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Daily audio editions of Wikipedia's featured article, presented by Curio Garden. Article content is sourced from Wikipedia and available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Curio Garden is an independent project not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation.

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August 27, 202617 min
The All-Story Magazine
The All-Story Magazine was a pulp magazine founded in 1905 and published by Frank Munsey. The editor was Robert H. Davis; Thomas Newell Metcalf also worked as a managing editor for the magazine. It was published monthly until March 1914, and then switched to a weekly schedule. Munsey merged it with The Cavalier, another of his pulp magazines, in May 1914, and the title changed to All-Story Cavalier Weekly for a year. In 1920, it was merged with Munsey's Argosy; the combined magazine was retitled Argosy All-Story Weekly.
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August 26, 202624 min
Assassination of Lord Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten, a retired British statesman and cousin to Queen Elizabeth II, was assassinated on 27 August 1979 off the coast of Mullaghmore, Ireland. Thomas McMahon, an Irish republican and a volunteer for the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), planted a bomb on Mountbatten's boat, the cabin cruiser Shadow V, during Mountbatten's annual summer trip to Classiebawn Castle, his house on the Mullaghmore Peninsula.
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August 25, 20261h
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (also known as Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures) is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and broadcast on Cartoon Network from August 26, 1996, to April 16, 1997. It is a continuation of Jonny Quest (1964) and The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986) and features teenage adventurers Jonny Quest, Hadji Singh, and Jessie Bannon as they accompany Dr. Benton Quest and bodyguard Race Bannon to investigate strange phenomena, legends, and mysteries in exotic locales. Action also takes place in the virtual realm of QuestWorld, a three-dimensional cyberspace domain rendered with computer animation. Conceived in the early 1990s, Real Adventures suffered a long and troubled development.
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August 23, 20269 min
Brochfael ap Meurig
Brochfael ap Meurig (ruled c. 872 – c. 910) was king of Gwent in south-east Wales. He ruled jointly with his brother, Ffernfael ap Meurig. Gwent and Glywysing, the neighbouring territory to the west, were ruled as a single kingdom in some periods; at other times they were separate and the king of Glywysing had the higher status. Brochfael's father, Meurig ab Arthfael, ruled both territories with the title King of Glywysing, but Brochfael and Ffernfael were only kings of Gwent, and had a lower status than their cousin Hywel ap Rhys, King of Glywysing.
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August 22, 202619 min
Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Pair skating
The pairs' figure skating competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on February 9 and 11 at the Salt Lake Ice Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. Originally, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia won the gold medals, while Jamie Salé and David Pelletier of Canada won the silver, and Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China won the bronze. However, after the event concluded, allegations of vote swapping led to one judge's scores being discarded; Salé and Pelletier were also awarded gold medals, while Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze were allowed to keep theirs. In a joint press conference on February 15, the International Skating Union (ISU) and the International Olympic Committee announced that Marie-Reine Le Gougne, the French judge implicated in collusion, was guilty of misconduct and was suspended effective immediately. In 2004, the ISU voted to change the 6.0 judging system because it was considered too subjective. As a result, the ISU Judging System was created, whereby skaters and teams were scored based on a technical grade of execution of the required elements.
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An AI-generated daily audio briefing on what is trending across Wikipedia and why, presented by Curio Garden. Topic lists come from Wikimedia's public pageview data, and linked reporting is summarized to explain likely trend drivers. Curio Garden is not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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August 26, 20263 min
Dolly Parton’s death drives a wave of music, film, and family searches
Dolly Parton’s death has sparked a broad Wikipedia wave, from her signature song to searches about her family.
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August 25, 20263 min
Why Wikipedia is trending today: Dolly Parton’s legacy, sports headlines, and Spider-Man
Today’s Curio Garden briefing explores the news behind Wikipedia’s biggest movers, led by Dolly Parton’s death and the renewed interest in her family, alongside sports, entertainment, and film headlines.
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Why Wikipedia is trending today: Dolly Parton’s legacy, sports headlines, and Spider-Man
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August 23, 20263 min
Why Wikipedia Is Trending Today: Spider-Man, Keegan tributes, film milestones, and a wave of celebrity news
Today’s Curio Garden briefing explains a blockbuster box-office weekend, a major football memorial, celebrity obituaries, political attention, and one mysterious Wikipedia traffic anomaly.
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Why Wikipedia Is Trending Today: Spider-Man, Keegan tributes, film milestones, and a wave of celebrity news
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August 22, 20261 min
Why These Wikipedia Articles Are Trending on August 22, 2026
A quick briefing on the news behind today’s Wikipedia trends, from Michael Wright’s death and major film releases to football, hockey, politics, and two unexplained pageview spikes.
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Why These Wikipedia Articles Are Trending on August 22, 2026
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August 21, 20262 min
Why These Wikipedia Articles Are Trending on August 21, 2026
A quick guide to today’s Wikipedia trends, from political scrutiny and blockbuster films to football, film releases, copyright debates, and two unexplained spikes.
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Why These Wikipedia Articles Are Trending on August 21, 2026
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