Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of April 15, 2024 u/AutoModerator ADMIN MOD • Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of April 15, 2024
“Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly” is an editorial published in the New York Times on October 9, 1903. [It] predicted it would take one to ten million years for humanity to develop [flight]. [...] Sixty-nine days [later], Wright [brothers] successfully achieved the first heavier-than-air flight. u/JimmyRecard ADMIN MOD • “Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly” is an editorial published in the New York Times on October 9, 1903. [It] predicted it would take one to ten million years for humanity to develop [flight]. [...] Sixty-nine days [later], Wright [brothers] successfully achieved the first heavier-than-air flight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Machines_Which_Do_Not_Fly
For thirteen years, Rio de Janeiro functioned as the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, making it the only European capital to ever exist outside of Europe. u/Kurma-the-Turtle ADMIN MOD • For thirteen years, Rio de Janeiro functioned as the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, making it the only European capital to ever exist outside of Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_of_the_Portuguese_court_to_Brazil
