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1,300 | 4,874 | 1,696,015 | Disease | 2025-11-20T00:28:08Z | A **disease** or **medical condition** is an unhealthy state where something bad happens to the body or mind. Diseases can cause pain, parts of the body to stop working the right way, or death. The word *disease* is sometimes used to include:
- parts of the body being hurt,
- not having the usual abilities,
- medical... | [] |
1,301 | 4,887 | 532,461 | Carbon | 2026-07-31T04:57:26Z | **Carbon** is a very important chemical element, with a chemical symbol of **C**. All known life on Earth needs it to survive. Carbon has atomic mass 12 and atomic number 6. It is a nonmetal, meaning that it is not a metal.
When iron is alloyed with carbon, hard steel is formed. Carbon in the form of coal is an import... | [] |
1,302 | 4,889 | 1,458,798 | Zaza language | 2024-11-19T14:00:58Z | **Zaza language**, also called **Zazaki**, **Kirmanjki** and **Dimli**, is an Iranian language mainly spoken in eastern Turkey by the Zazas. It belongs to the northwest-Iranian group of Iranic languages. The Zaza language is related to Sangsarī, Māzandarānī, Tātī (Herzendī), Semnānī, Tāleshī, Kurdish, Persian and Balōc... | [] |
1,303 | 4,891 | 70,336 | Chemical reaction | 2025-12-20T22:36:18Z | A **chemical reaction** happens when one or more chemicals are changed into one or more other chemicals.
Some examples are:
- iron and oxygen combining to make rust
- vinegar and baking soda combining to make sodium acetate, carbon dioxide and water
- things burning or exploding
- many reactions that happen inside li... | [] |
1,304 | 4,892 | 1,853,963 | Rectangle | 2026-08-23T22:49:13Z | In geometry, a **rectangle** is a shape with four sides and four corners. The corners are all right angles. It follows that the pairs of sides opposite each other must be parallel and of the same length.
People make many rectangular things, including most tables, boxes, books, and papers. The word comes from Latin wor... | [] |
1,305 | 4,893 | 1,872,701 | Trafalgar Square | 2026-09-15T09:52:25Z | **Trafalgar Square** is in the middle of London and is a large pedestrian square that is bounded on three sides by roads. It serves as a refuge and a major traffic intersection. Important roads go from the square: Whitehall goes to Parliament, the Mall goes to Buckingham Palace and the Strand goes to the City of London... | [] |
1,306 | 4,898 | 10,329,406 | Official language | 2025-06-14T08:50:55Z | An **official language** is a language that has special status in a country or other organization. Usually, the government does its business in the official language. They are sometimes named in a country's constitution.
Some countries, like Switzerland and Luxembourg, have more than one official language. Other count... | [] |
1,307 | 4,899 | 532,461 | Cake | 2026-07-26T04:51:42Z | A **cake** is a type of (usually) sweet dessert which is baked. Originally, it was a bread-like food, but no longer. Cakes are often made to celebrate special occasions like birthdays or weddings. There are many kinds of cakes. It can be baked in an oven. Some savory cakes are made on a griddle or a frying pan.
## Con... | [] |
1,308 | 4,900 | 1,843,809 | House | 2026-07-24T21:46:21Z | A **house** is a building that is made for people to live in. It is usually built for a family (parents and their children). It is a "permanent" building that is meant to stay standing. It is not easily packed up and carried away like a tent, or moved like a caravan. If people live in the same house for more than a s... | [] |
1,309 | 4,904 | 1,683,478 | Gigabyte | 2026-01-06T14:11:26Z | The **gigabyte** (**GB**) is a unit of measurement in computers and similar electronic devices. It means exactly one billion bytes, usually referring to the number of bytes in a computer hard drive. It is often incorrectly used to mean 1 073 741 824 (2^30^) bytes, especially when referring to the random access memory (... | [] |
1,310 | 4,911 | 640,235 | Sailor | 2023-03-07T17:49:18Z | A **sailor** (or **seaman**) is a person who works at sea on a boat or ship. The sailor works under a captain. The term is only used when the person is working professionally (earning money or make a living).
Sailor is also the lowest rank in a navy.
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1,311 | 4,912 | 1,202,340 | Farmer | 2026-06-09T05:07:12Z | A **farmer** is a person who grows crops and raises animals to be used as food. This has been a common job for people since the beginning of civilization.
## What farmers do
The word *farmer* usually refers to a person who has a field, orchard, vineyard, or garden where food is grown. This agricultural land is called... | [] |
1,312 | 4,913 | 863,768 | Constellation | 2023-01-06T09:41:39Z | A **constellation** is a group of stars which make up imaginary outline or pattern in the night sky (the celestial sphere). Usually they are said to represent an animal, mythological person or creature in a shape. When seen, the group of stars seem to make a pattern.
The word constellation comes from Latin: *con-*, m... | [] |
1,313 | 4,914 | 16,695 | Flood | 2026-02-05T13:31:25Z | A **flood** is an overflow of water. Floods are very hard to deal with.
## Overview
Floods are most commonly made due to an overflowing river, a dam break, snowmelt, or heavy rainfall. Less commonly happening are tsunamis, storm surge.
The most deadly flooding was in 1931 in China and killed between 2,000,000 and 4,0... | [] |
1,314 | 4,923 | 1,880,446 | Hell | 2026-09-27T21:48:08Z | In many mythologies and religions, **hell**, or **underworld** is a place or state where souls of wicked people go after their life on Earth. It is often believed to be a place controlled by either God, or some lesser supernatural being such as Satan. It is a different place or state from heaven, where it is often bel... | [] |
1,315 | 4,931 | 248,920 | October 21 | 2025-10-21T15:07:09Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 686 – Conon becomes Pope.
- 1096 – People's Crusade: The Turkish army heavily defeats the People's Army of the West.
- 1097 – First Crusade: The Siege of Antioch begins.
- 1209 – Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned by Pope Innocent III.
- 1392 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan abdicates the th... | [] |
1,316 | 4,932 | 532,461 | 112 (emergency telephone number) | 2025-08-05T14:03:49Z | The telephone number **1-1-2** (or **112**) is the standard European Union (EU) emergency telephone number. It works in every country of the EU, for land lines and mobile phones. It is also used in some other countries as an emergency telephone number for both mobile and fixed-line telephones.
112 is also the internat... | [] |
1,317 | 4,933 | 70,336 | Government-in-exile | 2024-12-06T04:51:54Z | A **government-in-exile** is a group of people who claim they are the real government of a country, but who live in another country. These were common during World War II, when the axis powers took over several countries, and the leaders of those countries escaped to safety in other countries. When the war ended, most ... | [] |
1,318 | 4,939 | 1,731,998 | Stonehenge | 2026-01-29T12:59:39Z | **Stonehenge** is a prehistoric World Heritage Site of megaliths. It is eight miles (13 kilometres) north of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The site was built between 3100 BC and 1550 BC. It was used until the Bronze Age. The monument is made of a henge, with standing stones in circles. It is likely the most importan... | [] |
1,319 | 4,940 | 40,117 | Granite | 2026-02-09T12:52:30Z | **Granite** is a kind of igneous rock, found on Earth but nowhere else in the Solar System. It is formed from hot, molten magma. Its colour can be dark or light grey, brown, or even pink, according to the proportions of its minerals. It is called a plutonic rock because it forms under ground.
The magma is forced betwe... | [] |
1,320 | 4,941 | 248,920 | 1970 | 2026-07-21T22:58:10Z | **1970** (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 12 – The Nigerian Civil War ends.
- February 1 – The Benavidez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 236.
- February 14 – The Who record the iconic live rock album *Live at Leeds*.
- March 1 – Rhodesia d... | [] |
1,321 | 4,943 | 1,691,267 | Syracuse, New York | 2026-05-21T22:18:15Z | **Syracuse** is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is also the county seat of Onondaga County. Syracuse has a population of 148,620 and a metropolitan area population of 662,000.
Syracuse is sometimes called the "Salt City" because salt mining was once the main industry. Syracuse is named after Syracuse, Sicily,... | [] |
1,322 | 4,945 | 10,097,936 | Soap opera | 2025-02-24T05:55:34Z | A **soap opera** is a television or radio program that airs in episodic series. This means that each episode continues telling a story, which, in turn, tells more of the last episode's story. A single story on a soap opera can be told for weeks, months, or sometimes even years.
In America, each soap opera airs every d... | [] |
1,323 | 4,949 | 1,716,118 | The Young and the Restless | 2026-09-16T07:59:57Z | ***The Young and the Restless*** is a very popular American soap opera. The show is the highest-rated soap opera, which means that more people watch it than any other soap opera. It aired its first episode on March 26, 1973. It is set in fictional Genoa City, Wisconsin. In the beginning, the show was about the Brooks f... | [] |
1,324 | 4,951 | 1,704,901 | Georgia (U.S. state) | 2026-03-19T00:38:54Z | **Georgia** is a state in the southeastern part of the United States. It is bordered by Florida to the south, Alabama to the west, Tennessee and North Carolina to the north, and South Carolina to the east. All of Georgia's coastline is on the Atlantic Ocean, which borders Georgia to the southeast. The capital of Georgi... | [] |
1,325 | 4,954 | 1,729,468 | Prem Rawat | 2026-01-18T04:53:55Z | **Prem Rawat** (previously known as **Maharaji**) was born in Hardiwar, a small village at the bottom of the Himalayas in North India on December 10, 1957.
Prem Rawat is a peace ambassador, who also is an international writer of many books about inner peace, an experienced pilot, a musician and composer, a photogr... | [] |
1,326 | 4,955 | 1,104,831 | Immanuel Kant | 2026-08-26T23:03:54Z | **Immanuel Kant** (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher born in Königsberg, East Prussia. Kant studied philosophy at the University of Königsberg, and later became a professor of philosophy. He called his system "transcendental idealism". Kant's writing about epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and... | [] |
1,327 | 4,962 | 9,665,877 | Aunt | 2024-07-25T08:06:19Z | An **aunt** is relationship that describes a woman who is a sibling of a parent or is married to a sibling of a parent. Aunts are sometimes called Auntie or Aunty. A man is a nephew to their Aunt and a woman is a niece. An **aunt** is part of an extended family. The child of an aunt's is a cousin. Often the word aunt i... | [] |
1,328 | 4,964 | 1,830,463 | Homer | 2026-06-30T15:25:07Z | **Homer** is the name of the Greek poet who wrote the epic poems the *Iliad* and the *Odyssey*. These are the earliest works of Greek literature which have survived to the present day, and are among the greatest treasures of the ancient world. They are a product of Mycenaean culture. The Iliad tells the story of the Tr... | [] |
1,329 | 4,966 | 640,235 | Marquis de Sade | 2023-10-13T17:37:48Z | **Donatien Alphonse François, Comte de Sade**, (2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), better known as the **Marquis de Sade**) was a French nobleman, writer and philosopher who was born in Paris. The de Sade family were French nobility, who came from Provence. Different members of the house held positions in the Church, and ... | [] |
1,330 | 4,972 | 1,826,373 | Eurozone | 2026-07-09T14:39:22Z | The **Eurozone** (also called **Euro area** or **Euroland**) is the set of countries in the European Union which have adopted the Euro (€) currency. The European Central Bank is responsible for managing the supply of money within the eurozone and political decisions are taken by the "euro group", which is a meeting of ... | [] |
1,331 | 4,973 | 1,792,984 | Ordinal number | 2026-04-26T02:32:15Z | **Ordinal numbers** (or **ordinals**) are numbers that show something's order, for example: 1th, 2th, 3th, 4th, 5th.
Suppose a person has 5 different T-shirts, and then lays them in front of the person, from left to right.
- At the far left, there is the red T-shirt.
- Right of that is the blue one.
- Next to the blu... | [] |
1,332 | 4,978 | 1,709,038 | Republic | 2026-01-01T13:45:15Z | A **republic** is a form of government that has no monarchy and no hereditary aristocracy, and instead the head of state (the highest political authority) is an elected office It originates from Rome. In 509 BC, the Romans overthrew the Roman Kingdom and established a republic, a government in which citizens elected re... | [] |
1,333 | 4,980 | 1,876,020 | Martin Luther | 2026-09-20T18:37:52Z | **Martin Luther** (November 10, 1483 ‒ February 18, 1546) was a German monk and theologian of Christianity credited with leading the Protestant Reformation, a movement that marked the start of Protestantism. Luther founded the Lutheran Church, the first large Protestant church.
## Early life
Martin Luther studied phi... | [] |
1,334 | 4,982 | 640,235 | Noh | 2024-03-29T16:30:00Z | **Noh** or **No** (Japanese:能 Nō) is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama. It started in the 14th century and continues today. Noh is made up of *mai* (dances), *hayashi* (music) and *utai* (words usually in songs). The performers use masks and dance slowly. Zeami and his father Kan'ami brought Noh to its p... | [] |
1,335 | 4,984 | 1,674,404 | Manga | 2026-04-11T17:30:13Z | A **manga** (漫画) is a Japanese comic book.
Manga is drawn by a *mangaka* (漫画家) (Japanese for cartoonist: an artist of comics). Manga is usually read from right to left.
The word manga can be both singular and plural, and mean both the medium of comics or a single comic. It is a form of art that is used to draw comi... | [] |
1,336 | 4,988 | 10,038,123 | Spree | 2025-01-26T17:04:00Z | The **Spree** is a river in the north-east of Germany.
It runs through the centre of Berlin. The river is 400 km long.
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1,337 | 4,990 | 1,687,742 | Liberalism | 2025-11-07T20:06:51Z | **Liberalism** is a type of political thinking about politics and government. It emphasizes the idea of freedom, and believes that the greatest countries are the ones that contain unconfined liberties. Classical liberals all believe that everyone equally deserves to be free to decide for themselves how to think, act, s... | [] |
1,338 | 4,991 | 1,530,097 | Zeno's paradoxes | 2024-12-12T03:25:55Z | **Zeno's paradoxes** are a famous set of thought-provoking stories or puzzles created by Zeno of Elea in the mid-5th century BC. Philosophers, physicists, and mathematicians have argued for 25 centuries over how to answer the questions raised by Zeno's paradoxes.
Nine paradoxes have been attributed to him. Zeno const... | [] |
1,339 | 4,993 | 935,234 | Mandrake | 2022-07-29T22:23:31Z | > *For the Linux variant, see Mandriva Linux*
**Mandrake** is the common name of a number of plants in the Nightshade family, genus **Mandragora**. The roots often look like man or woman, or can be easily made to resemble them. The plant has been used in witchcraft for a long time.
According to this literature, the ... | [] |
1,340 | 4,994 | 1,558,358 | Debian | 2026-08-16T15:53:26Z | **Debian** is a free operating system. It is a distribution of an operating system known as the GNU operating system, which can be used with various kernels, including Linux, kFreeBSD, and Hurd. In combination with these kernels, the operating system can be referred to as Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD, and Debi... | [] |
1,341 | 4,995 | 532,461 | GNU | 2026-06-14T06:12:08Z | **GNU** is the name of a computer operating system. The name is short for '**'G**NU's **N**ot **U**nix*. Richard Stallman leads the GNU Project. The popular Linux operating systems made using the Linux kernel have many GNU tools too. So, many projects and developers call the Linux-based operating systems *GNU/Linux.''
... | [] |
1,342 | 5,000 | 1,678,322 | Serbia | 2026-09-28T11:57:13Z | 44 N 21 E
**Serbia** (Serbian: *Република Србија* / Republika Srbija), officially the **Republic of Serbia** (Serbian: *Србија* / Srbija), is a country in Southeastern Europe, and a part of the Balkans. The capital city is Belgrade. To the north of Serbia is the country Hungary. To the east of Serbia are the countries... | [] |
1,343 | 5,001 | 1,629,609 | Cancer | 2026-07-24T03:03:51Z | **Cancer** is a type of disease where cells grow out of control, divide and invade other tissues. In a person without cancer, cell division is under control. In most tissues, healthy cells divide in a controlled way and copy themselves to create new healthy cells. With cancer, this normal cell division goes out of cont... | [] |
1,344 | 5,007 | 103,847 | Photography | 2026-01-28T18:43:13Z | **Photography** is a way of making a picture using a camera. A person who makes pictures using a camera is called a *photographer*. A picture made using a camera is called a photograph or photo. Photography became popular in the middle 19th century with Daguerreotype. Later wet plate and dry plate methods were invented... | [] |
1,345 | 5,008 | 1,796,002 | Acronym | 2026-05-01T07:56:31Z | An **acronym** is a word whose letters are the first letters of other words. People often create a short acronym that means the same thing as a much longer phrase (set of words). This is faster and shorter to say than the long phrase.
## Examples
- COBOL - **CO**mmon **B**usiness **O**riented **L**anguage
- LASER - ... | [] |
1,346 | 5,009 | 1,748,672 | Radio wave | 2026-02-16T19:23:45Z | **Radio waves** make up part of the electromagnetic spectrum. These waves are pieces of energy with differing wavelengths, somewhat similar to visible light waves, X-rays or gamma rays, except they are much longer.
A radio wave, like other electromagnetic waves, is similar to an ocean surface wave or any other types o... | [] |
1,347 | 5,010 | 10,393,533 | Bridge | 2025-07-15T02:21:11Z | A **bridge** is a structure to cross an open space or gap. Bridges are mostly made for crossing rivers, valleys, or roads. Nowadays most big bridges are made to carry vehicles but people have also walked across bridges for thousands of years. Bridges called highway overpasses carry a road over another road.
Milita... | [] |
1,348 | 5,011 | 103,847 | Mysticism | 2025-08-15T15:33:15Z | **Mysticism** is the belief that people can *directly* experience God or true reality, rather than experiencing them only through books, rituals, or other people. People who practice these beliefs are called *mystics*.
Mystics exist within most religions, though not all people who practice religions are mystics. Mysti... | [] |
1,349 | 5,012 | 1,879,297 | Ontario | 2026-09-26T01:24:34Z | **Ontario** is a province of Canada that is in the eastern half of Canada, between Manitoba and Quebec. Ontario has the largest population of any province, with over 16 million in 2026, and is home to the largest city in Canada, Toronto, which is also the capital of the province.
Ontario also has the second-largest la... | [] |
1,350 | 5,013 | 1,879,297 | Manitoba | 2026-09-26T01:23:05Z | **Manitoba** is a province of Canada that is located roughly in the centre of the country.
Manitoba is Canada's 6th-largest province, with an area of 647797 km2. It has the 5th-largest number of people, at 1,517,379 in 2026, and its people are called "Manitobans". Manitoba borders the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewa... | [] |
1,351 | 5,014 | 10,293,727 | Head of government | 2025-05-29T07:48:49Z | The **head of government** is the leader of the executive branch of a nation's government. This is not always the same person as the head of state. Common titles for heads of government include Premier or Prime Minister.
In some countries such as the United States, the president is both the head of state and the head... | [] |
1,352 | 5,017 | 1,879,297 | Saskatchewan | 2026-09-26T01:17:27Z | **Saskatchewan** (IPAC: səˈskætʃəwən,\_sæ-,\_-wɒn; [Canadian French: ]{.small}<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-fr"><div data-arg>saskatʃəwan</div><div data-arg></div></template> **) is a province in Canada. About 1.25 million people live in Saskatchewan. Most of its population lives in the southe... | [] |
1,353 | 5,022 | 1,566,408 | Classical music | 2025-07-01T09:54:18Z | **Classical music** is a very general term which normally refers to the standard music of countries in the western world. It is music that has been composed by musicians who are trained in the art of writing music (composing) and written down in music notation so that other musicians can play it. Classical music may al... | [] |
1,354 | 5,026 | 1,555,874 | SNAFU | 2025-03-07T20:19:33Z | **SNAFU** or **snafu** is an acronym that the United States Military first used. Civilians now use it as well. It stands for **S**ituation **N**ormal: **A**ll (**F**ucked/**F**ouled/) **U**p.
In modern times, it means a situation that was occurring normally but then suddenly began to go wrong. For example:
*The gener... | [] |
1,355 | 5,031 | 1,792,998 | Atlanta | 2026-05-17T18:41:26Z | **Atlanta** is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the South's largest cities. Atlanta is known as a major business city. It is the home of Coca-Cola Company, CNN, AT&T, and Home Depot, as well as many other Fortune 500 companies. Atlanta's airport, called Hartsfield-Jackson Internat... | [] |
1,356 | 5,032 | 1,548,468 | Niccolò Machiavelli | 2026-06-14T16:34:14Z | **Niccolò Machiavelli** (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine Renaissance man, statesman, and writer. He was a diplomat and government official in the Medici period of the Florentine Republic. Machiavelli is best known for writing about political philosophy. He also wrote poetry, plays, carnival songs, history b... | [] |
1,357 | 5,033 | 640,235 | Supply line | 2023-04-29T17:27:50Z | A **supply line** is a large line of military supply vehicles, usually in convoy format. The line is useful for transporting needed supplies (food, medical supplies, ammo) to the front line. Without the supply line, a deployed army far from home would not be able to fight for long, as supplies would soon run out.
The ... | [] |
1,358 | 5,034 | 1,843,804 | Michigan | 2026-07-24T21:35:25Z | **Michigan** is one of the fifty states in the United States of America. It is the 11th largest state in the United States. It is made up of two peninsulas (connected by the <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="convert"><div data-arg>5</div><div data-arg>mi</div><div data-arg>ft m</div><div data-arg data... | [] |
1,359 | 5,059 | 693,482 | Caenorhabditis elegans | 2022-02-23T01:00:45Z | ***Caenorhabditis elegans*** is a species of roundworm or nematode. It is important because much research has been done on its genetics and development.
*C. elegans* is about 1 mm long. The worms are not parasites, they are free-living. They live in soil and feed on bacteria. *C. elegans* is a model organism, used to ... | [] |
1,360 | 5,060 | 314,522 | Saxe-Weimar | 2025-04-15T19:33:13Z |
**Saxe-Weimar** (Sachsen-Weimar) was a duchy in Thuringia, Germany. The chief town and capital was Weimar.
## History
Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha were the two original Ernestine Duchies. They both gradually shrank in size as land in Thuringia was divided among sons..
In 1741 Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weima... | [] |
1,361 | 5,064 | 373,511 | Oldham | 2022-06-09T11:42:52Z | **Oldham** is a town in the North West of England. It is to the north-east of Manchester. It is part of Greater Manchester. Oldham was part of Lancashire until 1 April 1974.
There were riots in Oldham in May 2001. It is the centre of the Borough of Oldham.
Oldham Council achieved dubious notoriety in 2009 when in ran... | [] |
1,362 | 5,071 | 1,678,322 | Pakistan | 2026-09-28T13:31:13Z | **Pakistan**, officially the **Islamic Republic of Pakistan** (Urdu: *Islāmī Jumhūriyah Pākistān*), is a country in South Asia. It shares its border with other countries India, Iran, Afghanistan and China (disputed with India). Pakistan has the fifth largest population (243.4 million) in the world and has a total land ... | [] |
1,363 | 5,072 | 532,461 | New Zealand | 2026-06-30T01:28:43Z | **New Zealand** (known as **Aotearoa**, in the Māori language) officially Commonwealth of New Zealand) is an island country in Oceania. It is a sovereign state in the south-western part of the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of two large islands (the North Island and the South Island) and many smaller islands. New Zealand... | [] |
1,364 | 5,073 | 693,482 | South Korea | 2026-09-11T10:40:36Z | **South Korea** is a country in the southern part of the Korean peninsula, in East Asia.
The capital city of South Korea is Seoul. The official name of South Korea is the **Republic of Korea** in English, **대한민국** (Daehan Minguk) in Korean writing (Hangeul), and **大韓民國** in Chinese characters (Hanja). About half of th... | [] |
1,365 | 5,074 | 1,852,717 | Republic of Ireland | 2026-08-10T12:37:50Z | **Ireland** (Éire <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-ga"><div data-arg>ˈeːɾʲə</div><div data-arg></div><div data-arg>Ga-Éire.oga</div></template>) is a European country on the island of Ireland. It shares a border with Northern Ireland (which is part of the United Kingdom). The country is sometimes... | [] |
1,366 | 5,075 | 693,482 | Vietnam | 2026-07-26T09:21:15Z | The **Socialist Republic of Vietnam** (or just **Vietnam**) (Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) is a country in Southeast Asia. The neighboring countries are Cambodia, China, and Laos. The capital is Hanoi. The most populous city is Ho Chi Minh City. There are about 99,497,680 people living in Vietnam. Vietnam was uni... | [] |
1,367 | 5,077 | 1,633,172 | Lance Armstrong | 2026-01-21T03:33:49Z | **Lance Edward Armstrong** (born September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas, USA) is an American former bicycle rider. He used drugs which helped him in competition. In 2012 the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) took away all his titles from 1998 to 2006. In 2012, he was also banned forever from cycling competitions.
Before his t... | [] |
1,368 | 5,093 | 1,505,746 | Phoebe (moon) | 2025-06-13T20:27:51Z | **Phoebe** is a moon which goes around (orbits) the planet called Saturn. It takes eighteen months for Phoebe to go all the way around Saturn. It is half made out of rock, and half made out of ice. The ground on Phoebe is black, which means that it is very dark when seen from Earth. Phoebe does not have any air, and th... | [] |
1,369 | 5,098 | 1,607,063 | Three Peaks Challenge | 2025-04-21T18:22:52Z | The **Three Peaks Challenge** is a challenge (a hard task or job) which involves climbing three British mountains (a peak is the top of a mountain) in less than 24 hours. The three mountains are the highest of each of the three countries in the island of Great Britain.
- Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland (... | [] |
1,370 | 5,099 | 693,482 | Pennsylvania | 2026-08-17T14:40:31Z | **Pennsylvania** is one of the 50 states in the United States of America. It is in the northeastern part of the country. It has a border with the Canadian province of Ontario on the north, Ohio on the west, West Virginia on the south and west, Maryland and Delaware on the south, New Jersey on the east, and New York and... | [] |
1,371 | 5,102 | 1,642,093 | Box | 2025-07-21T22:17:29Z |
A **box** is a container used to put things in. It is mainly a cuboid (square) shape, but it can be other shapes too. Boxes are usually made out of cardboard, wood, plastic or metal.
Many boxes are made of cardboard, and a lot of them are made. They are primarily used for packaging, commercial goods or storing goods ... | [] |
1,372 | 5,103 | 40,117 | Philippines | 2026-04-05T22:59:42Z | The **Philippines** is an island country in Southeast Asia in the Pacific Ocean. It has 7,641 islands. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila.
Spain (1521–1898) and the United States (1898–1946) colonized (controlled) the country and Palau, which is on the eastern side of the Philippine Sea. The Philippines and... | [] |
1,373 | 5,108 | 1,800,336 | Fawlty Towers | 2026-08-19T02:08:26Z | ***Fawlty Towers*** is a British television sitcom. It was broadcast by the BBC in two series, one in 1975, the other in 1979. Only twelve episodes were ever broadcast. However, the show is still liked by millions of people. *Fawlty Towers* has influenced other comedies.
It is set in a hotel in the coastal Devon town ... | [] |
1,374 | 5,110 | 1,452,189 | Custom | 2026-03-25T19:59:56Z | A **custom** (also called a **tradition**) is a common way of doing things. It is something that many people do, and have done for a long time. Usually, the people come from the same country, culture, or religion. Usually, they do not know when the custom started.
Many customs are things that people do that are handed... | [] |
1,375 | 5,111 | 640,235 | Fort Ouiatenon | 2024-01-10T17:50:46Z | **Fort Ouiatenon** was the first fortified European settlement in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana. It is about three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette.
Fort Ouiatenon was originally constructed by the French government in 1717 as a military outpost to protect against Great Britain's western expansion.... | [] |
1,376 | 5,113 | 1,799,418 | Chennai | 2026-05-07T06:05:02Z | **Chennai** (formerly known as **Madras**) is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a population of about 7 million people. Almost 10% of all of the people in the state live in Chennai. The city is the fourth largest city of India. It was founded in 1661 by the British East India Company. The city ... | [] |
1,377 | 5,114 | 5,295 | Mumbai | 2026-03-12T20:29:46Z |
**Mumbai** is a natural harbour on the west coast of India, and is the capital city of Maharashtra state.
## Population
Mumbai is India's largest city, and one of the world's most populous cities. It is the financial capital of India and a global city. Many billionaires live there. The city is the second most-popu... | [] |
1,378 | 5,115 | 40,117 | Bangalore | 2026-07-14T21:49:38Z | **Bangalore** (English pronunciation: ˈbæŋɡəlɔər, bæŋɡəˈlɔər), officially known as **Bengaluru** (ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು), is the capital city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is famous for its information technology industry and so it is called the Silicon Valley of India. Today, as a large and growing city, Bangalore has many ... | [] |
1,379 | 5,117 | 1,541,887 | New Delhi | 2025-05-18T21:00:31Z | **New Delhi** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-hi"><div data-arg><strong>नई दिल्ली</strong></div><div data-arg><strong>Naī Dillī</strong></div></template>) is the capital of India. It is also a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).
In traditional Indian geography, it is in t... | [] |
1,380 | 5,118 | 1,171,648 | Edmund Hillary | 2026-10-01T16:53:15Z | Sir **Edmund Percival Hillary** was born on 20th July 1919, died in 11th January 2008, he was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. He and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay were the first people to climb Mount Everest. They got to the top on 29 May 1953. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. During his teenage ye... | [] |
1,381 | 5,119 | 532,461 | Wright brothers | 2026-09-28T08:23:49Z | The **Wright brothers**, **Orville Wright** (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and **Wilbur Wright** (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), designed, built, and flew the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air airplane on December 17, 1903. They had been experimenting for many years with gliders and other vehicles befo... | [] |
1,382 | 5,121 | 693,482 | Charles Darwin | 2026-09-09T12:30:38Z | **Charles Robert Darwin** (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He is famous for his work on the theory of evolution. Darwin's book *On the Origin of Species* was published in 1859. In this book, he put forward much evidence that evolution had occurred. He also proposed natural selection as the ... | [] |
1,383 | 5,122 | 9,786,167 | Adam Smith | 2024-09-23T18:25:15Z | **Adam Smith** (baptise date 16 June 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist, who is called the **Father of Modern Economics**. He wrote two classic books, *The Theory of Moral Sentiments* (1759) and *An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations* (1776).
## *The Wealth of Nations*
His book, *A... | [] |
1,384 | 5,123 | 1,452,189 | Isaac Newton | 2026-09-04T18:38:30Z | **Sir Isaac Newton** <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="post-nominals"><div data-arg data-name="country">GBR</div><div data-arg>FRS</div><div data-arg>PRS</div></template> (25 December 1643 – 31 March 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician and astronomer. He is well known for his work on the law... | [] |
1,385 | 5,125 | 1,839,191 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 2026-07-16T15:57:19Z | **Johann Wolfgang von Goethe** (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German writer, poet, novelist, and playwright. He also worked as an actor, administrator, scientist, geologist, botanist, and philosopher.
Goethe (pronounced something like "Ger-tuh") influenced many 19th century writers and thinkers. His contrib... | [] |
1,386 | 5,127 | 693,482 | Pythagoras | 2026-08-02T17:28:16Z | **Pythagoras of Samos** was a famous Greek mathematician and philosopher (c. 569 – c. 475 BC).
He is best known for the proof of an important Pythagorean theorem, This is about right angle triangles.
He started a group of followers called the Pythagoreans, who lived like monks.
## Life and travels
Pythagoras was... | [] |
1,387 | 5,128 | 1,827,133 | Socrates | 2026-06-24T14:29:36Z | **Socrates** (399 BC-470 BC) was one of the most famous Greek philosophers. He showed how argument, debate, and discussion could help people to understand difficult issues. Most of the issues he dealt with only seemed to be political. They were actually moral questions about how life should be lived. Socrates had such ... | [] |
1,388 | 5,129 | 532,461 | Dante Alighieri | 2026-05-26T16:57:41Z | **Dante Alighieri** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-it"><div data-arg>duˈrante deʎʎ aliˈɡjɛːri</div><div data-arg>lang</div></template>), known simply as **Dante** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-it"><div data-arg>ˈdante</div><div data-arg>lang</div></template>, IPAC: U... | [] |
1,389 | 5,130 | 1,879,433 | Virginia Woolf | 2026-09-26T06:28:06Z | **Adeline Virginia Woolf** (IPAC: wʊlf; **Stephen**; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English modernist writer, essayist and feminist.
## Childhood
She was born into a well-known family in London. Her father, Leslie Stephen, was a Victorian scholar. Her mother, born in India, was a favourite model of the Preraph... | [] |
1,390 | 5,131 | 863,768 | March 28 | 2025-05-30T00:49:04Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 37 – Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
- 193 – Roman Emperor Pertinax was assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sold the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
- 364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius ... | [] |
1,391 | 5,132 | 863,768 | January 25 | 2025-05-30T00:49:01Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 41 – The Roman Senate confirms Claudius as Emperor, after the murder of Caligula the previous day.
- 1348 – A strong earthquake strikes northern Italy.
- 1494 – Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
- 1515 – King Francis I of France is crowned.
- 1533 – Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boley... | [] |
1,392 | 5,133 | 1,674,404 | Jane Austen | 2026-04-04T13:54:56Z | **Jane Austen** (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist. She wrote many books of romantic fiction about the gentry. Her works made her one of the most famous and beloved writers in English literature. She is one of the great masters of the English novel. Her greatest selling book is Pride and Prejudi... | [] |
1,393 | 5,134 | 1,464,674 | Charlotte Brontë | 2024-06-13T20:45:06Z | **Charlotte Brontë** (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet.
She first published her works, including *Jane Eyre*, under the pseudonym (false name) of Currer Bell. In 1846, Charlotte encouraged her sisters to print *Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell*. They did not sell well. Her first n... | [] |
1,394 | 5,135 | 532,461 | Emily Brontë | 2026-08-25T11:47:03Z | **Emily Jane Brontë** (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was a British writer and poet. She is most famous for her only novel *Wuthering Heights* (published in 1847). She wrote under the pen name **Ellis Bell**. Brontë had two sisters, Charlotte and Anne, who were also writers. Her brother, Branwell, was a painter. She ... | [] |
1,395 | 5,136 | 314,522 | Anne Brontë | 2025-01-07T17:48:22Z | **Anne Brontë** (17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English writer and poet. She is best known for writing *Agnes Grey* (1847) and *The Tenant of Wildfell Hall* (1848).
Anne was born on 17 January 1820 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England. She was the daughter of Patrick and Marie Brontë and the youngest of their six c... | [] |
1,396 | 5,137 | 693,482 | Charles Dickens | 2026-07-26T14:46:30Z | **Charles Dickens** (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and a social critic who is regarded as one of the great English writers of the 19th century.
## Early life
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England. His parents were John Dickens (1785-1851), a naval pay clerk, and Elizabeth Barrow (1789... | [] |
1,397 | 5,138 | 532,461 | Portsmouth | 2024-12-12T08:27:59Z | {\| class\="infobox bordered" style\="width:22em;font-size:90%"
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1,398 | 5,139 | 532,461 | HMS Victory | 2025-03-12T06:44:53Z | **HMS ''Victory*** is the oldest ship still in use. It is in Portsmouth, England with the ` [[HMS Warrior (1860)|HMS `{=wikitext}*Warrior*\]\] and the remains of the *Mary Rose'', a ship belonging to Henry VIII of England.
Her most famous captains are Horatio Nelson, who died on the ship during the Battle of Trafalg... | [] |
1,399 | 5,142 | 532,461 | HMS Warrior (1860) | 2021-01-19T11:41:58Z | {\|
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**HMS ''Warrior*** was the first battleship with a hull made of iron. It was built in response to the French ironclad warship *Gloire*. It is in Portsmouth, England with the ` [[HMS Victory|HMS `{=wikitext}*Victory*\]\] and the remains of the *Mary Rose'', a ship belonging to Henry VIII of England.
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