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2,200 | 7,598 | 104,343 | Marker | 2026-03-20T14:01:11Z | A **marker** is a writing device that allows a person to draw, write, or scribble. Ink comes out of the tip of the marker and onto the writing surface, commonly a piece of paper. Markers generally come in a variety of different colors. They are sometimes referred to as "magic markers", or magic pens.
The tip of the ma... | [] |
2,201 | 7,599 | 1,677,445 | Anchor | 2026-09-14T03:02:11Z | **Anchors** are used to stop boats from moving. Today, anchors are usually made of metal, and they are made to catch the ocean floor (the seabed).
There are two main types of anchors: temporary and permanent. A permanent anchor is called a *mooring block* and is not easily moved. A temporary anchor can be moved and is... | [] |
2,202 | 7,601 | 1,835,865 | Light pollution | 2026-07-10T19:42:40Z | **Light pollution** is a type of pollution. It is defined as “any adverse (or bad) effect as a result of man-made lights.” Usually, this means too much light. Several species, including plants and humans, are badly affected by light pollution. Light pollution costs Americans billions of dollars every year.
## Types of... | [] |
2,203 | 7,604 | 1,248,953 | Nintendo | 2026-09-02T05:44:37Z | is a famous Japanese company known for making video games and video game consoles. Before this, they made playing cards and other toys. Nintendo's main office is in Kyoto, Japan. They are known for several video game series, such as *Mario*, *The Legend of Zelda*, and *Metroid*. Most *Pokémon* games are only released ... | [] |
2,204 | 7,605 | 1,820,682 | São Paulo | 2026-06-30T16:23:31Z | **São Paulo** (Portuguese for *Saint Paul*) is the capital of the Brazilian state of the same name. It is the most populous city city in Brazil, South America, and the Southern Hemisphere, and the second-most populous city in the Western Hemisphere, after Mexico City, Mexico.
São Paulo is a major city in Brazil with a ... | [] |
2,205 | 7,608 | 1,299,044 | Tim Burton | 2025-09-19T11:26:09Z | **Timothy Walter Burton** (born August 25, 1958) is an American artist, director, producer and screenwriter.
## Early life
Burton was born in Burbank, California on August 25, 1958. He began as an animator for Walt Disney Pictures, but soon moved on making his own kinds of movies and projects.
## Career
He has an i... | [] |
2,206 | 7,613 | 1,452,189 | DVD | 2025-11-07T09:14:09Z | A **DVD** (which means **Digital Versatile Disc** or a **Digital Video Disc**) is an optical disc capable of storing up to 4.7 GB of data, more than six times what a CD can hold. DVDs are often used to store movies at better quality than a VHS video tape and a Video CD. DVDs can also have interactive menus and bonus fe... | [] |
2,207 | 7,614 | 640,235 | Submarine | 2024-03-24T12:54:47Z | A **submarine** (or **sub**) is a vessel that goes underwater. Most large submarines are war vessels. Some small ones are used for scientific or business purposes. These are often called "submersibles" and cannot go far or stay long away from base. Some people buy their own to explore under the sea. A submarine is a bo... | [] |
2,208 | 7,615 | 1,011,873 | Lebanon | 2026-09-22T17:29:17Z | **Lebanon** is a country in the Middle East, in Western Asia, next to the Mediterranean Sea. It has borders with Israel to the south and Syria to the east and north. It also shares a maritime border with Cyprus to the northwest, away from the country's short distance.
## History & Data
Lebanon was named *Phoenicia* u... | [] |
2,209 | 7,617 | 1,508,758 | Alan Alda | 2025-08-28T17:03:03Z | **Alan Alda** (real name: **Alfonso Joseph D'Abruzzo**) (born January 28, 1936) is an American actor. His mother was of Irish ancestry; his father was of Italian ancestry.
He directed, wrote and starred in many movies. He is probably most famous for his role as "Hawkeye" Pierce, the central character on the comedy/dra... | [] |
2,210 | 7,618 | 22,027 | Sally Kellerman | 2022-09-07T22:25:01Z | **Sally Clare Kellerman** (June 2, 1937 – February 24, 2022) was an American movie actress. She was born in Long Beach, California. Her acting performances include the pilot for the original *Star Trek* television series, and the movies *MASH* (1970) and *Back to School* (1986). For her role in *MASH*, she was nominate... | [] |
2,211 | 7,619 | 22,027 | Hagar the Horrible | 2024-10-18T14:51:21Z | ***Hägar the Horrible*** is the title of a comic strip and the name of the main character. The comic strip is about a Viking and his life of plundering and his family life. It was started in 1973 by Dik Browne. Since Dik's retirement (he stopped working) in 1988, his son Chris has continued the comic.
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2,212 | 7,620 | 10,374,878 | Baghdad | 2025-07-05T21:53:06Z | **Baghdad** (بغداد, transliterated *Baghdād*) is the capital city and largest city in Iraq. It is the second-largest city in Southwest Asia after Tehran. It is the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. 5,772,000 people lived there in 2003. Baghdad is on the Tigris River at 33°20′N 44°26′E. The city was onc... | [] |
2,213 | 7,621 | 10,350,623 | Mediterranean Sea | 2025-06-23T20:25:43Z | The **Mediterranean Sea** is the body of water that separates Europe, Africa and Asia.
The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow passage called the Strait of Gibraltar. The sea is almost completely surrounded by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by North Africa and on the east by t... | [] |
2,214 | 7,622 | 532,461 | Shirley Bassey | 2024-09-30T14:34:56Z | **Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey**, DBE (born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer, born in Cardiff to an English mother and Nigerian father. She is best known for singing the theme songs for the James Bond films, *Goldfinger*, *Diamonds are Forever*, and *Moonraker*. She was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Bri... | [] |
2,215 | 7,623 | 10,275,236 | Captain Beefheart | 2025-05-21T23:01:20Z | **Don Van Vliet** (born **Don Glen Vliet** January 15, 1941– December 17, 2010) was an American singer. He is better known by his stage name **Captain Beefheart**. He was best known for his collaborations and (sometimes) rivalry, with long time friend, Frank Zappa. He is an inspiration to many "alternative" singers. ... | [] |
2,216 | 7,625 | 863,768 | December 30 | 2025-05-30T00:31:08Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1066 – In the Granada Massacre, a Muslim mob storms the royal palace, killing most of the city's Jewish population.
- 1460 – During The Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Wakefield takes place.
- 1661 – In Sweden, Drottningholm Castle is destroyed by fire.
- 1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moo... | [] |
2,217 | 7,628 | 5,295 | C (programming language) | 2026-04-19T08:55:53Z | **C** (pronounced "SEE") is a computer programming language developed in the early 1970s by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs. They used it to improve the UNIX operating system. It is still much used today. C is a procedural language, which means that people write their programs as a series of step-by-step... | [] |
2,218 | 7,630 | 1,687,111 | Drake & Josh | 2025-12-17T04:22:50Z | ***Drake & Josh*** is a Nickelodeon television series created by Dan Schneider, It started in January 2004 and ended in September 2007. The stars of the series are Drake Bell and Josh Peck. The two appeared as best friends on *The Amanda Show*. In *Drake & Josh*, they play step-brothers of separate parents. The overall... | [] |
2,219 | 7,631 | 1,687,111 | The Amanda Show | 2025-12-17T04:41:41Z | ***The Amanda Show*** is a sketch comedy television series starring Amanda Bynes, formerly of *All That*. It is a spin-off of *All That*. The series starred Amanda as almost every major recurring character, including herself, Penelope, Courtney, and Judge Trudy (a parody of Judge Judy.) The series aired on Saturday nig... | [] |
2,220 | 7,634 | 5,295 | 1983 | 2025-09-30T13:00:15Z | **1983** (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
### January – June
- January 3 – Kilauea on the island of Hawaii begins erupting.
- February 16 – The Ash Wednesday bushfires hit Victoria and South Australia.
- February 28 – The TV Show, *M\*A\*S\*H* ends with 125 mil... | [] |
2,221 | 7,635 | 1,044,401 | Sally Ride | 2024-02-08T19:57:10Z | **Sally Kristen Ride** (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and astrophysicist. She was the first American woman to reach outer space.
Ride was born on May 26, 1951. She was born in the neighborhood of Encino in Los Angeles, California. She earned a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University. She jo... | [] |
2,222 | 7,636 | 103,847 | Court | 2026-08-27T01:39:42Z | > *For the court as the seat of a royal person see royal court*.
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> *For the court as a space inside a building, see courtyard*.
A **court** in a law, is a part of the government in which people come together to decide how to apply the country's laws to a specific situation, especially when there is an argument over ... | [] |
2,223 | 7,637 | 457,136 | Birth | 2026-06-24T22:51:57Z | **Birth** (to be **born**) means when a baby animal comes out of its egg, or out of its mother after pregnancy. It is sometimes thought of as the beginning of life. It is also known as **calving** in livestock or **whelping** in meat-eating mammals.
## Related medical words
- Childbirth is the process at the end of ... | [] |
2,224 | 7,638 | 103,847 | Pollution | 2025-11-23T00:49:19Z | **Pollution** is when harmful substances are added to the environment and then change it in a bad way. There are six kinds of pollution of the environment:
- water pollution
- air pollution
- light pollution
- noise pollution
- soil pollution
- thermal pollution.
- Electromagnetic pollution
As pollution grows, ways ... | [] |
2,225 | 7,639 | 68,157 | Immunity (medical) | 2023-03-04T14:47:11Z | **Immunity** is the ability of the body to defend itself from 'foreign bodies'. This means rejecting infections, clearing up dust which gets in the lungs, and killing cancer cells.
Immunity is of two types. Innate immunity protects the host against infection, but has no 'memory', and so gives no long-term immunity.
... | [] |
2,226 | 7,641 | 1,881,824 | Roman numerals | 2026-09-29T23:42:42Z | {{Contains special characters}}
**Roman numerals** are a numeral system that was used by ancient Rome. Numbers in this system use letters from the Latin alphabet. Currently, it uses seven symbols:
The Europeans still used Roman numerals even after the fall of the Roman Empire. From the 14th century, the Europeans rep... | [] |
2,227 | 7,647 | 1,827,133 | Map | 2026-06-24T13:57:02Z | A **map** is an image of the Earth or part of the Earth. A map is different from an aerial photograph because it includes interpretation. Many maps are called "charts" such as star charts and nautical charts. Some maps are of distant worlds. Before the late 20th century almost all maps were on paper. Today, many maps ... | [] |
2,228 | 7,648 | 10,225,926 | Globe | 2025-04-29T23:51:21Z | A **globe** is most commonly, a scale model of the earth with the shape of a sphere. Globes can be scale models of the Earth (*terrestrial globes*) or of other planets. Globes can also be models of the celestial sphere (*celestial globes*). The English word "globe" comes from the globus, meaning round mass or sphere.
... | [] |
2,229 | 7,654 | 9,217,539 | Noah | 2023-11-27T16:24:25Z | **Noah** (meaning rest or comfort) is a man in the Abrahamic religions. He was the son of Lamech, and the father of sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah and his ark are in the Book of Genesis, which also describes Noah as the 'first man to plant a vineyard' (chapter 9). Several other parts of the Bible mention him, as do... | [] |
2,230 | 7,655 | 1,011,873 | 1452 | 2025-11-09T15:51:33Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1452{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1452{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor becomes the last to be crowned in Rome.
- Portuguese navigator Diogo de Teive discovers Corvo Island in the Azores.
- 18 June – Pope Nicholas V is... | [] |
2,231 | 7,659 | 1,687,111 | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | 2025-12-17T14:12:06Z | ***Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide***, otherwise known as simply ***Ned's Declassified***, is a TV show on Nickelodeon. It was created by Scott Fellows.
From "A middle school full of bullies, insane teachers and gross school lunches" comes Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, a show on Nickelodeon. The ... | [] |
2,232 | 7,661 | 1,784,570 | VH1 | 2026-04-12T12:19:35Z | **VH1 (Video Hits One)** is an American television network. It is a sister station to the groundbreaking MTV.
VH1 shows reality shows and reruns of sitcoms, whereas MTV's focus is on the current hits and also reality shows. VH1 also shows *You're Cut Off!* on Mondays for 3 weeks and Wednesdays for 5 weeks. It started ... | [] |
2,233 | 7,664 | 314,522 | Cabinet | 2024-08-18T19:07:05Z | A **Cabinet** is a group of important people in a government, who normally represent the head of government. It is also known as the **Council of Ministers** or the Executive Council. They are part of the executive branch of government. People in the cabinet are called ministers or secretaries, and they do different t... | [] |
2,234 | 7,665 | 1,863,669 | Newspaper | 2026-09-02T13:46:04Z | **A place for buying newspaper**
A **newspaper** is a publication printed on paper and issued regularly, usually once a day or once a week. It gives information and opinions about current events and news. Usually people like to read them to stay informed about their local city, state or country. Newspapers can be de... | [] |
2,235 | 7,670 | 1,011,873 | 1833 | 2025-07-05T15:29:16Z | {{#Year article header}}1833{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 3 – Britain invades the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
- March 2 – United States President Andrew Jackson signs the Force Act, which authorizes him to use troops to enforce federal law in South Carolina.
- March 4 – Ayya Vaikundar incar... | [] |
2,236 | 7,673 | 1,846,411 | July 4 | 2026-07-29T15:43:07Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 993 – Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.
- 1054 – Chinese astronomers observe a supernova.
- 1187 – The Crusades: Battle of Hattin – Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
- 1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway.
- 1569 – The Polish-Lithuanian Comm... | [] |
2,237 | 7,680 | 752,027 | Public domain | 2024-06-19T17:55:31Z | **Public domain** is a phrase that describes something that belongs to all people in general: the public. The public domain contains works (such as books, films, or paintings) that are not under copyright protection.
The *opposite* of "public domain" is copyrighted material, which is owned either by the creator of the... | [] |
2,238 | 7,681 | 314,522 | Child | 2025-06-23T19:58:21Z | A **child** (the plural is **children**) is a person below the age of puberty (biologically) or, at least in English-speaking countries, below the age of majority or in other contexts below the age of consent. A person can be called his or her parent's child, regardless of the person's age. Another word for "child" is ... | [] |
2,239 | 7,682 | 1,872,367 | Nickelodeon | 2026-09-14T19:34:21Z | **Nickelodeon** (nicknamed **Nick**) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Skydance Corporation. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, it is primarily aimed at children and ... | [] |
2,240 | 7,683 | 1,475,106 | Jimmy Carter | 2026-09-29T01:21:18Z | **James Earl Carter Jr.** (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian. He was the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Before becoming president, Carter was a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967 and the 80th governor of... | [] |
2,241 | 7,684 | 16,695 | Cannes | 2024-02-17T14:53:29Z | **Cannes** ({{#IPA2}}kan{{/IPA2}}) is a commune and the prefecture of Alpes-Maritimes.
It is most famous for the Cannes Film Festival, which takes place every summer. Many famous people come to the movie festival from around the world to promote their movies and to see other peoples' movies.
## Other websites
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2,242 | 7,685 | 1,745,404 | Theodore Roosevelt | 2026-02-11T15:14:21Z | **Theodore Roosevelt Jr.** (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as **Teddy** or **T.R.**, was an American politician who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Before becoming president, he served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley for six months in 190... | [] |
2,243 | 7,687 | 9,264,431 | Composer | 2023-12-24T11:57:59Z | A **composer** is someone who writes (composes) music. Some composers work by writing music down on paper; this is called 'written notation'. Classical music writers work this way. Writers for TV and movie music also usually write this way, so that an orchestra or other players can read the music and play it.
Some mus... | [] |
2,244 | 7,688 | 10,396,225 | Cannes Film Festival | 2025-07-16T10:05:18Z | The **Cannes Film Festival** is an event held every year in Cannes, France. The festival previews films from around the world.
Only those who are invited can attend the festival. The top film wins the Palme d'Or. The second most prestigious trophy is the Grand Prix. A jury selects which film earns the prizes. The jury... | [] |
2,245 | 7,689 | 1,813,344 | Henry VIII | 2026-09-29T14:50:58Z | **Henry VIII** (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was the King of England from 1509 until his death.
Henry VIII increased the power of the monarchy and government over the country. Many people he did not like were executed under his orders, including two of his own wives. He was easily led by whoever was his favourite a... | [] |
2,246 | 7,690 | 16,695 | Orchestra | 2026-04-17T19:48:12Z | An **orchestra** is a group of musicians playing instruments together. They make music. A large orchestra is sometimes called a "symphony orchestra" and a small orchestra is called a "chamber orchestra". A symphony orchestra may have about 100 players, while a chamber orchestra may have 30 or 40 players. The number of ... | [] |
2,247 | 7,692 | 1,825,786 | Homosexuality | 2026-08-09T21:12:28Z | **Homosexuality** is a sexual orientation. A homosexual person is romantically or sexually attracted to people of their own gender. Men who are romantically or sexually attracted to other men are called gay. Women who are romantically or sexually attracted to other women can be called gay as well, but are usually calle... | [] |
2,248 | 7,693 | 1,795,124 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 2026-04-29T19:57:12Z | **Dwight David Eisenhower** (born **David Dwight Eisenhower**;October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American politician and military officer who was the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the f... | [] |
2,249 | 7,698 | 532,461 | Ferrocement | 2024-08-31T10:02:35Z | **Ferrocement** is both a method and a material used in building or sculpting with cement, sand, water and wire or mesh material. It is often called the thin shell. Thin shell ferrocement offers strength and economy and can be used in many ways including: building homes, creating sculptures, or building boats and ships... | [] |
2,250 | 7,706 | 1,508,758 | Camera lens | 2025-02-16T23:13:58Z | A **camera lens** is the part of a camera that directs light to the film or, in a digital camera, to a computer chip that can sense the light. Many cheap lenses are plastic but better ones are made from glass. The lens makes an image by focusing the light.
The majority of cameras only have one lens that users cannot c... | [] |
2,251 | 7,707 | 1,041,406 | Boy | 2026-08-12T07:10:39Z | A **boy** is a young male human, either a child or teenager. Little boys still have the body of a child. It is not until they reach puberty (adolescence) that their bodies start to mature and they become a man. The word "boy" was used a long time ago in Anglo-Saxon English. The opposite of a boy is a girl.
## Culture
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2,252 | 7,708 | 640,235 | Company clerk | 2023-03-07T16:44:30Z | **Responsible for performing clerical and administrative duties in an office setting**. Assists executive assistants and secretaries by sorting mail, filing, answering phones, greeting clients, scheduling meetings, and restocking supplies.
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2,253 | 7,709 | 1,784,192 | Paul McCartney | 2026-08-06T06:20:47Z | **Sir James Paul McCartney** (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and composer. He was a singer and the main bassist of the Beatles during the 1960s. With singer and guitarist John Lennon, he wrote the music and lyrics to many of the band's songs.
## Early Life
Paul was born at Walton Centre for Neuro... | [] |
2,254 | 7,710 | 1,855,644 | Afrikaner people | 2026-08-15T10:39:45Z | **Afrikaners** are white South Africans who speak Afrikaans as their first language and follow the Afrikaans culture. Most of them have Dutch ancestors, but some of them have German or French Huguenot ancestors. They are also called Boers, Voortrekkers and Burghers, although under slightly different contexts.
In Sout... | [] |
2,255 | 7,711 | 314,522 | John Lennon | 2026-08-26T23:33:31Z | **John Winston Ono Lennon** (born **John Winston Lennon**; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. He became famous as a singer and guitarist of the English rock band The Beatles. After the Beatles stopped making records in 1970, he lived in the United States with his wife Yoko... | [] |
2,256 | 7,714 | 966,595 | Invention | 2025-09-30T13:23:02Z | An **invention** is a new thing that someone has made. The computer was an invention when it was first made. We say when it was "invented". New things that are made or created are called inventions. Cars and plastics are inventions that everyone knows. Inventions are made by inventors. Many inventions are patented.
Id... | [] |
2,257 | 7,715 | 1,880,075 | Genocide | 2026-09-27T14:26:45Z | During a **genocide**, a group (often a government, army, or paramilitary) tries to destroy another group because of their ethnicity, race, nationality or religion. Genocide is always an intentional act - never an accident.
In a genocide, the targeted (victim) group is killed in large numbers. However, genocide also i... | [] |
2,258 | 7,716 | 1,773,816 | Yoko Ono | 2026-10-01T14:56:56Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="nihongo"><div data-arg><strong>Yoko Ono</strong></div><div data-arg>小野 洋子</div><div data-arg>Ono Yōko</div><div data-arg data-name="extra">born February 18, 1933</div></template> is a Japanese musician and artist. She is the widow of John Lennon. Before she married Le... | [] |
2,259 | 7,717 | 1,618,275 | Coast | 2026-08-19T15:43:53Z | The **coast** is wherever land meets the sea.
The coast also means the land next to the sea, which can also be called the shore, or sea-shore. However, **coast** is not used to describe where rivers or lakes meet the land - it is only used to describe the sea meeting the land.
If a house is near to the coast we say... | [] |
2,260 | 7,718 | 1,784,192 | George Harrison | 2026-07-26T02:54:31Z | **George Harrison** (25 February 1943) was an English musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. After the group broke up in 1970, he had a solo career. He made many albums and worked with other musicians including Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Phil Spector, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Ravi Shankar. He... | [] |
2,261 | 7,720 | 640,235 | Ravi Shankar | 2023-11-12T18:18:22Z | **Ravi Shankar** (7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was one of India's most famous musicians. Shankar was one of the first to bring aspects of traditional Indian music into Europe and United States\|American culture in the 1960s. He was a major influence on George Harrison, who was a member of The Beatles. Shankar is f... | [] |
2,262 | 7,721 | 1,878,220 | Sentence | 2026-09-24T05:54:20Z | A **sentence** is a group of words that are joined together to mean something. It is the basic unit of language and expresses a complete thought. It does so by following the grammatical basic rules of syntax: *Ram is walking*.
A complete sentence has at least a **subject** and a **main verb** to state (declare) a comp... | [] |
2,263 | 7,722 | 1,145,577 | James Joyce | 2023-09-03T08:46:25Z | **James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Séamus Seoighe) ** (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish writer and poet of the modernist movement. He was from Dublin, Ireland. He wore an eyepatch, because of eye damage. He could not see well.
His books are written in a special style. At first he wrote in a way which des... | [] |
2,264 | 7,725 | 863,768 | May 1 | 2025-05-30T00:31:15Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire as Roman Emperors.
- 524 – King Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at Orleans after an eight–year reign and is succeeded by his brother Godomar.
- 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross–in–square Ort... | [] |
2,265 | 7,726 | 1,243,964 | Andes | 2025-08-12T05:26:45Z | The **Andes** are a mountain range along the western coast of South America.
They stretch over 7,000 km / 4,400 miles from the south of Argentina and Chile to the north of Colombia. They are also found in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.
The Amazon river system has its sources in the eastern flanks of the Andes.
The Andes... | [] |
2,266 | 7,727 | 863,768 | February 21 | 2025-05-30T00:31:18Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 362 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria.
- 1245 – Bishop Thomas, the first–known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
- 1431 – The trial of Joan of Arc begins.
- 1437 – King James I of Scotland is murdered.
- 1440 – The Prussian Confederation is ... | [] |
2,267 | 7,728 | 1,464,674 | Meal | 2026-03-15T16:49:31Z | A **meal** is a serving of food eaten by human beings. Meals usually include several different types of food, such as grains, vegetables, fruit, and in some cases, meat. Meals have different names by time they are taken or by the type of food that is eaten.
## Types
In North America and in Europe, people usually eat ... | [] |
2,268 | 7,729 | 484,975 | Leipzig | 2026-08-23T04:36:37Z | **Leipzig** (Upper Saxon: *Leibzsch* or *Leibz'sch*) is the biggest city in the state of Saxony (eastern Germany). When Germany was divided into East and West Germany, Leipzig was one of the three biggest industrial cities in the East Germany.
Leipzig occupies 297.62 km2 and is still an industrial city. 608,013 people... | [] |
2,269 | 7,732 | 863,768 | January 30 | 2025-05-30T00:31:21Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1018 – The Peace of Bautzen is signed between Poland and Germany.
- 1607 – Massive flooding hits the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England, killing around 2,000 people.
- 1648 – The Treaty of Münster is signed, ending the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and S... | [] |
2,270 | 7,733 | 10,377,690 | Evil | 2025-07-07T11:03:07Z | **Evil** means something which is morally bad or wicked. It is the opposite of good. People may say that an action which hurts people or breaks certain rules such as the Ten Commandments is evil. A person or a group that does evil things may also be called evil.
## Logical problem of evil
A version of the Problem of ... | [] |
2,271 | 7,735 | 10,496,481 | 1872 | 2025-09-05T01:22:29Z | **1872** (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar, the 1872nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, {{#Year article header/year number}}1872{{/Year article header/year number}}.
## Events
- Levi Stra... | [] |
2,272 | 7,736 | 1,479,043 | Poznań | 2026-06-19T15:58:53Z | **Poznań** (German name: *Posen*) is the biggest city and capital of Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland, one of the oldest and the biggest cities in Poland. Its population is about 560,000 and its area is 262 square kilometers.
Poznań was one of the 4 Polish cities where the UEFA European Football Championship matche... | [] |
2,273 | 7,737 | 9,763,072 | Cartoonist | 2024-09-11T16:59:33Z | A **cartoonist** is a person who draws cartoons. Cartoons can be pictures on a printed page (also called comics or comic strips) or moving pictures on film (also called animation). Both kinds of cartoons can be found on the internet. Examples of some famous cartoonists are:
- Walt Disney (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck)
- ... | [] |
2,274 | 7,738 | 314,538 | Jim Henson | 2025-09-20T22:28:58Z | **James "Jim" Maury Henson** (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American animator, artist and puppeteer. He was best known for his work with the Muppets, which he helped to create. His best known puppet is Kermit the Frog.
As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as *Sesame Stree... | [] |
2,275 | 7,745 | 532,461 | Game Boy Advance Video | 2021-04-02T16:45:13Z | **Game Boy Advance Video** is a format of cartridges for the Game Boy Advance. They work the same as normal cartridge but play television shows instead of games. They generally contain 45 minutes of TV, for example, a show from Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network. They were first made in early 2004, but gradually stopped be... | [] |
2,276 | 7,747 | 1,381,324 | Butterfly | 2026-09-22T09:39:53Z | A **butterfly** is a (usually) day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera. They are grouped together in the suborder **Rhopalocera**. Butterflies are related to moths, from which they evolved about 56 million years ago. The earliest discovered fossil moth was 200 million years ago.
The life of butterflies is closely c... | [] |
2,277 | 7,749 | 1,475,106 | Nazism | 2026-09-27T01:03:12Z | **Nazism** is a set of political beliefs associated with the Nazi Party of Germany. It started in the 1930s, when the Nazi Party took over Germany in 1933 and started carrying out their ideas in Germany, which they called the Third Reich. They stayed in power in Germany until 1945, when they lost World War II.
The wor... | [] |
2,278 | 7,751 | 1,452,189 | Pork | 2026-10-01T07:38:35Z | **Pork** is meat that comes from pigs. It is the most commonly consumed meat in the world Evidence of pig husbandry dates back to 5000 BC.
A simple meal to make which contains pork is afelia. Sausages, bacon and ham are the most common uses of pork in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other parts of the Weste... | [] |
2,279 | 7,752 | 532,461 | Mike Farrell | 2026-09-24T03:12:29Z | **Mike Farrell** (born February 6, 1939) is an American actor, writer and producer. He played BJ Hunnicutt on the television series *M\*A\*S\*H*. He played Michael "Mike" Hawks in the television movie *Battered* in 1978. He played Chicago real estate developer Lee Miglin in the limited crime series *The Assassination o... | [] |
2,280 | 7,753 | 1,853,265 | David Ogden Stiers | 2026-08-12T07:50:37Z | **David Allen Ogden Stiers** (October 31, 1942, Illinos, U.S. – March 3, 2018, Oregon, U.S.) was an American actor, comedian, conductor, director, musician, singer and voice artist. He was most famous for his role as Charles Emerson Winchester III in *M\*A\*S\*H*. He also provided the voices in several Disney animated ... | [] |
2,281 | 7,754 | 1,150,185 | Beauty and the Beast | 2022-04-06T09:51:54Z | ***Beauty and the Beast*** is a French folk story. It tells the story of a merchant who is lost in the woods. He finds the palace of a beast who wants to kill him, and makes a deal with the beast, to have his daughter in exchange. The daughter goes to live in the Beast's castle; the two fall in love; and the beast turn... | [] |
2,282 | 7,755 | 532,461 | Wayne Rogers | 2024-11-25T02:00:55Z | **William Wayne McMillan Rogers III** (April 7, 1933 – December 31, 2015) was an American television and movie actor. He played the role of "Trapper" John McIntrye on the TV series *M\*A\*S\*H*. (The role was played by Elliott Gould in the 1970 movie version and Pernell Roberts on the 1979-1986 TV show, *Trapper John M... | [] |
2,283 | 7,756 | 239,064 | McLean Stevenson | 2023-06-22T14:17:55Z | **McLean Stevenson** (November 14, 1929 – February 15, 1996) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Henry Blake on the TV show, *M\*A\*S\*H*. He left the show in 1975 and his character was killed off.
Stevenson was born in Normal, Illinois.
His grandfather Adlai E. Stevenson was Vice-president of the... | [] |
2,284 | 7,757 | 640,235 | Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve | 2023-12-22T16:49:20Z | **Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve** (15 April 1793 – 23 November 1864 (Julian calendar: 11 November)) was a German-born Russian astronomer. He was born in Altona (now an area of Hamburg), Germany, but later lived in Russia. He was an expert on double stars and one of the first astronomers to measure stellar paralla... | [] |
2,285 | 7,762 | 1,611,993 | Mario Party | 2025-08-05T20:42:49Z | ***Mario Party*** is a series of video games made by Nintendo. The idea of each game is that Mario and his friends must travel across a game board and earn stars and coins. Each new game in the series contains new characters, playing boards, and mini-games. Every few turns, each character must participate in a mini-gam... | [] |
2,286 | 7,764 | 9,542,590 | Helsinki | 2024-05-13T18:42:30Z | **Helsinki** (Helsingfors) is the capital city of Finland. Helsinki is the largest city in Finland. 604,380 (31.12.2012) people live in Helsinki, and 1,360,000 live in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Helsinki is in the south of Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. The city is in the Uusimaa region. When one l... | [] |
2,287 | 7,765 | 693,482 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 2026-07-26T09:23:34Z | **Jehovah's Witnesses** is a Christian denomination with around nine million members around the world.
They believe that God who they call Jehovah, will end crime, violence, sickness and death by destroying all badness in the world. They say God's kingdom will restore God's original purpose for the earth: to bring ab... | [] |
2,288 | 7,767 | 1,391,751 | Wife | 2024-12-13T20:54:30Z | A **wife** is a married woman. "Married" means that the law says two people are legally "joined". During the marriage ceremony, the wife is called the **bride**.
In countries and times it has been different how many wives a man can have legally. In old times there were no limitations in some countries. In Christianity... | [] |
2,289 | 7,769 | 1,828,268 | Catherine Parr | 2026-09-16T19:44:14Z | **Catherine Parr** (alternatively **Katherine** or **Kateryn**) (July-August 1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and of Ireland (1543–47). She was the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII. She married him on 12 July 1543, and outlived him by one year. She was also the most-married English queen, with f... | [] |
2,290 | 7,774 | 1,668,201 | Queen (band) | 2026-03-01T19:31:19Z | **Queen** are a British rock band. They formed in Baselstone, England in 1970. They are among the most commercially successful bands in history. They have sold over 300 million albums worldwide. The first members of the band were Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, voc... | [] |
2,291 | 7,775 | 1,848,489 | Simon & Garfunkel | 2026-08-02T13:03:20Z | Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were an American folk and rock music duo. They were two childhood friends, who became famous in the 1960s. Their songs, including "Mrs. Robinson", "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright", "The Sound of Silence", and "Bridge over Troubled Water", all composed by Simon, are still popular to this day.
... | [] |
2,292 | 7,776 | 693,482 | Madagascar | 2026-07-26T14:54:43Z | **Madagascar** is a large island nation in the Indian Ocean. It is off of the East coast of Africa and its capital is Antananarivo. Twenty-two million people live there. It is the world's fourth-largest island.
The official languages of Madagascar are Malagasy and French.
## Pre-human history
About two hundred mill... | [] |
2,293 | 7,777 | 1,530,097 | Board game | 2025-08-05T14:20:15Z | A **board game** is a game usually played with pieces on a board, or some area with marked spaces.
Most board games use pieces that may be moved, placed, or traded depending on the rules of the game. These pieces may be money, chips, pawns, or other objects. Board games may often involve some random chance with dice... | [] |
2,294 | 7,782 | 121,204 | Aerosmith | 2025-03-21T17:02:01Z | **Aerosmith** is an American rock band, formed in 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts. They have released many popular songs, including "Walk This Way" and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". They have their own Guitar Hero video game called Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Their lead singer is Steven Tyler.
## List of albums
### Studi... | [] |
2,295 | 7,783 | 9,717,292 | Brighton | 2024-08-21T12:22:27Z | **Brighton** is a city on the south coast of England. It was called "Brighthelmstone". It is in the county of East Sussex. In 2000, it joined Hove to become the city of **Brighton & Hove**. Historically, Brighton forms the main part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation, with 474,485 inhabitants (2011 cens... | [] |
2,296 | 7,785 | 863,768 | April 20 | 2025-05-30T00:31:24Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1303 – University of Rome La Sapienza is founded by Pope Boniface VIII.
- 1453 – Last naval battle in Byzantine history, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet into the Golden Horn.
- 1534 – Jacques Cartier sets sail ... | [] |
2,297 | 7,786 | 1,730,093 | Vincent van Gogh | 2026-01-19T08:51:32Z | **Vincent Willem van Gogh** (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter. His work had a great influence on modern art because of its striking colours and emotional power. He suffered from delusions and fits of mental illness. When he was 37, he died by committing suicide.
When he was a young ... | [] |
2,298 | 7,787 | 863,768 | April 2 | 2025-05-30T00:31:28Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 999 – Pope Sylvester II is elected.
- 1285 – Pope Martin IV is elected.
- 1453 – The Ottoman Empire's Sultan Mehmed II begins the Siege of Constantinople.
- 1513 – Florida is sighted by a European for the first time.
- 1744 – The first official golf tournament is held in Leith, near Edinbur... | [] |
2,299 | 7,788 | 10,369,371 | October 14 | 2025-07-03T10:42:45Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1066 – Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings – In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman invasion forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England.
- 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Bylan... | [] |
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