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5,000 | 17,099 | 1,609,553 | Bat | 2026-05-24T16:35:23Z | **Bats** are mammals in the order **Chiroptera**. Bats are nocturnal which means they are active during the night, dusk, or dawn and they sleep at day.
Most use echolocation to catch prey and to find their way about. As night time animals, bats avoid direct competition with birds, few of which are nocturnal.
Bats usu... | [] |
5,001 | 17,105 | 640,235 | Miguel de Cervantes | 2023-11-26T15:57:10Z | **Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra** (29 September 1547 – 23 April 1616) was a Spanish writer. His most famous book was *Don Quijote de la Mancha*. It is considered the first modern novel, and therefore Cervantes was the first novelist. The book has been published in 65 countries. The work is considered among the most impo... | [] |
5,002 | 17,133 | 1,734,355 | Game Boy line | 2026-03-06T13:37:00Z | The **Game Boys** are a group of handheld video game consoles made by Nintendo that ran from 1989 to 2009.
## Game Boy
The first Game Boy was released in 1989. It had a small screen, a D-pad, Start and Select keys, and an A and B button. To play games, there were small objects called cartridges that you put into the ... | [] |
5,003 | 17,138 | 1,644,709 | Pope Paul VI | 2026-06-24T12:46:26Z | **Pope Paul VI** (Paulus PP. VI; Paolo VI), born **Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini**, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 263rd Pope from 1963 until his death in 1978. Paul was a spiritual leader and the head of the church bureaucracy. Pope Benedict XVI declared in 2012 that Paul h... | [] |
5,004 | 17,171 | 693,482 | Macau | 2026-07-26T10:18:30Z | The **Macao Special Administrative Region** (**Macau** or **Macao**, <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="zh"><div data-arg data-name="t">澳門</div><div data-arg data-name="s">澳门</div><div data-arg data-name="p">Aomen</div><div data-arg data-name="j">Ou Mun</div></template>, Região Administrativa Especial ... | [] |
5,005 | 17,173 | 693,482 | Taipei | 2026-07-26T10:32:37Z | **Taipei City** ({{#zh}}臺北市{{/zh}}) is the capital city of the Republic of China, known by most people simply as Taiwan. It is the largest city in Taiwan. It has a monsoon humid subtropical climate (*Cwa* in the Köppen climate classification). Its population in 2014 was about 2.7 million people. Its mayor is Ko Wen-je... | [] |
5,006 | 17,183 | 10,500,346 | Bob Chiarelli | 2025-09-06T21:30:33Z | **Robert (Bob) Chiarelli** (born September 24, 1941) is a retired Canadian politician, who from 2001 to 2006 was the mayor of Ottawa. In 2006, Chiarelli was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, serving as the Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Ottawa-West-Nepean. In the 2018 Ontario provincial... | [] |
5,007 | 17,184 | 1,794,010 | Skeleton | 2026-04-27T22:03:08Z | A **skeleton** is the hard structure that protects the internal organs of a living thing. Skeletons can be inside the body or outside the body. In mammals, which include humans, the skeleton is made of bones. All the bones, when they are joined together, make the "skeletal system" of a body. The skeletal system or "ske... | [] |
5,008 | 17,193 | 22,027 | GP2X | 2024-07-10T19:36:18Z | The **GP2X** is a handheld gaming console. It uses the Linux operating system. An operating system goes inside another system. It helps the other system do what it needs to. The GP2X can have music, videos, games, and pictures. There are updates to the GP2X so it will get more things. The GP2X can have DivX, XviD, MP3,... | [] |
5,009 | 17,207 | 1,840,651 | Community | 2026-07-19T10:22:21Z | A **community** is a collection of living creatures that share a common habitat. They are frequently interested in the same things. People in human groups share some of the same values and needs, which has an impact on the group's and individuals' identities. Despite the fact that communities are established on persona... | [] |
5,010 | 17,223 | 248,920 | Upton Sinclair | 2025-11-13T22:25:52Z | **Upton Beall Sinclair** (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was a writer of many works from the United States. His most famous book, *The Jungle* from 1906, was about the American meat-packing industry.
Upton Sinclair had socialist political opinions. Most of Sinclair's books, including *The Jungle*, dealt with... | [] |
5,011 | 17,224 | 22,027 | Gizmondo | 2024-07-10T19:36:18Z | **Gizmondo** is a handheld video game system. It is made by Tiger Telematics. It has GPRS and GPS. GPRS is used to go on the Internet, and GPS is where you can see where you are. Some games use the Gizmondo's GPS. It has a camera. It can also send text (words) and multimedia (pictures and videos and music) messages, pl... | [] |
5,012 | 17,228 | 103,847 | Antarctic Treaty System | 2026-09-24T23:12:55Z | The **Antarctic Treaty System** is a set of agreements about the continent of Antarctica. It was signed in December 1, 1959 and took effect in 1961. So far, it has been signed by 58 countries.
The ATS is used for governing the continent. The main idea of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) is to make sure that Antarctic... | [] |
5,013 | 17,237 | 1,467,751 | Kansas City, Missouri | 2025-10-15T18:52:51Z | **Kansas City, Missouri** (**KC** or **KCMO**) is the biggest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and size. Most of the city is in Jackson County, but other parts are in Clay, Platte, and Cass counties. The Kansas River and Missouri River meet one another in Kansas City. The city has about 508,090 people, ... | [] |
5,014 | 17,262 | 1,652,218 | Cascading Style Sheets | 2025-08-25T06:01:50Z | **Cascading Style Sheets**, or **CSS**, is a way to change the look of HTML and XHTML web pages. CSS was designed by the W3C, and is supported well by most modern web browsers. The current version of CSS is CSS3. CSS4 is available, but is split into parts.
One advantage to using CSS is a web page can still be displaye... | [] |
5,015 | 17,263 | 532,461 | Allah | 2026-04-26T00:47:20Z | **Allah** ( اللَّهْٰ [lit. 'The God']{.small}) is the common name for God in Arabic. It is similar to *Ha-El*, the name for God in Hebrew, and *Alaha-i*, the name for God in Aramaic. Muslims commonly use the word *Allah* for God. Sometimes, people who speak Arabic still use the word *Allah* when they speak English.
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5,016 | 17,282 | 693,482 | IPod nano | 2026-09-13T01:08:43Z | The **iPod nano** is a MP3 player made by Apple Inc. It is available in 8GB and 16GB memory, it has a nine colours such as silver, grey, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, and pink.
The iPod Nano was discontinued by Apple on July 27, 2017.
## Features (5th Generation)
### FM radio
There is a built-in FM rec... | [] |
5,017 | 17,283 | 22,027 | Proton decay | 2024-07-26T00:26:42Z | **Proton decay** is a theory that a proton could decay into two small particles, a pion and a positron. This would be a new type of radioactive decay. So far, proton decay has not been observed, but some physicists believe it. Most current theories say that protons do not decay.
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5,018 | 17,286 | 1,844,611 | Names of God in Islam | 2026-07-30T13:36:59Z | The 99 **Names of Allah** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-ar"><div data-arg><template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Script/Arabic"><div data-arg>أَسْمَاءُ اللَّهِ الْحُسْنَى</div></template></div><div data-arg data-name="translit">ʾasmāʾu llāhi lḥusnā</div></template>) also known a... | [] |
5,019 | 17,296 | 1,611,993 | Single-player video game | 2026-07-14T14:14:26Z | In the context of video gaming, a **singleplayer** game is one which only allows for one person to play per session. In singleplayer games, the player usually must fight against AI (artificially intelligent) opponents.
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5,020 | 17,299 | 532,461 | Fallopian tube | 2026-07-26T04:33:26Z | The **fallopian tubes** (also known as **oviducts** and **uterine tubes**) connect the ovaries to the uterus. The fallopian tubes let the ovum pass into the uterus. The ovum is able to be fertilized by sperm during sexual intercourse.
## Origin
They are named after the 16th century Italian anatomist, Gabriele Fallopp... | [] |
5,021 | 17,301 | 10,249,749 | 1818 | 2025-05-11T06:31:28Z | **1818** (MDCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- January 3: Venus occulted (block from view) Jupiter.
- February 12: Chile became independent from Spain.
- December 3: Illinois becomes a state.
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5,022 | 17,302 | 1,792,998 | Carmen Miranda | 2026-06-16T20:19:32Z | **Carmen Miranda** (February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955) was a Portuguese-Brazilian singer and actress and model. She was best known for her exotic costumes and hats made of fruit.
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5,023 | 17,303 | 1,687,111 | Magnum, P.I. | 2025-11-12T14:41:22Z | ***Magnum, P.I.*** is an American crime drama television series. It stars Tom Selleck and John Hillerman. It was on TV from 1980 to 1988. It is about Thomas Magnum III, a smooth private detective working in Hawaii.
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5,024 | 17,304 | 593,910 | Twin Peaks | 2025-11-06T18:49:36Z | ***Twin Peaks*** was an American television series that ran from 1990 to 1991. It told the story of an FBI agent who comes to the strange small town of Twin Peaks, Washington, to investigate the murder of a teenage girl. It was made by David Lynch. The show was successful around the world. In 1992, a Twin Peaks movie '... | [] |
5,025 | 17,305 | 1,740,067 | McDonald's | 2026-09-16T11:33:25Z | **McDonald's** is an American corporation that operates one of the largest chains of fast food restaurants in the world.
McDonald's has over 36,000,00 stores in 118 countries and territories, the second-most stores out of all fast food chains worldwide behind only the submarine sandwich chain Subway. They serve almost... | [] |
5,026 | 17,307 | 1,740,067 | English people | 2026-07-02T03:14:10Z | **English people** refer to people who are citizens of England or of English descent. England is one of the nations that is a part of the Island of Great Britain. It shares the island with Scotland (Scots) and Wales (the Welsh). England is also a part of the United Kingdom, along with Scotland, Wales and Northern Irela... | [] |
5,027 | 17,310 | 9,728,977 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 2024-08-26T20:24:57Z | ***To Kill a Mockingbird*** is an American novel written by Harper Lee. It was published in 1960. The book was a great success. It won the Pulitzer Prize. The book was adapted and made into a 1962 movie starring Gregory Peck. The movie won three Academy Awards.
Lee based the story and characters on her family and neig... | [] |
5,028 | 17,311 | 532,461 | Abby and Brittany Hensel | 2026-07-15T15:45:49Z | **Abigail Loraine Hensel** and **Brittany Lee Hensel** (born March 7, 1990 in Minnesota, United States) are conjoined twins with mostly one body and two heads. They are joined at the pelvis and each one controls one side of their body, which means they have to do things together. Brittany is on the left, and Abby is on... | [] |
5,029 | 17,312 | 10,249,090 | 52 BC | 2025-05-11T03:11:13Z | Year **52 BC** was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Pompeius and Scipio** (or, less frequently, **year 702 ''Ab urbe condita**''). This year has been called 52 BC since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the most commo... | [] |
5,030 | 17,329 | 1,842,139 | Cape Town | 2026-07-21T20:43:12Z | **Cape Town** is the second largest city of South Africa. It is also home to the South African Parliament where the country's representatives assemble.
It is at the Cape of Good Hope on the south-west coast. It has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate.
The city's dominant natural feature is Table Mountain, a mountai... | [] |
5,031 | 17,330 | 1,810,257 | Hard and soft drugs | 2026-05-25T13:39:49Z | Drugs function on the nervous system, such as the brain, and impact a person's mental state.
There is much disagreement about what can be called **hard drug** or **soft drug**.
So-called ***hard drugs*** are drugs that lead to physical addiction and sometimes death. Crack cocaine and heroin are examples of hard drugs... | [] |
5,032 | 17,332 | 1,788,979 | Tehran | 2026-09-24T20:51:24Z | **Tehran** is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is also the capital of Tehran province and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District. With a population of around 9.8 million in the city, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asi... | [] |
5,033 | 17,333 | 1,881,279 | Philadelphia | 2026-09-29T03:00:28Z | **Philadelphia**, often called **Philly**, is the 6th most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1682 by William Penn.
The population of the city was 1,603,797 people in 2020. Philadelphia was the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800. It ... | [] |
5,034 | 17,334 | 1,853,530 | The Clash | 2026-08-11T17:55:03Z | **The Clash** are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1976. Their lead singer was Joe Strummer (1952-2002). The group was one of the most popular punk bands in England in the mid-1970s.
## Music style
Although The Clash are known as an early punk rock band, they were willing to experiment with different sty... | [] |
5,035 | 17,338 | 16,695 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2026-08-01T16:28:25Z | {{good}}
**Red Hot Chili Peppers** are an American rock band. The band started in 1982 in Los Angeles, California. The state of California has been a theme in many of their songs. The members of the band are singer Anthony Kiedis, bass guitarist Flea, guitarist John Frusciante, and drummer Chad Smith.
The Red Hot Ch... | [] |
5,036 | 17,339 | 212,981 | Oasis (band) | 2025-03-25T18:14:24Z | **Oasis** are an English rock band started in Manchester in 1991. The band came from an earlier group, the Rain, and its first members were Liam Gallagher (lead vocals, tambourine), Paul Arthurs (guitar), Paul McGuigan (bass guitar), and Tony McCarroll (drums). Noel Gallagher (lead guitar, vocals) later joined as a fif... | [] |
5,037 | 17,341 | 1,687,111 | Rush (band) | 2026-01-01T01:30:10Z | **Rush** was a Canadian rock band. They formed in the late 1960s in Toronto. The last and longest members of the group were Geddy Lee, the singer, who also plays the bass guitar and synthesizers, Alex Lifeson, who plays the guitar, and Neil Peart, who played the drums. In 2013 Rush were inducted into the Rock and Roll ... | [] |
5,038 | 17,359 | 532,461 | Roy Hodgson | 2026-07-26T08:43:23Z | **Roy Hodgson** [ CBE ]{.small} (born 9 August 1947) is an English former football player and manager who is currently manager of Premier League club Crystal Palace. He was recently Manager of Crystal Palace from September 2017 to May 2021 and then twice from March 2023 onwards. He, along with Larry Barilli, are amongs... | [] |
5,039 | 17,361 | 1,773,816 | Guinness World Records | 2026-09-27T18:25:26Z | ***Guinness World Records*** is a reference book published each year. It has a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book series yet made. It is also one of the most often stolen books from publi... | [] |
5,040 | 17,363 | 1,171,648 | Mime | 2026-09-01T19:01:37Z | **Mime** is a type of acting that does not use words or speech. Mime is all about physical movement and exaggerating your expressions. **Mimes** (people who practice mime) must use their actions to send a message or tell a story. They are not allowed to speak directly to the audience.
Probably the most well-known mime... | [] |
5,041 | 17,365 | 314,538 | Kangaroo | 2026-01-08T03:13:23Z | A **kangaroo** is an Australian marsupial. It belongs to the genus *Macropus*. The common name 'kangaroo' is used for the four large species, and there are another 50 species of smaller macropods.
The kangaroos are common in Australia and can also be found in New Guinea. Kangaroos move by hopping.
## Common names
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5,042 | 17,366 | 16,695 | Harriet Tubman | 2026-03-23T15:33:58Z | **Harriet Tubman** (born Araminta **Ross**; c. 1820 or 1821 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American anti-slavery worker, former slave, and humanitarian. She was also a Union spy and the first black woman to ever lead an American mission during the American Civil War. She was born into slavery but she escaped. During ... | [] |
5,043 | 17,368 | 1,652,218 | Device driver | 2025-08-25T05:23:03Z | A **device driver** is a program that lets the operating system communicate with specific computer hardware.
Computer parts need a driver because specific devices need different instructions to function correctly. For example, video cards from Advanced Micro Devices (or AMD) and Nvidia do the same job, but each requ... | [] |
5,044 | 17,376 | 1,734,355 | Central processing unit | 2026-03-13T00:48:27Z | A **central processing unit** (**CPU**) is an important part of every computer. The CPU sends signals to control the other parts of the computer, almost like how a brain controls a body.
The CPU is an electronic machine that works on a list of computer things to do, called *instructions*. It reads the list of instruct... | [] |
5,045 | 17,378 | 640,235 | Running of the Bulls | 2023-06-14T20:51:03Z | The **Running of the Bulls** (in Spanish **el encierro**, meaning "the enclosing") is an activity that involves running in front of bulls on a course of a sectioned-off area of a town's streets. It is done all around Spain, but the most famous running of the bulls is in Pamplona. In most bull runs the bulls are not kil... | [] |
5,046 | 17,384 | 1,161,309 | Red shift | 2025-11-23T19:54:26Z | **Red shift** is a method astronomers use to tell the speed of any object that is very far away in the Universe. The red shift is one example of the Doppler effect.
The easiest way to experience the Doppler effect is to listen to a moving train. As the train moves towards a person, the sound it makes as it comes towa... | [] |
5,047 | 17,385 | 9,178,818 | Spectral line | 2023-11-08T05:15:16Z | A **spectral line** is the way scientists can tell one element from another by looking at color.
## The colors of the rainbow
In order to understand **spectral lines**, color has to be understood. In a rainbow, the colors of light go from purple to red. Several hundred years ago, the famous scientist Isaac Newton did... | [] |
5,048 | 17,387 | 1,822,613 | Godzilla | 2026-06-15T23:10:27Z | **Godzilla** is a fictional giant monster, or *kaiju*, who first appeared in the 1954 Japanese movie of the same name. Since then has been featured in thirty-nine movies. During his movie career, this large reptile fought against many other mythical monsters, including the giant moth-like Mothra, the three-headed King ... | [] |
5,049 | 17,389 | 10,252,054 | 1090s | 2025-05-12T00:50:48Z | The **1090s** was the decade that started on January 1, 1090, and ended on December 31, 1099. It is distinct from the decade known as the ***110th decade*** which began on January 1, 1091 and ended on December 31, 1100.
## Events
- 1090 - Béjaïa becomes the capital of the Hammadid Dynasty in Algeria.
- 1091 - King Wi... | [] |
5,050 | 17,390 | 10,346,753 | 1101 | 2025-06-21T21:31:37Z | **1101** (MCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the 12th century.
## Events
- A second wave of crusaders arrives in the newly established Kingdom of Jerusalem, after being heavily defeated by Kilij Arslan I at Heraclia. See Crusade of 1101.
- Raymond IV of Toulou... | [] |
5,051 | 17,391 | 1,011,873 | 1137 | 2025-10-09T14:22:55Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1137{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1137{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Louis VII becomes King of France and marries Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Rochester Cathedral is hurt by a fire, but is soon rebuilt.
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5,052 | 17,392 | 1,011,873 | 1194 | 2025-10-09T14:23:32Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1194{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1194{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- July 5 – Emperor Guangzong of Sung China was forced to step down.
- November 20 – Palermo falls to Henry VI
- December 25 – Henry VI becomes king of Sicily.
- City of Portsmouth awarded it... | [] |
5,053 | 17,393 | 1,011,873 | 1207 | 2025-10-09T14:23:39Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1207{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1207{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Stephen Langton consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury June 17 by Pope Innocent III.
- Pope Innocent III declares for Philip of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor, a reversal of his previous suppo... | [] |
5,054 | 17,394 | 1,788,979 | The Pentagon | 2026-08-19T14:55:11Z | **The Pentagon** is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. It is in Arlington, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.). It has limestone walls. It is in the shape of a pentagon, and has seven floors.
The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world, but any place in the building can be reached w... | [] |
5,055 | 17,395 | 1,679,625 | The Beach Boys | 2026-03-05T08:27:48Z | **The Beach Boys** are an American pop/surf rock group from Hawthorne, California. They formed in 1961. The original members were brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their friend Al Jardine. Many of the band's early songs were about life in southern California, the beach, girls, cars, ... | [] |
5,056 | 17,397 | 532,461 | Modem | 2026-07-26T12:40:34Z | A **modem** (comes from: **mo**dulator **dem**odulator) is a piece of computer hardware. It is used to communicate between distant computers. Two modems, one on each computer, are required to make a connection, and each modem can send and receive data to and from the other modem.
- Modulation is changing the digital ... | [] |
5,057 | 17,398 | 1,049,748 | 3DO | 2026-03-03T16:52:03Z | The **3DO Interactive Multiplayer** (often just called the **3DO**) is a video game console invented by The 3DO Company. It was created by Trip Hawkins, the man who created Electronic Arts. The 3DO was not built by the company itself. They had a list of instructions that other companies could use to build their own. Pa... | [] |
5,058 | 17,399 | 1,663,660 | APF-M1000 | 2025-09-22T17:37:15Z | The **APF-M1000** was a video game console made by APF in 1978. The controllers had numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 called a numeric keypad) and a joystick. With a joystick, the player moves the joystick and uses it to control the action in the game. It could only be used on a color TV. It came built-in with the game "Roc... | [] |
5,059 | 17,401 | 532,461 | Windsor, Ontario | 2026-03-26T01:32:43Z | **Windsor** is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The city is across the Detroit River from the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. It is the most southern city in Canada. In 2021, Statistics Canada said the city has 229,660 people living in it. It is inside Essex County, but it is independent from the county.
## His... | [] |
5,060 | 17,410 | 693,482 | QWERTY | 2026-07-26T17:47:40Z | **QWERTY** is a layout for typewriters and computer keyboards. It is commonly used in some English-speaking countries. Its name comes from the fact the first six letters of the top row of keys are Q, W, E, R, T, and Y. The QWERTY design was patented by Christopher Sholes in 1874 and sold to E. Remington and Sons during... | [] |
5,061 | 17,414 | 1,652,809 | List | 2025-08-24T05:50:41Z | A **list** is a part of a text, which has many words separated by commas (,) or a group of words going down the page that may use bullet points, letters, or numbers. Semicolons (;) are also used sometimes to separate items in a list.
These are lists:
I have invited **Peter, Mary, and Henry** to my birthday.
People w... | [] |
5,062 | 17,415 | 1,657,104 | Goddess | 2025-09-30T16:56:56Z | A **goddess** is a female god.
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5,063 | 17,422 | 693,482 | Antimatter | 2026-07-26T15:47:27Z | **Antimatter** is a special kind of matter made up of tiny particles that are like the normal particles we know but with opposite electric charges. For every particle in regular matter, there is a matching antiparticle. For example, the electron has an antiparticle called the positron, which has the same mass but a pos... | [] |
5,064 | 17,425 | 1,823,445 | Minsk | 2026-06-17T13:45:22Z | **Minsk** or **Miensk** (Мінск (official spelling in Belarus), Менск; Минск ; Mińsk) is the capital and a major city of Belarus. About 2 million people lived in the city as of 2021. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States. As a capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus... | [] |
5,065 | 17,432 | 10,252,030 | 1310s | 2025-05-12T00:46:12Z | The **1310s** was the decade that started on January 1, 1310, and ended on December 31, 1319. It is distinct from the decade known as the ***132th decade*** which began on January 1, 1311 and ended on December 31, 1320.
## Events
- The Fraticelli pose a problem for the Roman Catholic church
- In Europe, climate chang... | [] |
5,066 | 17,433 | 1,011,873 | 1326 | 2025-10-09T14:24:49Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1326{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1326{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman I (1299-1326) to Orhan I (1326-1359)
- Aradia de Toscano, is initiated into a Dianic cult of Italian Witchcraft (Stregheria), and discove... | [] |
5,067 | 17,436 | 248,920 | Chancellor of Germany | 2025-06-05T21:52:28Z | The **chancellor of Germany** (German: *Bundeskanzler*, literally: *federal chancellor*) is the head of government of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Chancellor of Germany is elected by the majority of the members of the Bundestag, the German parliament. The **chancellor** is the German people's version of a Pri... | [] |
5,068 | 17,439 | 1,734,355 | Mysore | 2026-07-13T08:30:03Z | **Mysore** (officially called **Mysuru**) is a city in Karnataka, India. Mysore is 140 km south-west of Bangalore. Travel time from Bangalore to Mysore is 2-3 hours by road or rail. Mysore is the second largest city in Karnataka.
Mysore Palace, Jaganmohan Palace, Chamundi Hills, Brindavan Gardens, and Mysore Zoo ar... | [] |
5,069 | 17,440 | 1,475,106 | Kannada | 2026-09-30T06:09:05Z | {{Constitutionally recognised languages in India}}
**Kannada** (ಕನ್ನಡ) is a language, and it is a script used for writing the language. Most people in the southern Indian state of Karnataka speak Kannada. There are also many speakers in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and Goa. There are some diffe... | [] |
5,070 | 17,444 | 1,011,873 | 1458 | 2025-11-09T15:51:34Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1458{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1458{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 24 – Matthias I Corvinus becomes King of Hungary
- Start of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
- George of Podebrady becomes King of Bohemia
- Pope Pius II becomes pope
- Turks... | [] |
5,071 | 17,445 | 1,011,873 | 1461 | 2025-11-09T15:51:35Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1461{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1461{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February 2 – Battle of Mortimer's Cross – Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales.
- February 17... | [] |
5,072 | 17,446 | 1,011,873 | 1467 | 2025-11-09T15:51:40Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1467{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1467{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- October 29 – Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege
- Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan.
- Circa this year, polyalphabetic cipher invented by Leone Battista Alberti.
- R... | [] |
5,073 | 17,447 | 1,837,257 | Arab League | 2026-07-13T03:01:27Z | **The Arab League** is an organization made up of countries in the Arab world in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia. Most, though not all of these countries use Arabic as their official language. The purpose is to find ways for the countries to have unity and to work together to solve their problems.
## Background (19... | [] |
5,074 | 17,448 | 1,011,873 | 1478 | 2025-11-09T15:51:46Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1478{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1478{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February 18 – George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
- April 26 – The Pazzi attack Lor... | [] |
5,075 | 17,451 | 10,350,811 | 1613 | 2025-06-23T21:54:03Z | **1613** (MDCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- January – Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery.
- February 7 – An Assembly of the Russian Empire elects ... | [] |
5,076 | 17,452 | 1,011,873 | 1608 | 2025-07-05T15:24:41Z | {{#Year article header}}1608{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 18 – Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
- May 14 – Protestant Union founded in Auhausen.
- July 3 – Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- August 24 – The first official English representative to India lands at Surat.
- October ... | [] |
5,077 | 17,453 | 1,788,011 | 1577 | 2026-04-17T20:00:41Z | **1577** (MDLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- March 17 – formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold
- May 28 – Publication of the *Bergen Book*, better known as the *Solid Declaration* of the Formula of Concord, one of t... | [] |
5,078 | 17,454 | 1,441,744 | 1870s | 2024-04-02T10:30:29Z | The **1870s** was the decade that began on January 1, 1870 and ended on December 31, 1879. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''188st decade''' which began on January 1, 1871 and ended on December 31, 1880.
## Events
- The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell.
- The light bulb was inve... | [] |
5,079 | 17,455 | 1,011,873 | 1501 | 2025-11-09T15:51:59Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1501{{/Year in various calendars}}
**1501** (MDI) was a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the 16th century.
## Events
- Alexander becomes King of Poland.
- The Safavid kingdom was established in northern Iran.
- Martin Luther enters the Univ... | [] |
5,080 | 17,456 | 22,027 | Jon Voight | 2025-02-16T22:02:16Z | **Jon Voight** (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. Voight came to publicity in the late 1960s with his Academy Award–nominated performance as Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo, in Midnight Cowboy (1969). He has received an Academy Award for Best Actor, having received it for his role in the 1978 film Coming Home, ... | [] |
5,081 | 17,465 | 86,802 | Eugene McCarthy | 2024-10-08T05:40:28Z | **Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy** (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was a United States senator from Minnesota. He ran for President of the United States five times. He died from Parkinson's disease.
## Other websites
- [Eugene J McCarthy Lectureship](http://www.csbsju.edu/publicpolicy/mccarthy.htm) at Saint John'... | [] |
5,082 | 17,466 | 1,740,067 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 2026-07-18T19:03:27Z | **Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger** (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, film producer, screenwriter, and director. He was the governor of the American state of California from 2003 to 2011. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
After serving in the army, Schwarzene... | [] |
5,083 | 17,470 | 10,471,799 | Holy Spirit | 2025-08-22T01:07:05Z | The **Holy Spirit**, or **Holy Ghost**, is a part of the triune godhead (three in one God) of Christianity.
## According to the Bible
The Holy Spirit was there from the beginning. Genesis 1:2 says that the Holy Spirit helped create the Earth.
It was by the Holy Spirit that Jesus was conceived in Mary (Matthew 1:18,1... | [] |
5,084 | 17,473 | 1,871,629 | Internet Protocol | 2026-09-14T20:06:27Z | The **Internet Protocol** (**IP**) is the most important communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying data across network boundaries. It establishes the Internet. In the past, IP did not provide the connectivity; It only specified how packets should be created. The Transmission Control Protocol (... | [] |
5,085 | 17,474 | 10,251,953 | 1850s | 2025-05-12T00:06:35Z | The **1850s** was the decade that began on January 1, 1850 and ended on December 31, 1859. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''186st decade''' which began on January 1, 1851 and ended on December 31, 1860.
## Events
- Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process
- Benjamin Sillim... | [] |
5,086 | 17,476 | 1,011,873 | 1479 | 2025-11-09T15:51:47Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1479{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1479{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 20 – Ferdinand II becomes king of Aragon and rules together with his wife Isabella, queen of Castile over most of the Iberian peninsula. Together they take over Granada in 1492, en... | [] |
5,087 | 17,477 | 1,011,873 | 1505 | 2025-11-09T15:52:00Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1505{{/Year in various calendars}}
**1505** (MDV) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- March 5 – Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon
- Portuguese under Dom Lourenço d'Almeida reach Colombo, Sri... | [] |
5,088 | 17,478 | 22,027 | Akihito | 2026-06-29T19:41:31Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="nihongo"><div data-arg><strong>Emperor Akihito</strong></div><div data-arg>明仁天皇</div><div data-arg>Akihito-tennō</div><div data-arg>born 23 December 1933</div></template> (known simply as Akihito) is the former emperor of Japan. He reigned from 1989 to 2019. He was th... | [] |
5,089 | 17,480 | 532,461 | 1133 | 2026-06-23T22:26:45Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1133{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1133{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Geoffrey of Monmouth produces the *Historia Regum Britanniae*.
- Construction of the Durham Cathedral is completed in England.
- Construction of Exeter Cathedral begins in England.
- June ... | [] |
5,090 | 17,483 | 1,664,150 | Aero Space Museum | 2025-09-21T03:26:32Z | > *There is also the San Diego Aerospace Museum.*
The **Aero Space Museum** is an airplane museum in Calgary in Canada. The museum, founded in 1975, is near the Calgary Airport.
Some things at the museum are war-time airplanes: a Sopwith Triplane from World War I and an Avro Lancaster from World War II.
There are als... | [] |
5,091 | 17,487 | 532,461 | Canadian Museum of Flight | 2025-09-06T18:58:11Z | The **Canadian Museum of Flight** is an aircraft museum at the Langley Airport in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The museum has about 20 peace-time and war-time motor airplanes, gliders, and helicopters to see, six of which can still fly.
## Aircraft
List of aircraft displayed :
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk.3B... | [] |
5,092 | 17,489 | 966,595 | Olympic Flight Museum | 2021-01-08T10:47:00Z | The **Olympic Flight Museum** is an aircraft museum at the Olympia Airport in Olympia, Washington, USA. The museum has more than 20 airplanes and helicopters to see, most of which can still fly.
## Other websites
- [Olympic Flight Museum website](http://www.olympicflightmuseum.com/)
| [] |
5,093 | 17,490 | 1,572,824 | San Diego Aerospace Museum | 2025-05-13T04:02:20Z | **San Diego Aerospace Museum** is an aircraft and space exploration museum in San Diego, California, USA. It contains many original and copies of old aircraft and spacecraft, including:
- A Lockheed A-12 Oxcart
- A Ford Trimotor
- A Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI
- A North American P-51 Mustang
- The Apollo 9 command mo... | [] |
5,094 | 17,493 | 532,461 | Pearson Air Museum | 2021-01-24T04:58:02Z | The **Pearson Air Museum** is an airplane museum at Pearson Field Airport in Vancouver, Washington, USA. The museum and Pearson Field, and the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, are all part of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve.
## Planes shown
The Pearson Air Museum shows different kinds of unusual, specia... | [] |
5,095 | 17,494 | 1,879,297 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 2026-09-26T01:28:10Z | **Newfoundland and Labrador** (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) is a province on the East Coast of Canada, and is the farthest east of all Canadian provinces and territories. The capital of Newfoundland and Labrador is St. John's. In 2021, 510,550 people lived in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland is an island, while Lab... | [] |
5,096 | 17,495 | 1,710,794 | Greenfinch | 2025-12-15T06:41:29Z | The **greenfinch** (*Chloris chloris*), also known as the **European greenfinch**, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
## Distribution
This bird is widespread throughout Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. It is mainly residential, but some Northernmost populations migrate further South. ... | [] |
5,097 | 17,496 | 1,183,975 | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | 2026-06-23T00:05:21Z | **St. John's** is the capital of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is also the largest city in the province, with 110,525 people living there and 212,579 people in the St. John's Metropolitan Area.
Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) has two campuses in St. John's and College of the North At... | [] |
5,098 | 17,497 | 935,234 | Nest | 2023-06-03T01:43:34Z | A **nest** is a place where animals build to hold their eggs or provide a place to raise their babies. They are most typical of birds, but many other vertebrates do make nests.
Nests can be made of organic materials such as twigs, grass, and leaves. They may be a simple depression in the ground, or a hole in a rock, t... | [] |
5,099 | 17,498 | 863,768 | Egg (biology) | 2025-09-27T05:56:19Z |
An **egg** results from fertilization of an ovum. The egg is a container for the zygote. It protects the zygote, and feeds the embryo.
The animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own, at which point the egg hatches. Most vertebrates, arthropods and molluscs lay eggs outside the mother's body. They are alw... | [] |
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