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5,800 | 19,568 | 10,284,394 | Nagasaki | 2025-05-25T21:10:32Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Nihongo"><div data-arg><strong>Nagasaki</strong></div><div data-arg>長崎市</div><div data-arg>Nagasaki-shi</div></template> is the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan.
Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century.
It has been recognized as ... | [] |
5,801 | 19,570 | 314,522 | Ayyavazhi | 2025-06-04T16:21:36Z | **Ayyavazhi** (அய்யாவழி, "path of the master"), is a Hindu denomination with one god that started in South India in the middle of the 19th century.
Ayyavazhi is considered as a branch of Hinduism, officially. It is widespread in Tamil Nadu's southern districts of Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, and Thoothukudi district and ... | [] |
5,802 | 19,572 | 640,235 | Akilattirattu Ammanai | 2024-01-02T13:49:50Z | **Akilathirattu Ammanai** (அகிலத்திரட்டு அம்மானை; from *akilam* (world) \+ *thirattu* (collection) \+ *ammanai* (ballad)), also called **Thiru Edu** (venerable book), is the main religious book of the Southern Indian Ayyavazhi, officially a branch of Hinduism. The title is shortened as Akilam. This is the largest Amman... | [] |
5,803 | 19,574 | 10,382,761 | Ayya Vaikundar | 2025-07-09T23:03:34Z | **Ayya Vaikundar** (அய்யா வைகுண்டர்) is a Manu (father, sovereign) avatar (the incarnation of a deity) of Muthukutty according to Akilattirattu Ammanai the holy book of the Ayyavazhi religion, officially a Tamil Hindu branch.
The physical human body of Ayya Vaikundar was born with the name **Muthukutty**. However, M... | [] |
5,804 | 19,577 | 640,235 | Pathi | 2024-01-13T14:55:49Z | The worship centers of Ayyavazhi are called **Pathis**. The activities of Vaikundar is historically joined with these Pathis. There are five Pathis:
- Swamithoppepathi
- Ambalappathi
- Muttappathi
- Thamaraikulampathi
- Pooppathi
| [] |
5,805 | 19,578 | 196,884 | Planck mass | 2025-01-31T03:17:48Z | The **Planck mass** is a small unit of mass used in physics. It is derived using an equation involving Planck's constant, the speed of light in a vacuum, and the gravitational constant. It is approximately 21.76 µg.
The Planck mass can be thought of as an upper bound for the mass of a single particle. A particle with ... | [] |
5,806 | 19,579 | 16,695 | Human sexuality | 2025-01-02T19:29:34Z | **Human sexuality** is the ability of people to have sexual experiences and feelings. This involves biological, erotic, physical, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. The most common form of human sexuality is heterosexuality, but homosexuality, bisexuality and asexuality exist too. An abnormal form ... | [] |
5,807 | 19,582 | 373,511 | War and Peace | 2022-06-10T11:41:00Z | ***War and Peace*** (Война и мир) is a famous novel written by Leo Tolstoy, a Russian writer. It is about four families of noblemen in Russia during the wars with Napoleon, and how they deal with the war and with one another.
Tolstoy described *War and Peace* as "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less an ... | [] |
5,808 | 19,587 | 532,461 | Bay City, Michigan | 2024-11-17T23:52:06Z | The American city of **Bay City** is a small city in the state of Michigan, United States. In the 2020 census it had more than 32,000 people living in it.
Although small, Bay City is one of the largest port cities on Lake Huron, one of the North American Great Lakes. It is part of a triangle of small cities in Central... | [] |
5,809 | 19,591 | 314,522 | Zirconium | 2025-06-04T16:25:36Z | **Zirconium** is a chemical elemental metal. It is a greyish-white in color. It is atomic number 40 on the periodic table. Its symbol is Zr. And it is in the family of four (4). Zirconium alloys are used as cladding for nuclear fuel rods.
## Production
Most zirconium is made from the mineral zircon. Zircon is also ca... | [] |
5,810 | 19,592 | 1,831,050 | Yttrium | 2026-07-01T16:53:45Z | **Yttrium** is a chemical elemental metal with an atomic number of **39**, a chemical symbol of **Y**, and an atomic weight of **88.905**(abridged). It is classified as a transition metal. It is atomic number 39 which means it has 39 protons in an atom. It is silvery-white, solid at room temperature, and tends to form ... | [] |
5,811 | 19,594 | 1,721,801 | Windows 98 | 2026-08-09T21:27:50Z | **Windows 98** is an operating system for computers. Released on June 25, 1998 by Microsoft, it is the successor of Windows 95. It came before Windows Me. Support for Windows 98 ended on July 11, 2006.
Windows 98 was seen by many as a small upgrade to Windows 95, rather than a rebuilt version of Windows. The biggest c... | [] |
5,812 | 19,595 | 1,618,275 | Waste | 2026-08-20T09:07:44Z | **Waste** (or **wastes**) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance that is discarded after primary use or is worthless, defective, and of no use.
It may be no longer useful as it has served its purpose, and at the end of the process have no further use, and is generally discarded. It is unwanted mate... | [] |
5,813 | 19,596 | 693,482 | 1096 | 2026-08-04T06:31:10Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1096{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1096{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Vital I Michele is Doge of Venice
- Peter I, King of Aragon, conquers Huesca
- Bernhard becomes Bishop of Brandenburg
- First documented teaching at the University of Oxford
- Phayao, now ... | [] |
5,814 | 19,597 | 1,011,873 | 1098 | 2025-10-09T14:21:09Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1098{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1098{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- December 12 – massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan where Crusaders resort to cannibalism.
- First Crusade: end of the siege of Antioch.
- Cîteaux Abbey founded.
## Births
- September 16 – Hilde... | [] |
5,815 | 19,598 | 1,452,189 | Republic of the Congo | 2026-09-08T17:46:49Z | The **Republic of the Congo**, also known as **Congo-Brazzaville**, is a country in Africa. Its capital city is Brazzaville. The country was a former colony of France; it became independent on 15 August 1960.
The north of the country has very large areas of rainforest, but in the south are many farms which grow cashcro... | [] |
5,816 | 19,599 | 1,805,641 | Gabon | 2026-05-17T15:47:29Z | **Gabon**, officially the **Gabonese Republic**, is a country in Africa. It is located on the equator. It has borders with Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Libreville, which is also the largest city in the country. Gabon has an area of almost 270000 sqkm. About 2.3 million peop... | [] |
5,817 | 19,613 | 1,812,484 | Tamil Nadu | 2026-05-29T06:06:17Z | **Tamil Nadu** (தமிழ்நாடு) is a state in the South of India. The capital of this state is Chennai. Other large cities in Tamil Nadu include Coimbatore, Tiruchirapalli, Salem, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Thanjavur and Thoothukudi. Tamil is the language spoken in Tamil Nadu. It is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal to the east an... | [] |
5,818 | 19,616 | 1,475,106 | Duck | 2026-08-07T17:13:13Z | **Ducks** are birds in the family Anatidae. Ducks are closely related to swans and geese, which are in the same family. Ducks are generally black, brown or grey.
Ducks are not a monophyletic group. They are a 'form taxon'. Swans and geese are in the same family but are not called ducks. The main difference is that du... | [] |
5,819 | 19,620 | 1,674,404 | North by Northwest | 2026-09-19T16:47:22Z | ***North by Northwest*** is a 1959 spy thriller movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Ernest Lehman wrote the script, and Cary Grant stars in the lead role. The movie also stars Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The story is about the innocent Roger Thornhill getting caught up in the spy world. Bernard Hermann composed th... | [] |
5,820 | 19,625 | 357,399 | Nightwish | 2025-04-28T04:46:32Z | **Nightwish** is a symphonic metal band from Finland. They formed in July 1996 and played acoustic mood music. The band's keyboardist and composer Tuomas Holopainen had the idea of forming a band. He asked Tarja Turunen to sing and Emppu Vuorinen to play guitar.
At the beginning of 1997, the band started playing stron... | [] |
5,821 | 19,632 | 532,461 | Sierra Leone | 2026-07-26T07:10:47Z | **Sierra Leone** is a country in West Africa. Its capital is Freetown. The official language is English.
The country was first made as a place where freed slaves could live. From 1991 until 2000, there was a civil war in Sierra Leone between rebels and the government. The war is now over. Sierra Leone is known for its... | [] |
5,822 | 19,633 | 16,695 | Door | 2025-08-03T17:55:28Z | A **door** is a hard, flat object a person can open and close so that person can go into a room or other place. It is found in houses and other buildings. Doors are also found in cars and cages.
The reasons for a door are:
- for people, animals, and objects to go through; some doors are for emergencies only (emergenc... | [] |
5,823 | 19,634 | 10,252,007 | 1540s | 2025-05-12T00:42:28Z | The **1540s** was a decade that started on 1 January 1540 and ended on 31 December 1549.
It is distinct from the decade known as the ***155th decade*** which began on January 1, 1541 and ended on December 31, 1550.
## Events
- Hernando de Soto is the first European to see the Mississippi River.
- Ivan IV of Muscovy... | [] |
5,824 | 19,638 | 532,461 | Boeing 737 | 2026-05-25T15:18:28Z | {\|
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The **Boeing 737** is a twin-engine, narrow-body airliner built by Boeing. At first, Boeing was making it to be a shorter, cheaper airliner than its 707 and 727. However, the 737 has become a family of many different models. The number of passengers it can carry ranges from 85 to 215. The 737 is the only narro... | [] |
5,825 | 19,646 | 1,649,820 | Tsar | 2025-09-19T20:12:17Z | **Tsar** is a title for the supreme ruler in several countries. In Bulgaria, the title was used in 913–1422 and again in 1908–1946. The last tsar to rule Bulgaria was Boris III, who replaced Ferdinand I of Bulgaria 1918.
In Serbia, the title was used in 1346—1371. The last tsar to rule Serbia was Stephen Uroš V.
In ... | [] |
5,826 | 19,647 | 10,252,006 | 1550s | 2025-05-12T00:42:15Z | The **1550s** was a decade that started on 1 January 1550 and ended on 31 December 1559.
It is distinct from the decade known as the ***156th decade*** which began on January 1, 1551 and ended on December 31, 1560.
## Events
- Helsinki founded in Finland.
- Rule of *Bloody Mary*, or Mary I of England from 1553 to 15... | [] |
5,827 | 19,649 | 1,011,873 | 1840 | 2025-07-05T15:29:18Z | {{#Year article header}}1840{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- The Great Natchez Tornado: A massive tornado hits Natchez, Mississippi. Before it was over, 317 people had died and 209 were injured.
## Births
- January 3– Father Damien, priest
- January 18 – Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
... | [] |
5,828 | 19,650 | 10,344,152 | Engelbert Dollfuss | 2025-06-20T10:33:47Z | **Engelbert Dollfuss** (*German*: **Dollfuß**) (October 4, 1892 – July 25, 1934) was the Chancellor of Austria from 1932 until 1933. He led the country as a dictator from early 1933 until 1934.
He studied law in Vienna, and Economics in Berlin. During World War I, he served in the Alps and briefly became a prisoner of... | [] |
5,829 | 19,653 | 1,570,152 | Language isolate | 2025-04-16T11:37:16Z | A **language isolate** is a language that is not known to be related to any other language. Many languages are related to other languages by coming from an older language, and both are still similar. Languages that are related are language families. Most languages are known to belong to a language family. However, some... | [] |
5,830 | 19,654 | 532,461 | Species | 2025-10-10T23:12:01Z | A **species** is a kind of organism. It is a basic unit of biological classification, and a formal rank in taxonomy. Originally, the word was used informally in a rather vague way, but now there are at least 26 different ways it is used.
All animals or plants that are the same kind belong to the same species. Wolves (... | [] |
5,831 | 19,655 | 120,360 | Ancestor | 2026-01-07T10:44:30Z | An **ancestor** is a person (or another organism or thing) from whom (or which) another is descended. Usually, it refers to a person far in the past, rather than the parents or grandparents in the close family. A very similar word is **forebear**. A female ancestor may be called an **ancestress**. The line of ancestors... | [] |
5,832 | 19,656 | 863,768 | River dolphin | 2024-05-24T22:33:50Z | **River dolphins** are five species of dolphin which live in fresh water rivers and estuaries. Three species live in fresh water rivers. The La Plata Dolphin lives in salt water estuaries and the ocean.
- South Asian river dolphins (two sub-species)
- Ganges river dolphin, *Platanista gangetica gangetica* – Lives... | [] |
5,833 | 19,657 | 1,538,302 | Estuary | 2024-11-12T13:07:05Z | An **estuary** is where a river meets the sea. There, saltwater mixes with freshwater. The river becomes wider and wider and flows slowly to the ocean.
Bays, marshes, swamps, and inlets can all have estuaries. A view of an estuary from the air is usually an interesting sight: many estuaries meander (curve and bend) to... | [] |
5,834 | 19,666 | 1,674,404 | James Bond | 2026-10-01T15:41:32Z | **James Bond** is a fictional British spy created by Ian Fleming in 1953.
## History
### 1950s-1960s
In 1953, Fleming wrote Casino Royale, the very first James Bond novel. The novel made a lot of money, and he continued to write one James Bond novel each year until he died in 1964. In a 1956 South African radio pro... | [] |
5,835 | 19,669 | 364,926 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 movie) | 2024-02-03T21:40:07Z | ***A Streetcar Named Desire*** is a 1951 movie. It is based on the 1947 play by Tennessee Williams. The movie stars Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh.
## Other websites
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5,836 | 19,674 | 1,498,485 | Tetrahedron | 2025-01-03T18:40:50Z | A **tetrahedron** or **triangular pyramid** is a polyhedron (a three-dimensional shape). It has four corners and six edges. All four of its faces are equilateral triangles. Every two edges meet on one of those corners forming a sixty-degree angle.
## Formulas for a regular tetrahedron
A **regular tetrahedron** is a t... | [] |
5,837 | 19,675 | 1,618,275 | Robert Hooke | 2025-07-29T21:24:43Z | **Robert Hooke** FRS (Isle of Wight, 18 July 1635 – London, 3 March 1703) was an English naturalist, architect and polymath. Hooke played an important role in the birth of science in the 17th century with both experimental and theoretical work. He was a colleague of Robert Boyle and Christopher Wren, and a rival to Isa... | [] |
5,838 | 19,686 | 1,618,275 | Leo Tolstoy | 2026-05-25T11:48:27Z | Count **Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy** (9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910) was a Russian novelist and anarchist, famous for writing the books *War and Peace* and *Anna Karenina*, and many other works. He was a Christian and believed in non-violence and practiced simple living. His work *The Kingdom of God is within you* ... | [] |
5,839 | 19,687 | 693,482 | California wine | 2025-07-17T16:51:29Z | People have made **wine** in the American state of California for a long time. California has become recognized as making some of the world's best wine. California makes most of the wine that is made in America.
## History
People first made wine in California in 1769. Missionaries from Mexico brought their wine plant... | [] |
5,840 | 19,689 | 10,502,943 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 2025-09-08T14:02:16Z | ***Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*** is a 1969 American movie from 20th Century Fox. George Roy Hill directed it, and John Foreman produced it. It stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two robbers in Wyoming who go to Bolivia to escape the law.
The movie was loosely based on the real story of the two title chara... | [] |
5,841 | 19,724 | 10,252,013 | 1480s | 2025-05-12T00:43:39Z | The **1480s** was a decade that began on 1 January 1480 and ended on 31 December 1489.
It is distinct from the decade known as the ***149th decade*** which began on January 1, 1481 and ended on December 31, 1490.
## Events
- War of the Roses in England.
- Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal sails around Africa and on to Ind... | [] |
5,842 | 19,735 | 22,027 | Mehmed II | 2026-06-29T19:40:45Z | **Mehmed II** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-ota"><div data-arg>محمد ثانى</div><div data-arg data-name="translit">Meḥmed-i s̱ānī</div></template>; II. Mehmed, <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-tr"><div data-arg>icinˈdʒi ˈmehmed</div><div data-arg>pron</div></template>; ... | [] |
5,843 | 19,758 | 1,873,464 | The Bold and the Beautiful | 2026-09-16T16:25:14Z | ***The Bold and the Beautiful*** is a popular American soap opera. After *The Young and the Restless*, it is the highest-rated soap opera there.
The series is shown in over 100 countries. About 300 million people watch it every day. This makes *The Bold and the Beautiful* the most watched television series in the worl... | [] |
5,844 | 19,759 | 1,135,249 | Primary color | 2026-03-11T03:57:31Z | **Primary colors** (or **primary colours** in Commonwealth English) are sets of colors that can be mixed to make a useful range of colors. The primary colors are those which cannot be made by mixing other colors in a given color space.
For an additive color model, as in overlapping projected lights or in television an... | [] |
5,845 | 19,760 | 475,687 | Umbilicus | 2024-11-03T21:55:08Z | The **umbilicus** (also called **navel** or **bellybutton**) is a place on the body of mammals that is left after a baby loses its umbilical cord. The umbilicus of humans is in the middle of the abdomen. It is usually only easy to see on humans, and is a thin line on many other mammals. In humans, they can be split int... | [] |
5,846 | 19,761 | 693,482 | James Cook | 2026-07-26T14:53:52Z | Captain **James Cook**, FRS (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer. He sailed through the Pacific Ocean three times, mapped many areas and recorded several islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. He was the first British sailor to visit both t... | [] |
5,847 | 19,762 | 16,695 | Offside rule | 2023-11-02T09:47:45Z | The **offside rule** is one of the oldest football rules, but is still a much discussed rule. This is probably because of the relatively complicated set of provisions provided by the sport's law-making body, the IFAB for deciding if a player in an offside position is actually guilty of an offside offence by becoming in... | [] |
5,848 | 19,763 | 1,764,118 | Valentine's Day | 2026-05-07T18:12:22Z | **Valentine's Day** is a celebration that happens on February 13. It is the day of the year when lovers celebrate their love. This can be done by giving flowers, chocolates, Valentine's cards or just a nice gift. Love notes can be given to one another. These notes that people give out are also called *valentines*. ... | [] |
5,849 | 19,765 | 314,522 | Canary Islands | 2025-07-30T17:30:30Z | The **Canary Islands** are an autonomous community of Spain located off the coast of Africa. Consisting of seven main islands and over 50 smaller islands and islets, this region has a volcanic origin which can be appreciated in every one of them, especially in Tenerife, where we can find El Teide. The autonomous commun... | [] |
5,850 | 19,766 | 9,733,900 | Edinburgh Airport | 2024-08-28T11:45:22Z | **Edinburgh Airport** (IATA EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is an airport in Scotland. It is one of seven airports in the United Kingdom owned by the company BAA, which also owns Glasgow Airport and Aberdeen Airport in Scotland.
It is served by many different airlines including Scot Airways, British Airways, EasyJet, BMI, Continenta... | [] |
5,851 | 19,767 | 1,618,275 | Lufthansa | 2026-07-12T13:37:55Z | **Lufthansa** ***1-888-827-0021*** is the largest airline in Germany, and the second-largest in Europe. Some of Lufthansa's hubs are Frankfurt am Main and Munich, Germany. A hub is an airport where people who fly from one city to a second city can transfer or change airplanes.
Lufthansa buys airplanes from Boeing and ... | [] |
5,852 | 19,768 | 10,373,242 | Orlando Bloom | 2025-07-05T02:36:33Z | **Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom** (born 13 January 1977, in Canterbury, Kent, England) is an English actor. He is most known for his first major movie role as the elf Legolas Greenleaf in *The Lord of the Rings* movie trilogy.
In 1993, he moved to London to improve his career, doing bit parts in TV series like *Cas... | [] |
5,853 | 19,779 | 1,011,873 | 1791 | 2025-07-05T15:29:10Z | {{#Year article header}}1791{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 25 – The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the province of Quebec (a colony in North America spreading from the Gulf of Mexico coast to Hudson Bay)
- March 2 – A semaphore machine is revealed to the public in Pa... | [] |
5,854 | 19,780 | 1,011,873 | 1084 | 2025-10-09T14:21:00Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1084{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1084{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- May – Sack of Rome by the Normans of Robert Guiscard.
## Births
- David I of Scotland
| [] |
5,855 | 19,781 | 1,542,442 | Chromium | 2025-05-27T16:42:59Z | **Chromium** is a chemical element. Its symbol on the periodic table (a list of all the elements) is **Cr**. It always has 24 protons, so its atomic number is 24. Its mass number (number of protons and neutrons) is about 54. Most of the times it has 28 neutrons, but different isotopes have more or fewer neutrons. As a ... | [] |
5,856 | 19,782 | 1,477,024 | Neon | 2025-09-30T09:13:55Z | **Neon** is a chemical element on the periodic table. It is part of the noble gas group and it has an atomic number of 10. It is an odorless and tasteless gas (at 15 degrees Celsius at standard pressure).
Neon does not react with other elements, so it is found by itself. There is not much neon in the air, and it is c... | [] |
5,857 | 19,783 | 1,542,442 | Tin | 2025-05-28T17:37:01Z | **Tin** is a chemical element with symbol **Sn** (for stannum) and atomic number 50. It is in Group 14 on the periodic table. It has ten isotopes that are not radioactive, which is more than any other element.
## Properties
### Physical properties
Tin is a silver, somewhat soft metal. It is a post-transition metal. ... | [] |
5,858 | 19,785 | 16,695 | Silicon | 2026-02-26T20:01:03Z |
**Silicon** is a chemical element. Its atomic number is 14 on the periodic table. Its symbol is **Si**. It is a hard, brittle crystalline solid. It is a tetravalent metalloid and semiconductor. It is a member of group 14 in the periodic table.
Silicon looks like a metal, but cannot do everything that a metal can, li... | [] |
5,859 | 19,786 | 532,461 | Cadmium | 2025-12-03T14:41:36Z | **Cadmium** is a metal. It is element 48 on the periodic table. Its symbol is *Cd*. Its atomic number is 48 and its atomic mass is 112.4. It is found in Group 12 on the periodic table.
## Properties
### Physical properties
Cadmium is a blue-gray soft metal. It can be considered a transition metal or a post-transitio... | [] |
5,860 | 19,787 | 532,461 | Krypton | 2026-09-08T20:16:44Z | **Krypton** is a stable noble gas. It has an atomic number of 36. The name *krypton* comes from the Greek word *kryptos* meaning *hidden*. It is used in fluorescent lamps, flashbulbs, and as a wavelength standard. The metre used to be defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths in a vacuum of krypton gas.
## Chemistry
Becau... | [] |
5,861 | 19,788 | 532,461 | Noble gas | 2026-09-10T19:59:02Z | The **noble gases** are a group of elements that are all gases. These elements are all in **group 18** of the periodic table. All of them are monoatomic, meaning each molecule is a single atom. They almost never react with other elements. This is because they have a full 8 electrons outer electron shell. There are six ... | [] |
5,862 | 19,790 | 693,482 | Polonium | 2026-08-08T05:52:56Z | **Polonium** is a rare radioactive metalloid. It is chemical element 84 on the periodic table and its symbol is **Po**. It was discovered in 1898 by Marie and Pierre Curie.
Polonium is highly unstable, radioactive and toxic. This makes it difficult to handle. It can be dangerous, even in very small amounts. One gram o... | [] |
5,863 | 19,791 | 367,306 | Bismuth | 2026-08-26T09:33:09Z | **Bismuth** is a chemical element. It is element 83 on the periodic table and its symbol is *Bi*. Its atomic mass is 209. It is only slightly radioactive. The radioactivity is minimal so it is typically seen as nonradioactive. Bismuth is only naturally found as one isotope, which is the almost nonradioactive one. Its r... | [] |
5,864 | 19,792 | 1,161,309 | Iridium | 2025-07-08T10:17:51Z | **Iridium** is the 77th element on the periodic table. Its symbol is **Ir** and its atomic number is 77.
## Chemistry
Iridium is a metal. Like other metals in the platinum group, Iridium is a rare and expensive "noble metal" and is a transition metal. It looks like platinum and is found in asteroids and comets. It is... | [] |
5,865 | 19,793 | 1,741,261 | Transition metal | 2026-03-18T02:29:42Z | The **transition metals** are a group of metals that are found in the middle of the periodic table. The alkaline earth metals, beginning with beryllium are to the left and the boron group (triels) elements are to the right. The term "transition element" was invented for them in 1921.
The atomic numbers of these metals... | [] |
5,866 | 19,794 | 1,803,415 | Osmium | 2026-05-26T18:49:12Z | **Osmium** is a chemical element. It is element number 76 on the periodic table. Its symbol is *Os*.
There is not much osmium on earth. There is actually such a small amount that osmium is very expensive.
Osmium is a metal and it does not react very much, and such a metal is known as a "noble metal".
Osmium is the d... | [] |
5,867 | 19,795 | 9,243,994 | Radon | 2023-12-12T02:33:05Z | *Radon* is a chemical element in the periodic table. It is element 86 on the periodic table and its symbol is **Rn**. It is an odorless, tasteless noble gas. It is quite radioactive and can decay very quickly. 27 isotopes of Radon are known today. The most stable of them has a half life of about 3.8 days.
## Chemistr... | [] |
5,868 | 19,796 | 1,801,743 | FTP | 2026-05-11T02:15:51Z | **FTP**, also known as **File Transfer Protocol**, is a communication protocol for the rapid, simple transmission of files across a network supporting the TCP/IP. This network is generally the Internet, or a local network. FTP is a way of accessing files on another computer. FTP uses the Client-Server architecture, mea... | [] |
5,869 | 19,797 | 1,569,311 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol | 2026-03-12T12:41:20Z | **Hypertext Transfer Protocol** (usually abbreviated to **HTTP**) is a communications protocol. It is used to send and receive webpages and files on the internet. It was developed by Tim Berners-Lee and is now coordinated by the W3C.
HTTP/1.1 is the most-used version today, and RFC 2616 completely explains how it shou... | [] |
5,870 | 19,798 | 1,652,218 | Ethernet | 2025-08-30T07:55:43Z | **Ethernet** is a way of connecting computers together in a local area network or LAN. It has been the most widely used method of linking computers together in LANs since the 1990s. The basic idea of its design is that multiple computers have access to it and can send data at any time. This is comparatively easy to eng... | [] |
5,871 | 19,800 | 1,834,404 | Obesity | 2026-07-07T17:30:11Z | **Obesity** is the condition of being much too heavy for one's height so that one's health is affected. In other words, it means to be too overweight. Also known as being fat. It is considered a disease and has been described as an epidemic.
To know if a person is overweight, the body mass index (BMI) is calculated, b... | [] |
5,872 | 19,808 | 39,458 | Phillips Academy | 2020-03-18T07:48:33Z | **Phillips Academy** (also called **Andover,** **Phillips Andover,** or **PA**) is a high school for boys and girls in Andover, Massachusetts, near Boston, USA. The school is a boarding school. 75% of the students live there.
Phillips Academy is one of the oldest private boarding schools in the United States. Two ... | [] |
5,873 | 19,812 | 16,695 | Gluttony | 2024-03-11T06:36:50Z | **Gluttony** is a wasting of resources. Usually it is food that is wasted. Either one person eats too much, or the person does something so the food (or the resources) do not reach those who need it.
In Christianity, this is considered to be one of the Seven deadly sins.
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5,874 | 19,813 | 1,061,539 | Greed | 2024-03-11T06:40:39Z | **Greed** is a desire to have more goods, or more wealth than is needed. Christianity says that greed is one of the Seven deadly sins. There it is listed as *avarice*, or in Latin *avaritia*.
nl:Hoofdzonde\#Avaritia
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5,875 | 19,815 | 1,617,448 | Mazurek Dąbrowskiego | 2026-01-02T19:35:33Z | "**Mazurek Dąbrowskiego**" (say: , meaning "Dąbrowski's Mazurka") is the national anthem of Poland. It is commonly called "**Poland is Not Yet Lost**" in English. The words of the song were written in 1797 by a Polish nobleman named Józef Wybicki. Kazimierz Sikorski rearranged the song's music, though the original comp... | [] |
5,876 | 19,818 | 1,674,554 | Fornication | 2025-10-11T01:14:06Z | **Fornication** is a word that means having sex with someone who is not your spouse. Many Christians and Muslims believe it is sinful.
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5,877 | 19,820 | 10,447,169 | Profit | 2025-08-09T12:34:30Z | **Profit** is how much money somebody (normally a company) makes. This is found by subtracting how much money they have spent (*expenditure*) from how much money they have brought in (revenue).
## An example
If John spends \$15 on some ice cream cones, and then sells them for \$20, he has made a profit of \$5. This i... | [] |
5,878 | 19,821 | 22,027 | Roasting | 2022-02-17T09:05:25Z | **Roasting** is a way of cooking. Something gets roasted if it is put over a fire, and some is burnt. The same effect can also be attained with a grill at a barbecue.
## Meat
In different countries people like to roast different things. People usually roast meats such as pork, beef, chicken, lamb, and duck. The roas... | [] |
5,879 | 19,823 | 1,674,404 | Influenza | 2026-01-19T16:09:40Z | **Influenza**, better known as the **flu** and sometimes called the **grippe**, is a common childhood illness, but is not as common among adults. It is not limited to humans, most mammals and many birds can also catch influenza. It is caused by several different viruses, termed influenza viruses A, B, C, and D.
## Flu... | [] |
5,880 | 19,824 | 1,464,674 | Pancreas | 2025-04-23T21:39:53Z | The **pancreas** is an organ that makes hormones and enzymes to help digestion. The pancreas helps break down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. The pancreas is behind the stomach and is on the left side of the human body.
The part of the pancreas that makes hormones is called the Islets of Langerhans. The Islets of L... | [] |
5,881 | 19,827 | 693,482 | Chloroplast | 2026-07-26T16:31:50Z | A **chloroplast** is a small organelle inside the cells of plants and algae. They absorb light to make sugar in a process called photosynthesis. The sugar can be stored in the form of starch.
Chloroplasts contain the molecule chlorophyll, which absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis. In addition to chlorophyll, a chloro... | [] |
5,882 | 19,828 | 693,482 | Chlorophyll | 2026-07-26T15:29:47Z | **Chlorophyll** is a pigment that gives plants their green colour. Chlorophyll is a chemical in the chloroplasts of plants. It allows plants to absorb and use light. Energy from the light is used in photosynthesis to make glucose. This contains lots of stored energy which the plant needs to release. It does this throug... | [] |
5,883 | 19,830 | 532,461 | Oak | 2025-02-20T14:51:50Z | The **oak tree** is a tree or shrub in the genus ***Quercus***. There are about 500 living species. They are divided into subgenera. The common name "oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, such as *Lithocarpus*.
Oaks have spirally arranged leaves, with rounded edges in many species; some have ... | [] |
5,884 | 19,831 | 485,156 | Glucose | 2026-09-04T21:07:14Z | **Glucose** (**C6H12O6**) is a simple carbohydrate, or *sugar*. It is one of several kinds of sugars. It is important because cells in an organism use it as a source of energy. Turning glucose into energy is called cellular respiration, which is done inside the cells of a living organism. Excess glucose is converted to... | [] |
5,885 | 19,836 | 693,482 | Cellulose | 2026-07-26T15:35:58Z | **Cellulose** is the main chemical that forms the main structure of plants. It is the most abundant macromolecule and the most common organic compound on Earth. It is also a kind of fiber. Cellulose is a very complex carbohydrate, consisting of 3,000 or more glucose units. Cellulose was discovered by Anselme Payen... | [] |
5,886 | 19,840 | 1,522,289 | Wikiquote | 2025-04-21T02:43:08Z | **Wikiquote** is a sister project of Wikipedia. It is one of many projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikiquote was based on an idea by Daniel Alston and made by Brion Vibber. The goal of the project is to produce a large reference of quotations from famous people, books, and proverbs, and to give details about ... | [] |
5,887 | 19,841 | 10,300,390 | Brasília | 2025-05-31T13:49:22Z | **Brasília** ({{#IPA}}bɾaˈziliɐ{{/IPA}}) is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled *Brasilia* in English. The city and its Federal District are in the Central-West region of the country. It is on a plateau known as *Planalto Central*. Brasília has a population of about 2,557,000 (3,599,000 in the metr... | [] |
5,888 | 19,845 | 786,961 | Musical genre | 2024-11-29T07:37:17Z | A **musical genre** is how people describe different styles of music. Some of the most common music genres are:
- Blues
- Country
- Funk
- Gospel
- Hip hop
- Jazz
- Pop
- Rock
- Rhythm and blues
- Soul music
- Alternative
Plus there are several more common music genres. Religious music is also common, such as hymns, ... | [] |
5,889 | 19,861 | 9,708,609 | Dim sum | 2024-08-17T21:47:06Z | **Dim sum** is a way of serving Chinese food. A range of different foods are served to the people who are eating, including pork wontons, fried shrimp, and egg rolls.
They are served on small wooden platters, and are usually steamed.
## Gallery
```{=wikitext}
<gallery>
File:Longevity Peach Buns from Tai Wing Wah.jpg|... | [] |
5,890 | 19,864 | 330,867 | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 2026-04-17T00:37:18Z | ***Super Smash Bros. Melee***, known in Japan as <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="nihongo"><div data-arg>大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズDX</div><div data-arg>Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu Derakkusu</div><div data-arg>lit. <em>Great Melee Smash Brothers Deluxe</em></div></template> is a video game where players can choose... | [] |
5,891 | 19,865 | 10,467,638 | Catalysis | 2025-08-19T20:53:16Z | **Catalysis** is the process of change in rate (speed) of a chemical reaction due to the help of a catalyst. Unlike other chemicals which take part in the reaction, a catalyst is not consumed by the reaction itself. A catalyst may participate in many chemical reactions. Catalysts that speed the reaction are called posi... | [] |
5,892 | 19,866 | 1,542,442 | Hydrogen peroxide | 2025-12-17T17:48:05Z | **Hydrogen peroxide** is a chemical compound. Its molecular formula is H~2~O~2~. It is used as a cleaner, and as hair bleach. In a concentration of 3% (meaning that there are 3 grams of hydrogen peroxide for 100 grams of a water solution), it can be used to treat wounds. Over time, it will slowly become oxygen gas and ... | [] |
5,893 | 19,867 | 1,232,255 | Mayotte | 2026-09-11T12:17:05Z | **Mayotte** is an island in the Indian Ocean next to Madagascar.
It is geographically part of the Comoros Islands, but politically, it is part of France.
## History
In December 2024, Cyclone Chido hit Mayotte, destroying hundreds of homes, and some administrative buildings and part of the town hall in the capital Ma... | [] |
5,894 | 19,869 | 1,477,024 | Halldór Ásgrímsson | 2025-05-14T10:41:43Z | **Halldór Ásgrímsson** (8 September 1947 – 18 May 2015) was the Prime Minister of Iceland. He became the leader of the Progressive Party in 1994. On September 15, 2004, he took over as Prime Minister from the Independence Party leader, Davíð Oddsson. He resigned in 2009.
Halldór died from a heart attack at a Reykjavik... | [] |
5,895 | 19,870 | 532,461 | Somaliland | 2026-09-26T07:11:59Z | **Somaliland** (Somaliland; صوماليلاند *<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="transl"><div data-arg>ar</div><div data-arg>Ṣūmālīlānd</div></template>*, أرض الصومال *<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="transl"><div data-arg>ar</div><div data-arg>Arḍ aṣ-Ṣūmāl</div></template>*), officially t... | [] |
5,896 | 19,873 | 314,522 | NSDAP 25 points manifesto | 2024-12-27T00:49:04Z | The **NSDAP 25 points manifesto** is a 25-point plan written by Anton Drexler and edited and supported by Adolf Hitler for the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), the Nazi Party, when it was founded in 1920.
Hitler explained the purpose of the 25 points in his book *Mein Kampf*. In the fifth chapter of t... | [] |
5,897 | 19,875 | 396,686 | Penny | 2024-01-22T16:01:18Z | A **penny** (plural *pence* in the United Kingdom, plural *pennies* in Canada and the United States) is a coin used by several countries where people speak English. This includes United Kingdom, the United States, where a penny is worth one cent, and Canada, where "penny" is an informal term for one cent coins. Canada ... | [] |
5,898 | 19,883 | 248,920 | Matt Groening | 2024-09-16T19:52:51Z | **Matthew Abram** "**Matt**" **Groening** (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, producer, animator, author, musician, comedian, and voice actor. He is the creator of the comic strip *Life in Hell*, as well as two successful television series, *The Simpsons* and *Futurama*.
Groening has won ... | [] |
5,899 | 19,892 | 640,235 | Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky | 2023-11-06T14:04:31Z | **Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky** (Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский, 1792–1856) was a Russian mathematician. He became known for his achievements in non-Euclidean geometry.
## Biography
Lobachevsky was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. His parents were Ivan Maksimovich Lobachevsky, a clerk in a landsurveying office, an... | [] |
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