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# Steven Gerrard - Wikipedia | Personal information | ||| |---|---|---|---| | Full name | Steven George Gerrard | || | Date of birth | 30 May 1980 | || | Place of birth | Whiston, Merseyside, England | || | Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | || | Position(s) | Midfielder | || | Youth career | ||| | 1989–1998 | Liverpool | ...
# Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Wikipedia | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | | |---|---| | Directed by | Robert Wise | | Screenplay by | Harold Livingston | | Story by | Alan Dean Foster | | Based on | Star Trekby Gene Roddenberry | | Produced by | Gene Roddenberry | | Starring | | | Cinematography | Richard H. Kline...
# List of prime ministers of Canada - Wikipedia The prime minister of Canada is the official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. Twenty-four people (twenty-three men and one woman) have served as prime minister. Officially, the prime minister is...
# Geologic time scale - Wikipedia The **geologic time scale** or **geological time scale** (**GTS**) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological dating that uses chronostratigraphy (the process of relating strata to time) and geochronology (a scientific branch of geol...
# Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia The **Fourteenth Amendment** (**Amendment XIV**) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal pr...
# Canadian Indian residential school system - Wikipedia The **Canadian Indian residential school system** was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by various Christian churches. The school system was crea...
# World War II - Wikipedia | World War II | ||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| From top to bottom, left to right: | ||||||| | ||||||| | Participants | ||||||| Allies | Axis | |||||| | Commanders and leaders | ||||||| Main Allied leaders: | Main Axis leaders: | |||||| | Casualties and losses | ||||||| further de...
# The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Wikipedia | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | | |---|---| | Developer(s) | Bethesda Game Studios | | Publisher(s) | | | Producer(s) | Ashley Cheng | | Designer(s) | Ken Rolston | | Programmer(s) | | | Artist(s) | Matthew Carofano | | Composer(s) | Jeremy Soule | | Series | The Elder S...
# Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia Ireland | | |---|---| Anthem: Amhrán na bhFiann "The Soldiers' Song" | | | Capital and largest city | Dublin | | Official languages | | | Ethnic groups (2022) | | | Religion (2022) | | | Demonym(s) | Irish | | Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | | Michael D. Higgins | | | Mi...
# Microorganism - Wikipedia A **microorganism**, or **microbe**, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from antiquity, with an early attestation in Jain literature authored in 6th-century BC I...
# List of Nobel laureates - Wikipedia The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: *Nobelpriset*, Norwegian: *Nobelprisen*) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions ...
# Ghost town - Wikipedia A **ghost town**, **deserted city**, **extinct town**, or **abandoned city** is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it (usuall...
# Aftermath (Rolling Stones album) - Wikipedia | Aftermath | |||| |---|---|---|---|---| | Studio album by | |||| | Released | 15 April 1966 | ||| | Recorded | | ||| | Studio | RCA (Hollywood) | ||| | Genre | |||| | Length | | ||| | Label | |||| | Producer | Andrew Loog Oldham | ||| | The Rolling Stones UK chronology |...
# Watt - Wikipedia | watt | | |---|---| | General information | | | Unit system | SI | | Unit of | power | | Symbol | W | | Named after | James Watt | | Conversions | | 1 W in ... | ... is equal to ... | | SI base units | 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3 | | CGS units | 7 erg⋅s−1 | | English Engineering Units | 0.7375621 ft⋅lbf/s = 0.0013...
# Paul McCartney - Wikipedia Paul McCartney | | |---|---| | Born | James Paul McCartney 18 June 1942 | | Other names | | | Occupations | | | Years active | 1957–present | | Spouses | | | Children | 5, including Heather, Mary, Stella and James | | Relatives | Mike McCartney (brother) | | Awards | Full list | Musical ca...
# Morgan Freeman - Wikipedia Morgan Freeman | | |---|---| | Born | | | Occupations | | | Years active | 1964–present | | Organization | Revelations Entertainment | | Works | Full list | | Spouses | | | Children | 4 | | Awards | Full list | | Military career | | | Allegiance | United States | | Branch | United States A...
# Jellyfish - Wikipedia | Jellyfish | | |---|---| Pacific sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) | | | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Phylum: | Cnidaria | | Subphylum: | Medusozoa | | Groups included | | | Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa | | **Jellyfi...
# Desert - Wikipedia A **desert** is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the Earth is arid or semi-arid. This in...
# Byte - Wikipedia | byte | | |---|---| | Unit system | unit derived from bit | | Unit of | digital information, data size | | Symbol | B, o (when 8 bits) | The **byte** is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single ch...
# Ted Kaczynski - Wikipedia Ted Kaczynski | | |---|---| | Born | Theodore John Kaczynski May 22, 1942 | | Died | June 10, 2023 | (aged 81) | Other names | | | Education | | | Occupation | Mathematics professor | | Notable work | Industrial Society and Its Future (1995) | | Relatives | David Kaczynski (brother) | | Con...
# Guy Fawkes Night - Wikipedia **Guy Fawkes Night**, also known as **Guy Fawkes Day**, **Bonfire Night** and **Fireworks Night**, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain, involving bonfires and fireworks displays. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605 O.S., when Gu...
# Bill Russell - Wikipedia | Personal information | | |---|---| | Born | Monroe, Louisiana, U.S. | February 12, 1934 | Died | July 31, 2022 Mercer Island, Washington, U.S. | (aged 88) | Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | | Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | | Career information | | | High school | McClymonds (Oakland...
# Freddie Mercury - Wikipedia **Freddie Mercury** (born **Farrokh Bulsara**; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he was known for ...
# Antonin Scalia - Wikipedia Antonin Scalia | | |---|---| | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | | In officeSeptember 26, 1986 – February 13, 2016 | | | Nominated by | Ronald Reagan | | Preceded by | William Rehnquist | | Succeeded by | Neil Gorsuch | | Judge of the United States Court of Appe...
# Timeline of the far future - Wikipedia While the future cannot be predicted with certainty, present understanding in various scientific fields allows for the prediction of some far-future events, if only in the broadest outline. These fields include astrophysics, which studies how planets and stars form, interact an...
# Virginia - Wikipedia Virginia | | |---|---| | Commonwealth of Virginia | | | Nicknames: Old Dominion, Mother of Presidents | | | Motto(s): | | | Anthem: "Our Great Virginia" | | | Country | United States | | Before statehood | Colony of Virginia | | Admitted to the Union | June 25, 1788 (10th) | | Capital | Richmond...
# Jennifer Lawrence - Wikipedia Jennifer Lawrence | | |---|---| | Born | Jennifer Shrader Lawrence August 15, 1990 | | Other names | Jennifer Lawrence Maroney | | Occupations | | | Years active | 2006–present | | Organizations | | | Spouse | | | Children | 2 | | Awards | Full list | | Signature | | **Jennifer Shrader...
# Italians - Wikipedia | Total population | | |---|---| c. 140 million | | | Regions with significant populations | | | Italy 55,551,000 | | | Brazil | 32–34 million (incl. ancestry) | | Argentina | 20–25 million (incl. ancestry) | | United States | 16–23 million (incl. ancestry) | | France | 5–6 million (incl. ancest...
# Vice President of the United States - Wikipedia | Vice President of the United States | | |---|---| | Style | | | Status | | | Member of | | | Residence | Number One Observatory Circle | | Seat | Washington, D.C. | | Appointer | Electoral College, or, if vacant, President of the United States via congressional confi...
# Bee - Wikipedia | Bees | | |---|---| The sugarbag bee, Tetragonula carbonaria | | | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Phylum: | Arthropoda | | Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Hymenoptera | | Suborder: | Apocrita | | Infraorder: | Aculeata | | Superfamily: | Apoidea | Clade...
# Tuberculosis - Wikipedia | Tuberculosis | | |---|---| | Other names | Phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, consumption, great white plague | | Chest X-ray of a person with advanced tuberculosis: Infection in both lungs is marked by white arrow-heads, and the formation of a cavity is marked by black arrows. | | | Specialty...
# Pneumothorax - Wikipedia | Pneumothorax | | |---|---| | Other names | Collapsed lung | | Illustration depicting a collapsed lung or pneumothorax | | | Specialty | Pulmonology, thoracic surgery | | Symptoms | Chest pain, shortness of breath, tiredness | | Usual onset | Sudden | | Causes | Unknown, trauma | | Risk fac...
# Mary II - Wikipedia | Mary II | | |---|---| | Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland | | | Reign | 1689 – 28 December 1694 | | Coronation | 11 April 1689 | | Predecessor | James II | | Successor | William III & II | | Co-monarch | William III & II | | Princess consort of Orange | | | Tenure | 4 November 1677 – 28 D...
# 1989 (album) - Wikipedia | 1989 | |||| |---|---|---|---|---| | Studio album by | |||| | Released | October 27, 2014 | ||| | Studio | | ||| | Genre | Synth-pop | ||| | Length | 48:41 | ||| | Label | Big Machine | ||| | Producer | |||| | Taylor Swift chronology | |||| | |||| Singles from 1989 | |||| | * 1989* is the ...
# William the Conqueror - Wikipedia | William the Conqueror | | |---|---| | King of England | | | Reign | 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 | | Coronation | 25 December 1066 | | Predecessor | | | Successor | William II | | Duke of Normandy | | | Reign | 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 | | Predecessor | Robert I | | S...
# List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but ...
# Frank Zappa - Wikipedia Frank Zappa | | |---|---| | Born | Frank Vincent Zappa December 21, 1940 | | Died | December 4, 1993 | (aged 52) | Resting place | Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary | | Occupations | | | Years active | 1955–1993 | | Spouses | | | Children | | Musical career | | | Ori...
# Fantasia (1940 film) - Wikipedia | Fantasia | | |---|---| | Directed by | | | Story by | | | Produced by | | | Starring | | | Cinematography | James Wong Howe | | Music by | See plot | Production company | | | Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures | Release date | | Running time | 126 minutes | | Country | United Stat...
# Aztecs - Wikipedia The **Aztecs** (*AZ-teks*) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of...
# 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens - Wikipedia | Eruption of Mount St. Helens | | |---|---| | Volcano | Mount St. Helens | | Date | May 18, 1980 | (climactic episode) | Type | Phreatic, Plinian, Peléan | | Location | Skamania County, Washington, U.S. | | VEI | 5 | | Impact | Approximately 57 deaths, about $1.1 billio...
# Moth - Wikipedia | Moths | | |---|---| Atlas moth, Attacus atlas | | | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Phylum: | Arthropoda | | Class: | Insecta | | (unranked): | Amphiesmenoptera | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Major divisions | | | **Moths** are a group of insects that...
# George W. Bush - Wikipedia George W. Bush | | |---|---| | 43rd President of the United States | | In officeJanuary 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | | | Vice President | Dick Cheney | | Preceded by | Bill Clinton | | Succeeded by | Barack Obama | | 46th Governor of Texas | | In officeJanuary 17, 1995 – December 21, 2000...
# Vivien Leigh - Wikipedia Vivien Leigh | | |---|---| | Born | Vivian Mary Hartley 5 November 1913 | | Died | 8 July 1967 | (aged 53) | Occupation | Actress | | Years active | 1935–1967 | | Title | | | Spouses | | | Partner | John Merivale (1960–1967) | | Children | Suzanne Farrington | | Relatives | Gerald Fielding (...
# Vampire - Wikipedia A **vampire** is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited wh...
# Millipede - Wikipedia | Millipedes Late | | |---|---| | An assortment of millipedes (not to scale) | | | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Phylum: | Arthropoda | | Subphylum: | Myriapoda | | Class: | Diplopoda Blainville in Gervais, 1844 | | Subclasses | | | Diversity | ...
# Hugo Award - Wikipedia | Hugo Award | | |---|---| | Awarded for | Best science fiction or fantasy works of previous year | | Presented by | World Science Fiction Society | | First award | 1953 | | Website | thehugoawards | The **Hugo Award** is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works ...
# Brown v. Board of Education - Wikipedia | Brown v. Board of Education | | |---|---| | Argued December 9, 1952 Reargued December 8, 1953 Decided May 17, 1954 | | | Full case name | Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al. | | Citations | 347 U.S. 483 (more) | | Decision | Opinion | | Case history ...
# List of counties in New York - Wikipedia | Counties of New York | | |---|---| | Location | State of New York | | Number | 62 | | Populations | 5,082 (Hamilton) – 2,617,631 (Kings) | | Areas | 33.77 square miles (87.5 km2) (New York) – 2,821 square miles (7,310 km2) (St. Lawrence) | | Government | | | Subdivisions | ...
# ALS - Wikipedia | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | | |---|---| | Other names | | | Parts of the nervous system affected by ALS, causing progressive symptoms in skeletal muscles throughout the body | | | Specialty | Neurology | | Symptoms | Early: Stiff muscles, muscle twitches, gradual increasing weaknessLater: Diffi...
# Southeast Asia - Wikipedia | Area | 4,545,792 km2 (1,755,140 sq mi) | |---|---| | Population | 675,796,065 (3rd) | | Population density | 135.6/km2 (351/sq mi) | | GDP (PPP) | $9.727 trillion | | GDP (nominal) | $3.317 trillion (exchange rate) | | GDP per capita | $5,017 (exchange rate) | | HDI | 0.723 | | Ethnic gr...
# Neanderthal - Wikipedia | Neanderthal | | |---|---| | An approximate reconstruction of a Neanderthal skeleton. The central rib-cage (including the sternum) and parts of the pelvis are from modern humans. | | | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Phylum: | Chordata | | Clas...
# List of Family Guy episodes - Wikipedia *Family Guy* is an American adult animated television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the dysfunctional Griffin family, which consists of father Peter (MacFarlane), mother Lois (Alex Borstein), daughter Meg (Lacey Chabe...
# Chordate - Wikipedia | Chordates | | |---|---| | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa | Clade: | ParaHoxozoa | Clade: | Bilateria | Clade: | Nephrozoa | | Superphylum: | Deuterostomia | | Phylum: | Chordata Haeckel, 1874 | | Subgroups | | And see tex...
# Captain (association football) - Wikipedia The **captain** of a football/soccer team, sometimes known as the **skipper**, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good ...
# Red panda - Wikipedia | Red panda Temporal range: | | |---|---| | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Phylum: | Chordata | | Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Carnivora | | Family: | Ailuridae | | Genus: | AilurusF. Cuvier, 1825 | | Species: | A. fulgens | | Binomial name | |...
# Alfred Russel Wallace - Wikipedia Alfred Russel Wallace | | |---|---| | Born | | | Died | 7 November 1913 (aged 90) | | Known for | | | Spouse | Annie Mitten (m. 1866) | | Children | Herbert, Violet, William | | Awards | | Scientific career | | | Fields | | | Author abbrev. (botany) | Wallace | **Alfred Russel Wall...
# Tunnel - Wikipedia A **tunnel** is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ventilation openings at various points along the length. A...
# Terra Nova Expedition - Wikipedia The **Terra Nova****Expedition**, officially the **British Antarctic Expedition**, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the expedition had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott wished to continue ...
# Starfish - Wikipedia | Starfish Temporal range: | | |---|---| Clockwise from top left: Linckia laevigata, Echinaster serpentarius, Protoreaster nodosus, and Hymnaster pellucidus. Not to scale. | | | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Phylum: | Echinodermata | | Subphylum:...
# Russia - Wikipedia Russian Federation | | |---|---| Anthem: Государственный гимн Российской Федерации Gosudarstvennyy gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii"State Anthem of the Russian Federation" | | | Capital and largest city | Moscow | | Official and national language | Russian | | Recognised regional languages | 35 regional...
# Quarterback - Wikipedia The **quarterback** (**QB**) is a position in gridiron football who are members of the offensive side of the ball and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually considered the leader of the offense, and is often responsible for c...
# Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia Gandhi | | |---|---| | Born | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2 October 1869 | | Died | 30 January 1948 New Delhi, India | (aged 78) | Cause of death | Assassination | | Monuments | | | Other names | Bāpū (father), Rāṣṭrapitā (the Father of the Nation) | | Alma mater | Inns of Court School of L...
# Mac (computer) - Wikipedia | Also known as | Macintosh | |---|---| | Developer | Apple Inc. | | Manufacturer | Apple Inc. | | Type | Desktop computers, all-in-one computers, laptop computers (current) | | Release date | January 24, 1984 | | Lifespan | 1984–present | | Operating system | macOS "Classic" Mac OS (forme...
# Gastroenteritis - Wikipedia | Gastroenteritis | | |---|---| | Other names | Gastro, stomach bug, stomach virus, stomach flu, gastric flu, gastrointestinitis, flu bug | | Gastroenteritis viruses: A = rotavirus, B = adenovirus, C = norovirus and D = astrovirus. The virus particles are shown at the same magnification t...
# South India - Wikipedia South India Peninsular India | | |---|---| | Country | India | | States and union territories | | | Most populous cities | | | Area | | • City | 635,780 km2 (245,480 sq mi) | | Highest elevation | 2,695 m (8,842 ft) | | Lowest elevation | −2.2 m (−7.2 ft) | | Population (2011) | | • City | 25...
# Reformation - Wikipedia The **Reformation**, also known as the **Protestant Reformation** or the **European Reformation**, was a time of major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church. Tow...
# Philippines - Wikipedia Republic of the Philippines | | |---|---| Motto: Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa"For God, People, Nature, and Country" | | Anthem: "Lupang Hinirang""Chosen Land" | | Great Seal: | | | Capital | Manila (de jure)Metro Manila ( de facto) | | Largest city | Quezon City | | Offici...
# List of cities in Israel - Wikipedia This article lists the 73 localities in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council. It excludes the 4 Israeli settlements in the West Bank designated as cities, but occupied East Jerusalem is included within Jerusalem. The list is based on the ...
# Jefferson Davis - Wikipedia Jefferson Davis | | |---|---| | President of the Confederate States | | In officeFebruary 22, 1862 – May 5, 1865 Provisional: February 18, 1861 – February 22, 1862 | | | Vice President | Alexander H. Stephens | | Preceded by | Office established | | Succeeded by | Office abolished | | Uni...
# Ecosystem - Wikipedia An **ecosystem** (or **ecological system**) is a system formed by organisms in interaction with their environment. The biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors. External factors—includ...
# Avengers: Endgame - Wikipedia | Avengers: Endgame | | |---|---| | Directed by | | | Screenplay by | | | Based on | | | Produced by | Kevin Feige | | Starring | | | Cinematography | Trent Opaloch | | Edited by | | | Music by | Alan Silvestri | Production company | | | Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictu...
# Apple Inc. - Wikipedia | Formerly | | |---|---| | Company type | Public | | ISIN | | | Industry | | | Founded | April 1, 1976Los Altos, California, U.S. | , in | Founders | | | Headquarters | 1 Apple Park Way, , U.S. | Number of locations | 535 Apple Stores (2025) | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | | | Product...
# Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia Adolf Hitler | | |---|---| Führer of Germany | | In office2 August 1934 – 30 April 1945 | | | Preceded by | Paul von Hindenburg (as President) | | Succeeded by | Karl Dönitz (as President) | | Chancellor of Germany | | In office30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 | | | President | Paul von Hinde...
# United Kingdom - Wikipedia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | | |---|---| Anthem: "God Save the King" | | Coats of arms:Used in relation to Scotland (right) and elsewhere (left) | | | Capital and largest city | London | | National language | English | | Regional and minority languages | | | Ethni...
# Millennium Stadium - Wikipedia | Former names | | |---|---| | Location | Westgate Street Cardiff CF10 1NS | | Coordinates | | | Public transit | Cardiff Central | | Owner | Millennium Stadium plc | | Operator | Millennium Stadium plc | | Executive suites | 124 | | Capacity | 73,931 (rugby union and football) 78,000 ...
# General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | | |---|---| | Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС | | | Central Committee of the Communist Party | | | Style | Comrade General Secretary (informal) | | Type | P...
# Buddhism - Wikipedia **Buddhism**, also known as **Buddhadharma** and **Dharmavinaya**, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE. It is the world's fourth-largest religion, with about 300 million followe...
# We Are the World - Wikipedia | "We Are the World" | | |---|---| | Single by USA for Africa | | from the album We Are the World | | | B-side | "Grace" | | Released | March 7, 1985 | | Recorded | January 28, 1985 | | Studio | | | Genre | | | Length | | | Label | | | Songwriter(s) | | | Producer(s) | "**We Are the Wor...
# Scattered disc - Wikipedia The **scattered disc** (or **scattered disk**) is a distant circumstellar disc in the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy small Solar System bodies, which are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. The scattered-disc objects (SDOs) have orbital eccentricities...
# Pig - Wikipedia | Pig | | |---|---| | Domestic pigs | | Domesticated | | | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Phylum: | Chordata | | Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Artiodactyla | | Family: | Suidae | | Genus: | Sus | | Species: | S. domesticus | | Binomial name | | Sus do...
# Malayalam - Wikipedia | Malayalam | | |---|---| മലയാളം, malayāḷaṁ | | | Pronunciation | [mɐlɐjaːɭɐm]; ⓘ | | Native to | India | | Region | Southern India | | Ethnicity | Malayali | | Speakers | L1: 37 million (2011) L2: 810,000 (2011) Total: 38 million (2011) | Early forms | | | Dialects | Kasaragod North Malabar Wa...
# Jim Thorpe - Wikipedia Jim Thorpe | ||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| Wa-Tho-Huk | ||||||||||||||| | Born | James Francis Thorpe May 22 or 28, 1887 | |||||||||||||| | Died | March 28, 1953 | (aged 65)|||||||||||||| | Nationality | Sac and Fox Nation, American | |||||||...
# Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Wikipedia | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | | |---|---| | Developer(s) | Infinity Ward | | Publisher(s) | Activision | | Director(s) | Jason West | | Producer(s) | Mark Rubin | | Designer(s) | | | Programmer(s) | | | Artist(s) | | | Writer(s) | Jesse Stern | | Composer(s) | Stephen ...
# Binomial nomenclature - Wikipedia In taxonomy, **binomial nomenclature** ("two-term naming system"), also called **binary nomenclature**, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words f...
# Vitamin - Wikipedia | Vitamin | | |---|---| Drug class | | | Pronunciation | UK: VIT-ə-min, VYTE-,US: VY-tə-min | | Legal status | | | In Wikidata | **Vitamins** are organic molecules (or a set of closely related molecules called vitamers) that are essential to an organism in small quantities for proper metabolic f...
# Benzodiazepine - Wikipedia | Benzodiazepines | | |---|---| Drug class | | | Class identifiers | | | Use | Anxiety disorders, seizures, muscle spasms, panic disorder | | ATC code | N05BA | | Mode of action | GABAA receptor | | Clinical data | | | WebMD | | | External links | | | MeSH | | | Legal status | | | In Wikid...
# Thomas Cranmer - Wikipedia Thomas Cranmer | | |---|---| | Archbishop of Canterbury | | | Church | Church of England | | Diocese | Canterbury | | Installed | 3 December 1533 | | Term ended | 4 December 1555 | | Predecessor | William Warham | | Successor | Reginald Pole | | Orders | | | Consecration | 30 March 1533 by...
# Tasmanian devil - Wikipedia | Tasmanian devil | | |---|---| | Scientific classification | | | Domain: | Eukaryota | | Kingdom: | Animalia | | Phylum: | Chordata | | Class: | Mammalia | | Infraclass: | Marsupialia | | Order: | Dasyuromorphia | | Family: | Dasyuridae | | Genus: | Sarcophilus | | Species: | S. harrisii...
# List of current Indian chief ministers - Wikipedia In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and three of the eight union territories. According to the Constitution of India, at the state level, the governor is *de jure* head, but *de facto* executive aut...
# Canada - Wikipedia Canada | | |---|---| Motto: A mari usque ad mare (Latin)"From Sea to Sea" | | Anthem: "O Canada" | | | Capital | Ottawa | | Largest city | Toronto | | Official languages | | | Demonym(s) | Canadian | | Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy | | Charles III | | | Mary Simon | | ...
# Borscht - Wikipedia | Alternative names | Borsch, borshch, borsht, bortsch | |---|---| | Type | Soup | | Place of origin | Ukraine | | Cooking time | 30 minutes to 3 hours | | Serving temperature | Hot or cold | | Main ingredients | Beet sour or beetroots | | Ingredients generally used | Tomatoes, vinegar, cabbage a...
# Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Wikipedia | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | | |---|---| | Directed by | Rian Johnson | | Written by | Rian Johnson | | Based on | Characters by George Lucas | | Produced by | | | Starring | | | Cinematography | Steve Yedlin | | Edited by | Bob Ducsay | | Music by | John Williams | Production co...
# Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) - Wikipedia | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | | |---|---| | Directed by | Supervising DirectorsDavid Hand Sequence Directors | | Story by | | | Based on | "Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm | | Produced by | Walt Disney | | Music by | | Production company | | | Distribut...
# Manhattan - Wikipedia Manhattan New York County | | |---|---| Etymology: Likely ult. Lenape: Manaháhtaan ("the place where we get bows") | | Nickname: The City | | | Coordinates: | | | Country | United States | | State | New York | | County | New York County (coextensive) | | City | New York City | | Settled | 1624 ...
# List of prime ministers of India - Wikipedia The prime minister of India is the chief executive of the Government of India and chair of the Union Council of Ministers. Although the president of India is the constitutional, nominal, and ceremonial head of state, in practice and ordinarily, the executive authority is ...
# Formation and evolution of the Solar System - Wikipedia There is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Most of the collapsing mass collected in the center, forming the Sun, while the rest flattened...
# Northern England - Wikipedia Northern England North of England / the North / Northumbria | | |---|---| | Sovereign state | United Kingdom | | Constituent country | England | | Regions | North East England • North West England • Yorkshire & The Humber | | Counties | | | Devolved regions | | | 10 largest settlements i...
# Nickel (United States coin) - Wikipedia United States | | | Value | 0.05 U.S. dollar | |---|---| | Mass | 5.000 g | | Diameter | 21.21 mm (0.835 in) except Shield nickels (1866–1883) 20.5 mm (0.807 in) | | Thickness | Not specified for Shield nickels. All others: 1.95 mm | | Edge | smooth | | Composition | "War Nick...
# Independence Day (India) - Wikipedia | Observed by | India | |---|---| | Type | Public | | Significance | Commemorates the independence of India | | Celebrations | Flag hoisting, parade, fireworks, singing patriotic songs and the National Anthem Jana Gana Mana, speech by the Prime Minister of India and the President...
# Hindi - Wikipedia | Hindi | | |---|---| | Modern Standard Hindi | | हिन्दी, Hindī | | | Pronunciation | [ˈɦɪndiː] | | Native to | India | | Region | Hindi Belt (Western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi) | | Speakers | L1: 345 million (2011 census) L2: 264 million (2020) Total: 610 million (2011–2020) | Early forms | | | | | Ind...