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3,900	12,574	1,076,609	Pierre Omidyar	2022-01-29T11:37:45Z	Pierre Omidyar (born June 21, 1967) created and is now the chairman of eBay. He was born in Paris, France to a French-Iranian family. Born in Paris, France, brought up by Iranian parents, Omidyar moved to the United States at the age of six. He grew up in Washington D.C. and developed an interest in computing while...	[]
3,901	12,642	640,235	Caribert of Laon	2023-10-02T16:38:39Z	Caribert of Laon, son of Martin of Laon, was the grandfather of Charlemagne. He was the father of Charles's mother, Bertrada of Laon. In 721, he signed, with his mother Bertrada of Prüm, the foundation act of the Abbey of Prüm. The same year, also with his mother, he made a donation to the Abbey of Echternach. In 7...	[]
3,902	12,643	1,392,959	First Lady of the United States	2026-07-03T14:41:53Z	First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title and role held by the hostess of the White House. This is usually the wife of the U.S. president, during the president's term in office. Melania Trump is the current first lady of the United States, in role since January 2025 as the wife of President Donald ...	[]
3,903	12,644	532,461	Star Wars	2026-09-26T10:07:26Z	*Star Wars* is an American science-fiction media franchise created by George Lucas. As of December 2019, nine movies in the main series have been made by Lucasfilm Ltd, released by 20th Century Fox, and distributed by The Walt Disney Company. The first Star Wars movie came out in 1977. Star Wars is a "space op...	[]
3,904	12,646	1,683,478	Korean language	2025-12-17T14:17:37Z	Korean is spoken mainly in North and South Korea. It is spoken by more than 78 million people (most are North or South Koreans). ## Overview In South Korea, it is called hangukmal (한국말) or hangugeo (Hangeul: 한국어, Hanja: 韓國語). In North Korea, however, it is called choseonmal (조선말) or choseoneo (조선어, 朝鮮語)....	[]
3,905	12,647	693,482	Kansas	2026-07-26T15:17:31Z	Kansas ({{#Pron-en}}kæn'zəs{{/Pron-en}}) is a state in the Midwestern United States. The name of the state comes from the Kansa Native Americans, whose name comes from a Siouan-language phrase meaning "people of the south wind". The land that would become Kansas was bought in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Kansas'...	[]
3,906	12,648	569,007	James Buchanan	2026-09-29T21:53:49Z	James Buchanan Jr. (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was an American politician who served as the 15th president of the United States. Buchanan was the only president not to have married. His niece, Harriet Lane, stood in as First Lady. An experienced politician, he became president in 1857. His support of slavery a...	[]
3,907	12,653	1,392,085	Hand	2026-05-26T16:34:44Z	A hand is the part of the body at the end of an arm. Most humans have two hands. Each hand usually has four fingers and a thumb. On the inside of the hand is the palm. The five bones inside this part of the hand are called metacarpals. The wrist connects the hand to the arm. The hand has 27 bones including the wris...	[]
3,908	12,656	10,430,254	1910s	2025-07-31T22:48:03Z	The 1910s began on January 1, 1910 and ended on December 31, 1919. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''192st decade''' which began on January 1, 1911 and ended on December 31, 1920. ## Events - Balkan Wars - Mexican Revolution - 1911-12: The Republic of China overthrew the Qing Dynsty. - 1912: The shi...	[]
3,909	12,658	532,461	Bahrain	2026-04-30T17:40:06Z	Bahrain (officially called Kingdom of Bahrain) is an island country in the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia is to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway, and Qatar is to the south across the Persian Gulf. The Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge, not yet built, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the lo...	[]
3,910	12,664	248,920	William Christopher	2022-04-12T21:28:46Z	William Christopher (October 20, 1932 – December 31, 2016) was an American actor. He was best known for playing Father Mulcahy on the television series M\A\S\H. He also played Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.* Christopher was born in Evanston, Illinois. He studied at Wesleyan University. His wi...	[]
3,911	12,666	2,133	Boxer shorts	2024-04-30T10:44:07Z	Boxer shorts are men's underwear. They are shorts with a stretchy band, and named after the shorts worn by boxers. They were first made in the 1930s, but did not become popular until 1947. These days, briefs (Y-fronts) are sold more than boxer shorts. Some boxer shorts have openings with a snap button for using t...	[]
3,912	12,679	1,521,690	CD player	2025-02-21T01:37:24Z	A CD player is a device that can read the binary data on a CD (compact disc) and turn that into sound waves. A CD player has a laser and an optical sensor. A CD has tracks and bumps on the tracks. The CD player passes a laser beam along the track of the CD. The areas that are reflected (without the bumps) are 1...	[]
3,913	12,680	532,461	Fluid dynamics	2026-08-02T10:41:46Z	Fluid dynamics is the motion of fluids (liquids and gases). It is one of the oldest studies of physics. It is studied by physicists, mathematicians, and engineers. Mathematics can describe how fluids move using mathematical formulas called equations. The fluid dynamics of gases are called aerodynamics. Understandi...	[]
3,914	12,682	314,522	Ernest Hemingway	2025-06-17T21:30:21Z	Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American writer. He wrote in a very simple way, which made him very popular. He also did many exciting things, which made many people respect him. He is usually thought to be a member of the Lost Generation. He wrote seven stories, six short ones, and ...	[]
3,915	12,685	1,558,358	MSN	2026-06-15T22:20:09Z	*MSN* (formerly the Microsoft Network) is a web portal (a website used to enter the Internet). ## Web portal The web portal launched on August 24 1995 by Microsoft. The site was launched at around the same time as Windows 95. Through MSN, people can create an e-mail account using MSN Hotmail, a blog using MSN...	[]
3,916	12,690	70,336	Reed (instrument)	2025-08-22T04:55:58Z	A reed is a piece of material that is used in some musical instruments such as saxophones, clarinets and oboes. The musician blows air through the mouthpiece where the reed is firmly placed, and the air makes the reed vibrate; this vibration in the mouthpiece produces sound all along the instrument, which is chang...	[]
3,917	12,697	1,011,873	1790	2025-07-05T15:29:09Z	{{#Year article header}}1790{{/Year article header}} ## Events - January 15 – Pitcairn Islands settled by mutineers from HMS Bounty - January 23 – HMS Bounty burned and destroyed on Pitcairn Island Births March 29 - John Tyler, tenth President of the United States (b. 1862) ## Deaths - July 17 – Adam Smith	[]
3,918	12,698	1,658,935	Nuuk	2026-03-23T16:39:17Z	Nuuk (Danish: Godthaab or Godthåb) is the capital and most populous city of Greenland. It is around the mouth of island Nuup Kangerlua (Danish: "Godthåbsfjorden") on the west coast of Greenland, about 240 km (150 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. The city has a population of 17,635 people. It was founded...	[]
3,919	12,699	9,016,667	Lumberjack	2023-08-21T12:49:33Z	A lumberjack is a person who cuts down trees to be made into lumber. Lumberjacks used to cut with axes, but now lumberjacks use chainsaws.	[]
3,920	12,702	1,877,453	Muhammad	2026-09-22T22:26:40Z	Muhammad (مُحَمَّدٌ; 5708 June 632) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader, best known as the founder of Islam. Islamic teachings say Muhammad was a prophet who God inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is believed to be the Sea...	[]
3,921	12,705	40,117	Ford Mustang	2025-08-13T17:41:17Z	The Ford Mustang is a very popular American sports car built by the Ford Motor Company beginning in 1964. The first cars were built in Ford's Dearborn, Michigan factory on March 9 of that year and the car was first shown to the public on April 17 at the New York World's Fair. It did not cost a lot of money, but it ...	[]
3,922	12,721	373,511	Red Hat Linux	2022-06-23T01:02:06Z	Red Hat Linux is a discontinued Linux operating system, replaced by RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux). Red Hat made it public in the past and it was used by many Linux users. The last publicly released version was Red Hat Linux 9 in April, 2003. Red Hat then decided to discontinue a future release of Red Hat Linux a...	[]
3,923	12,723	966,595	Sacavém	2020-12-16T11:24:02Z	Sacavém is a city in Portugal, near the capital Lisbon. There is about eighteen hundred people living there. Sacavém is on the border of the River Tagus. It confines with the parishes of Bobadela, Camarate, Moscavide, Portela, Prior Velho and Unhos. Sacavém is very well known for its ceramics.	[]
3,924	12,724	1,675,790	Shooter game	2025-10-18T14:44:08Z	Shooter games are a popular sub-genre of action games. It includes first-person shooters, third-person shooters, shoot 'em ups, and top-down shooters. Many of the oldest computer games were shooters; the first arcade game was a shooter called Computer Space, a revamp to the original Spacewar! Additionally, Space I...	[]
3,925	12,725	1,674,404	Sushi	2026-01-19T16:11:05Z	<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="nihongo"><div data-arg><strong>Sushi</strong></div><div data-arg>寿司, すし, 鮨, or 鮓</div></template> is a traditional food that is from Japan. The word "Sushi" comes from the Japanese word <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="nihongo"><div data-arg>"<em>S...	[]
3,926	12,733	532,461	The Thinker	2026-06-20T18:46:55Z	*The Thinker* (Le Penseur) (1902) is a bronze statue. It was made by the sculptor Auguste Rodin. It depicts a man sitting and thinking with his arms bent on his knee and his chin on his hand. Rodin first called the statue The Poet. It was part of a commission by the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris to creat...	[]
3,927	12,747	22,027	Nazko Cone	2014-03-22T03:22:34Z	Nazko Cone is a small volcano in central British Columbia, Canada. It is approximately 75 km west of the town of Quesnel. It is in the eastern part of the Anahim Volcanic Belt. The most recent eruption of Nazko Cone was 7200 years ago. A series of small earthquakes occurred in the area of Nazko Cone beginning on O...	[]
3,928	12,748	373,511	Anahim Volcanic Belt	2022-06-10T02:16:04Z	The Anahim Volcanic Belt is a nearly east–west line of volcanoes stretches from the west coast of British Columbia, Canada, just north of Vancouver Island, and reaches into the Interior Plateau near Quesnel. The farther away from the coast, the younger the volcanoes tend to be. These volcanoes are thought to have f...	[]
3,929	12,749	532,461	Chilcotin Group	2021-01-17T19:15:17Z	Chilcotin Plateau basalts cover a large area in British Columbia. Basaltic lava formed a volcanic plateau running parallel with the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, about 150 km from the ocean. During the Miocene and Pliocene, a volcanic field occurred in British Columbia's Interior Plateau. The basalt is assumed to cove...	[]
3,930	12,751	68,157	Garibaldi Volcanic Belt	2014-08-09T15:52:53Z	The Garibaldi Volcanic Belt is the northern part of the Cascade Volcanic Belt. It is in British Columbia and the northwestern United States. Its volcanos are the most explosive in Canada. The volcanoes are also the closest to British Columbia's densely populated southwest corner. These volcanoes are the result o...	[]
3,931	12,753	1,604,351	Mount Garibaldi	2025-05-22T03:31:20Z	Mount Garibaldi is an eroded, dacitic strato volcano in southwestern British Columbia. Both Garibaldi and Mount Baker to its south are part of the Cascade volcanic arc. Mount Garibaldi, 80 km due north of Vancouver, is made up of Mount Garibaldi, Atwell Peak, and Dalton Dome. This Pleistocene volcanic center is p...	[]
3,932	12,754	1,322,249	Mount Meager	2023-06-14T12:41:13Z	Mount Meager is a potentially active volcano in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada, 150 kilometers north of Vancouver. The top of the mountain is mostly covered by snow and glaciers. It lies in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt and is the northernmost volcano of the Cascade Volcanic Arc that extends down t...	[]
3,933	12,758	1,649,820	Metaphysics	2025-12-20T18:37:57Z	Metaphysics is a major branch of philosophy. It concerns existence and the nature of things that exist. Altogether it is a theory of reality. Ontology is the part of metaphysics which discusses what exists: the categories of being. Apart from ontology, metaphysics concerns the nature of, and relations among...	[]
3,934	12,773	1,700,676	Washington (state)	2026-07-14T02:33:51Z	Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is north of Oregon, west of Idaho, east of the Pacific Ocean, and south of British Columbia. (British Columbia is part of Canada.) There are more than 7,000,000 people in Washington. Most live ...	[]
3,935	12,808	532,461	Clematis	2021-12-28T22:05:00Z	*Clematis* is a genus of plants that is widely known for its beautiful flowers. There are many varieties in this group as gardeners around the world have produced many varieties. They can be found not only in Western countries but also in Japan. This plant grows up as a vine. It uses its leaflets and leaf stalks ...	[]
3,936	12,810	1,475,106	Rational number	2026-08-22T20:49:44Z	In mathematics, a rational number is a number that can be written as a fraction. The set of rational number is often represented by the symbol \(\mathbb{Q}\), standing for "quotient" in English. Rational numbers are all real numbers, and can be positive or negative. A number that is not rational is called irratio...	[]
3,937	12,814	314,522	Saint Patrick's Day	2025-07-30T19:12:48Z	Saint Patrick's Day is the feast day of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and a day of celebration of Ireland, its culture, people and its history. Saint Patrick’s Day is also known as Paddy’s day. ## Celebrations St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17 all over Ireland and everywhere in the world ...	[]
3,938	12,819	1,674,404	Edgar Cayce	2026-04-14T13:11:55Z	Edgar Cayce (March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945), known as "The Sleeping Prophet" and "America's Greatest Mystic", is one of America's famous psychics. He wanted people to think of him as a healer and not a psychic. ## Methods Cayce worked in a trance. This means he could talk while sleeping and answered questions ...	[]
3,939	12,823	1,407,002	Hibiscus syriacus	2024-01-26T20:35:15Z	*Hibiscus syriacus* is one of the common flowering shrubs found in gardens, a species of Hibiscus. Common names for the same plant include Rose of Sharon (but it is not a rose), rose mallow, shrub-althaea, Syrian hibiscus, Syrian ketmia, and St Joseph's rod. The part of the name "syriacus...	[]
3,940	12,825	863,768	Hibiscus	2024-04-30T12:01:30Z	Hibiscus or rosemallow is a genus of plants with a flower of bright colors. It grows mostly in the tropics, but some species grow in cool climates. Hibiscus often become national/state flowers. For example, the Hawaiian hibiscus is the state flower of Hawaii. The flower usually has five petal. Hibiscus comes i...	[]
3,941	12,830	9,211,475	Maceió	2023-11-24T11:54:46Z	Maceió is the capital of Alagoas, a state in the Northeast of Brazil. It has a population of 884.320 people (estimate from the year 2000) and a total area of 512 square km. The city attracts many tourists and it enjoys an important location between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mundaú Lake. Maceió has several urba...	[]
3,942	12,832	1,651,469	Alagoas	2025-08-16T20:47:48Z	Alagoas is a small coastal state in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Its capital city is Maceió, where tourism industry is one of the basis for the local economy. Other important cities in Alagoas are Arapiraca, Palmeira dos Índios, Penedo, Marechal Deodoro, and Maragogi. The state has a total of 101 citie...	[]
3,943	12,833	1,161,309	René Descartes	2025-05-27T01:35:11Z	René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a famous French philosopher and physicist. He wrote books that are very important in the fields of maths, physics and especially philosophy. His dualism statement combined soul, mind, body theories and elements into one concept; a dualistic theory of mind and ma...	[]
3,944	12,839	532,461	Tanzania	2026-02-27T19:36:48Z	Tanzania is a country in East Africa. The official languages are Kiswahili and English. It is next to Africa's biggest lake, Lake Victoria. In 2017, there were about 54,000,000 people living in Tanzania. They are divided into 120 tribes; none have more than 10% of the population. Tanzania is a multicultural societ...	[]
3,945	12,840	1,834,719	Kingdom of Great Britain	2026-07-08T09:06:55Z	The United Kingdom of Great Britain was a state in the British Isles. The kingdom came into existence because of the Acts of Union 1707. These acts of parliament joined (unified) the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England. The kingdom's lands were Great Britain (an island in the Atlantic Ocean near Contine...	[]
3,946	12,843	1,589,884	Ford Model T	2025-03-24T20:18:07Z	{\\| align\=right \\|- \\| \\|- \\| \\|- \\| \\|} The Ford Model T was an American car built between 1908 and 1928 by the Ford Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of the most important cars in history because it was one of the first cars to be sold for very little money, making it easy for people to travel fro...	[]
3,947	12,848	1,846,764	Volkswagen	2026-08-14T14:14:55Z	Volkswagen (VW; <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-de"><div data-arg>ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡn̩</div><div data-arg>German</div><div data-arg>de-Volkswagen.ogg</div></template>)`<ref group="Note">English: {{IPAc-en\|UK\|ˈ\|f\|ɒ\|l\|k\|s\|v\|ɑː\|ɡ\|ən\|,_\|ˈ\|v\|ɒ\|l\|-}}, {{IPAc-en\|US\|ˈ\|f\|ɔː\|l\|k\|s\|v\|ɑː\|ɡ\|ən\|,_\|ˈ\|v\|ɔː\|l\|-...	[]
3,948	12,849	1,262,502	Toyota	2026-04-16T17:19:23Z	<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Nihongo"><div data-arg><strong>Toyota Motor Corporation</strong></div><div data-arg>トヨタ自動車株式会社</div><div data-arg>Toyota Jidōsha KK</div><div data-arg><template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-ja"><div data-arg>toꜜjota</div><div data-arg>IPA</div></templ...	[]
3,949	12,850	1,845,168	Interpreter	2026-07-31T18:02:40Z	An interpreter is a person who receives a non-recorded message spoken in one language, the source language, and repeats the same message in a different language, the target language. Unlike a translator, an interpreter’s source is volatile: He cannot simply rewind a recording and hear the same speech again. This ...	[]
3,950	12,851	532,461	Horseshoe	2025-11-07T06:15:45Z	Horseshoes are things worn by horses to protect their hooves (feet) when they walk - like a shoe. Most horseshoes are made of iron or steel. Some are aluminum, rubber, plastic, rawhide or a combination of materials. A farrier is someone who makes horseshoes and nails or glues them on the horse's hooves. Using nai...	[]
3,951	12,853	9,227,623	Carlos Menem	2023-12-02T17:51:16Z	Carlos Saúl Menem (July 2, 1930 – February 14, 2021) was an Argentine politician and writer. He was the President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999. From 1973 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1989, Menem was Governor of La Rioja. Menem was the first Argentine president to visit Israel. He was a sup...	[]
3,952	12,858	314,522	Buenos Aires Province	2025-04-10T17:56:25Z	The Buenos Aires Province is the largest, richest, and most populated province of Argentina. The province has a population of 13,827,203 (2001) and its capital is La Plata (850,000 inhabitants). ## Geography The Buenos Aires Province has an area of 307,571 km². Most of it is flat, and its weather is influenced by...	[]
3,953	12,871	314,522	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	2026-08-26T01:13:06Z	The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), (branded as CBC), is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It broadcasts in English and French. The company was founded on 2 November 1936 in Ottawa, Canada. On November 2, 1936, CBC-Radio Canada was launched. ## CBC Stations ...	[]
3,954	12,894	1,834,456	Romeo and Juliet	2026-07-07T19:23:54Z	*Romeo and Juliet* is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is set in Verona, Italy (which at that time was part of the Venetian Republic) and is about the love between two young people from noble families that are enemies. Romeo and Juliet has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It has been...	[]
3,955	12,895	1,792,583	Baz Luhrmann	2026-05-06T23:05:21Z	Mark Anthony Luhrmann or Baz Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian movie and theatre director. He has directed three movies (The Red Curtain Trilogy) which have made him famous: Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo \+ Juliet (1996), and Moulin Rouge! (2001). He also directed the 2008 movie Austr...	[]
3,956	12,945	532,461	Rock and roll	2026-09-25T16:35:18Z	Rock and roll is a form of music that developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Rock and roll combines many kinds of music from the United States, such as country music, folk music, gospel music, work, blues and jazz. Rock and roll developed in the early 1950s from a kind of music called rhythm and blues performed by bla...	[]
3,957	12,950	1,675,061	Thomas Edison	2026-08-28T18:47:57Z	Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, entrepreneur and businessman. He developed many devices in the fields such as electricity generation, mass communication, sound recording and reproduction, and motion pictures . These early designs and inventions, including the ...	[]
3,958	12,972	693,482	Diabetes mellitus	2026-07-26T14:46:41Z	Diabetes mellitus is a medical condition that results when there is not enough of the insulin hormone in the blood, or when the body cannot properly use the insulin it produces (insulin resistance). People with diabetes mellitus are called diabetics. There is another disease with a similar name called diabetes ins...	[]
3,959	12,976	1,464,674	Diabetes	2026-04-21T07:21:32Z	A person with diabetes is called a diabetic. Diabetes could be: - Type 1 diabetes - Diabetes mellitus (type 1, T1D) - autoimmune disease affecting the pancreas, hormones, which usually requires insulin injections - Type 2 diabetes - Diabetes mellitus (type 2, T2D) - usually caused by diet or obesit...	[]
3,960	12,978	10,251,180	18th century	2025-05-11T14:34:00Z	The 18th century was the century from 1701 to 1800. ## Decades and years Note: years before or after the 18th century are in italics. {\\| border\="0" cellspacing\="5" \\| *1690s* \\| 1690 \\| 1691 \\| 1692 \\| 1693 \\| 1694 \\| 1695 \\| 1696 \\| 1697 \\| 1698 \\| 1699 \\|- \\| 1700s \\| 1700 \\| ...	[]
3,961	12,979	10,251,179	17th century	2025-05-11T14:33:41Z	The 17th century was the century from 1601 to 1700. ## Decades and years Note: years before or after the 17th century are in italics. {\\| border\="0" cellspacing\="5" \\|- \\| 1600s \\| 1600 \\| 1601 \\| 1602 \\| 1603 \\| 1604 \\| 1605 \\| 1606 \\| 1607 \\| 1608 \\| 1609 \\|- \\| 1610s \\| 1610 \\| 1611 \\| 1612 ...	[]
3,962	12,983	532,461	Victor Hugo	2026-08-21T19:34:04Z	Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, statesman and human rights activist. He played an important part in the Romantic movement in France. Hugo first became famous in France because of his poetry, as well as his novels and his plays. Les Contemplations and ...	[]
3,963	12,984	1,356,416	FIFA World Cup	2026-08-24T13:13:32Z	The FIFA World Cup is the most watched tournament in football (soccer). The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) organises the World Cup every four years. More people watch the World Cup finals than any other sporting event in the world—even more people than the Olympic Games. Brazil is the most...	[]
3,964	13,005	10,249,949	1643	2025-05-11T07:14:32Z	{{#Year article header}}1643{{/Year article header}} ## Events - January 21 – Abel Tasman discovers Tonga - February 6 – Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. - May 19 – Battle of Rocroi: French victory over the Spanish at Rocroi, France. - July 13 – English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down – In England, Lord Hen...	[]
3,965	13,023	1,816,112	Jakarta	2026-06-04T07:03:14Z	Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta shortened DKI Jakarta), is the largest and the capital city of Indonesia. It is on the northwest coast of the island of Java, it has an area of 661.52 km² and a population of 10,562,088 as of 2020. Jakarta has been esta...	[]
3,966	13,026	1,687,111	Comedy Central	2025-12-08T02:03:34Z	Comedy Central is an American cable channel that specializes in comedy and stand-up. Programs include TV shows, movies, and stand-up comedy. It was launched on June 1, 1991. Its headquarters are in New York City, New York. It is a merger between MTV Networks' HA! and HBO's Comedy Channel. The station's pro...	[]
3,967	13,027	9,843,347	Apron	2024-10-23T15:37:28Z	An apron is a protective piece of clothing made from fabric (or other materials) that covers the front of the body. Some workers wear aprons for hygienic reasons (for example restaurant workers). Other workers wear aprons to protect clothes, or to protect their bodies from injury. The apron is commonly part of the...	[]
3,968	13,029	1,805,738	Pearl Jam	2026-05-17T17:57:49Z	Pearl Jam is an American alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. They formed in 1990. They were an important part of the grunge (or "Seattle sound") movement of the early 1990s, along with bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, and Alice in Chains. Pearl Jam has sold around 85 million records...	[]
3,969	13,030	532,461	Social Distortion	2026-07-01T23:58:47Z	Social Distortion is a punk/alternative musical group. It was started in Los Angeles, California in 1979 by singer/guitarist Mike Ness. Ness is the leader and only permanent member. Social Distortion has released seven studio albums. Their two first albums were not very successful. When they signed to Epic Records...	[]
3,970	13,031	22,027	Andy Gibb	2024-09-22T01:54:43Z	Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English singer popular in the 1970s. He was the younger brother of Barry (born 1946), Maurice (1949–2003) and Robin Gibb (1949–2012), The Bee Gees. He was born in Manchester, but spent most of his childhood in Queensland. He died in Oxford of myocarditis (a hear...	[]
3,971	13,032	1,674,404	INXS	2026-09-15T17:36:59Z	INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band. They formed in 1977 in Sydney. Originally called The Farriss Brothers, founding members were main composer and keyboardist Andrew, guitarist Tim, and drummer Jon Farriss. They were all brothers. In 1978, three more people joined the band; lead ...	[]
3,972	13,033	1,871,494	Chicago (band)	2026-09-13T05:37:51Z	Chicago is an American jazz rock band, from Chicago, Illinois. They formed on February 15, 1967. They are one of the best selling American groups of all time, second only to the Beach Boys. Chicago has released at least 30 albums in their career. ## Discography ### Studio albums - Chicago Transit Authority (19...	[]
3,973	13,034	1,452,189	The Turtles	2025-09-05T14:06:32Z	The Turtles were a 1960s pop group from Los Angeles, California. Their best known song is "Happy Together". Chip Douglas was a band member, who left to produce the Monkees, then returned as the Turtles producer. After the Turtles broke up in the 1970s, the group's two frontmen, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, sang w...	[]
3,974	13,035	1,840,002	Strawberry Alarm Clock	2026-07-17T23:40:42Z	Strawberry Alarm Clock was an American psychedelic pop band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1966. Their most famous song is Incense and Peppermints. Here is their main page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry\_Alarm\_Clock	[]
3,975	13,036	10,264,598	Psychedelic pop	2025-05-17T04:24:53Z	Psychedelic pop is a musical movement which started in California in the 1960s. Psychedelic rock, also called psychedelia, is a style of rock music that materialized in the late 1960s that was influenced by the experience of taking hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD. Psychedelic rock incorporated elements of blues an...	[]
3,976	13,037	1,475,106	Donovan	2026-01-10T06:31:47Z	Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946 in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish-born pop singer and guitarist, who was popular in the 1960s. Early in his career he was compared to Bob Dylan, but he developed his own musical style, which included elements of jazz and Indian music. (Donovan and Dylan met duri...	[]
3,977	13,038	1,386,969	Frisian languages	2025-01-14T18:41:26Z	Frisian refers to three languages that come from Friesland, a province in the Netherlands. They are spoken in the Netherlands, in Eastern Germany, and in some areas of Jutland, Denmark. It is also spoken on the Frisian Isles (Wadden Isles) and Western German (East Frisian) Isles such as Borkum. They are West Germa...	[]
3,978	13,040	40,117	Smashing Pumpkins	2025-06-09T07:34:46Z	The Smashing Pumpkins (or simply Smashing Pumpkins) are an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1988 and disbanded on December 2, 2000. They later reformed in 2006 and are together at the moment. The members until 2000 were Billy Corgan (vocals, guitars and writes almost all of the band's so...	[]
3,979	13,042	1,508,758	Tool (band)	2025-02-11T23:36:54Z	Tool is an American rock band. It was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. The band has won Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance in 1997 for the song "Ænema" and in 2001 for the song "Schism". Tool has four members: singer Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey, and bassist Justin...	[]
3,980	13,043	9,651,441	Death (band)	2024-07-16T02:20:02Z	*Death* was one of the first ever death metal bands in the United States. They started in 1983 under the name Mantas and they changed the name to Death in 1984. Death is no longer a band because their guitarist Chuck Schuldiner died on December 13, 2001. He was 34 years old. He had brain cancer and the drugs...	[]
3,981	13,044	1,668,201	Mötley Crüe	2025-10-07T12:29:35Z	Mötley Crüe is an American rock band formed in 1981 based out of Los Angeles, California. They were one of the biggest glam metal bands of the 1980s. What was planned to be their final show took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on December 31, 2015. Yet reunited in 2018 and have been touring active since....	[]
3,982	13,046	70,336	Radio control	2022-01-22T21:21:25Z	Radio control is controlling vehicle`<nowiki/>`{=html}s by radio wave signals. It is often used for making models of cars, boats, helicopters and airplanes move on their own like real ones. For controlling models, an operator uses a transmitter that has the model's controls on it. When a control is moved, the radi...	[]
3,983	13,077	532,461	Tucumán Province	2026-09-27T02:16:07Z	Tucumán is the smallest of the provinces of Argentina. It is in the northwest of the country and its capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. The province has the nickname El Jardín de la República (The Garden of the Republic), as it is a highly productive agricultural area. ## Geograph...	[]
3,984	13,079	121,204	Duran Duran	2026-02-01T23:14:31Z	Duran Duran are a British pop group. They formed in Birmingham, England in 1978 and were very popular in the 1980s. ## Discography - Duran Duran (1981) - Rio (1982) - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) - Arena (1984) - Notorious (1986) - Big Thing (1988) - Decade (1989) - Liberty (1990) - *Duran ...	[]
3,985	13,080	1,673,561	Peter Tosh	2025-10-10T09:40:18Z	Peter Tosh (born Winston McIntosh, October 19, 1944- September 11, 1987) was a Jamaican reggae musician. He was a member of the Wailers with Bob Marley and Bunny Livingston. He was a Rastafarian and sang very political songs. His songs were a lot more radical than his friend, Bob Marley's, whom he often critic...	[]
3,986	13,081	1,784,192	Billy Joel	2026-07-30T18:48:26Z	William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter. He produced successful pop songs for two decades, from 1973's Piano Man to 1993's River of Dreams which marked his retirement. As well as writing classical music, he has frequently been on the road, usually with Elton John. Joel w...	[]
3,987	13,145	2,133	Lake Constance	2026-04-20T18:13:50Z	Lake Constace or Lake of Constance (German: Bodensee) is a large lake on the river Rhine. It is on the border between Germany and Switzerland and Austria. It is the third largest lake in Central Europe after Lake Balaton and Lake Geneva. It is made of two smaller lakes (called Obersee and Untersee (Upper ...	[]
3,988	13,146	1,649,820	Samurai	2026-03-25T18:45:27Z	The samurai (also known as bushi) were Japanese warriors who were members of the important military class before Japanese society changed in 1868. The samurai were also considered to be a type of hereditary nobility. The word samurai comes from the Japanese verb saburau, which means "to serve and look up to...	[]
3,989	13,148	640,235	The Republic	2024-02-19T11:57:42Z	*The Republic* is a book by Plato. It was finished in 375 BC. It asks the question 'why should people do good things?' and also the question 'are people punished for doing bad things?'. Plato said that people should not do bad things because people who do bad things end up unhappy. However, people who do good thi...	[]
3,990	13,149	1,232,255	Aesthetics	2025-11-07T10:22:17Z	Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy. It is the study of art and beauty. Together with ethics, it is part of axiology which is the philosophy of what people like. Aesthetic philosophers ask what people like to see, hear, feel, smell or taste, and why they like these things. Aesthetic philosophers also ask if art ha...	[]
3,991	13,150	206,367	Wes Craven	2026-07-08T04:31:23Z	Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American movie director, producer and writer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is well known for horror movie classics including A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream. On August 30, 2015, Wes Craven died of brain cancer at his home in Los Ange...	[]
3,992	13,151	1,792,998	Earth, Wind & Fire	2026-06-08T17:55:18Z	Earth, Wind & Fire are an American funk group that formed in Chicago in 1969. The band members are: Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson and Verdine White. They are were very successful and popular in the 1970s into the 2010s. ## Albums - 1970 - Earth, Wind & Fire - 1971 - The Need of Love - 1972 - *La...	[]
3,993	13,152	1,110	Fifth Dimension	2018-05-26T06:24:11Z	Fifth Dimension was a singing group popular in the 1960s and 1970s, some of the songs they sang include: - "Up, Up, and Away" - "One Less Bell to Answer" - "Wedding Bell Blues" - "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In" - "California Soul" - "Stone Soul Picnic" - "Workin' on a Groovy Thing"	[]
3,994	13,153	1,728,708	The Kinks	2026-01-20T12:59:09Z	The Kinks were an English rock band. They first became popular in the 1960s. The band had a lot of hits during the 1960s and 70s. The band was formed in 1962 by the brothers Ray and Dave Davies. The Kinks are one of the most important and influential rock acts of their era. Their music was influenced by a wide ran...	[]
3,995	13,162	1,838,440	Diesel engine	2026-07-15T07:43:08Z	The name diesel is given to an engine invented by a German named Rudolf Diesel in the late 19th century. It is one of the most used kinds of internal combustion engine. Most other internal combustion engines need an ignition system that uses an electric spark to burn the mix of fuel and air and make power. Some o...	[]
3,996	13,163	1,683,478	Megabyte	2025-12-02T18:15:27Z	The megabyte (symbol: MB or Mo, also known as the megaoctet) is a unit used when talking about hard drives or computer memory. One megabyte is 1 million bytes or 1 thousand kilobytes. Until December 1998, when the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) first defined the mebibyte as 2^20^, or 1,048...	[]
3,997	13,164	314,522	Waffle	2026-08-25T00:42:54Z	For the verb "to waffle", please see this page A waffle is a cooked food made from a batter that consists of flour, water, baking powder, oil, and eggs. It has a gridlike appearance because it is cooked in between two hot metal plates in an electric kitchen appliance called a waffle iron. Waffles are cooked u...	[]
3,998	13,165	314,522	Stargard	2024-12-28T23:44:18Z	Stargard Szczeciński (Stargard in Pommern) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland. It has 71,400 inhabitants (2003). It is on the Ina river. It is the capital of Stargard County in West Pomeranian Voivodship. ## Other websites	[]
3,999	13,169	1,674,404	Ruby slippers	2026-01-10T14:57:56Z	Ruby slippers are red shoes that are worn by the character Dorothy Gale (acted by Judy Garland) in the movie The Wizard of Oz. They are an important part of the story. ## Costume Many pairs of slippers were made for the movie. One pair can be seen at the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. The others ...	[]

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