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Today's featured article Ed, Edd n Eddy is an animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canada-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999, and ended on November 8, 2009 with the premiere of the series' TV movie finale, Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show. Designed to resemble classic cartoons from the 1940s to the 1970s, the series revolves around three adolescent boys known as "the Eds", who constantly invent schemes to make money from their peers to purchase jawbreakers. Their plans usually fail, leaving them in various predicaments. Before signing a contract with Cartoon Network, Antonucci approached Nickelodeon, but the channel demanded creative control of the show, which Antonucci did not agree to. Several specials, shorts, and video games either based on the series or featuring the series' characters have been produced. Viewed from 31 million households in 29 countries by both children and adults, Ed, Edd n Eddy received positive reviews and several awards and nominations. It remains the longest-running original Cartoon Network series and Canadian-made animated series to date. (more...) Recently featured: Pi – Eduard Streltsov – Nature fakers controversy Did you know... From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that Curtis Dvorak has been the Jacksonville Jaguars mascot, Jaxson de Ville (pictured), for over 16 years? ... that several memorials and monuments of Arlington National Cemetery in the U.S. have been removed or destroyed? ... that the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes-winning racehorse Aureole earned £30,092 in 1954, helping its owner, Queen Elizabeth II, become the leading owner in Britain that year? ... that Palestinian activist Ali Abu Awwad, who is featured in the award-winning film Encounter Point, espouses Gandhi's doctrine of nonviolent resistance called satyagraha? ... that US Highway 24 in Michigan follows Telegraph Road, which is named for the mid-19th-century telegraph lines it followed? ... that the Indonesian television series Alang-Alang was sponsored in part by Johns Hopkins University? ... that the Andalucian based San Nicasio company caused controversy in the UK due to their £4 ($6.24) gourmet potato chips?

In the news In golf, Ernie Els wins the Open Championship. In cycling, Bradley Wiggins (pictured) becomes the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Pranab Mukherjee is elected President of India. A gunman kills 12 people and injures 58 others during a midnight film screening in the U.S. state of Colorado. Bollywood actor and film producer Rajesh Khanna dies at the age of 69. Syrian defense minister Dawoud Rajiha and deputy defense minister Assef Shawkat are killed in a bomb attack on the Military Intelligence Directorate headquarters in Damascus. On this day... July 23: Revolution Day in Egypt (1952) 1881 – The International Federation of Gymnastics, the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded in Liège, Belgium. 1914 – Austria-Hungary presented Serbia with an ultimatum to allow them to investigate the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, that Serbia would ultimately reject, leading to World War I. 1942 – The Holocaust: The gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp began operation, killing 6,500 Jews who had been transported from the Warsaw Ghetto the day before. 1983 – The Sri Lankan Civil War began after members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ambushed a convoy of Sri Lanka Army soldiers in northern Sri Lanka, which was followed by large-scale riots carried out by Sinhalese against Tamils that became known as Black July. 1986 – Sarah Ferguson (pictured) married Prince Andrew, Duke of York at Westminster Abbey, joining the British Royal Family as the Duchess of York. More anniversaries: July 22 – July 23 – July 24 It is now July 23, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

Today's featured list A total of 121 Puerto Rican soldiers were among the 8,200 people from the United States Armed Forces listed as missing in action during the Korean War. This total does not include people of Puerto Rican descent who were born in the U.S. mainland. It was during the Korean War that Puerto Ricans suffered the most casualties as members of an all-Hispanic volunteer unit: the 65th Infantry Regiment. One of the problems the unit faced was the language difference; the common foot soldier spoke only Spanish, while the commanding officers were mostly English-speaking. The Battle of Outpost Kelly (illustration pictured) accounted for 73 of the men missing in action from the total of 121. Out of the 73 MIAs suffered by the regiment in the month of September, 50 of them occurred on the same day: September 18. All 121 men served within the ranks of the United States Army with the sole exception of Ramón Núñez-Juárez, who served in the Marines. Their names are inscribed in El Monumento de la Recordación located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (more...)

Today's featured picture The obverse (left) and reverse sides of a Fields Medal, the colloquial name for a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of Mathematicians. The name is in honour of Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields, who was instrumental in establishing the award. It is often viewed as the greatest honour a mathematician can receive. Photo: Stefan Zachow, International Mathematical Union Recently featured: Simulated depth of field – Johnny Evers – Red-necked wallaby

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