User:Itai

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This user is a translator from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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This user is a translator and proofreader from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings

... that a painting (pictured) by the artist Bichitr shows an Indian emperor preferring a Sufi saint over the king of England and the Ottoman sultan?
... that a study of people who reported experiences of alien abduction found that many exhibited characteristics consistent with fantasy-prone personality?
... that the My Chemical Romance song "Cancer" was written in eight minutes?
... that Ambo Sooloh pledged allegiance to the British government on behalf of all Malays in Singapore?
... that a pavilion next to New York City's Ted Weiss Federal Building was canceled due to the discovery of human remains?
... that Pocatello mayor Les Purce was the first African-American political officeholder in Idaho?
... that the Chapline columbine is generally considered a distinct species, except in Texas, where it is considered a variety of the golden columbine?
... that a Portsmouth building was Grade II-listed because Eric Rimmington painted a mural inside it?
... that the Glucoboy was advertised as the "first medical device to interface with a Nintendo Game Boy"?

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Colias croceus, also known as the clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites. Its breeding range is North Africa and southern Europe and eastwards through Turkey into the Middle East, but it occurs throughout much of Europe as a summer migrant, sometimes as far north as Scandinavia. In Asia, its range extends into central Siberia in the north and barely into India in the south, although it is not found in Central Asia. The species can live in any open area in the countryside, including downland, coastal cliffs and fields containing the caterpillar's host plants, at an elevation up to 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) above sea level. Colias croceus has a wingspan of 46–54 millimetres (1.8–2.1 in), with the upperside of its wing being golden to orange yellow with a broad black margin on all four wings and a black spot near the centre forewing. This mating pair was photographed in Pirin National Park, Bulgaria.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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