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- Heraldry (23465 bytes)
3: ... cases of "landscape heraldry" all or part of the field is some sort of landscape), and then it descri...
7: There are no strict definitions of the shades of colours used in heraldry,...
9: ...n; this is particularly useful when there is insufficient space to display the entire coat-of-arms, an...
14: ... shield are specified in the blazon (and the specific type of shield is sometimes followed to the exte...
16: ...''cartouche'', the tincture of which is then specified. - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article and you...
7: ...he only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the...
17: ...ore gives rise to a weak [[magnetosphere|magnetic field]] due to the convection of its electrically co...
19: New material constantly finds its way to the surface through volcanoes and c...
68: ... lead and uranium, are either too rare to be significant or tend to bind to lighter elements and thus ... - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...are named after [[Amerigo Vespucci]], who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not...
18: .... The location is marked by a 4.5 metre (15 foot) field stone [[Obelisk|obelisk]].
26: ...and]] on the east, and [[Ellesmere Island]], [[Baffin Island]], and [[Victoria Island]] in the north)
28: ...he US state of [[Hawaii]] which lies in the [[Pacific Ocean]]
70: ...n the far north of the continent to the east of [[Nunavut]]. - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
19: ... elsewhere except in certain communities and in [[Nunavut]], where the majority language is [[Inuktitut]]. - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ... About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Gree...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud... - Season (10047 bytes)
6: ...ate spring, on [[15 May]] in the northeastern Pacific and [[1 June]] in the northern Atlantic.
11: <tr><td>'''Fig. 1'''<br/>
14: <tr><td>'''Fig. 2'''<br/>
18: ... hemisphere]]s experience opposite seasons (see ''Fig. 2'' and ''Month ranges of seasons'' (below)).
36: ...hours each day, for more than a month before that first sliver of sun appears. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...uary 1 was to be either [[New Year's Day]] or the first day of its numbered year. Although England beg...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], pr...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered b...
22: ...ein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published. - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
3: ...pedition of [[1910]]–[[1912]] which was the first to reach the [[South Pole]].
8: == First expeditions ==
10: ...Gerlache]], their ship the [[Belgica]] became the first to winter in [[Antarctica]]. Also on board was...
12: ...oday called [[Gjoa Haven, Nunavut|Gjoa Haven]], [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]].
14: ...a|Nome]] on the [[Alaska|Alaska Territory]]'s Pacific coast. 500 miles (800 km) away, [[Eagle, Alaska|... - French language (40201 bytes)
19: ...er including second language speakers. It is an official or administrative language in various communi...
27: ...f the entire Gallic region for both mercantile, official and educational reasons, yet it should be rem...
60: ...owing a period of unification, regulation and purification, the French of the 17th to the 18th centuri...
62: ...f foreign words and expressions. Some recent modifications include the change from ''software'' to ''...
66: ..., the future of specific "regional" accents is difficult to predict. - Hudson Bay (2815 bytes)
2: ...lands in the bay (and in James Bay) are part of [[Nunavut]].
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