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Welcome to the toolbox. This is mainly a way for me to keep stuff I need to remember in an easy to find place. But if you wish, you may use anything you find, too. — Rock drum.

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On 10 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Joseph Wright of Derby's painting, The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (detail pictured), was only sold after his death, when all of his possessions were auctioned at Christie's? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 29 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Bailey Shelton, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that pioneer of rescue archeology John Bailey Shelton was awarded the RSPCA's Queen Victoria Medal for saving his horses during the Coventry Blitz?

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The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a medium-sized perching bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 centimetres (8 inches) long and has glossy black plumage, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts, with an unmusical but varied song. The starling has about a dozen subspecies breeding in open habitats across its native range in temperate Europe and western Asia, and it has been introduced elsewhere. This bird is resident in southern and western Europe and southwestern Asia, while northeastern populations migrate south and west in winter. The starling builds an untidy nest in a natural or artificial cavity in which four or five glossy, pale blue eggs are laid. These take two weeks to hatch and the young remain in the nest for another three weeks. The species is omnivorous, taking a wide range of invertebrates, as well as seeds and fruit. The starling's gift for mimicry has been noted in literature including the medieval Welsh Mabinogion and the works of Pliny the Elder and William Shakespeare. This common starling was photographed at Bodega Head on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California.Photograph credit: Frank Schulenburg

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