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1. Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
   1: ...' in [[Portuguese]]) was most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could hav...
   3: ...windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurate...
   5: ... two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This i...
   7: ..., including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Ce...
   11: ...ope, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave...
2. Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
   16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
   27: '''Condoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United Stat...
   29: ...[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in ...
   34: ...olumbia University]], writes, "Birmingham had one notably rich black family, the Gastons, who were in ...
   37: ...s non-minorities [http://www.racematters.org/lessononlifecondoleezzarice.htm].
3. Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
   4: ...to many languages. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 millio...
   8: ...tates|American]] private school, and while in Lebanon a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [...
   14: ...y). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile in [[Venezuela]]. While there, she worked for the Caracas newspa...
   16: ...e starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Antonio Banderas...
4. Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
   4: ...[September 5]] [[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and fo...
   6: ...[[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [[1996]] (o...
   9: ...[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] province of [[Kosovo]] (now [[Skopje]] in the [[Republic of Macedonia]]), wh...
   11: Little is known of Teresa's early life except from her own remi...
   13: ... there, choosing the name Sister Mary Teresa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux...
5. Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
   29: ...ted States]], and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. He was the only [[United Stat...
   31: ...ination and seemed overwhelmed by the nation's economic problems in his second term.
   34: ...ke the responsibility for the deaths himself, and not pass it along to subordinates.
   36: ...rademark of office, and was later elected, [[Governor of New York]], where he worked closely with the ...
   40: ...red an illegitimate child while he was still Governor of New York. Although Cleveland never admitted ...
6. South America (5078 bytes)
   5: ...ly on regional preferences. It became attached to North America only recently (geologically speaking) ...
   7: ...[population]], after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], and North America.
   9: ...ed by people crossing the [[Bering Land Bridge]], now the [[Bering Strait|Bering]] [[strait]], though ...
   11: From the [[1530s]], the indigenous inhabitants of South America were invaded by [[...
   15: ...riname]], and [[French Guiana]] – are also known as [[Caribbean South America]].
7. List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
   11: *[[Benin]] - [[Porto Novo]], [[Cotonou]]
   40: *[[Mauritania]] - [[Nouakchott]]
   80: * [[Cambodia]] (Kampuchea) - [[Phnom Penh]]
   98: * [[Lebanon]] (Lubnan) - [[Beirut]]
   105: * [[North Korea]] - [[Pyongyang]]
8. List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
   37: <tr><td>[[Beirut]] <td>[[Lebanon]]
   53: <tr><td>[[Buenos Aires]] <td>[[Argentina]]
   59: <tr><td>[[Caracas]] <td>[[Venezuela]]
   65: <tr><td>[[Cotonou]] <td>[[Benin]] (de facto)
   87: <tr><td>[[Hanoi]] <td>[[Vietnam]]
9. Brazil (12581 bytes)
   1: ...araguay]], [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]]...
   8: ...on|federal]] [[republic]] was established on [[15 November]] [[1889]].
   31: ...egion, Brazil|North]], [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast]], [[Center-West Region, Brazil|Center-Wes...
   41: ... extensive low-lying [[Amazon Rainforest]] in the north, and a more open terrain of hills and (low) mo...
   43: ...andscapes are found as well, in particular in the northeast.
10. Barbados (21887 bytes)
    1: ...dian]], about 434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of [[Venezuela]].
    9: ...oe]] from [[South America]] ([[Venezuela]]'s [[Orinoco Valley]]) around [[350|350 CE]]. The [[Arawak]]...
    13: ...bados always enjoyed a large measure of local autonomy. Its House of Assembly began meeting in [[1639]...
    15: ...ocated to British colonies in North America, most notably [[South Carolina]]. To work the plantations,...
    17: ...n owners and merchants of British descent. It was not until the 1930s that a movement for political ri...
11. Argentina (30219 bytes)
    9: ...[[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
    11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
    13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
    44: footnotes = ^* Argentina also claims 1,000,000...
    48: ...] in the north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west. It's the second...
12. Guyana (12153 bytes)
    1: ... north by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The border with Venezuela is one that is disputed, as is the most southern ...
    62: ...1814]]. The three became a single British colony known as [[British Guiana]] in [[1831]].
    64: ...Portugal]] to work the sugar plantations. This ethnocultural divide has persisted and has on occasion ...
    78: ... minister]] and other ministers. The president is not directly elected; each party presenting a slate ...
    107: ...first from May to mid-August, the second from mid-November to mid-January.
13. Bolivia (30115 bytes)
    2: ...th America]]. It is bordered by [[Brazil]] on the north and east, [[Paraguay]] and [[Argentina]] on th...
    14: national_anthem = ''[[Bolivianos, el hado propicio]]'' |
    41: currency = [[Boliviano]] |
    49: footnotes = ¹ La Paz is the seat of governmen...
    59: ...oxos]] in the eastern lowlands and the [[Mollos]] north of present-day [[La Paz]] also developed advan...
14. Time zone (34024 bytes)
    2: ... hour apart. However, the one hour separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, the shap...
    6: ...red time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Green...
    8: ...emainder of the year local time is UTC + 1&mdash;known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summe...
    22: ... is 06:00 UTC on Monday 1 May, then the time in Honolulu is 20:00, Sunday 30 April)
    24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific locati...
15. List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
    7: {{compactTOC2}}__NOTOC__
    13: ...[Politics of Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]] - Burma (now [[Politics of Myanmar|Myanmar]]) - [[Politics of...
    40: ...ati|Kiribati]] - [[Politics of North Korea|Korea, North]] - [[Politics of South Korea|Korea, South]] -...
    44: ...cs of Latvia|Latvia]] - [[Politics of Lebanon|Lebanon]] - [[Politics of Lesotho|Lesotho]] - [[Politics...
    50: ...Northern Mariana Islands]] - [[Politics of Norway|Norway]]
16. Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
    1: ...ndígena]]''' (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in [[Venezuela]], commemorate the same event.
    4: ...|USA]] was held by the [[Tammany Society]], also known as the Colombian Order, in [[New York]] on [[Oc...
    6: ...]] in 1905, and in 1937, President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] set aside Columbus Day as a holiday i...
    8: ...n this day, as are [[government]] offices. It is not, however, recognized by most private American em...
    11: ... was first celebrated in [[Argentina]] in 1917, [[Venezuela]] in 1921, [[Chile]] in 1923, and [[Mexico]] in 1...
17. Boto (5572 bytes)
    14: ...axobox_section_binomial_simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Inia geoffrensis}}
    17: ...]. It is endemic to the [[Amazon River]] and [[Orinoco River]] systems. The Boto is the largest of the...
    22: ==Taxonomy==
    30: :''I.g. humboldtiana'' - Orinoco basin population
    36: ...with body size and are curved back. The boto does not have a [[dorsal fin]], though a bumpy raised rid...
18. Anaconda (3939 bytes)
    18: Two species are well-known:
    20: ...in Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, northern Bolivia, northeast Peru, Guyana, and Trinidad.
    22: ...n Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, western Brazil, and northeast Argentina.
    24: The third lesser known species is:
    26: ...Anaconda''' (''Eunectes deschauenseei'') found in northeast Brazil.
19. Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
    3: ...or League Baseball]] team based in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[A...
    5: ...], as the [[Sioux City, Iowa]] franchise in the minor [[Western League (U.S. baseball)|Western League]...
    6: :''Formerly known as:'' Sioux City Cornhuskers, 1894. St. Paul, ...
    7: ...llular Field]], Chicago. (This park, originally known as New Comiskey Park, was opened in 1991; the o...
    10: :''Wild Card titles won'' (0): ''none''
20. Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
    5: :'''Founded:''' [[1883]], as a member of the minor Inter-State League. The team moved up to the [[...
    6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Brooklyn Dodgers, [[1932]] to [[1957]],...
    7: ...ed a number of nicknames to the club. They were known in various newspapers, and at various times, as...
    23: ...llowed, when the ''Superbas'', as they were then known won two successive pennats under [[Ned Hanlon]]...
    25: ...and keep it in the borough. Ebbets' ambition did not stop at owning the team. He desired to replace ...

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