Oracle bone inscription on an ox scapula, 11th century BCE
... that according to legend, the invention of Chinese characters(oracle bone pictured) caused grain to rain from the sky and ghosts and demons to wail in frustration?
... that if the Devizes Plot had been successful, 7,000 German prisoners of war would have escaped and attacked RAF Yatesbury?
... that lacrosse player Caitlyn Wurzburger committed to a college program at the age of 14?
... that when actress Joanna Lumley spent nine days on an uninhabited island for the 1994 TV show Girl Friday, she made a pair of shoes out of her bra?
Euchloe penia, commonly known as the eastern greenish black-tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and northern Iraq. The habitat consists of dry and warm rocky areas. Adults are a bright greenish off-yellow, with a wingspan of 32 to 36 millimetres (1.3 to 1.4 inches). There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in April and from June to July. The larvae feed on plants of the genus Matthiola. This E. penia buttefly perching on a flower was photographed in Pletvar, North Macedonia.
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