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1,800 | 6,349 | 1,867,202 | Venezuela | 2026-09-06T09:29:36Z | `{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela{{Ref label|name|1|none}}
| common_name = Venezuela
| native_name = {{native name|es|República Bolivariana de Venezuela}}
| image_flag = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms o... | [] |
1,801 | 6,350 | 532,461 | Saudi Arabia | 2026-07-13T04:09:38Z | **Saudi Arabia** (السعودية *<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="transl"><div data-arg>ar</div><div data-arg>as-Su‘ūdiyyah</div></template>* or *<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="transl"><div data-arg>ar</div><div data-arg>as-Sa‘ūdiyya</div></template>*), officially known as the **Kingd... | [] |
1,802 | 6,351 | 1,867,202 | Colombia | 2026-09-06T09:31:06Z | Colombia officially the **Republic of Colombia**, is a tropical equatorial country in northern South America. It is in the northwest part of the continent, and it has an area of 1 141 748 km^2^ (440 839 sq mi).
It is the only South American country with coasts on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
The countries... | [] |
1,803 | 6,354 | 1,871,595 | Abel Tasman | 2026-09-13T11:34:01Z | **Abel Janszoon Tasman** (1603–1659) was a Dutch sea explorer. He was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand while on voyages in 1642 he 1644, in the service of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). He also made the first historical sightings of large parts of Australia. Witness the trajectory of his 164... | [] |
1,804 | 6,359 | 9,781,702 | Hard science | 2024-09-21T09:45:41Z | **Hard science** is science that uses systematic observation, experiments and sometimes mathematics to get knowledge. In hard science, experiments have to be reproducible (if the experiment is done a second time, it will have to produce the same results as the first time). Also, in hard sciences there is usually good a... | [] |
1,805 | 6,360 | 966,595 | Artificial intelligence | 2026-09-19T13:43:24Z | {{Artificial intelligence}}
**Artificial intelligence** (**AI** or **A.I.**) is a computer program or a machine that is able to learn and mimic human thinking. Sometimes the word AI is used to talk about neural networks or deep learning.
Artificial intelligence is a system's ability to understand external data, to lea... | [] |
1,806 | 6,361 | 1,687,742 | Programmer | 2026-01-10T09:39:26Z | A computer **programmer** is a person who makes computer programs using a programming language. Programmers are also called software developers or software engineers or often **coders**.
A programmer's main jobs are writing program source code, testing if it works, and debugging (fixing) the program if there are prob... | [] |
1,807 | 6,362 | 1,765,936 | Programming language | 2026-07-10T07:24:19Z | A **programming language** is a type of written language that tells computers what to do. Languages are often of two types, compiled or interpreted. Examples of compiled languages are: C, C\+\+, Rust, Swift, and V (Vlang). Examples of interpreted languages are: AutoHotkey, C\#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Ruby. Progr... | [] |
1,808 | 6,363 | 1,734,355 | Visual Basic | 2026-05-21T09:44:21Z | **Visual Basic** (VB) is a programming language developed by Microsoft for their operating system Windows. The BASIC language is said to be easier to read than other languages.
*Visual Basic* is a widely understood high-level programming language, written using simple English-like words and syntax. It is an interpret... | [] |
1,809 | 6,364 | 1,276,104 | Booting | 2024-08-31T08:54:51Z | **Booting** is what happens when a computer starts. This happens when the power is turned on. It is called "reboot" if it happens at other times. When you boot a computer, your processor looks for instructions in system ROM (the BIOS) and executes them. They normally 'wake up' peripheral equipment and search for the bo... | [] |
1,810 | 6,367 | 1,822,476 | Tea | 2026-06-15T18:59:06Z | **Tea** is a caffeinated drink made from steeping the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. Tea can have other herbs, spices, or fruit flavors in it, like lemon.
## Overview
Sometimes, *tea* is used for other drinks that have been made by soaking fruit or herbs in hot water, like "rosehip tea" or "chamomile tea". Th... | [] |
1,811 | 6,368 | 1,375,466 | Interlingua | 2025-04-09T07:33:45Z | **Interlingua** is a constructed language using words that are found in most West-European languages. It was made by IALA - a group of people (the most known was Alexander Gode) who worked on it for more than 20 years, and they finished and published the first dictionary in 1951. Interlingua was created on the base of ... | [] |
1,812 | 6,369 | 1,475,106 | World | 2026-07-10T02:32:12Z | When people say "the **world**" they usually mean Earth, especially in a cultural and geopolitical sense. Humans and all other known living things live in this world. Sometimes "world" means another planet.
Before people discovered that Earth is a planet, they often used "World" to mean "Universe". They still sometim... | [] |
1,813 | 6,370 | 532,461 | Azerbaijan | 2026-09-27T23:47:09Z | **Azerbaijan** (Azərbaycan; officially called the **Republic of Azerbaijan**) is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. It borders on Russia in the north, Georgia and, Armenia in the west, Iran in the south, and the Caspian Sea on the east. Its capital city is Baku.
Azerbaijan is also a Persian word that ... | [] |
1,814 | 6,371 | 16,695 | Actor | 2026-09-02T14:02:03Z | **Actor** is a person who acts, or has a role (a part) in a movie, television show, play, or radio show. Actors may be professional or not. Sometimes actors only sing or dance, or sometimes they only work on radio. A woman actor is **actress**, but the word "actor" is used for both men and women when referring to a gro... | [] |
1,815 | 6,373 | 640,235 | Al-Khwarizmi | 2023-05-24T20:48:59Z | **Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī** (محمد بن موسى خوارزمی, محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer. He was believed to have been born around 800 AD and died in 850 AD during the Abbasid Empire.
Al-Khwarizmi was known for the book he wrote about algebra, *Compendious Book on Calculation by Com... | [] |
1,816 | 6,374 | 1,631,524 | Ptolemy | 2025-07-25T19:43:52Z | **Claudius Ptolemy** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-grc-koi"><div data-arg>Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος</div><div data-arg>Klaúdios Ptolemaîos</div></template> <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-el"><div data-arg>kláwdios ptolɛmɛ́os</div><div data-arg></div></template>; Claudius P... | [] |
1,817 | 6,377 | 1,161,309 | Moctezuma II | 2025-05-18T17:47:40Z | **Moctezuma II**, also known as **Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin** (1466-1520) and often called **Montezuma** in English, was the Aztec emperor (*tlahtoani*) from 1502 to 1520. His name comes from the Nahuatl word *Motecuhzoma*, which means "he who is leader because of his fury". In Spanish, he is called Moctezuma.
## Arrival... | [] |
1,818 | 6,379 | 1,399,379 | Antonio López de Santa Anna | 2025-03-07T16:08:38Z | **Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón** (February 21, 1794 - June 21, 1876) was a Mexican general and dictator. Under his rule, Mexico lost half its territory.
Santa Anna was president of Mexico 11 times. In 1835 he abolished the Mexican Constitution and made himself President for Life. This started a Federali... | [] |
1,819 | 6,383 | 586 | Granzyme | 2020-12-04T13:57:30Z | A **Granzyme** is an enzyme contained within cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells. These substances are used to destroy virus-infected cells.
Granzyme secretion can be detected and measured using the ELISPOT and ELISA techniques.
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1,820 | 6,393 | 1,880,075 | Apartheid | 2026-09-27T13:53:27Z | **Apartheid** was a racist political and social system in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) during the era of white minority rule (1910-1994). Apartheid enforced racial segregation and it existed from 1948 to 1994. The word *apartheid* means "apartness" in the Afrikaans language.
Racial segregation had ... | [] |
1,821 | 6,398 | 693,482 | Dreyfus Affair | 2026-07-31T09:52:15Z | The **Dreyfus affair** (1894‒1906) was one of the biggest scandals in French history. It involved Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French Army. Dreyfus was accused of being a spy for the German Empire, and was convicted of treason.
While Dreyfus was in prison, his brother and a high-ranking Army officer proved... | [] |
1,822 | 6,402 | 532,461 | Baseball | 2026-06-11T20:44:41Z | {{sports}}
**Baseball** is a bat-and-ball sport played on a field by two teams against each other. In baseball, a player on one team throws a small round ball at a player on the other team, who tries to hit it with a bat. Then the player who hits the ball has to run around the field. Players get runs by running in a fu... | [] |
1,823 | 6,409 | 1,011,873 | Antonym | 2024-05-05T15:26:16Z | An **antonym** is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. The first known use of the word **antonym** was in 1857. Properly defined it means *a word of opposite meaning* and is a noun.
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1,824 | 6,413 | 9,658,945 | Names of God in Judaism | 2024-07-21T01:11:00Z | In Judaism, God is known by many names. The most important of these names is the *Tetragrammaton*, or "Four-lettered word": YHVH, YHWH, or י ה ו ה. Jews are not allowed to say this name, and instead say *Adonai*. Even *Adonai* is only used by some Jews in prayer. Most Jews would refer to God as *Ha-Shem*, or "The Name"... | [] |
1,825 | 6,415 | 1,710,303 | EFL Championship | 2025-12-14T10:20:34Z | The **EFL Championship**, commonly known as **The Championship**, is the name of the English second division of football.
## 2025–26 clubs
- {{#FC}}Birmingham City{{/FC}}
- {{#FC}}Blackburn Rovers{{/FC}}
- {{#FC}}Bristol City{{/FC}}
- {{#FC}}Charlton Athletic{{/FC}}
- {{#FC}}Coventry City{{/FC}}
- {{#FC}}Derby County... | [] |
1,826 | 6,416 | 532,461 | Birmingham | 2026-05-13T09:16:32Z | **Birmingham** (IPAC: ˈbɜːrmɪŋəm ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is the second-largest metropolitan area and city in the United Kingdom.
About 1.1 million people live in Birmingham. Around 4.3 million people live in its metropolitan area. Many people call it the "second city" of... | [] |
1,827 | 6,417 | 532,461 | Richmond, Virginia | 2026-05-21T00:04:58Z | **Richmond** (IPAC: ˈrɪtʃmənd, ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Virginia. Richmond has been an independent city since 1871 with no county, and is the fourth-most populous city in the state. The population within city limits of 226,610 in 2020. The Richmond metropolitan area population is of 1.37 million makin... | [] |
1,828 | 6,418 | 16,695 | American Civil War | 2026-03-20T17:09:55Z | The **American Civil War** (1861–1865) was a civil war in the United States of America. It was fought when 11 Southern states left the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy). The US government and the states that remained loyal to it were called the Union.
The main cau... | [] |
1,829 | 6,419 | 1,852,124 | Tutankhamun | 2026-08-09T08:16:03Z | **Tutankhamun** (Tutankhaten, Tutankhamun) was an Egyptian Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (royal family) during New Kingdom. He reigned from when he was nine years old (1334 BC) to when he died (1324 BC).
Tutankhamun was the son of Akhenaten and one of Akhenaten's sisters, or perhaps one of his , Kiya.
Tutankhamun ruled... | [] |
1,830 | 6,421 | 70,336 | Independence | 2025-09-18T04:24:03Z | The word **independence** means "not dependent", or not having to depend on anyone or anything else. It also means being strong and able to survive alone. Anything can be dependent or independent. When people talk about independence, it may be about people or countries, where it is often being spoken about as a good th... | [] |
1,831 | 6,422 | 141,440 | Anubis | 2026-09-26T01:25:12Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Hiero"><div data-arg>Anubis</div><div data-arg><script type="application/vnd.mdhtml.raw" data-format="html"><hiero></script>i-n:p-w-E16<script type="application/vnd.mdhtml.raw" data-format="html"></hiero></script></div><div data-arg data-name="align">left</div><div da... | [] |
1,832 | 6,423 | 1,161,309 | Atum | 2025-07-08T11:15:34Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Hiero"><div data-arg>Atum</div><div data-arg><script type="application/vnd.mdhtml.raw" data-format="html"><hiero></script>t:U15-A40<script type="application/vnd.mdhtml.raw" data-format="html"></hiero></script></div><div data-arg data-name="align">left</div><div data-a... | [] |
1,833 | 6,426 | 1,879,829 | Antisemitism | 2026-09-26T23:07:33Z | **Antisemitism** is the bias, prejudice or discrimination against Jews. A synonym of antisemitism is Judeophobia, preferred by those considering "antisemitism" ambiguous.
## Overview
Human history has been full of antisemitism, the most known instance of which is the Holocaust, while the most common form of antisemit... | [] |
1,834 | 6,428 | 640,235 | Esteban Huertas | 2023-09-23T21:02:51Z |
**Esteban Huertas López** (1876-1943) was a Colombian military leader from Panama.
He was born in Boyacá, Colombia. When he was 8 years old he ran away from home and he joined the army. He won many medals and in 1902 he became general. In 1900 he lost an arm when he fired a cannon.
In 1903 he was one of the people w... | [] |
1,835 | 6,431 | 1,835,723 | Panama | 2026-07-10T04:46:19Z | **Panama ** is a country in Central America. Its official name is the **Republic of Panama**, and it's most famous for the Panama Canal. Countries bordering Panama are Costa Rica in the Northwest and Colombia in the Southeast. Panama is between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Most of the people in Panama are R... | [] |
1,836 | 6,432 | 1,629,609 | Spanish language | 2026-08-17T15:45:42Z | **Spanish** (Spanish: *español*, pronounced "Eh-span-yole", IPA: /espaɲol/), also called **Castilian**, is a Romance language. It is the most spoken Romance language in the world. As of December 2021, over 489 million people in the world spoke Spanish as their first speaking language.
## History
The Spanish language ... | [] |
1,837 | 6,433 | 10,196,180 | Nahuatl | 2025-04-17T01:51:27Z | **Nahuatl** is a language spoken by 1.5 million people, mostly in Mexico.
## History
Nahuatl has existed since the 7th century CE.
The first people to speak Nahuatl were indigenous peoples in central Mexico. The Aztecs and the Toltecs spoke an early form of Nahuatl.
The people of Teotihuacan may have spoken Nahuat... | [] |
1,838 | 6,437 | 693,482 | Stephen Hawking | 2026-07-26T16:56:29Z | **Stephen William Hawking** <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="post-nominals"><div data-arg data-name="country">GBR</div><div data-arg>CH</div><div data-arg>CBE</div><div data-arg>FRS</div><div data-arg>FRSA</div></template> (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was a British theoretical physicist and math... | [] |
1,839 | 6,439 | 1,879,010 | Czech Republic | 2026-09-25T15:20:47Z | The **Czech Republic** (Česká republika, <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-cs"><div data-arg>ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka</div><div data-arg>pron</div><div data-arg>Cs-Ceska Republika.oga</div></template>), otherwise referred to as **Czechia** (Česko), is a country in Central Europe. The capital and bigge... | [] |
1,840 | 6,440 | 1,709,038 | Flag | 2026-01-01T13:53:44Z | A **flag** is a piece of coloured cloth with a special design that is put on a pole as a symbol to represent a nation or group of people.
Flags first appeared more than 2000 years ago in China, and in Europe under the Roman Empire. Flags also have meanings, the colors and the shapes they use. For example, the Japan fl... | [] |
1,841 | 6,448 | 532,461 | Karaite Judaism | 2021-01-20T07:43:16Z | **Karaite Judaism** is a kind of Judaism that accepts only the Hebrew Bible as authoritative, and rejects any religious authority in Mishnah and Talmud, which are explanations of the Bible by rabbis in the first few centuries of the Common Era. Karaite Jews believe that each person should be able to explain the Torah f... | [] |
1,842 | 6,449 | 1,789,577 | Warship | 2026-04-26T07:33:53Z | A **warship** is a ship carrying weapons, which is used by the navy. Some warships also carry naval aircraft, these are called aircraft carriers.
Warships are made in many different sizes. Here is a list of different kinds of warships, from the largest to the smallest of World War II:
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1,843 | 6,450 | 70,336 | Coast guard | 2025-12-26T15:01:24Z | A **coast guard** is an organization that protects people at sea. The role of the coast guard varies greatly by country. The coast guard is sometimes part of a military or a semi-military organization, or it can be a law enforcement agency doing police work. However, the coast guard is separate from the navy.
For exam... | [] |
1,844 | 6,451 | 374,981 | Equilibrium market price | 2014-10-30T20:34:10Z | An **equilibrium market price** is the price at which there is no tendency for it to change.
When price is lower than the equilibrium price, quantity demanded will be greater than quantity supplied. There will be a tendency for the price to increase.
When price is higher than the equilibrium price, quantity supplied... | [] |
1,845 | 6,472 | 10,367,081 | Samba | 2025-07-02T05:42:22Z | **Samba** is a kind of music, dancing, and singing, originally from Brazil. It began as a music/dance movement in the 1920s.
## The dance of brazil.
Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin in 2/4 time. In ballroom dance there are three steps to every bar, making the samba feel something like a 3/4 tim... | [] |
1,846 | 6,475 | 532,461 | Nuclear weapon | 2026-08-06T16:16:44Z | A **nuclear weapon** (also called a **nuclear bomb** or **nuke)** is a weapon that suddenly releases the energy in the nucleus of certain types of atoms. When triggered, the device releases a huge amount of energy in the form of a nuclear explosion.
Nuclear explosions can destroy a city and kill most of its people. ... | [] |
1,847 | 6,479 | 640,235 | Chojnów | 2023-09-03T20:57:02Z |
**Chojnów** is small city in Poland. As of the year 2000, 14,900 people live in the city. The city is on the river Skora. The city belongs to the county Legnica. It is in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The average height of the city is 170 meters above sea level.
Chojnów is first mentioned in a note dated 1272 as ... | [] |
1,848 | 6,482 | 1,744,406 | Comics | 2026-02-09T23:55:45Z | In **comics**, stories or information are given using pictures, or pictures and words together. A story is told with pictures, mostly in panels. The first panel is supposed to be read first, and takes place earlier in time than the panels that follow it.
There are many kinds of comics. Comic strips are short comics ... | [] |
1,849 | 6,490 | 1,670,363 | Diamond | 2026-09-29T20:31:40Z | A **diamond** (from the ancient Greek αδάμας – adámas "unbreakable") is a mineral made out of carbon atoms.
Diamonds have the highest hardness of any bulk (all one type) material. Because of this, many important industries use diamonds as tools for cutting and polishing things. Many of them are clear, but some of the... | [] |
1,850 | 6,493 | 1,467,751 | Thanksgiving | 2024-12-03T16:07:09Z | **Thanksgiving** is a holiday in the United States and Canada when people give thanks. In the United States, it is on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is on the second Monday of October.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln said the last Thursday of November would be a national Day of Thanksgiving for the United S... | [] |
1,851 | 6,494 | 1,715,267 | Nobel Prize | 2025-12-25T13:21:50Z | Every year, the **Nobel Prizes** (Nobelpriset) are given to people and institutions around the world. These prizes are for the study of science and for world peace. The science prizes include Literature, Science, and Medicine. The Nobel Prize was started by Alfred Nobel. His 1895 testament gave money for the Prizes. Th... | [] |
1,852 | 6,495 | 6,724,853 | Graph | 2019-11-20T00:43:26Z | A **graph** is a picture designed to express words, particularly the connection between two or more quantities. You can see a graph on the right.
A simple graph usually shows the relationship between two numbers or measurements in the form of a grid. If this is a *rectangular graph* using Cartesian coordinate system, ... | [] |
1,853 | 6,501 | 1,458,798 | Collision detection | 2024-10-18T22:45:50Z | **Collision detection** is a program used on computers to help it understand when two objects will hit into each other. When a computer shows two things on the screen, or controls two things in real life (like robots), it sometimes needs a special program to detect where objects to understand where things are. This mig... | [] |
1,854 | 6,502 | 1,652,218 | Berkeley Software Distribution | 2025-08-24T19:47:29Z | **Berkeley Software Distribution** (**BSD**) is a kind of the UNIX operating system that is distributed for free since 1989. It was started by people from the University of California, Berkeley in the year 1977, but it was first released in 1978. Now, people from around the world work on it.
There are many operating ... | [] |
1,855 | 6,503 | 1,334,790 | Jacques Cartier | 2026-03-24T12:30:38Z | **Jacques Cartier** was a French trader and explorer. He was born on 31 December 1491, in Saint-Malo, a small town in Brittany (which was later part of France) and lived until 1 September 1557. He sailed three times to Canada.
He was the first European man to see Prince Edward Island, the St. Lawrence River, and also... | [] |
1,856 | 6,504 | 1,734,355 | Vasco da Gama | 2026-07-04T16:55:35Z | **Vasco da Gama** (c. 1462 – December 24, 1506) was a Portuguese sailor. He was the first European who went to India through the Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of Africa. He went to India three times by ship.
Vasco Da Gama was born in Sines, Portugal. His birthday was June 5th. According to some people's accoun... | [] |
1,857 | 6,514 | 532,461 | Kayseri | 2026-09-08T14:33:39Z | **Kayseri** is a city in the center of Turkey. Kayseri used to be called Mazaka or Kaisareia. The city has a population of nearly 1 million. Famous meals in this city are pastirma, sucuk and manti. Erciyes Mountain is the third highest mountain in Turkey. It is 3917 metres high.
## Political structure
The city of Kay... | [] |
1,858 | 6,521 | 1,293,570 | Iodised salt | 2025-11-28T13:29:32Z | **Iodized Salt** (also spelled "iodised salt") is table salt mixed with tiny amounts of an iodide or iodate compound, such as potassium iodide (KI) or sodium iodate (NaIO³). It is used to prevent iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs), which can lead to thyroid gland diseases, including goiter (enlargement of the thyroid),... | [] |
1,859 | 6,526 | 1,011,873 | College | 2025-11-29T19:36:32Z | **College** is an educational school where people go to learn and earn an academic degree upon graduation. The requirement to enter college is different in different countries, but in most countries, the student must have a high school diploma or equivalent (in the United States and Canada, a GED).
Most college studen... | [] |
1,860 | 6,527 | 1,232,255 | Battery | 2026-08-23T04:00:55Z | A **battery** converts chemical energy into electrical energy by a chemical reaction. Usually the chemicals are kept inside the battery. It is used in a circuit to power other components. A battery produces direct current (DC) electricity (electricity that flows in one direction, and does not switch back and forth)... | [] |
1,861 | 6,528 | 1,508,758 | Knife | 2025-08-21T19:02:58Z | A **knife** is a metal tool with a sharpened metal blade that is used to cut all sorts of things. The plural form of "knife" is "knives." Knives can serve various purposes. Hunters use a hunting knife, soldiers use the combat knife, scouts, campers, and hikers carry a pocketknife; there are kitchen knives for preparing... | [] |
1,862 | 6,533 | 373,511 | Nyngan, New South Wales | 2021-11-05T03:07:13Z | **Nyngan** is a town in New South Wales, Australia. It is built on the banks of the Bogan River. It is 160 km north west of Dubbo, and 190 km south east of Bourke in the Central West Plains of New South Wales. It is a town of 2500 people. It exists because of the people who work on the farms and in a copper mine, 50 ki... | [] |
1,863 | 6,548 | 9,718,057 | Photographic film | 2024-08-22T01:52:30Z | **Photographic film** is a sheet of plastic for recording visual scenes. The plastic has been coated with an emulsion that is sensitive to light. The image is recorded on the emulsion when it is exposed to light. Film is kept in small canisters (boxes) which protect it from the light. A normal photographic film may hol... | [] |
1,864 | 6,556 | 1,744,121 | Compass | 2026-02-09T14:25:52Z | A **compass** is a navigational tool that uses magnetism. It has an arrow which points in the direction of the North Magnetic Pole. Or other places where there are few landmarks.
The first compass was invented by ancient Chinese in the Han Dynasty. It was a large spoon-like magnetic object made of magnetite ore set up... | [] |
1,865 | 6,564 | 17,988 | Ferdinand Magellan | 2026-06-11T22:46:55Z | **Ferdinand Magellan** (1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He became the first European to sail the Pacific Ocean, and the first to sail around the world.
Though ancient Greek philosophers and astronomers had proposed that the earth was round as early as the 5th century BC, Magellan's voyage confirmed t... | [] |
1,866 | 6,565 | 1,604,351 | Henry the Navigator | 2025-10-30T02:06:13Z | **Henry the Navigator** was born in 1394 and died in 1460. He was a prince from Portugal, the third son of King John I of Portugal. He was called Infant Dom Henrique in Portuguese. He was never a navigator himself. He got his name because he organized many ocean voyages on which lands were found. He is seen as the man ... | [] |
1,867 | 6,567 | 1,849,427 | Concrete | 2026-08-04T09:21:24Z | **Concrete** is an important material for making different buildings and structures. It is a composite made of Portland cement, sand, gravel or rock aggregate, and water. The amount of each can change depending upon what the concrete will be used for.
Concrete is used more than any other man-made material in the worl... | [] |
1,868 | 6,580 | 445,992 | Marathon | 2026-04-27T18:58:09Z | **A marathon** is a long-distance running sport event where an athlete must run 42.195 kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards). There are many marathons held all over the world each year. It is a very difficult event and runners are advised to run many miles before they compete. This event was named after a battle of the G... | [] |
1,869 | 6,585 | 70,336 | Holy Roman Empire | 2026-08-04T02:50:15Z | The **Holy Roman Empire** (Sacrum Imperium Romanum; Heiliges Römisches Reich), occasionally but unofficially referred to as the **Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation**, was a polity in Western and Central Europe under the rule of an emperor, who was elected by the princes and the magistrates of its regions and citie... | [] |
1,870 | 6,587 | 1,415,823 | Friesland | 2024-02-10T09:37:33Z | **Friesland** (**Fryslân** in West Frisian, **Friesland** in Dutch) is a province in the north of the Netherlands. The capital (city) of Friesland is Leeuwarden (*Ljouwert* in Frisian). People in Friesland speak West Frisian and Dutch. People also speak Frisian in a small part of Groningen (province), and in East Frie... | [] |
1,871 | 6,588 | 532,461 | Groningen (province) | 2026-08-26T07:53:07Z | **Groningen** is a province in the Northeast of the Netherlands. At the east is the German region Lower Saxony, in the south is Drenthe, in the west is Friesland (or Fryslân in Frisian) and in the north is the Wadden Sea. About 596,000 people are living in Groningen (2023).
The capital of Groningen is also called Gron... | [] |
1,872 | 6,590 | 1,349,344 | Burgundy | 2026-09-11T12:22:53Z | **Burgundy** (Bourgogne) is a former administrative region of France. It is now part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It was also a historic region in eastern France. The French adjective and name of the inhabitants of the region is *Bourguignon*.
With over 31500 km2, it is one of the largest r... | [] |
1,873 | 6,591 | 593,910 | Duke | 2025-11-03T05:24:34Z | A **Duke** is someone part of nobility. In monarchies, like the UK, the title has legal status, and is inherited in the male line.
The first English dukes were created by Edward III in 1337, when he gave his eldest son, Edward, the Black Prince, the title of Duke of Cornwall.
Dukes are formally referred to as 'The... | [] |
1,874 | 6,592 | 129,227 | Latin | 2025-12-03T21:22:56Z | **Latin** is an Italic language that was developed in Ancient Rome. Short Latin texts have been found from about the 5th century BC and longer texts from about the 3rd century BC.
## History
Classical Latin was used in the 1st century BC and was the official language of the Roman Empire. It was widely used in the wes... | [] |
1,875 | 6,593 | 693,482 | Middle Ages | 2026-09-11T10:34:45Z | The **Middle Ages** were a period of about 1000 years in European history. They took place between the end of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE when Romulus Augustulus was deposed, and the beginning of the Renaissance around 1400 - 1500 CE. Because it occurred in the "middle" of these two events, this period was named... | [] |
1,876 | 6,594 | 22,027 | Louis Bonaparte | 2026-06-29T19:37:56Z | **Louis Bonaparte** (*Lodewijk Napoleon* in Dutch) (1779-1846), was the younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who made him the King of the Kingdom of Holland in 1806. When Louis disagreed with Napoleon's policies, he dispatched troops against Holland. Louis abdicated in 1810 and lived most of the remainder of his lif... | [] |
1,877 | 6,595 | 1,111,795 | Michiel de Ruyter | 2021-06-14T05:36:57Z | **Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter** (1607 – 1676) was a famous Dutch admiral.
De Ruyter was born in Vlissingen. He fought the English in the three Anglo-Dutch Wars and scored several huge victories. He won amongst others the Four Days Battle and the Raid on Medway, close to London, the English capital. He also fought ... | [] |
1,878 | 6,596 | 1,477,024 | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke | 2025-05-14T10:27:58Z | **Johan Rudolf Thorbecke** (14 January 1798 - 4 June 1872) was an important Dutch politician. In 1848, he wrote a constitution almost on his own. This constitution gave the king less power and the people more, so it made the Netherlands a democracy. Thorbecke was a liberal. Several times he was prime minister, and inte... | [] |
1,879 | 6,598 | 1,073,163 | Karel Doorman | 2021-03-27T08:30:06Z | **Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman** (April 23, 1889 in Utrecht - February 28, 1942) was a Dutch admiral (Dutch: *schout-bij-nacht*) during World War II.
In 1942 he was made commander of the combined American, British, Dutch and Australian fleet in the Dutch East Indies.
In February 1942, he led his fleet against ... | [] |
1,880 | 6,599 | 532,461 | The Star-Spangled Banner | 2026-09-01T11:22:11Z | "**The Star-Spangled Banner**" is the national anthem of the United States of America. Francis Scott Key wrote the words to it in 1814, after seeing British ships attacking Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland during the War of 1812.
The words are set to the music of a British drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heave... | [] |
1,881 | 6,605 | 1,842,201 | Abdou Diouf | 2026-07-21T22:32:49Z | **Abdou Diouf** (born 7 September 1935) was president of Senegal from 1981 to 2000. He was the second president since the country became independent.
Diouf was the Secretary General of *La Francophonie* from 2003 to 2014.
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1,882 | 6,607 | 22,027 | Needle | 2021-11-09T04:25:16Z | A **needle** is a small tool used to push or pull a thread through a small hole. It is most often used to make clothing and footwear.
The needle consists of a short stick with a sharp point and hole for the thread. Needles are now mostly made of steel, but in ancient or Stone Age times they would have been made of sma... | [] |
1,883 | 6,610 | 863,768 | February 3 | 2025-05-30T00:29:52Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona and Douce I, Countess of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of the two states.
- 1377 – Over 2,000 people in Cesena, Italy are killed by Papal troops.
- 1488 – Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands at Mossel Bay in present-day South Africa, havin... | [] |
1,884 | 6,617 | 10,153,221 | Province | 2025-03-25T23:19:01Z | A **province** is a subdivision of a country. It is a kind of local government.
Some countries are divided into **provinces**. The word "province" comes from the Latin word *provincia*.
South Africa, Canada, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain, Indonesia, and Denmark are examples of countries that are divided into provi... | [] |
1,885 | 6,623 | 1,822,852 | Jade | 2026-06-16T12:04:45Z | **Jade** is a kind of stone. These the name "jade" for two different sorts of mineral. The first sort is **nephrite,** which is a form of actinolite. The second sort is the mineral **jadeite**, and it is a pyroxene. The first sort (nephrite) is harder than the second sort (jadeite). The first sort (jadeite) has more co... | [] |
1,886 | 6,626 | 1,669,137 | Viktor Yushchenko | 2025-09-30T01:28:55Z | **Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko** (Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born February 23, 1954) is a previous President of Ukraine. On November 26, 2004, he lost the Ukrainian presidential election. However, he and his followers argued that the election had been corrupted. They argued that the election results had been falsified... | [] |
1,887 | 6,630 | 1,392,959 | Viktor Yanukovych | 2026-06-25T23:21:08Z | **Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych** (Віктор Федорович Янукович; born 9 July 1950) is a Ukrainian former politician who served as the 4th president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014.
## Political career
He was Prime Minister of Ukraine from November 2002 until December 2004 (he was forced to resign (leave office early) on 31 ... | [] |
1,888 | 6,640 | 10,451,939 | Salt | 2025-08-12T07:52:55Z | In chemistry, a **salt** is any neutral chemical compound made of cations (positive ions) attached to anions (negative ions). The most common example of a salt is sodium chloride, with the chemical formula NaCl - this is the table salt that people use in food.
Classically, salts are the result of a reaction between an... | [] |
1,889 | 6,642 | 1,305,038 | Business | 2026-07-19T03:51:15Z | A **business** is a place where people work together. In a business, people work to make and sell products or services. Other people buy the products and services. The business owner is the person who hires people for work. A business can earn a profit for the products and services it offers. The word *business* comes ... | [] |
1,890 | 6,643 | 1,807,608 | Winter | 2026-05-22T20:56:56Z | **Winter** is one of the four season and it is the coldest time of the year. The days are shorter, and the nights are longer. Winter comes after autumn and before spring.
## Overview
Winter begins at the winter solstice. In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice is usually December 21 or December 22. In the sou... | [] |
1,891 | 6,644 | 1,840,637 | June 1 | 2026-07-19T08:49:19Z | {{day}} And it is also the Official Correct First Day of Summer and Sarah's Birthday
## Events
### Up to 1900
- 70 BC – An earthquake in Shandong, China, kills 6,000 people.
- 193 – Roman Emperor Marcus Didius is killed in his big house.
- 719 – deposed Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius II (713–715) and his conspi... | [] |
1,892 | 6,646 | 10,344,003 | Junta | 2025-06-20T08:25:49Z | A **junta** is a Spanish word that is used for military dictatorships.
Often juntas got their power because of a coup d'état. Juntas are different from other dictatorships because they are ruled by a group of military officers instead of one person.
Greece, Argentina, Chile, Mauritania, Guatemala, Brazil, South Viet... | [] |
1,893 | 6,656 | 248,920 | Nezahualcoyotl | 2026-06-09T20:58:43Z | **Nezahualcoyotl** (1402 - 1472) was king of Texcoco, a part of the Aztec empire. He was also a famous poet.
The name Nezahualcoyotl is Nahuatl, it means "hungry coyote".
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1,894 | 6,658 | 532,461 | Miguel Hidalgo | 2026-07-26T08:23:49Z | **Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla** (8 May, 1753 – 30 July, 1811) was a Mexican priest. He started the Mexican War of Independence against Spain.
Hidalgo made a speech in 1810 that is now called the Grito de Dolores. He called on the people to support the King of Spain against the rebellious Viceroy of Mexico. After a few m... | [] |
1,895 | 6,659 | 1,656,702 | Death penalty | 2026-08-08T11:49:02Z | The **death penalty**, also called **capital punishment**, is when a government or state executes (kills) someone. Usually (but not always) this is punishment for committing a serious crime. If a crime can be punished with the death penalty according to a country's sentencing laws, it is called a **capital crime** or a... | [] |
1,896 | 6,661 | 28,880 | Kofi Annan | 2025-10-14T13:56:25Z | **Kofi Atta Annan** (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat. He served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. He did this from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. They were awarded the prize "for their wo... | [] |
1,897 | 6,662 | 103,847 | United Nations General Assembly | 2026-09-24T01:13:36Z | The **United Nations General Assembly** is made up of all United Nations member states. The Assembly meets once a year, which usually begins on the third Tuesday in September and ends in mid-December. The first meeting was held on 10 January 1946.
Voting in the General Assembly on important questions, for example sugg... | [] |
1,898 | 6,663 | 1,608,293 | Mining | 2025-04-24T01:59:53Z | > *Explosives that explode when they are hit are also called mine; Two common types are Land mines and Naval mines.*
**Mining** is the process of digging things out of the ground. Any material that cannot be grown must be mined. Mining things from the ground is called *extraction*. Mining can include extraction of ... | [] |
1,899 | 6,664 | 16,695 | Bomber | 2026-01-29T11:47:13Z | A **bomber** is a type of airplane that is used to attack ground targets, mainly by dropping bombs. The first bombers were made at the start of World War I.
Bombers often fly low to the ground to confuse enemy radar. Most cannot fly very fast. Because of this, bombers are not outfitted to fight other airplanes. To mak... | [] |
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