Join Hari and Kimi as they explore the fascinating history of the McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service. Discover how this legendary American jet was significantly redesigned for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, notably featuring powerful, larger Rolls-Royce Spey turbofans to operate from smaller carriers. Learn how British companies like Hawker Siddeley Aviation and BAC built major components. The episode delves into the Phantom's vital roles, from replacing aircraft like the Canberra and Hunter for the RAF and the Sea Vixen for the RN, to its service during the Cold War and its crucial deployment for the air defence of the Falkland Islands. It's a story of unique Anglo-American aerospace collaboration and Cold War readiness.
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Join Hari and Kimi on "Wiki Featured - Stories from Wikipedia's Daily Featured Articles" as they dive into the massive logistical challenge of transporting millions during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics! Discover how Paris invested over €500 million in infrastructure, aimed for 100% spectator public transport use, and successfully halved the carbon footprint compared to London 2012 and Rio 2016. Learn about the enhanced public transit, vast new cycling network (including 415 km of cycle paths and 27,000 temporary racks), accessibility provisions and challenges, and the round-the-clock efforts that kept Paris moving for the Games, ultimately judged a resounding success with 87% of spectators using public transport.
Original Wikipedia Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transportation_during_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_and_Paralympics
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Join your hosts, Hari and Kimi, as they dive into a pivotal moment of the French Revolutionary Wars! Explore the Rhine campaign of 1796, where two French armies under Jourdan and Moreau attempted a grand pincer move against Austria, aiming for Vienna. But standing in their way was the strategic genius of Archduke Charles, who outmaneuvered the French generals, ultimately forcing their retreat from deep within Germany back across the Rhine. Discover the battles, the blunders, and the strategic chess match that unfolded along this crucial river boundary!
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Dive into the fascinating world of Chinese characters with Hari and Kimi! Discover the incredible history of this logographic writing system, one of only four independently invented writing systems still in use today. Journey from its origins in oracle bone inscriptions from the Shang dynasty to its evolution through various script styles like clerical and regular script. Learn how characters generally represent morphemes, units of meaning, unlike alphabets that represent sounds. Explore how characters spread across the Sinosphere, adapting to write languages like Japanese (kanji), Korean (hanja), and Vietnamese (chữ Hán). Uncover the principles behind their structure, including pictographs, indicatives, compound ideographs, and the most common type, phono-semantic compounds. Find out how modern technology, from typewriters to computers, adapted to handle thousands of distinct characters. Don't miss this insightful look into a writing system with over three millennia of documented history and its enduring cultural impact!
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Join Hari and Kimi on Wiki Featured - Stories from Wikipedia's Daily Featured Articles as they dive into the complex and controversial story of Ezra Pound. A pivotal figure in modernist poetry, Pound's life saw him hobnob with literary giants like James Joyce and W. B. Yeats, publish influential works, and champion new artistic movements like Vorticism. But his path took a dark turn as he embraced fascism and antisemitic ideas, culminating in wartime radio broadcasts for Italy that led to an indictment for treason. Explore the aftermath, including his time in a disciplinary training center and psychiatric hospital, the uproar surrounding the Bollingen Prize awarded for The Pisan Cantos, and the enduring debate over his legacy. It's a fascinating, unsettling look at genius intertwined with troubling ideology.
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Join Hari and Kimi on Wiki Featured as they delve into Mary Cassatt's striking 1878 painting, "In the Loge". Explore how this Impressionist masterpiece captures the tension of gender and gaze in 19th-century society. Discover why a woman in a loge, confidently observing the scene while being observed herself, was a powerful statement on female independence and evolving social norms. Get ready to see this iconic work in a new light!
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This episode, Hari and Kimi explore the dazzling Red-capped Parrot of southwest Australia. With its unmistakable bright crimson crown and green-yellow cheeks, a purple-blue belly, and a distinctive elongated 'hookbill', this bird isn't easily confused with other parrots and certainly stands out from the crowd!
Discover its clever seed-eating tricks, particularly extracting seeds from marri nuts, why its unique bill led to its placement in its own genus, Purpureicephalus, and why, despite being affected by land clearing and historically shot as a pest, its population is actually growing and it is considered of least-concern by the IUCN. Tune in for the fascinating story of this colourful Australian gem!
Original Wikipedia Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-capped_parrot
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Join Hari and Kimi as they uncover the incredible story of the Portland spy ring, a shadowy group that passed highly classified naval secrets from the UK's Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Discover the network's members – including KGB agent Konon Molody (Gordon Lonsdale) and American atomic spies Lona and Morris Cohen (Helen and Peter Kroger) – their methods of espionage, such as using microdots and hidden transmitters, and how they were ultimately exposed in this thrilling episode of Wiki Featured.
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Join Hari and Kimi as they delve into the fascinating world of Madagascar's lemurs through the pages of the definitive field guide, Lemurs of Madagascar. Discover how this landmark book has evolved over three editions, revealing a growing diversity of these unique primates and sparking debate among researchers. From stunning illustrations to crucial conservation insights and tips for spotting these creatures in the wild, prepare for an exciting journey to the heart of lemur territory.
Original Wikipedia Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lemurs_of_Madagascar_(book)
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Get ready for a wild ride with Hari and Kimi as they plunge into the surreal and unsettling world of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask! A terrifying moon hurtles towards Termina, and Link has only three days to stop it in this groundbreaking adventure filled with time loops, bizarre transformations, and a darkness unlike any other Zelda game. Can he save the world before time runs out?
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Hosts Hari and Kimi uncover the fascinating story of Amsterdam's Royal Palace! Originally a grand town hall in 1655, discover how it became a royal residence for Dutch monarchs, witnessing centuries of history and glittering state occasions. Prepare for tales of Dutch Baroque splendour and royal intrigue!
Original Wikipedia source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2025-04-26
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Get ready for another fascinating journey into the annals of history on Wiki Featured - Stories from Wikipedia's Daily Featured Articles! Join your hosts, Hari and Kimi, as they unearth the captivating story of the Indian Head gold coins! Discover the tale of presidential influence, artistic vision, and the only US currency to ever feature a truly recessed design!.
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Plunge into the frantic and fiercely competitive mating rituals of the blue-tailed damselfly! Discover how males engage in intense scramble competitions and even resort to forced copulations in their fleeting reproductive window. We'll explore the striking blue and black patterns of the males and the diverse colours of the females, all while a pair is captured in a tender moment in Oxfordshire. Join Hari and Kimi as they uncover the surprising behaviours and rapid adaptability of this tiny creature.
Original Wikipedia Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2025-04-24
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Join Hari and Kimi as they delve into the extraordinary tale of Terry Fox, the Canadian athlete who, despite losing a leg to cancer, embarked on an inspiring cross-country run, the Marathon of Hope, to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Discover the incredible determination, challenges, and lasting impact of this national hero. His legacy continues to inspire millions through the annual Terry Fox Run, the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research.
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Hari and Kimi delve into the chilling tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as it exploded onto the Victorian stage! Discover how Richard Mansfield's terrifying dual performance captivated and even scandalised London just as Jack the Ripper stalked the streets. Learn about the dramatic changes made from Stevenson's novella and the play's surprising legacy on film.
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Join Hari and Kimi as they unearth the thrilling tale of Fantastic Novels, the American pulp magazine that resurrected classic science fiction and fantasy for eager readers! Discover how this bimonthly publication, edited by the legendary Mary Gnaedinger, brought back beloved authors like A. Merritt and satisfied a hungry audience craving adventure between the covers. From its wartime suspension to its post-war revival, prepare for a journey into the golden age of pulp!
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Prepare to be amazed by the extraordinary true story of Edgar Towner, an Australian farmer who became a war hero on the Western Front! Join Hari and Kimi as they recount Towner's incredible acts of "most conspicuous bravery, initiative and devotion to duty" during the attack on Mont St Quentin. From capturing enemy machine guns single-handedly to fighting for thirty hours after being wounded, discover how this unassuming lieutenant earned the highest honour for gallantry. His valour undoubtedly saved a critical situation and contributed largely to the success of the attack.
Original Wikipedia source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edgar_Towner
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Join Hari and Kimi as they delve into the brutal story of the Battle of Poison Spring, a Confederate victory that became infamous for the massacre and mutilation of African-American Union soldiers. Discover the context of the Camden Expedition, the desperate Union foraging mission, and the horrifying aftermath that earned this clash the grim title of "the worst massacre in the history of Arkansas".
Full Wikipedia source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Poison_Spring
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Hari and Kimi delve into the mysterious world of Anglo-Saxon England to unearth the meanings behind the enigmatic terms bæddel and bædling. Were they hermaphrodites, effeminate men, a third gender, or something else entirely? Join us for a fascinating exploration into non-normative sexual and gender categories in medieval Britain, piecing together clues from ancient glossaries and penitentials. Prepare to have your understanding of early English society challenged!
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Get ready to explore a truly unique and captivating fruit! Join Hari and Kimi as they delve into the fascinating world of the rambutan, a bizarre yet delicious tropical gem from Southeast Asia. Discover its striking hairy appearance, its sweet and slightly tart flesh reminiscent of grapes, and the secrets held within its single seed. This episode unpeels the mysteries of this intriguing drupe, all thanks to a stunning photograph featured on Wikipedia!
Original Wikipedia source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2025-04-17
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