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

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)

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) 

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."

6) EN:WP  Spreuerhofstraße

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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