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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
