No alligators or New Yorkers were harmed during the making of this video 🐊

Warning: this video isn't an April Fool's Day practical joke … or is it?

The only woman to assume the title of emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian rose from concubine to ruler and established her own Zhou dynasty. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Name a more controversial fashion combination than socks and sandals. We'll wait 🧐

In the 1980s, one of the world's worst radiological incidents took place in the middle of Brazil.

Tag your chronically online friends and test if they are Chinese baddies.

Consider you are taking a bite into the small "Melothria scabra". What flavors do you expect? The sweetness of a ripe watermelon or the astringent of a cucumber? The answer might surprise you ➡️ w.wiki/_jg2t

Baby Globe is waiting for your visit 🧩

In 476 CE, the Germanic leader Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus, formally ending the Western Roman Empire.  The fall was slow and complex: barbarian kingdoms ruled, Roman law and culture persisted and transformed. Learn more ➡️  w.wiki/35J7

Do you think there is going to be a second date? 🤔

Black hole cosmology proposes that our universe might sit inside a black hole. Matter collapsing beyond an event horizon could bounce and expand, giving rise to a new universe; some ideas suggest black holes spawn universes with different constants.  Warp to more knowledge ➡️ w.wiki/Hk2D

If the internet were a place, what would it look like?

Who would've thought that math would play a role in Judgment Day?

This is The Amazing Digital Circus and no one is okay 🤡

Wikipedia articles about people often have large spikes in views just after they die. And editors are really fast in reporting. When Queen Elizabeth II died, User:Sydwhunte updated her article seconds after the news. There was a 15,915% increase in pageviews on the day of her death.

Ever wanted to escape into a world that never existed? Wikipedia's list of mythical places travels across cultures to lost cities, paradises, and continents, from ancient Egypt to China. 🧵⬇️(1/6)

Should we add a Wikipedia Cologne to the Wikipedia Store?

What if you could collect Wikipedia articles and make them battle? Wikigacha, created by Japanese developer Haruki Sugiyama, turns every Wikipedia article into a collectible trading card.

Who else was there when everyone was trying to tip the iceberg on Club Penguin?

Imagine a feed that isn't driven by algorithms. Wikipedia's Recent additions page lists new and expanded articles by date, not by your data. It's built by volunteers for discovery.

Who else is stanning HUNTR/X at the Oscars?

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The Academy Awards adopted the nickname "The Oscars" in 1939, after several years of it already being the commonly accepted name for reasons no one seems to actually know.

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Long before social media, Sarah Bernhardt captivated audiences. She starred in popular French plays, took on male and female roles including Hamlet, toured globally, and sometimes slept in a satin‑lined coffin to study roles. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Cloudy skies? In London? Groundbreaking.

Time ticks at different rates depending on how fast you move and how strong gravity is. GPS satellites and astronauts on space stations age slightly differently because motion and gravity stretch or squeeze time. Near a black hole, a second can last a lifetime. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Pour yourself a hot cup of coffee and join us for a dose of Wikipedia rabbit holes ☕

Pole dance walked so pole sitting could run (figuratively).

Lucy is working hard to close the Wikipedia gender gap.

Long before anyone on social media uttered the word "girlboss", there were women breaking barriers and making history. 🧵⬇️ (1/6)

What does your choice of horned helmet say about you? Horns signified divinity and power; horned helmets marked deities and kings. Archaeology shows horns were more spiritual than battlefield fashion. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

In case you're searching for a significant other, ancient Rome can help.

Here's a question for you: Why do you think the oldest people in history are overwhelmingly women? On average, the 100 oldest women have lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men. See the patterns yourself (and consider what longevity really means) ➡️ w.wiki/DrAK

This one goes out to all who choose not to walk, but to strut 💅

Ever wondered why we use the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"? This pangram uses every letter, making it perfect for typewriter drills and Cold War hotline tests. It’s still used to preview fonts.  Jump over the lazy dog to reach more knowledge ➡️ w.wiki/4Wbe

Wondering what is the best Scooby-Doo movie to ever exist 🤔

This is the skin of a Wikipedia donor, Bella ✨

Take this mice accomplishment as a sign to work on your extracurricular activities 🐁 🎨 Greg Nussbaum

The emus didn't come to play: although many birds were killed during the war, the population persisted and continued to cause crop destruction in Australia.

What's harder: being part of an ongoing edit war or choosing your favorite Wikipedia merch? Just shut-up and take all my money already 💸

The compliment sandwich turns criticism into three layers: start with praise, deliver feedback, and end on another kind note. Popularized by Mary Kay Ash in the 1980s, it’s used in management and education. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

February Photo dump. Shout out Wikimedia Commons community 🫶 (1/5)

Pokémon is estimated to be the world's highest-grossing media franchise, above Mickey Mouse, Star Wars, Barbie, and others.

The willingness of an audience to set aside skepticism and accept the unreal is called suspension of disbelief. Without it, fiction collapses under its own impossibilities. You won't have to suspend disbelief to learn more ➡️ w.wiki/BGSZ

If you see a hippo “yawning”, run: they are not tired, it serves as a threat display 🦛

Guess who just joined Wikipedia's 25th birthday party? 🥺

Arthur Ashe remains the most decorated Black tennis player in history with three Grand Slams 🎾

Before leap day was on 29 February, the Julian calendar repeated 24 February, a double sixth day, to stay aligned with the sun – making today the original extra day ➡️  w.wiki/HReK