LGTM, but watch to proofread these before you post them (there are some spaces missing etc.).
Another, since it's Saint Andrew's Day today: • Saint Andrew is the patron saint of seven countries, including Scotland, Romania, and Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Day • Happy St. Andrew's Day, a public holiday in Scotland since 2006 and Romania since 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Day Context: Facebook used the Romanian flag for St. Andrew's Day, so "Romania" is now trending in the UK alongside this fact On 30 November 2015 at 07:44, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, here is some proposed social media ideas. Thank you for > reviewing! > > > 1) EN:WP article: Eclipse > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse#Historical_record> > > t: On this day in 3340 B.C.: the earliest record of an eclipse > http://buff.ly/1Oz9TNR > > > Fb: On this day in 3340 B.C.: the earliest record on an eclipse is > recorded in Ireland. > > > 2) EN:WP article: 1872 Scotland vs. England football match (aka the first > soccer match) > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Scotland_vs_England_football_match> > > t: On this day in 1872, the first ever official international association > football match was played. http://buff.ly/1Iu6ifg > > Fb: On this day in 1872, the first ever international association football > match was played between the national teams of Scotland and England. > > > > 3) EN:WP: Sylacauga (meterorite) > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylacauga_(meteorite)> > > t: On this day in 1954, the Hodges meteorite becomes the first documented > space object to injure a human being in the USA. http://buff.ly/1QOE8nc > > Fb: On this day in 1954, the Hodges meteorite is the first documented > extraterrestrial object to have injured a human being, Ann Elizabeth > Hodges, who survives with minor injuries. > > 4) EN:WP: Mark Twain <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain> > > t: Born on this day in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or better known as > Mark Twain. http://buff.ly/1Oz6Xkf > > Fb: Born on this day in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or better known as > Mark Twain, lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age." Did you > know he was born shorty after a visit by Halley's Comet and predicted he > would "go out with it." He died the day after the comet returned. > > 5) WP:EN: Micromort <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort> > > T: Unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death? That's > called a "micromort." http://buff.ly/1IudBnd > > Fb: Unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death? That's > called a "micromort." > > 6) EN:WP Spreuerhofstraße > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreuerhofstra%C3%9Fe> > > t: Spreuerhofstraße is the world's narrowest street – it's 31 centimetres > (12.2 in) at its narrowest. http://buff.ly/1XqZ202 > > Fb: Spreuerhofstraße is the world's narrowest street– it's 31 centimetres > (12.2 in) at its narrowest. > > 7) EN:WPTachyon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon> > > T: This particle is hypothesized to move faster than than the speed of > light. http://buff.ly/1NkMgcL > > Fb: This particle is hypothesized to move faster than than the speed of > light. > > > > > > > > -- > Michael Guss > Research Analyst > Wikimediafoundation.org > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 916 433
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