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Welcome to Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.2,347,545 articles in EnglishArtsBiographyGeographyHistoryMathematicsScienceSocietyTechnologyAll portalsOverview · Editing · Questions · HelpContents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z indexToday’s featured articleThe ocean sunfish is the heaviest bony fish in the world, with an average weight of 1,000 kilograms or about 2,200 pounds. The species is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head without a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally. Sunfish can be as tall as they are long, when their dorsal and anal fins are extended. Sunfish live on a diet that consists mainly of jellyfish. As this diet is nutritionally poor, they consume large amounts in order to develop and maintain their great bulk. Females of the species can produce more eggs than any other known vertebrate. Sunfish fry resemble miniature pufferfish, with large pectoral fins, a tail fin and body spines uncharacteristic of adult sunfish. Adult sunfish are vulnerable to few natural predators, but sea lions, orcas and sharks will consume them. Among humans, sunfish are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world, including Japan and Taiwan, but sale of their flesh is banned in the European Union. It was originally classified as Tetraodon mola under the pufferfish genus, but it has since been given its own genus, Mola, with two species under it. (more…)Recently featured: Vasa – Thierry Henry – Pearl JamArchive – By email – More featured articles…Did you know…From Wikipedia’s newest articles:…that the Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral (pictured), consecrated in 1936, is the largest Catholic church building in Baguio City?…that after losing to Tiger Woods in the 1994 U.S. Amateur Championship, amateur golfer Trip Kuehne pursued a career in finance in lieu of professional golf?…that San Sebastian Church, the only all-steel church in Asia, is threatened by rust caused by the salty sea breeze from nearby Manila Bay?…that Lt. John Weston Brooke, a veteran of the Second Boer War and an explorer with the East African Syndicate, was the first Englishman to gain an audience with the Dalai Lama, in 1906?…that the first U.S. patent, numbered X000001, was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1790 for “the making of pot ash and pearl ash”?…that the inscription eulogising Kappe Arabhatta, a 7th century Chalukya warrior, records the earliest example of Kannada poetry metre Tripadi?…that the court appointment of valet de chambre, nominally as a personal servant, was given to a wide range of artists, musicians, poets and others, including the first air crash fatality?Archive – Start a new article…In the newsFernando Lugo (pictured) wins the presidential election in Paraguay, ending the Colorado Party’s 61-year rule.In auto racing, Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first female driver to win an IndyCar race.An airliner operated by Hewa Bora Airways crashes upon takeoff in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 47 people.An alliance led by Silvio Berlusconi of the People of Freedom party wins the general election in Italy.Trevor Immelman of South Africa wins the 2008 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club.Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events…On this day…April 25: Great Friday (Eastern Christianity, 2008); Arbor Day in the United States (2008); ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand; Liberation Day in Italy; Red Hat Society Day1719 – Robinson Crusoe, a novel by English author Daniel Defoe (pictured) about a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, was first published.1792 – The guillotine was first used to carry out capital punishment in France, with crowds marvelling at the machine’s speed and precision.1898 – Spanish-American War: The United States retroactively declared war on Spain, stating that a state of war between the two countries had already existed for the past couple of days.1953 – Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid by molecular biologists James Watson and Francis Crick was first published in the scientific journal Nature, describing the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.1983 – Cold War: Replying to her letter in which she expressed her fears about the tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States, Soviet leader Yuri Andropov invited American schoolgirl Samantha Smith to visit Moscow, Leningrad and the Artek Young Pioneer camp.More events: April 24 – April 25 – April 26Archive – By email – More anniversaries…Today’s featured pictureA horehound bug (Agonoscelis rutila) on a horehound bush. A. rutila sucks the sap of the horehound plant, causing wilting of new shoots. Although they usually attack horehound, they may also swarm on a variety of other trees and shrubs.Photo credit: Fir0002Recently featured: Eddie Rickenbacker – Sun dogs – Chipping SparrowArchive – More featured pictures…