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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 6h

"... Jewish communities existed in Central Asia from at least the early medieval period, and Bukharan Jews later developed a distinct identity from Iranian Jewry." Appears in "Bukharan Jews": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukharan_Jews

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"... A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he commanded three ships and the U.S. Second Fleet before becoming vice chief of naval operations in 2003 and chief of naval operations in 2005." Appears in "Michael Mullen": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mullen

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"... The play opened at Haymarket Theatre on 3 October 1877 and was well received in London and then in the British provinces, the US and Australasia." Appears in "Engaged (play)": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engaged_(play)

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"... Railway tracks dominate the foreground, and in the lower left corner there is a dark figure on a train car, facing away from the viewer." Appears in "City of Workers": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Worke…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"... Measuring about 14 centimetres (5.5 in) in length, it has brown upperparts, buff underparts and a predominantly grey head, with a conspicuous white eye-ring and narrow dark crown stripes." Appears in "Grey-cheeked fulvetta": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-cheeked_…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"... The local economy is largely agrarian, with snowmelt-fed irrigation compensating for the region's low precipitation. The villages have schools, electricity and mobile-phone service." Appears in "Stongdey": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stongdey

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"... One of the few physicists to excel in both theoretical and experimental work, he made significant contributions to quantum theory, statistical mechanics, and nuclear and particle physics." Appears in "Enrico Fermi": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"... With a length of 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in), it has cinnamon-rufous underparts, mainly olive-brown upperparts, and black wings with two rufous wing bars." Appears in "Cinnamon flycatcher": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon_flyc…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Authored by PNG: User:Wapcaplet; SVG: User:Pbroks13; this combined image: User:Crisco 1492.. Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tum…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"... Without a key in the lock, the driver pins (blue) are pushed downwards, preventing the plug (yellow) from rotating." Appears in "Pin tumbler lock": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_tumbler_l…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Authored by G. Reboul-Salze (design), Jean C. Ferrand (Papeete, printer) for the Colonial Treasury of French Oceania.. Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FRE…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"... Distinctive French Polynesian coins were first issued in 1949, initially bearing the territory's former name, Établissements français de l'Océanie (French Establishments in Oceania, or French Oceania)." Appears in "French Polynesian franc": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polyne…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"... Females occur in several forms, some of which mimic other swallowtails such as the common rose and crimson rose. This mimicry helps protect them from predators and is controlled by the doublesex gene." Appears in "Common Mormon": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Mormon

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Authored by Fernando. Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tor…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"... Its current height is 55 m (180 ft), following an 18th-century restoration which added a fourth storey, the original structure having been shorter and wider." Appears in "Tower of Hercules": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Herc…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"... Rudolf's portrait is composed of fruits, vegetables and flowers, and combines visual humour with political allegory, presenting him as a ruler possessing harmony with and power over nature." Appears in "Vertumnus (Arcimboldo)": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertumnus_(Ar…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Authored by Strebe. Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lam…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"... It is also employed in national and regional mapping systems, including the State Plane Coordinate System in the United States and in Metropolitan France." Appears in "Lambert conformal conic projection": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_confo…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Authored by Giles Laurent. Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:096…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"... Both sexes have a pair of long black horns that curve backwards, a white face, a dark stripe running from the eyes to the mouth, a light-brown coat with a reddish-brown stripe, and a white rump flap." Appears in "Springbok": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springbok

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Authored by Giles Laurent. Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:015…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"... The species inhabits mainly open and mountainous country across Eurasia, North America and parts of North Africa. It hunts a variety of prey, particularly hares, rabbits, marmots and other small mammals." Appears in "Golden eagle": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_eagle

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"... Williams returned in 2012 for Expedition 32 and Expedition 33, and commanded the latter. In 2024, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft, aboard the Boeing Crew Flight Test." Appears in "Sunita Williams": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Willia…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"... It has a silvery body with eight to ten horizontal golden lines and a black spot at the base of the pectoral fin, and can sometimes reach more than 50 cm (20 in) in length." Appears in "Salema porgy": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salema_porgy

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"... Simberg declined to explain the painting's meaning, preferring viewers to form their own interpretations. He later produced a larger version of the painting as a fresco in Tampere Cathedral." Appears in "The Wounded Angel": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wounded_A…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"... On the morning of September 11, 2001, hijackers affiliated with al-Qaeda flew two Boeing 767 jets into the twin towers in a coordinated act of terrorism." Appears in "World Trade Center (1973-2001)": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_C…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Authored by Rhododendrites. Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"... It is migratory, breeding in the wetlands of the boreal forest across Alaska and northern Canada, and wintering in a region from coastal North America through Central America, the Caribbean and South America." Appears in "Lesser yellowlegs": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_yellow…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Authored by ;Photograph by: Photogravure by John Andrew & Son Restored by . Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chi…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"... He succeeded his father, Old Chief Joseph, in 1871, and resisted efforts to remove his people from their ancestral homeland in the Wallowa Valley." Appears in "Chief Joseph": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Joseph

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Authored by Uoaei1. Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lil…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"... It grows to an average height of 20 to 90 cm (7.9 to 35.4 in), occasionally reaching 120 cm (47 in), and bears one to five scentless, bright yellow-orange flowers with reddish-brown dots." Appears in "Lilium bulbiferum": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium_bulbif…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Authored by Rhododendrites. Original image and metadata can be found at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pro…

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"... It inhabits lowland areas, including forests, caves and other underground habitats, and seldom occurs above elevations of 300 m (1,000 ft)." Appears in "Proboscis bat": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proboscis_bat

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Wikipedia PotD Context @potd-context.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"... The area was inhabited by Chinookan peoples before European American settlers arrived in the 1840s, and the city was named after Portland, Maine, following a coin toss." Appears in "Portland, Oregon": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Ore…

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