User:Itai

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This user is a translator from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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This user is a translator and proofreader from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 18

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Premna microphylla leaves and flowers

... that the leaves of Premna microphylla (pictured) are used to make a green jelly called Guanyin tofu?
... that the ideas of Albert Schädler became the founding ideas of the Progressive Citizens' Party, though he himself was opposed to the formation of political parties?
... that Queen Anne Pool opened to the public one day late, after a thermostat glitch accidentally heated the pool to 100 °F (38 °C)?
... that Hyakuman-kai no "I Love You" is a popular confession song in Japan?
... that upon winning a civil war in Portuguese Timor, the political party Fretilin repeatedly requested that Portuguese authorities return?
... that around the age of four, Jacob von Eggers was deported to Arkhangelsk in Russia together with the entire German-speaking population of Tartu?
... that an annex to the A. I. Namm & Son Department Store included artifacts from a church?
... that the Military-First Girls, a Japanese all-women fan club of the Moranbong Band, have compared their interest in North Korean music to other women's interests in K-pop and Taylor Swift?
... that one of the last photographs ever taken of Sitting Bull shows him side by side with Buffalo Bill?

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The cinnamon quail-thrush (Cinclosoma cinnamomeum) is a species of bird in the family Cinclosomatidae. Endemic to Australia, it is typically found in arid and semi-arid regions of the central part of the continent, spanning southwest Queensland, northwest New South Wales, northeastern South Australia, and the southeast of the Northern Territory. It is most commonly found among dry stony areas, especially around dry creek lines, although it is also sometimes encountered in grass and shrublands. The cinnamon quail-thrush has a body length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) and a mass of up to 50 grams (1.8 oz) when fully grown. Male birds are characterised by a white eyebrow, black face and a broad white streak down the sides of a black throat. The upperparts of their body are plain cinnamon-rufous with buff-white patches on the upper breast and a broad black band below. The outer tail feathers are black with white tips. The female has similar features but duller with a buff-white throat and eyebrow. This cinnamon quail-thrush was photographed by the Stuart Highway near Hugh, Northern Territory, about 88 kilometres (55 mi) southwest of Alice Springs.Photograph credit: John Harrison

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