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  1. Space exploration (14877 bytes)
    28: ...rt being the China Aerospace Corp. China became only the third country on Earth to send a human into ...
    47: ...ons on [[October 1]], [[1958]], NASA consisted mainly of the four laboratories and some 8,000 employee...
    153: ...2]]; However, [[Vostok 3]] and [[Vostok 4]] were only within five kilometers of one another, and were ...
    191: ...ht, [[April 12]] [[1981]]. The first (and so far only) automatic reusable spacecraft was [[Buran]], la...
    194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}}
  2. Cave (10592 bytes)
    49: ... Free-tailed Bat]], are trogloxenes, and are commonly found in caves, but forage outside of the caves....
    58: ...States|USA]]) at 579km in length. This record is unlikely to be surpassed in the near future as the ne...
    76: {{Commons|Cave|Cave}}
  3. Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
    59: ...ear the borderlands, the [[Armenians]] being the only sizeable one.
    78: ...he western half of the empire, but at best could only demand tribute from the eastern half. [[Theodosi...
    84: ... in [[751]], leaving the Byzantines with control only of small areas around the toe and heel of Italy.
    104: ...ly in 1071, and the [[Seljuk Turks]], who were mainly interested in defeating [[Egypt]] under the [[Fa...
    118: ...re appealed to the west for help, but they would only consider sending aid in return for reuniting the...
  4. Castle (27805 bytes)
    8: Castles were built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive weapon, bu...
    46: ...ayeux Tapestry]], and was then familiar on the mainland of western [[Europe]].
    52: ...where they found a natural rock stronghold which only needed adaptation, as at Clifford, Ludlow, the P...
    55: ...of which defied the [[battering ram]], and could only be undermined at the cost of much time and labou...
    59: ...ame merely the last refuge of the garrison, used only when all else had been captured. Indeed the keep...
  5. Tree (23723 bytes)
    11: ...rous]] Period; tree ferns still survive, but the only surviving horsetails are not of tree form. Later...
    16: ...wig]]s and [[leaf|leaves]]. Tree stems consist mainly of support and transport tissues ([[xylem]] and ...
    18: ... immediately under the bark. Endogenous trees, mainly in the [[monocotyledon]]s (e.g. [[palm tree|palm...
    20: ...th ring]]s. In temperate climates, these are commonly visible due to changes in the rate of growth wit...
    22: ...he branches optimizes exposure of the leaves to sunlight.
  6. Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
    40: ...Sarracenia'' is the pitcher plant genus most commonly encountered in cultivation, and
    104: bending 180° in only a minute or so. Sundews are extremely cosmopolit...
    105: ...e continents except the [[Antarctica|Antarctic mainland]]. They are probably at their
    125: There are only two snap-traps, which are believed to have had a...
    162: ...ge:Genlisearepens1web.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Genlisea]]'': carnivorous plants still need to attract...
  7. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    18: ... died before doing so, and Francis was left with only a fifth of that money. Having started with insu...
    35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
    107: ...t.library.adelaide.edu.au/aut/bacon_francis.html Online editions of Bacon's works]
  8. Socrates (7975 bytes)
    7: ...is time engaged in conversation. However, it is unlikely that Socrates was able to live off of family...
    11: ... led Socrates to the conclusion that he was wise only in so far as he ''knew'' he knew nothing and str...
    25: :''False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul wit...
    27: ... rest of your lives you might continue sleeping, unless the god caring for you should send you another...
    37: {{commons|Socrates}}
  9. Mars (27704 bytes)
    8: ... a quarter the surface area of the [[Earth]] and only one-tenth the [[mass]] (though its surface area ...
    11: ... is thin: the [[air pressure]] on the surface is only 750 [[pascal]]s, about 0.75 percent of the avera...
    22: ... mineral [[goethite]], which (unlike hematite) ''only'' forms in the presence of water, along with oth...
    31: ...[[Mount Everest]] and the [[Mariana Trench]]) is only 19.7 km. Combined with the planets' different ra...
    44: ... belief by some that life existed on Mars, due mainly to observations by [[Percival Lowell]] of [[Mart...
  10. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    22: ...nd, found no trace of the colonists, discovering only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree....
    29: ... a harvest, named the winter the Starving Times. Only a third of the colonists survived the first wint...
    37: ...]]s out of the far-flung tobacco planters. Thus, unlike in [[Puritanism|Puritan]] New England, there w...
    49: ... later relocated to [[Plymouth Colony]] on the mainland, establishing that settlement on [[December 21...
    51: ...ing of [[1621]]. Later that year, the colonists enlisted the aid of [[Squanto]] and [[Samoset]], two ...
  11. Christianity (47078 bytes)
    14: ...generally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to enter into [[hea...
    45: ... organization the Christian church had to deal mainly with occasional, but sometimes severe persecutio...
    54: This was only the first of several [[ecumenical council|ecumen...
    58: ...us Christus]]'' (Christ alone—is Jesus the only mediator between humanity and God, or do the Chu...
    62: ... governed by avowed [[atheism|atheist]]s, though only [[Albania]] was officially atheistic. Adherents ...
  12. Allspice (3832 bytes)
    3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
    28: ... during cooking and then removed before serving. Unlike bay leaves, they lose much flavour when dried ...
    31: ...arations and [[curry powder]]s. Allspice is commonly used in Great Britain and appears in many dishes...
  13. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    40:
    59: At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle was only a [[colonel]], having encountered hostility from...
    61: ...n armour to retreat at [[Caumont]]. This was the only significant tactical success the French gained a...
    69: ...ure the spirit of de Gaulle's position. Although only few people actually heard the speech that night ...
    75: ...his partners in the war. "France has no friends, only interests" is one of his best-remembered stateme...
  14. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    16: ... accuracy obtainable. He was able to improve and enlarge the existing instruments, and construct entir...
    27: ...a nobleman and a commoner woman lived together openly as husband and wife, and she wore the keys to th...
    53: ...philosophy and Scripture, and could be discussed only as a computational convenience that had no conne...
    60: ...ications on the principle that the [[planets|heavenly bodies]] undoubtedly influenced (yet did not det...
    65: ...n the grounds of correspondences between the heavenly bodies, terrestrial substances (metals, stones e...
  15. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
    27: ...g controversial political matters freely. It is unlikely that More, a devout and conservative Christi...
    36: ...mbrace the Protestant teaching that the Pope was only the [[Bishop of Rome]] and therefore had no auth...
    39: ...that the marriage of Henry to Catherine had been unlawful. But as Henry began to deny the authority o...
    48: ...d of the church. This testimony was almost certainly false, but on the strength of it the jury voted ...
  16. French Revolution (36529 bytes)
    8: ...d come under the influence of the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as p...
    10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of th...
    14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
    25: ... refused to endorse his measures, insisting that only a truly representative body &mdash; preferably t...
    27: ...sed his position not to propose new reforms, but only to prepare for the meeting of the nation's repre...
  17. Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
    28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
    32: ...eem to fly more readily than the females. Adults only live for a few months feeding on [[nectar]] and ...
  18. Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
    17: ...Amazon River]]. Some immature birds may stray to inland freshwater lakes. After nesting, [[North Ameri...
    34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}}
  19. Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
    7: ...f the federal government. The Congress, however, only possesses those powers enumerated in the Constit...
    15: ...wo-year terms from [[Congressional district]]s. Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known ...
    17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
    64: ... a judge or court before being imprisoned &mdash;unless necessary in time of rebellion or invasion
    65: * Pass laws that condemn persons for crimes or unlawful acts without a trial ([[attainder]])
  20. United States Senate (35505 bytes)
    25: ...olutions censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator ...
    30: ...ittees, and have more staffers. The prestige commonly associated with the Senate is reflected by the b...
    42: ...presides over very few Senate debates, attending only on important ceremonial occasions (such as the s...
    52: Senate procedure depends not only on the rules, but also on a variety of customs a...
    54: ...Senate, a quorum is always assumed to be present unless a [[quorum call]] explicitly demonstrates othe...

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