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fWotD Episode 3279: Enzyme kinetics Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 27 April 2026, is Enzyme kinetics. Enzyme kinetics is the study of the rates of enzyme-catalysed chemical reactions. In enzyme kinetics, the reaction rate is measured and the effects of varying the conditions of the reaction are in...

fWotD Episode 3278: Neapolitan ragù Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 26 April 2026, is Neapolitan ragù. Neapolitan ragù is a ragù associated with the city of Naples, Italy, made by browning then braising meat over several hours in tomato purée and sauce. When the m...

fWotD Episode 3277: Bombing of Obersalzberg Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 25 April 2026, is Bombing of Obersalzberg. The bombing of Obersalzberg was an air raid carried out by the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command on 25 April 1945 during the last days of World War II in Europe. The operation tar...

fWotD Episode 3276: Ornithoprion Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 24 April 2026, is Ornithoprion. Ornithoprion is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish. The only species, O. hertwigi, lived during the Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian subperiod, which spanned from 315 to 307 million years ago. I...

fWotD Episode 3275: Beyoncé Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Thursday, 23 April 2026, is Beyoncé. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Known for her vocal ability, artistic reinventions, and l...

fWotD Episode 3274: Nihilism Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Wednesday, 22 April 2026, is Nihilism. Nihilism is a family of philosophical views that question the existence of any objectively meaningful purpose, moral value, truth, or knowledge. Nihilistic views span several branches of philosophy, includin...

fWotD Episode 3273: Sinestro Corps War Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Tuesday, 21 April 2026, is Sinestro Corps War. "Sinestro Corps War" is an American comic book crossover event published by DC Comics in its Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps titles. Written by Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons...

fWotD Episode 3272: Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 20 April 2026, is Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant. The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant is a theme restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios, one of the four main theme parks at Walt Disney World. Established in...

fWotD Episode 3271: 1986 World Snooker Championship Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 19 April 2026, is 1986 World Snooker Championship. The 1986 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1986 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tou...

fWotD Episode 3270: Tropical Storm Henri (2003) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 18 April 2026, is Tropical Storm Henri (2003). Tropical Storm Henri was a moderate tropical storm that struck Florida during the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. The eighth storm of the season, Henri was one of six tro...

fWotD Episode 3269: Bridge Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 17 April 2026, is Bridge. A bridge is a structure designed to span an obstacle, such as a river or railroad, allowing vehicles, pedestrians, and other loads to pass across. Most bridges consist of a flat deck, supported by beams, arches, or...

fWotD Episode 3268: Nynetjer Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Thursday, 16 April 2026, is Nynetjer. Nynetjer (also known as Ninetjer and Banetjer) was the third pharaoh of the Second Dynasty of Egypt during the Early Dynastic Period, prior to the Old Kingdom period. The dates for his reign are uncertain; Eg...

fWotD Episode 3267: Coeliac disease Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Wednesday, 15 April 2026, is Coeliac disease. Coeliac disease (Commonwealth English) or celiac disease (American English) is a chronic autoimmune disease, mainly affecting the small intestine. It is caused by an abnormal immune system resp...

fWotD Episode 3266: Flow (video game) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Tuesday, 14 April 2026, is Flow (video game). Flow (stylized as flOw) is an indie video game created by Jenova Chen and Nicholas Clark. Originally released as a free Flash game in 2006 to accompany Chen's master's thesis, it was reworked...

fWotD Episode 3265: Yuan Shikai coinage Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 13 April 2026, is Yuan Shikai coinage. Beginning in 1914, silver coinage featuring a portrait of the Chinese president and military leader Yuan Shikai was minted across the Republic of China to replace the previous imperial coi...

fWotD Episode 3264: Henry Darger Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 12 April 2026, is Henry Darger. Henry Joseph Darger Jr. ( DAR-ghər; April 12, 1892 – April 13, 1973) was an American janitor and hospital worker who became known after his death for his immense body of art and literature. Darger...

fWotD Episode 3263: Relief of Douglas MacArthur Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 11 April 2026, is Relief of Douglas MacArthur. On 11 April 1951, U. S. president Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands after MacArthur made public statements that contradicted...

fWotD Episode 3262: Ojos del Salado Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 10 April 2026, is Ojos del Salado. Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile. The upper reaches of Ojos de...

fWotD Episode 3261: Constantine (son of Theophilos) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Thursday, 9 April 2026, is Constantine (son of Theophilos). Constantine (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, romanized: Kōnstantīnos, 820s or 830s – before 836) was an infant p...

fWotD Episode 3260: Yugoslav submarine Mališan Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Wednesday, 8 April 2026, is Yugoslav submarine Mališan. Mališan (pennant number: P-901) was a CB-class midget submarine that served in the Yugoslav Navy (Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslavenska ratna mornarica; JRM) f...

fWotD Episode 3259: Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Tuesday, 7 April 2026, is Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington). Interstate 205 (I-205) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon and Washington, United States. The north&nda...

fWotD Episode 3258: Duffield Memorial Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 6 April 2026, is Duffield Memorial. The Duffield Memorial is a gravesite monument located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary in Great Baddow, Essex, England. Designed by Herbert Maryon and installed in 1912, it originally...

fWotD Episode 3257: Easter Oratorio Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 5 April 2026, is Easter Oratorio. The Easter Oratorio (Latin: Oratorium Festo Paschali; German: Oster-Oratorium), BWV 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. He wrote an autograph score in Leipzig in 1738 under this title, ma...

fWotD Episode 3256: Apollo 6 Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 4 April 2026, is Apollo 6. Apollo 6 (April 4, 1968), also known as AS-502, was the third and final uncrewed flight in the United States' Apollo program and the second test of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Apollo 6 qualified the Saturn V...

fWotD Episode 3255: Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 3 April 2026, is Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion. Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion is a 1944 triptych painted by the Irish-born British artist Fran...