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Sacramento, California
2025-08-16T04:18:48Z
**Sacramento** is the capital of the U.S. state of California. The governor and legislature of California are in Sacramento. About 520,000 people live in Sacramento. About 2,000,000 live in and around Sacramento. Sacramento comes from Spanish and Portuguese for holy rite. A sacrament is a religious act that gives pe...
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Alexander Scriabin
2022-06-23T01:08:40Z
**Alexander Scriabin** (also spelt: **Skryabin**) (born Moscow January 6 1872; died Moscow April 27 1915) was a famous Russian composer and pianist. He wrote music for the orchestra and for the piano. His music belongs to the Late Romantic period, but his later works sound quite modern, and he was influenced by Impress...
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Robert Mugabe
2025-07-31T05:06:18Z
**Robert Gabriel Mugabe** (21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Southern Rhodesian-born Zimbabwean politician. He was the President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017. Before that, he was Prime Minister, the head of government, after being elected in 1980. For many years before he resigned, Mugabe ruled his country in...
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11,622
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Guyana
2026-09-21T02:54:20Z
The **Co-operative Republic of Guyana** (formerly **British Guiana**) is a country in South America. It is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world (700,000 people live there inside its over 200,000 km² of area). Georgetown is the capital; like most of the country's settlements, it is on a flat coastal...
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3,704
11,623
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Sen no Rikyu
2016-03-19T12:28:33Z
**Sen no Rikyu** (千利休, 1522–1591) made important and lasting changes to the Japanese tea ceremony. He was a follower of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Besides the tea ceremony, Rikyu practiced ikebana and wrote poetry. He also studied zen.
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11,625
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Oscar Wilde
2025-12-12T15:52:35Z
**Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde** (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer, poet and playwright. He wrote *The Picture of Dorian Gray*, and the plays *Salomé*, *The Importance of Being Earnest*, *An Ideal Husband*, and *Lady Windermere's Fan*. Wilde was bisexual. He had a wife and two children. ...
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U2
2026-07-20T20:12:25Z
**U2** is a rock band from Ireland. The four members of the band are lead singer Bono (born *Paul David Hewson*), lead guitarist The Edge (born *David Howell Evans*), bassist Adam Clayton, and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and formerly dik Evans U2 are a very popular band all over the world and have been since the 1980s. Th...
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11,633
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Bono
2025-09-18T14:57:42Z
**Paul David Hewson** <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="postnominals"><div data-arg data-name="country">GBR</div><div data-arg data-name="size">100%</div><div data-arg>KBE</div></template> (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name **Bono**, is a man of Irish heritage who sings and writes songs. He a...
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3,708
11,634
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Adam Clayton
2023-06-25T15:16:27Z
**Adam Clayton** (born 13 March 1960 in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England) is the bassist for the rock band U2. He lives in County Dublin. He also has a house in Southern France. ## Life When Adam was five years old, he and his family moved to Malahide near Dublin. He started playing guitar when he went to school. He joi...
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The Edge
2026-03-26T10:34:38Z
**David Howell Evans** (born 8 August 1961), more widely known as **The Edge**, is an English-born musician. He is known best as the guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist for the Irish rock band U2. ## Personal life David Howell Evans was born at the Barking Maternity Hospital, in Essex, England. His parents, ...
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3,710
11,636
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Larry Mullen Jr.
2023-06-25T15:16:55Z
**Larry Mullen Junior** (born 31 October 1961) is an Irish drummer. He is a member of the rock band U2. Mullen was born in Dublin, Ireland. Besides U2, Larry has worked with other musicians, including: Nanci Griffith, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Robbie Robertson, Paul Brady and B.B. King. Because of the Irish Nati...
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11,637
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Mariah Carey
2026-08-27T23:47:17Z
**Mariah Carey** (born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, actress, philanthropist, author and businesswoman. She is best known for the songs "Hero", "Vision of Love", "Fantasy", "We Belong Together", "My All" and "All I Want for Christmas Is You". She is recognize...
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11,639
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Andrology
2014-09-25T12:16:13Z
**Andrology** is the study of male health, especially male sexual organs and reproduction. It is similar to the study of women's health, called gynaecology. Andrology has only been studied since the late 1960s. The first specialist journal on the subject was the German periodical *Andrologie*, published from 1969 onwa...
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11,640
1,011,873
1503
2025-11-09T15:52:00Z
{{#Year in various calendars}}1503{{/Year in various calendars}} **1503** (MDIII) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar. ## Events - Erasmus: *Enchiridion militis chritiani* ("Handbook of the Christian Soldier"). ## Births - August 12 – Christian III of Denmark and Norway
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Herbert Hoover
2026-05-12T07:03:04Z
**Herbert Clark Hoover** (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. He was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted e...
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James A. Garfield
2026-08-26T23:31:32Z
**James Abram Garfield** (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States from March 1881 to his death in September that year after his assassination in July. Before he became president, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1881. He was the second presid...
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Robert Reed
2025-10-31T00:56:40Z
**Robert Reed** (October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Mike Brady on *The Brady Bunch*. He also played major roles in *The Defenders* and *Rich Man, Poor Man*. He was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards during the 1970s. Reed was born John Robert Rietz in Highla...
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11,663
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Dishwasher
2025-08-20T09:10:56Z
The word **dishwasher** means either the person who washes (cleans) dishes or a machine that does the same thing. A person could wash dishes either by hand or by operating a dishwashing machine. ## Women's History Joel Houghton registered the first patent for a mechanical dishwasher in 1850. The machine was made of w...
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3,718
11,664
1,763,943
John Quincy Adams
2026-03-11T19:55:45Z
**John Quincy Adams** (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist. He served as the 6th president of the United States from 1825 to 1829. Before becoming president, he served as the eighth Secretary of State from 1817 to 1825. He was the eldest son of John Ad...
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Peter Fonda
2025-06-07T23:46:32Z
**Peter Henry Fonda** (February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019) was an American actor. He and Dennis Hopper starred in the motorcycle movies, *The Wild Angels* and *Easy Rider*. He appeared in many other movies, including *Ulee's Gold*, in which he was nominated for an Academy Award, *Thomas and the Magic Railroad* and *Th...
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11,667
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Dennis Hopper
2025-08-15T22:26:31Z
**Dennis Lee Hopper** (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, movie director, and photographer. He has appeared in many movies and television shows, since the 1950s. ## Early life Hopper was born on May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas. He spent his life in Kansas City, Missouri, and in San Diego, Californ...
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Todd Rundgren
2026-05-15T17:52:09Z
**Todd Harry Rundgren** (born June 22, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Two of his best-known songs are "I Saw The Light" and "Hello It's Me". Both were on his 1971 album *Something/Anything?*. Most of the songs on that album were performed by Rundgren alone, using multitrack recorders and ...
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11,672
1,011,873
1066
2025-10-09T14:20:52Z
{{#Year in various calendars}}1066{{/Year in various calendars}} {{#Year article header}}1066{{/Year article header}} 1066 was a year which brought great changes in England. The land had four kings during the year. The year started under Anglo-Saxon rule, and ended under Norman rule. This was the only occasion since R...
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1497
2025-11-09T15:53:12Z
{{#Year in various calendars}}1497{{/Year in various calendars}} {{#Year article header}}1497{{/Year article header}} ## Events - July 8 – Vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon, Portugal for is first trip through the Cape of Good Hope to India. - Spanish Empire: Melilla is captured by Castile. - Girolamo Savonarola, priest and...
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1559
2025-09-02T20:23:45Z
**1559** (MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar. ## Events - January 15 – Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. - March 23 – Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia, defending his lands against the invasion of Nur ibn Mujahid, Sultan of Harar, is killed in battle. His brother Men...
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11,675
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1581
2025-07-13T03:14:37Z
**1581** (MDLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar. ## Events - January 16 – English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism - April 4 – After going around the world Sir Francis Drake is knighted by Elizabeth I. - July 26 – The Northern Netherlands becomes free from Spain in the Oath of Abjur...
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3,726
11,676
1,011,873
1509
2025-11-09T15:52:02Z
{{#Year in various calendars}}1509{{/Year in various calendars}} {{#Year article header}}1509{{/Year article header}} ## Events - February 2 – Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India. - April 22 – Henry VIII becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. - April 27 – Pope Julius II places Venice unde...
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3,727
11,677
10,250,094
1521
2025-05-11T07:49:26Z
{{#Year article header}}1521{{/Year article header}} ## Events - April 17 – Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings. - May 17 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. - August 13 – The ruler of the Aztec Empire surrenders to Spanish conqui...
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Al-Qaeda
2026-09-29T01:33:49Z
**al-Qaeda** (الْقَاعِدَةُ, *al-qāʿidah*, "the base") is a global radical Sunni Islamist jihadist multinational organization network that was founded around August 1988 and late 1989.^p75^ It works as a network, as a stateless army, and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad on all fronts. Most of the...
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1863
2025-07-23T18:45:01Z
{{#Year article header}}1863{{/Year article header}} ## Events - Battle of Gettysburg - The Red Cross international humanitarian organization was founded in Geneva. ## Births - January 17 – David Lloyd George, British politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1945) - April 5 – Victoria of the United K...
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3,730
11,699
10,249,655
1905
2025-05-11T06:02:06Z
**1905** (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar. ## Art, music, theatre, literature - October 15 – *Little Nemo in Slumberland* debuts in American newspapers. - *A Little Princess* is published ## Events - January 22 – "Blo...
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11,700
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1917
2026-01-31T18:14:58Z
**1917** (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar. ## Events - Last year of Tsar Nicolas II of Russia's reign. - Russian Revolutions (Russia goes communist) - The United States declares war on Germany (for World War I) - Influ...
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3,732
11,701
1,784,192
1915
2026-07-26T17:52:10Z
**1915** (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar. ## Events - January 26 - President Woodrow Wilson says yes to making Rocky Mountain National Park. - February 8 - *The Birth of a Nation* is released. - April 24 – The Armenia...
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Tallinn
2025-10-25T16:31:47Z
**Tallinn** is the capital of Estonia. It is on the north-eastern coast of Estonia and borders the Gulf of Finland. The city is next to many lakes. The largest of these lakes is called Lake Ülemiste, and most Tallinnites get their drinking water from this lake. Tallinn's Old Town, which is the historic town center, is...
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Lombardy
2025-02-24T09:44:30Z
**Lombardy** (/ˈlɒmbərdi, ˈlʌm-/ *LOM-bər-dee, LUM-*; Italian: *Lombardia* \[lombarˈdiːa\]; Lombard: *Lombardia*, [Western Lombard:]{.small} \[lũbɐ̞rˈdiːɑ\], [Eastern Lombard:]{.small} \[lombɐ̞rˈdiːɑ, -ˈdeːɑ\]) is a region in the northern part of Italy. It is the most populated region of the country, and has almost 9.4...
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Regions of Italy
2026-02-11T15:18:13Z
**Italy** is a country in the south of Europe. It is divided into 20 **regions**. A region is a part of the country with a government and a President. In Italy, regions can decide on some things. They can give money to local business. They can also decide things about hospitals, schools, and transport. In some region...
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1886
2025-07-05T13:44:05Z
{{#Year article header}}1886{{/Year article header}} ## Events - February 6 – A large demonstration about unemployment at Trafalgar Square led to riots at Pall Mall - March 1 - Anglo-Chinese School was founded in Singapore by Bishop William Oldham. - April 6 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada becomes a city. - Oct...
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Vladimir Nabokov
2024-09-19T08:08:56Z
**Vladimir Nabokov** (April 22, 1899 – July 2, 1977) was a Russian-American writer. He wrote his first books in Russian, and after he moved to the United States, he wrote in English. His most famous book is *Lolita*, but others have also become famous, such as *Pnin*, *Pale Fire*, and *Ada or Ardor*. Nabokov was born ...
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire
2022-09-23T06:36:33Z
**Abingdon** is a town in England. It is in the Thames Valley in southern England, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Oxford. It is the seat (place of the government) of the Vale of White Horse district in Oxfordshire. Abingdon was once the county town of Berkshire. It is one of several places which claim to be Britain's olde...
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Yeadon
2021-05-12T12:00:20Z
**Yeadon** is a town near Leeds in England. It is in West Yorkshire and part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is home to Leeds Bradford International Airport.
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George Washington Carver
2026-03-25T17:07:48Z
*This article is about the inventor. For other uses see `[[George Washington|`{=wikitext}*'the president.**\]\]'' **George Washington Carver''' (c. January 1860 – January 5, 1943) was an American educator, scientist, botanist (someone who works with plants), and inventor. He is best known for his work with peanuts, sw...
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Julian calendar
2026-05-05T03:32:59Z
{{#Year in various calendars}}{{CURRENTYEAR}}{{/Year in various calendars}} The **Julian calendar**, proposed by Julius Caesar in 46 BCE (708 AUC), was a reform of the Roman calendar. It was first used on 1st January, 45 BCE. It was the main calendar in most of the world, until Pope Gregory {{#rn}}XIII{{/rn}} replaced ...
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Gregorian calendar
2026-09-05T20:34:33Z
The **Gregorian calendar** is the calendar that is used throughout most of the world. It began being used in 1582. It replaced the previous Julian calendar because the Julian calendar had an error: it added a leap year (with an extra day every four years) with no exceptions. The length of the Julian year was exactly 36...
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Southern hemisphere
2022-07-31T13:45:08Z
The **Southern hemisphere** is the half of Earth that is south of the equator. It has about 10 percent of world's population and only a small part of the world's land. A very small part of Asia, one-third of Africa, 90 percent of South America, and all of Australia and Antarctica are in this hemisphere.
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Sufism
2026-07-19T02:02:47Z
**Sufism** (Arabic: الصُّوفِيِّيُّ) (also known as **Tassawuf**) is a group or branch in Islam with a mystic path or system. Someone who practices Sufism is called a Sufi, and may be a *Dervish* or a *Fakir*. ## Origins At first, Sufism only meant making Islam more personal and internal. Some say it first came from c...
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Dove
2026-07-09T10:18:42Z
**Pigeons** or **doves** are in the bird family **Columbidae**. The common names *pigeon* and *dove* are often used interchangeably. In ornithology, "dove" tends to be used for smaller species and "pigeon" for larger ones. The wild ancestor of the domestic pigeon is the "rock dove". The feral pigeon is common in man...
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Antonio Prohias
2026-01-06T23:31:20Z
**Antonio Prohias** (January 17, 1921 – February 24, 1998) was a Cuban-born cartoonist. He is best known as the creator of Spy vs. Spy. The running gag is of two incompent spies-one in black clothing-one in white clothing-who consisity try to outdo each other in comic mayhem. Although one comic only identies their coun...
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Chancellor
2024-08-18T19:03:18Z
**Chancellor** is the head of the government in some European countries including Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The title "Chancellor" means the same thing as "Prime Minister". For example, Italy has a Prime Minister while Germany has a Chancellor but they have roughly the same job. In the United Kingdom, the Ch...
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MUD
2024-06-17T02:03:02Z
In terms of computer games, a **MUD** (short for **Multi-User Dungeon**, **Multi-User Dimension** or **Multi-User Domain**) is a multiplayer online game that is usually completely text-based.
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Ulysses S. Grant
2026-05-10T23:43:12Z
**Ulysses S. Grant** (born **Hiram Ulysses Grant**; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was American military general and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. Before becoming president, he was the commanding general of the U.S. Army, where he led the Union Army to victory in the ...
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Grenada
2025-07-30T13:09:10Z
**Grenada** (IPAC: ɡrəˈneɪdə ; Grenadian Creole French: *Gwenad*) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea that received its independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. Its capital is St. George's. ## History Before it was discovered, Grenada was inhabited by indigenous people. In 1649, it was colonised by France....
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Accrington
2013-08-26T17:34:20Z
**Accrington** is a town in Lancashire, England. It is in North West England. The town had a population of 35,203 in the 2001 census. The Accrington Stanley Football Club play here.
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Yateley
2026-05-23T21:57:37Z
**Yateley** is a suburban town in England in the county of Hampshire. It had a population of 21,011 according to the 2001 census. ## Location It is on the borders with Berkshire and Surrey. It lies some 35 miles (56 km) west-south-west of London and 15 miles (24 km) south of Reading. Other local towns and villages i...
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Stratford-upon-Avon
2024-05-24T19:32:47Z
**Stratford-upon-Avon** is a town in England. It is famous as the birthplace of William Shakespeare. It lies on the River Avon, 22 miles (35 km) south east of Birmingham and 8 miles (13 km) south west of the county town, Warwick.
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Pune
2025-06-11T14:35:40Z
**Pune** is the 8th largest metropolis in India. It is on the Deccan Plateau in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city is famous for the great *Maratha* king *Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj*. It is also the birthplace of spiritual teacher Meher Baba. Mutha are the two rivers that flow through the city. It has a majo...
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12,229
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Beer, Devon
2023-08-19T13:14:31Z
**Beer** is the name of a village in Devon, South West England. It is famous for underground quarries started by the Romans which have supplied stone for many of England's Historic buildings. Fishing was also a large industry with smuggling connections and the ladies of Beer made the lace for Queen Victoria's wedding d...
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Fly
2025-07-06T02:42:30Z
A **fly** (plural: *flies*) is an insect of the order Diptera. The Diptera is a large order of advanced flying insects. Their most obvious difference from other insects is in their flight. A normal fly has two flight wings on its thorax and a pair of halteres. The halteres, which evolved from the hind wings, act as fl...
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Dhikr
2025-09-29T23:53:55Z
The Arabic word **Dhikr** (Arabic: ذِكْر) means *remembrance*. Another word is **Dhikrullah** (*remembrance of God*). Dhikr is a kind of worship to God. It is often performed by the Sufis in congregation, and each Sufi order has its special kind of Dhikr. However, all Muslims must do dhikr. There are many benefits of ...
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12,252
1,398,040
Jockey
2024-09-14T00:27:17Z
A **jockey** is a person who rides horses in horse races. Most jockeys have to be under a certain weight and/or height, so they would not be too heavy on the horse.
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George Lazenby
2023-09-04T22:38:52Z
**George Lazenby** <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="post-nominals"><div data-arg data-name="country">GBR</div><div data-arg>OBE</div></template> <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="post-nominals"><div data-arg data-name="country">AUS</div><div data-arg data-name="commas">on</div><div ...
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Cone
2025-09-25T23:10:04Z
In common speaking and geometry, a **cone** is a solid object that one gets when one rotates a right triangle around one of its two short sides, the cone's axis. The disk made by the other short side is called the base, and the point of the axis which is not on the base is the cone's *apex* or *vertex*. An object that ...
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Ice cream
2026-10-01T19:16:27Z
**Ice cream** is a frozen dessert made from cream and ice, with added flavors and sweeteners. This mixture is quickly frozen while it is stirred continuously in a mixer, so that large ice crystals do not form. Some ice cream is made with carrageenan, a gum found in seaweed so that it is not sticky and easily eatable. N...
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248,920
Grace Coolidge
2026-01-29T21:02:57Z
**Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge** (January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was an American educator who was the first lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929 as the wife of the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge. Before becoming first lady, she was the second lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923 when...
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List of U.S. state flowers
2026-08-16T02:48:42Z
The **state flower** is a symbol for each state in USA, the state flowers for each state are: {\| class\="wikitable" \|- bgcolor\="\#cccccc" ! State !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Image !! Year \|- \| rowspan\=2 \| Alabama \|\| Camellia \ (state flower) \|\| *Camellia japonica* \|\| \|\| 1959 \ (clarified \ ...
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Blacksmith
2024-07-31T16:09:28Z
A **blacksmith** is a person who works with iron and steel. The blacksmith hammers hot iron on an anvil to change its shape. Blacksmiths make iron and steel tools. A **smith** is a person who works in metal. A blacksmith works with iron and steel. A thousand years ago, people only knew about seven metals (iron, gold, ...
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Caracas
2026-06-24T02:15:10Z
**Caracas** is the capital city of Venezuela. Santiago de León de Caracas was founded by Diego de Losada in 1567. It is where Simon Bolivar was born. The city has nearly 6 million people, who live in the metropolitan area. Caracas is the center of the economical activity of the country and also hosts the main governmen...
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Homestar Runner
2026-02-22T20:35:12Z
**Homestar Runner**, also called **H\*R**, is an Internet surreal comedy cartoon series that was made using Adobe Flash. It usually gets updated every Monday (but, except for an update on April Fools' Day of 2014 and a few cartoons since, it has not been actively updated since December 2010) with a cartoon, a game, or ...
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Horst Köhler
2025-05-18T18:09:56Z
**Horst Köhler** (22 February 1943 – 1 February 2025) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. He was the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the CDU and the CSU, and the liberal FDP, for becoming president. Köhler was elected to his...
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2012
2025-08-28T06:39:28Z
**2012** (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar. ## Events ### January - January 1 – Start of Denmark's Presidency of the European Union - January 5 – Portia Simpson-Miller becomes Prime Minister of Jamaica for a second time. - January 6 – New Mexico celebrates the 100th anniversary of ...
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John Williams
2026-01-03T22:57:33Z
**John Towner Williams** (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. He has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed movie scores in movie history. He has composed many soundtracks for blockbuster movies such as *Star Wars*, *Superman*, *Jaws*, *Jaws 2*, *Indiana Jone...
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12,279
1,632,830
Superman
2026-09-21T01:46:04Z
**Superman** is a famous comic book character, often known as the first modern superhero. He was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1932, while they were still in high school. He first appeared in *Action Comics* issue \#1 in 1938. Later, he appeared in movies, television series, cartoons, commercials, video ga...
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Camellia
2026-05-25T21:50:35Z
***Camellia*** is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae, native to eastern and southern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan and Indonesia. Scientists are still discussing how many species there are. The number of species varies between 100 and 250. Linnaeus named the genus inhonour of Fr. Georg Joseph Kam...
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1,595,360
Exponentiation
2026-05-19T06:51:44Z
In mathematics, **exponentiation** (**power**) is an arithmetic operation on numbers. It can be thought of as repeated multiplication, just as multiplication can be thought of as repeated addition. In general, given two numbers \(x\) and \(y\), the exponentiation of \(x\) and \(y\) can be written as \(x^y\), and read...
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12,288
1,809,717
Sega
2026-05-24T16:43:27Z
**Sega Corporation** (also just known as SEGA) is a company that makes video games. In the past, they also made video game consoles. Their main office is in Tokyo, Japan. They also have offices in other continents – for example, North America and Europe. Their most famous video games are the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series...
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12,292
9,583,798
Primary school
2024-06-06T03:46:48Z
A **primary school**, **elementary school** or **grade school** is a school for children between the ages of about five and eleven. It comes after preschool. When children finish learning at primary school, they go to secondary school. ## Bangladesh In Bangladesh, pre-primary classes start with the 5 years children l...
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12,293
1,452,189
Restaurant
2026-10-01T07:25:34Z
A **restaurant** (sometimes known as a **diner**) is a place where cooked food is sold to the public, and where people sit down to eat it. It is also a place where people go to enjoy the time and to eat a meal. Some restaurants are a chain, meaning that there are restaurants which have the same name and serve the sa...
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12,294
1,192,696
Skimmed milk
2023-10-26T13:36:00Z
**Skimmed milk** (United Kingdom), or **skim milk** (United States of America) is made when all the cream (also called *milkfat*) is removed from whole milk. Sometimes, only half the cream is removed, resulting in semi-skimmed milk instead. Skimmed milk is more popular in the United States than Britain. It contains les...
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12,300
1,734,355
Chocolate
2026-07-05T00:12:17Z
Chocolate is a food made from cacao beans. It is used in many desserts like pudding, cakes, candy, ice cream, and Easter eggs. It can be in a solid form like a candy bar or it can be in a liquid form like hot chocolate. Commercial chocolate has sugar and sometimes milk added. It has a melting point of about 30–32 C. D...
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1,011,873
1828
2025-07-05T15:29:22Z
{{#Year article header}}1828{{/Year article header}} ## Events ### January–March - January 22 – UK: The Duke of Wellington takes over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from Lord Goderich. ### April–June - April 11 – Bahía Blanca is founded. - April 26 – Treaty of Commerce and Navigation was signed between Br...
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1,011,913
Northumberland
2025-11-16T13:42:43Z
**Northumberland** is the most northern county in England. Lindisfarne is an island close offshore. The county town is Morpeth. Its finest church is Hexham Abbey. Northumberland occupies a small part of the former Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria. ## History Northumberland is where Roman occupiers once guarded a fr...
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12,305
693,482
Violin
2026-07-26T09:58:29Z
The **violin** is a string instrument which has four strings and is played with a bow. The strings are usually tuned to the notes G, D, A, and E. It is held between the left collar bone (near the shoulder) and the chin. Different notes are made by fingering (pressing on the strings) with the left hand while bowing wit...
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3,781
12,306
196,884
Train station
2024-10-28T00:13:49Z
A **train station** or **railway station** (also called a **railroad station**, **rail station**, or **depot**) is a place where passengers of rail transport can get on and off trains and/or goods may be loaded or unloaded. Early stations were usually built to handle passengers and goods. Today, goods are usually only...
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3,782
12,307
1,698,121
Railway track
2025-11-23T18:26:45Z
A **railway track** or **railway line** is a set of two parallel rows of long pieces of steel. They are used by trains to transport people and things from one place to another. (In America, people say **railroad** as well as **railway**). Often, there is more than one set of tracks on the railway line. For example, tra...
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12,308
1,723,506
Rail transport
2026-01-07T21:23:41Z
**Rail transport** is the movement of passengers and goods using wheeled vehicles called trains, made to run on railway tracks. In most countries, this transportation method helps trade and economic growth. Railways (British English) or railroads (American English) provide an energy-efficient way to transport material...
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Waterway
2023-01-31T04:59:29Z
A **waterway** is any body of water that can be used for transportation by people in boats. These include rivers, lakes, oceans, and canals. They must be wide and deep enough for the boats, and either have no waterfalls and rapids, or have ways for boats to get around them, such as locks.
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12,314
70,336
Junction
2020-06-14T18:01:39Z
A **junction** is any place where linear things, especially roads and railway tracks, meet. A Road junction is a place where road`<nowiki/>`{=html}s meet. These are known as 'T' junctions and 'X' junctions. ## Railway junction A **railway junction** is a place where two railway tracks join. The shape of a junction...
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1816
2025-07-11T18:53:55Z
{{#Year article header}}1816{{/Year article header}} ## Events - Known as the "Year Without A Summer" in the northern hemisphere because of global cooling caused by the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption that happened in 1815. - February 12 – Fire almost destroyed the city of St. John's, Newfoundland. - March 23 – Law f...
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James Brown
2026-01-08T22:44:53Z
**James Brown** (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American R&B and funk musician. He was the leading member of the group The Famous Flames. He was particularly popular in the 60s and 70s and known as the **"Godfather of Soul"**. He was born in Barnwell, South Carolina and grew up in Augusta, Georgia. Brown was...
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12,319
1,011,873
Aldous Huxley
2025-11-13T14:25:36Z
**Aldous Leonard Huxley** (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer, and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He wrote a number of novels, on various themes. Most of his books are about modern society, the effects of modern science and, later, on mysticism and psychedelic drugs...
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12,320
448,053
Dylan Thomas
2023-02-04T15:40:44Z
**Dylan Marlais Thomas** (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet. He was born in the town of Swansea. He published his first book of poetry in 1932. In addition to writing poetry, he was an excellent speaker. He toured the United Kingdom and the United States reciting his poems. He wrote works for radio in...
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Leo Gorcey
2015-03-03T06:43:42Z
**Leo Bernard Gorcey** (June 3, 1917 – June 2, 1969) was an American actor. He is most famous for appearing the *Dead End Kids* series. Gorcey was one of the famous people who appeared on The Beatles' *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* album, but he asked to have his picture removed.
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1750
2025-05-11T06:47:51Z
{{#Year article header}}1750{{/Year article header}} ## Births - May 31 – Karl August of Hardenberg, statesman and reformer (d. 1822) - September 5 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774) - December 23 – King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ## Deaths - July 28 – Johann Sebastian Bach (b. 1685) - September 15 – C...
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12,325
1,262,502
Indiana
2026-04-16T17:37:37Z
**Indiana** is a U.S. state in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Other cities and towns include Bloomington, Gary, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Evansville, Muncie, Lafayette, and Marion. People who live in Indiana are sometimes called *Hoosiers*. Indiana'...
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Marun Field
2024-12-28T22:18:14Z
The **Marun field** is a large oil field in Iran. It is 67 kilometers long and usually 7 kilometers wide. It is west of Dezful. It was discovered in 1964 and was drilled in 1966 for the first time.
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Wolf
2026-08-24T14:59:13Z
The **wolf** (*Canis lupus*) is a wild dog of the order Carnivora. It is sometimes called the **grey wolf**. It is the ancestor of the domestic dog. A recent study found that the domestic dog is descended from wolves tamed less than 16,300 years ago south of the Yangtze River in China. There are many different...
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12,331
1,313,199
Frank Lampard
2025-06-04T06:50:08Z
**Frank James Lampard** <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="post-nominals"><div data-arg data-name="country">GBR</div><div data-arg data-name="size">100%</div><div data-arg>OBE</div></template> (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently careta...
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3,796
12,332
1,392,159
Eswatini
2025-11-13T16:57:46Z
**Eswatini** (or **Swaziland**) is a country in Africa. It is officially the **Kingdom of eSwatini** (*Umbuso weSwatini*). It was called **Swaziland** until April 2018. ## Overview The capital of Eswatini is Mbabane. The country is named after the 19th-century king Mswati II. ESwatini was colonized by the British and...
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Liberia
2026-05-26T00:39:39Z
The **Republic of Liberia** is a small country on the coast of West Africa. It has common borders with Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. The country has a size of about 520 km by 270 km. As of 2021, there are about 5,000,000 people in Liberia. The capital city of Liberia is Monrovia. For ships, Liberia is a flag ...
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Central African Republic
2026-08-25T23:28:55Z
The **Central African Republic** (**CAR**) (République centrafricaine, <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-fr"><div data-arg>ʁepyblik sɑ̃tʁafʁikɛn</div><div data-arg>pron</div></template>, or *Centrafrique* {{#IPA}}\[sɑ̃tʀafʀik\]{{/IPA}}; Sango *Ködörösêse* *tî Bêafrîka*), formerly **Ubangi-Shari**,...
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12,335
22,027
Kim Jong-nam
2024-10-14T09:40:23Z
**Kim Jong-nam** (May 10, 1971 - February 13, 2017) was the eldest son of Kim Jong-il, the former leader of North Korea. He tried to enter Japan using a fake passport in May 2001. This was to visit Disneyland. This caused his father to not approve of him. Kim Jong-nam's younger half-brother Kim Jong-un was made the...
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