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• World War II begins on this day in 1939 when Germany invades Poland.
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Historic Fact of the Day

Abraham Lincoln found a live turkey for Thanksgiving. Lincoln's son, Tad, begged to spare its life. The turkey, named Jack, was saved by the day!

Did You Know...?

For five years, Webster's dictionary contained a definition of the word "dord," a word that has never actually existed.

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• Nico wrote me this on 7/30/2022:

Quality wikiHow Contributor

Iris, I'm giving you this barnstar for the outstanding articles you start. It's clear that you put effort into each article you write in order to produce a high-quality how-to that will help others. Quality over quantity is undoubtedly true for you and that is something I greatly respect.

• Flowermagicawe wrote this to me on 10/12/2023:

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I award you this barnstar for being an expectational, dedicated, and talented member of the community, and looking over it for over three years! You have inspired lots of editors (like me), and continue to be an amazing editor to this day! Thank you for contributing to this community!

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• Get more of my articles promoted (right now 100 out of 107 of my articles are promoted)
• Make 10,000 contributions!
• Write 200 articles

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Can you read this?
A sutdy sowehd taht olny 25% of poelpe can raed tihs.
Olny the frsit and lsat ltetres of a wrod hvae to be in oedrr; the in-beweten lteetrs can be ttolaly mxeid up in the wrod.
The sduty shoewd taht the hmaun biran deos not raed the wolhe wrod, but olny prat of it.
If you are one of the 25% taht can raed tihs, put {{Can you read this}} on yuor uspergae.
I can raed tihs, so I'm in the 25% - sewet!

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