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  1. Togo (15373 bytes)
    11: | ([[Flag of Togo|In Detail]])
    31: ... by area|Ranked 122nd]] <br> 56,785 [[square kilometre|km&sup2;]] <br> 4.2
    34: ...ies by population|Ranked 106th]]<br> 5,556,812 ([[2002]])<br> 98/km&sup2;
    48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
    57: ...ied by French and British forces. Togo was split between the British and the French by League of Natio...
  2. Angola (15614 bytes)
    42: ...me_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |
    43: utc_offset = +1 |
    45: utc_offset_DST = +1 |
    61: ...ost for anti-Portuguese states. In 1648 Portugal retook Luanda and initiated a process of military con...
    63: ...acional de Liberta磯 de Angola'', FNLA), with an ethnic base in the Bakongo region of the north and l...
  3. Zambia (24496 bytes)
    39: ...me_zone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |
    40: utc_offset = +2 |
    42: utc_offset_DST = +2 |
    49: ...n the [[15th century]], with the greatest influx between the late [[17th century|17th]] and early [[19...
    51: ... centuries. After the mid-19th century, it was penetrated by Western explorers, missionaries, and trad...
  4. Spain (36498 bytes)
    42: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<sup>3</sup> |
    43: utc_offset = +1 |
    45: utc_offset_DST = +2 |
    48: ...up>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|Spanish Peseta]]<br><sup>3</sup> Except in the Canary Islands, ...
    58: ...e [[Iberian peninsula]] through the Pyrenees and settled throughout the peninsula, becoming the [[Celt...
  5. Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
    10: ... width="140px" | ([[Flag of Equatorial Guinea|In Detail]])
    33: ...y area|Ranked 141st]] <br /> 28,051 [[square kilometre|km&sup2;]] <br /> Negligible
    61: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
    72: ...eaties and calling legislative elections. Obiang retains his role as commander in chief of the armed f...
    74: ...mber 15]], [[2002]] [http://allafrica.com/stories/200212160112.html], Equatorial Guinea's four main oppo...
  6. Feather (5296 bytes)
    5: ...umage weighs two or three times more than its skeleton.
    17: ...in (when missing before birth) that causes bird feet to stay webbed, causes reptile scales to become f...
    22: ...deinonychosauria]]ns or [[dromaeosaurid]]s, not whether birds are dinosaurs. It has been suggested tha...
    25: ...class [[bedding]], especially [[pillow]]s, [[blanket]]s, and [[mattress]]es. They are also used as fil...
  7. Odonata (3722 bytes)
    2: ...mage | image = [[Image:Dragonfly3.jpg|250px|[[Orthetrum cancellatum]]]]
    3: | caption = Dragonfly, ''Orthetrum cancellatum''}}
    15: ...pic=TSN&search_value=101593 ITIS 101593]<br>as of 2002-07-26
    20: ...e face. In damselflies, there is typically a gap between the eyes.
    25: ...are laid in water or on vegetation near water or wet places, and hatch to produce [[Nymph (biology)|ny...
  8. James Watt (5070 bytes)
    5: ...England]]. He was a key member of the [[Lunar Society]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Centra...
    9: ...hematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Glasgow]]
    30: ...ral other things, not least a copying device for letters.
    38: He is also remembered by the [[Lunar Society Moonstones|Moonstones]], two individual statues,...
    44: There are over 50 roads or streets named after him, in the UK.
  9. Cotton (7876 bytes)
    4: ... twisted, ribbon-like shapes and become kinked together and interlocked. This interlocked form is idea...
    13: ...s to feed when they are hungry.". This aspect is retained in the name for cotton in many European lang...
    26: ...vely bred so that each plant grows more fiber. In 2002, cotton was grown on 330,000 km&sup2; of farmland...
    30: ... regions where it is too windy to grow picker varieties of cotton and generally used after the applica...
    54: ...n to the textile industry, cotton is used in fishnets, coffee filters, tents and in bookbinding. The f...
  10. Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
    9: ...ost widely accepted estimate for its date of completion is [[26th century BC|2580 BC]]; it is the olde...
    11: ...Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]], and a few hundred metres further southwest is the [[Pyramid of Menkaure...
    15: ...l Cubits]] tall ([[1 E2 m|146.5 metres]] or 481 feet), but due to [[erosion]] and the theft of its top...
    17: ...These alignments are based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyramid rise at an angl...
    22: ...volume. When originally built, the pyramid had inset facing blocks (casing stones) of polished limesto...
  11. Mesa Community College (845 bytes)
    1: ...n [[1968]], and is particularly known for its competitive [[EMT|emergency medical technician]] program...
    13: In addition, MCC offers classes over the Internet.
  12. Alaska (24727 bytes)
    52: ...st of U.S. state flowers|State flower]]'''||[[Forget-me-not]]<br />(''Myosotis alpestris'')
    69: ...laska became populated by the [[Inuit]] and a variety of [[Native American]] groups. Most, if not all,...
    73: ...e name was changed to the Department of Alaska. Between 1884 and 1912 it was called the district of A...
    85: ... United States|Lower 48]] states, Alaska would stretch from [[Minnesota]] to [[Texas]], and from [[Cal...
    88: ...outhern coastal region with towns, cities, and [[petroleum]] industrial plants;
  13. Arizona (24367 bytes)
    16: Governor = [[Janet Napolitano]] |
    61: Fossil = [[Petrified wood]] |
    62: StateRock = [[Petrified wood]] |
    87: Historians disagree about the [[etymology|origin]] of the name "Arizona" and its att...
    98: ...Arizona|Heber]], and many other Arizona towns to settle there.
  14. Florida (24937 bytes)
    43: ...e Spanish and [[France|French]] both established settlements in Florida, with varying degrees of succe...
    49: ...]], leaving the state approximately evenly split between the two parties. Despite this demographic par...
    51: ...e and heavily associated with the [[good ol' boy network]].
    56: ...es on top of that, so sales taxes vary by county between 6 and 7.5 percent. The state [[use tax]] is 6...
    68: At 345 feet (105 metres) above [[sea level]], [[Britton Hill]] is the ...
  15. Hawaii (34434 bytes)
    39: ...lows, most notably from [[Kilauea|K&#299;lauea]]. Ethnically, it is the only state that does not have ...
    46: ...ehameha III meaning, "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness." It was also the motto of...
    51: Nineteen islands and atolls extending across a distance...
    56: ...ount Waialeale|Mount Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale]] the wettest place on earth; it averages 11.7 m (460 in) o...
    64: .... Local chiefs called [[alii|alii]] ruled their settlements and fought to extend their sway and defen...
  16. Idaho (13962 bytes)
    48: ... town in Idaho was [[Franklin, Idaho|Franklin]], settled in [[1860]] by [[Mormon]] pioneers. When org...
    50: ... [[1861]] discovery of gold in Idaho and the completion of the transcontinental railway in [[1869]] br...
    52: ...daho, since the 1970s, devoted primarily to LaserJet printers.[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar04...
    55: In 2002 the Aryan Nations compound, which had been locate...
    59: ...arty (United States)|Republican]]), re-elected in 2002.
  17. Louisiana (26375 bytes)
    41: ...erse)<br>[[Image:Louisiana quarter, reverse side, 2002.jpg|150px|Louisiana State Quarter]]
    52: ...siana in the parishes of Vermilion, Cameron, Lafayette, Acadia, Jefferson Davis, and Calcasieu.
    60: ...ce|Louis XIV]] in [[1682]]. The first permanent settlement was founded by [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Ibervil...
    62: ...ar north as [[Peoria, Illinois]] and a number of settlements in the area around near present-day [[Sai...
    68: ...ir way to Louisiana following British expulsion; settling largely in the southwestern bayous, they bec...
  18. Maine (17312 bytes)
    38: ...ting both states into the union kept the balance between [[slave]] and free states. Maine's original c...
    49: ...] candidate won nine percent of the vote in the [[2002]] gubernatorial election, more than in any electi...
    53: ...lude [[James Blaine]], [[Edmund Muskie]], [[Margaret Chase Smith]], [[William Cohen]], [[George J. Mit...
    74: ...to the sea has been aptly summed up by American poetess [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]] of Rockland and Ca...
    81: ... the case of Maine there has been a partially offsetting rise in land also, due to the melting of heav...
  19. Maryland (22654 bytes)
    41: ...]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henrietta Maria]], Queen Consort of Charles I.
    43: ... as it was [[Christianity|Christian]]), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the [[First Amendment]...
    45: ...Mason-Dixon line]] which would form the boundary between their two colonies.
    47: ... revolted against the proprietary government and set up a new government that outlawed both Catholicis...
    55: ...ion]]. A [[constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] was held during 1...
  20. Washington (20186 bytes)
    45: ...d the land and missionaries such as the Whitmans settled there.
    47: ...as by [[Spain|Spanish]] Captain [[Don Bruno de Heceta]] in [[1775]] on board the ''Santiago'', part of...
    55: ...the [[Northern Pacific]] railroad line reached Puget Sound, linking the region to the other states. Du...
    59: ...e]] produced dense forests and the ports along Puget Sound prospered from the manufacturing and shippi...
    63: ...p-building industry. The region around eastern Puget Sound developed heavy industry during the period ...

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