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Physella acuta Physella acuta, also known as the European physa, ...

2026-05-28T18:03:46Z

Physella acuta

Physella acuta, also known as the European physa, tadpole snail, sewage snail, bladder snail, or acute bladder snail, is a species of small, air-breathing freshwater snail of the family Physidae. It originates from North America and was first described in 1805 by Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud based on a specimen found in France. Like other physids, P. acuta presents a sinistral (left-coiling) shell as well as a unique set of muscles called the physid musculature that allows it to rapidly twist the shell as a defence mechanism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physella_acuta

Sally Ride Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and ...

2026-05-26T18:03:30Z

Sally Ride

Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride

Golden Bough (Aeneid) The Golden Bough is a fantastical object ...

2026-05-12T18:38:47Z

Golden Bough (Aeneid)

The Golden Bough is a fantastical object described in the Aeneid, an epic poem by the Roman poet Virgil composed between 29 and 19 BCE narrating the adventures of the Trojan hero Aeneas after the Trojan War. The episode of the Golden Bough is found in its sixth book and is part of Aeneas's journey into the Underworld. The bough itself acts as proof of Aeneas's divine favour, and allows him to pass into the Underworld. He is directed to find it in an expansive forest, which he accomplishes with the aid of his mother, the goddess Venus, and to remove it from its host tree. Although Aeneas has been told that it will come easily – if his journey is ordained by fate – Virgil describes the bough as briefly hesitating before he takes it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Bough_(Aeneid)

Ben&Ben Ben&Ben is a Filipino indie folk-pop band from ...

2026-05-10T18:37:39Z

Ben&Ben

Ben&Ben is a Filipino indie folk-pop band from Manila. They were formed in 2016 by twin brothers Paolo and Miguel Benjamin Guico, calling themselves The Benjamins. A year later, they expanded into an ensemble and settled on the current name, adding Poch Barretto, Keifer Cabugao (violin), Patricia Lasaten (keyboards), Toni Muñoz (percussion), Andrew de Pano (percussion), Agnes Reoma, and Jam Villanueva (drums). The band's musical style has garnered praise for its anthemic quality and emotional engagement that appeals to a broad audience, while their lyrics focus on subjects including loss, heartbreak and relationships, and the journey towards self-love.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%26Ben

First Treaty of London The First Treaty of London, also known as ...

2026-05-08T18:36:32Z

First Treaty of London

The First Treaty of London, also known as the Treaty of Windsor, was formally agreed on 8 May 1358 at Windsor Castle in England. Its terms ended the then 21-year-old Anglo-French conflict now known as the Hundred Years' War. It was sealed by Kings Edward III of England and John II of France; the latter was a prisoner in England, having been captured with much of his council at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Treaty_of_London

This Side of the Moon This Side of the Moon is the third studio ...

2026-04-28T18:31:00Z

This Side of the Moon

This Side of the Moon is the third studio album by American singer Elizabeth Cook, released on May 17, 2005, by Hog Country Production. Cook based the album on her experience with Warner Bros. Records, which had released her second studio album, Hey Y'all, in 2002. Initially signed to AOL-Time Warner, she was transferred to Warner Bros. and experienced problems with the label, including an album delay. Hey Y'all was commercially unsuccessful and was not heavily promoted; its songs were not played on country radio. Cook voluntarily left Warner Bros. in 2003, and used her disappointment working in Nashville's Music Row as inspiration for her follow-up album.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_the_Moon

Henry Darger Henry Joseph Darger Jr. was an American janitor and ...

2026-04-12T15:41:03Z

Henry Darger

Henry Joseph Darger Jr. was an American janitor and hospital worker who became known after his death for his immense body of visual art and literature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darger

Arthur Sullivan Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was an English ...

2026-03-21T15:31:59Z

Arthur Sullivan

Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was an English composer. He is best known for 14 comic opera collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. His hymns and songs include "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Sullivan

2021 Masters (snooker) The 2021 Masters was a professional ...

2026-01-10T23:00:07Z

2021 Masters (snooker)

The 2021 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 17 January 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It was the 47th staging of the Masters tournament, which was first held in 1975, and the second of three Triple Crown events in the 2020–21 season, following the 2020 UK Championship and preceding the 2021 World Snooker Championship. The top sixteen players from the snooker world rankings were invited to compete in a knockout tournament. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association organised the tournament, which was broadcast by the BBC and Eurosport in Europe. The event was sponsored by sports betting company Betfred. It was played behind closed doors because of COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom. Two players, world number one Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski, withdrew from the event after testing positive for COVID-19.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Masters_(snooker)

Political philosophy Political philosophy is the study of the ...

2026-01-09T23:00:08Z

Political philosophy

Political philosophy is the study of the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. The field investigates different forms of government, ranging from democracy to authoritarianism, as well as the values guiding political action, such as justice, equality, and liberty. As a normative field, political philosophy focuses on prescriptive principles about how political arrangements ought to be structured, in contrast to political science, which primarily emphasizes empirical description and analysis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_philosophy

Yamato-class battleship The Yamato-class battleships were two ...

2026-01-08T23:00:08Z

Yamato-class battleship

The Yamato-class battleships were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Yamato and Musashi, laid down leading up to the Second World War and completed as designed. A third hull, laid down in 1940, was converted to the aircraft carrier Shinano during construction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato-class_battleship

Yoshi's New Island Yoshi's New Island is a 2014 platform ...

2026-01-07T23:00:17Z

Yoshi's New Island

Yoshi's New Island is a 2014 platform game developed by Arzest and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The third installment in the Yoshi's Island series, it is set between the events of Yoshi's Island (1995) and Yoshi's Island DS (2006). The game was released in Europe, North America, and Australia in March 2014 and in Japan in July 2014.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi's_New_Island

New England Revolution in international competition The New ...

2026-01-06T23:00:10Z

New England Revolution in international competition

The New England Revolution is an American soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that has competed in Major League Soccer since the league's first season in 1996. The club has taken part five times in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, which was known as the CONCACAF Champions League between 2008 and 2023. Their best result is the quarterfinals, which they have reached on three occasions. In 2008, the team lost to Joe Public F.C., marking the first time an MLS side had lost to a Caribbean one. In 2022, they lost to Pumas UNAM in a penalty shootout after winning the first leg 3–0, which was only the second time in the tournament's history that a team failed to advance after securing that scoreline in the first match.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Revolution_in_international_competition

Poisoning of Margaret Warden In September 1826, Margaret Warden, ...

2026-01-05T23:00:06Z

Poisoning of Margaret Warden

In September 1826, Margaret Warden, a servant girl living near Dundee, Scotland, died of arsenic poisoning. She was pregnant at the time of her death; the father was George Smith, the son of Warden's employers, Mary and David Smith. The attending doctor initially thought Warden died of cholera, but rumours of poisoning soon spread and she was exhumed. Her stomach contents were tested; arsenic was found, and Mary Smith was committed in October for trial in Edinburgh for her murder. Her defence advocates called nearly fifty witnesses, and the trial was delayed twice to allow the prosecution time to prepare. When the trial began on 5 February, the illness of a juror led to the trial being restarted on 19 February with a new jury.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Margaret_Warden

Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England The remains of ...

2026-01-04T23:00:08Z

Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England

The remains of Richard III, the last English king killed in battle and last king of the House of York, were discovered within the site of the former Greyfriars Friary in Leicester, England, in September 2012. Following extensive anthropological and genetic testing, the remains were reinterred at Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhumation_and_reburial_of_Richard_III_of_England

Tseax Cone Tseax Cone is a small volcano in the Nass Ranges of ...

2026-01-03T23:00:17Z

Tseax Cone

Tseax Cone is a small volcano in the Nass Ranges of the Hazelton Mountains in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 609 metres and lies within an east–west valley through which a tributary of the Tseax River flows. The volcano consists of two nested structures and was the source of four lava flows that descended into neighbouring valleys. A secondary eruptive centre lies just north of Tseax Cone on the opposite side of Melita Lake. It probably formed simultaneously with Tseax Cone, but the timing of volcanism at the two eruptive centres is not precisely known; both were formed by volcanic activity sometime in the last 800 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tseax_Cone

Ann Cook (cookery book writer) Ann H. Cook was an English cookery ...

2026-01-02T23:00:13Z

Ann Cook (cookery book writer)

Ann H. Cook was an English cookery book writer and innkeeper. In 1754 she published Professed Cookery, which went on to two further editions in her lifetime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Cook_(cookery_book_writer)

Tarrare Tarrare, sometimes spelt Tarar, was a French showman, ...

2025-12-31T23:00:09Z

Tarrare

Tarrare, sometimes spelt Tarar, was a French showman, soldier, and spy noted for his unusual appetite and eating habits. Able to eat vast amounts of meat, he was constantly hungry; his parents could not provide for him and he was turned out of the family home as a teenager. He travelled around France in the company of a band of prostitutes and thieves before becoming the warm-up act for a travelling charlatan. In this act, he swallowed corks, stones, live animals, and a whole basketful of apples. He then took this act to Paris where he worked as a street performer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare

Tarrare Tarrare, sometimes spelt Tarar, was a French showman, ...

2025-12-31T20:13:27Z

Tarrare Tarrare, sometimes spelt Tarar, was a French showman, ...

2025-12-31T19:13:16Z

William Anderson (RAAF officer) Air Vice-Marshal William Hopton ...

2025-12-30T23:00:23Z

William Anderson (RAAF officer)

Air Vice-Marshal William Hopton Anderson was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He flew with the Australian Flying Corps in World War I, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Belgian Croix de guerre for his combat service with No. 3 Squadron on the Western Front in 1917. The following year he took command of No. 7 (Training) Squadron and, later, No. 3 Squadron. Anderson led the Australian Air Corps during its brief existence in 1920–21, before joining the fledgling RAAF. The service's third most-senior officer, he primarily held posts on the Australian Air Board in the inter-war years. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1934, and promoted to air commodore in 1938.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anderson_(RAAF_officer)

Hearst Tower (Manhattan) The Hearst Tower is a skyscraper at the ...

2025-12-29T23:00:19Z

Hearst Tower (Manhattan) The Hearst Tower is a skyscraper at the ...

2025-12-29T19:21:49Z

Hearst Tower (Manhattan)

The Hearst Tower is a skyscraper at the southwest corner of 57th Street and Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States. It is the world headquarters of media conglomerate Hearst Communications, housing many of the firm's publications and communications companies. The Hearst Tower consists of two sections, with a total height of 597 feet (182 m) and 46 stories. The six lowest stories form the Hearst Magazine Building, designed by Joseph Urban and George B. Post & Sons, which was completed in 1928. Above it is the Hearst Tower addition, designed by Norman Foster and finished in 2006.
The building's main entrance is on Eighth Avenue. The original structure is clad with stone and contains six pylons with sculptural groups. The tower section above has a glass-and-metal facade arranged as a diagrid, or diagonal grid, which doubles as its structural system. The original office space in the Hearst Magazine Building was replaced with an atrium during the Hearst Tower's construction. The tower is certified as a green building as part of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Tower_(Manhattan)

Moltke-class battlecruiser The Moltke class was a class of two ...

2025-12-28T23:00:36Z

Moltke-class battlecruiser

The Moltke class was a class of two "all-big-gun" battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy built between 1909 and 1911. Named SMS Moltke and SMS Goeben, they were similar to the previous battlecruiser Von der Tann, but the newer design featured several incremental improvements. The Moltkes were slightly larger, faster, and better armored, and had an additional pair of 28 cm (11 in) guns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moltke-class_battlecruiser

Moltke-class battlecruiser The Moltke class was a class of two ...

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Moltke-class battlecruiser

The Moltke class was a class of two "all-big-gun" battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy built between 1909–1911. Named SMS Moltke and SMS Goeben, they were similar to the previous battlecruiser Von der Tann, but the newer design featured several incremental improvements. The Moltkes were slightly larger, faster, and better armored, and had an additional pair of 28 cm (11 in) guns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moltke-class_battlecruiser

Trichogenes claviger Trichogenes claviger, also known as the ...

2025-12-27T23:00:12Z

Trichogenes claviger

Trichogenes claviger, also known as the Caetés catfish, is a critically endangered species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil catfishes. This species is endemic to streams in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. It was discovered early in 2010 and scientifically described later that year. One of three species within the genus Trichogenes, it is restricted to an area of 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi) in the Caetés forest, a mountainous area in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. When discovered, the rainforest in which it occurs was unprotected and threatened by deforestation. A private nature reserve has since been established, allowing visitors to see the fish in its habitat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichogenes_claviger

1937–38 Gillingham F.C. season During the 1937–38 English ...

2025-12-26T23:00:09Z

1937–38 Gillingham F.C. season

During the 1937–38 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division South, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 18th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League. The team won only three times in nineteen Football League matches between August and December; in November and December they played six league games and lost every one without scoring a goal, leaving them bottom of the division at the end of 1937. Although Gillingham's performances improved in the second half of the season, with seven wins between January and May, they remained in last place at the end of the season, meaning that the club was required to apply for re-election to the League. The application was rejected, and as a result the club lost its place in the Football League and joined the regional Southern League.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_Gillingham_F.C._season

1937–38 Gillingham F.C. season During the 1937–38 English ...

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A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost ...

2025-12-25T23:00:12Z

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. In the process, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol

Tufted jay The tufted jay, also known as the painted jay and ...

2025-12-24T23:00:31Z

Tufted jay

The tufted jay, also known as the painted jay and Dickey's jay, is a species of bird in the crow family Corvidae. It is endemic to a small area of the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Durango, and Nayarit. A distinctive large jay, it has a prominent dark crest on its head; purplish blue back, wings, and face; a white spot above the eye and on the cheek; white undersides; and a partially white tail. Its typical call is a quick, four-note vocalization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufted_jay

Melaka Fray Melaka Fray is a fictional character in the Buffy the ...

2025-12-23T23:00:18Z

Melaka Fray

Melaka Fray is a fictional character in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics published by Dark Horse Comics. She debuts in the first issue of Fray (2001), a limited series in a shared universe with the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Living in the 23rd century, Melaka is a professional thief who learns that she is a Slayer destined to fight supernatural foes. She has a Slayer's physical powers, while her twin brother Harth inherited their prophetic dreams. Melaka discovers that Harth, who she believed was dead, has become a vampire intent on bringing demons back to Earth's dimension. After stopping his plan, she remains a thief, but chooses to protect others as well. In Tales of the Slayers, she connects with her heritage by reading journals about past Slayers. Melaka reappears in the canonical comic book continuation of the television series, meeting the 21st-century Slayer Buffy Summers in Season Eight and helping her defeat Harth in Season Twelve.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaka_Fray

Algemeyne Entsiklopedye The Algemeyne Entsiklopedye is a ...

2025-12-22T23:00:16Z

Algemeyne Entsiklopedye

The Algemeyne Entsiklopedye is a Yiddish-language encyclopedia published in twelve volumes from 1934 to 1966. It is divided into two subseries: five volumes of the Normale series, covering general knowledge, and six volumes of the Yidn series covering Jewish history and culture through a series of essays. The encyclopedia's early volumes emphasize leftist history and politics, although the project shifted in tone in response to Nazi persecution, and became increasingly focused on covering Jewish topics. After the destruction of Jewish communities throughout Europe—the encyclopedia's main audience—in the Holocaust, it transformed from a general-purpose resource into an effort to commemorate what was lost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algemeyne_Entsiklopedye

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces The Rhodesian ...

2025-12-21T23:00:33Z

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces

The Rhodesian government actively recruited white personnel from other countries from the mid-1970s until 1980 to address manpower shortages in the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. It is estimated that between 800 and 2,000 foreign volunteers enlisted. The issue attracted a degree of controversy as Rhodesia was the subject of international sanctions that banned military assistance due to its unilateral declaration of independence and the control that the small white minority exerted over the country. The volunteers were often labelled as mercenaries by opponents of the Rhodesian regime, though the Rhodesian government did not regard or pay them as such.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_volunteers_in_the_Rhodesian_Security_Forces

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces The Rhodesian ...

2025-12-21T14:06:40Z

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces

The Rhodesian government actively recruited white personnel from other countries from the mid-1970s until 1980 to address manpower shortages in the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. It is estimated that between 800 and 2,000 foreign volunteers enlisted. The issue attracted a degree of controversy as Rhodesia was the subject of international sanctions that banned military assistance due to its illegal declaration of independence and the control that the small white minority exerted over the country. The volunteers were often labelled as mercenaries by opponents of the Rhodesian regime, though the Rhodesian government did not regard or pay them as such.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_volunteers_in_the_Rhodesian_Security_Forces

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces The Rhodesian ...

2025-12-21T14:00:29Z

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces

The Rhodesian government actively recruited white personnel from other countries from the mid-1970s until 1980 to address manpower shortages in the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. It is estimated that between 800 and 2,000 foreign volunteers enlisted. The issue attracted a degree of controversy as Rhodesia was the subject of international sanctions that banned military assistance due to its illegal declaration of independence and the control that the small white minority exerted over the country. The volunteers were often labelled as mercenaries by opponents of the Rhodesian regime, though the Rhodesian government did not regard or pay them as such.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_volunteers_in_the_Rhodesian_Security_Forces

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces The Rhodesian ...

2025-12-21T13:22:08Z

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces

The Rhodesian government actively recruited white personnel from other countries from the mid-1970s until 1980 to address manpower shortages in the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. It is estimated that between 800 and 2,000 foreign volunteers enlisted. The issue attracted a degree of controversy as Rhodesia was the subject of international sanctions that banned military assistance due to its illegal declaration of independence and the control that the small white minority exerted over the country. The volunteers were often labelled as mercenaries by opponents of the Rhodesian regime, though the Rhodesian government did not regard or pay them as such.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_volunteers_in_the_Rhodesian_Security_Forces

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces The Rhodesian ...

2025-12-21T11:34:01Z

Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces

The Rhodesian government actively recruited white personnel from other countries from the mid-1970s until 1980 to address manpower shortages in the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. It is estimated that between 800 and 2,000 foreign volunteers enlisted. The issue attracted a degree of controversy as Rhodesia was the subject of international sanctions that banned military assistance due to its illegal declaration of independence and the control that the small white minority exerted over the country. The volunteers were often labelled as mercenaries by opponents of the Rhodesian regime, though the Rhodesian government did not regard or pay them as such.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_volunteers_in_the_Rhodesian_Security_Forces

Battle of Bronkhorstspruit The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the ...

2025-12-20T23:00:11Z

Battle of Bronkhorstspruit

The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river, near the town of Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot, which had several companies garrisoned in towns and villages across the wider area. The regiment's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Robert Anstruther, led a 34-wagon column consisting of roughly 250 men on a 188-mile (303 km) journey from Lydenburg back to Pretoria. A similar-sized Boer commando force, led by Francois Gerhardus Joubert, was ordered to intercept and stop the British.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bronkhorstspruit

Battle of Bronkhorstspruit The battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the ...

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Battle of Bronkhorstspruit

The battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river, near the town of Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot, which had several companies garrisoned in towns and villages across the wider area. The regiment's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Robert Anstruther, led a 34-wagon column consisting of roughly 250 men on a 188-mile (303 km) journey from Lydenburg back to Pretoria. A similar-sized Boer commando force, led by Francois Gerhardus Joubert, was ordered to intercept and stop the British.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bronkhorstspruit

The Getaway (1972 film) The Getaway is a 1972 American action ...

2025-12-19T23:00:25Z

The Getaway (1972 film)

The Getaway is a 1972 American action thriller film based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah and written by Walter Hill, and stars the husband-and-wife team of Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, along with Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, and Sally Struthers. The plot follows imprisoned mastermind robber Carter "Doc" McCoy, whose wife Carol conspires for his release on the condition they rob a bank in Texas. A double-cross follows the crime, and the McCoys are forced to flee to Mexico with the police and criminals in hot pursuit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Getaway_(1972_film)

The Getaway (1972 film) The Getaway is a 1972 American action ...

2025-12-19T07:24:35Z

The Getaway (1972 film)

The Getaway is a 1972 American action thriller film based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah and written by Walter Hill, and stars Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, and Sally Struthers. The plot follows imprisoned mastermind robber Carter "Doc" McCoy, whose wife Carol conspires for his release on the condition they rob a bank in Texas. A double-cross follows the crime, and the McCoys are forced to flee for Mexico with the police and criminals in hot pursuit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Getaway_(1972_film)

The Getaway (1972 film) The Getaway is a 1972 American action ...

2025-12-19T07:22:14Z

The Getaway (1972 film)

The Getaway is a 1972 American action thriller film based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah and written by Walter Hill, and stars Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, and Sally Struthers. The plot follows imprisoned mastermind robber Carter "Doc" McCoy, whose wife Carol conspires for his release on the condition they rob a bank in Texas. A double-cross follows the crime, and the McCoys are forced to flee for Mexico with the police and criminals in hot pursuit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Getaway_(1972_film)

The Getaway (1972 film) The Getaway is a 1972 American action ...

2025-12-19T07:10:50Z

The Getaway (1972 film)

The Getaway is a 1972 American action thriller film based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah and written by Walter Hill, and stars Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, and Sally Struthers. The plot follows imprisoned mastermind robber Carter "Doc" McCoy, whose wife Carol conspires for his release on the condition they rob a bank in Texas. A double-cross follows the crime, and the McCoys are forced to flee for Mexico with the police and criminals in hot pursuit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Getaway_(1972_film)

Caesar cipher A Caesar cipher is one of the simplest and most ...

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Caesar cipher

A Caesar cipher is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques used in cryptography. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions along the alphabet. For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on. The method is named after Julius Caesar, who used it in his private correspondence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher

Poisoning of Abbot Greenwell Around June 1447, John Greenwell, ...

2025-12-17T23:00:24Z

Poisoning of Abbot Greenwell

Around June 1447, John Greenwell, the abbot of Fountains Abbey, in Yorkshire, Northern England, was poisoned by a monk, William Downom. By the 15th century, Fountains was the richest abbey in England, and its abbot was an important figure in local political society. The first half of the century saw it wracked with internal strife, including a disputed election which had violent repercussions. Greenwell appears to have brought a degree of peace to the abbey upon his election, but he does not seem to have been popular.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Abbot_Greenwell

Littlehampton libels The Littlehampton libels were a series of ...

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Littlehampton libels

The Littlehampton libels were a series of letters sent to numerous residents of Littlehampton, in southern England, over a three-year period between 1920 and 1923. The letters, which contained obscenities and false accusations, were written by Edith Swan, a thirty-year-old laundress; she tried to incriminate her neighbour, Rose Gooding, a thirty-year-old married woman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littlehampton_libels

Simon Cameron Simon Cameron was an American businessman and ...

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Simon Cameron

Simon Cameron was an American businessman and politician who was four times elected senator from Pennsylvania, and whose involvement in politics spanned over half a century. He served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron

Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons Commander Keen in ...

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Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons

Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons is a three-part episodic side-scrolling platform video game developed by Ideas from the Deep and published by Apogee Software in 1990 for MS-DOS. It is the first set of episodes of the Commander Keen series. The game follows the titular Commander Keen, an eight-year-old child genius, as he retrieves the stolen parts of his spaceship from the cities of Mars, prevents a recently arrived alien mothership from destroying landmarks on Earth, and hunts down the leader of the aliens, the Grand Intellect, on the alien home planet. The three episodes feature Keen running, jumping, and shooting through various levels while opposed by aliens, robots, and other hazards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen_in_Invasion_of_the_Vorticons

Scott Zolak Scott David Zolak is an American broadcaster and ...

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Scott Zolak

Scott David Zolak is an American broadcaster and former professional football player. He played quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, primarily with the New England Patriots. Over the course of his career, he played in 55 games, with 7 starts, for the Patriots and Miami Dolphins, completed 124 of 248 passes for 1,314 yards, threw eight touchdowns and seven interceptions, and finished his career with a passer rating of 64.8.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Zolak

Theodosius III Theodosius III was the Byzantine emperor from c. ...

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Theodosius III

Theodosius III was the Byzantine emperor from c. May 715 to 25 March 717. Before rising to power and seizing the throne of the Byzantine Empire, he was a tax collector in Adramyttium. In 715, the Byzantine navy and the troops of the Opsician Theme, one of the Byzantine provinces, revolted against Emperor Anastasius II, acclaiming the reluctant Theodosius as emperor. Theodosius led his troops to Chrysopolis and then Constantinople, the capital, seizing the city in November 715. Anastasius did not surrender until several months later, accepting exile in a monastery in return for safety. Many themes viewed Theodosius to be a puppet of the troops of the Opsician Theme, and his legitimacy was denied by the Anatolics and the Armeniacs under their respective strategoi (generals) Leo the Isaurian and Artabasdos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_III

George Mason George Mason was an American planter, politician, ...

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George Mason

George Mason was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, where he was one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution. His writings, including substantial portions of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774, the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and his Objections to this Constitution of Government (1787) opposing ratification, have exercised a significant influence on American political thought and events. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, which Mason principally authored, served as a basis for the United States Bill of Rights, of which he has been deemed a father.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mason

Edmund Ætheling Edmund Ætheling was a son of Edmund Ironside ...

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Edmund Ætheling

Edmund Ætheling was a son of Edmund Ironside and his wife Ealdgyth. Edmund Ironside briefly ruled as king of England following the death of his father Æthelred the Unready in April 1016. Edmund Ironside died in late 1016 after a hard-fought war with Danish invader Cnut, who became king of all England shortly after.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_%C3%86theling

Macrobdella decora Macrobdella decora, also known as the North ...

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Macrobdella decora

Macrobdella decora, also known as the North American medicinal leech, is a species of leech found in much of eastern North America in freshwater habitats. M. decora is a parasite of vertebrates, including humans, and an aquatic predator of eggs, larvae, and other invertebrates. It is a medium-sized leech with a spotted greenish-brown back and a reddish or orange underbelly with black spots. It has ten ocelli, or simple eyes, arranged in a horseshoe shape, as well as three long jaws. Internally, a pharynx takes up a tenth of its digestive tract; a stomach, the majority of its body length. The stomach connects to an intestine, followed by a colon, a rectum, and finally an anus located on the leech's back. M. decora, like all leeches, is hermaphroditic, and has twenty testisacs and two ovisacs, in addition to male and female genital pores. First described by Thomas Say in 1824, the species is now placed in the genus Macrobdella. Its closest relative is believed to be the species Macrobdella diplotertia. It is not considered to be endangered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrobdella_decora

Coventry ring road The Coventry ring road, designated as the ...

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Coventry ring road

The Coventry ring road, designated as the A4053, is a 2.25-mile (3.62 km) ring road in Coventry, England, which forms a complete dual-carriageway loop around the city centre. The road encompasses the old and new Coventry Cathedrals, the city's shopping areas and much of Coventry University. With the exception of one roundabout at junction 1, the ring road's nine junctions are grade separated and closely spaced, with weaving sections between them, some as short as 300 yards (270 m), giving the road a reputation for being difficult to navigate. The junctions include connections with three other A-roads: the A4114, A4600 and A429.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_ring_road

Jefferson Davis Jefferson F. Davis was the only president of the ...

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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson F. Davis was the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States secretary of war from 1853 to 1857.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis

Raichu Raichu is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game ...

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Raichu

Raichu is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise, and the evolved form of series mascot Pikachu. First introduced in the 1996 video games Pokémon Red and Blue, it was created by Atsuko Nishida at the request of lead designer Ken Sugimori, with the design finalized by Sugimori. Since Raichu's debut, it has appeared in multiple games including Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as various merchandise. In media related to the franchise, Raichu has been voiced by various voice actors, including Kei Shindō, Fumiko Takekuma, and Casey Mongillo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raichu

Flag of Hong Kong The Regional Flag of the Hong Kong Special ...

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Flag of Hong Kong

The Regional Flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China depicts a white stylised five-petal Hong Kong orchid tree flower in the centre of a Chinese red field. Its design is enshrined in Hong Kong Basic Law, the territory's constitutional document, and regulations regarding its use, prohibition of use, desecration, and manufacture are stated in the Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Hong_Kong

Ovalipes catharus Ovalipes catharus, commonly known as the paddle ...

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Ovalipes catharus

Ovalipes catharus, commonly known as the paddle crab, swimming crab, or, in Māori, pāpaka, is a species of crab in the family Ovalipidae. It is found in shallow, sandy-bottomed waters around the coasts of New Zealand, the Chatham Islands, and uncommonly in southern Australia. O. catharus is an opportunistic, aggressive, and versatile feeder active mostly at night, preying predominantly on molluscs and crustaceans. It is also highly prone to cannibalism, which accounts for over a quarter of its diet in some locations. The crab's paddle-shaped rear legs and streamlined carapace allow it to capture prey by swimming rapidly and to escape predation by burrowing in the sand. Its mating season is in winter and spring; the male carries the female until she moults, after which the two mate and the female likely moves into deeper waters to incubate and disperse her larvae.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovalipes_catharus

SMS Pommern SMS Pommern was one of five Deutschland-class ...

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SMS Pommern

SMS Pommern was one of five Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906. Named after the Prussian province of Pomerania, she was built at the AG Vulcan yard at Stettin, Germany, where she was laid down on 22 March 1904 and launched on 2 December 1905. She was commissioned into the navy on 6 August 1907. The ship was armed with a battery of four 28 cm (11 in) guns and had a top speed of 18 knots. The ships of her class were already outdated by the time they entered service, being inferior in size, armor, firepower, and speed to the revolutionary new battleship HMS Dreadnought.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Pommern

Julio and Marisol Julio and Marisol were the protagonists in a ...

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Julio and Marisol

Julio and Marisol were the protagonists in a bilingual public-service advertising campaign that ran from 1989 to 2001 in the New York City Subway. The focus of the campaign was promoting condom use to prevent AIDS. The well-known catchphrase was a line from the first installment, in which Marisol sobs, "I love you, but not enough to die for you".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_and_Marisol

Mechanical Turk The Mechanical Turk, also known as the Automaton ...

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Mechanical Turk

The Mechanical Turk, also known as the Automaton Chess Player, or simply the Turk, was a chess-playing machine first displayed in 1770, which appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess autonomously, but whose pieces were in reality moved via levers and magnets by a chess master hidden in its lower cavity. The machine was toured and exhibited for 84 years as an automaton, and continued giving occasional exhibitions until 1854, when it was destroyed in a fire. In 1857, an article published by the owner's son provided the first full explanation of the mechanism, which had been widely suspected to be a hoax but never accurately described while the machine still existed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk

KEXP-FM KEXP-FM is a non-commercial radio station in Seattle, ...

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KEXP-FM

KEXP-FM is a non-commercial radio station in Seattle, Washington, United States, specializing in indie music programmed by its disc jockeys. KEXP's studios are located at the Seattle Center, and the transmitter is in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The station is operated by the non-profit entity Friends of KEXP, an affiliate of the University of Washington. Since March 19, 2024, KEXP-FM's programming has been rebroadcast over Alameda, California–licensed KEXC, which serves the San Francisco Bay Area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEXP-FM

Appaloosa The Appaloosa is an American horse breed best known for ...

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Appaloosa

The Appaloosa is an American horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern. There is a wide range of body types within the breed, stemming from the influence of multiple breeds of horses throughout its history. Each horse's color pattern is genetically the result of various spotting patterns overlaid on top of one of several recognized base coat colors. The color pattern of the Appaloosa is of interest to those who study equine coat color genetics, as it and several other physical characteristics are linked to the leopard complex mutation (LP). Appaloosas are prone to develop equine recurrent uveitis and congenital stationary night blindness; the latter has been linked to the leopard complex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appaloosa

Freedom from Want Freedom from Want, also known as The ...

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Freedom from Want

Freedom from Want, also known as The Thanksgiving Picture or I'll Be Home for Christmas, is the third of the Four Freedoms, a series of four oil paintings by American artist Norman Rockwell. The paintings were inspired by the Four Freedoms, a set of four goals articulated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the president of the United States, in his 1941 State of the Union address.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_from_Want

Terry Griffiths Terence Martin Griffiths was a Welsh professional ...

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Terry Griffiths

Terence Martin Griffiths was a Welsh professional snooker player, coach, and commentator. He won several amateur championships, including the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1975 and consecutive English Amateur Championship titles in 1977 and 1978, before turning professional in 1978 at the age of 30.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Griffiths

Hedonism Hedonism is a family of philosophical views that ...

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Hedonism

Hedonism is a family of philosophical views that prioritize pleasure. Psychological hedonism is the theory that all human behavior is motivated by the desire to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. As a form of egoism, it suggests that people only help others if they expect a personal benefit. Axiological hedonism is the view that pleasure is the sole source of intrinsic value. It asserts that other things, like knowledge and money, only have value insofar as they produce pleasure and reduce pain. This view divides into quantitative hedonism, which only considers the intensity and duration of pleasures, and qualitative hedonism, which identifies quality as another relevant factor. The closely related position of prudential hedonism states that pleasure and pain are the only factors of well-being. Ethical hedonism applies axiological hedonism to morality, arguing that people have a moral duty to pursue pleasure and avoid pain. Utilitarian versions assert that the goal is to increase overall happiness for everyone, whereas egoistic versions state that each person should only pursue their own pleasure. Outside the academic context, hedonism is sometimes used as a pejorative term for an egoistic lifestyle seeking short-term gratification.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism

Chagatai Khan Chagatai Khan was a son of Genghis Khan and a ...

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Chagatai Khan

Chagatai Khan was a son of Genghis Khan and a prominent figure in the early Mongol Empire. The second son of Genghis's wife Börte, Chagatai was renowned for his masterful knowledge of Mongol custom and law, which he scrupulously obeyed, and his harsh temperament. Because Genghis felt that he was too inflexible in character, most notably never accepting the legitimacy of his elder brother Jochi, he excluded Chagatai from succession to the Mongol throne. He was nevertheless a key figure in ensuring the stability of the empire after Genghis's death and during the reign of his younger brother Ögedei Khan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagatai_Khan

Yeti (Doctor Who) The Yeti are fictional robots from the ...

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Yeti (Doctor Who)

The Yeti are fictional robots from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. They were originally created by writers Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman and first appeared in the 1967 serial The Abominable Snowmen. The Yeti resemble the cryptozoological creatures also called the Yeti. In the series' fictional universe, these robot Yeti serve the Great Intelligence, a formless entity with mysterious origins, and are used by the Intelligence to aid in its invasions. Following this debut appearance, the Yeti only had one other major appearance: in the 1968 serial The Web of Fear, which depicted the Yeti being used by the Intelligence in its attempt to subjugate London using the London Underground.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeti_(Doctor_Who)

Indigenous people of the Everglades region The Indigenous people ...

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Indigenous people of the Everglades region

The Indigenous people of the Everglades region arrived in the Florida peninsula of what is now the United States approximately 15,000 years ago, probably following large game. The Paleo-Indians found an arid landscape that supported plants and animals adapted to prairie and xeric scrub conditions. Large animals became extinct in Florida around 11,000 years ago. Climate changes 6,500 years ago brought a wetter landscape. The Paleo-Indians slowly adapted to the new conditions. Archaeologists call the cultures that resulted from the adaptations Archaic peoples. They were better suited for environmental changes than their ancestors, and created many tools with the resources they had. Approximately 5,000 years ago, the climate shifted again to cause the regular flooding from Lake Okeechobee that became the Everglades ecosystems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region

Canoe River train crash The Canoe River train crash occurred on ...

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Canoe River train crash

The Canoe River train crash occurred on November 21, 1950, near Valemount in eastern British Columbia, Canada, when a westbound troop train and the eastbound Canadian National Railway (CNR) Continental Limited collided head-on. The collision killed 21 people: 17 Canadian soldiers en route to the Korean War and the two-man locomotive crew of each train.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoe_River_train_crash

Nuremberg trials The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies ...

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Nuremberg trials

The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against leaders of the defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of several countries across Europe and committing atrocities against their citizens in World War II.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials

Water Under the Bridge "Water Under the Bridge" is a song ...

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Water Under the Bridge

"Water Under the Bridge" is a song by English singer Adele from her third studio album 25 (2015). Adele wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Columbia Records released the track as the album's fourth single on 14 November 2016. A mid-tempo pop, soul and soft rock song, "Water Under the Bridge" incorporates influences of 1980s music, R&B, and a gospel choir over guitars and snare drums. Inspired by her relationship with charity founder Simon Konecki, whom Adele dated for seven years and married in 2018, the song speaks of forgiveness and details the crucial point in a courtship of determining whether one's partner is willing to put in the work to make it succeed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Under_the_Bridge

Uncanny Tales (Canadian pulp magazine) Uncanny Tales was a ...

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Uncanny Tales (Canadian pulp magazine)

Uncanny Tales was a Canadian science fiction pulp magazine edited by Melvin R. Colby that ran from November 1940 to September 1943. It was created in response to the wartime reduction of imports on British and American science fiction pulp magazines. Initially, it contained stories only from Canadian authors, with much of its contents supplied by Thomas P. Kelley. Within a few issues, Colby began to obtain reprint rights to American stories from Donald A. Wollheim and Sam Moskowitz. Wollheim's and Moskowitz's later accounts of the relationship with Colby differ. Moskowitz reported that he found out via an acquaintance of Wollheim's that Wollheim had persuaded Colby to stop buying Moskowitz's submissions. Paper shortages forced the magazine to shut down after less than three years. Copies are now extremely rare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Tales_(Canadian_pulp_magazine)

Alicella Alicella gigantea is a giant species of amphipod that ...

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Alicella

Alicella gigantea is a giant species of amphipod that lives in the deep sea. Sometimes referred to as the "supergiant amphipod", the largest of these crustaceans reach up to 34 cm (13 in) in length. It is the only species within the genus Alicella. This species lives only at 4,850–7,000 m (15,910–22,970 ft) in depth. The species is white in colour and is distinguished from other deep sea amphipods by minute anatomical differences, apart from size in the larger specimens. The large size of the species is often presented as an example of abyssal gigantism, though the specifics of this trait remain under investigation. Genetic studies into the species have found that it has an exceptionally large genome, which may be linked to its large body size.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicella

Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) Black Widow is a superhero ...

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Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)

Black Widow is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico, and artist Don Heck, the character debuted as an enemy of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #52 (1964). She reformed into a hero in The Avengers #30 (1966) and her most well-known design was introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #86 (1970). Black Widow has been the main character in several comic titles since 1970, receiving her own Black Widow series in 1999. She also frequently appears as a supporting character in The Avengers and Daredevil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Widow_(Natasha_Romanova)

Aston Martin DB11 The Aston Martin DB11 is a two-door grand ...

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Aston Martin DB11

The Aston Martin DB11 is a two-door grand touring car. It was manufactured as both a coupe and a convertible, the latter known as the Volante. The British carmaker Aston Martin produced the DB11 from 2016 to 2023 when it was replaced by the DB12. The DB11 succeeded the DB9, which the company made between 2004 and 2016. Designed by Marek Reichman, who became lead designer in May 2005, the DB11 debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2016. The first model of Aston Martin's "second-century plan", the DB11—like its predecessor and its platform siblings—incorporates aluminium extensively throughout its body.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB11

Aston Martin DB11 The Aston Martin DB11 is a two-door grand ...

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Aston Martin DB11 The Aston Martin DB11 is a two-door grand ...

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Elinor Fettiplace Elinor Fettiplace was an English cookery book ...

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Elinor Fettiplace

Elinor Fettiplace was an English cookery book writer. Probably born in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, into an upper-class land-owning farming family, she married into the well-connected Fettiplace family and moved to a manor house, Appleton Manor, in the Vale of White Horse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Fettiplace

270 Park Avenue (1960–2021) 270 Park Avenue, also known as the ...

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270 Park Avenue (1960–2021)

270 Park Avenue, also known as the JPMorgan Chase Tower and the Union Carbide Building, was a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Built in 1960 for chemical company Union Carbide, it was designed by the architects Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). The 52-story, 707-foot (215 m) skyscraper later became the global headquarters for JPMorgan Chase. It was demolished in 2021 to make way for a taller skyscraper at the same address. At the time of its destruction, the Union Carbide Building was the tallest voluntarily demolished building in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/270_Park_Avenue_(1960%E2%80%932021)

Bejeweled (video game) Bejeweled is a match-three video game ...

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Bejeweled (video game)

Bejeweled is a match-three video game developed and published by PopCap Games that was released in 2000. Bejeweled involves lining up three or more multi-colored gems to clear them from the game board. The game was inspired by a similar browser game, titled Colors Game. Originally released in 2000 under the title Diamond Mine as a browser game on the team's official website, Bejeweled was licensed to be hosted on MSN Games under its current name. PopCap released a retail version titled Bejeweled Deluxe in May 2001.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bejeweled_(video_game)

1975 Australian constitutional crisis The 1975 Australian ...

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1975 Australian constitutional crisis

The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis culminated with the dismissal of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Sir John Kerr, the governor-general of Australia, on 11 November 1975. Kerr then commissioned the Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party, as prime minister on the condition that he advise a new election. It has been described as the greatest political and constitutional crisis in Australian history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis

Merenre Nemtyemsaf I Merenre Nemtyemsaf was an Ancient Egyptian ...

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Merenre Nemtyemsaf I

Merenre Nemtyemsaf was an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh and the fourth king of the Sixth Dynasty. He ruled Egypt for six to eleven years in the early 23rd century BC, toward the end of the Old Kingdom period. He was the son of Pepi I Meryre and queen Ankhesenpepi I and was in turn succeeded by Pepi II Neferkare who might have been his son or less probably his brother. Pepi I may have shared power with Merenre in a co-regency at the very end of the former's reign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merenre_Nemtyemsaf_I

Royal Artillery Memorial The Royal Artillery Memorial is a First ...

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Royal Artillery Memorial

The Royal Artillery Memorial is a First World War memorial located on Hyde Park Corner in London, England. Designed by Charles Sargeant Jagger, with architectural work by Lionel Pearson, and unveiled in 1925, the memorial commemorates the 49,076 soldiers from the Royal Artillery killed in the First World War. The static nature of the conflict, particularly on the Western Front, meant that artillery played a major role in the war, though physical reminders of the fighting were often avoided in the years after the war. The Royal Artillery War Commemoration Fund (RAWCF) was formed in 1918 to preside over the regiment's commemorations, aware of some dissatisfaction with memorials to previous wars. The RAWCF approached several eminent architects but its insistence on a visual representation of artillery meant that none was able to produce a satisfactory design. Thus they approached Jagger, himself an ex-soldier who had been wounded in the war. Jagger produced a design which was accepted in 1922, though he modified it several times before construction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Artillery_Memorial

Hensley Henson Herbert Hensley Henson was an English Anglican ...

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Hensley Henson

Herbert Hensley Henson was an English Anglican cleric, scholar and polemicist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hensley_Henson

Slug (song) "Slug" is a song by Passengers, a side ...

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Slug (song)

"Slug" is a song by Passengers, a side project of musician Brian Eno and rock band U2. It is the second track on Passengers' sole release, the 1995 experimental album Original Soundtracks 1. The song was initially titled "Seibu" and was nearly dropped off the album until being rediscovered later during the recording sessions. Though Eno made the majority of the creative decisions during the sessions, "Slug" was one of the few tracks that the members of U2 attempted to create independently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(song)

Sieges of Berwick (1355 and 1356) The sieges of Berwick were the ...

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Sieges of Berwick (1355 and 1356)

The sieges of Berwick were the Scottish capture of the English town of Berwick-upon-Tweed on 6 November 1355, the subsequent unsuccessful siege of Berwick Castle, and the English siege and recapture of the town in January 1356. The Scots had been fighting the English in the Second War of Scottish Independence since 1332. After a period of military inactivity, the Scots assembled an army on the border in 1355. They were encouraged in this by the French, who had been fighting the English in the Hundred Years' War since 1337. In September the Scots and the English agreed to a truce, and much of the English army left the border area to join King Edward III's campaign in France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieges_of_Berwick_(1355_and_1356)

Gunpowder Plot The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries ...

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Gunpowder Plot

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot

2019 Champion of Champions The 2019 Champion of Champions was a ...

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2019 Champion of Champions

The 2019 Champion of Champions was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 10 November 2019 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. It was the ninth Champion of Champions event, the first of which was held in 1978. The tournament featured 16 participants who had won events on the World Snooker Tour since the 2018 Champion of Champions, including the winner of the Women's World Championship, competing in the tournament for the first time. As an invitational event, the tournament carried no world ranking points.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Champion_of_Champions

Nizaa language Nizaa, also known as Galim, Nyamnyam, and Suga, is ...

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Nizaa language

Nizaa, also known as Galim, Nyamnyam, and Suga, is an endangered Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region of northern Cameroon. Most of the language's speakers live in and around the village of Galim in the department of Faro-et-Déo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizaa_language

Allan Walters Allan Leslie Walters, CB, CBE, AFC was a senior ...

2025-11-02T23:00:07Z

Allan Walters

Allan Leslie Walters, CB, CBE, AFC was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Born in Victoria and raised in Western Australia, he graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, before transferring to the RAAF in 1928. He was one of the service's leading flying instructors and aerobatic pilots between the wars, and was appointed to his first squadron command in 1937. Over the course of World War II, Walters led No. 1 Squadron in Singapore, No. 1 (Fighter) Wing in Darwin, Northern Territory, No. 72 Wing in Dutch New Guinea, and Northern Command in Papua New Guinea. He was decorated with the Air Force Cross in 1941 for his work with No. 1 Squadron, and mentioned in despatches in 1944 for his service with No. 72 Wing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Walters

African striped weasel The African striped weasel, also known as ...

2025-11-01T23:00:07Z

African striped weasel

The African striped weasel, also known as the white-naped weasel, striped weasel or African weasel, is a small mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, where its range stretches from as far north as Kenya down south to South Africa. It is in the family Mustelidae and is the lone member of the genus Poecilogale. It has a long, slender body with short legs and a bushy tail. One of the smallest carnivorans in Africa, it measures 24 to 35 cm long excluding the tail, with males generally larger than females. It has black fur over most of its body, with distinctive white bands running from the top of its head down its back, with the tail being completely white. The closest living relative of this species is the striped polecat, and it may also be related to the extinct Propoecilogale bolti.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_striped_weasel

Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79 Gott der Herr ist Sonn ...

2025-10-31T23:00:09Z

Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79

Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79, is a church cantata for Reformation Day by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1725, his third year in the position of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, and led the first performance on 31 October that year. It is possibly his first cantata for the occasion. He used most of the music for two of his four short masses in the 1730s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gott_der_Herr_ist_Sonn_und_Schild%2C_BWV_79

1858 Bradford sweets poisoning In 1858 a batch of sweets in ...

2025-10-30T23:00:06Z

1858 Bradford sweets poisoning

In 1858 a batch of sweets in Bradford, England, was accidentally adulterated with poisonous arsenic trioxide. About five pounds of sweets were sold to the public, leading to around 20 deaths and over 200 people suffering the effects of arsenic poisoning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1858_Bradford_sweets_poisoning

John Bullock Clark John Bullock Clark Sr. was an American militia ...

2025-10-29T23:00:06Z

John Bullock Clark

John Bullock Clark Sr. was an American militia officer and politician who served as a member of the United States Congress and Confederate Congress.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bullock_Clark

Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War) During the siege of Tunis in ...

2025-10-28T23:00:07Z

Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War)

During the siege of Tunis in October 238 BC a rebel army under Mathos was besieged by a Carthaginian force under Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal. The Carthaginian army, which had served in Sicily during the First Punic War, mutinied in late 241 BC in the wake of Carthage's defeat, starting the Mercenary War. After three years of increasingly bitter war, the Carthaginians defeated the rebel field army at the Battle of the Saw, capturing its leaders. The Carthaginians then moved to besiege the rebels' strongest remaining stronghold at Tunis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tunis_(Mercenary_War)

How You Get the Girl "How You Get the Girl" is a song by ...

2025-10-27T23:00:06Z

How You Get the Girl

"How You Get the Girl" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). She wrote it with producers Max Martin and Shellback. An electropop and bubblegum pop song, "How You Get the Girl" is a ballad that features acoustic guitar strums and a heavy disco beat. The lyrics find Swift telling a man how to win his ex-girlfriend back after their breakup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_You_Get_the_Girl

Oriental Stories Oriental Stories, later retitled The Magic ...

2025-10-26T23:00:10Z

Oriental Stories

Oriental Stories, later retitled The Magic Carpet Magazine, was an American pulp magazine published by Popular Fiction and edited by Farnsworth Wright. It was launched in 1930 under the title Oriental Stories as a companion to Popular Fiction's Weird Tales, and carried stories with far eastern settings, including some fantasy. Contributors included Robert E. Howard, Frank Owen, and E. Hoffmann Price. In 1932 publication was paused after the Summer issue; it was relaunched in 1933 under the title The Magic Carpet Magazine, with an expanded editorial policy that now included any story set in an exotic location, including other planets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Stories

Act of Accord The Act of Accord was an act of the Parliament of ...

2025-10-25T22:00:08Z

Act of Accord

The Act of Accord was an act of the Parliament of England. It was passed on 25 October 1460 during a period of intense political division and partisanship at the top of government. Three weeks earlier, Richard, Duke of York had entered the Council Chamber—in the presence of several lords—and laid his hand on the empty throne, claiming the crown of England. His grounds were that he and King Henry VI were both direct descendants of Edward III, but York possessed two claims, through both the male and female lines, and Henry's was through only one. Following discussions between royal justices, York and Parliament, the House of Lords decided that Henry was to retain the crown for life, but York and his heirs were to succeed him. This automatically removed Henry's son, Edward, Prince of Wales, from the succession. Henry agreed to the compromise, which became the Act of Accord.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Accord

Red-billed quelea The red-billed quelea, also known as the ...

2025-10-24T22:00:08Z

Red-billed quelea

The red-billed quelea, also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small, seasonally nomadic, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 15 to 26 g.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed_quelea