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6,800 | 22,677 | 1,734,355 | Gymnasium (school) | 2026-05-09T00:19:22Z | A **gymnasium** is a form of higher education in some European countries, especially Germany. It has the same status as a grammar school. Gymnasiums are also common in Hungary and Austria. Graduating from a gymnasium is considered an accomplishment .
Upon completion of the 12th or 13th grade, students undergo examin... | [] |
6,801 | 22,678 | 314,522 | Huascarán | 2025-05-24T14:52:57Z | **Huascarán** is the highest mountain in Peru, and the fourth-highest mountain in South America. The top of it is 22,205 feet (6,768 meters) high.
The mountain is located in the Ancash Region of Peru. Huascarán has turned into a tourist attraction for mountain climbers.
Huascarán is made of granite brought to the su... | [] |
6,802 | 22,684 | 1,011,873 | 1490 | 2025-11-09T15:51:52Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1490{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1490{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- *Tirant Lo Blanc* by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published.
- Yoshitane becomes Ashikaga shogun of Japan.
- Charles John Amadeus of Savoy becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1, mothe... | [] |
6,803 | 22,685 | 10,250,029 | 1571 | 2025-05-11T07:32:50Z | **1571** (MDLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 11 – Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion.
- October 7 Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces under Don John of Austria defeat the ... | [] |
6,804 | 22,686 | 10,249,337 | 401 | 2025-05-11T04:30:34Z | {{#Year article header}}401{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Pope Innocent I succeeds Pope Anastasius I.
- The Vandals start their westward trek from Dacia and Hungary (or 400).
- The Visigoths begin to attack the northernmost reaches of Italy, causing destruction in the countryside.
- Kumarajiva arrives in Changa... | [] |
6,805 | 22,687 | 1,011,873 | 1068 | 2025-10-09T14:20:53Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1068{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1068{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 1 – Eudocia Macrembolitissa marries the general Romanus Diogenes who becomes Byzantine Emperor
- Emperor Go-Sanjō ascends the throne of Japan
- William the Conqueror takes Exeter, ... | [] |
6,806 | 22,689 | 532,461 | Australian rules football | 2025-08-18T23:05:45Z | **Australian rules football** is a sport created in Australia. It is the national sport and is the most popular sport in Australia. The main league of Australian rules football is the Australian Football League.
## History
In 1858, Tom Wills, a former student of the Rugby school and Cambridge College, created a set o... | [] |
6,807 | 22,690 | 1,872,633 | Australian Football League | 2026-09-15T07:20:37Z | {\| class\="infobox" style\="width: 25em; font-size: 95%;"
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\| Victorian Football League or VF... | [] |
6,808 | 22,691 | 86,802 | Urbain Grandier | 2024-10-10T07:08:16Z | **Urbain Grandier** (born 1590 in Bouère, Mayenne, France ; died April 18, 1634 in Loudun, France) was a free-thinking cleric. A satirical publication against Richelieu was attributed to him. After this, Pierre-Martin de Laubardement, a statesman was charged to lead the process against Grandier in 1633. He was charged ... | [] |
6,809 | 22,693 | 10,261,563 | Cardinal Richelieu | 2025-05-15T17:50:22Z | **Armand Jean du Plessis**, better known as **Cardinal Richelieu** (9 September 1585–4 December 1642) was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. His full name was *Armand Jean du Plessis*. He was later created the Duke of Richelieu and duke of Fronsac.
In order to keep the diocese of Luçon, Armand Jean needed to be... | [] |
6,810 | 22,704 | 18,539 | Belaying | 2021-05-28T15:23:35Z | **Belaying** is a way to hold and control a rope for a person who is rock climbing. A climber has to be attached to a rope so they do not fall very far. A person on the ground who is belaying is called a *belayer*.
The belayer usually puts the rope through a *belay device*, which lets the rope move through the device ... | [] |
6,811 | 22,705 | 1,674,404 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills | 2025-10-10T23:34:15Z | Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, **AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills** is a list of the top 100 thrilling movies in American cinema. The American Film Institute presented it on June 12, 2001.
\# *Psycho* (1960)
\# *Jaws* (1975)
\# *The Exorcist* (1973)
\# *North by Northwest* (1959)
\# *The Silence of the Lambs* (199... | [] |
6,812 | 22,707 | 1,860,766 | South Vietnam | 2026-08-24T12:57:54Z | **South Vietnam**, officially the **Republic of Vietnam** was a country that existed from 1955 to 1975. It occupied in the southern of what is now Vietnam. The country was south of the local Demilitarized Zone.
## History
**South Vietnam** established on 26 October, 1955 after the 1955 Referendum. It was first ruled ... | [] |
6,813 | 22,708 | 1,773,816 | Robert Ludlum | 2026-09-05T08:48:12Z | **Robert Ludlum** (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American writer. He is best known as the author of *The Bourne Identity* from 1980, which was made into a movie in 2002.
## Other websites
- [Official website of Robert Ludlum](http://ludlumbooks.com)
-
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6,814 | 22,710 | 1,161,309 | 1170s | 2025-06-24T11:49:36Z | The **1170s** was a decade that started on 1 January 1170 and ended on 31 December 1179. It is distinct from the decade known as the ***118th decade*** which began on January 1, 1171 and ended on December 31, 1180.
## Events and trends
- 1170 – Assassination of Thomas à Becket
- 1171 – Saladin ends the Islamic rul... | [] |
6,815 | 22,712 | 693,482 | Arab people | 2026-07-26T14:50:43Z | The **Arabs** (العرب) are an ethnic group in West Asia and North Africa. They speak Arabic which is one of the Semitic languages, and which is also the name of the ethnic family which they belong to. Genealogically, Arabs are those who can trace their ancestry back to the people who first lived on the Arabian Peninsula... | [] |
6,816 | 22,720 | 314,522 | Mebibyte | 2026-08-26T23:46:32Z | The **mebibyte** (symbol: **MiB**) is a unit of information or computer data storage.
> 1 MiB \= 2^20^ bytes \= 1,048,576 bytes \= 1,024 kibibytes
The mebibyte is closely related to the megabyte (MB). The megabyte refers to 10^6^ bytes \= 1 000 000 bytes (see binary prefix for background). The two units are relative... | [] |
6,817 | 22,725 | 1,756,227 | Clergy | 2026-04-25T20:21:05Z | Clergy is the name for people who are leaders in their religious community. Their roles and functions vary, but usually they preside over specific rituals. They are also experts, and help establish the doctrines of their faith. Usually, there are specific rituals that make people become part of the clergy. Sometimes, c... | [] |
6,818 | 22,728 | 10,153,282 | Acre (state) | 2025-03-26T00:04:03Z | **Acre** is a state in the Northern Region of Brazil. It borders other two states, Amazonas and Rondônia. It also borders two countries, Bolivia and Peru. Its capital city is Rio Branco. Other important cities are: Cruzeiro do Sul, Tarauacá, Sena Madureira, and Brasiléia. Acre is divided into 22 municipalities.
The st... | [] |
6,819 | 22,730 | 1,676,214 | Roller coaster | 2025-10-14T12:57:44Z | A **roller coaster** (some people say the simple form **coaster**) is an amusement park ride. A roller coaster is usually a small train. It has a number of carriages that travel on a track. This track has hills that go up and valleys that go down. Sometimes it has other features that will turn the train upside-down. Th... | [] |
6,820 | 22,733 | 935,234 | Zimbabwean dollar | 2022-05-26T20:13:32Z | The **Zimbabwe dollar** was a currency for Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2009. Zimbabwe had the highest rate of inflation in the world. The rate of inflation grew to 231,150,888.87% in July 2008.
Because of hyperinflation, or inflation that is out of control, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe had to print banknotes with higher val... | [] |
6,821 | 22,734 | 22,027 | Bahia | 2023-01-02T05:56:27Z | **Bahia** is a state in the northeast area of Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
## Geography
The capital city of Bahia is Salvador. Other cities where many people live are Feira de Santana, Vitória da Conquista, Itabuna, Ilhéus, and Juazeiro. Almost all of Bahia is 200 m above the sea level. The São Francisco River... | [] |
6,822 | 22,735 | 640,235 | Body modification | 2023-05-16T09:35:57Z | **Body modification** (or **body alteration**) is when a person changes their body in a way that lasts forever or for a long time. There are many different kinds of body modification, like piercing, circumcision, or tattoos. Almost all cultures do some kind of body modification.
## Arguments
People who do not like bo... | [] |
6,823 | 22,736 | 1,171,648 | Serial killer | 2026-09-01T19:02:21Z | A **serial killer** is someone who murders several people at different times (similar killers of more than one person are mass murderers and spree killers). The victims are usually people the serial killer does not know, and the killer commits his crimes to get a certain kind of excitement or other feeling. As such, se... | [] |
6,824 | 22,737 | 248,920 | World Wide Fund for Nature | 2026-09-11T19:31:26Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Multiple image"><div data-arg data-name="direction">vertical</div><div data-arg data-name="width">298</div><div data-arg data-name="image1">Ora della Terra Verona Piazza Bra Arena 2013 WWF Verona Paolo Villa 9886.JPG</div><div data-arg data-name="image2">Ora della Ter... | [] |
6,825 | 22,751 | 1,755,372 | Deforestation | 2026-02-26T21:42:06Z | **Deforestation** is when forests are destroyed by cutting trees (logging) or burning them purposefully, without replanting more. The most common reason is to clear the land to make space for farms and ranches. They also cut trees for firewood and lumber and replace them with cities. Deforestation destroys the habita... | [] |
6,826 | 22,752 | 532,461 | Scuba diving | 2026-09-26T00:28:34Z | **Scuba diving** is an activity where people (called "scuba divers", or simply "divers") can swim underwater. They can be underwater a long time by having a tank filled with compressed air. The tank is a large metal cylinder made of steel or aluminum.
The word *scuba* is an acronym from "Self-Contained Underwater Brea... | [] |
6,827 | 22,754 | 9,859,216 | Capillary | 2024-11-01T21:55:10Z | A **capillary** is a blood vessel. It does not have the muscular/elastic tissue of other blood vessels. It has a single celled wall to help substances be transported through organisms.
Capillaries are small, and smaller than any other blood vessels. They are about 5-10 μms big, connect arteries and venules, and enable ... | [] |
6,828 | 22,763 | 9,630,375 | Viriato Clemente da Cruz | 2024-07-04T20:22:56Z | **Viriato Clemente da Cruz**, an Angolan poet and politician, was born in 1928 in Kikuvo (Porto Amboim), Angola and died in Beijing, China on 13 June 1973.
He is considered one of the most important Angolan poets of his time. He wrote poems in Portuguese and Angolan languages. He took part in the fight to free Angola ... | [] |
6,829 | 22,764 | 1,870,506 | Mollusc | 2026-09-11T13:24:48Z | **Mollusks** are an important phylum of invertebrate animals. Most of them are marine animals, which means they live in the ocean. They have huge numbers in-shore, that is, in shallow water. They are the largest marine phylum, with about 85,000 living species, 23% of all named marine organisms. They also occur in fresh... | [] |
6,830 | 22,765 | 693,482 | Sponge (animal) | 2026-07-26T15:14:21Z | A **sponge** is a member of the phylum **Porifera**. It is a simple animal with many cells, but no mouth, muscles, heart or brain. It is sessile: it cannot move from place to place the way most animals can. A sponge is an animal that grows in one spot like most plants do. Nevertheless, sponges are quite successful.
Th... | [] |
6,831 | 22,768 | 1,521,690 | Kibibyte | 2026-02-23T03:57:17Z | The **kibibyte** (symbol: **KiB**) is a unit of information. The kibibyte is 1024 bytes, 1024 kibibytes makes one mebibyte.
> 1 KiB \= 2^10^ bytes \= 1024 bytes
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6,832 | 22,790 | 841,593 | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life | 2026-05-09T13:01:48Z | ***Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life*** is a 2003 action movie from Paramount Pictures. It is the second movie to star Angelina Jolie as the title character from the *Tomb Raider* video games.
## Other websites
- [Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life](https://letterboxd.com/film/lara-croft-tomb-raider-the-cradle-... | [] |
6,833 | 22,797 | 1,161,309 | Amplitude | 2025-11-23T20:18:18Z | The **amplitude** or **peak amplitude** of a wave is a measure of how big its oscillation is.
Amplitudes are always measured as positive numbers (for example: 3.5, 1, 120) and are never negative (for example: -3.5, -1, -120). That's because distance can only be greater than zero or equal to zero; negative distance doe... | [] |
6,834 | 22,799 | 640,235 | Ska | 2023-03-16T17:18:20Z | **Ska** is a popular music from Jamaica that began in the 1950s. Ska music that was first played at a slower tempo then became reggae in the late 1960s.
Ska music bands include singers, electric guitars, electric bass guitar, piano, organ, saxophone, trumpet, and trombone. In ska, the electric guitar and piano normall... | [] |
6,835 | 22,811 | 532,461 | Braille | 2026-05-13T12:52:52Z | The **Braille** system is a way of writing things. It is named after Louis Braille, the French man who invented it. The system is used by blind people to read and write. The Braille system uses a set of raised bumps or dots that can be felt with a finger. Each set of dots is a character in an alphabet, and the numbers... | [] |
6,836 | 22,812 | 805,501 | Switch | 2022-08-25T00:58:00Z | A **switch** is something that changes the flow of an electrical circuit. The most common kind of **switch** is something (for example a railroad switch) which can be taken off of one course and put onto another. The term "switch" usually means electrical power. In applications where more than one switch is needed, (i.... | [] |
6,837 | 22,814 | 499,883 | Francis Bacon | 2026-07-26T17:02:54Z | **Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban** `<ref name=title group=lower-alpha>There is some confusion over the spelling of "Viscount St. Alban" Some sources such as the Dictionary of National Biography (1885) and the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) spell the title with "St. Albans" others such as the Oxford Di... | [] |
6,838 | 22,822 | 1,061,539 | Sled dog | 2024-03-14T15:23:53Z | **Sled dogs**, known also as **sleigh dogs**, **sledge dogs** or **sleddogs** are types of dogs that are used to pull a wheel-less vehicle on runners (a sled or sleigh) over snow or ice, by means of harnesses and lines.
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6,839 | 22,847 | 966,595 | Overland Expedition | 2025-10-08T06:29:37Z | The **Overland Expedition**, also called the **Overland Relief Expedition** or **Point Barrow-Overland Relief Expedition**, was a long trip in 1897–8, by three officers of the United States Coast Guard (then named the *U.S. Revenue Cutter Service*), with the help of two civilians, using sled dogs and reindeer to rescue... | [] |
6,840 | 22,857 | 1,870,506 | Number theory | 2026-09-11T13:21:15Z | **Number theory** is a part of mathematics. It explains what some types of numbers are, what properties they have, and ways that they can be useful.
Topics in number theory are:
- Prime numbers ;
- Factorization ;
- Matrix.
Important theorems in number theory are:
- Chinese remainder theorem;
- Fundamental theore... | [] |
6,841 | 22,863 | 693,482 | Tear gas | 2026-07-26T15:48:22Z | **Tear gas** is the name for a number of chemical compounds. They are not actually gas`<nowiki/>`{=html}es. They are fine powders or mist`<nowiki/>`{=html}s of liquid. The chemicals are acidic and cause pain in the eyes. Tear gas may cause temporary blindness for up to 45 minutes. Tear gas is commonly used by pol... | [] |
6,842 | 22,881 | 314,522 | Kaba Ma Kyei | 2024-12-31T01:58:21Z | The **National Anthem** ({{#lang-my-Mymr}}နိုင်ငံတော်သီချင်း{{/lang-my-Mymr}}; {{#literally}}State Song{{/literally}}) is the national anthem of Myanmar. The song and lyrics were made by Saya Tin with help from a Burmese nationalist group called Thakins. It is made up of two parts. The first half is a traditional Burme... | [] |
6,843 | 22,882 | 532,461 | Yangon | 2026-04-25T23:28:10Z | **Yangon** (ရန်ကုန်မြို့) also known as **Rangoon**, is the largest city in Myanmar. It was also the capital city until 2006. The city is by a river called Hlaing River, and is close to the sea. Yangon has more than 5 million people living there.
## History
**Yangon** was founded as **Dagon** in the 6th century AD by... | [] |
6,844 | 22,883 | 640,235 | Pyinmana | 2023-04-14T14:39:00Z | **Pyinmana** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="MYname"><div data-arg data-name="MY">ပျဉ်းမနားမြို့</div><div data-arg data-name="MLCTS">pyanymana: mrui.</div></template>, <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-my"><div data-arg>pjɪ̀ɴməná mjo̰</div><div data-arg>IPA</div></template>; ... | [] |
6,845 | 22,885 | 9,569,793 | Myanmar kyat | 2024-05-29T05:24:58Z | A **kyat** () is a kind of money used in Myanmar. The symbol for it is **K**. One kyat is equal to 100 pya. 2200 kyats is almost equal to 1 US dollars as of the international index however as of 27 May 2024, 1 US dollars has crossed the threshold of 4000 kyats locally as the financial crisis extends into further depres... | [] |
6,846 | 22,886 | 1,043,157 | Burmese language | 2026-08-07T18:04:29Z | {{#Expand Burmese}}Burmese{{/Expand Burmese}}
**Burmese** (in Burmese *ba-ma-sa*, pronounced /baa-MAA-saa/) is a language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language, meaning that is close to Chinese and Tibetan.
## Writing system
Burmese is written in Burmese script.
The use of wri... | [] |
6,847 | 22,893 | 1,011,873 | Danielle Steel | 2025-09-05T00:21:00Z | **Danielle Fernande Schuelein-Steel** (born August 14, 1947 in New York City) is an American writer. Steel was an only child. She is the best-selling living author and one of the best-selling fiction writers ever, with more than 800 million books sold. As of 2021, she has written 190 books, including over 140 novels.
... | [] |
6,848 | 22,896 | 103,847 | Coat of arms | 2025-04-23T14:55:11Z | A **coat of arms** is a unique design painted on a shield. These designs may be inherited, meaning that they pass from a father to his children. In the Middle Ages, these designs were shown on real shields, but today they are usually only drawn or painted on the paper that makes them legal which is called a **grant o... | [] |
6,849 | 22,902 | 7,981,350 | Spear | 2022-01-23T20:11:19Z | A **spear** is a weapon used in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It is meant to primarily stab. Some spears can also slash. Some kinds of light weight spears were also meant to be thrown.
A lance is a special spear used from horseback. Knights often used it during medieval times. A pike is a very big spear for inf... | [] |
6,850 | 22,904 | 1,530,422 | Hat | 2025-03-17T22:16:53Z | A **hat** is a type of covering for the head, and there are many types of hats.
Hats are different in different parts of the world. Some hats are worn by women, other hats by men, others by both; infants and children may also wear hats, and some hats are not worn by anyone at all. These hats are just used for decorat... | [] |
6,851 | 22,908 | 314,522 | Postage stamp | 2025-07-30T19:09:58Z | **Postage stamps** are pieces of paper which signal that payment has been made for the item to be mailed.
These days they have adhesive on the back. They are put on the top right-hand corner of an envelope. They pay the fee for having the postal service take the envelope to where it is being sent.
The idea was Briti... | [] |
6,852 | 22,914 | 1,824,788 | Czechoslovakia | 2026-06-21T01:50:06Z | **Czechoslovakia**, or **Czecho-Slovakia**, was a country in Europe. It split off from Austria-Hungary in 1918 and split apart in 1993.
In mid-1938 Nazi Germany took over Czechoslovakia and split off Slovakia. Sudetenland was annexed by Germany, other parts of Czechia became its protectorate named Bohemia and Moravia.... | [] |
6,853 | 22,917 | 10,252,019 | 1410s | 2025-05-12T00:44:40Z | The **1410s** was a decade that began on 1 January 1410 and ended on 31 December 1419. It is distinct from the decade known as the ***142th decade*** which began on January 1, 1411 and ended on December 31, 1420.
## Events
- The power of the Teutonic Knights is broken at the Battle of Grunwald by Polish and Lithuania... | [] |
6,854 | 22,918 | 844,779 | William Randolph Hearst | 2023-08-09T12:41:45Z | **William Randolph Hearst** (April 29, 1863–August 14, 1951) was an important American newspaper owner who was born in San Francisco, California.
He was the only child of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, a former schoolteacher from Missouri, and George Hearst, a successful miner who became a multimillionaire and later a US Sen... | [] |
6,855 | 22,919 | 248,920 | Joseph Pulitzer | 2025-11-13T23:43:44Z | **Joseph Pulitzer** (April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was an American publisher of Jewish descent. He is best known for the Pulitzer Prizes, which were started by his will after his death .
He is also known, along with William Randolph Hearst, for starting yellow journalism as a way to sell more papers by having sen... | [] |
6,856 | 22,920 | 248,920 | Horace Greeley | 2025-11-13T21:57:01Z | **Horace Greeley** (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor, reformer, and politician. His *New York Tribune* was the most influential newspaper from 1840 to 1870. Greeley used it to promote the Whig and the Republican Parties.
He is best known for his socially-colored journalism. He wan... | [] |
6,857 | 22,923 | 5,295 | Arachnid | 2026-02-18T13:00:18Z | The **arachnids** are a class of eight-legged arthropods. They are a highly successful group of mainly terrestrial invertebrates: spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites, and a number of smaller groups.
In 2019, a molecular phylogeny study put horseshoe crabs in the Arachnida.
## Definition
Arachnids are de... | [] |
6,858 | 22,924 | 485,156 | Arthropod | 2026-09-28T15:51:24Z | **Arthropods** (Greek language for "joint-legged") are a large group of invertebrate animals. Insects, spiders, crabs, shrimp, millipedes, and centipedes are all arthropods. In the scientific classification, all arthropods are members of the phylum **Arthropoda**. Arthropods have segmented body, an exoskeleton and legs... | [] |
6,859 | 22,926 | 1,338,660 | University of Alabama | 2024-05-04T01:34:13Z | The **University of Alabama** (UA) is a university in the U.S. state of Alabama. The University of Alabama is in the city of Tuscaloosa. People can usually just say *Alabama* or *UA* for short when they are talking about the university.
UA opened in 1831 and now about 38,000 students study there. UA is one of the thre... | [] |
6,860 | 22,928 | 15,149 | Buttercup | 2026-07-03T00:52:13Z | **Buttercups** are a large genus of flowering plants called ***Ranunculus***. It has yellow, shiny petals, and grows wild in many places. It is poisonous to eat for humans and cattle, but when dry the poison is not active.
## Types of buttercup
There are about 200 to 600 species in this one genus. They mostly have ye... | [] |
6,861 | 22,939 | 532,461 | Gomaespuma | 2026-09-07T03:44:45Z | **Gomaespuma** is a radio show, presented by Juan Luis Cano and Guillermo Fesser. The program is broadcast by Onda Cero. It also has been in M80 radio and in Antenna 3 Radio. Gomaespuma organises the Flamenco pa tos festival, the most important Flamenco festival of Spain. Gomaespuma directs a foundation with the same ... | [] |
6,862 | 22,953 | 1,678,721 | Engineer | 2025-10-19T22:31:18Z | An **engineer** is a person who works in engineering. The word *engineer* is derived from the Latin root *ingenium*, meaning "cleverness". Most engineers learn their work in engineering schools. They design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, safety and... | [] |
6,863 | 22,964 | 1,741,261 | Division by zero | 2026-05-15T02:00:59Z | In mathematics, a number can not be **divided by zero**. Observe:
1. \(A * B = C\)
If *B* \= 0, then *C* \= 0. This is true. But:
2. \(A = C/B\)
(where B \= 0, so we just divided by zero)
Which is the same as:
3. \(A = 0/0\)
The problem is that \(A\) could be any number. It would work if \(A\) were 1 or if it ... | [] |
6,864 | 22,965 | 1,398,040 | Flamenco pa tos | 2024-05-08T21:55:20Z | **Flamenco pa tos** is a Spanish festival of Flamenco music. It is organized by the Gomaespuma Foundation. This festival is the most important festival in Spain. The profits of the festival are used by the Gomaespuma Foundation to help children in Managua. The Festival has been the winner of the National Awards of Flam... | [] |
6,865 | 22,969 | 22,027 | Peter the Great | 2026-06-29T19:41:52Z | **Peter the Great** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-rus"><div data-arg>Пётр Вели́кий</div><div data-arg>Pyotr Velikiy</div><div data-arg>ˈpʲɵtr vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj</div></template>), **Peter I** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-rus"><div data-arg>Пётр Первый</div><div data-arg... | [] |
6,866 | 22,971 | 9,936,373 | Musical note | 2024-12-10T12:39:11Z | In music, a **musical note**, otherwise referred to as a **musical tone**, **melodical note** or **melodical tone** or simply a **music note**, **music tone**, **melodic note**, **melodic tone**, **note** or **tone**, is a text character that represents a sound of a writing system known as a solfège, especially in the ... | [] |
6,867 | 22,977 | 1,582,584 | Calabria | 2025-02-22T22:49:29Z | **Calabria**, officially the **Regione Calabria**, is a region in the southern part of the Italian peninsula. It is the tenth largest Italian region by total area (after Apulia and Toscana) with 5,877 sq mi (15,222 km^2^). It has more people than any other state with over 2 million people as of 2020. Its largest cities... | [] |
6,868 | 22,981 | 1,422,943 | WordPress | 2025-10-03T23:45:58Z | **WordPress** is a piece of software which has become the most widely used content management system and is used for setting up blogs. It is open source, licensed under the GPL, and written in PHP.
## Features
WordPress allows users to create and edit websites through a central administrative dashboard, which include... | [] |
6,869 | 22,982 | 1,689,746 | Outback | 2025-11-09T15:14:23Z | The **outback** is the remote areas of Australia. The outback is not a defined area, rather the term refers to locations that are far away from big cities and have few roads and not much farming.
The fertile parts are known as Rangelands and have been traditionally used for sheep or cattle ranches.
Ranching, tourism a... | [] |
6,870 | 22,988 | 22,027 | Marske-by-the-Sea | 2025-08-03T05:09:55Z | **Marske by the Sea** is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland in England. It has three primary schools and one secondary school (Bydales School), a museum, and two train stations.
The village has a Methodist, Roman Catholic (St Bede's) and Church of England (St Mark's) church.
## Economy
Most of the peop... | [] |
6,871 | 22,991 | 532,461 | PayPal | 2026-05-20T06:23:32Z | **PayPal** is an American multinational technology company and website allowing transfer of money among people via web services and email. The money can be deposited into a bank account. PayPal was owned by eBay, from 2002 to 2015. It can be used in more than 200 countries.
PayPal allows customers to send, receive, an... | [] |
6,872 | 22,993 | 532,461 | Orson Welles | 2026-07-23T14:57:00Z | **George Orson Welles** (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
In 1938 Wel... | [] |
6,873 | 22,996 | 5,295 | Slobodan Milošević | 2026-01-17T06:41:22Z | **Slobodan Milošević** <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Audio"><div data-arg>sr-SlobodanMilosevic.ogg</div><div data-arg>listen</div></template> (Serbian: **Слободан Милошевић**, pronounced \[{{#IPA}}sloˈbodan miˈloʃevitɕ{{/IPA}}\]; August 20, 1941 – March 11, 2006) was a Serbian Yugoslav president.
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6,874 | 23,015 | 693,482 | Gymnosperm | 2026-07-26T16:36:18Z | The **gymnosperms** are a group of tree plant which includes tales.
They have naked seeds, in contrast to the seeds or ovules of flowering plants (angiosperms). which are enclosed during pollination. Gymnosperm seeds develop either on the surface of scale- or leaf-like appendages of cones or at the end of short stalks... | [] |
6,875 | 23,016 | 1,734,355 | Influenza pandemic of 1918 | 2026-06-04T18:33:21Z | The **Influenza pandemic of 1918** (commonly known as the **Spanish flu**) lasted for nearly three years, from March 1918 to December 1920. About 500 million people were infected across the world, which had at the time a population of 1.80 billion people. The pandemic spread to remote Pacific Islands and the Arctic. I... | [] |
6,876 | 23,017 | 1,214,416 | Brock (Pokémon) | 2026-09-24T05:14:21Z | **Brock**, also know as <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="nihongo"><div data-arg><strong>Takeshi</strong></div><div data-arg>タケシ</div></template> in Japan, is a fictional character from Pokémon video games, Manga, and television series. He is often seen traveling along with Ash Ketchum and Misty on th... | [] |
6,877 | 23,022 | 1,174,418 | Zetland (lifeboat) | 2025-10-15T20:11:24Z | The ***Zetland*** was a lifeboat in Redcar, England, and is the oldest lifeboat in the world which still exists. It was put in Redcar in 1802. In 1858, the lifeboat was given to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The boat was damaged in 1864, and was to be destroyed - however, following protest it was give... | [] |
6,878 | 23,024 | 1,633,172 | Silba | 2026-01-23T07:22:54Z | **Silba** is an island in Croatia. It is found between the islands of Premuda and Olib. It has an area of 15 km² and its population (as of 2001) was 265; with the village of Silba located at the narrowest point in the middle. The main administrative centre is Zadar, found on the mainland.
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6,879 | 23,025 | 447,825 | Ian Fleming | 2026-01-26T01:54:42Z | **Ian Lancaster Fleming** (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British author and journalist. He was best known for writing the James Bond spy novels. He also wrote the children's book *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* in 1964.
Fleming was born in London to a wealthy family. He was educated at Eton College. He spent many year... | [] |
6,880 | 23,027 | 40,117 | 1602 | 2025-07-14T11:16:53Z | {{#Year article header}}1602{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- 3 January – Battle of Kinsale – the battle happened on 3 January **1602** according to the Gregorian Calendar used by the Irish and Spanish forces in the battle, although, for the English who were still using the old Julian Calendar, the date of the ba... | [] |
6,881 | 23,028 | 10,249,913 | 1676 | 2025-05-11T07:05:48Z | {{#Year article header}}1676{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 19 - Feodor III become Tsar of Russia.
- The Polish-Turkish War (1671 - 1676) ended
- King Philip's War (1675 - 1676) ended
- Port-de-Paix, Haiti has its first slave revolt
## Births
- August 26 - Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great ... | [] |
6,882 | 23,029 | 10,249,288 | 301 | 2025-05-11T04:19:35Z | {{#Year article header}}301{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- San Marino founded (traditional date)
- Armenia uses Christianity as a state religion - the first country to do so.
## Deaths
- June 5
Sima Lin Emperor of China, Western Jin
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6,883 | 23,030 | 10,348,878 | 1611 | 2025-06-22T21:04:11Z | **1611** (MDCXI) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- June 23 – Henry Hudson's crew maroons him, his son and 7 others in a boat
- November 1 – At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy *The... | [] |
6,884 | 23,034 | 121,204 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 2026-05-31T01:39:32Z | ***Raiders of the Lost Ark*** is a 1981 American adventure movie directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan. It is based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott and Alfred Molina. The movie is abou... | [] |
6,885 | 23,044 | 1,214,416 | Ash Ketchum | 2026-09-24T04:59:41Z | **Ash Ketchum** (サトシ *Satoshi* in Japanese) is the main character of the Pokémon anime and the reigning Monarch of the Pokémon World Coronation Series. His first Pokémon was Pikachu, which he has kept since the beginning of the series. His Pokémon Pikachu was given to him by the local scientist/professor from his homet... | [] |
6,886 | 23,057 | 4,975 | World's Fair | 2023-12-23T19:40:39Z | A **world's fair** is a large exhibition of industry and culture. They are also called *expositions* or *expos*. This type of exhibition occurs since the middle of the 19th century. The Bureau of International Expositions officially takes care of them. The "Bureau of International Expositions" is usually abbreviated BI... | [] |
6,887 | 23,061 | 86,802 | Métis people | 2026-01-21T00:04:25Z | **The Métis** (pronounced 'maey-TEE' in English and 'may-tis' in French), also known historically as **Bois Brule, mixed-bloods**, or **Countryborn** (**Anglo-Métis**), are one of the three divisions of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Their home land is part of Eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, N... | [] |
6,888 | 23,062 | 532,461 | Sangha | 2026-05-21T19:24:23Z | In Buddhism, the word **sangha** means "assembly" or "community." For Buddhists, there are two sanghas that are very important:
1. the community of Buddhist monks and nuns
2. the community of noble disciples
In Buddhism, there are three things that a Buddhist shows the greatest respect: the Buddha, the Dharma (the B... | [] |
6,889 | 23,064 | 248,920 | Courteney Cox | 2026-09-23T01:01:06Z | **Courteney Bass Cox** (born June 15, 1964) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the neurotic and competitive Monica Geller on the classic television series *Friends* for which she earned many Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and for her role in the movie *Scream* and its sequels. Cox married David A... | [] |
6,890 | 23,065 | 652,309 | UEFA Champions League | 2026-07-30T07:44:21Z | The **UEFA Champions League**, (**UCL** or **UEFA CL**), known as the **Champions League**, is an annual football competition organized by UEFA. It is the first tier of European club football, above the Europa League and the Conference League. Real Madrid are the most successful club in the tournament's history, having... | [] |
6,891 | 23,066 | 16,695 | FA Cup | 2026-03-16T21:43:10Z |
The **FA Cup** (known as **The Emirates FA Cup** for sponsorship reasons) is a national football competition. It is played between teams in the English league system. It is organized by the Football Association. The winner of the FA Cup qualifies for the next season's UEFA Europa League. If the winner of the FA Cup h... | [] |
6,892 | 23,067 | 10,280,899 | Old Trafford | 2025-05-24T14:25:26Z | **Old Trafford** is a football stadium in Trafford. Its nickname is Theatre of Dreams". It is home to the club Manchester United F.C.. It is a club stadium in Great Britain.
Old Trafford hosted most of England's home matches while Wembley was being built. It was built in 1910. It cost about £60,000,000 to build.
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6,893 | 23,068 | 1,507,217 | Stadium | 2024-12-07T17:31:48Z | A **stadium** is a building in which lots of people may watch an event. They are often used for football and athletics. Some stadiums are paid to add a company name to the name of their stadium. For example, *Comerica* Park in Detroit, Michigan, or the ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. When people do this the co... | [] |
6,894 | 23,073 | 532,461 | Disaster | 2026-10-01T07:53:33Z | A **disaster** is something bad that happens. Disasters can destroy homes and many kinds of work. Disasters can be of different types, but most are caused by wars, negligence or forces of nature.
## Natural disasters
These may include avalanches (where snow comes down a mountain), cold (where animals and people free... | [] |
6,895 | 23,074 | 86,802 | Bobby Orr | 2026-04-10T05:17:15Z |
**Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr** (born March 20, 1948 in Parry Sound, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.
Bobby Orr's ice hockey skills were evident at a very early age. He was signed by the Boston Bruins at twelve. As a 14-year-old, he played junior hockey against eighteen, nineteen and twenty-year-o... | [] |
6,896 | 23,076 | 1,674,917 | The Muppet Show | 2025-10-16T14:08:26Z | ***The Muppet Show*** is a variety television series. It aired from September 5, 1976 to May 23, 1981. The series starred Jim Henson's Muppet characters. Each episode featured a famous guest star. A revival of the show, Muppets Tonight, aired from 1996 to 2001.
The main characters on the series are Kermit the Frog, Mi... | [] |
6,897 | 23,077 | 1,011,873 | 1250 | 2025-10-09T14:24:04Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1250{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1250{{/Year article header}}
## Events
### Europe
- December 13 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, dies
- King Afonso III of Portugal captures the Algarve from the Moors.
- Valdemar, becomes King of Sweden.
- University of Vall... | [] |
6,898 | 23,086 | 314,522 | Valencian Community | 2025-04-15T19:50:58Z | The **Valencian Community** (Valencian: *Comunitat Valenciana*), also unofficially called the **Valencian Country** (*País Valencià*), is an autonomous community in the eastern Spain with a population of around 5,000,000. Its capital and biggest city is Valencia, with a population of nearly 800,000 people.
## Demogra... | [] |
6,899 | 23,087 | 966,595 | Elx | 2022-08-08T15:11:22Z | **Elx** (in Catalan) or **Elche** (in Spanish) is the third biggest city in Valencia, and the second in the Alicante province, in eastern Spain. The city has 215,000 inhabitants and is famous for its palm trees and the Mystery of Elx, a theatrical piece.
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