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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: ...age:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_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". Th...
21: ..., which then became the only European capital outside of Europe. Since there was no physical space nor...
23: ...med the independence of Brazil in [[1822]], he decided to keep Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his ne...
25: ...the territorial center were considered, until president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955... - 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
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12: ..., Caylee; she was convicted of four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer...
15: ...reelected president, Joe Biden reelected vice president. - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
13: ...sued to work with former slaves. She also met President [[Abraham Lincoln]].
19: In [[1997]] the [[NASA]] [[Mars Pathfinder]] mission's robotic rover was...
26: ...ttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1044&pt=Sojourner%20 Truth Burial site] - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: '''Sally Kristen Ride''' (b. [[May 26]], [[1951]] in Los Angeles CA) w...
3: [[Image:SallyRide.jpeg|right]]
5: Ride was born in [[Encino, Los Angeles, California]] ...
7: In [[1987]], Ride left [[NASA]] to work at the [[Stanford University]] Center f...
9: ... to serve on both panels investigating Shuttle accidents, the [[STS-51-L|''Challenger'' explosion]] an... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...acelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ...hysician]], teacher and [[astronaut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, ...
7: ...he National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1987, she worked as a general practitioner in...
13: ...itical, cultural and economic context of the individual, especially for the developing world. Current ...
15: ...ge. The Institute was established as an agent for identifying, assessing, researching and implementing... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...y in [[Giza]], The Great [[Egyptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]...
6: ...''The Victorious'''." The origin of the name is said to come from the appearance of the planet Mars du...
11: ..._20040617.jpg|thumb|left|200px|This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focus...
12: ...d-color satellite image of Cairo, Egypt, taken on NASA's Landsat 7 satellite.]]
16: ...ent]] in the mid-[[19th century]], are marked by wide boulevards, public gardens, and open spaces. Th... - Nile (13738 bytes)
12: The Nile is usually considered the longest river in the world, but whether t...
24: ...although the lake itself has feeder rivers of considerable size from the other [[Great Lakes (Africa)|...
40: ... the [[International Space Station]], courtesy of NASA.]]
42: ...ta]], is the [[eponym]] of all river deltas worldwide. Enrichment from Nile sediments carried eastward...
48: ...y]], when [[John Hanning Speke]] was the first to identify it as Lake Victoria. Various earlier expedi... - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...TLY HARMLESS" or "HARMLESS" or any Hitchhiker's Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find...
9: ... consists of a circled cross, representing a [[meridian]] and the [[equator]]; a variant puts the cros...
14: ...low sea level). Thus the Earth is an oblate spheroid within a [[tolerance (engineering)|tolerance]] of...
17: ... than the mantle, and a solid inner core. The liquid outer core gives rise to a weak [[magnetosphere|m...
70: ...stabilise the magnetic field generated by the liquid outer core. - Europe (23835 bytes)
4: ...ost part of [[Eurasia]]. It is conventionally considered a [[continent]], which, in this case, is more...
6: When considered a continent, Europe is the world's second sma...
13: ...ob'' or ''erebu'' which means "sunset". From a [[Middle East]]ern viewpoint, the sun sets over Europe:...
18: ...ges]]" to [[Renaissance]] thinkers and as the "[[Middle Ages]]" to [[Enlightenment]] and modern histor...
20: ...to vast upheaval in Europe as these revolutionary ideas propagated across the continent. The rise of d... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
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21: | '''[[President of Bangladesh|President]]'''
65: ...eater region called [[Bengal]]. There is recent evidence of civilizations dating back to [[500 BC]], a...
67: ...[1947]], political motivations caused it to be divided into a predominantly Muslim [[Pakistan]] and a ... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ... greatly from the devastating and [[genocide|genocidal]] [[Second Congo War]] (known also as the Afric...
20: ...dents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|President]] |
67: ...s Conference (founded in [[Accra]], 1958) and president of the Congolese National Movement, an influen...
72: ...mmand. Their corpses were dissolved in sulfuric acid a few days later. In February, it was announced t...
74: The [[CIA]] had aided Mobutu and was pleased with the outcome, having... - Anatolia (2665 bytes)
3: [[Image:Anatolia composite NASA.png|thumb|400px|right|Asia Minor lies east of the...
15: *[[Middle East]] - California (63989 bytes)
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45: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
107: ...can portion, Baja (lower) California was later divided into the states of [[Baja California]] and [[Ba...
111: ...ivil War]], California officially entered on the side of the North, but there was significant support ...
113: ...ular, were widely grown, and the foundation was laid for the state's prodigious agricultural productio... - Florida (24937 bytes)
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4: Flag = Florida state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Florida]] |
6: Seal = Florida state seal.png | - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
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39: ...tely in the [[tropics]]. As one of two states outside the [[continental United States|contiguous Unite...
46: ...Hawaiian]] and [[Hawaiian English]]. [[Hawaiian Pidgin]] is an unofficial language. The [[state song...
54: ...presently active. The last volcanic eruption outside the Island of Hawaii happened at [[Haleakala]] o...
56: ...lands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and the wide range of environments to be found on high island... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
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36: ...he [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] or [[Mid-Atlantic States]]). Its U.S. postal abbreviation ...
47: ..., and were given land for a settlement called Providence (now called Annapolis). In 1650 the Puritans...
51: In 1708 the seat of government was moved to Providence, renamed Annapolis in honor of [[Anne of Grea...
55: ... the [[Confederate States of America]], Maryland did not secede during the [[United States Civil War]]... - Texas (39610 bytes)
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70: ...erally-recognized Native American tribes which reside in Texas: the [[Alabama-Coushatta]] Tribes of Te...
84: ...sjunction.com/docs/appeal.htm Travis' Appeal for Aid from the Alamo] [[24 February]] [[1836]]
121: ...of the [[Centralista]] forces' suppression of dissidents in [[Zacatecas]] also inspired fear of the Me...
133: * [[29 December]] [[1845]]: President [[James K. Polk]] of the [[United States|Unite... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
54: ...d]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
70: ...Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
99: ...280s]]: [[Glasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - Solar system (21174 bytes)
1: ... that orbit around it, including meteors, [[asteroid]]s, [[comet]]s, [[natural satellite|moon]]s, and ...
5: The wide variety of objects that exist in the Solar Syste...
26: ...r to asteroids and comets in general, or to asteroids below 10 km in diameter.
27: ...ed into [[asteroid group]]s and [[:Category:Asteroid groups and families|families]] based on their spe...
28: ...oid moon]]s are asteroids that orbit larger asteroids. They are not as clearly distinguished as planet... - Sun (20830 bytes)
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122: ...luding other [[planet]]s, [[asteroid]]s, [[meteoroid]]s, [[comet]]s and [[dust]].
136: ...aker than its surface gravity (at the equator). Tidal effects from the planets do not significantly a...
145: ...]], which some physicists believe may one day provide power for human use, would use a similar process...
168: ...to support simple molecules such as [[carbon monoxide]] and [[water]]; all other parts of the Sun are ...
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