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2025-04-05 18:25:13
2025-04-05 23:52:07
11015
Francesco Algarotti
| birth_place = Venice, Republic of Venice | death_date = | death_place = Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany | death_cause | resting_place | resting_place_coordinates | nationality Venetian | other_names | known_for | occupation = Philosopher | alma mater = Sapienza University of Rome University of Bologna | spouse | partn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Algarotti
2025-04-05T18:29:47.104161
11016
Francisco Álvares
| birth_place = Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal | death_date = 1536-1541 | death_place = Rome, Papal States | nationality = Portuguese | occupation = Missionary, explorer | known_for | parents | signature = }} Francisco Álvares ( – 1536–1541) was a Portuguese missionary and explorer. In 1515 he traveled to Ethiopi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Álvares
2025-04-05T18:29:47.120382
11017
Francesco Andreini
thumb|Francesco Andreini, Francesco Andreini ( – 1624) was an Italian actor mainly of commedia dell'arte plays. He began his career playing the role of the unsophisticated love-stricken young man. Later he played the role of Capitan Spavento (), a Pickwickian character of excessive fatigue. He died on January 1, 1624,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Andreini
2025-04-05T18:29:47.143501
11018
Fifth Monarchists
.]] The Fifth Monarchists, or Fifth Monarchy Men, were a Protestant sect with millennialist views active between 1649 and 1660 in the Commonwealth of England. The group took its name from a prophecy that claimed the four kingdoms of Daniel would precede the fifth, which would see the establishment of the kingship and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Monarchists
2025-04-05T18:29:47.160540
11020
February 15
Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople. *1002 – At an ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15
2025-04-05T18:29:47.233289
11021
February 6
Events Pre-1600 *590 – Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih. *1579 – The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointed its first bishop. 1601–1900 *1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_6
2025-04-05T18:29:47.293323
11022
Francis Hopkinson
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Hopkinson
2025-04-05T18:29:47.348025
11023
Honorius
| predecessor = Theodosius I | successor = Joannes | regent = | reg-type = Co-rulers | birth_date = 9 September 384 | birth_place = Constantinople | death_date = 15 August 423 (aged 38) | death_place = Ravenna, Italy | burial_place = Old St. Peter's Basilica | spouse = , )|Thermantia (, divorced)}} | full name | regna...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius
2025-04-05T18:29:47.372505
11024
Formant
250px|thumb|Spectrogram of American English vowels showing the formants F1 and F2 In speech science and phonetics, a formant is the broad spectral maximum that results from an acoustic resonance of the human vocal tract. In acoustics, a formant is usually defined as a broad peak, or local maximum, in the spectrum. For...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formant
2025-04-05T18:29:47.417496
11025
February 20
Events Pre-1600 *1339 &ndash; The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 &ndash; Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. *1521 &ndash; Spanish conquistador Ju...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_20
2025-04-05T18:29:47.465695
11026
List of programmers
This is a list of programmers notable for their contributions to software, either as original author or architect, or for later additions. All entries must already have associated articles. Some persons notable as computer scientists are included here because they work in program as well as research. A Michael Abrash...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programmers
2025-04-05T18:29:47.515648
11028
Film stock
Film stock is an analog medium that is used for recording motion pictures or animation. It is recorded on by a movie camera, developed, edited, and projected onto a screen using a movie projector. It is a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_stock
2025-04-05T18:29:47.529152
11029
Form 1040
Form 1040, officially, the U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, is an IRS tax form used for personal federal income tax returns filed by United States residents. The form calculates the total taxable income of the taxpayer and determines how much is to be paid to or refunded by the government. Income tax returns for ind...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_1040
2025-04-05T18:29:47.591905
11033
Frederick Douglass
February 14, 1818 | birth_place = Cordova, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | resting_place = Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, U.S. | occupation = | party = Republican | spouse |}} | relatives = Douglass family | signature = Frederick Douglass signature.svg | caption = Dou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass
2025-04-05T18:29:47.684066
11034
Fluid dynamics
of a series of vortices in the flow behind it, called a von Kármán vortex street. The streamlines show the direction of the fluid flow, and the color gradient shows the pressure at each point, from blue to green, yellow, and red indicating increasing pressure]] teardrop shape, assuming a viscous medium passing from l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_dynamics
2025-04-05T18:29:47.736344
11036
Fin
that provide lift or thrust, or provide the ability to steer or stabilize motion in water or air.}}]] A fin is a thin component or appendage attached to a larger body or structure. Fins typically function as foils that produce lift or thrust, or provide the ability to steer or stabilize motion while traveling in water...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin
2025-04-05T18:29:47.773973
11037
Freyr
from Södermanland, Sweden, believed to depict Freyr, Viking Age]] Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially asso...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr
2025-04-05T18:29:47.855387
11038
Freyja
}} }}.]] In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and po...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyja
2025-04-05T18:29:47.895372
11040
First-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the compe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-class_cricket
2025-04-05T18:29:47.948182
11041
Ferdinand de Saussure
| birth_place = Geneva, Switzerland | death_date | death_place = Vufflens-le-Château, Vaud, Switzerland | education = |University of Berlin}} | institutions = | school_tradition = Structuralism, linguistic turn, semiotics | main_interests = Linguistics | notable_ideas = | signature = Ferdinand de Saussure signature....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure
2025-04-05T18:29:48.004410
11042
Fat
, the main type of fat. Note the three fatty acid chains attached to the central glycerol portion of the molecule.|alt=A space-filling model of an unsaturated triglyceride.]] In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat
2025-04-05T18:29:48.090125
11043
Front line
}} . Photograph taken by Capt. F. Hurley, sometime between August 1917 and August 1918.]] A front line (alternatively front-line or frontline) in military terminology is the position(s) closest to the area of conflict of an armed force's personnel and equipment, usually referring to land forces. When a front (an intent...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_line
2025-04-05T18:29:48.099112
11049
FIFA
FIFA (video game series)|other uses|Fifa (disambiguation)}} | founder = Robert Guérin | founding_location = Paris, France | type = International sports federation | headquarters = * Global office: ** Zurich, Switzerland * Continental offices: ** Rabat, Morocco (CAF) ** Jakarta, Indonesia (AFC) | leader_title = Presi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA
2025-04-05T18:29:48.221051
11052
List of presidents of FIFA
--> | insignia = FIFA logo without slogan.svg | insigniasize | insigniacaption | insigniaalt | flag | flagsize | flagalt | flagborder | flagcaption | image = Gianni Infantino 2018.jpg | imagesize | alt | imagecaption | incumbent Gianni Infantino | acting | incumbentsince 26 February 2016 | department = Fédération ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_FIFA
2025-04-05T18:29:48.237483
11054
Fascism
, dictator of Fascist Italy (left), and Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany (right), were fascist leaders.]] Fascism ( ) is a <!-- DO NOT REMOVE THIS TERM, SEE TALK PAGE -->far-right<!-- DO NOT REMOVE THIS TERM, SEE TALK PAGE -->, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, Opposed to Marxis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
2025-04-05T18:29:48.395705
11057
Forge
thumb|The inside of a typical smithy in Finland thumb|Wooden smithy built in 1726 in Opole, Upper Silesia, Poland thumb|A smithy built around 1880 in Mērsrags, Courland, Latvia currently located at The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge
2025-04-05T18:29:48.409064
11059
Five Pillars of Islam
The Five Pillars of Islam ( ; also "pillars of the religion") are fundamental practices in Islam, considered to be obligatory acts of worship for all Muslims. They are summarized in the hadith of Gabriel. The Sunni and Shia agree on the basic details of the performance and practice of these acts, but the Shia do not re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Pillars_of_Islam
2025-04-05T18:29:48.437952
11062
Friction
rough surfaces, exhibiting static frictional interactions Types of friction include dry, fluid, lubricated, skin, and internal -- an incomplete list. The study of the processes involved is called tribology, and has a history of more than 2000 years. Friction can have dramatic consequences, as illustrated by the use of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction
2025-04-05T18:29:48.486506
11063
February 7
Events Pre-1600 * 457 &ndash; Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 &ndash; Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. *1301 &ndash; Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first Engli...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_7
2025-04-05T18:29:48.585817
11064
Faith
]] Faith is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept. In the context of religion, faith is "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". According to the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, faith has multiple definitions, including "something that is believed especially with strong conviction", "com...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith
2025-04-05T18:29:48.638581
11086
Flavian
Flavian may refer to: A member of the Flavian dynasty of Roman emperors, during the late 1st century AD, or their works Flavian Zeija, a Ugandan lawyer, academic and judge. Principal Judge of Uganda, since December 2019. A person named Flavianus Religious leaders Flavian, one of the Martyrs of Carthage under Valer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavian
2025-04-05T18:29:48.643150
11090
Forest
alongside the Solimões River, a tropical rainforest. These forests are the most biodiverse and productive ecosystems in the world.]] A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree he...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest
2025-04-05T18:29:48.764418
11092
Finger Lakes
| type = Finger lakes | etymology | part_of Lake Ontario Basin | inflow | rivers | outflow = Oswego River | oceans | catchment <!-- must be used --> | basin_countries = United States | agency | designation | length = <!-- must be used --> | width = <!-- must be used --> | area = <!-- must be used --> | depth = <!-- m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_Lakes
2025-04-05T18:29:48.814755
11100
Kite
Giant Kite Festival is held every July in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan.]] . This sparless, ram-air inflated kite, has a complex bridle formed of many strings attached to the face of the wing.]] A kite is a tethered heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create lift and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite
2025-04-05T18:29:48.862664
11101
Fanzine
A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine or -zine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest. The term was coined in an October 1940 science fiction fanzine by Russ ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanzine
2025-04-05T18:29:48.906338
11102
Forgotten Futures
Forgotten Futures is a role-playing game created by Marcus Rowland to allow people to play in settings inspired by Victorian and Edwardian science fiction and fantasy (i.e., steampunk). Most of its releases begin with these stories then add background material to explain the settings (often as alternate worlds, whose h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_Futures
2025-04-05T18:29:48.916064
11103
Fabritio Caroso
thumb|right|Fabritio Caroso, a woodcut from Nobiltà di Dame Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta (1526/1535 – 1605/1620) was an Italian Renaissance dancing master and a composer or transcriber of dance music. His dance manual Il Ballarino was published in 1581, with a subsequent edition, significantly different, Nobiltà di D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabritio_Caroso
2025-04-05T18:29:48.919888
11104
Fatah
| colorcode = | chairman = Mahmoud Abbas | leader1_title = Vice Chairman | leader1_name = Mahmoud Aloul | secretary_general = Jibril Rajoub | abbreviation = Fatah<br> (Arabic) | founders = | founded | headquarters = Ramallah, West Bank | youth_wing = Fatah Youth | wing3 = Al-'Asifah (1965–2000)<br>al-Aqsa Martyrs' B...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah
2025-04-05T18:29:48.949508
11107
Food and Agriculture Organization
<!--- tagged since February 2014 ---> | founding_location = Quebec City, Canada | headquarters = Rome, Italy | website = | parent_organization = United Nations Economic and Social Council | subsidiaries | footnotes | Motto = (Latin) | Motto (in English) = Let there be bread }} thumb|260px|The Food and Agriculture O...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization
2025-04-05T18:29:49.020408
11108
FAO (disambiguation)
FAO, or the Food and Agriculture Organization, is an agency of the United Nations. FAO may also refer to: Places Fao, Iraq Fao Peninsula Fão, Portugal Faro Airport, in Portugal, airport code FAO Military and insurgents Al-Fao, an Iraqi artillery system Western Armed Forces (French: ), a Chadian insurgent group Fusi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAO_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:29:49.024983
11109
Félix Guattari
| birth_place = Villeneuve-les-Sablons, Oise, France | death_date | death_place = La Borde clinic, Cour-Cheverny, France | alma_mater = University of Paris | institutions = University of Paris VIII | school_tradition Continental philosophy, Ecosophy, postmodern philosophy His father was a factory manager and he was en...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Félix_Guattari
2025-04-05T18:29:49.039181
11110
Filioque
, France, now in the Louvre, Paris.]] ( ; ), a Latin term meaning "and from the Son", was added to the original Nicene Creed, and has been the subject of great controversy between Eastern and Western Christianity. The term refers to the Son, Jesus Christ, with the Father, as the one shared origin of the Holy Spirit. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque
2025-04-05T18:29:49.139852
11112
FIPS
FIPS or Fips may refer to: Computing FIPS (computer program), First nondestructive Interactive Partition Splitter, a disk partitioner Federal Information Processing Standards, United States government standards People Werner Fürbringer (1888–1982), German U-boat commander Philipp Rupprecht (1900–1975), pen name of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS
2025-04-05T18:29:49.144911
11113
Federal Information Processing Standards
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors. FIPS standards establish requiremen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards
2025-04-05T18:29:49.171026
11114
Fiqh
}}}} |arabic_rom= |native pronunciation= |literal meaning="deep understanding"<br/>"full comprehension" }} Fiqh (; ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is often described as the style of human understanding and practices of the sharia; that is, human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiqh
2025-04-05T18:29:49.200514
11115
Flank
Flank may refer to: Flank (anatomy), part of the abdomen Flank steak, a cut of beef Part of the external anatomy of a horse Flank speed, a nautical term Flank opening, a chess opening A term in Australian rules football The side of a military unit, as in a flanking maneuver Flanking, a sound path in architectur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flank
2025-04-05T18:29:49.211265
11118
First Council of Nicaea
| next = First Council of Constantinople | convoked_by = Emperor Constantine I | presided_by = Hosius of Corduba | attendance = | topics Arianism, the nature of Christ, celebration of Passover, ordination of eunuchs, prohibition of kneeling on Sundays and from Easter to Pentecost, validity of baptism by heretics, lap...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
2025-04-05T18:29:49.251132
11119
February 5
Events Pre-1600 * *2 BC &ndash; Caesar Augustus is granted the title pater patriae by the Roman Senate. *62 &ndash; Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. *756 &ndash; Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself Emperor of China and founds the short-lived state of Yan. *1576 &ndash; Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_5
2025-04-05T18:29:49.338874
11121
Fox News
<!-- WARNING: Please adhere to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy; any uncited controversies will be reverted! --> | owner = | parent = Fox News Media | picture_format 720p (16:9 HDTV) | country = United States | language = English | area = | headquarters = | sister_channels = | website = | online_serv_1 =...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News
2025-04-05T18:29:49.535271
11122
Freeciv
| latest release version = 3.1.4 | latest release date | latest preview version | latest preview date | operating system = Unix-like, Windows, more | genre = Turn-based 4X strategy video game | programming language = C, Lua, JavaScript | license Freeciv: GPL-2.0-or-later<br />Freeciv-web: AGPL-3.0-or-later | website ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeciv
2025-04-05T18:29:49.554940
11123
Fornax
, genitive | symbolism = the brazier | RA = | dec= | family = La Caille | quadrant = SQ1 | areatotal = 398 | arearank = 41st | numbermainstars = 2 | numberbfstars = 27 | numberstarsplanets = 6 | numberbrightstars = 0 | numbernearbystars = 2 | brighteststarname = α For | starmagnitude = 3.80 | neareststarname = LP 94...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fornax
2025-04-05T18:29:49.576728
11125
Francesco Borromini
|birth_place = Bissone, Condominiums of the Twelve Cantons (Italian possessions of the Old Swiss Confederacy) |death_date |death_place = Rome, Papal States |practice |significant_buildings San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Sant'Agnese in Agone, Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, Oratorio dei Filippini |significant_projects |signif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Borromini
2025-04-05T18:29:49.590446
11126
Freedom fighter
were considered freedom fighters by US president Ronald Reagan (1985 photo).]] A freedom fighter is a person engaged in a struggle to achieve political freedom, particularly against an established government. The term is typically reserved for those who are actively involved in armed or otherwise violent rebellion. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fighter
2025-04-05T18:29:49.595881
11127
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attorney General Bonaparte, using Department of Justice expense funds, to work for a new investigative agency. Its first "chief" (the title is now "director") was Stanley Finch. Bonaparte notified the Congress of these actions in December 1908. In the same year, its name was officially changed from the Division of Inve...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
2025-04-05T18:29:49.650850
11129
Flamsteed designation
Atlas Coelestis]] A Flamsteed designation is a combination of a number and constellation name that uniquely identifies most naked eye stars in the modern constellations visible from southern England. They are named for John Flamsteed who first used them while compiling his Historia Coelestis Britannica. (Flamsteed used...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamsteed_designation
2025-04-05T18:29:49.677523
11141
February 26
Events Pre-1600 *747 BC &ndash; According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 320 &ndash; Chandragupta I is officially crowned as the first Gupta Emperor. * 364 &ndash; Valentinian I is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_26
2025-04-05T18:29:49.755352
11142
Northrop F-5
<!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout, and guidelines. --> |image= File:J-3005.jpg |image_caption= An F-5E of the Swiss Air Force |alt|aircraft_type Light fighter |national_origin= United States |manufacturer= N...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-5
2025-04-05T18:29:49.865919
11143
FDR (disambiguation)
FDR, or Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), was president of the United States from 1933 to 1945. FDR may also refer to: Entertainment FDR (video game), a 1996 computer game Fan Death Records, an American record label Franklin Delano Romanowski, a character from the television show Seinfeld Freedomain Radio, a pod...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDR_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:29:49.874116
11144
Fresco
, a detail of the fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo]] Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco
2025-04-05T18:29:49.905232
11145
Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion reaction when the fuel reaches its ignition point. Flames from hydrocarbon fuels consist primarily of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire
2025-04-05T18:29:49.947371
11146
FIDE
in Paris | native name = Fédération Internationale des Échecs | native_name_lang = fr | headquarters = Lausanne, Switzerland | budget (2024) | membership 203 national associations | leader_title = President | leader_name = Arkady Dvorkovich | leader_title2 = Deputy President | leader_name2 = Viswanathan Anand | website...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE
2025-04-05T18:29:49.971737
11149
Fresnel equations
The Fresnel equations (or Fresnel coefficients) describe the reflection and transmission of light (or electromagnetic radiation in general) when incident on an interface between different optical media. They were deduced by French engineer and physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel () who was the first to understand that ligh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_equations
2025-04-05T18:29:50.044179
11152
Figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London.}} pair skating, and ice dance; the four individual disciplines are also combined into a tea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_skating
2025-04-05T18:29:50.115444
11157
Fudge (role-playing game system)
Fudge is a generic role-playing game system for use in freeform role-playing games. The name "FUDGE" was once an acronym for Freeform Universal Donated (later, Do-it-yourself) Gaming Engine and, though the acronym has since been dropped, that phrase remains a good summation of the game's design goals. Fudge has been no...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fudge_(role-playing_game_system)
2025-04-05T18:29:50.134122
11158
February 12
Events Pre-1600 *1096 &ndash; Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular. *1404 &ndash; The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_12
2025-04-05T18:29:50.197905
11161
Frederick Copleston
| image = Frederick Copleston 1987.jpg | caption = Frederick Copleston, 1987 | birth_date | birth_name = Frederick Charles Copleston | birth_place = Taunton, England | death_date | death_place = London, England | main_interests = History of philosophy | alma_mater = St. John's College, Oxford | region = Western philo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Copleston
2025-04-05T18:29:50.209986
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Finance
The Financial}} }} Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and discipline of money, currency, assets and liabilities. As a subject of study, it is related to but distinct from economics, which is the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Based on the scope of finan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance
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February 17
Events Pre-1600 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia. 15...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_17
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The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
| image = Pinchcliffe Grand Prix.jpg | director = Ivo Caprino | producer = Ivo Caprino | writer = | starring = | music = Bent Fabricius-Bjerre | narrator = Leif Juster | editing = Ivo Caprino | cinematography = Charles Patey | studio = Caprino Filmcenter a/s | released | runtime = 88 minutes | language = Norwegian |...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinchcliffe_Grand_Prix
2025-04-05T18:29:50.392115
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Fortran
| designer = John Backus | developer = John Backus and IBM | latest release version = Fortran 2023 (ISO/IEC 1539:2023) | latest release date = | typing = strong, static, manifest | implementations = Absoft, Cray, GFortran, G95, IBM XL Fortran, Intel, Hitachi, Lahey/Fujitsu, Numerical Algorithms Group, Open Watcom, Pat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran
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Fortaleza
}} | settlement_type = Municipality |named_for= "Fort of Our Lady of the Assumption" (Virgin Mary) | image_skyline = | image_flag = Bandeira Fortaleza Ceara Brasil.svg | image_shield = Brasão de Fortaleza.svg | nicknames = Fortal<br />Miami Brasileira (Brazilian Miami)<br />Terra da Luz (Land of Light) | motto ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortaleza
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February 13
Events Pre-1600 * 962 &ndash; Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1258 &ndash; Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire, orders his army to sack and plunder the city of Baghdad, which they had just captured. *1322 &ndash; The central t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_13
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Political freedom
Freedom}} Political freedom (also known as political autonomy or political agency) is a central concept in history and political thought and one of the most important features of democratic societies. Political freedom has been described as freedom from oppression or coercion, the absence of disabling conditions for a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_freedom
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Foobar
]] The terms foobar (), foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, and others are used as metasyntactic variables and placeholder names in computer programming or computer-related documentation. They have been used to name entities such as variables, functions, and commands whose exact identity is unimportant and serve only to demonst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar
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Functional analysis
. These modes are eigenfunctions of a linear operator on a function space, a common construction in functional analysis.]] Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure (for example, inner product, n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_analysis
2025-04-05T18:29:50.619921
11181
Frank Sinatra
| birth_name = Francis Albert Sinatra | birth_date = | birth_place = Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | burial_place = Desert Memorial Park | years_active = 1935–1995 | works = | signature = Frank Sinatra signature.svg | occupation = | spouse = * * * }} | chi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra
2025-04-05T18:29:50.802212
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Funeral
Burial Service}} }} A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral
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February 11
Events Pre-1600 *660 BC &ndash; Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. *55 &ndash; The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor. * 951 &ndash; Guo Wei, a court...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_11
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Feminism
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern societies are patriarchal—they prioritize the male point of view—and that women are treated unjustly in these soci...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism
2025-04-05T18:29:51.078537
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Federal Aviation Administration
border | logo_width = 250 | logo_caption = Flag of the Federal Aviation Administration | seal | seal_width | seal_caption = Seal of the Federal Aviation Administration | image = DOT-FAA Headquarters by Matthew Bisanz.JPG | image_caption = FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C. | formed = | preceding1 = Civil Aeronautic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration
2025-04-05T18:29:51.114331
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French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of political and societal change in France which began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799. Many of the revolution's ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, and its values remain central to modern Fre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
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Francis Fukuyama
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date | death_place | spouse = Laura Holmgren | children = 3 | education = Cornell University (BA) <br> Harvard University (PhD) | institutions | main_interests = | notable_ideas = End of history | influences = Aristotle, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Charles Darwin, Friedri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Fukuyama
2025-04-05T18:29:51.248771
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Fingerspelling
, as used in American Sign Language]] Fingerspelling (or dactylology) is the representation of the letters of a writing system, and sometimes numeral systems, using only the hands. These manual alphabets (also known as finger alphabets or hand alphabets) have often been used in deaf education and have subsequently been...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerspelling
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
| music = Richard Rodney Bennett | editing = Jon Gregory | cinematography = Michael Coulter | studio = | distributor = Rank Film Distributors | released | runtime = 117 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget £3 million) | gross £218.5 milion<br/>($245.7 million) }} Four Weddings and a Funera...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Weddings_and_a_Funeral
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Ferrari
Race}} in Modena, Italy (as Auto Avio Costruzioni) | location <br/> | type = Public (S.p.A.) | traded_as = ||FTSE MIB component|Euro Stoxx 50 component}} | founder = Enzo Ferrari | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | industry = Automotive | products = Sports cars, luxury cars | production 13,752 units shipped (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari
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Freemasonry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry
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Fulham F.C.
(as St Andrews Cricket & Football Club) | Dissolved | ground Craven Cottage | capacity 28,800 | owner Shahid Khan | chairman Shahid Khan Founded in 1879, they are London's oldest professional football club. They joined the Southern League in 1898 and won two First Division titles (1905–06 and 1906–07), as well as two ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulham_F.C.
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood (video game)}} | occupation | discography Frankie Goes to Hollywood discography | years_active = | label = | website = | past_members = * Holly Johnson * Peter Gill * Mark O'Toole * Jed O'Toole * Paul Rutherford * Brian Nash * Ryan Molloy }} Frankie Goes to Hollywood were<!--This article ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood
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Factors of production
In economics, factors of production, resources, or inputs are what is used in the production process to produce output—that is, goods and services. The utilised amounts of the various inputs determine the quantity of output according to the relationship called the production function. There are four basic resources or ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factors_of_production
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
| image_flag = Flag of Fort Wayne, Indiana.svg | image_seal = Seal of Fort Wayne, Indiana.png | image_map = | zoom = 10 | type = shape | marker = city | stroke-width = 2 | stroke-color = #0096FF | fill = #0096FF | id2 = Q49268 | type2 = shape-inverse | stroke-width2 = 2 | stroke-color2 = #5F5F5F | stroke-op...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana
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Fart (word)
Fart is a word in the English language most commonly used in reference to flatulence that can be used as a noun or a verb. The immediate roots are in the Middle English words ferten, feortan and farten, kin of the Old High German word ferzan. Cognates are found in Old Norse, Slavic and also Greek and Sanskrit. The word...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart_(word)
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FA Cup
| number of teams = 745 (2024–25) | region = | qualifier for = UEFA Europa League<br>FA Community Shield | current champions = Manchester United<br>(13th title) | most successful club = Arsenal (14 titles) | website = | broadcasters = BBC Sport<br />ITV Sport<br />FPT Play (Vietnam) | current = 2024–25 FA Cup }} The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup
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Fenway Park
| tenants = | publictransit = <br/>at Lansdowne<br/> <br/>at Kenmore and Fenway | construction_cost = US$650,000<br/>($}} in dollars) | former_names | seating_capacity 37,305 (day)<br/>37,755 (night) | nrhp = }} ]] Fenway Park is a ballpark located in Boston, Massachusetts, less than one mile from Kenmore Square. Sin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenway_Park
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Flatulence
Flatulence is the expulsion of gas from the intestines via the anus, commonly referred to as farting. "Flatus" is the medical word for gas generated in the stomach or bowels. A proportion of intestinal gas may be swallowed environmental air, and hence flatus is not entirely generated in the stomach or bowels. The scien...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulence
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
| screenplay = | story = Hironobu Sakaguchi | based_on = | starring = | music = Elliot Goldenthal | cinematography = Motonori Sakakibara | editing = Chris S. Capp | studio = | gross $85.1 million The film stars the voices of Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Peri Gilpin, and St...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_The_Spirits_Within
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Filter
Filtration is a physical process that separates solid matter and fluid from a mixture. Filter, filtering, filters or filtration may also refer to: Science and technology Computing Filter (higher-order function), in functional programming Filter (software), a computer program to process a data stream Filter (video)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter
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Free Methodist Church
logo of the Free Methodist Church, created in 1985 by Les Rice under direction of the FMC Board of Bishops.]] The Free Methodist Church (FMC) is a Methodist Christian denomination within the holiness movement, based in the United States. It is evangelical in nature and is Wesleyan–Arminian in theology. The Free Method...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Methodist_Church
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Fixed point
Fixed point may refer to: Fixed point (mathematics), a value that does not change under a given transformation Fixed-point arithmetic, a manner of doing arithmetic on computers Fixed point, a benchmark (surveying) used by geodesists Fixed point join, also called a recursive join Fixed point, in quantum field theo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_point
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John Falstaff
Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, where he is a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V of England. Falstaff is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Falstaff
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Floorball
| first <br>– late 1960s in Gothenburg, Sweden | region = Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Singapore | registered | clubs 4396 | contact = Yes | team = 6, including goalkee...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floorball
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