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57,185,536 | Georgia Hopley | 1,163,683,705 | American journalist and temperance advocate | [
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"Journalists from O... | Georgianna Eliza Hopley (1858–1944) was an American journalist, political figure, and temperance advocate. A member of a prominent Ohio publishing family, she was the first woman reporter in Columbus, and editor of several publications. She served as a correspondent and representative at the 1900 Paris Exposition and t... | In 1900, she was appointed by Ohio Governor George K. Nash to represent Ohio at the Paris Exposition. While there she continued her newspaper work as correspondent for a bureau of United States publications as well as the Associated Press and Scripps-McRae syndicate. In 1901, she was again appointed by Governor Nash as... |
15,394,015 | Willis Ward | 1,170,257,280 | Track and field athlete and American football player | [
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... | Willis Franklin Ward (December 28, 1912 – December 30, 1983) was a track and field athlete and American football player who was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1981. Ward was the Michigan High School Athlete of the Year, after setting a national prep record in the high jump. At the Un... | ### 1933 football season In 1933, Ward started all eight games for Michigan at right end and was a key player in Michigan's second consecutive undefeated football season and national championship. Time magazine credited the work of Ward and halfback Herman Everhardus: "Michigan came perilously close to slipping from th... |
62,958,021 | Instant Replay Game | 1,166,130,448 | Notable American football game | [
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"American football in Wisconsin",
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] | The Instant Replay Game, also known as the Asterisk Game, was a National Football League (NFL) game between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears on November 5, 1989. The Packers defeated the visiting Bears 14–13 on a controversial fourth-down touchdown pass from Don Majkowski to Sterling Sharpe with less than a minu... | The Packers got the ball on their own 27-yard line with a little under five minutes left in the game. They drove down the field to the seven-yard line with a minute and a half left to play. On first down, Majkowski was sacked and fumbled the ball, but the Packers recovered. Now on the 14-yard line, Majkowski threw two ... |
17,546 | Louvre | 1,172,724,876 | Art museum in Paris, France | [
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"Museums of Ancie... | The Louvre (English: /ˈluːv(rə)/ ), or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre ), is a national art museum in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward) and home to some of the most canonical works of Western art, in... | Guarded by the Great Sphinx of Tanis, the collection is housed in more than 20 rooms. Holdings include art, papyrus scrolls, mummies, tools, clothing, jewelry, games, musical instruments, and weapons. Pieces from the ancient period include the Gebel el-Arak Knife from 3400 BC, The Seated Scribe, and the Head of King Dj... |
13,280,513 | Launch Party | 1,150,875,056 | null | [
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"The Office (American TV series) episodes in multiple parts",
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] | "Launch Party" is the fifth and sixth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth episode overall. The episode was written by Jennifer Celotta and directed by Ken Whittingham. It first aired in the United States on October 11, 2007, on NB... | ## Production "Launch Party" was the sixth episode of the series directed by Ken Whittingham. Whittingham had previously directed "Health Care", "Michael's Birthday", "The Convention", "The Merger", and "Phyllis' Wedding". "Launch Party" was written by Jennifer Celotta, making it the sixth episode written by her. Accor... |
25,420,409 | 2001 Gujarat cyclone | 1,167,707,453 | North Indian cyclone in 2001 | [
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"Extremely severe cyclonic storms",
"Tropical cyclones in 2001",
"Tropical cyclones in India",
"Tropical cyclones in Pakistan"
] | The 2001 Gujarat cyclone was the third strongest tropical cyclone, in terms of barometric pressure, to form in the Arabian Sea on record; only Cyclones Gonu in 2007 and Kyarr in 2019 were stronger. The storm originated from a tropical disturbance that formed east of Somalia on May 18. Over the following few days, the s... | Ahead of the storm, all ports in Gujarat, including Kandla, one of the largest in the country, were closed as a precautionary measure. On May 25, over 10,000 people were evacuated from coastal areas in the threatened region. Throughout India, a total of 118,800 people were evacuated and 100,000 more were evacuated in P... |
399,970 | Morpeth, Northumberland | 1,172,991,937 | Town in Northumberland, England | [
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"Market towns in Northumberland",
"Morpeth, Northumberland",
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] | Morpeth is a historic market town in Northumberland, North East England, lying on the River Wansbeck. Nearby towns include Ashington and Bedlington. In the 2011 census, the population of Morpeth was given as 14,017, up from 13,833 in the 2001 census. The earliest evidence of settlement is believed to be from the Neolit... | In 1843, a public meeting was called to address the lack of attendance at the church, and it was found that the walk to the current church, then on the southern edge of the town, was too much for many of the parishioners. From this meeting, it was decided to build a new church in the town centre and accordingly, the ch... |
42,627,652 | Five Days at Memorial | 1,164,962,764 | Book by Sheri Fink | [
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] | Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital is a 2013 non-fiction book by the American journalist Sheri Fink. The book details the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans in August 2005, and is an expansion of a Pulitzer Prize-winning article written by Fink and pu... | The second part, titled "Reckoning", discusses the legal and political ramifications of Memorial's response to the crisis and especially the decisions to euthanize patients. In total, 45 patients died before the hospital was evacuated and 23 were identified as having concentrations of morphine and other drugs in their ... |
13,863,187 | Constitution Center (Washington, D.C.) | 1,116,182,011 | null | [
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17,695,243 | Tropical Storm Arthur (2008) | 1,171,670,571 | Atlantic tropical storm in 2008 | [
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] | Tropical Storm Arthur was the first Atlantic tropical storm that formed during the month of May since 1981. The first tropical cyclone of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, the storm formed on May 30, 2008 from the interaction of two tropical waves and the remnants of the eastern Pacific Tropical Storm Alma, which had... | In preparation for the storm, ports were closed in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, while residents and tourists were encouraged to take precautions in coastal areas. Also, ports were closed on the islands of Cozumel, Isla Mujeres and in Chetumal. Small boats were restricted from leaving some ports, but evacuations w... |
15,162,865 | New York State Route 268 (1934–1974) | 1,054,948,495 | Former highway in New York | [
"Former state highways in New York (state)",
"Transportation in Erie County, New York"
] | New York State Route 268 (NY 268) was a state highway in northeastern Erie County, New York, in the United States. It served as a connector between NY 5 in the town of Clarence and NY 78 at the Clarence–Amherst town line. The route passed through rural areas of the town of Clarence and did not serve any areas of signif... | The origins of NY 268 date as far back as 1926, by which time the state of New York had assumed maintenance of several highways in the town of Clarence. The farthest north of these was Tonawanda Creek Road, which was state-maintained from Transit Road (NY 78) in Millersport to Salt Road. From here, state maintenance co... |
7,750,611 | Mongolia at the 1994 Winter Olympics | 1,145,113,903 | null | [
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"Mongolia at the Winter Olympics by year",
"Nations at the 1994 Winter Olympics"
] | Mongolia sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. The Mongolian delegation consisted of a single short track speed skater Batchuluuny Bat-Orgil. He competed in two events, where he finished the 500 metres event in 24th place and the 1000 metres competitio... | The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ## Short track speed skating Batchuluuny Bat-Orgil was 24 years old at the time of the Lillehammer Olympics, and was making his only Olympic appearance. He entered two events: the 500 metres and the 1000 metres. The 1000 metres race was held on 22 Februar... |
14,494,103 | Ed Muransky | 1,121,580,888 | American football player (born 1960) | [
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] | Edward William "Ed" Muransky (born January 20, 1960) is a former professional American football offensive tackle who played for the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) and Orlando Renegades of the United States Football League (USFL). He was a member of the Super Bowl XVIII Champion Raiders. Prior... | Muransky was selected in the fourth round (82nd pick) by the Oakland Raiders in the 1982 NFL Draft, and he played in 24 games for the Raiders from 1982–1984. The Raiders moved from Oakland to Los Angeles to play the 1982 NFL season. Thus, although he was drafted by the Oakland Raiders, he played his NFL career with the... |
7,710,636 | Count Your Blessings (Bring Me the Horizon album) | 1,171,246,977 | null | [
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"Bring Me the Horizon albums",
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"Visible Noise albums"
] | Count Your Blessings is the debut studio album by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Recorded at DEP International Studios in Birmingham with producer Dan Sprigg, it was originally released in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2006 by Visible Noise. The album was later issued by Earache Records in the United States... | However, many commentators criticised the lack of invention on the album. While AllMusic's Stewart Mason praised the album for being "vaguely interesting musically" as well as claiming that there is "a greater sense of dynamic than usual" in the genre on the release, he also commented on the "generally unimaginative so... |
173,757 | Norwegian Forest cat | 1,159,236,106 | Breed of cat | [
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"Linebred animals",
"Natural cat breeds"
] | The Norwegian Forest cat (Norwegian: Norsk skogskatt and Norsk skaukatt) is a breed of domestic cat originating in Northern Europe. This natural breed is adapted to a very cold climate, with a top coat of long, glossy hair and a woolly undercoat for insulation. The breed's ancestors may have been a landrace of short-ha... | The head is long with an overall shape similar to an equilateral triangle, a strong chin, and a muzzle of medium length; a square or round-shaped head is considered to be a defect. The eyes are almond shaped and oblique, and may be of any colour. The ears are large, wide at the base, and high set, have a tufted top, ar... |
12,383 | Genetic engineering | 1,173,458,190 | Manipulation of an organism's genome | [
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] | Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology. It is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to produce improved or... | Genetic engineering has many applications to medicine that include the manufacturing of drugs, creation of model animals that mimic human conditions and gene therapy. One of the earliest uses of genetic engineering was to mass-produce human insulin in bacteria. This application has now been applied to human growth horm... |
157,470 | Mia Hamm | 1,173,073,405 | American soccer player (born 1972) | [
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"Competitors at... | Mariel Margaret Hamm (born March 17, 1972) is an American former professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Hailed as a football icon, she played as a forward for the United States national team from 1987 to 2004. Hamm was the face of the Women's United Socc... | ### 2000 Sydney Olympics Hamm represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. During the group stage, she scored a goal against Norway to lift the United States to a 2–0 win. The team tied China 1–1 in their next group stage match before defeating Nigeria 3–1 to finish first in their gro... |
39,699,152 | St Michael's Church, Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog | 1,053,443,548 | null | [
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1,384,692 | 1947 Atlantic hurricane season | 1,153,045,844 | Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean | [
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] | The 1947 Atlantic hurricane season was the first Atlantic hurricane season to have tropical storms labeled by the United States Air Force. The season officially began on June 16, 1947, and ended on November 1, 1947. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlan... | Some coastal areas reported strong wind gusts, including 45 mph (72 km/h) in Mobile, Alabama, and 51 mph (82 km/h) in Pensacola, Florida. At Mobile Bay, two ships were beached, but were re-floated later that day. Overall, damage from the storm was minimal. ### Tropical Storm Six (How) A tropical wave developed into a t... |
846,773 | Good Vibrations | 1,173,478,858 | 1966 single by the Beach Boys | [
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32,300,234 | The Good-Morrow | 1,013,994,924 | Poem from 1633 by John Donne | [
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"Poetry by John Donne"
] | "The Good-Morrow" is a poem by John Donne, published in his 1633 collection Songs and Sonnets. Written while Donne was a student at Lincoln's Inn, the poem is one of his earliest works and is thematically considered to be the "first" work in Songs and Sonnets. Although referred to as a sonnet, the work does not follow ... | > > And now good morrow to our waking soules, Which watch not one another out of feare; For love, all love of other sights controules, And makes one little roome, an every where. Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone, Let Maps to other, worlds on worlds have showne; Let us possesse one world, each hath one, and i... |
21,305,735 | Hurricane Darby (2004) | 1,118,280,836 | Category 3 Pacific hurricane in 2004 | [
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"2004 in Hawaii",
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"Hurricanes in Hawaii",
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] | Hurricane Darby was the first Eastern Pacific major hurricane since Hurricane Kenna in 2002. The sixth tropical cyclone, fourth named storm, and second hurricane of the 2004 Pacific hurricane season, Darby developed from a tropical wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on July 12. After crossing into the East... | Shortly after peaking in intensity, Darby moved over coolers waters and began to deteriorate. The eye became less well-defined and the associated convection started weakening. Increasingly colder waters and growing wind shear continued to affect Darby, and the cyclone weakened to a tropical storm on July 30. The low-le... |
690,109 | Gail Kim | 1,173,141,165 | Canadian professional wrestler (born 1977) | [
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"Canadian film actres... | Gail Kim (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she serves as a producer. In Impact Wrestling she was the inaugural and record setting seven-time Knockouts Champion and she also was a one-time Knockouts Tag Team Champion where Madison Rayne was ... | On March 10 at Lockdown, Kim unsuccessfully challenged Sky for her Knockouts Championship, after interference by referee Taryn Terrell. Kim then attacked Terrell backstage during an interview. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Terrell was placed on probation due to her actions. Later that night, Kim and Tar... |
13,766,912 | So Long Self | 1,122,137,851 | 2006 single by MercyMe | [
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"2006 songs",
"MercyMe songs",
"Songs written by Bart Millard"
] | "So Long Self" is a song written and performed by Christian rock band MercyMe. "So Long Self" is musically a song with a lyrical theme revolving around a figurative breakup with one's self. "So Long Self" was released as the lead single from the band's 2006 album Coming Up to Breathe. "So Long Self" received positive r... | "So Long Self" debuted at No. 26 on Billboard magazine's Christian Songs chart for the chart week of April 1, 2006. The song jumped up to No. 15 the next week before advancing to No. 10 in its fourth chart week. "So Long Self" advanced to No. 4 for the chart week of May 13, 2006, and hit No. 1 ten weeks later, a spot t... |
1,950,121 | Great hammerhead | 1,173,089,318 | Species of shark | [
"Apex predators",
"Critically endangered fauna of the United States",
"Fish described in 1837",
"Pantropical fish",
"Sphyrna",
"Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell"
] | The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) or great hammerhead shark is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.1 m (20 ft). It is found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, inhabiting coastal a... | Great hammerheads are apex predators among sharks, and are specialists at feeding on other sharks, rays, and skates, especially stingrays. The venomous spines of stingrays are frequently found lodged inside its mouth and do not seem to bother the shark, as one specimen caught off Florida had 96 spines in and around its... |
27,428,101 | 2010 Carfax 400 | 1,106,347,811 | null | [
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"2010 in sports in Michigan",
"NASCAR races at Michigan International Speedway"
] | The 2010 Carfax 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 15, 2010 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps, it was the twenty-third race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kevin Harvick for the Richard Childress Racing team... | On lap 70, Joey Logano collided with Paul Menard, and both sustained minor damage. After starting thirty-sixth, Jeff Gordon moved into the tenth position by lap 73. Eleven laps later, Stewart took the lead from Biffle. On lap 92, Harvick passed Biffle to claim the second position. Gordon passed Johnson for seventh as M... |
656,951 | Women's health | 1,172,278,892 | Broad subject that encompasses all facets of women's health | [
"Feminism and health",
"Maternal health",
"Women's health"
] | Women's health differs from that of men in many unique ways. Women's health is an example of population health, where health is defined by the World Health Organization as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". Often treated as simply women's rep... | ### Child marriage Child marriage (including union or cohabitation) is defined as marriage under the age of eighteen and is an ancient custom. In 2010 it was estimated that 67 million women, then, in their twenties had been married before they turned eighteen, and that 150 million would be in the next decade, equivalen... |
16,035,388 | British Cypriots | 1,147,469,943 | Community in the United Kingdom | [
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"Cypriot diaspora",
"Immigration to the United Kingdom by country of origin"
] | The British Cypriot community in the United Kingdom consists of British people born on, or with ancestors from, the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. British Cypriot people may be of Greek-, Turkish-, Lebanese-Maronite-, or Armenian-Cypriot descent. Migration from Cyprus to the UK has occurred in part due to the ... | Cyprus appeared amongst the top ten non-British countries of birth for the first time in the 1961 Census, which recorded 42,000 Cypriot-born people living in England and Wales. This number peaked in the 1981 Census, at 83,000. The 2001 Census recorded 77,673 Cypriot-born people residing in the whole of the UK. The numb... |
1,287,699 | 1984 (Van Halen album) | 1,169,779,076 | 1984 studio album by Van Halen | [
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"Albums produced by Ted Templeman",
"Albums recorded at 5150 Studios",
"Van Halen albums",
"Warner Records albums"
] | 1984 (stylized in Roman numerals as MCMLXXXIV) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on January 9, 1984. It was the last Van Halen studio album until A Different Kind of Truth (2012) to feature lead singer David Lee Roth, who left the band in 1985 following creative differences. This is th... | Songs from 1984 that appear on compilations after the royalty renegotiation and Roth's lawsuit were credited to Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, and David Lee Roth, with Michael Anthony's name removed from the credits, as evident in the end song credits of the 2007 film Superbad. Michael Anthony's longstanding bass te... |
2,670,937 | Claire Taylor | 1,171,051,001 | English cricketer | [
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"Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford",
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"Canterbury Magicians cricketers",
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"England women Test cricketers",
"England women Twenty20 International cricketers",
"English w... | Samantha Claire Taylor MBE (born 25 September 1975) is a former cricketer who represented England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A top order batter, Taylor was the first woman to be named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Along with Charlotte Edwards, she was the mainstay of England's batting during the first... | In the English summer of 2005, England hosted Australia for two Test matches and six limited-overs contests. The two Tests formed The Women's Ashes, an accolade that England had not won since 1963. In the first Test, Taylor scored a patient 35 runs in the first innings, and shared a partnership of 81 with Edwards, but ... |
50,222,364 | 452 Fifth Avenue | 1,171,738,141 | Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York | [
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4,988,618 | Arizona State Route 67 | 1,054,458,698 | State highway in Arizona, United States | [
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13,005,545 | Robert Ford (politician) | 1,170,593,803 | American politician | [
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"Grambling State University alumni",
"Living people",
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4,806 | Battle of Marathon | 1,172,834,053 | 490 BC battle in the Greco-Persian Wars | [
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"Amphibious operations",
"Battle of Marathon",
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621,018 | Kate Millett | 1,172,480,778 | American writer, educator, artist, and activist (1934–2017) | [
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"2017 deaths",
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"20th-century American educators",
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"20th-century American sculptors",
"20th-century American women artists",
"20th-century American women educators",
... | Katherine Murray Millett (September 14, 1934 – September 6, 2017) was an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended the University of Oxford and was the first American woman to be awarded a degree with first-class honors after studying at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has been described as... | Millett was not the "polite, middle-class girl" that many parents of her generation and social circle desired; she could be difficult, brutally honest, and tenacious. Liza Featherstone, author of "Daughterhood Is Powerful," says that these qualities helped to make her "one of the most influential radical feminists of t... |
18,456,928 | Samus Aran | 1,170,390,283 | Video game character | [
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"Characters designed by Hiroji Kiyotake",
"Extraterrestrial superheroes",
"Extraterrestrial–human hybrids in video games",
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"Female superheroes",
"Fictional alien hunters",
"Fictional bodyguards in video games"... | Samus Aran (Japanese: サムス・アラン, Hepburn: Samusu Aran) is the protagonist of the video game series Metroid by Nintendo. She was created by Japanese video game designer Makoto Kano. She was introduced as a player character in the original 1986 video game Metroid. Raised and infused with the DNA of the Chozo, Samus Aran is... | Samus makes cameo appearances in the games Galactic Pinball (1995), Super Mario RPG (1996), Kirby Super Star (1996), and Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997), and a non-playable appearance in Dead or Alive: Dimensions by Metroid: Other M co-developers Team Ninja. ### In literature #### In comic books Samus is featured in a seri... |
1,194,265 | HMS Exeter (68) | 1,172,990,158 | York-class cruiser of the Royal Navy | [
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] | HMS Exeter was the second and last York-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. Aside from a temporary deployment with the Mediterranean Fleet during the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935–36, she spent the bulk of the 1930s assigned to the Atlantic Fleet or the North America and West Indies Station. ... | Although very heavily damaged, Exeter was still able to make good speed—18 knots—though four feet down by the bows, with a list of about eight degrees to starboard, and decks covered in fuel oil and water, making movement within the ship very difficult. She made for Port Stanley for emergency repairs which took until J... |
24,857,122 | Amanita daucipes | 1,171,478,100 | Species of fungus | [
"Amanita",
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"Fungi of North America",
"Inedible fungi",
"Taxa named by Camille Montagne"
] | Amanita daucipes is a species of fungus in the family Amanitaceae of the mushroom order Agaricales. Found exclusively in North America, the mushroom may be recognized in the field by the medium to large white caps with pale orange tints, and the dense covering of pale orange or reddish-brown powdery conical warts on th... | ### Microscopic characteristics Viewed in deposit, such as with a spore print, the spores of A. daucipes are white, cream, or yellowish in color. Viewed with a microscope, they have an ellipsoid to elongate shape (sometimes kidney-shape, or reniform), and dimensions of 8–11 by 5–7 μm. They are translucent (hyaline), wi... |
65,655,864 | 3rd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment | 1,080,673,940 | null | [
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16,305,136 | Washington State Route 304 | 1,125,301,160 | Highway in Washington | [
"Bremerton, Washington",
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"Transportation in King County, Washington",
"Transportation in Kitsap County, Washington"
] | State Route 304 (SR 304) is a state highway in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It connects SR 3, a regional freeway, to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and downtown Bremerton. The designation of SR 304 continues onto the Seattle–Bremerton ferry operated by Washington State Ferries to Colman Dock in Downtown Se... | ## History The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was established by the U.S. Navy in September 1891 near the future townsite of Bremerton, which was platted three months later. The western side of Bremerton and neighboring Charleston were served at the turn of the 20th century by Washington Boulevard, which continued southwes... |
49,046,201 | Bovista pila | 1,136,272,962 | Species of fungus | [
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"Edible fungi",
"Fungi described in 1873",
"Fungi of Brazil",
"Fungi of North America",
"Fungi of Oceania",
"Fungi of the Galápagos Islands",
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] | Bovista pila, commonly known as the tumbling puffball, is a species of puffball fungus in the family Agaricaceae. A temperate species, it is widely distributed in North America, where it grows on the ground on road sides, in pastures, grassy areas, and open woods. There are few well-documented occurrences of B. pila ou... | ### Similar species Characteristics typically used to identify Bovista pila in the field include its relatively small size, the metallic lustre of the endoperidium, and the presence of rhizomorphs. B. plumbea is similar in appearance, but can be distinguished by its typically smaller fruit body and the blue-gray color ... |
4,662,630 | Tundra orbit | 1,169,041,929 | Highly elliptical and highly inclined synchronous orbit | [
"Earth orbits",
"Satellite broadcasting"
] | A Tundra orbit (Russian: орбита «Тундра») is a highly elliptical geosynchronous orbit with a high inclination (approximately 63.4°), an orbital period of one sidereal day, and a typical eccentricity between 0.2 and 0.3. A satellite placed in this orbit spends most of its time over a chosen area of the Earth, a phenomen... | ### Argument of perigee An argument of perigee of 270° places apogee at the northernmost point of the orbit. An argument of perigee of 90° would likewise serve the high southern latitudes. An argument of perigee of 0° or 180° would cause the satellite to dwell over the equator, but there would be little point to this a... |
9,755,178 | Blink (Doctor Who) | 1,173,460,440 | null | [
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"Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form-winning works",
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14,620,104 | HMS Daring (H16) | 1,133,063,585 | D-class destroyer | [
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"Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II",
"World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom",
"World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Oc... | HMS Daring was a D-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship spent the bulk of her career on the China Station. She was briefly commanded by Louis Mountbatten before World War II. Daring escorted convoys in the Red Sea in October–November 1939 and then returned to the UK in January 1940 for ... | Daring was ordered on 2 February 1931 under the 1930 Naval Estimates, and was laid down at John I Thornycroft's yard at Woolston, Southampton on 18 June 1931. She was launched on 7 April 1932 and completed on 25 November 1932, at a total cost of £225,536, excluding equipment supplied by the Admiralty, such as weapons, ... |
71,609,412 | 2021 La Paz gubernatorial election | 1,170,840,421 | Bolivian election | [
"2021 gubernatorial elections in Bolivia",
"Elections postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic"
] | The 2021 La Paz gubernatorial election was held on Sunday, 7 March 2021, with a runoff taking place on 11 April 2021, involving separate contests for governor and all forty-five seats in the Departmental Legislative Assembly. Incumbent governor Félix Patzi unsuccessfully sought reelection to a second term, finishing in... | ### Third System Movement For incumbent governor Félix Patzi—whose party, the MTS, had attained legal registration since becoming governor—the question of whether he would seek reelection remained pendant until the final weeks preceding candidate registration. Patzi's most recent electoral endeavor had been his 2019 bi... |
4,982,777 | Phil Edwards (footballer) | 1,171,432,368 | English association football player (born 1985) | [
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"Morecambe F.C. players",
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404,782 | Prophet's Mosque | 1,172,986,873 | Historic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia | [
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12,640,874 | 2007–08 Sunderland A.F.C. season | 1,154,447,587 | null | [
"2007–08 Premier League by team",
"Sunderland A.F.C. seasons"
] | The 2007–08 season was the 113th full season in Sunderland A.F.C.'s history, their 107th in the league system of English football, their 7th in the Premier League, and their 78th in the top flight. After finishing 1st in the Championship during the 2006–07 season, Sunderland were promoted to the Premier League as champ... | Sunderland had a poor start to the month, as they lost 3–0 away to Liverpool on 2 February. They had two penalty appeals turned down, prompting Roy Keane to comment, "We felt they were penalties. But I didn't feel we were going to get those decisions today." Following a recent heart attack in a League Cup game between ... |
49,173,034 | Dennis Howard Green | 1,171,263,626 | English philologist | [
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"2008 deaths",
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"Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge",
"Anglo-Saxon studies scholars",
"British Army personnel of World War II",
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"English non-fiction writers",
"English philologists",
"Fellows of Trinity College, C... | Dennis Howard Green FBA (26 June 1922 – 5 December 2008) was an English philologist who was Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge. He specialized in Germanic philology, particularly the study of Medieval German literature, Germanic languages and Germanic antiquity. Green was considered one of the ... | Green was one of few medieval Germanists who were thoroughly acquainted with both Medieval German and Medieval French literature, and eagerly studied the two from a comparative perspective. He notably analyzed Medieval German literature within the whole range of the Germanic languages, and in the context of the Christi... |
2,941,678 | Vito Cascio Ferro | 1,134,449,487 | Member of the Sicilian Mafia | [
"1862 births",
"1943 deaths",
"Fasci Siciliani",
"Gangsters from Palermo",
"Italian crime bosses",
"Italian exiles",
"Italian expatriates in the United States",
"Italian people convicted of murder",
"Italian people who died in prison custody",
"Italian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment",
... | Vito Cascio Ferro or Vito Cascioferro (; 22 January 1862 – 20 September 1943), also known as Don Vito, was a prominent member of the Sicilian Mafia. He also operated for several years in the United States. He is often depicted as the "boss of bosses", although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of Co... | > Don Vito brought the organization to its highest perfection without undue recourse to violence. The Mafia leader who scatters corpses all over the island in order to achieve his goal is considered as inept as the statesman who has to wage aggressive wars. Don Vito ruled and inspired fear mainly by the use of his grea... |
2,380,842 | The Allman Brothers Band (album) | 1,169,829,400 | Album by The Allman Brothers Band | [
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"Albums produced by Adrian Barber",
"Atco Records albums",
"Capricorn Records albums",
"The Allman Brothers Band albums"
] | The Allman Brothers Band is the debut studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. It was released in the United States by Atco Records' subsidiary Capricorn on November 4, 1969, and produced by Adrian Barber. Formed in 1969, the Allman Brothers Band came together following various musical pursuits by e... | Gregg Allman's lyrical contributions to the band's debut album have been called "remarkably mature lyrical conceptions for such a young man, expertly executed in a minimalist, almost haiku style." Allman's inspiration came from his time in Los Angeles as a part of Hour Glass, "getting fucked by different land sharks in... |
67,170,050 | Tetrasomy X | 1,173,836,792 | Chromosomal disorder with 4 X chromosomes | [
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"Genetic diseases and disorders",
"Rare syndromes",
"Sex chromosome aneuploidies"
] | Tetrasomy X, also known as 48,XXXX, is a chromosomal disorder in which a female has four, rather than two, copies of the X chromosome. It is associated with intellectual disability of varying severity, characteristic "coarse" facial features, heart defects, and skeletal anomalies such as increased height, clinodactyly ... | Chromosome aneuploidies such as tetrasomy X are diagnosed via karyotype, the process in which chromosomes are tested from blood, bone marrow, amniotic fluid, or placental cells. Due to significant differential diagnosis potential, diagnosis cannot be made on the basis of phenotype alone. ### Differential diagnosis Tetr... |
15,395,841 | Happy Working Song | 1,158,027,318 | 2007 song by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz | [
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"Song recordings produced by Alan Menken",
"Songs about labor",
"Songs from Enchanted (film)",
"Songs with music by Alan Menken",
"Songs written by Stephen Schwartz (composer)"
] | "Happy Working Song" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for Walt Disney Pictures' musical film Enchanted (2007). Recorded by American actress Amy Adams in her starring role as Giselle, the uptempo pop song both parodies and pays homage to a variety of songs from several Disney anima... | ## Reception ### Critical reviews "Happy Working Song" has garnered widespread critical acclaim. Filmtracks.com hailed "Happy Working Song" as Menken and Schwartz's "best work together in Enchanted" Describing "Happy Working Song" as a "loving, well-crafted homage ... to Disney classics", Elisabeth Vincentelli of Amazo... |
40,585,827 | People v. Aguilar | 1,094,625,805 | Illinois Supreme Court case | [
"2013 in United States case law",
"Illinois state case law",
"United States Second Amendment case law"
] | People v. Aguilar, 2 N.E.3d 321 (Ill. 2013), was an Illinois Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon (AUUF) statute violated the right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment. The Court stated that this was because the statute amounted to a wholesale s... | #### McDonald v. City of Chicago In 2008, shortly after the Heller decision, three lawsuits were filed in Illinois, challenging the constitutionally of handgun bans in Chicago and Oak Park. All three cases were consolidated and heard in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and were di... |
67,327,082 | 2019 West Coast Eagles season | 1,148,118,894 | null | [
"2019 Australian Football League season",
"West Coast Eagles seasons"
] | The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team based in Perth, Western Australia. Their 2019 season was their 33rd season in the Australian Football League (AFL), their sixth season under coach Adam Simpson, and their fifth and final season with Shannon Hurn as captain. Having won the 2018 AFL Grand Final,... | Going into the start of the season, Nic Naitanui, Andrew Gaff, Jamie Cripps, Josh Kennedy and Willie Rioli were unable to play. Naitanui had been out indefinitely since tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament in round 17, 2018. Gaff had been out due to an eight match ban received for striking Fremantle player Andre... |
1,192,212 | Nabucco | 1,162,257,832 | 1842 opera by Giuseppe Verdi | [
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"Cultural depictions of Nebuchadnezzar II",
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"Operas by Giuseppe Verdi",
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"Operas set in the Levant",
"... | Nabucco (, short for Nabucodonosor ; English: "Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblical books of 2 Kings, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Daniel, and on the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bou... | Nabucco has appointed Fenena regent and guardian of the Israelite prisoners, while he continues the battle against the Israelites. Abigaille has discovered a document that proves she is not Nabucco's real daughter, but the daughter of slaves. She reflects bitterly on Nabucco's refusal to allow her to play a role in the... |
44,827,287 | Spotted lanternfly | 1,173,854,431 | Species of planthopper indigenous to China | [
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"Aphaeninae",
"Endemic fauna of China",
"Hemiptera of Asia",
"Insect pests of temperate forests",
"Insects described in 1845",
"Taxa named by Adam White (zoologist)"
] | The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is a planthopper indigenous to parts of China and Vietnam. It has spread invasively to Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Its preferred host is tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), but it infests economically significant plants including soybean, grapes, stone fruits... | In 2006, the spotted lanternfly was introduced in Korea, and has been considered a pest since about 2007. It has since expanded its host range, attacking at least 65 plant species, uninhibited by natural predators. The distribution of L. delicatula has since been predicted using a modeling approach, which showed that t... |
200,626 | Adaptation (film) | 1,172,542,377 | 2002 American film | [
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68,789,777 | May Childs Nerney | 1,149,830,414 | American civil rights activist | [
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"1959 deaths",
"American librarians",
"American women librarians",
"Cornell University alumni",
"NAACP activists",
"New York State Library School alumni"
] | May Childs Nerney (also known as Mary; 1876/1877 – December 17, 1959) was an American civil rights activist and librarian. She was the secretary of the NAACP from 1912 to 1916, overseeing a large increase in the organization's size. She led protests against the segregation of federal government employees in Washington,... | When the controversial film The Birth of a Nation was released in 1915, the NAACP attempted to get it banned or have some scenes cut. Nerney supported attempts to organize a re-filming of the movie as well as state-wide protests, including in Ohio. At times she advocated for more power to be granted to the NAACP secret... |
53,068,331 | Manzanita tornado | 1,163,054,180 | 2016 tornado in Manzanita, Oregon | [
"2016 in Oregon",
"2016 natural disasters in the United States",
"F2 tornadoes",
"October 2016 events in the United States",
"Tornadoes in Oregon",
"Tornadoes of 2016"
] | On October 14, 2016, a rare tornado struck the city of Manzanita, Oregon. A powerful extratropical cyclone traversing the Pacific Ocean produced localized supercell thunderstorms along coastal Oregon. The Portland branch of the National Weather Service issued a record-breaking ten tornado warnings that morning for thei... | Although a short-lived tornado, the storm tracked directly through Manzanita and inflicted widespread damage. Assessments by the Tillamook County Sheriff and National Weather Service showed that 128 of the city's 600 homes sustained varying damage. Some homes had their windows blown out. Two businesses were destroyed a... |
157,715 | Stokesay Castle | 1,166,884,268 | Historic house museum in Shropshire, England | [
"Castles in Shropshire",
"Country houses in Shropshire",
"Craven Arms",
"English Heritage sites in Shropshire",
"Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire",
"Historic house museums in Shropshire",
"Scheduled monuments in Shropshire"
] | Stokesay Castle is one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and situated at Stokesay in Shropshire. It was largely built in its present form in the late 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, on the earlier castle (some of which still survives) founded by its original owners the de Lacy family, from ... | ### 20th–21st centuries Further repairs to Stokesay Castle were required in 1902, carried out by Allcroft's heir, Herbert, with help from the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. The Allcroft family faced increasing financial difficulty in the 20th century and the castle was formally opened for visitors in ... |
42,863,588 | Return of the Obra Dinn | 1,170,871,251 | 2018 video game | [
"2018 video games",
"Adventure games",
"British Academy Games Award for Game Design winners",
"Detective video games",
"Fiction about mermaids",
"Game Developers Choice Award winners",
"Independent Games Festival winners",
"Indie games",
"Kraken in popular culture",
"MacOS games",
"Monochrome vi... | Return of the Obra Dinn is a 2018 adventure and puzzle video game created by Lucas Pope and published by 3909 LLC. It was Pope's second commercial game, following 2013's Papers, Please, and was first released for macOS and Windows before being ported to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One a year later. Return ... | Over the course of his career, American video game designer Lucas Pope had developed an appreciation of "1-bit" graphics used in many early Macintosh games. Following his prior game Papers, Please, Pope had wanted to use the 1-bit aesthetic in an experimental game, leading him to develop a game engine that allowed the ... |
34,080,012 | Tropical Storm Linfa (2003) | 1,165,018,147 | Pacific severe tropical storm in 2003 | [
"2003 Pacific typhoon season",
"2003 disasters in the Philippines",
"Tropical cyclones in 2003",
"Typhoons in Japan",
"Typhoons in the Philippines",
"Western Pacific severe tropical storms"
] | Severe Tropical Storm Linfa, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Chedeng, brought deadly flooding to areas of the Philippines and Japan in May and June 2003. The fourth named storm within the northwestern Pacific that year, Linfa developed as a tropical depression just off the western coast of Luzon on May 25. T... | The first documented fatality associated with the storm occurred in Taytay, Rizal, after heavy rains on May 27 triggered a mudslide that killed an infant and injured three other people. That same day the rains resulted in thick traffic jams in Manila. Strong winds in the capital city also toppled billboards and electri... |
40,961,074 | Attarsiya | 1,164,804,042 | Military leader of Ahhiya | [
"Ancient Anatolia",
"Greek military leaders",
"Mycenaean Greeks"
] | Attarsiya was a 15th–14th century BCE military leader of Ahhiya. In the Hittite archives of circa 1400 BCE, he is described as a "man of Ahhiya", a country identified with the Achaeans and Mycenaean Greece. The campaigns of Attarsiya, as well as his conflict with the Hittite vassal, Madduwatta, represent the first reco... | Later, Attarsiya, still posing a threat to the Hittites, invaded the island of Alashiya (Cyprus) together with a number of his Anatolian allies, including his former enemy Madduwatta. The defection to the camp of Attarsiya no doubt worried the Hittites, since they sought to do trade with the Mediterranean island themse... |
31,885,660 | Tim Cross | 1,162,729,808 | Army officer (born 1951) | [
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"Academics of the Staff College, Camberley",
"Anglican lay readers",
"British Army major generals",
"British Army personnel of the Iraq War",
"British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland)",
"Commanders of the Order of the British Empire",
"Graduates of the Royal College... | Major General Timothy Cross, CBE (born 19 April 1951) is a retired British Army officer and military logistics expert. He was commissioned in 1971 into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and went on to serve in Germany, Northern Ireland and Cyprus, interspersed with staff duties and further education. He was posted to Paris... | From January to August 2000, Cross attended the Royal College of Defence Studies, after which he was promoted to major general (two-star rank) and appointed Director General, Defence Supply Chain. While Director General, he was responsible for the establishment of the United Kingdom's Joint Force Logistic Component for... |
459,095 | Flag of Grenada | 1,164,746,152 | National flag | [
"Flags introduced in 1974",
"National flags",
"National symbols of Grenada"
] | The flag of Grenada consists of two yellow triangles at the top and bottom and two green triangles at the hoist and fly. These are surrounded by a red border charged with six five-pointed yellow stars – three at the top centre and three at the bottom centre – along with an additional star on a red disc at the centre an... | ## Variants The civil ensign (for merchant ships) is identical in design to the national flag, but has an aspect ratio of 1:2 (instead of 3:5). The naval ensign is based on the British white ensign, a red cross on a white field, with the addition of the national flag in the canton. ## Protocol Advice regarding flag eti... |
48,744,528 | Tobruk (video game) | 1,163,241,337 | 1987 video game | [
"1987 video games",
"Amstrad CPC games",
"Commodore 64 games",
"Cultural depictions of Erwin Rommel",
"Europe-exclusive video games",
"Personal Software Services games",
"Single-player video games",
"Tank simulation video games",
"Turn-based strategy video games",
"United Kingdom-exclusive video g... | Tobruk: The Clash of Armour is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Data Design Systems and published by Personal Software Services. It was exclusively released in the United Kingdom for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC in 1987. It is the eleventh instalment of the Strategic Wargames series. The g... | In a combat phase, the game shifts to an "arcade sequence", which allows the player to control a tank in the Sahara Desert. The arcade sequence presents a menu of tank functions; a gun turret, shell loading, firing and navigational buttons. Only one function can be used at a time; in order to drive the tank, the player... |
18,660,988 | Phillips' Sound Recording Services | 1,106,110,061 | Recording studio in Liverpool, England | [
"Music in Liverpool",
"Recording studios in England"
] | Phillips' Sound Recording Services was a studio in the house of Percy Francis Phillips (1896–1984) and his family at 38 Kensington, Kensington, Liverpool, England. Between 1955 and 1969, Phillips recorded numerous tapes and acetate discs for Liverpool acts, people and businesses in a small room behind the shop his fami... | Phillips set up the equipment behind his shop in the (12 square feet) middle living room, with a piano and an overturned tin bath in the cellar as a reverb chamber, with a speaker and microphone linked to the studio above. The recordings would normally be on tape, and then transferred to disc, although the tape was rec... |
62,218,554 | MLS Cup 2020 | 1,169,228,305 | 2020 edition of the MLS Cup | [
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"2020 in sports in Ohio",
"21st century in Columbus, Ohio",
"Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic",
"Columbus Crew matches",
"December 2020 sports events in the United States",
"MLS Cup",
"Seattle Sounders FC matches"
] | MLS Cup 2020 was the 25th edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), and was played at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The match was originally set to take place on November 7, 2020, but was postponed to December 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the adjusted MLS season schedule. T... | Following a loss to the Timbers, Seattle went on a three-match winning streak to continue their lead in the West and contend for the Supporters' Shield title. Two defenders who left during the offseason, Brad Smith and Román Torres, returned to the club by early October to provide lineup flexibility ahead of the push t... |
22,197,563 | Army of the Danube | 1,173,312,832 | Field army | [
"Armées of the French First Republic",
"Field armies of France",
"French Revolutionary Wars",
"War of the Second Coalition"
] | The Army of the Danube (French: Armée du Danube) was a field army of the French Directory in the 1799 southwestern campaign in the Upper Danube valley. It was formed on 2 March 1799 by the simple expedient of renaming the Army of Observation, which had been observing Austrian movements on the border between French Firs... | Although casualties appeared even in numbers for both sides, the Austrians fielded a significantly larger fighting force of nearly 55,000 at Ostrach, with another 60,000 stretched along a line between Lake Constance and Ulm. French casualties amounted to more than 12 percent of their force, and Austrian, approximately ... |
12,085,658 | Chinese cruiser Jingyuan (1886) | 1,151,188,165 | Imperial Chinese Navy's Zhiyuan-class protected cruiser | [
"1886 ships",
"Cruisers of the Beiyang Fleet",
"First Sino-Japanese War cruisers of China",
"Maritime incidents in 1895",
"Naval ships of China",
"Ships built by Armstrong Whitworth",
"Ships built on the River Tyne",
"Shipwrecks in the Yellow Sea"
] | Jingyuan (Chinese: 靖遠; pinyin: Jìngyuǎn; Wade–Giles: Ching Yuen) was a protected cruiser built for the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was built by Armstrong Whitworth in Elswick, England. She was one of two Zhiyuen-class protected cruisers built, alongside her sister ship Zhiyuen. Jingyuan was armed with a smaller number o... | Following completion, both ships, along with the two armored cruisers Jingyuan and Laiyuan, as well as a newly built Chinese torpedo boat, converged in the solent near Portsmouth in August 1887. Imperial Chinese Admiral William M. Lang, formerly of the Royal Navy, was sent back to Europe to take command of the squadron... |
1,791,662 | William Penney, Baron Penney | 1,173,543,718 | English mathematician and physicist (1909–1991) | [
"1909 births",
"1991 deaths",
"20th-century English mathematicians",
"Academics of Imperial College London",
"Alumni of Imperial College London",
"Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge",
"Alumni of the University of London",
"English nuclear physicists",
"Fellows of the Royal Society",
"Fellows of ... | William George Penney, Baron Penney, (24 June 1909 – 3 March 1991) was an English mathematician and professor of mathematical physics at the Imperial College London and later the rector of Imperial College London. He had a leading role in the development of High Explosive Research, Britain's clandestine nuclear program... | At the end of the war the British government, now under the Labour Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, believed that America would share the technology that British leaders saw as a joint discovery under the terms of the 1943 Quebec Agreement and the 1944 Hyde Park Agreement. In December 1945, Attlee ordered the constructi... |
684,766 | Tony Knowles (snooker player) | 1,172,813,637 | English snooker player | [
"1955 births",
"English snooker players",
"Living people",
"Sportspeople from Bolton"
] | Anthony Knowles (born 13 June 1955) is an English former professional snooker player. He won the 1982 International Open and the 1983 Professional Players Tournament, and was a three times semi-finalist in the World Professional Snooker Championship in the 1980s. His highest world ranking was second, in the 1984/85 sea... | In 2009, Knowles won the inaugural Snooker Super 6s tournament, which played as one-frame matches, with six red balls, rather than the usual fifteen reds, at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. He defeated Neal Foulds in the semi-final, and 13-year-old Ross Muir in the final. He has entered competitions including World ... |
28,736,516 | Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347 | 1,132,272,755 | 1994 aircraft hijacking | [
"1990s in Oslo",
"1994 crimes in Norway",
"1994 in Norway",
"Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas MD-82",
"Aircraft hijackings in Norway",
"Aviation accidents and incidents in 1994",
"Bosnian War",
"November 1994 events in Europe",
"Oslo Airport, Gardermoen",
"Scandinavian Airli... | Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347 was a scheduled domestic flight which, on 3 November 1994, was hijacked shortly after take-off. The flight, from Bardufoss Airport via Bodø Airport to Oslo Airport, Fornebu in Norway, was operated by a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 belonging to Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). The h... | At 20:04 stated that he did not believe in Thorvald Stoltenberg, the minister of foreign affairs, the prime minister or any UN ambassador. Six minutes later, he demanded 25 tonnes (25 long tons; 28 short tons) of medicines for Bosnia. After a positive response from Morten, Keč stated that he needed to make Bosnia's sit... |
508,795 | Laundry Service (album) | 1,173,327,490 | null | [
"2001 albums",
"Albums produced by Emilio Estefan",
"Epic Records albums",
"Shakira albums"
] | Laundry Service (Spanish: Servicio de Lavandería) is the fifth studio album and first English-language album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, globally released on 13 November 2001 by Epic Records. After her fourth studio album Dónde Están los Ladrones? became a success in Latin America, Spain, Middle East and th... | Critical reception towards Laundry Service ranged from favourable to mixed, with critics expressing different opinions regarding the production and composition of the album. Alex Henderson from AllMusic commended Shakira's songwriting abilities in English, calling it a "challenge that she handles impressively well. Sha... |
2,371,549 | Mill Basin, Brooklyn | 1,147,515,999 | null | [
"Former islands of New York City",
"Islands of Brooklyn",
"Mill Basin, Brooklyn",
"Neighborhoods in Brooklyn",
"Populated coastal places in New York (state)"
] | Mill Basin is a residential neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City. It is on a peninsula abutting Jamaica Bay and is bordered by Avenue U on the northwest and the Mill Basin/Mill Island Inlet on its remaining sides. Mill Basin is adjacent to the neighborhood of Bergen Beach to the northeast, Flatlands to ... | The neighborhood has evolved to include some of New York City's most luxurious houses. Most of the housing stock was developed in the late 20th century, and many waterfront houses include docks, water views, or high ceilings. Prices of houses often range in the millions. As of 2017, an unrenovated house on a 40-by-100-... |
570,279 | Godzilla Raids Again | 1,173,248,021 | 1955 Japanese film directed by Motoyoshi Oda | [
"1950s Japanese films",
"1950s Japanese-language films",
"1950s monster movies",
"1950s science fiction films",
"1955 films",
"Films directed by Motoyoshi Oda",
"Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka",
"Films scored by Masaru Sato",
"Films set in Osaka",
"Giant monster films",
"Godzilla films",
"J... | Godzilla Raids Again (Japanese: ゴジラの逆襲, Hepburn: Gojira no Gyakushū, lit. 'Godzilla's Counterattack') is a 1955 Japanese kaiju film directed by Motoyoshi Oda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the second film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Hiroshi Koizu... | ## Release ### Theatrical Godzilla Raids Again was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on April 24, 1955. The film generated 8.3 million tickets, less than what the first Godzilla film drew but still considered moderate business. The film drew little enthusiasm from audiences, the press, and Toho staff. Tanaka la... |
1,266,867 | Babel Proclamation | 1,131,390,502 | Proclamation issued in Iowa | [
"1918 in Iowa",
"Anti-German sentiment in the United States",
"English-only movement",
"Linguistic discrimination",
"May 1918 events",
"Proclamations",
"United States home front during World War I"
] | The Babel Proclamation was issued by Iowa's Governor William L. Harding on May 23, 1918. It forbade the speaking of any language besides English in public. The proclamation was controversial, supported by many established English-speaking Iowans and notably opposed by citizens who spoke languages other than English. Ha... | In response to the mandate, there were several protests, including one led by a priest at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church on May 30. Scandinavian speakers were not excluded from the discrimination; one Lutheran pastor wrote to his representative in May 1918 complaining that half his congregation would be unable to under... |
1,682,535 | Pacorus II | 1,159,848,088 | King of Kings of the Parthian Empire (ruled 78-110) | [
"110 deaths",
"1st-century Iranian people",
"1st-century Parthian monarchs",
"1st-century births",
"2nd-century Iranian people",
"2nd-century Parthian monarchs",
"Rulers of Media Atropatene"
] | Pacorus II (also spelled Pakoros II; 𐭐𐭊𐭅𐭓) was the King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 78 to 110. He was the son and successor of Vologases I (r. 51–78). During the latter part of his father's reign, Pacorus ruled the Parthian Empire along with him. After Vologases I's death in 78, Pacorus became the sole rul... | ## Reign Pacorus was soon met by a revolt by his brother Vologases II, which lasted until the latter's defeat in 80. In 79/80, Pacorus' rule was contended by another Parthian prince—Artabanus III, who seemed to have little support in the empire, with the exception of Babylonia. Artabanus III's most notable action was t... |
1,220,426 | Percy Cherry | 1,170,445,948 | Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross | [
"1895 births",
"1917 deaths",
"Australian Army officers",
"Australian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross",
"Australian military personnel killed in World War I",
"Military personnel from Tasmania",
"Military personnel from Victoria (state)",
"Recipients of the Military Cross"
] | Percy Herbert Cherry, VC, MC (4 June 1895 – 27 March 1917) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. The award was granted posthumously for Cherry's actions during an att... | ### Victoria Cross On 26 March 1917, the 7th Brigade—of which the 26th Battalion was part—was tasked with the capture of Lagnicourt as part of the Battle of Arras. It was during this engagement where Cherry was to earn the Victoria Cross. An artillery barrage opened up on the village at 05:15 and continued for twenty m... |
31,601,991 | The Light of the Sun | 1,169,724,075 | null | [
"2011 albums",
"Albums produced by Dre & Vidal",
"Albums produced by Warryn Campbell",
"Jill Scott (singer) albums",
"Warner Records albums"
] | The Light of the Sun is the fourth studio album by American singer Jill Scott. It was recorded after Scott's four-year break from her music career and departure from her former label, Hidden Beach Recordings. The Light of the Sun was recorded at several studios and produced primarily by Scott and JR Hutson, a songwrite... | ## Critical reception The Light of the Sun received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 15 reviews. Mikael Wood from Entertainment Weekly complimented its "earnes... |
30,309 | Thallium | 1,173,641,073 | null | [
"1861 in science",
"1861 introductions",
"Chemical elements",
"Chemical elements with hexagonal close-packed structure",
"Post-transition metals",
"Thallium"
] | Thallium is a chemical element with the symbol Tl and atomic number 81. It is a gray post-transition metal that is not found free in nature. When isolated, thallium resembles tin, but discolors when exposed to air. Chemists William Crookes and Claude-Auguste Lamy discovered thallium independently in 1861, in residues o... | Although thallium is a modestly abundant element in the Earth's crust, with a concentration estimated to be 0.7 mg/kg, mostly in association with potassium-based minerals in clays, soils, and granites, thallium is not generally economically recoverable from these sources. The major source of thallium for practical purp... |
4,151,523 | Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour | 1,171,104,923 | null | [
"1985 video albums",
"Concert films",
"Live video albums",
"Madonna video albums",
"Sire Records video albums",
"Warner Records video albums"
] | Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour is the second video album and the first live release by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released by Warner Music Video and Sire Records on November 13, 1985 and contains the concert footage from The Virgin Tour, filmed at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on May 25, 1985. Director... | ### Weekly charts ### Year-end charts ## Certifications and sales ## Track listing Notes - "Like a Virgin" contains an excerpt from "Billie Jean." ### Formats It was released on VHS and later on Laserdisc. ## Credits and personnel - Daniel Kleinman – director
- James Foley – director (opening sequence)
- Simon Fields –... |
24,389,675 | Beat Goes On (Madonna song) | 1,171,096,116 | 2007 song by Madonna | [
"2008 songs",
"Disco songs",
"Madonna songs",
"Song recordings produced by Madonna",
"Song recordings produced by the Neptunes",
"Songs written by Kanye West",
"Songs written by Madonna",
"Songs written by Pharrell Williams"
] | "Beat Goes On" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Madonna for her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy (2008). The song features American rapper Kanye West and background vocals by Pharrell Williams. It was co-written by West in collaboration with its producers, Madonna and The Neptunes. The song was leaked ... | "Beat Goes On" was performed during the Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008–09) as the second song of the opening segment, "Pimp". After descending the throne during the first song, "Candy Shop", Madonna and her dancers are featured on a 1935 Auburn Speedster to the performance of the song. Both Williams and West appeared in the... |
6,586,469 | Amelia (novel) | 1,168,524,172 | Novel by Henry Fielding | [
"1751 novels",
"English novels",
"Fiction set in 1733",
"Novels by Henry Fielding",
"Novels set in London",
"Novels set in the 1730s",
"Sentimental novels"
] | Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain Willi... | ## Themes ### Virgilian There are strong Virgilian overtones in Amelia. Fielding claimed, in his 28 January The Covent Garden Journal, that there were connections of the work to both Homer and Virgil, but that the "learned Reader will see that the latter was the noble model, which I made use of on this Occasion." The p... |
207,221 | Dion Fortune | 1,143,337,244 | British occultist and author (1890–1946) | [
"1890 births",
"1946 deaths",
"20th-century Welsh women writers",
"Ceremonial magicians",
"Deaths from leukemia",
"Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn",
"Hermetic Qabalists",
"People from Llandudno",
"Society of the Inner Light",
"Welsh occult writers"
] | Dion Fortune (born Violet Mary Firth, 6 December 1890 – 6 January 1946) was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, novelist and author. She was a co-founder of the Fraternity of the Inner Light, an occult organisation that promoted philosophies which she claimed had been taught to her by spiritual entities known as ... | The outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 saw some of the Fraternity's members enlist in the armed forces, putting a stop to many of the group's activities. From October 1939 through to October 1942, Fortune organised group meditations every Sunday with the intent of focusing Fraternity members towards the... |
26,479,683 | John Shurna | 1,173,863,075 | American basketball player (born 1990) | [
"1990 births",
"American expatriate basketball people in Andorra",
"American expatriate basketball people in Croatia",
"American expatriate basketball people in France",
"American expatriate basketball people in Spain",
"American expatriate basketball people in Turkey",
"American men's basketball player... | John William Shurna (born April 30, 1990) is an American–Lithuanian professional basketball player for Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroCup. He is the 2012 Big Ten scoring champion. He played in the 2012 NBA Summer League with the Atlanta Hawks. He then signed with the New York Knicks, but was waived at... | He played forward for the 2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats and led the team in scoring and rebounding. Following the 2009–10 All-Big Ten Conference regular season, he was named a second-team All-conference selection by both the coaches and the media. He was twice named Big Ten men's basketball player of the week during th... |
10,782,308 | The Job (The Office) | 1,086,419,415 | null | [
"2007 American television episodes",
"Television episodes written by Michael Schur",
"The Office (American TV series) episodes in multiple parts",
"The Office (American season 3) episodes"
] | "The Job" is the third-season finale of the American version of The Office, and the show's 52nd and 53rd episodes overall. In this episode, Michael prepares for his interview for the corporate job and names Dwight as his successor, whose managing methods are unpopular. Jan arrives at the office to see Michael and every... | During a phone call, David Wallace offers the job to Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak), who accepts and immediately breaks up with Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling). ## Production "The Job" was written by Paul Lieberstein and Michael Schur. It was directed by Ken Kwapis, who had, around the same time, directed The Office actors John... |
42,047,626 | Cyclone Alessia | 1,144,045,512 | Category 1 Australian region tropical cyclone in 2013 | [
"2010s in Western Australia",
"2010s in the Northern Territory",
"2013 in Australia",
"2013–14 Australian region cyclone season",
"Category 1 Australian region cyclones",
"Tropical cyclones in 2013",
"Tropical cyclones in Queensland",
"Tropical cyclones in Western Australia",
"Tropical cyclones in t... | Tropical Cyclone Alessia was the first tropical cyclone to affect the Northern Territory of Australia in November since Cyclone Joan in 1975. The storm was first identified as a tropical low on 20 November 2013 well to the northwest of Australia. Tracking generally west to west-southwest, the small system steadily orga... | ### Kimberley and Top End On 21 November, a cyclone watch was raised for coastal and nearby inland areas of Western Australia between Wyndham and Beagle Bay. This watch was soon expanded to encompass areas east to the Western Australia–Northern Territory border and west to the Mitchell Plateau. Additionally, areas from... |
2,226 | Ad hominem | 1,170,796,680 | Attacking the person rather than the argument | [
"Genetic fallacies",
"Informal fallacies",
"Latin logical phrases",
"Latin words and phrases",
"Propaganda techniques",
"Rhetoric"
] | Ad hominem (Latin for 'to the person'), short for argumentum ad hominem, is a term that refers to several types of arguments, most of which are fallacious. Typically this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather... | A simple example is: a father may tell his daughter not to start smoking because she will damage her health, and she may point out that he is or was a smoker. This does not alter the fact that smoking might cause various diseases. Her father's inconsistency is not a proper reason to reject his claim. Philosopher and pu... |
12,772,390 | Whitey Wistert | 1,164,305,998 | American football and baseball player (1912–1985) | [
"1912 births",
"1985 deaths",
"20th-century American lawyers",
"All-American college football players",
"American football tackles",
"American people of Lithuanian descent",
"Baseball players from Chicago",
"Carl Schurz High School alumni",
"Cincinnati Reds players",
"College Football Hall of Fame... | Francis Michael "Whitey" Wistert (February 20, 1912 – April 23, 1985) was an American football and baseball player. He played college football and college baseball at the University of Michigan. Wistert was the first of the three Wistert brothers—he was succeeded by Albert (Al) and Alvin—who were named All-American tac... | Wistert and Chuck Bernard were the leaders of the 1933 offensive line when the team went 7–0–1 with a tie to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. One of Wistert's teammates on the 1932 and 1933 Michigan football teams was future U.S. President Gerald Ford. In an interview in the February 1974 issue of "Michigan Alumnus", Wist... |
1,951,200 | First Flight (Star Trek: Enterprise) | 1,146,112,402 | null | [
"2003 American television episodes",
"Star Trek: Enterprise (season 2) episodes",
"Television episodes directed by LeVar Burton"
] | "First Flight" is the fiftieth episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the twenty-fourth episode of the second season. It first aired on May 14, 2003, on UPN. It was written by John Shiban and Chris Black, and was directed by Star Trek: The Next Generation actor LeVar Burton (Ge... | John Shiban and Chris Black wrote "First Flight", the fiftieth episode of Enterprise. Former Star Trek: The Next Generation actor LeVar Burton directed the episode, his second of the season and fourth overall. He had previously directed episodes of other shows in the franchise, including the hundredth episode of Star T... |
1,100,615 | Tiberius Julius Alexander | 1,140,229,174 | 1st century AD Roman governor and general | [
"1st-century Egyptian people",
"1st-century Jews",
"1st-century Roman governors of Egypt",
"1st-century Roman governors of Judaea",
"1st-century Romans",
"1st-century births",
"Ancient Roman equites",
"Flavian dynasty",
"Jews of Roman Alexandria",
"Julii",
"Praetorian prefects",
"Roman governo... | Tiberius Julius Alexander (fl. 1st century) was an equestrian governor and general in the Roman Empire. Born into a wealthy Jewish family of Alexandria but abandoning or neglecting the Jewish religion, he rose to become the 2nd procurator of Judea (c. 46 – 48) under Claudius. While Prefect of Egypt (66–69), he employed... | In May 66, after Corbulo had backed him, Nero appointed Alexander Prefect of Egypt, one of the two most prestigious posts available to an equestrian along with Prefect of the Praetorian Guard. Alexander may have benefitted from a philhellenic tendency in equestrian appointments under Nero, but his experience of Egypt m... |
33,099,546 | 1988–89 Arsenal F.C. season | 1,149,565,435 | 103rd season in existence of Arsenal F.C. | [
"1988–89 Football League First Division by team",
"Arsenal F.C. seasons",
"English football championship-winning seasons"
] | The 1988–89 season was the 94th in the history of Arsenal Football Club. It began on 1 July 1988 and concluded on 30 June 1989, with competitive matches played between August and May. The club ended its 18-year wait for the league title by winning the Football League First Division championship in the most closely foug... | #### Results by round ## FA Cup Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round (last 64), in which they were drawn to face fellow First Division club West Ham United away from home. Their time in the competition was brief; Arsenal resiliently came from two goals down at Upton Park to force a replay, but they lost the ti... |
18,830 | Magic: The Gathering | 1,171,523,091 | Collectible card game | [
"Articles containing video clips",
"Card games introduced in 1993",
"Collectible card games",
"Games of mental skill",
"Hasbro franchises",
"Magic: The Gathering",
"Mensa Select winners",
"Nerd culture",
"Origins Award winners",
"Parallel universes in fiction",
"Wizards of the Coast games"
] | Magic: The Gathering (colloquially known as Magic or MTG) is a tabletop and digital collectible card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast (now a subsidiary of Hasbro), Magic was the first trading card game and had approximately thirty-five million players as of December 2018, and o... | Shards of Alara also debuted mythic rares (red-orange), which replace one in eight rare cards on average. There are also premium versions of every card with holographic foil, randomly inserted into some boosters in place of a common, which replace about one in seventy cards. - Each set since Kaladesh features two Plane... |
485,019 | Maine-class battleship | 1,157,546,655 | Pre-dreadnought battleship class of the United States Navy | [
"Battleship classes",
"Maine-class battleships",
"World War I battleships of the United States"
] | The three Maine-class battleships—Maine, Missouri, and Ohio—were built at the turn of the 20th century for the United States Navy. Based on the preceding Illinois class, they incorporated several significant technological advances over the earlier ships. They were the first American battleships to incorporate Krupp cem... | The ships were armed with a main battery of four 12-inch/40 caliber Mark 3 guns in two twin gun turrets on the centerline, one forward and aft. The guns fired a 870-pound (390 kg) shell at a muzzle velocity of 2,400 feet per second (730 m/s). The turrets were Mark IV mounts, which required the guns to be horizontal to ... |
3,254,911 | 96th Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) | 1,172,887,056 | New York City Subway station in Manhattan | [
"1904 establishments in New York City",
"Broadway (Manhattan)",
"IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations",
"New York City Subway stations in Manhattan",
"Railway stations in the United States opened in 1904",
"Upper West Side"
] | The 96th Street station is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 96th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, it is served by the 1, 2, and 3 trains at all times. The 96th Street station was constructed for the Interboroug... | In July 2006, Manhattan Community Board 7 approved an \$80 million renovation of the station. Construction started in 2007 on a new head house in the median of Broadway between 95th and 96th Streets, with elevators to the platforms to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Broadway was reconfigu... |
1,426,845 | Great Northern Highway | 1,156,091,507 | Highway in Western Australia | [
"Highway 1 (Australia)",
"Highways and freeways in Perth, Western Australia",
"Highways in rural Western Australia",
"Kimberley (Western Australia)",
"Mid West (Western Australia)",
"Pilbara"
] | Great Northern Highway is an Australian highway that links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its northernmost port, Wyndham. With a length of almost 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi), it is the longest highway in Australia, with the majority included as part of the Perth Darwin National Highway. The highway is cons... | As the highway would pass through the Hamersley National Park, the Environmental Protection Authority decided in 1983 that an Environment Review and Management Program report was required for the Newman to White Springs section. Consultants prepared the report for Main Roads, which found that the key risks were erosion... |
7,460,759 | The World of Strawberry Shortcake | 1,149,498,269 | 1980 television film | [
"1980 fantasy films",
"1980 films",
"1980 television films",
"1980s American animated films",
"1980s children's fantasy films",
"Animated television specials",
"First-run syndicated television programs in the United States",
"Strawberry Shortcake films",
"Television shows written by Romeo Muller"
] | The World of Strawberry Shortcake is a 1980 animated television special written by Romeo Muller, directed by Charles Swenson, and produced by Swenson, Muller, and Fred Wolf. Starring the voices of Romeo Muller, Russi Taylor, Julie McWhirter, and Joan Gerber, it was made by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson in the United States in ... | ## Cast ## Production Produced and sponsored by the Kenner toy company, The World of Strawberry Shortcake was the first of six television specials to star the title character. The franchise began in 1977, when American Greetings staff member Muriel Fahrion drew the first designs of Strawberry and her pet cat Custard. I... |
2,723,457 | Northumberland Avenue | 1,160,089,836 | Street in central London | [
"Streets in the City of Westminster"
] | Northumberland Avenue is a street in the City of Westminster, Central London, running from Trafalgar Square in the west to the Thames Embankment in the east. The road was built on the site of Northumberland House, the London home of the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland between 1874 and 1876, and on part of the... | Several British government departments have been located in buildings on Northumberland Avenue; the Ministry of Defence and the Air Ministry formerly occupied the triangular-shaped Hotel Metropole on the street. Other buildings include the Nigerian High Commission at No. 9 and a London School of Economics halls of resi... |
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