Bank Holidays in the UK are very weird. It's only a bank holiday in Scotland and, since a lot of our banks are English, not all of them actually close for it!

On 30 November 2015 at 18:13, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
none from me :)

(also TIL from the article that you can have a bank holiday "banks are not required to close and employers are not required to give their employees the day off as a holiday." before this I just thought that requiring the banks to close was the DEFINITION of a bank holiday ;) regardless Happy St. Andrew's day to all those in countries who celebrate (the only one I know on the list being Joe :) ).

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On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Thanks Joe!

St. Andrew's Day is more time-sensitive than the other proposals, so I'll go ahead and get that out now if there are no objections on the list. 


On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
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 <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hello everyone, here is some proposed social media ideas. Thank you for reviewing!


1) EN:WP article: Eclipse

t: On this day in 3340 B.C.: the earliest record of an eclipse


Fb: On this day in 3340 B.C.: the earliest record on an eclipse is recorded in Ireland. 



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. 




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

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 

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."


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

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.







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