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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...eiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|I...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
5: ...lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
1: Presidency of Barack Obama
3: ... Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency and Presidency of Barack Obama
4: ...pwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the se...
5: ...licans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
6: ...Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...m the [[1980s]] to the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
5: ...s]], [[1979]]), and ''[[Sophie's Choice]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[1982]]...
7: ...on so many greatest movie star lists, Streep also defied expectations by her happy home life—mar...
9: ...to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
11: ...s Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for which she le... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...d [[uranium]]. Additional economic interests include minerals such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mic...
7: ...ween earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
10: ...f the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ks ''Peri lithōn'' by [[Theophrastus]], a student of [[Aristotle]], remained authoritative for mi...
14: ...etallica libri XII'', with an appendix ''Buch von den Lebewesen unter Tage'' (book of the creatures be... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
8: ...so the continent with the highest average [[altitude]], and the lowest average [[humidity]] of any con...
15: ...he continent, but [[ice]] there can last for extended time periods. Nearly all of Antarctica is cover...
24: ...ea is called [[Western Antarctica]] and the remainder [[Eastern Antarctica]], since they correspond ro...
30: ...ons, particularly those close to the continent, made territorial claims in the [[20th century]]. These... - Togo (15373 bytes)
1: ...e Republic''' is a country in [[West Africa]], bordering [[Ghana]] in the west, [[Benin]] in the east ...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
7: {| border="0" style="text-align: center;" cellpadding="2" ...
11: | ([[Flag of Togo|In Detail]])
24: | '''[[List of Presidents of Togo|President]]''' - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...nd of the asteroid across the gouge on its underside and toward the opposite end. Features as small as...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...p://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1840AN.....17...81E&db_key=AST&high=41e14...
6: The exact definition of an asteroid is unsettled. The term "mi...
8: ...[boulder]]-sized or smaller. The distinction is made because asteroids are large enough to survive pas... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: Modern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical...
4: ... change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still...
6: ...] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects and systems, which differs ...
11: ...mphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
13: ...e, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
14: ...s]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed po...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
22: ... U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...fried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] for the development of differential [[calculus]]. While they...
4: ...a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in t...
6: ...ped a [[Newton's law of cooling|law of cooling]], describing the rate of cooling of objects when expos...
12: ...ief biography of Newton's early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life a...
14: ... said that his body at that time can even fit inside a quart mug. His father had died three months bef... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
1: ...margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" align="righ...
4: ...2]]<br><small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
47: | 1.769 17°<br>(6.43? to Sun's equator)
49: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
50: | 131.721 69° - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...opponents of the revolution. It attempts to give identifying facts and ultimate fates. ''As a rule, th...
6: *[[Pierre François Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione|Charles Pierre François Augereau]] -...
10: ...e]] who administered the [[Tennis Court Oath]], made mayor of [[Paris]] after the [[storming of the Ba...
11: ...dor|Thermidorian]], finally the main executive leader during the [[French Directory|Directory]] regime
14: ... Jules Bernadotte]] - General, later king of [[Sweden]] - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...on's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored...
5: ..., following Napoleon's final [[Battle of Waterloo|defeat at Waterloo]] and the [[Treaty of Paris (1815...
12: ...ld, and the United Kingdom's industrial economy made it the most powerful commercial nation as well.
13: ...gal system, with clearly redacted [[code of law|codes]] compiling the basic laws.
14: ..., but on the basis of human culture, origin, and ideology. - Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
3: ...hout Europe, in particular [[Catharism]] and [[Waldensians]] in southern France and northern Italy.
4: ...age:Inquistion2.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
7: ...Cathars]] first noted in the [[1140s]] and the Waldensians starting around [[1170]]. Heretical individ...
11: ...Authority rested with local officials based on guidelines from the Pope, but there was no central top-...
13: ...e for many reasons. The bishops often did not reside in their [[diocese]]s, living in far-off cities s... - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ... and [[physical cosmology|cosmology]]. He was awarded the [[1921]] [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Priz...
5: ...or a scientist. In his later years, his fame exceeded that of any other scientist in [[history of scie...
7: ... day Einstein receives popular recognition unprecedented for a scientist.
14: ...y was [[Jew]]ish (and non-observant); Albert attended a [[Catholic school|Catholic elementary school]]...
16: ...ct. Another, more recent, theory about his mental development is that he had [[Asperger's syndrome]], ... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...sic swimming skills and safety precautions are needed to participate in water activities.
5: ...g composed mostly of water, has nearly the same [[density]] as water. Thus, staying afloat requires on...
7: ...convert a slow or average swimmer to at least a moderately fast swimmer. Since speed converts directly...
11: ...easing speed. This is an effect long used by boat designers, and unconsciously used by "naturally good...
13: ...the torso is smaller front-to-back than side-to-side on most swimmers. This reduces the frontal cross-... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...ant center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
6: ... Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invuln...
8: ... Venice were laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of ...
10: ...enetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
12: ...stablished the [[Latin Empire]]. Considerable plunder was brought back to Venice, including the [[Mark... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 ...
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]])
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