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2016-01 | Barcelona-697570852 | Barcelona | Barcelona
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2016-01 | Smosh-697229775 | Smosh | Smosh
Smosh is an American web-based sketch comedy duo consisting of Ian Andrew Hecox (born November 30, 1987) and Anthony Padilla (born September 16, 1987).
Padilla began posting flash animations on Newgrounds in 2003, under the name Smosh. He was later joined by his friend Ian Hecox. Soon afterward, they began to ... |
2016-01 | Silver-697108121 | Silver | Silver
Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag ( árguros, , both from the Indo-European root *h₂erǵ- for "grey" or "shining") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it possesses the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and reflectivity of any metal. The metal occurs natura... |
2016-01 | The_Nexus_professional_wrestling-697490211 | The_Nexus_professional_wrestling | The Nexus (professional wrestling)
The Nexus (later renamed The New Nexus in January 2011) was a villainous stable in WWE that competed on Raw from June 7, 2010 to August 22, 2011, originally consisting of eight rookies of NXT season one and shifted their roster several times throughout their existence, with David Otu... |
2016-01 | Legality_of_cannabis-697104065 | Legality_of_cannabis | Legality of cannabis
The legality of cannabis varies from country to country. Possession of cannabis is illegal in most countries and has been since the beginning of widespread cannabis prohibition in the late 1930s. However, possession of the drug in small quantities has been decriminalized in many countries and sub-... |
2016-01 | Beer_pong-695176647 | Beer_pong | Beer pong
Beer pong, also known as Beirut, is a drinking game in which players throw a ping pong ball across a table with the intent of landing the ball in a cup of beer on the other end. The game typically consists of opposing teams of two or more players per side with 6 or 10 cups set up in a triangle formation on e... |
2016-01 | Serial_killer-697151493 | Serial_killer | Serial killer
A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people, usually due to abnormal psychological gratification, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant break (a "cooling off period") between them. Some sources, such as the FBI, disregard the "three or more" cr... |
2016-01 | Washington_D.C.-697370082 | Washington_D.C. | Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply "D.C.", is the capital of the United States. The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the cou... |
2016-01 | Chelsea_Manning-695285372 | Chelsea_Manning | Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (born Bradley Edward Manning, December 17, 1987) is a United States Army soldier who was convicted in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, after disclosing to WikiLeaks nearly three-quarters of a million classified or unclassified but sensitive mili... |
2016-01 | House-697160643 | House | House
A house is a building that functions as a home, ranging from simple dwellings such as rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes and the improvised shacks in shantytowns to complex, fixed structures of wood, brick, marble or other materials containing plumbing, ventilation and electrical systems. Most conventional moder... |
2016-01 | Wikipedia-697043109 | Wikipedia | Wikipedia
Wikipedia ( or ) is a free-access, free-content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Those who can access the site can edit most of its articles. Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites, and constitutes the Internet's largest and most popular ge... |
2016-01 | German_language-697731928 | German_language | German language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language that derives most of its vocabulary from the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. A portion of German words are derived from Latin and Greek, and fewer are borrowed from French and English. Languages which are most similar to German include Afrika... |
2016-01 | Korean_language-697690273 | Korean_language | Korean language
Korean (, see below) is the official language of both South Korea and North Korea, as well as one of the two official languages in China's Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. About 80 million people speak Korean worldwide. For over a millennium, Koreans wrote with adapted Chinese characters called h... |
2016-01 | Toy_Story-697504174 | Toy_Story | Toy Story
Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy-comedy adventure film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by John Lasseter, Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first theatrical film produced by Pixar. Toy Story follows a group of anthropomor... |
2016-01 | Capital_punishment-697215842 | Capital_punishment | Capital punishment
Capital punishment, death penalty or execution is government sanctioned punishment by death. The sentence is referred to as a death sentence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences, such as first degree murder, terrorism, and espionage. The term cap... |
2016-01 | December_25-697633369 | December_25 | December 25
Events
333 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.
336 – First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.
350 – Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his title (Caesar). Constantius allows him to live... |
2016-01 | BDSM-697300706 | BDSM | BDSM
BDSM is a variety of erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged in by people who do not consider themselves as practicing BDSM, inclusion in the BDSM community or subc... |
2016-01 | 911_conspiracy_theories-695623098 | 911_conspiracy_theories | 9/11 conspiracy theories
9/11 conspiracy theories attribute the planning and execution of the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States to parties other than, or in addition to, al-Qaeda or claim there was advance knowledge of the attacks among high-level government officials. Government investigations and ... |
2016-01 | Cars_film-695218840 | Cars_film | Cars (film)
Cars is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy-adventure sports film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and co-written by John Lasseter, it is Pixar's final independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney. Set in a world populated entire... |
2016-01 | Fosters_Home_for_Imaginary_Friends-697539339 | Fosters_Home_for_Imaginary_Friends | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network Studios. The series, set in a world in which imaginary friends coexist with humans, centers on an eight-year-old boy, Mac, who is pressured by his mother to a... |
2016-01 | Didier_Drogba-696758250 | Didier_Drogba | Didier Drogba
Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (; born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Canadian MLS club Montreal Impact. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more ... |
2016-01 | Great_Barrier_Reef-696199228 | Great_Barrier_Reef | Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer sp... |
2016-01 | Incheon_International_Airport-697684389 | Incheon_International_Airport | Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport (IIA) (, sometimes referred to as Seoul-Incheon International Airport) is the largest airport in South Korea, the primary airport serving the Seoul Capital Area, and one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. Since 2005, it has been rated the best... |
2016-01 | Portal_video_game-697338547 | Portal_video_game | Portal (video game)
Portal is a 2007 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed by Valve Corporation. The game was released in a bundle package called The Orange Box for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on October 9, 2007, and for the PlayStation 3 on December 11, 2007. The Windows version of the game is availabl... |
2016-01 | History_of_Poland-697521019 | History_of_Poland | History of Poland
The history of Poland results from the migrations of Slavs who established permanent settlements on the Polish lands during the Early Middle Ages. In 966 AD, Duke Mieszko I of the Piast dynasty adopted Western Christianity; in 1025 Mieszko's son Bolesław I Chrobry formally established a medieval king... |
2016-01 | M1_Abrams-697333457 | M1_Abrams | M1 Abrams
The M1 Abrams is an American third-generation main battle tank produced by the United States. It is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and Commander of U.S. military forces in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972. Highly mobile, designed for modern armored ground warfare, the M1 is... |
2016-01 | Photography-696711018 | Photography | Photography
Photography is the science, art and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.
Typically, a lens is used to focus the light ref... |
2016-01 | Tutankhamun-697136549 | Tutankhamun | Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun (; alternatively spelled with Tutenkh-, -amen, -amon) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled ca. 1332–1323 BC in the conventional chronology), during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom.
He is colloquially referred to as King Tut. His original name, Tutankhaten,... |
2016-01 | AC_Omonia-697713156 | AC_Omonia | AC Omonia
Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia (, ΑΣΟΛ), commonly referred to as Omonoia, is a Cypriot professional football club based in the capital city, Nicosia.
The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953. Omonoia, which means 'Concord' in Greek, has won 20 League ... |
2016-01 | The_Incredibles-697768508 | The_Incredibles | The Incredibles
The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy superhero film written and directed by Brad Bird and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was the sixth film produced by Pixar. The film's title is the name of a family of superheroes who are forced to hide their powers and live a quiet suburb... |
2016-01 | T.I._discography-697766738 | T.I._discography | T.I. discography
American rapper T.I. has released nine studio albums, one remix album, three extended plays (EPs), 10 mixtapes, 110 singles (including 61 as a featured artist) and 11 promotional singles. He has also released over 60 music videos, which is included in his videography. Throughout his career, T.I.'s mus... |
2016-01 | Aphrodite-695674189 | Aphrodite | Aphrodite
Aphrodite ( ; Greek: ) is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess . She is identified with the planet Venus.
As with many ancient Greek deities, there is more than one story about her origins. According to Hesiod's Theogony, she was born when Cronus ... |
2016-01 | Im_a_Celebrity...Get_Me_Out_of_Here_British_TV_series-697462195 | Im_a_Celebrity...Get_Me_Out_of_Here_British_TV_series | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (often shortened to I'm a Celebrity or I'm a Celeb) is a British reality television show, first aired in 2002, in which celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts. The show has been hosted by Ant & Dec... |
2016-01 | Eastern_Orthodox_Church-697585625 | Eastern_Orthodox_Church | Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, also referred to as the Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Orthodoxy, is the second largest Christian Church in the world, with an estimated 225–300 million adherents.
The Eastern Orthodox Church is one of the oldest re... |
2016-01 | The_Dark_Knight-697616934 | The_Dark_Knight | The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the second part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, A... |
2016-01 | Hermann_Göring-696784900 | Hermann_Göring | Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and leading member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, he was a recipient of the coveted Pour le Mérite, also known as the "Blue Max". He was the last comman... |
2016-01 | Days_of_Our_Lives-697673547 | Days_of_Our_Lives | Days of Our Lives
Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. It has s... |
2016-01 | Shroud_of_Turin-697743062 | Shroud_of_Turin | Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud () is a length of linen cloth bearing the image of a man that is believed by some Christians to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth. Radiocarbon dating has dated it to the Medieval period. The shroud is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John t... |
2016-01 | The_Chronicles_of_Narnia-696123161 | The_Chronicles_of_Narnia | The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven high fantasy novels by author C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954, illustrated by Pauline ... |
2016-01 | Snakes_on_a_Plane-695911218 | Snakes_on_a_Plane | Snakes on a Plane
Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American action thriller film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006, in North America. The film was written by David Dalessandro, John Heffernan, and Sheldon Turner and follows the events of hundred... |
2016-01 | Harley_Quinn-696944764 | Harley_Quinn | Harley Quinn
Harley Quinn (Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, M.D.) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, and first appeared on Batman: The Animated Series in September 199... |
2016-01 | Television-697365971 | Television | Television
A television, commonly referred to as TV, telly or the tube, is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving images in monochrome (black-and-white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions. It can refer to a television set, a television program, or the medium of television transmi... |
2016-01 | Iran-697778692 | Iran | Iran
Iran ( or ; ), also known as Persia ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ( ), is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia, the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh, and Azerbaijan; with Kazakhstan and Russia across the Caspian Sea; to the northeast by Turkmenistan; to the east by Afg... |
2016-01 | 2015_in_film-697769578 | 2015_in_film | 2015 in film
2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Jurassic World, Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Star... |
2016-01 | John_C._Calhoun-697296120 | John_C._Calhoun | John C. Calhoun
John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American politician and political theorist during the first half of the 19th century. Hailing from South Carolina, Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent of a strong national government and protective... |
2016-01 | Biofuel-697700464 | Biofuel | Biofuel
A biofuel is a fuel that is produced through contemporary biological processes, such as agriculture and anaerobic digestion, rather than a fuel produced by geological processes such as those involved in the formation of fossil fuels, such as coal and petroleum, from prehistoric biological matter. Biofuels can ... |
2016-01 | Angry_Video_Game_Nerd-697381459 | Angry_Video_Game_Nerd | Angry Video Game Nerd
Angry Video Game Nerd (abbreviated as AVGN, and formerly known as Angry Nintendo Nerd) is an American comedy retrogaming web series, created by and starring James Rolfe. The series centers on Rolfe's character, "The Nerd", a short-tempered and foul-mouthed video game fanatic who delivers commenta... |
2016-01 | John_Cabot-697355268 | John_Cabot | John Cabot
John Cabot (, ; c. 1450 – c. 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration of the mainland of North America since the Norse Vikings' visits to Vinland in the... |
2016-01 | Miss_Universe_2010-696763063 | Miss_Universe_2010 | Miss Universe 2010
Miss Universe 2010, the 59th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 August 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Paradise, Nevada, USA. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned by Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela. 83 contestants competed in this year.
Results
Placements
Special awards
Semi-final sco... |
2016-01 | The_Beatles_album-697539902 | The_Beatles_album | The Beatles (album)
The Beatles, also known as the White Album, is the ninth studio album by English rock group the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. A double album, its plain white sleeve has no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed, and was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork... |
2016-01 | Detroit_Pistons-697679507 | Detroit_Pistons | Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Metro Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference Central Division. The team plays its home games at The Palace of Auburn Hil... |
2016-01 | Toronto_Raptors-696970058 | Toronto_Raptors | Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of... |
2016-01 | Blade_Runner-697315633 | Blade_Runner | Blade Runner
Blade Runner is a 1982 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is a modified film adaptation of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric ... |
2016-01 | The_Real_Housewives_of_Beverly_Hills-697770813 | The_Real_Housewives_of_Beverly_Hills | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (abbreviated RHOBH) is an American reality television series that premiered on October 14, 2010, on Bravo. The show was developed as the sixth installment of the The Real Housewives franchise following The Real Housewives of Orange County, New Y... |
2016-01 | Iron_Maiden-696656639 | Iron_Maiden | Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, east London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. The band's discography has grown to thirty-eight albums, including sixteen studio albums, eleven live albums, four EPs, and seven compilations.
Pioneers of the New Wave of Bri... |
2016-01 | Chicago-697200665 | Chicago | Chicago
Chicago ( or ) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago... |
2016-01 | Cats_musical-696567133 | Cats_musical | Cats (musical)
Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, and produced by Cameron Mackintosh. The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as "the Jellicle choice" and decide which cat will... |
2016-01 | Alexander_Hamilton-697182074 | Alexander_Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was a Founding Father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the Fede... |
2016-01 | Walt_Disney_World-697206948 | Walt_Disney_World | Walt Disney World
The Walt Disney World Resort, informally known as Walt Disney World or simply Disney World, is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake, Florida (mailing address is Lake Buena Vista, Florida), near Kissimmee and Orlando and is the flagship of Disney's worldwide corporate empire. The resort opened on Octo... |
2016-01 | DragonForce-696186804 | DragonForce | DragonForce
DragonForce are a British power metal band based in London, England. Formed in 1999, the group are known for their long and fast guitar solos, fantasy-themed lyrics, and electronic sounds in their music to add to their retro video game-influenced sound. As of August 2014, DragonForce have released six stu... |
2016-01 | Aang-697694854 | Aang | Aang
is a fictional character and the protagonist of Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender (created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko), voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen.
Aang is the last surviving Airbender, a monk of the Air Nomads' Southern Air Temple. He is an incarnation of th... |
2016-01 | Atlanta-697277866 | Atlanta | Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2013 population of 447,841. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,522,942 people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States. Atlanta is the co... |
2016-01 | Mary_J._Blige-697672497 | Mary_J._Blige | Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige (; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, model, record producer and actress. Starting her career as a background singer on Uptown Records in 1989, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?, in 1992, and has released 11 studio albums since and made over 150 guest ... |
2016-01 | Madhuri_Dixit-697618028 | Madhuri_Dixit | Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit (born 15 May 1967) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Hindi cinema. A leading actress of Bollywood in the 1980s, 1990s and early-2000s, Dixit has been praised by critics for her acting and dancing skills, and achieved mass popularity due to her physical beauty. She has receiv... |
2016-01 | Fallout_3-697628829 | Fallout_3 | Fallout 3
Fallout 3 is an action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, and is the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe, and Australia in October 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
Fallout 3 takes place in t... |
2016-01 | Elephant-694620365 | Elephant | Elephant
Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea. Two species are traditionally recognised, the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), although some evidence suggests that African bush elephants and African forest elephants are separate ... |
2016-01 | Tipu_Sultan-696984121 | Tipu_Sultan | Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan ( Urdu:ٹیپو سلطان, Kannada : ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ) (20 November 1750 – 4 May 1799), (Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Shahab) also known as the Tiger of Mysore, and Tipu Sahib, was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore. Tipu introduced a number of administrativ... |
2016-01 | Whitney_Houston-697405573 | Whitney_Houston | Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time. Houston is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all-time, with an estimated 170–200 mill... |
2016-01 | Disney_Channel_Southeast_Asian_TV_channel-697616695 | Disney_Channel_Southeast_Asian_TV_channel | Disney Channel (Southeast Asian TV channel)
Disney Channel Asia (formerly known as The Disney Channel from 1996 to 1997) is a basic cable and satellite television channel that broadcasts in Southeast Asia as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Worldwide unit of the United States-based Disney–ABC Television ... |
2016-01 | Kuala_Lumpur_International_Airport-697696121 | Kuala_Lumpur_International_Airport | Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is Malaysia's main international airport and one of the major airports of South East Asia. Built at a cost of US$3.5 billion in Sepang district of Selangor, it is located approximately from Kuala Lumpur city centre and serves the Greater Kl... |
2016-01 | Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor-697649495 | Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor | Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The result of the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter program, the aircraft was designed primarily as an air superiori... |
2016-01 | Breaking_Bad-697477389 | Breaking_Bad | Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on the AMC network for five seasons, from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013. It tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher dia... |
2016-01 | Gilmore_Girls-697732436 | Gilmore_Girls | Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls is an American comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000 the series debuted on the WB to widespread critical acclaim, and remained a tent-pole to the WB until it was canceled in its seventh season, ending on... |
2016-01 | Miles_Davis-696702186 | Miles_Davis | Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, together with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major develop... |
2016-01 | Beyoncé-697549233 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ) (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by he... |
2016-01 | Islamic_terrorism-697727455 | Islamic_terrorism | Islamic terrorism
Islamic terrorism is, by definition, terrorist acts committed by Muslim groups or individuals who profess Islamic or Islamist motivations or goals. Islamic terrorists have relied on particular interpretations of the tenets of the Quran and the Hadith, citing these scriptures to justify violent tactic... |
2016-01 | Windows_8-696938656 | Windows_8 | Windows 8
Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. Development of Windows 8 started before the release of its predecessor, Windows 7, in 2009. It was announced at CES 2011, and followed by the release of three pre-release versions f... |
2016-01 | Judas_Priest-696895478 | Judas_Priest | Judas Priest
Judas Priest are a British heavy metal band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1969. The band has sold over 45 million albums to date. MTV ranked them the second greatest metal band of all time.
Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band struggled with ind... |
2016-01 | McFly-697787629 | McFly | McFly
McFly is an English pop rock band formed in 2003. The band consists of Tom Fletcher (lead vocals, ukulele, guitar and piano), Danny Jones (lead vocals, harmonica and guitar), Dougie Poynter (bass guitar and vocals), and Harry Judd (drums). They were signed to Island Records from their 2004 launch until December ... |
2016-01 | Meryl_Streep-697355643 | Meryl_Streep | Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. A three-time Academy Award winner, she is widely regarded as one of the greatest film actors of all time. Streep made her professional stage debut in The Playboy of Seville in 1971, and went on to receive a 1976 Tony Award nomination ... |
2016-01 | 2008_Sichuan_earthquake-697100364 | 2008_Sichuan_earthquake | 2008 Sichuan earthquake
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan earthquake, measured at 8.0 Ms and 7.9 Mw, and occurred at 02:28:01 PM China Standard Time at epicenter (06:28:01 UTC) on May 12 in Sichuan province, killed 69,197 people and left 18,222 missing.
It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake (), a... |
2016-01 | Just_Dance_2014-697215559 | Just_Dance_2014 | Just Dance 2014
Just Dance 2014 is a dance video game developed by Ubisoft Paris, in collaboration with Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Montpellier. The fifth main installment in the franchise, it was officially announced at Ubisoft's E3 2014 press event, and released fo... |
2016-01 | NXT_WWE_brand-697725476 | NXT_WWE_brand | NXT (WWE brand)
WWE NXT is the professional wrestling developmental branch for WWE, based in Winter Park, Florida. It was founded by Triple H (Paul Levesque). From its inception in August 2012 to June 2013, it was a distinct but affiliated developmental territory for WWE under the name NXT Wrestling. In June 2013, the... |
2016-01 | Deftones-697456083 | Deftones | Deftones
Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. The band, which was founded in 1988, consists of Chino Moreno (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Stephen Carpenter (lead guitar), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion) and Sergio Vega (bass). The ... |
2016-01 | California_Gold_Rush-174793299 | California_Gold_Rush | California Gold Rush
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2016-01 | Biodiversity-695677708 | Biodiversity | Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the variety of different types of life found on the Earth and the variations within species. It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in different ecosystems. This can refer to genetic variation, ecosystem variation, or species variation (number of species) within an area, biome... |
2016-01 | Little_Richard-697373559 | Little_Richard | Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known by his stage name Little Richard, is an American recording artist, songwriter and musician.
An influential figure in popular music and culture for more than six decades, Little Richard's most celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s, when his dynami... |
2016-01 | Gasoline-697782228 | Gasoline | Gasoline
Gasoline , also known as petrol outside of North America, is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives.
On average... |
2016-01 | Furry_fandom-695746811 | Furry_fandom | Furry fandom
The furry fandom is a subculture interested in fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothes. Furry fand... |
2016-01 | Julius_Caesar-695386665 | Julius_Caesar | Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman statesman, general and notable author of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed a political allian... |
2016-01 | Ben_10_2005_TV_series-692851030 | Ben_10_2005_TV_series | Ben 10 (2005 TV series)
Ben 10 is an American animated series created by Man of Action (a group consisting of Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle), and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The series is about a 10-year-old boy named Ben Tennyson who gets a watch-like alien device called the "Omn... |
2016-01 | Generation_X-697353709 | Generation_X | Generation X
Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom. Most demographers and commentators use birth dates ranging from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.
Origin of term
The term Generation X was coined by the Magnum photographer Robert Capa in... |
2016-01 | Britney_Spears_discography-694615022 | Britney_Spears_discography | Britney Spears discography
American singer Britney Spears has released eight studio albums, seven compilation albums, 42 singles, and two promotional singles and has had three other appearances. In 1997, Spears signed a recording contract with Jive Records to launch her career.
Spears made her chart debut in November... |
2016-01 | Supernatural_American_TV_series-695623172 | Supernatural_American_TV_series | Supernatural (American TV series)
Supernatural is an American fantasy horror television series created by Eric Kripke. It was first broadcast on September 13, 2005, on The WB and subsequently became part of successor The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the ... |
2016-01 | List_of_largest_empires-697410083 | List_of_largest_empires | List of largest empires
An empire involves the extension of a state's sovereignty over external territories and variety of different ethnic groups. The term "empire" in this context (not necessarily a state ruled by an Emperor) does not have a precise definition, but is generally applied to political entities that are... |
2016-01 | Global_Positioning_System-697289235 | Global_Positioning_System | Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. The system provides critical capabilities to... |
2016-01 | Francis_Drake-696614251 | Francis_Drake | Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake, vice admiral ( – 27 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete it as captain and leade... |
2016-01 | Net_neutrality-697557683 | Net_neutrality | Net neutrality
Net neutrality (also network neutrality, Internet neutrality, or net equality) is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached eq... |
2016-01 | Jon_Jones-696533630 | Jon_Jones | Jon Jones
Jonathan Dwight "Jon" Jones (born July 19, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He is widely regarded as the best mixed martial arts fighter in the world and as one of the greatest fighters of all time. When he won the title in March 2011 at the age of 23, he b... |
2016-01 | Christopher_Nolan-697649557 | Christopher_Nolan | Christopher Nolan
Christopher Jonathan James Nolan (; born 30 July 1970) is an English-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His nine films have grossed over US$4.2 billion worldwide and garnered a total of 26 Oscar nominations and seven awards.
Having made his directorial debut with Following (1998), N... |