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- An Lushan ( t=安祿山|s=安禄山|p=Ān Lùshān ) (703 - 757) was a military leader of Turkic-Sogdian origin during the Tang Dynasty in China ...11 KB (1,832 words) - 18:40, 26 July 2023
- Ahn Jung-Geun or An Jung-Geun (September 2, 1879 - March 26, 1910) (Baptismal name: Thomas) was a Korean independence activist. In 1909, during ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- General relativity (GR) is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. According to general relativity ...66 KB (9,838 words) - 15:01, 26 September 2022
- Special relativity is a fundamental physics theory about space and time that was developed by Albert Einstein in 1905 Einstein, Albert, [http://www ...42 KB (6,653 words) - 19:12, 7 February 2023
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- category:image wanted National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (U.S.) The National Digital Information Infrastructure ...13 KB (1,802 words) - 04:11, 11 March 2023
- A polygraph (commonly referred to as a lie detector) is an instrument that measures and records several physiological responses such as blood ...34 KB (5,091 words) - 00:19, 12 April 2023
- Poker is a popular card game, or group of card games, in which players compete against one another by gambling on the values of each player& ...21 KB (3,695 words) - 08:29, 24 November 2022
- Anatidae is the biological family of medium to very large-sized birds in the order Anseriformes that includes the ducks, geese and swans, with ...30 KB (4,269 words) - 01:03, 9 January 2023
- The Arabic word Surah (or "Sura" ar|سورة sūrah , plural "Surahs" ar|سور ) is used in Islam to mean a "chapter ...13 KB (1,852 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- Fluorine (chemical symbol F, atomic number 9) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as halogens. Chemically, it is ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:47, 28 March 2024
- Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a chemical compound with the formula (CH3)2SO. This colorless liquid is an important polar aprotic solvent that ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 16:50, 22 July 2020
- Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer and astrochemist and a highly successful popularizer of ...18 KB (2,690 words) - 12:47, 27 November 2023
- Tzitzit or tzitzis (Ashkenazi) (Biblical Hebrew language: ציצת, Modern ציצית) are "fringes" or "tassels" worn by ...20 KB (3,211 words) - 00:42, 3 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Shawnee |image = [[Image:Shawnee ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 13:23, 27 January 2023
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio ...55 KB (7,935 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- Sanskrit ( sa|संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk , for short sa|संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam ) is an ancient ...71 KB (10,080 words) - 03:16, 23 December 2022
- The Florida Keys are an archipelago of about 1,700 islands in the southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida ...27 KB (4,181 words) - 17:42, 28 March 2024
- John Knox (1514?–1572) was a Scottish religious reformer who took the lead in reforming the Church in Scotland along Calvinist lines following ...27 KB (4,483 words) - 14:37, 18 August 2023
- In science and technology, a battery is a device that stores chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical form. Batteries consist ...31 KB (4,897 words) - 11:28, 20 September 2023
- A space elevator is a proposed structure intended to transport material from the surface of a celestial body, particularly Earth, into space ...39 KB (5,875 words) - 15:17, 27 April 2023
- Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The main goals ...41 KB (6,292 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- In biology, evidence of evolution or evidence for evolution is generally any of an available body of facts or information that supports the theory ...79 KB (11,963 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name. These components ...44 KB (6,504 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), was the United States government's manned launch vehicle ...43 KB (6,281 words) - 15:42, 4 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University-Jen |image= [[Image:Reynoldsclub ...51 KB (7,192 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- Ladakh ( t=ལ་དྭགས་|script=yes|w=la-dwags , Ladakhi lad̪ɑks , Hindi: लद्दाख़, Hindi ləd̪.d̪ɑːx , Urdu: لدّاخ; ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike on the United States Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- For the bird, see Turkey (bird) native_name = {{native name|tr|Türkiye Cumhuriyeti|icon=no |conventional_long_name = Republic of Turkey ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- Hoolock gibbon is the common name for any of the arboreal, tailless, Asian apes belonging to the gibbon genus Hoolock, characterized by long ...12 KB (1,738 words) - 16:17, 25 January 2023
- Iðunn (romanized "Idun") is one of the goddesses of the Norse pantheon. She is best known in two unrelated roles: as the wife of Bragi ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- Equidae is a family of odd-toed ungulate mammals of horses and horse-like animals. It is sometimes known as the horse family. All extant equids ...18 KB (2,488 words) - 07:29, 6 September 2023
- Fatehpur Sikri ( फतेहपूर सिकरी , فتحپور سیکری ), a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024
- The nucleus of an atom is the very dense region at the center of the atom, consisting of particles known as protons and neutrons (collectively ...13 KB (1,903 words) - 06:57, 21 August 2023
- The Bangladesh War of Independence or the Bangladesh Liberation War refers to an armed conflict between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East ...42 KB (6,477 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- The Hail Mary or Ave Maria (Latin) is a traditional Christian prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. In ...12 KB (1,964 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, and Cephas—original name Simeon son of Jonah—was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. His life ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- Juggling is a form of skillful, often artful, object manipulation. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling, where the juggler ...19 KB (3,015 words) - 21:04, 4 October 2022
- Duck is the common name for any member of a variety of species of relatively short-necked, large-billed waterfowl in the Anatidae family of birds ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 17:18, 12 February 2024
- William Congreve (January 24, 1670 – January 19, 1729) was an English playwright and poet. He was born at Bardsey near Leeds and attended school ...16 KB (2,529 words) - 15:55, 7 May 2023
- Mercy Otis Warren (September 14, 1728 – October 19, 1814) was an American writer, poet, and playwright. She was known as the "Conscience ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 16:13, 9 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology [[File:MyersBriggsTypes.png|thumb|300px|A chart with descriptions of each Myers-Briggs ...29 KB (4,215 words) - 22:41, 10 November 2022
- Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902) was a British writer strongly influenced by his New Zealand experiences. He is best known for ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 02:22, 23 December 2022
- The Chesapeake Bay is the largest inlet in the Atlantic Coastal Plain and forms the largest estuary in the United States. It is one of the most ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 18:31, 8 December 2023
- Shaivism (also spelled Śaivism) refers to a cluster of religious schools and traditions in Hinduism devoted primarily to the worship of the ...34 KB (5,141 words) - 19:47, 14 April 2020
- Carl August Nielsen (June 9, 1865 – October 3, 1931) was a conductor, violinist, and the most internationally known composer from Denmark. ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- Holography is the science of producing holograms; it is an advanced form of photography that allows an image to be recorded in three dimensions ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 10:54, 2 February 2024
- Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1040? – July 1099), was a Castilian military and political leader in medieval Spain. Born of the Spanish nobility and ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 02:49, 17 January 2023
- The Declaration of Helsinki (DoH) is a cornerstone document outlining ethical principles for conducting medical research with human subjects ...23 KB (3,386 words) - 00:17, 27 December 2021
- Apostasy is the formal renunciation of one's religion. One who commits apostasy is called an apostate. Many religious faiths consider apostasy ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area of the country. With over 1 ...35 KB (5,077 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
- A fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control a fire, often in emergency situations. Typically, a fire ...15 KB (2,294 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- John Toland is also the name of an American author who was famous for his biography of Adolf Hitler. John Toland (November 30, 1670 - March 11 ...15 KB (2,286 words) - 07:58, 3 August 2022
- category:image wanted César Estrada Chávez (March 31,1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist ...25 KB (4,024 words) - 07:33, 12 January 2024
- Wayang is an Indonesian word for theater. Bayang, the Javanese word for shadow or imagination, also connotes "spirit." When the term ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- Lee Shapiro (1949–1987) was an American documentary filmmaker. His one feature-length film, Nicaragua Was Our Home, was released in 1986. It ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 23:50, 25 September 2023
- The Mongol invasions of Korea (1231 - 1273) consisted of a series of campaigns by the Mongol Empire against Korea, then known as Goryeo, from ...9 KB (1,252 words) - 19:58, 9 November 2022
- In geometry, a polyhedron (plural polyhedra or polyhedrons) is often defined as a three-dimensional object with flat, polygonal faces and straight ...42 KB (6,082 words) - 00:20, 12 April 2023
- Reincarnation (from Latin meaning "to be made flesh again") in religion and philosophy refers to the belief that a part of a living ...49 KB (7,494 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world cultures, a trickster is a figure who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- category:image wanted {{Infobox Website | logo = [[Image:JSTOR.jpg|50x50px]] | name = JSTOR | screenshot = [[Image:JSTOR new front page.png|200px]] ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 07:45, 27 February 2023
- Thomas Chatterton (November 20, 1752 – August 24, 1770) was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. Committing suicide by arsenic ...14 KB (2,111 words) - 18:41, 30 April 2023
- Alexandre Kojève (Александр Владимирович Кожевников, Aleksandr Vladimirovič Koževnikov) (April 28, 1902 – ...23 KB (3,422 words) - 06:36, 20 July 2023
- Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. It can be contrasted with an annulment, which ...63 KB (9,390 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- Pope Pelagius II was pope from 579 to 590. His papacy was much troubled by difficulties with the Lombards and the increasingly ineffectual alliance ...15 KB (2,341 words) - 11:39, 13 February 2022
- Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, GCB, OM, GCMG, KCSI, CIE, PC, FRS (February 26, 1841, – January 29, 1917, was a British statesman, diplomat ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- Venomous snake is any of a large and diverse number of snakes that are capable of injecting venom (modified saliva) into another organism, essentially ...11 KB (1,696 words) - 17:02, 3 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Linguistics Slang is a set of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- The Sydney Opera House, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. Designed ...15 KB (2,320 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- Yogācāra (Sanskrit: "Yoga practice;" "one whose practice is yoga")Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910). O. Henry short stories are known for wit ...22 KB (3,541 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- Category:Educators and Educational theorists Hill, Patty Smith Patty Smith Hill (March 27, 1868 – May 25, 1946) was a American nursery school ...9 KB (1,385 words) - 16:48, 21 November 2022
- Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, Raymond Siever, Sand (New York: Scientific American Library, 1988, ISBN ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- Since the creation of the separate states of India and Pakistan in 1947, the two neighboring nations have engaged in four wars. The first conflict ...51 KB (7,827 words) - 00:17, 28 July 2023
- The Baroque style began as somewhat of a continuation of the Renaissance. Later, however, scholars of the time began to see the drastic differences ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 10:50, 20 September 2023
- Category:Psychologists Category:Image wanted Meyer, Adolf Adolf Meyer (September 13, 1866 – March 17, 1950) was a Swiss-born American psychiatrist ...9 KB (1,247 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- In chemistry, a base is thought of as a substance which can accept protons or any chemical compound that yields hydroxide ions (OH-) in solution ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 11:03, 20 September 2023
- Category:Media Professionals Otis, Harrison Gray :This article is about the publisher and soldier. For the United States Representative and Senator ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 20:43, 29 January 2022
- Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American, a painter of portraits and historic scenes, and is credited with ...13 KB (1,964 words) - 12:03, 6 September 2022
- Kabbala (or Kabbalah) (Hebrew: קַבָּלָה, meaning "received tradition") refers to an esoteric collection of Jewish mystical ...68 KB (10,629 words) - 21:49, 4 October 2022
- Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which existed through much of Western Europe north of the Alps and in Britain until ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- William Motter Inge ( ˈɪndʒ "inj"; [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Inge Inge at Dictionary.com] Retrieved May 22, 2008. ...13 KB (2,098 words) - 11:04, 9 May 2023
- The Book of Micah (Hebrew: ספר מיכה) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, traditionally attributed ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 00:26, 19 November 2023
- Naphtha is a name given to several mixtures of liquid hydrocarbons that are extremely volatile and flammable. Each such mixture is obtained during ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 01:20, 11 November 2022
- The Gospel of Matthew (literally, "according to Matthew"; Greek, Κατά Μαθθαίον or Κατά Ματθαίον, Kata Maththaion ...26 KB (3,813 words) - 14:10, 30 December 2022
- Chromatography (from Greek χρώμα chroma, meaning "color") is the collective term for a family of laboratory techniques for the ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 21:51, 10 December 2023
- Gurū Nānak Dēv ( ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ) (October 20, 1469 – September 22, 1539) was the founder of the Sikh religion whose ...16 KB (2,463 words) - 00:15, 5 March 2024
- A cathedral is an impressive Christian church that traditionally contained the seat of a bishop. The great Cathedrals of the world represent ...26 KB (4,257 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS (December 17, 1778 – May 29, 1829) was an esteemed British chemist and physicist, who vastly expanded chemical ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 20:56, 9 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Lifestyle Category:Life sciences Category:Food [[Image:Jambalaya.jpg|400px|thumb|Creole Jambalaya ...19 KB (2,856 words) - 22:44, 16 December 2021
- Archives refer to a collection of records, and also refers to the location in which these records are kept. [http://www.usd.edu/library/instruction/glossary ...30 KB (4,298 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
- Auxins are a class of naturally occuring or synthetic organic (carbon-containing) plant growth substances (often called phytohormones or plant ...15 KB (2,169 words) - 05:59, 10 January 2023
- Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European ...23 KB (3,470 words) - 03:58, 8 December 2022
- The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the Congo, is a presidential republic. It is a former French colony of western ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1554 to 1557 – August 12, 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of ...8 KB (1,195 words) - 16:30, 14 November 2021
- An index is a guide, in an electronic or print form, used to locate information in documents, files, publications, or a group of publications ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- Category:Image wanted Georg Philipp Telemann (March 14, 1681 – June 25, 1767) was a German Baroque composer, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an African-American contralto, best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 23:31, 1 September 2023
- Shimon Peres ( שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; August 2, 1923 – September 28, 2016) was a Polish-born Israeli statesman. He was the ...47 KB (6,756 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology [[File:The Fox and the Grapes.jpg|thumb|300px|In the fable of "The Fox and the ...24 KB (3,639 words) - 22:27, 7 January 2024
- Truman García Capote (September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels, and plays are recognized ...40 KB (6,280 words) - 18:27, 2 May 2023
- Kristallnacht kr,ɪst.aɫ.n'ɒxt (literally Crystal night [http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/frame.htm Kristallnacht ...26 KB (3,708 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- Tin (chemical symbol Sn, atomic number 50) is a silvery, malleable metal that is not easily oxidized in air and resists corrosion. It is obtained ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 23:38, 30 April 2023
- Friction is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency of such motion of two surfaces in contact. It is not, however, a fundamental ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
