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- Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April ... Earth Day grew out of the recognition by young people that the earth ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- :"Crude oil" redirects here. [[Image:Oil well.jpg|thumb|right ... petra) - rock + έλαιον (Latin oleum) - oil) or crude oil is a naturally ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2023
- refers to a specific liquid fuel obtained by the fractional distillation of ... == History == === Etymology === The word "diesel" is derived ...30 KB (4,446 words) - 14:28, 29 January 2024
- Pioneers traveled in wagons across the Oregon Trail, one of the main ... The first well-mapped land route across what is now the United States ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- An audiobook is an audio recording of a book, speech, or any form ... The term "books on tape" was frequently and erroneously ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 18:27, 21 August 2023
- The Falkland Islands ( Islas Malvinas ) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- The Royal Opera House, the United Kingdom's most important performing ... The current Royal Opera House is the third theater built on the Covent ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 20:56, 21 December 2022
- ticker symbol ENE) was an American energy company based in Houston, Texas ... At the end of 2001 it was revealed that Enron’s reports of high ...31 KB (4,550 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg), in what is now ... high speed engines to be mounted in any kind of locomotion device. They patented ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 12:13, 24 January 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and one of the principal ... Caracas is located in the north of the country, contained within and ...33 KB (4,619 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- The General Electric Company, or GE ( GE and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, with ... In the summer, the direction of rotation of the blades is set to blow ...35 KB (5,762 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- Several railways had been built in the mountainous regions of India ... The collective designation refers to the current project by the Indian ...33 KB (4,994 words) - 17:47, 10 November 2022
- 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American ... Long created the Share Our Wealth program in 1934, with the motto ...48 KB (7,371 words) - 15:05, 9 February 2024
- politician, elected three times as president of Argentina. He served from 1946 ... Perón and his wife Eva were immensely popular among a portion of ...17 KB (2,640 words) - 06:03, 10 May 2024
- Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... The nation's traditions draw on its nomadic past and are centuries ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- and casino owner who became infamous in the final years of his life, when ... Hughes also gained fame as a record-setting pilot, flying around the ...29 KB (4,496 words) - 19:27, 7 February 2024
- Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... metropolitan area, the sixth-largest in the United States with a population ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, and its ... center. It plays host to a year round slate of world-class festivals, earning ...47 KB (6,763 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) [https://www.plantnames ... is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible ...46 KB (6,635 words) - 22:34, 28 January 2024
- is the fourth largest city in Japan and one of the country's ... The city of Nagoya was established in 1610 when Tokugawa Ieyasu moved ...21 KB (2,938 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- Measures of national income and output are used in economics to measure ... between different countries, where the measures may have been based ...33 KB (5,148 words) - 19:46, 7 July 2023
- Texas is a state located in the south-central United States. Austin ... and has a steadily growing population of 23.9 million. Houston is ...36 KB (5,158 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2023
- gasoline) for an internal combustion engine. The carburetor must provide the ... The carburetor is colloquially called a carb (in North America and ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- vehicle powered by an engine. It is among the least expensive and most widespread ... practical uses. They have been a source of unity in the formation of motorcycle ...41 KB (6,307 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- impressions thereof that are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents ... Seals are typically made of stone, sometimes of wood, bamboo, plastic ...36 KB (5,590 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-Terrain Vehicles ... Suzuki, begun in 1909 as a manufacturer of wooden looms, has been ...32 KB (4,585 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- The incandescent light bulb or incandescent lamp is a source of artificial ... Incandescent bulbs constitute a class of electric lamps, extending ...44 KB (6,810 words) - 12:43, 4 March 2024
- Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United ... Oklahoma was the destination of the Native American Cherokee tribes ...50 KB (7,185 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... Papua New Guinea is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- A ballistic vest is an item of protective clothing that absorbs impacts ... Ballistic vests use layers of very strong fiber to catch and deform ...58 KB (9,062 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- The Commonwealth of Dominica, commonly known as Dominica, is an island ... "Tall is her body." Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands ...26 KB (3,800 words) - 17:13, 30 January 2024
- form. In fibers with large core diameter, the confinement is based on total ... The term optical fiber covers a range of different designs including ...31 KB (4,772 words) - 00:56, 18 November 2022
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- Old Italian: Fiorenza, Latin: Florentia) is the capital and most populous ... more than 2000 years. Initially a small city of moneylenders and textile merchants ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- energy into electricity. It is made up of two electrodes, each coated ... for homes, offices, and factories, while the waste heat is used to produce ...40 KB (5,810 words) - 07:10, 15 April 2024
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... The name Manila comes from may nilad, Tagalog for "there is nilad ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the ... As a leader of the Bourbon Democrats, he opposed imperialism, taxes ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 08:11, 25 February 2023
- Watermelon refers to both the edible fruit and vine-like plant (Citrullus ... This flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by botanists ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
- its monetary value is rated well above that of gold. It is used in jewelry ... == History == Naturally occurring platinum appears to have been used ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 08:01, 24 November 2022
- is one of the seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates ... The modern emirate of Dubai was created with the formation of the ...35 KB (5,297 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas, after Houston and San Antonio ... Dallas is the main economic center of the 12 county Dallas, Fort Worth ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- Cookware and bakeware are categories of food preparation utensils ... "pans," but they vary in shape. The size and shape of a utensil ...24 KB (3,711 words) - 20:23, 7 June 2023
- Kenneth David Kaunda, (April 28, 1924 - June 17, 2021) served as the ... From the time he became President until his fall from power in 1991 ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- player and college football coach in the early era of the sport and ... Clemson University, Georgia Tech, University of Pennsylvania, Washington & ...22 KB (3,381 words) - 06:56, 8 April 2024
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... The area that became Alaska was purchased from Russian interests on ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- The diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses compression ... Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including coal ...60 KB (9,401 words) - 14:31, 29 January 2024
- multinational corporation, is consistently the world's largest auto ... employs approximately 284,000 people around the world. With global headquarters ...40 KB (5,886 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a ... The primary functions which distinguish money are as a medium of exchange ...51 KB (7,687 words) - 16:23, 18 June 2023
