiki/3BFu

Wayang kulit is Indonesia’s traditional shadow puppet theater. The term comes from Javanese words for "performance" and "skin", referring to the leather puppets. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

It sounds like a horror story. Capgras delusion is a real but rare psychiatric syndrome in which a person believes a loved one has been replaced by an identical impostor. First described in 1923, it is linked to psychosis, dementia, and brain injuries. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/CGqG

The 2025 Nobel Prize laureates were announced this week. Established by the 1895 will of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, the awards recognize those who have conferred "the greatest benefit to humankind”. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/3j6p

Pumpkin spice contains no pumpkin. It blends cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and, sometimes, allspice. First created to season pumpkin pie, the mix now perfumes lattes, cookies, and candles. Learn how simple combinations can define the taste of an entire season ➡️ w.wiki/FLhU

Before local parishes had graveyards, some English villages used corpse roads to carry the dead from remote settlements to churches with burial rights. Processions crossed fields and moorland, pausing at coffin stones that still mark the way. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Seeing double? Triple? Infinite? An image that contains a smaller version of itself creates the Droste effect. Named after a 1904 Dutch cocoa tin, it appears in art, advertising, and fractals. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

Have you ever been to Frisland? How about Buss Island? Probably not, given they do not exist.  Phantom islands are places that exist only on maps, often appearing as errors, illusions, or unverified sightings by early explorers.  Discover a list of phantom islands ➡️ w.wiki/F6Rf

Sometimes, the story lasts longer than a song. Concept albums are collections of songs tied together by a narrative, theme, or musical motif. Are you listening to any concept albums? Get the full story on their origins and history ➡️ w.wiki/FLhR

With a career spanning more than 60 years, Jane Goodall, a British primatologist and anthropologist, redefined our understanding of chimpanzees and, perhaps, humanity itself. Learn about her enduring legacy ➡️ w.wiki/3hjR

The Tetris Effect shows how repetition shapes thoughts, dreams, and mental imagery. Brain scans link it to visual processing and memory. Even people with amnesia dreamed of falling blocks after playing, despite not recalling the game. Fit the pieces together ➡️ w.wiki/PEv

1 October is International Coffee Day. And you can see from the history of coffee culture that it is an international treasure. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

Wikipedia, the go-to reference for billions of people, has been named one of the most iconic companies in Internet history by The Webby Awards 🎉  Learn how the encyclopedia and its volunteer movement became the "web’s public memory" ➡️ www.webbyawards.com//webby30/most-iconic-companies-wikipedia/

Statistically speaking, your friends probably have more friends than you do. The friendship paradox is a real, documented phenomenon in social network theory. It shows that most people technically have fewer friends than the average of their friends’ friend counts. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

The right to seek, receive, and share information is a recognized human right protected under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This human right is at the heart of Wikipedia's mission to spread free knowledge. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/F6Rj

It began with a rebellion. After a falling out with the military governor Togashi Masachika, Ikkō forces overthrew him in 1488. Kaga ikki was part of a larger movement known as the Ikkō-ikki: uprisings led by followers of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, low-ranking samurai, and local farmers. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

Meet interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ☄️ This large, icy comet, first seen in July, is hurtling through our Solar System – it is only the third interstellar object that has passed through it. Learn more about this billion-year-old cosmic visitor ➡️ w.wiki/Ex87

What will future historians know about the 21st century? You might imagine they will study our every meme and have unprecedented insight into our thoughts because of digital media. But our information is surprisingly fragile. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

If you mash the audio example buttons on the wikipedia page for the IPA vowel sounds you can create a choir of mildly disgusted men

In 1949, you could walk into a store in the United States and buy a hat that doubled as a radio. Marketed as the "Man-from-Mars Radio Hat", it was a working portable radio built into a pith helmet, complete with vacuum tubes and a loop antenna sticking out of the crown. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

Can your dreams win you a Nobel Prize? 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

The original true crime? In 1991, hikers in the Ötztal Alps found Ötzi the Iceman, a mummified corpse who was likely the victim in a prehistoric homicide.  What we know for sure is that he was well-fed, carried weapons, and bore over 60 tattoos.  Thaw out more clues ➡️ w.wiki/7o7W

Salsa – Spanish for "sauce" – combines traditional rhythms with modern arrangements, horn sections, and improvisation. It is a living expression of Latino experience, carrying forward a rich history of cultural exchange and musical innovation. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/4if9

Where does water feel like fire but flamingos thrive? In northern Tanzania, at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, lies Lake Natron. This shallow salt-and-soda lake is fed mainly by the Southern Ewaso Ng’iro River and mineral-rich hot springs. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

On the southeastern coast of India, facing the Bay of Bengal, lies Mahabalipuram – an ancient port city whose stone monuments have stood for over 1,300 years. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

We promise this pandemic was only virtual. 20 years ago, an unexpected event in the online game "World of Warcraft" caught the attention of players and researchers. A new dungeon introduced a boss whose special attack temporarily drained a player’s health and could spread to others nearby. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

The Elver Eating World Championships celebrate a Gloucestershire, England tradition. Revived in 2014 with imitation eels, it’s now a quirky nod to heritage where adults and children take part in unique ways.  Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/FJEL

Have you heard of Hannibal? Recognized as one of the most successful military tacticians and generals of Western antiquity, Hannibal Barca was born in 247 BCE in Carthage, a powerful city-state in North Africa. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

What have you been reading lately? 8 September is International Literacy Day . One way of reading is an e-reader – a portable electronic device designed primarily for reading digital books, newspapers, and periodicals. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to explore the outer planets and beyond. Each carried a 12-inch gold-plated copper phonograph disc – the Voyager Golden Record – intended as a message from Earth to any extraterrestrial life that might encounter it. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

What does “!” actually mean❗ Used for joy, anger, warnings, and math (! = factorial), it is one of the most emotional punctuation marks. Some say it comes from Latin “io” – an ancient shout of joy. But in the wrong context, it can feel … hostile. Learn more! ➡️ w.wiki/3d73

Not just a mascot 🐐 The Kashmiri goat Billy was officially enlisted in the British Army – with a rank, a number, and a royal parade schedule. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

Where is everybody? Physicist Enrico Fermi asked this in 1950, and it became one of science’s biggest puzzles 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

Every August, Buñol, Spain turns into the world’s biggest food fight.  La Tomatina started in 1945 as a street quarrel and has grown into a festival with 20,000 ticket-holders and over 100,000 kg of tomatoes thrown in a day 🍅 Read more ➡️ w.wiki/AQqL