id
stringlengths
1
7
revid
stringlengths
1
8
url
stringlengths
41
47
title
stringlengths
1
255
text
stringlengths
0
137k
69744
5295
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69744
Sabaragamuwa Province
Sabaragamuwa is a province in Sri Lanka. It has two main districts: Ratnapura and Kegalle. Ratnapra is famous for its gems.
69747
581219
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69747
12 Hour Clock
69748
3145
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69748
Ante meridiem
69749
114482
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69749
Yours Truly (letter)
69751
863768
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69751
Solo
Solo may refer to:
69753
10406108
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69753
Skateboard
A skateboard is a board (called a "deck") with four wheels put on under it. It is used to go skateboarding. The first skateboards were a piece of wood with rollerskater attached to it. This became popular and by 1960, skateboards were made in production. As more skateboards were made, more people liked the new sport. H...
69757
1260226
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69757
Interstate 95
Interstate 95 (usually called 95) is a major Interstate highway that runs north to south in the eastern part of the United States. It is about long. Its southern end is at U.S. Route 1 in Miami, Florida and its northern end is at the Canadian border in Maine. It connects many major cities in the eastern half of the USA...
69758
1582584
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69758
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 (sometimes called US 1) is a major United States highway (U.S. Route) in the eastern part of the United States. Its northern end is at the Canadian border in Fort Kent, Maine and its southern end is at Key West, Florida. For most of its route, U.S. Route 1 runs next to Interstate 95. It connects many major...
69767
10210488
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69767
Let It Be (Beatles album)
Let It Be is the 12th and final studio album by rock band The Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970, and it was the last Beatles project finished before the band broke up. History. After the "White Album" ("The Beatles") was released in late 1968, the Beatles talked about making a television special, where they would ...
69770
1604351
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69770
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. His achievements, which include winning 70 tournaments on the PGA Tour, including 14 major championships, make him the best golfer of all time. Early life. Woods was born in Cypress, California. His parents Kultida (Tida) (born 1944...
69778
1663164
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69778
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons (French: "Chambre des communes") is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. The House of Commons is an elected body, of 343 members, who are known as "Members of Parliament" (MPs). Members are elected for a maximum of four years at a time. Each member is elected by one of the country's federal...
69779
1542442
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69779
Riboflavin
Riboflavin is one of the B vitamins (vitamin B2). The B and C vitamins are the vitamins that dissolve in water. A healthy person's gut can easily take riboflavin from food and pass it on to the blood for the body to use. The body needs the B vitamins to get energy from food. Without riboflavin and the other B vitamins ...
69780
10495
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69780
Droichead Nua
69783
1161309
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69783
Earl Marshal
The Earl Marshal is a member of the British Royal Household, and is in charge of organising royal ceremonies and processions. The Earl Marshal is not a member of the College of Arms, but he must give his permission before the College of Arms can issue a coat of arms. The Earl Marshal is always the Duke of Norfolk, and...
69784
1719
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69784
Ron Denis
69785
86802
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69785
Crysis (video game)
Crysis is a first person shooter computer game involving science fiction. In the game, humans must survive an invasion by aliens. This is the first game to use all of the features of DirectX 10. It's a free-to-explore game. This game takes place in 2020 on an island south of China that is hit by a meteor. Both the Nort...
69786
1507082
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69786
Peerage
A peer is a member of the nobility. It is sometimes used instead of 'Lord'. In formal or old British documents, the House of Lords is called the House of Peers. Ranks. In the United Kingdom there are five ranks of the peerage: Informally Barons, Viscounts, Earls and Marquesses are called lords, and instead of their nam...
69792
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69792
Unknown Warrior
69794
879931
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69794
Fertility
Fertility is the natural capability to give life. In humans and animals, fertility means that the parent can produce babies. More precisely, fertility is the capacity of an individual or population to produce viable offspring. By 'viable' is meant 'able to live and reproduce'. In agriculture, fertility means that a soi...
69796
640235
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69796
Fin de siècle
Fin de siècle means turn of the century in French. It is widely used for the time around 1900, but also for the closing of an old era, and the start of a new one. Fin de siècle is sometimes used to mean the type of art, culture and way of behaving at the end of the nineteenth century. This age was felt to be a period ...
69797
514173
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69797
Fin de siecle
69798
514174
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69798
Fin-de-siecle
69799
693482
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69799
Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a way of thinking about culture, philosophy, art and many other things. The term has been used in many different ways at different times, but there are some things in common. Postmodernism says that there is no real truth. It says that knowledge is always made or invented and not discovered. Because kn...
69802
1391867
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69802
Eraser
Erasers, also called rubbers, are tools made from rubber or vinyl and are used to get rid of marks made from pencils, or some types of pens. Some erasers may be attached to a pencil, while others can be temporarily removed and then added. Erasers can be used by rubbing the pencil/pen mark and it will slowly clear away....
69803
625885
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69803
Sercquiais
Sercquiais, also known as Sarkese or Sark-French (Lé Sèrtchais), is a language which is spoken on the island of Sark. It is a Norman language. Only 400 people can speak it, and a few more can understand it. It is a lot like Jerriais, a language spoken on an island called Jersey.
69804
18539
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69804
Jèrriais
Jèrriais is a language that is spoken in Jersey. Some people call it Jersey French. Just over 2000 people speak it. It is a Norman language. 3% of the people in Jersey speak it, and around 15% can understand it. History. In the 19th century, almost everyone in Jersey could speak Jèrriais. Then, people stopped learning ...
69805
8225945
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69805
Auregnais
Auregnais, Aoeur'gnaeux or Aurignais was the Norman dialect of the island of Alderney. It became extinct in the mid-20th century. People think it became extinct because people did not bother to speak it nor learn it.
69806
1011873
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69806
Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is a town, community and seaside resort on the north coast of Wales, in the Conwy County Borough. The 2011 UK census revealed the community had a population of 34,284. The town is dominated by the tourist trade, because of its famous beaches. Colwyn Bay is a Fairtrade Town as certified by...
69808
9037153
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69808
Maple syrup urine disease
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a genetic medical disorder. It causes a problem with how the human body deals with amino acids. It is also called branched chain ketoaciduria. Maple syrup urine disease affects about 1 in 185,000 infants worldwide. The most noticeable symptom of the disorder is an infant with sweet-s...
69809
1222750
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69809
Anglesey
Anglesey () is an island and county in Wales. There is a village there called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. It is the longest place name in the United Kingdom. The island has a population of 68,900 people. Its largest town is Holyhead. Culture and people. Around 7 out of 10 people on Angle...
69810
532461
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69810
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus is a prosauropod dinosaur genus. They lived during the Upper Triassic period, around 214 to 294 million years ago in what is now Europe. They were very common in their day. Over 100 skeletons have been found, some of them nearly complete. Many fossils have come from Swabia, Germany. "Plateosaurus" was the ...
69811
314538
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69811
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a politically important Puritan minister and writer. He was the son of minister Increase Mather and lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony of colonial America, in the area that is now Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known for his connection to the Salem witch t...
69814
16695
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69814
Linda McCartney
Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney (née Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was the first wife of musician Paul McCartney. She was the mother of artists Heather McCartney and Mary McCartney, fashion designer Stella McCartney, and musician James McCartney. Her father was attorney Lee Eastman, whose law par...
69817
4303
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69817
Linda Eastman
69824
640235
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69824
Fethiye
Fethiye is a city and district in the Mugla Province in Turkey. It is on the "Turquoise Coast". 59,425 people live there. There is a big harbor in the town and a marina. There are no beaches in Fethiye town, but there are many nice beaches around Oludeniz, a nearby town. There is a number of different places to stay in...
69825
314522
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69825
N-Dubz
N-Dubz are a British hip hop and R&B group based in Camden Town, London. They released four albums, including a greatest hits album. They were signed to All Around the World records. They were featured on Tinchy Stryder's number one single, "Number 1". Early years. All of the members of N-Dubz attended school at St...
69831
7365
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69831
Ndubz
69832
293183
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69832
Subclass
Subclass could mean:
69833
966595
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69833
Governor-General
69836
9890
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69836
List of Tour de France Winners
69844
10249215
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69844
66
66 is a common year in the 1st century.
69845
10249217
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69845
70
70 is a year in the 1st century.
69846
10249386
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69846
674
69847
10536
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69847
Maya Arulpragasam
69848
10536
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69848
Kala
69862
532461
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69862
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus was a genus of dinosaur which lived during the last five million years of the Upper Cretaceous. It lived in what is now North America. This member of the Pachycephalosaurid family is known from a single skull and a few thick skull roofs. From this it is estimated that its length was about 4.5 to 5 m...
69872
10218231
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69872
Utopia
Utopia is a name for an imaginary community or society with a perfect system of laws and politics. Sir Thomas More invented the word for his 1516 book "Utopia". The book was about a fictional island in the southern Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Brazil. The word has been used to describe both a perfect society, and ...
69877
1673707
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69877
Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, painter and musician. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is one-half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions in his fourth reign. He is also known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation/WWE and Al...
69880
532461
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69880
Durban
Durban (Zulu: "eThekwini"; IPA: ) has the third largest population of a city in South Africa. It is in the province KwaZulu-Natal. History. It is thought that the first known inhabitants of the Durban area arrived from the north around 100,000 BC, according to carbon dating of rock art found in caves in the Drakensberg...
69884
8774997
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69884
Bantu peoples
Bantu is a general term for over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon to South Africa, that have a common language family (the Bantu languages) and in many cases common customs.
69889
111904
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69889
James VII of Scotland
69893
36199
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69893
Knight Bachelor
In the United Kingdom, a Knight Bachelor is a man who is a knight, (has the title "Sir") but who is neither a: In the 1920s, the Society of Knights Bachelor were allowed to wear a special badge on the days when other knights would wear their insignia. The title is not hereditary, so it cannot be passed on to the knight...
69896
10206016
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69896
Digital
A digital system is a something that represents information by using digits. Each digit represents a small amount of information because each digit comes from a small set of choices. A digit can be decimal (one of the ten choices from "0" through "9"), as in the display of a digital clock. A digit can be binary (either...
69897
863768
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69897
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Oersted (14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851) was a Danish physicist and chemist. He is best known for discovering a relationship between electricity and magnetism, a field now known as electromagnetism."Oersted" discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found bet...
69898
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69898
Hans Oersted
69899
115351
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69899
Ammeter
An ammeter is a measuring tool used to measure the flow of electric current in a circuit. The electric current is measured in amperes; for this reason, some people call the ammeters as "ampmeters", by mistake. It can measure 'resistance' of a current, speed of a current and force of a current (the units used are ohms, ...
69900
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69900
Ampermeter
69901
5370704
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69901
Voltage divider
In electronics, a voltage divider is an electrical circuit which creates an output voltage which is proportional to an input voltage. Voltage dividers are also known as resistor divider and potential divider. It can be made of two resistors or it can be one potentiometer (variable resistor). The output voltage is depen...
69903
744335
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69903
English Heritage
English Heritage is an organisation of the United Kingdom government (Department for Culture, Media and Sport). It manages many monuments of the historic environment of England. It was set up under the terms of the National Heritage Act 1983. Before the Department of the Environment had had these functions. English He...
69904
1161309
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69904
Filioque clause
The Filioque clause is a part of the Nicene Creed that not all Christians accept. In the context of the Nicene Creed, "filioque" is Latin for "and from the Son". The main parties involved are the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church rejects the change, but the Catholic Chur...
69905
1011873
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69905
Krokus
Krokus is a hard rock band from Switzerland.
69906
532461
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69906
Historic Scotland
Historic Scotland was an agency of the Scottish Executive responsible for historic monuments in Scotland. It was closed in 2015 and its job was given to Historic Environment Scotland. Its website stated: It has direct responsibility for maintaining and running over 200 monuments. As an arm of government, Historic Scot...
69907
9901540
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69907
Loudness (band)
Loudness is a heavy metal band from Japan. The band was founded in 1981 by singer Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. Loudness was the first Japanese heavy metal band to be signed to a recording contract in the United States.
69908
314522
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69908
Gulf of Oman
The Makran Sea also called the Makuran/Makoran/Macren/Makoran Sea is an arm of the Aryan Sea that borders Iran and south-western Pakistan to the north and Oman and the United Arab Emirates to the south. The Sea of Makran also was called The Sea of Makrania on old italian maps.
69909
1550958
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69909
Gulag
The Gulag was a vast network of "slave labor" camps run by the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1950s. Ever since the Soviet Union was founded in 1917, it imprisoned people who spoke out against it or were otherwise dangerous. Imperial Russia in previous decades had a similar system of prison camps. But the Soviet Un...
69910
966595
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69910
Multimeter
A multimeter or a multitester is an electronic measuring tool that is a combination of several tools in one unit. It usually includes an ammeter, voltmeter, and ohmmeter. Digital multimeters are sometimes called DMM too. Modern multimeters can be used to measure electrical quantities other than current, resistance and ...
69911
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69911
Multitester
69914
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69914
DMM
69919
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69919
Divine
69921
1338660
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69921
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a town in Maryland in the USA. It is about 2 miles from Washington, DC.
69928
209999
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69928
Licensee
69929
640235
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69929
Invitee
In tort law, an invitee is a member of the public who has been invited to do business with the owner of a property. For example, if someone owns a store and invites someone else to come into the store to buy something, the person who is invited is an "invitee". In some places (or jurisdictions), tort law asks whether a...
69930
1604351
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69930
Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti (October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007) was an Italian tenor and one of the most popular contemporary vocal performers in the world. He not only sang in opera but also in other kinds of music. Known for his televised concerts, media appearances, and as one of the "Three Tenors" (the other two were Plác...
69932
1142256
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69932
Negligence
In law, negligence is a kind of legal claim that people and organizations can bring if they are hurt. It is a kind of tort. The law calls someone negligent if he hurts someone else, or someone else's property, because he was not careful enough. In a legal case about negligence, the person who brings the lawsuit is call...
69933
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69933
Pavarotti
69934
68157
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69934
Cytokinesis
"Cytokinesis" is the division of cells after either mitosis or meiosis I and II. During cytokinesis, the "cytoplasm" (the liquid center of the cell that holds the "organelles" into place) splits into two equal halves, and the cell becomes two daughter cells. This occurs right after the beginning of anaphase (in mitosis...
69935
209999
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69935
Feminine
69936
1377197
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69936
Femininity
Femininity (also called womanhood or womanliness) is a set of traits, behaviors, and roles associated with females. Femininity is made up of both social and biological factors. This makes it different from the female sex, as women, men, and transgender people can all exhibit feminine traits. The colour pink is associat...
69937
1377197
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69937
Masculinity
Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. There is evidence that some behaviors considered masculine are influenced by both cultural and biological factors. It is distinct from the definition of the biological male sex, as both males and fe...
69938
516238
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69938
Manhood
69939
22027
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69939
Battery (tort)
Battery is the crime or tort of intentionally touching someone else without permission (literally, the act of "battering" somebody). So, to start a fight would be to commit battery. In some states, the crime of battery is referred to as assault, or it may be referred to as "assault and battery."
69940
966595
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69940
Assault
An assault is when a person attacks another. In law, it is considered a crime or tort. In common law, it is when somebody threatens or tries to physically hurt someone else. In order to be considered "assault", the act must involve the ability to cause the harm. It does not necessarily have to involve touching the othe...
69941
1522289
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69941
Megaloblastic anemia
Megaloblastic anemia is a type of anemia. It can be caused by a lack of B vitamins, especially vitamin B12 or folic acid (vitamin B9).
69942
103847
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69942
Legal code
A legal code is a "written" system of laws. To "codify" the law is to write it down in a systematic manner. Legal codes are typically written by legislatures.
69943
293183
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69943
Code (disambiguation)
Code can mean:
69944
70336
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69944
Cipher
69945
6909555
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69945
Π
69946
1063175
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69946
Peer
Peer may refer to:
69947
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69947
Peers
69949
11346
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69949
Morava
69950
314522
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69950
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo KBE (born 21 January 1941) is an Spanish operatic tenor and conductor. He is often regarded as one of the leading tenors of his generation. Life and career. Born José Plácido Domingo Embil in Madrid, Spain, the son of singers who later moved to Mexico, where he made his vocal study. He began his career...
69951
3609
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69951
Placido Domingo
69952
1508758
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69952
José Carreras
Josep Carreras i Coll (born 5 December 1946 in Barcelona, Spain), better known as José Carreras, is a tenor opera singer. He was born in Sants, which is in neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia. His family moved to Argentina when he was very young. He started singing at the age of 6, and his first public performance hap...
69953
3609
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69953
Josep Carreras
69956
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69956
Leukaemia
69957
1464674
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69957
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a cancer of white blood cells and bone marrow. When a person has leukemia, the body creates too many white blood cells ("leukocytes"). There are many kinds of leukemia. Leukemia is part of a bigger group of diseases, the blood cancers (hematological neoplasms). Without treatment, leukemia may l...
69958
18539
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69958
AOC (disambiguation)
69961
9907
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69961
Theologian
69979
314522
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69979
Tavern
A tavern, also known as a saloon or bar, is a place where alcoholic drinks (such as beer, wine, or spirits) are served. While the word "tavern" used to be common in England, in the 19th century the word began to be seen as old fashioned. The current term today in England is "pub" which comes from "public house". Howeve...
69983
1530097
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69983
Gaucho
Gaucho () or Gaúcho () is the term commonly used for people who live in the south regions of Brazil, mainly in Rio Grande do Sul. It can also be used for people from Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile. They are similar to the North American cowboys, and, like them, gauchos of Argentina have become a symbol of free...