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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...ut the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
5: ...aneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...arly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban regio...
9: ...ntry's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...ra was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January River. - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
8: ...y damage in the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American ...
11: ...ouri, killing 158 and injuring over 1,000, making it the deadliest single U.S. tornado since the adven...
12: ...cer. She was released a week later because of credit for time served.
13: ... ending the 30-year shuttle program, which began with the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12...
15: - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...nd southern [[Carpathians]] mountains run through its center.<!--
12: ...Romania|Royal]] motto: "Nihil Sine Deo" (Nothing without God)|
16: capital = [[Bucharest]] |
18: largest_city = [[Bucharest]] |
19: leader_titles = [[President of Romania|President]] <br> [[Pr... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...ation]] is 28.3?). Mercury has no [[natural satellite]]s. The only [[spacecraft]] to approach Mercury ...
3: ...e greek sun god [[Helios]]. [[Pythagoras]] is credited for pointing out that they were one and the sam...
10: ...t on Mercury's surface is 6.5 times as intense as it is on Earth, a total [[irradiance]] of 9.13 ...
12: ...[[Impact crater|crater]]s, where it has been deposited by [[comet]] impacts and/or gases arising from ...
16: ...med when lava flows buried earlier terrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, r... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...rcular]], with an [[eccentricity (orbit)|eccentricity]] of less than 1%.
3: ...ing Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like object in t...
5: ...ion of the goddess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross underneath ([[Unicode]]: ♀)...
7: ...e of its modern association with [[sexually transmitted disease]]s. Some astronomers use ''[[Cytherea...
14: ... between the night and day sides of Venus despite its extremely slow rotation (less than one rotation ... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
2: |+<font size=+1>'''Jupiter'''</font>
4: ...ick for full caption.]]<br/><small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
6: ! bgcolor="#c0ffff" colspan="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] ...
9: ...[[kilometre|km]]<br>5.203 363 01 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
11: ! align="left" | Orbital [[circumference]] - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
10: |'''Orbit height'''||600 km
12: |'''Orbit period'''||97 min
16: |'''Deorbit date'''||circa 2010
43: ...story of [[astronomy]]. Since its launch in 1990 it has been responsible for many ground-breaking obs...
45: ...as restored to its planned quality, and became a vital research tool as well as a [[public relations]]... - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
3: ...humbnail| [[Whispering Wheel]] Bus, a hybrid bus with an in wheel motor design. |300px]]
6: ...tricity to charge the batteries. This contrasts with all-[[Battery electric vehicle|electric car]]s w...
8: ...nal origin; generally, a [[Europe]]an car fitted with American mechanical components. This meaning has...
12: ...sentatives Charters: Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy | url=http://www.house.gov/science/h...
14: ...lear power]], which can operate underwater indefinitely, though a number of nations continue to rely o... - Chinese New Year (12599 bytes)
3: ...'' or the '''Spring Festival''', one of the [[traditional Chinese holidays]], is celebrated on the fir...
7: Around the New Year people greet each other with:
9: [[Traditional Chinese]]: 恭喜發財;...
11: [[Traditional Chinese]]: 新年快樂;...
13: ==Traditions== - Easter (31700 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...er''' is the most important [[holiday]] of the [[liturgical year|Christian year]], observed in [[March...
4: ... much of its symbolic meaning but also for its position in the calendar; the [[Last Supper]] shared by...
6: ...]] is often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of ...
13: ...hristianity|Western]]''' !! '''[[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]]''' - Promethium (9561 bytes)
1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
24: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
62: | 1373 [[Kelvin|K]] (2012 [[Fahrenheit|?F]])
79: | [[Velocity of sound]]
84: | [[Electronegativity]] - Boxing (29727 bytes)
2: ...g Championships, held in 2003. The headgear and white area gloves seen here are not used in profession...
4: ...wear padded gloves, attacking and defending only with fists. Each bout generally lasts for three minut...
8: ...tself. Boxing contests are found throughout antiquity. [[Greece|Greek]] boxers would wear boxing glove...
10: ...putes, and fighting under agreed rules for sport. It is now used to describe a sport in which two cont...
14: ...portant precursor of boxing in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. Boxing, however, probably grew most specifi... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
3: ...have been held every fourth year since [[1896]], with the exception of the years during the [[World Wa...
5: ...6 Winter Olympics]], will be held in [[Turin]], [[Italy]].
7: ...e same year as the Summer Olympics, but starting with [[1994]] the Winter Games are in between, two ye...
10: ...ight|Athletes trained in this Olympia facility in its heyday.]]
13: ... One of these legends associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of ''εκε... - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
1: ...ily]], which includes his grandfather (former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Prescott Bush]])...
3: | nationality=american
16: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
19: ...sident]] [[Al Gore]] of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in a particularly [[...
22: ...and]] and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], with his siblings: Jeb, [[Neil Bush|Neil]], [[Marvin ... - Ascension (3367 bytes)
2: ...any]]) it is a public holiday; Germany also holds its [[Father's Day]] on the same date.
9: == Superstitions ==
14: ...hristianity|Western]]''' !! '''[[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]]'''
40: ! '''[[2012]]''' || [[May 17]] || [[May 24]]
60: *According to [[Wales|Welsh]] superstition, it is unlucky to do any work on Ascension Day. - Madrid (20882 bytes)
2: [[Image:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Municipality_of_Madrid.png|thumbnail|200px|[[Coat of arms]]]]...
4: ... the [[metropolitan area]] (urban area plus satellite towns) was 5,603,000 as of 2003 estimates.
6: ...'[[Madrid (autonomous community)|autonomous community]]'' of Madrid.
14: ...led and every mosque and synagogue was utterly obliterated.
16: ... and established himself safely fortified outside its walls in El Pardo. The grand entry of Ferdinand...
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