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#QuoteOfTheDay on #WikiQuote is by Ogden Nash:
The weather is so very mild,
That some would call it warm.
Good gracious, aren't we lucky, child?
Here comes a thunderstorm.
Here's how the "Ship of Theseus" page looked in July 2003 when it was first created! Since then, the article has been edited 1792 times. 0% of its original phrases remain.
Move over #blåhaj 🦈, did someone say #goatification 🐐‽
Share your favourite :commons: #WikimediaCommons goat photos in the comments.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️⚧️ 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Transgender_Day_of_Visibility
Lots of talk about donating money, which is great, but donating time is equally as impactful — we always need more editors, and it's these volunteers who create and curate our content! 
--sf
#InTheNews on the en.wikipedia front page:
🐧 The #emperor #penguin (pictured) is added to the endangered species category by the #IUCN due to the effects of climate change.
🚀 #NASA's #Artemis II lands in the Pacific Ocean, completing its crewed #lunar flyby mission.
🏀 In #NCAA Division I #basketball, the #Michigan #Wolverines win the men's championship & the #UCLA #Bruins win the women's championship
🇲🇳 In #Mongolia, Nyam-Osoryn Uchral is sworn in as prime minister.
💬 #DidYouKnow that the #pianist Alide Topp once responded to claims that women lacked the "biceps of a man" for great music by stating she broke her #pianos as well as any man?
#DidYouKnow that #Massospondylus is a genus of the #sauropodomorph #dinosaur that lived in southern #Africa during the Early #Jurassic period, between 201 and 184 million years ago.
It was described by Richard Owen in #1854 and is one of the first dinosaurs to have been named.
Some people start the new year with a kiss. Others refresh English Wikipedia at midnight ET to see Mickey Mouse. Happy Public Domain Day!
Voting in the #WikimediaCommons Picture of the Year 2023 image competition has ended, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on #Wikimedia Commons.
This years winning photo was taken by user Trantuanviet, Which depicts #incense sticks being set out to dry, after being dipped in the incense solution, and was taken in Quang Phu Cau village, on the outskirts of #Hanoi, #Vietnam.
🖼️ For all the results https://w.wiki/Bn$r
#DidYouKnow The blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) is a species of Old World #monkey native to Central and East #Africa, ranging from the upper #Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern #Angola and# Zambia and populations further south down to South Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_monkey
:wikispecies: https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cercopithecus_mitis
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