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1. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
   6: date_of_birth=[[1 July]], [[1961]] |
   8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
   11: ...ten-Windsor]], n饠Spencer) ([[1 July]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] ...
   13: ...anthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[...
   15: ...calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a caution...
2. Locomotive (16705 bytes)
   5: ...ives haul their trains. Increasingly common these days in passenger service is [[push-pull]] operation...
   27: ...wo and a half times that of diesel power, and the daily mileage achievable was far lower. As labour co...
   29: ...e in [[China]], where [[coal]] is a much more abundant resource than [[petroleum]] for diesel fuel. In...
   32: ...mber of which survive and are still operational today.
   60: ...cal suppliers over German ones. In the US and Canada, they are now greatly outnumbered by diesel-elect...
3. Bone (11388 bytes)
   42: ...bones and certain parts of irregular bones. Secondary ossification occurs after birth, and forms the ...
   46: ... and the repair of micro-damaged bones (from everyday stress). Repeated stress results in the bone thi...
   113: |a long, tunnel-like '''Foramen''', usually a passage for notable...
   128: |the end regions of the bone; regions of secondary ossification
4. Nerve (2497 bytes)
   13: ...he nerve receives input, not just the site of the damage.
5. Cor anglais (2674 bytes)
   7: ...t a time. Players also risk tendinitis or carpal tunnel's from supporting the instrument's weight over fo...
   9: ...to keep their reeds moist and to prevent moisture damage to their instrument by swabbing it out freque...
6. Glaciology (3787 bytes)
   18:
   29: ...ss raised when movement is too rapid to be accommodated by creep. It happens for example, as the centr...
   30: ...eak|Horn]] : Spire of rock, also known as a pyramidal peak, formed by the [[headward erosion]] of thre...
   33: ...on of ice and rock below an ice sheet margin. The tunnel valley is what remains of it in the underlying ro...
7. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
   37: established_dates = 1801⁵|
   47: *[[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon''
   54: ...ions of [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Scotland]] — are located on the island of [[Great Britain]]...
   56: ...ontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The UK also has [[British overseas territory|o...
   58: ...ted Kingdom, forming [[Northern Ireland]] to this day.
8. Alaska (24727 bytes)
   18: LandArea = 1,481,347 |
   26: AdmittanceDate = [[January 3]], [[1959]] |
   27: ...utian Standard Time Zone|Aleutian]]: [[UTC]]-10/[[Daylight saving time|-9]] (west of 169? 30') |
   50: ... U.S. state insects|State insect]]'''||[[Libellulidae|Skimmer Dragonfly]]
   66: ...Yukon Territory]] and [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] to the east, the [[Gulf of Alaska]] and the [[P...
9. Virginia (23198 bytes)
   16: LandArea = 102,642 |
   24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 25]], [[1788]] |
   25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
   48: ...e [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] dated [[July 9]], [[1846]], the area south of the P...
   59: ... oldest legislature in the Western Hemisphere. Today, the '''General Assembly''' is made up of the ''...
10. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    3: ...o a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the ...
    18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
    133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
    145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]]
    182: ...6]]: [[Davy lamp|Miner's safety lamp]]: [[Humphry Davy]]
11. Aviation history (39698 bytes)
    1: ...n-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and Daedalus]]
    3: ...Daedalus]] and [[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]]. Daedalus was trapped on the island of Minos, and so bui...
    5: ...airplanes were made of [[canvas]] and [[wood]]. Today airplanes are made of [[aluminium]], and increas...
    9: ...mage:Ornithopter_leonardo1.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter body ]]
    11: ...mage:Ornithopter_leonardo2.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter wings ]]
12. Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
    6: |Date||[[1957]]–[[1975]]
    27: !colspan="2" |'''Civilian Casualties: ''' c. 2—4 million
    33: ...o decide whether Vietnam would be unified in accordance with an agreement reached at Geneva in 1954, o...
    39: ...itizen]]s volunteered to join the US forces. Canada, in fact, led peace talks between the two countri...
    59: ... serve as a provisional government. The following day, the Congress, at a ceremony in front of the vil...
13. History of California (38344 bytes)
    1: {{dablink|This article covers the History of Californi...
    3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied for mi...
    10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Vall...
    11: ...re among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciatio...
    13: ...s. Tribes in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] tre...
14. Badger (5174 bytes)
    5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
    8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Mustelidae]]}}
    19: ... subfamilies, which belong to the family [[Mustelidae]]: the same [[mammal]] [[family (biology)|family...
    23: ...ayings and stories (folklore) seem very strange today!
    27: ...ght that badgers could bring bad luck. This rhyme dates from about 200 years ago:
15. Bilby (4570 bytes)
    5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
    9: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Peramelidae]]}}
    16: ...emains endangered. The bilby is known as the '''dalgite''' in [[Western Australia]] and the '''pinki...
    20: ...r shelter both from predators and the heat of the day.
    22: ...s now restricted to arid wastelands and remains endangered.
16. Garrett A. Morgan (5956 bytes)
    2: ...ich he used his hood to save workers trapped in a tunnel system filled with fumes.
    7: ...ati landowner. Like many African-Americans of his day, Morgan had to quit school at a young age, in or...
    20: ... wanted the smoke masks. The invention won gold medals from the International Association of Fire Chie...
    27: ... his technology patented in [[England]] and [[Canada]] as well.
17. Train (10331 bytes)
    21: ...tives is said to be "double-headed", but in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]], it is quite common f...
    31: ...untries had replaced steam locomotives for day-to-day use by the [[1970s]]. A few countries, most nota...
    49: ... without [[level crossing]]s. Usually they run in tunnels in the city center and sometimes on elevated str...
    72: ...r]]' or TOFC trains. There are also some "inter-modal" vehicles, which have two sets of wheels, for us...
    89: *[[The Canadian]] in [[Canada]].
18. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    22: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
    24: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
    31: ...ates]], in terms of population. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) sit...
    33: ... whose population is over 7 million. U.S. census data show that San Francisco has the highest populat...
    51: ...ervice the growing population are still present today, notably [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] clothing, [[Ghir...
19. USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
    31: ...rmament:||2 × 11 in (279 mm) [[Dahlgren gun|Dahlgren smoothbores]]
    39: ...lk of the ship was below the waterline to prevent damage from cannon fire. ''Monitor'''s hull was cons...
    41: ...hip, with the entire process taking less than 120 days. In addition to the "cheesebox", its rotating t...
    43: ...bout four hours, neither one sinking or seriously damaging the other. Although the battle was essenti...
    45: ...50px|View of ''Monitor'''s turret, showing battle damage]]
20. Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
    5: ...ations at their start, and through to the present day.
    8: ...[Indiana]] in [[1867]], Orville in [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]] in 1871. Both received high schoo...
    10: ...nd established principles of control still used today.
    12: ...and the formula for drag) was wrong, had a [[wind tunnel]] built by their employee, [[Charlie Taylor]], an...
    21: ...by Taylor in their bicycle shop in [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]]. The propellers had an 80% effici...

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