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4070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism | Communism | Communism is a far-left political system that wants a world without different social class groups. Communists believe these differences are a kind of oppression. They say that things like factories, tools and farms (the means of production) are owned by only some people (the bourgeoisie) which gives them unfair power o... |
4072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection | Resurrection | Resurrection means bringing someone back to life after they have died.
Polytheistic religions
The idea of resurrection is found in writings of ancient polytheistic religions in the Middle East. Some Egyptian and Canaanite writings tell of gods being resurrected, such as Osiris and Baal.
In Greek mythology, many men a... |
4073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy | Monarchy | A monarchy is a kind of government where a monarch, a kind of hereditary ruler (someone who inherits their office), is the head of state. Monarchs usually rule until they die or pass down (when a monarch resigns it is called abdication). Most monarchies are hereditary, but some are elected. The most famous elected mona... |
4074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Korea | North Korea | North Korea (officially called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)), is a country in the northern part of the Korean peninsula. North Korea is next to China, Russia, and South Korea. The capital city of North Korea is Pyŏngyang, which is also the largest city.
The country was founded in 1948 after it had ... |
4075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament | Parliament | A parliament is a type of legislature.
The most famous parliament is probably the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which is sometimes called the "Mother of all Parliaments". The word "parliament" comes from the French word parler, which means a talk.
The Althing, the national parliament of Iceland, was founded ea... |
4076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing%20test | Turing test | The Turing test is a test to see if a computer can interact with a person. The human should not be able to realise it is interacting with a computer.
Alan Turing thought that if a human could not tell the difference between another human and the computer, then the computer had shown intelligent behaviour.
Test setup... |
4077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel | Fuel | A fuel is a substance that is changed in some way to produce heat, electricity, or other forms of energy. This is usually by being burnt, although there are exceptions, such as nuclear fuel. Fuel can be divided into two main types: fossil fuels and other fuels.
Fossil fuel
There are several kinds of fossil fuels:
c... |
4095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20volcanoes | List of volcanoes | The list of volcanoes includes some which are active, dormant and extinct:
On Earth
Antarctica
Mount Erebus
Deception Island
Argentina
Mount Aconcagua
Australia
Heard Island and the McDonald Islands
Big Ben (Heard Island)
New South Wales
Mount Canobolas
Mount Warning
Queensland
Glasshouse Mountains
Mount Fox
South ... |
4096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia | Estonia | Estonia (), officially the Republic of Estonia () is a small country in the Baltic Region of Northern Europe. The capital city is Tallinn. Estonia's neighbors are Sweden, Finland, Russia and Latvia. Its population is 1,332,893.
The territory of Estonia has the mainland and 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea.
History
Pe... |
4097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20of%20Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus | Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea and member state of the European Union. Cyprus is in Asia, but it is often associated with Europe because of the culture and history of the people. It is also closer to Africa than to Europe. The capital is Nicosia. Most of the popu... |
4098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia | Latvia | Latvia (Latvian: Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), is a country in Northern Europe. The capital is Riga. It is one of the Baltic States, together with Estonia in the north and Lithuania in the south. Latvia's neighbours to the east are the countries Russia and Belarus. Latvia is... |
4099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania | Lithuania | Lithuania is a country in Europe. It borders Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland to the south and Russia to the southwest. It is one of the Baltic states. The country's area is 65,300 km² and there are about 2.8 million people who live in Lithuania. The national language is the Lithuanian language, wh... |
4100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta | Malta | Malta is a country in the European Union and considered part of Southern Europe. It is an island near the center of the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. The capital of Malta is Valletta. Around 500,000 people live in Malta and it is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Malta is 316 sq km, which ... |
4101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20Soviet%20Union%E2%80%93related%20articles | Index of Soviet Union–related articles |
Lists of people
List of Premiers of the Soviet Union
List of Russians
A
AK-47
B
Baltic states
Bolshevik
C
Central Asia
Cold War
Constructivism
Communism
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Comrade
Collective farming
Collectivisation in the USSR
E
Eastern Front (World War II)
G
Glasnost
Gr... |
4104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoving%20distance | Comoving distance | In normal cosmology, 'comoving' distance or 'proper distance' is one of several distances measured by cosmologists to define distances between objects.
Method
To talk about the shape of the Universe, scientists want to forget that the Universe is expanding. So they separate the shape from time and pretend that the Un... |
4105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaanxi | Shaanxi | Shaanxi (Chinese:陕西, also sometimes called Shenshi) is a province in east China. The word "Shaan" (viz Shanzhou) is a place in Henan Province. "Xi" means "west". So "Shaanxi" means "the place to the west of Shaan".
Although in pinyin, "Shaanxi" is spelled exactly the same as "Shanxi", the only difference in how the t... |
4106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon | Lisbon | Lisbon () is the capital city of Portugal. It is the largest city of Portugal. The city has a population of about half million people. In Lisbon's urban area live around 2.8 million people, being the 10th-most populous urban area in the European Union.
Lisbon is placed on the right bank (western) of the Tagus River, n... |
4107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing | Surfing | Surfing is a water sport done in the ocean or sea. The surfer uses their surfboard to catch a wave and ride in towards the shore.
Surfing was invented by the Polynesians at least 4000 years ago. It has become a popular sport among both men and women of all ages. With lifestyles and regimens freer than those of most sp... |
4108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon | Lyon | Lyon (Arpitan: Liyon) is a city in the southeast of France. It is the third-largest city in the country (behind Paris and Marseille), with about 513,000 people living there in 2015. It is the second largest metropolis, or metro area, in France (behind only that of Paris), with about 2.3 million people in 2014.
In anc... |
4109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20W.%20Bush | George W. Bush | George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman. He was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He is the son of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush. Before becoming president, he was the Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.... |
4110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic%20compound | Organic compound | Organic compounds are carbon-based compounds. Organic compounds contain carbon bonds in which at least one carbon atom is covalently linked to an atom of another type (usually hydrogen, oxygen or nitrogen). Most polymers are organic compounds.
History
The name "organic" is a historical name from the 19th century.
Pe... |
4111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal | Coal | Coal is a hard rock which can be burned as a fossil fuel. It is mostly carbon but also contains hydrogen, sulphur, oxygen and nitrogen. It is a sedimentary rock formed from peat, by the pressure of rocks laid down later on top.
Peat, and therefore coal, is formed from the remains of plants which lived millions of year... |
4113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum | Petroleum | Petroleum, (from Greek πέτρα - rock and έλαιο - oil) also called crude oil, is a thick and black liquid. It is a natural material mainly made of hydrocarbons. Most petroleum is found by drilling down through rocks on land or off-shore on the continental shelf. Major producers are in the Middle East, the Americas, and R... |
4114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20gas | Natural gas | Natural gas is a mixture of gases. It consists mainly of hydrocarbons. The main component is methane, which is a greenhouse gas so causes global warming. Natural gas is often found in the ground, either alone or together with petroleum. Landfills and natural processes produce a little methane. Usually it is transported... |
4115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy | Energy | Energy can mean various things:
In physics, energy is a property of matter and space. It can be transferred between objects. It can be converted in its form. It cannot be created or destroyed.
In economics it may mean the ‘energy industry’, as in fuel or electric power distribution.
Energy can be used to heat, mov... |
4316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel | Jewel | Jewels (or gems or gemstones) are rare minerals. They usually come in colours and sizes. They begin in a rough rock form, but can be cut and polished to turn into a jewellery.
However, some other non-mineral rocks (such as lapis lazuli) or organic materials can also be also used for jewelry and are called gemstones. T... |
4317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon | Xenon | Xenon is a non-metal chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Xe and atomic number 54. It is one of the few elements that are a gas at the standard temperature and pressure.
History
Sir William Ramsay and M. W. Travers discovered this element in 1898. The element's name came from the Greek word xenos, which means... |
4318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala%20Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | {{Infobox settlement
| name = Kuala Lumpur
| settlement_type = Federal territory and capital city
| official_name = Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur{{nobold|Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur}}
| translit_lang1 = Other
| translit_lang1_type2 = Burmese
| translit_lang... |
4322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20of%20light | Speed of light | The speed of light, in any medium,which is usually denoted by , is a physical constant important in many areas of physics.It is denoted by 'c^0' especially in vacuum medium, although the symbol 'c' can be used to refer to that in any medium. It is exactly by definition. A photon (particle of light) travels at this spe... |
4326 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial | Denial | Denial is a word used in psychology on defense mechanism. It means that someone denies that something has happened or is happening although he really knows it is true. Usually this happens because admitting it would cause a lot of pain.
Denial is usually the first state of coping with loss. For example, if someone cl... |
4329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo | Tokyo | Tokyo () is the capital and largest city of Japan located on the island of Honshu in the region of kanto. Tokyo is the center of the Japanese government. The Imperial Palace is in Tokyo, it's not actually public for tourist. Tokyo is the center of business, trade, and industry of Japan. The city is the center of the la... |
4331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi | Laozi | Laozi (Lao Tsu, Lao-Tze) was a Chinese philosopher best known for Taoism, the Tao Te Ching, and for becoming a deity of Taoism and Chinese folk religions. A legendary figure of Chinese culture, Laozi may have lived during the Warring States period. Laozi's work influenced anti-authoritarian and Legalist philosophers.
... |
4332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20physicists | List of physicists | This is a list of physicists.
Chile
Nicanor Parra
France
René Descartes
German
Albert Einstein
Werner Heisenberg
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Georg Ohm
Great Britain
Ernest Rutherford
England
Michael Faraday
Thomas Young
Stephen Hawking
Robert Hooke
James Prescott Joule
Isaac Newton
North Ireland
John Stewar... |
4360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass | Brass | Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Some types of brass are called bronzes.
Brass has a golden appearance. It is harder than pure metals and resists corrosion. It costs more than zinc.
There are some common brasses:
Alpha brasses - with less than 40% zinc
Beta brasses -
White brasses - with more than 45% zinc
... |
4361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body | Body | A body is the physical material of a person or organism. It is only used for organisms which are in one part or whole. There are organisms which change from single cells to whole organisms: for example, slime moulds. For them the term 'body' would mean the multicellular stage. Other uses:
Plant body
Cell body: here it ... |
4362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloy | Alloy | An alloy is a uniform mixture. It is made up of two or more chemical elements, of which at least one is a metal. An alloy has properties different from the metals it is made of.
Most alloys are made by melting the metals, mixing them while they are liquid to form a solution, then leaving them to cool and turn solid ag... |
4363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material | Material | Material is what everything that you can touch is made of. Even material that is too small to touch, is called material. We use materials to make things. We can also call material "physical substances."
Raw material is materials such as ores which we can clean and mix with other materials to make another material like... |
4365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain | Brain | The brain is the part of the body which lets animals and humans think, and perform bodily functions, such as telling the rest of the body what to do. It gets input from sense organs, and changes behavior in response to this information. In humans, the brain also controls our use of language, and is capable of abstract ... |
4367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron | Neuron | A neuron (or neurone) is a nerve cell that carries electrical impulses. Neurons are the basic units of our nervous system.
Neurons have a cell body (soma or cyton), dendrites and an axon. Dendrites and axons are nerve fibers. There are about 86 billion neurons in the human brain. Almost all brain cells are neurons. Th... |
4368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20East | Middle East | The Middle East is a large area of land in the eastern hemisphere. The lands of the Arabian Peninsula and some of the lands of the eastern Mediterranean are part of the Middle East. The Middle East's population is mostly Muslim. The name of the Middle East comes from its position to the east of Europe and to the west o... |
4370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw | Warsaw | Warsaw (In Polish: Warszawa) is the capital of Poland in Masovian Voivodeship. It is also the biggest city in that country. There are about 2,000,000 people living there (1,726,581 as of 31 March 2014). People from Warsaw are called "Varsovians".
There are other names for Warsaw. For example, (Latin, Spanish) and Var... |
4371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%E2%80%93Arabic%20numeral%20system | Hindu–Arabic numeral system | The Hindu–Arabic numeral system, sometimes known as Arabic number system, is the system of Latin-script numbers used by almost all the world today. It is a positional notation system. This system has ten basic symbols, they are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. It represent numbers in the decimal number system. The Hind... |
4372 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point%20%28geometry%29 | Point (geometry) | A point is a position in space which has no size but position.
In geometry, a point has no size, but has a position. This means it has no volume, area or length. We usually represent a point by a small cross 'X' or by a small dot (a small, round shape). Points are always labelled by capital letters (A, B, C...X, Y, Z)... |
4373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%20%28geometry%29 | Line (geometry) | A line is the path of one point moving. A line has length but no width. A line is a type of geometric figure.
A line is made up of an endless number of points.
Straight and curved lines
A line can be straight or curved. In geometry, the word line means a straight line. A straight line is the shortest distance betwe... |
4374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane%20%28mathematics%29 | Plane (mathematics) | A plane is a perfectly flat surface extending in all directions. It can be thought of as the ceiling of a room, only extended into all directions infinitely. A plane has two dimensions: length and width. All planes are flat surfaces. If a surface is not flat, it is called a curved surface.
The tool plane can be used ... |
4375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle | Angle | When two straight lines come together, they make an angle. The two lines are called the sides of the angle, and they meet at a point. A flat surface (called a plane) also forms an angle when it meets another.
To represent an angle, Greek letters such as (alpha), (beta), (gamma) and (theta) are sometimes used. An a... |
4376 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20astronomers | List of astronomers | Famous astronomers include:
List
A
Marc Aaronson (USA, 1950 – 1987)
George Ogden Abell (USA, 1927 – 1983)
Charles Greeley Abbot (USA, 1872 – 1973)
John Couch Adams (Britain, 1819 – 1892)
Walter Sydney Adams (USA, 1876 – 1956)
Paul Oswald Ahnert (Germany, 1897 – 1989)
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (Germany, 1912 – 1954)
Geo... |
4377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20astrophysicists | List of astrophysicists | An astrophysicist is a person whose profession is astrophysics.
Canada
Hubert Reeves, is known for explaining science to the general public (or popularizing science).
Great Britain
England
Stephen Hawking, is known for Hawking radiation, Penrose–Hawking theorems, Bekenstein–Hawking formula, Hawking energy, Gibbon... |
4378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20walls | List of walls | This is a list of famous walls.
Lists |
4379 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20vegetables | List of vegetables | Some vegetables which are botanically fruits (such as tomatoes) are considered to be vegetables in the culinary (eating) sense. This is why they appear in this article. For sources, see individual pages. See also List of fruits.
References
Other websites
Lists of vegetables
Vegetables Name List
Food-related lists |
4382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20terrorist%20incidents | List of terrorist incidents | The following is a list by date of acts and failed attempts that can be considered terrorism.
Note: there is no single official definition of terrorism in common use. Events listed here are commonly called terrorism, or meet some of the commonly used parts of the definition.
17th century
1605: Failed Gunpowder Plot ... |
4384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20telescope%20types | List of telescope types | Astronomical telescopes are divided into subgroups. All telescopes work by collecting electromagnetic radiation and focussing it into an image which may be seen or photographed. The purpose is to see things which are far away in the universe.
The traditional types all work to collect visible light from the sky. Recent... |
4385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20shipwrecks | List of shipwrecks | This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been found.
Aarhus Historic Shipwreck
Admiral Graf Spee
VOC ship Amsterdam
SS Andrea Doria, 1956
USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor
VOC ship Batavia
Bendigo, North Carolina, United States
Bismarck battleship
Breadalbane, 1853
Carnatic shipwreck, Red ... |
4387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20religions | List of religions | This is a list of religions and spiritual traditions. Some entries are written more than once.
Abrahamic religions
A group of monotheistic traditions often grouped together because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham.
Baha'i Faith
Christianity
Catholicism
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA)
Indep... |
4388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20national%20parks%20in%20Africa | List of national parks in Africa |
Algeria
El Kala National Park
Tasssili N'Ajjer National Park
Angola
Ambriz Game Reserve
Bicuari National Park
Cameia National Park
Cangandala National Park
Iona National Park
Kisama National Park
Luenge National Park
Luiana National Park
Longa-Mavinga National Park
Mucusso National Park
Mupa National Park
Namibe Gam... |
4391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20languages | List of languages | This is a partial list of natural languages, arranged alphabetically.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Related pages
Language (for information about language in general)
Constructed language
List of fictional languages
List of programming languages
Sign language
Langu... |
4394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20endangered%20languages | List of endangered languages | A list of endangered languages (with fewer than 1000 speakers or with very fast decline).
In order to judge if a language is actually endangered, the number of speakers is less important than the distribution among age cohorts. There may be 200,000 mother tongue speakers of the Breton language over 50 years of age, bu... |
4395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20emotions | List of emotions | This is a list of emotions (feelings) felt by humans.
Robert Plutchik's theory
Robert Plutchik's theory defines that the eight basic emotions are:
Fear → feeling of being afraid, frightened, scared.
Anger → feeling angry. A stronger word for anger is rage.
Sadness → feeling sad. Other words are sorrow, grief (a str... |
4396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20earthquakes | List of earthquakes | The following is a list of major earthquakes:
The Richter scale was adopted in 1935, and was used in the above table also about earlier earthquakes at a merely indicative title. Earthquakes' effects were once measured after the Mercalli scale, which regards the practical damages that a seismic event causes to infrastr... |
4397 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20disasters | List of disasters | This is a list of disasters, both natural and man-made.
Classical-Era disasters
Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption, Italy
Alexandria earthquake which destroyed the Pharos of Alexandria
Rhodes earthquake destroyed the Colossus of Rhodes
The city of Rome suffered from a major fire during the time of emperor Nero
Bi... |
4398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20diseases | List of diseases | This is a list of common, well-known or infamous diseases. This is neither complete nor authoritative. This is not intended to be a list of rare diseases, nor is it a list of mental disorders.
This list includes both common names and technical names for diseases. This is deliberate; where multiple names are in common ... |
4399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mental%20disorders | List of mental disorders | The following is a list of mental disorders. |
4402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20communist%20parties | List of communist parties | There are a number of communist parties around the world.
In world history, the Russian and Chinese communists are very important.
In Western Europe, the French, Spanish and Italian communist parties are the biggest. They have taken part in either local, regional or central government in those countries.
Some commu... |
4404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20color%20topics | List of color topics | This is a list of color topics.
Lists |
4406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20buildings | List of buildings |
Famous or notable buildings with articles about them in Wikipedia include:
Index: A-B - C-D - E-I - J-O -
P-R - S - T-V - W - Y - Z
1 Canada Square, London, United Kingdom
1 Churchill Place, London, UK
2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel, Lomé, Togo
225 South Sixth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
30th Street Stati... |
4407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20bridges | List of bridges | List of bridges is a work in progress.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge
Tajik-Afghan Friendship Bridge
Argentina
Armenia
Haghtanak bridge
Austria
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
King Fahd Causeway
Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge
Bangladesh
Bermuda
Somerset Bridge, Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzeg... |
4408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20bones%20of%20the%20human%20skeleton | List of bones of the human skeleton | A typical adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones. Some people have slightly more or fewer. Some bones are called "proximal" meaning nearer the torso, some as "intermediate" and some as "distal" meaning farther.
In the skull (22):
Cranial bones:
frontal bones
Parietal bone (2)
temporal bones (2)
occi... |
4410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists%20of%20astronomical%20objects | Lists of astronomical objects | This is a partial list of the various lists of astronomical objects which either exist, or should exist, in Wikipedia.
List of stars
List of nearest stars
List of brightest stars
List of planets
List of planetary moons
List of exoplanets
Minor planets:
List of asteroids
List of comets
List of trans-Neptunian... |
4411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20stars | List of stars | The following is a small list of stars. On this list, stars should be placed by their English wiki title, unless a common name is clearly more used.
40 Eridani
51 Pegasi
61 Cygni
70 Virginis
A
Achernar
Acrux
Albireo
Aldebaran
Algol
Alioth
Alniyat
Alpha Arietis (Hamal)
Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus)
Alpha Herculis (... |
4412 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20nearest%20stars | List of nearest stars | This list of the nearest stars to Earth is by distance in light years (ly). These distances are taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or Recons).
The sources for this information were the Yale Parallax Catalog [Y], Hipparcos [H], Soderhjelm 1999 [S], Tinney 1996 [T]. Stars mov... |
4413 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20planets | List of planets | This is a list of two types of planets: standard planets and dwarf planets, in the Solar System.
Planets in the Solar System
Terrestrial planets
Mercury – The planet with the second highest temperature in the Solar System and the closest planet to the Sun.
Venus – The warmest planet. Sometimes called "Earth's twin"... |
4414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20galaxies | List of galaxies | List of galaxies and galaxy clusters. Because there are so many galaxies in the universe, this list has been divided into several categories.
The first catalog that catalogues galaxies is the Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies.
List of nearby galaxies
This is list of nearby galaxies to the Milky Way G... |
4415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20nearest%20galaxies | List of nearest galaxies | This list of the nearest galaxies to Earth is ordered by increasing distance. Many of the distances are only estimates, and some may be incorrect by 50% or more. The distance ranking in this list should be seen only as a guess. Distances are given in light years (ly).
The nearest galaxies (ranked)
Milky Way – home ga... |
4416 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20satellites%20of%20the%20Milky%20Way | List of satellites of the Milky Way | List of satellites of Milky Way:
Canis Major dwarf galaxy - 25,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Sagittarius dwarf - 81,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Large Magellanic Cloud - 160,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Small Magellanic Cloud - 190,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Ursa Minor dwarf - 205,500 ly (satellite of... |
4417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20comets | List of comets | This is a list of some comets in the solar system.
Periodic comets visit us again and again. Non-periodic comets visit us only once. On this list there is a "P" in front of the periodic comets. In front of non-periodic comets there is a "C". There is sometimes a number in front of the "P": it shows the number of time... |
4418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20stars%20with%20confirmed%20extrasolar%20planets | List of stars with confirmed extrasolar planets | The following is a list of main sequence stars with confirmed extrasolar planets. Note that the masses of the planets are lower bounds only. If a planet is detected by the spectral line displacement method referred to above, no information is gained about the inclination of the planet's plane of orbit around its star, ... |
4421 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20water%20sports | List of water sports | Many sports are played in water.
The following is a list of water sports, divided by category. This list is not complete. Some of the sports include only one part related to swimming, as for example Triathlon.
In the water (13)
Swimming
Triathlon - Usually a combination of swimming, cycling and running
Modern pentathl... |
4422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20waterways | List of waterways | The list of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary, or firth.
Albania
Australia
Swan River
Port Jackson
Botany Bay
Belgium
Ghent-Terneuzen Canal
Brazil
Amazon River
Tocantins River
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosna
Buna
Drina
Neretva
Una
Vrbas
Canada
Lachine Canal
Rideau Canal
Saint Lawrence Seaway, (... |
4423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20wave%20topics | List of wave topics | This is a list of wave topics, by Wikipedia page.
0-9
21 cm line
A
Abbe prism
Airy disc
Alfvén wave
amphidromic point
amplitude
amplitude modulation
analog sound vs. digital sound
atmospheric diffraction
atmospheric wave
atmospheric waveguide
audience wave
B
Babinet's principle
bandwidth limited pulse
beat
Berry ph... |
4424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20waterfalls | List of waterfalls | This is a list of waterfalls.
Africa
Boyoma Falls (Stanley Falls) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mutarazi Falls
Sipi Falls - Uganda
Tugela Falls
Victoria Falls - widest in the world
North America
Canada
Bow Glacier Falls - Banff National Park
Della Falls - highest in Canada
Emperor Falls - Mount Robson... |
4427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20tunnels | List of tunnels | The list of tunnels is a link page for any road tunnel, railway tunnel, or waterway tunnel anywhere in the world.
Australia
Sydney Harbour Tunnel
Austria
Tauern Tunnel
Canada
Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
France
Channel Tunnel
Mont Blanc Tunnel
Iceland
Hvalfjörður Tunnel
Vestfirðir Tunnel
Múlagöng Tunnel
Italy
Fornaci ... |
4428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20tallest%20structures%20in%20the%20world | List of tallest structures in the world | This is a list of tallest structures in the world, past and present of any type. Most of the structures are television broadcasting masts. There are also the taller tower-type structures (like the CN Tower) and the taller high rise buildings (like the Sears Tower).
The list also includes some other structures like o... |
4429 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20symbols | List of symbols | This is a list of graphical signs, icons, and symbols.
Religious and mystical symbols
Political symbols
Fasces
Hammer and sickle
Swastika (as used by Nazis and neo-Nazis)
Peace symbol
List of political party symbols in India
Scientific and engineering symbols
Astronomical symbols
Chemical symbols
Electronic ... |
4430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20supermarkets | List of supermarkets | This is a list of supermarkets around the world.
Australia
Coles
Bi-Lo
Woolworths
IGA Australia
Aldi Australia
Franklins
Foodworks
SPAR
5 Star
Supabarn
Austria
Hofer - Austrian name for Aldi
Zielpunkt
Billa
Penny
Spar
ADEG
Nah und Frisch
Lidl
Belgium
Albert Heijn
Aldi
Carrefour
Colruyt
Delhaize
GB
Lidl
Makro
Br... |
4442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid | Acid | The article about certain properties of databases is at ACID
Sometimes acid is another name for the drug LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide)
An acid is a substance that can donate a hydrogen ion (H+) (generally speaking, this will be a proton) to another substance. Acids have a pH less than 7.0.
A chemical can donate a ... |
4443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20dwarf | White dwarf | A white dwarf is a compact star. Their matter is squashed together. Gravitation has pulled the atoms close together, and taken off their electrons. The mass of a white dwarf is similar to the mass of the Sun, but its volume is similar to that of the Earth.
White dwarfs are the final evolutionary state of all stars who... |
4444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach | Beach | A beach is a landform along the coast of an ocean, sea, lake, or river. It usually consists of loose particles, such as sand, gravel, shingle, or pebbles. The particles of a beach are sometimes biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or bits of coral and sometimes bits of igneous rock, but the most common mineral ... |
4447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental%20illness | Mental illness | A mental illness is an illness of the mind. The term includes psychiatric disorder, psychological disorder, mental disease, mental breakdown, nervous breakdown, mental health conditions. People with a mental illness may behave in strange ways or have strange thoughts. Mental illnesses can affect the day-to-day functio... |
4448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression%20%28mental%20illness%29 | Depression (mental illness) | Depression (also called major depressive disorder, unipolar depression or clinical depression) is a mental illness. Many people think that depression just means a person is very sad. However, depression can cause many symptoms in the body as well as mood problems.
Diagnosis
The ICD-10 is used around the world to diag... |
4449 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an | Qur'an | The Qur'an () is the holy book of Islam. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims to be "The Word of Allah (God)". This book is different from other religious texts in that it is believed to be the literal words of God, through the prophet Muhammad. Some Muslims call it the Final Testament.
It has been written and read onl... |
4450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Blair | Tony Blair | Sir Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007. On the day he stood down as Prime Minister and MP, h... |
4452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accident | Accident | An accident is when something goes wrong when it is not meant to. Physical accidents are things like collisions, injuries, and falling. Non-physical accidents are things like telling someone a secret without meaning to, forgetting something important, or deleting an important computer file.
Road accidents kill thousan... |
4453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acne | Acne | Acne is an infection of the skin, caused by changes in the sebaceous glands. The most common form of acne is called acne vulgaris, which means "common acne". The redness comes from the inflammation of the skin in response to the infection.
Oils from the glands combine with dead skin cells to block hair follicles. Unde... |
4455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur | Dinosaur | Dinosaurs are a varied group of Archosaur reptiles. They were the most powerful land animals of the Mesozoic era. Over 500 different genera of dinosaurs are known. Fossils of dinosaurs have been found on every continent, and there are still new discoveries.
Dinosaurs began in the Upper Triassic, about 230 million yea... |
4456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone%20Age | Stone Age | The Stone Age was a prehistoric time when people made tools from stone such as flint. It began when people created the first stone tools about 3.3 million years ago. About 99% of human history happened during the Stone Age. It lasted for about 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC.
Stone Age peo... |
4457 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf%20Hitler | Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party from 1933 until his death in 1945. He and his Nazi government are known for causing World War II and the Holocaust. Millions of people were killed in these events.
Hitler became the leader of the Nazi P... |
4460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil | Virgil | Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was a poet in the Latin language. His poems are about gods and their mythology. Virgil's most famous epic poem is called the Aeneid.
Life
Tradition is that Virgil was born in the village o... |
4461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol | Alcohol | This article is only about the chemistry of the alcohols.
The alcohol used in drinks is ethanol; more information can be found at alcoholic drink and alcoholism.
In chemistry, alcohol is a general term which refers to many organic compounds used in industry and science as reagents, solvents, and fuels. Alcohols are c... |
4462 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang%20Amadeus%20Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791; pronounced MOHT-sart) was a composer (music writer), instrumentalist, and music teacher. His full baptised name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophillus Mozart. He was born in Salzburg (then a free archbishopric city within the Bavarian Imperial Circ... |
4463 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Sebastian%20Bach | Johann Sebastian Bach | Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 in Eisenach – 28 July 1750 in Leipzig; pronounced BAHK) was a German composer and organist. He lived in the last part of the Baroque period. He is most famous for his work Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Mass in B minor, and the Brandenburg Conce... |
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