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4,400 | 14,474 | 693,482 | Breathing | 2026-07-26T16:40:39Z | **Breathing** is moving air in and out of the lungs. The air going in and out is called *breath*. If a person cannot breathe, they will die.
Breathing helps people do two very important things:
1. Get oxygen into the body. Every part of the body needs oxygen to survive. The only way humans can get oxygen is to br... | [] |
4,401 | 14,475 | 593,910 | Laura Bush | 2025-11-20T19:06:21Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="expand English"><div data-arg>Laura Bush</div><div data-arg data-name="date">December 2024</div><div data-arg data-name="topic">gov</div></template>
**Laura Lane Welch Bush** (born November 4, 1946) is an American teacher and author. She was the first lady of the Uni... | [] |
4,402 | 14,477 | 532,461 | Dijon | 2026-05-14T19:09:45Z | **Dijon** is a commune in France. It is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region; it is also the prefecture (regional capital) of the region but the council of the region meets in Besançon.
It is the main city of the department and also the largest city of the region.
## Histor... | [] |
4,403 | 14,478 | 1,647,162 | Simon Rodia | 2025-08-03T13:19:52Z | **Sabato "Simon" Rodia** (1879–1965) was an Italian immigrant who lived in the United States in the district of Los Angeles, California, called Watts. Starting in 1921 and until 1954, he built the Watts Towers, from junk and things he found. Many people made fun of him and tried to vandalize (damage) the "towers". He ... | [] |
4,404 | 14,479 | 640,235 | Terry Southern | 2023-04-29T22:04:05Z | **Terry Southern** (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American writer. He was part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s. He was a friend to Beat writers in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. In the 1970s he made changes to the way movies were written. In the 1980s he wrote for *Saturday Night Live*... | [] |
4,405 | 14,488 | 10,350,815 | 1615 | 2025-06-23T21:55:19Z | **1615** (MDCXV) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar.
## New books
- *Don Quixote* part 2 by Miguel De Cervantes
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4,406 | 14,489 | 10,153,619 | Emeril Lagasse | 2025-03-26T04:53:34Z | **Emeril Lagasse** (born October 15, 1959) is an American celebrity chef. He is best known for his television program *Emeril Live*, which airs on the Food Network. He hosts a Cooking Channel show named *Emeril's Florida*. He also has several restaurants and wrote some cookbooks. He is also famous for his catchphrases... | [] |
4,407 | 14,500 | 1,674,216 | Hurricane Rita | 2026-01-10T18:24:33Z | **Hurricane Rita** was a powerful hurricane in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It hit the United States' Gulf Coast. At its peak intensity, it was a strong Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 180 miles per hour. It made landfall as a Category 3 storm, and caused more flooding in New Orleans, which already had ... | [] |
4,408 | 14,502 | 1,530,991 | Boeing 767 | 2026-06-20T07:58:39Z | {\|
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The **Boeing 767** is a wide-body aircraft made and built by Boeing. The aircraft was developed on July 14, 1978, as a part of the 7X7 project. The first prototype flew on September 26, 1981. The aircraft was certified on July 30, 1982.
The aircraft started flying the 767-200 commercially on September 8, 1982... | [] |
4,409 | 14,503 | 10,491,999 | 1557 | 2025-09-02T20:24:27Z | **1557** (MDLVII) was a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- Start of the Italian War of 1551–59
- End of the Great Russian War 1553-1557
## Deaths
- September 1 – Jacques Cartier
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4,410 | 14,504 | 1,634,549 | Stephen King | 2025-09-28T15:54:43Z | **Stephen Edwin King** (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer from Maine. He writes scary horror novels. His books and stories have sold more than 300 million copies. He has written more than fifty novels, two hundred short stories, and nine collections of short fiction.
## Works
King's first novel, Carrie, ... | [] |
4,411 | 14,506 | 1,358,714 | Baby | 2026-09-02T11:23:14Z | A **baby** is a human who is younger than about 1 or 2 years old.
Different words are used for a baby at different stages of growth. These words are not used in the same way by everyone. For example, the word *infant* may be used until a baby can walk, or only until the baby is one year old. A baby from birth to about... | [] |
4,412 | 14,508 | 314,522 | Cactus | 2026-08-25T23:43:01Z | A **cactus** (plural: cacti) is a kind of a plant adapted to hot, dry climates Plants which live this kind of life-style are called xerophytes. Most are succulents, which store water.
Cacti are members of the plant family Cactaceae, in the order Caryophyllales. Cactaceae were evaluated to be the 5th most endangered pl... | [] |
4,413 | 14,509 | 1,849,854 | Desert | 2026-08-05T19:59:01Z | A **desert** is an arid (dry) biome. They get less than 25 cm of rainfall a year.
It is "any region that can have a moisture deficit over the course of a year". In other words, they can have less rainfall in a year than they give up through evaporation".
Including the semi-arid regions, deserts cover about 33% of t... | [] |
4,414 | 14,510 | 1,521,690 | Dessert | 2025-02-08T05:24:16Z | > *For the area of dry land, see desert.*
A **dessert** is a type of food that is eaten after lunch or dinner, and sometimes after a light meal or snack. It is usually a sweet food, like ice cream, cookies, and cakes. In some countries, cream cheese and fruit are served as dessert. Some desserts are made from natural ... | [] |
4,415 | 14,512 | 404,478 | William Henry Harrison | 2026-08-15T23:32:48Z | **William Henry Harrison** (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the 9th president of the United States. His nickname was "Old Tippecanoe," and he was a well-respected war veteran. Harrison served the shortest term of any president, exactly one month.
He was elected president in 1840 and took the oath of office on Ma... | [] |
4,416 | 14,515 | 1,569,595 | Viacom | 2025-06-06T16:16:55Z | **Viacom** (short for **Vi**deo & **A**udio **Com**munications) was an American entertainment company. It started in 1970 as **Viacom International**, the syndication division of CBS TV (which they once owned). In 2005, Viacom split into two companies: the original company was renamed CBS Corporation, and a new company... | [] |
4,417 | 14,516 | 1,734,355 | Uniform Resource Locator | 2026-07-26T04:08:52Z | **Uniform Resource Locator** (**URL**) is another name for a web address. URLs are made of letters, numbers and other symbols in a standard form. People use them on computers, to make the computer fetch and show some specific resource (usually a web page) from another computer (web server) on the Internet. They do this... | [] |
4,418 | 14,527 | 9,480,006 | Cuckoo clock | 2024-04-13T19:26:40Z | A **cuckoo-in-the-clock**, also known as a **cuckoo clock**, is a kind of clock. Cuckoo clocks have a case made of wood that looks like a small house. It gets its name because at the start of every hour, a small door on the clock open up and a little wooden bird comes out. The clock then makes a noise which sounds like... | [] |
4,419 | 14,528 | 1,352,770 | Labrador Retriever | 2026-05-16T21:06:45Z | The **Labrador Retriever** (or **Lab** and **Labrador** for short) is a breed of dog. It is a kind of gun dog. Labrador Retrievers are very gentle dogs with family-friendly personalities. They are the most popular breed of dogs for pets in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The... | [] |
4,420 | 14,529 | 1,738,545 | Margaret Thatcher | 2026-08-28T19:21:01Z | **Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher** <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="post-nominals"><div data-arg data-name="country">GBR</div><div data-arg>LG</div><div data-arg>OM</div><div data-arg>DStJ</div><div data-arg>PC</div><div data-arg>FRS</div><div data-arg>HonFRSC</div><div data-arg data-name... | [] |
4,421 | 14,530 | 1,824,376 | Firefighter | 2026-08-01T18:49:34Z | Firefighters are people who have the primary responsibility of assisting in putting out fires.They deal with forest fires, house fires, and major sites such as the California wildfires. They carry a select variety of tools and equipment at emergency sites. Firefighters are based in and respond to emergency situations f... | [] |
4,422 | 14,534 | 10,495,147 | Random | 2025-09-04T15:45:04Z | **Random** is a term used in mathematics (and less formally) to mean that there is no way to reliably predict an outcome (to know what will happen *before* it happens) or sense a pattern. Something that is chosen at random is not chosen for any conscious reason, and therefore thought to be purely by chance. An example ... | [] |
4,423 | 14,535 | 1,734,355 | Political status of Taiwan | 2026-04-04T16:22:56Z | The **political status of Taiwan** is a difficult situation that many people disagree about. There are two regions in the world that call themselves China. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is the region most people think of when they hear the name China. The Republic of China (ROC) also calls itself China. It is be... | [] |
4,424 | 14,536 | 1,464,674 | Cellular respiration | 2026-04-26T21:55:50Z | **Cellular respiration** is what cells do to break up sugars to get energy they can use. Cellular respiration takes in food and uses it to create ATP, a chemical which the cell uses for energy.
Usually, this process uses oxygen, and is called **aerobic respiration**. It has four stages known as glycolysis, Link react... | [] |
4,425 | 14,546 | 1,809,377 | Lesotho | 2026-05-24T00:19:07Z | **Lesotho** is a small country in southern Africa. It is entirely surrounded by South Africa. Its population is about 1,800,000. The capital of Lesotho is Maseru.
## Geography
Lesotho has no coast on the sea nor on a lake. This type of country is called *landlocked*, meaning it is surrounded by land. All of Lesotho's... | [] |
4,426 | 14,551 | 532,461 | Alexander Hamilton | 2026-01-19T07:03:29Z | **Alexander Hamilton** (January 11, 1755 – July 12, 1804) was a statesman, political theorist, and economist who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Hamilton was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury and was known for the creation of a national bank.
Born on the island of Nevis in the Car... | [] |
4,427 | 14,568 | 1,823,743 | Köbes | 2026-06-18T02:20:21Z | A **Köbes** (pronounced like 'kur-bess') is a server in traditional pubs in the Rhineland part of Germany, especially in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Krefeld.
A Köbes wears a blue apron and blue jacket and has a big leather belt with a leather purse. They serve beer and food to guests and replaces empty beer glasses with f... | [] |
4,428 | 14,571 | 1,497,406 | Stop-motion | 2024-08-15T21:11:30Z | **Stop motion** is a popular way of animation which makes it look like still objects are moving. Clay animation is also an example of how stop motion is used.
Stop-motion requires any camera that can make single frames (or photos). It works by shooting a single frame, moving the object a little bit, and capturing a fr... | [] |
4,429 | 14,582 | 532,461 | D.C. United | 2026-01-21T11:25:59Z | **D.C. United** is a Major League Soccer league soccer (or football) team that plays in Washington, D.C. in the United States. Its nickname is "the Black-and-Red".
The club operates the D.C. United Academy, a youth academy to help develop young soccer players.
## League title
- Major League Soccer : 4
- 1996, ... | [] |
4,430 | 14,588 | 1,759,182 | Wendy Carlos | 2026-09-02T22:54:19Z | **Wendy Carlos** is an American composer and musician. She was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She is known as one of the first people to use electric instruments to make music. In 1968, she released her music album "Switched on Bach". This album used many new electric instruments including the Moog Synthesizer. It wo... | [] |
4,431 | 14,599 | 1,652,218 | Boolean algebra | 2025-08-25T05:44:52Z | In mathematics, **Boolean algebra** is an algebra for binary digits (where 0 means false and 1 means true). It is equipped with three operators: conjunction (AND), disjunction (OR) and negation (NOT). It uses normal math symbols, but it does not work in the same way. It is named for George Boole, who invented it in the... | [] |
4,432 | 14,604 | 355,491 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 2026-02-09T11:24:53Z | ***Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*** (published in the US under the title *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone*) is the first book in the Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling. It was published in 1997 and a movie version was released in 2001.
## Plot summary
This is the first book in a series of... | [] |
4,433 | 14,606 | 121,204 | Justin Timberlake | 2026-09-26T01:20:46Z | **Justin Randall Timberlake** (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and dancer. Known as the **Prince of Pop**, he is one of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century. Timberlake first became famous when he appeared in the television series *Mickey Mouse Club.* He later beca... | [] |
4,434 | 14,612 | 1,532,051 | Aramaic language | 2026-06-12T15:25:16Z | **Aramaic** (leshono Oromoyo) is a Semitic language. It has been written for 3,100 years and has been spoken for longer than that. It is one of the Northwest Semitic languages. Other Semitic languages include Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic and many other languages. Aramaic words are written with the 22 characters of the Arama... | [] |
4,435 | 14,617 | 532,461 | Libya | 2026-09-09T02:41:35Z | **Libya** (لِيبْيَا *<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="transl"><div data-arg>ar</div><div data-arg>DIN</div><div data-arg>Lībyā</div></template>*, Berber: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ *Libya*), officially the **State of Libya**, is a country in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the... | [] |
4,436 | 14,618 | 1,718,466 | Population density | 2026-02-03T19:41:47Z | The **population density** of a country or city or other place is a number showing how crowded that place is. It is got by dividing the population by the area. For example, France has a population of 60,561,200, and an area of 551,695 square kilometres, so its population density is about 109.8 persons per square kilome... | [] |
4,437 | 14,621 | 1,011,873 | Saturday Night Fever | 2024-01-04T16:31:16Z | ***Saturday Night Fever*** is a 1977 American drama movie. It stars John Travolta as a 19 year old working-class Italian American man named Tony Manero. Manero lives with his parents and works in a dead-end job at a small hardware store. He tries to escape his problem-filled life in Brooklyn by dancing at a nightclub i... | [] |
4,438 | 14,622 | 1,204,528 | Greyhound | 2023-09-08T06:06:01Z | A **Greyhound** is a dog breed that is skinny, has long legs, and runs faster than any other breed of dog. It is one of the oldest breeds of dogs. For centuries, people have raced them in some parts of the world. Greyhound racing is a bit like horse racing in many ways. In recent years, many Greyhounds have been mistre... | [] |
4,439 | 14,623 | 8,833,301 | Grand unification theory | 2023-05-20T08:39:12Z | **Grand unification theory** or **GUT** is a model that tries to describe the universe. It says that three forces - electromagnetic, weak and strong forces - were once combined into a single force. These are three of the fundamental four forces of nature, which are responsible for all of the pushes and pulls in the uni... | [] |
4,440 | 14,624 | 1,604,351 | Factory | 2025-06-15T21:22:43Z | A **factory** is a building where workers use machines to make things for sale. It usually means a building where companies use mass production to make different things. Many of the same thing are made in a short amount of time.
People who work in factories are losing their jobs because machines can do their work mo... | [] |
4,441 | 14,627 | 103,847 | United States Declaration of Independence | 2026-07-04T18:13:38Z | The **United States Declaration of Independence** is an important document in the history of the United States of America. It was ratified on July 4, 1776. It says that the Americans were no longer under British rule. Instead, the thirteen British colonies came together to become a union of free and independent states.... | [] |
4,442 | 14,629 | 1,011,873 | Jordan | 2026-09-22T17:29:14Z | **Jordan** (officially the **Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan**) is an Arab country in southwest Asia, in the Middle East, in the southern part of the Levant region, and the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Jordan has borders with Syria to the north, Palestine and Israel to the west, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to... | [] |
4,443 | 14,653 | 1,452,189 | Prejudice | 2026-09-08T16:59:02Z | **Prejudice** means preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. The word comes from the Latin "pre" (before) and "judge". People may prejudge any question, but the word is often used for an opinion about a person or group of people. English understanding of the Latin has changed in past ce... | [] |
4,444 | 14,655 | 103,847 | Inflation | 2026-09-09T00:05:34Z | **Inflation** means that the general level of prices is going up. More money will be needed to pay for goods (like a loaf of bread) and services (like getting a haircut at the hairdresser's). Economists measure inflation regularly to know an economy's state. Inflation changes the ratio of money towards goods or service... | [] |
4,445 | 14,657 | 1,464,674 | Obsessive–compulsive disorder | 2026-03-29T00:07:02Z | **Obsessive–compulsive disorder** (**OCD**) is a mental disorder. It causes repeated and unwanted thoughts and/or feelings (obsessions). It causes repeated actions (compulsions).
## Overview
Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms. It can lead the person to believe that if a task is not done, something bad will ha... | [] |
4,446 | 14,701 | 532,461 | Industrial Revolution | 2026-07-25T22:56:09Z | The **Industrial** **Revolution** is the name of the time when there was a big change in the way things were made. Instead of things being hand-made in small workshops, they were made more cheaply in large quantities by machines in factories. This improved the idea of assembly lines. People found that they could make m... | [] |
4,447 | 14,712 | 693,482 | Botswana | 2026-07-26T15:17:51Z | **Botswana** (officially called the **Republic of Botswana**) is a country in southern Africa. The capital of Botswana is Gaborone.
## History
The first people in Botswana's territory were the Khoe and San people. Botswana was first formed as the Bechuanaland Protectorate by the British Empire in 1885.
## Geography
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4,448 | 14,713 | 1,687,742 | Ferry | 2026-01-25T03:36:57Z | **Ferry** is a boat or ship that is used to take people, vehicles or goods across large bodies of water, such as seas, lakes, and rivers.
In many places around the world, ferries are very important for public transport. Some of these places can only be reached by ferry, because they have no roads or railways with bri... | [] |
4,449 | 14,718 | 5,806,957 | Rapa | 2017-10-02T09:13:39Z | **Rapa** or **Oparo** is an island in French Polynesia. It is sometimes called Rapa Iti to distinguish it from Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
## History
The first European, who visited the island, was the captain George Vancouver. He visited the island in 1791. The island had an estimated population of about 2000 inhabita... | [] |
4,450 | 14,724 | 744,335 | Jo Whiley | 2024-11-27T22:00:54Z | **Johanne "Jo" Whiley** (born 4 July, 1965 in Northampton) is an English radio DJ on BBC Radio 1, and television presenter. She had a weekday lunchtime show, called *The Jo Whiley Show* and later *The Lunchtime Social*. When Simon Mayo left Radio 1 for BBC Radio 5 Live in February 2001, Whiley's show was moved to mid-m... | [] |
4,451 | 14,725 | 1,879,170 | Windows Vista | 2026-09-25T19:59:43Z | **Windows Vista** is the 6th version of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Microsoft. It is the successor to Windows XP. While it was being made, it was called **Longhorn**, however, it was known by the name "Whistler\+1" from January 2001 to May 2001. On July 22, 2005, Microsoft gave out its official name, wh... | [] |
4,452 | 14,726 | 1,769,043 | The Gambia | 2026-03-19T14:43:10Z | **The Gambia** is officially called the **Republic of the Gambia**. This country is also known as **Gambia**. It is a country in West Africa. It is surrounded by Senegal. It is the smallest country on mainland Africa.
Banjul is the capital city. The largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama.
## Geography
The geograph... | [] |
4,453 | 14,739 | 10,427,619 | Derry | 2025-07-30T21:00:38Z | **Derry,** officially **Londonderry**, (Doire Cholm Cille or Doire Calgaigh) is the second largest city in Northern Ireland (after Belfast) and the fourth largest city on the island of Ireland (after Dublin, Belfast and Cork. The population as of 2021 was 85,279. The city was founded in 546 AD. It has old city walls wh... | [] |
4,454 | 14,781 | 1,530,097 | Federal Reserve | 2025-09-03T14:42:20Z | The **Federal Reserve** (sometimes called "**The Fed**") is the American central bank in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1913. It lends money to other, smaller banks. The *Federal Reserve Board* is a group of financial leaders who work for the Federal Reserve and decide how much to charge these banks for borrowing ... | [] |
4,455 | 14,787 | 86,802 | Trent Reznor | 2024-10-18T18:27:04Z | **Michael Trent Reznor** (born May 17, 1965) is an American singer and musician. He is the creator of the band Nine Inch Nails. For a long time, he was the only member of Nine Inch Nails. That changed in 2016, when Atticus Ross became an official member of the band. He sings and plays most of the music himself. He also... | [] |
4,456 | 14,788 | 248,920 | Oklahoma | 2026-09-29T20:18:06Z | 35.5 N 98 W region:US-OK\_type:state
**Oklahoma** ({{#Pron-en}}ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə{{/Pron-en}}) is a state in the southern part of the Central United States. It had a population of about 3,959,353 people in 2020. The state has a land area of about 68667 sqmi. Oklahoma is the 28th largest state by population and the 20th larg... | [] |
4,457 | 14,793 | 966,595 | Terry Jacks | 2022-05-02T03:21:17Z | **Terry Jacks** (born March 29, 1944) is a Canadian musician. He was born and raised in Winnipeg. He now works as an environmental activist.
Jacks is most famous for his song "Seasons in the Sun". The song was ranked number one in multiple countries in 1974. It is one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have s... | [] |
4,458 | 14,794 | 1,495,229 | Sark | 2025-04-01T08:19:19Z | **Sark** is one of the Channel Islands. About 600 people live on Sark. Sark also has its own language called "Sercquiais". Only 400 people speak it. No cars are allowed on Sark. People must either walk, go on a bicycle, or go by horse and cart.
Their parliament is called the Chief Pleas. It started in 1579. It manag... | [] |
4,459 | 14,798 | 22,027 | Robert Crumb | 2024-10-19T04:35:15Z | **Robert Crumb** (born August 30, 1943) is a famous American cartoonist and musician. He founded the underground comics movement in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is most famous for the album cover for Big Brother and the Holding Company's *Cheap Thrills*, the catchphrase "Keep on Truckin'" and *Fritz the Cat*, which wa... | [] |
4,460 | 14,800 | 1,732,730 | Renée Zellweger | 2026-01-23T18:12:51Z | **Renée Kathleen Zellweger** (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress, producer and voice artist. She won two Academy Awards for her role in the movie *Cold Mountain* and as Judy Garland in *Judy*. She has acted in many movies, including *Jerry Maguire*, *Bridget Jones's Diary*, *Chicago* and *Cinderella Man*.
## ... | [] |
4,461 | 14,801 | 532,461 | Meryl Streep | 2024-12-28T06:35:24Z | **Meryl Streep** (born **Mary Louise Streep**; June 22, 1949) is an American actress. She has appeared in many movies, including *Falling in Love*, *The Bridges of Madison County*, and *The House of Spirits*. She was born in New Jersey. Streep is considered one of the best actresses of her time. She has won three Acade... | [] |
4,462 | 14,805 | 1,579,795 | Bench | 2025-05-10T22:54:08Z | A **bench** is a kind of chair, a place where people can sit. Benches are long and often found outside, and more than one person can sit on them. Benches are usually made of wood, metal, stone, and other synthetic things. Many benches have no back.
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4,463 | 14,807 | 1,694,274 | List of national anthems | 2025-11-17T07:31:15Z | This is a **list of national anthems**.
This list shows the country on the left, the national anthem in the middle, and the meaning in English on the right. The names of states that do not exist anymore, or that are not independent nations, or the names of state organisations are *italicized*. There are many countries ... | [] |
4,464 | 14,808 | 1,558,358 | Celsius | 2026-07-21T21:32:06Z | **Celsius** (more precisely, a **degree Celsius**), sometimes called **centigrade**, is a unit of measurement that is used in most countries to measure temperature. The unit was created by Anders Celsius (1701–1744), a Swedish astronomer.
0 °C is the melting point of pure water at sea level (normal atmospheric pressur... | [] |
4,465 | 14,811 | 10,436,148 | Fahrenheit | 2025-08-03T07:22:31Z | **Fahrenheit** (more precisely, a **degree Fahrenheit**) is a unit of measurement that is used to measure temperature. The conversion rate to degrees Celsius is C\= 5/9 x (F − 32). The unit is abbreviated °F.
## History
This temperature scale was made in 1724 by a German scientist named Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. I... | [] |
4,466 | 14,816 | 1,659,580 | Anthrax | 2025-10-12T06:39:13Z | **Anthrax**, or **splenic fever**, is a disease. Both humans and other animals can get it. It is caused by the bacterium bacillus anthracis. It is common with even-toed ungulates (some hoofed creatures, like camels and giraffes). The spores of the bacteria can live for hundreds of years. Humans usually catch the diseas... | [] |
4,467 | 14,820 | 532,461 | Napoleon | 2026-07-26T08:34:18Z | **Napoleon Bonaparte** (Napoléon Bonaparte) was a French politician and army leader who ruled France from 1799 to 1814 and for a short period (the "Hundred Days") in 1815. He became Emperor of the French in 1804 as **Napoleon I**. He had power over most of Europe at the height of his power, and his actions shaped Europ... | [] |
4,468 | 14,823 | 1,687,111 | Wetzlar | 2025-12-12T00:08:33Z | **Wetzlar** is a city at the river Lahn in Hesse in Germany. It is near Frankfurt. The number of people in the city is about 53,000.
Wetzlar is famous for the historic Oldtown and for Goethe.
The camera maker Leica is there.
Wetzlar has a connection to the Autobahn 45 with three junctions.
## Twin towns
Wetzlar is... | [] |
4,469 | 14,825 | 532,461 | Andy Warhol | 2026-09-16T17:49:12Z | **Andy Warhol** (**Andrew Warhol, Jr.**; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was one of the most famous American artists of the latter half of the 20th century. Many people think that Warhol is the "bellwether of the art market".
Warhol was born **Andrew Warhola, Jr.** in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 6, 1928. H... | [] |
4,470 | 14,827 | 387,702 | Romulus and Remus | 2025-04-08T02:25:00Z |
**Romulus and Remus** were the legendary founders of Rome. In Roman mythology they were twin brothers, children of Rhea Silvia and the god Mars.
## Birth and youth
Rhea Silvia was the daughter of Numitor Silvius, king of Alba Longa, a legendary town founded by Ascanius, son of Aeneas, prince of Troy. When Numitor's... | [] |
4,471 | 14,829 | 70,336 | Confucianism | 2026-03-03T10:28:32Z | **Confucianism** is the philosophy based on the teachings of Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), who was an important Chinese philosopher. Confucianism is a system of moral, social, political, and religious thought, and has had a large influence on the history of Chinese civilization. Some people think Confucianism should be... | [] |
4,472 | 14,835 | 1,446,048 | Lead | 2026-05-16T05:24:47Z | **Lead** (pronunciation: /'lɛd/) is a chemical element. Its chemical symbol is **Pb**, which comes from *plumbum*, the Latin word for lead. Its atomic number is 82, atomic mass is 207.2 and has a melting point of 327.8°C. It is a very poisonous and heavy metal, and is also the ending element to the stable elements, alt... | [] |
4,473 | 14,840 | 1,477,024 | Bell | 2025-09-24T12:54:06Z | A **bell** is a simple musical instrument. Most bells are made of metal. Many churches use bells to announce the time between hours. Ships usually carry a ship's bell. Alarm bells warn of danger. Some bells are in bell towers or Carillon`<nowiki/>`{=html}s and some are in clock towers to tell people the time.
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4,474 | 14,841 | 1,687,111 | Transformers (toy line) | 2025-12-02T17:44:12Z | **Transformers** are robots that turn into other things. Usually they turn into vehicles, like cars or jets.
Transformers started in 1984 as a toy line, but then an animated series and a comic book were made. In 1986 a movie came out. In 2002 a new series and story line called Transformers Armada came out. This was f... | [] |
4,475 | 14,842 | 1,729,361 | Simplicity | 2026-01-19T01:18:59Z | When something is **simple**, it is very easy to understand or to do. The opposite is *hard* or *complex* or *difficult*. **Simplicity** is the quality of being simple.
*Simple* can mean something that is only made up of a few parts. It lacks complexity.
- A bicycle is much simpler than a space ship.
*Simple* can m... | [] |
4,476 | 14,844 | 532,461 | Mathematician | 2026-09-23T22:25:05Z | A **mathematician** is someone who studies mathematics, either as a hobby or as a job. Many mathematicians are math professors at universities, or work at cryptography. Euclid, Ramanujan, Sir Isaac Newton are some of the most famous early mathematicians.
## Mathematical societies and foundations
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4,477 | 14,849 | 986,092 | West Virginia | 2025-09-08T22:09:50Z | **West Virginia** is a state in the Appalachian region of the United States. Its capital and largest city is Charleston. It is often abbreviated **W. Va.** or simply **WV**. About 1,800,000 people live in the state.
West Virginia is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, by Ohio to the north and west, by Kentucky to ... | [] |
4,478 | 14,850 | 1,392,959 | Virginia | 2026-05-21T03:02:00Z | **Virginia**, officially the **Commonwealth of Virginia**, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state's capital is Richmond and the largest city is Virginia Beach. Virginia borders eight states including Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi,... | [] |
4,479 | 14,851 | 1,452,189 | Vermont | 2026-01-06T21:03:20Z | **Vermont** is a state in the United States. Its capital city is Montpelier, and its largest city is Burlington. It is one of the six New England states. About 640,000 people lived there in 2020.
The states that border Vermont are Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Can... | [] |
4,480 | 14,852 | 248,920 | South Carolina | 2026-07-15T13:00:10Z | **South Carolina** is a state in the southeast United States. Its capital city is Columbia which with 137,300 people is the largest city in South Carolina by population. The population of the state is about 5.2 million people, ranked 23rd in the United States. South Carolina has an area of 32,030 square miles, making i... | [] |
4,481 | 14,853 | 1,618,275 | Rhode Island | 2026-09-02T01:31:56Z | **Rhode Island** is the smallest state in the United States by area. The capital and largest city is Providence. It is called the "Ocean state" because of its bays and waterways. It was founded by Roger Williams for religious freedom.
Rhode Island was one of the original Thirteen Colonies. It became very important to... | [] |
4,482 | 14,854 | 1,792,998 | North Carolina | 2026-05-29T18:46:25Z | **North Carolina** is one of the 50 states of the United States. The capital of North Carolina is Raleigh and the city with the most people is Charlotte. North Carolina is split into 100 counties, and each county has many cities and towns.
North Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies and was where the firs... | [] |
4,483 | 14,855 | 1,881,279 | New Jersey | 2026-09-29T02:56:46Z | **New Jersey** is one of the 50 states of the United States of America. It is in the northeastern section of the country along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a geographically small state, shaped like a letter \[S\], and bordered on the west by Pennsylvania and Delaware across the Delaware River, on the north by... | [] |
4,484 | 14,856 | 1,792,998 | New Hampshire | 2026-05-29T19:06:34Z | **New Hampshire** is a state in northeast United States. It is one of six states in the New England region. The capital is Concord and its largest city is Manchester. The second largest city is Nashua. Other major cities include Keene, Dover, Portsmouth, and Merrimack.
The state motto is "Live Free or Die" and the ni... | [] |
4,485 | 14,861 | 1,652,218 | Watch glass | 2025-08-30T07:03:35Z | A **watch glass** is a piece of laboratory glassware used for temporary storage of solids and sometimes liquids (in small amounts).
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4,486 | 14,862 | 294,863 | Funnel | 2015-04-16T19:49:44Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="multiple image"><div data-arg data-name="align">right</div><div data-arg data-name="direction">horizontal</div><div data-arg data-name="image1">Kitchen Funnel.jpg</div><div data-arg data-name="width1">120</div><div data-arg data-name="caption1">A kitchen funnel</div><... | [] |
4,487 | 14,875 | 532,461 | Constantinople | 2025-01-23T14:38:06Z | **Constantinople** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-el"><div data-arg>Κωνσταντινούπολις</div><div data-arg data-name="translit">Kōnstantinoúpolis</div></template>; Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman Empire from 330 AD and later what historians called the Byzantine Empire. Const... | [] |
4,488 | 14,880 | 1,649,829 | Mormonism | 2025-10-07T12:51:53Z | **Mormonism** is a Christian restorationist religious movement that was founded by Joseph Smith. It is also called the **Latter Day Saint movement**. The largest and best known Mormon church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormon teachings are similar to many Christian churches, and they consider th... | [] |
4,489 | 14,881 | 1,788,979 | Mohammad Khatami | 2026-09-22T19:58:16Z | **Mohammad Khatami** (محمد خاتمی; born October 14, 1943) is an Iranian politician who was President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005 and was followed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Khatami studied Islamic theology in Qom, and philosophy in Isfahan. Khatami built upon the idea of a lawful state, called Rechtsstaat... | [] |
4,490 | 14,903 | 1,674,404 | Cider | 2025-10-14T20:22:48Z | **Cider** (or **cyder**) is a drink made from fruit juice, most often from apples.
In Europe and Oceania it is an alcoholic drink that is made from apple juice, through a process called fermentation. In the United States and parts of Canada, cider containing alcohol is called **hard cider** or **alcoholic cider**, whi... | [] |
4,491 | 14,912 | 1,011,873 | 1499 | 2025-11-09T15:53:23Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1499{{/Year in various calendars}}
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## Events
- January 8 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany
- August 24 – Lake Maracaibo is explored by Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci.
- September 18 – Vasco da Gama arrives at Lisbon,... | [] |
4,492 | 14,915 | 1,743,554 | Bison | 2026-06-04T19:45:07Z | **Bison** are large, even-toed ungulates. They are bovines, and are similar to cows. They are often called buffalo, but are not closely related to the African buffalo or water buffalo.
Bison live in the northern part of the world. The American bison lives in North America where they once wandered around the prairie... | [] |
4,493 | 14,920 | 1,629,609 | Baseball cap | 2025-06-25T23:31:54Z | A **baseball cap** is a type of hat worn by baseball players when they play as part of their team's uniform, but other people wear them as well.
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4,494 | 14,946 | 1,629,129 | Windows 95 | 2026-08-29T03:27:34Z | **Windows 95** is an operating system created by Microsoft. Microsoft sent it to computer makers on July 14, 1995, and stores began selling it on August 24, 1995. It was the first operating system in the Windows 9x family, replacing Windows 3.1. Although Windows 95 is thought of as an operating system by itself, it wor... | [] |
4,495 | 14,948 | 532,461 | Otto von Bismarck | 2026-06-25T22:02:32Z | **Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen** Duke of Lauenburg, (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), was an aristocrat and statesman of the 19th century in Europe. As Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to 1890, he was most responsible for the uniting most of the many independent German countries into the new Germ... | [] |
4,496 | 14,949 | 1,645,809 | Differential calculus | 2026-07-28T00:15:41Z | **Differential calculus**, a branch of calculus, is the study of finding out the rate of change of a variable compared to another variable, by using functions. It is a way to find out how a shape changes from one point to the next, without needing to divide the shape into an infinite number of pieces. Differential calc... | [] |
4,497 | 14,972 | 314,538 | Socialist country | 2024-09-16T18:35:39Z | A **socialist country** is a sovereign state in which everyone in society equally owns the factors of production.
In a socialist state, the distribution of resources and their allocation is by the State itself. Here, the state gives people items and goods. The state also makes sure that each class gets access to go... | [] |
4,498 | 14,973 | 134,900 | Hamster | 2025-11-12T15:48:07Z | **Hamsters** are small rodents belonging to the subfamily **Cricetinae**. This group has about 25 species in six or seven genera. They have become established as popular small house pets. They are a bit like a mouse. Wild hamsters live in the desert, but people all over the world keep domesticated hamsters as pets.
In... | [] |
4,499 | 14,975 | 1,652,218 | Watch | 2025-08-30T07:07:11Z | A **watch** is a small clock carried or worn by a person. It makes it easy to see the time. It is also considered to be a fashion accessory, and expensive watches are designed for this purpose. A watch may be one of the few accessories worn by a person.
A **wristwatch** is designed to be worn on a wrist, attached by a... | [] |
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