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1,000 | 4,017 | 121,204 | Video game | 2026-08-11T21:11:38Z | A **video game** is an electronic game played on a video screen (normally a television, computer monitor, or built-in screen when played on a handheld machine).
There are many types, or genres, of video games: role-playing games; shooters, first-person shooters, side-scrollers, and platformers.
Video games usually co... | [] |
1,001 | 4,018 | 661,929 | Oboe | 2025-08-10T08:21:54Z | An **oboe** is a woodwind instrument with a double reed. It looks very similar to the clarinet, and may be confused with it. While the clarinet's shape remains cylindrical, the oboe's body is conical. The sounds produced by clarinets and oboes are very different. An oboe's sound is produced by blowing air through the d... | [] |
1,002 | 4,019 | 1,174,418 | GURPS | 2025-06-14T04:03:24Z | The **Generic Universal RolePlaying System**, or **GURPS**, is a role-playing game system created by Steve Jackson Games. It emphasizes a set of rules that can be used in any time or world. Characters are created using a point-based system. There have been four releases of the GURPS core rules and dozens of game supp... | [] |
1,003 | 4,020 | 1,838,096 | Eric Idle | 2026-07-14T16:31:05Z | **Eric Idle** (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, composer, musician, singer-songwriter and writer. He is one of the members of Monty Python. Monty Python is a British comedy team.
Idle was born in South Shields, County Durham. He studied English at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
He is known for his son... | [] |
1,004 | 4,021 | 1,820,463 | Enemy | 2026-06-23T02:04:59Z | An **enemy** is a person or group of people who is against another person or group. In war, the enemy is anyone fighting for the other side of the war.
In the Bible, Saint Peter says that: ' your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour' (1 Peter 5:8)
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1,005 | 4,022 | 532,461 | 2000 | 2026-09-28T15:42:42Z | **2000** (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, and the last year of the 2nd millennium and the 20th century.
2000 was designated the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathe... | [] |
1,006 | 4,025 | 5,295 | Adelaide | 2026-05-14T00:49:59Z | **Adelaide** (Tarndanya) is a city in Australia. It is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and it has an approximate population of 1.2 million people.
It is the fifth biggest city in Australia, behind Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Adelaide was founded in 1836 by Colonel William Light, who named ... | [] |
1,007 | 4,029 | 532,461 | Yoshi | 2026-09-28T10:52:30Z | **Yoshi** is a fictional dinosaur who appears in the *Mario* series of video games made by Nintendo. The character was created by Shigeru Miyamoto.
Yoshi's best-known ability is his ability to eat enemies. He has a long tongue which he uses to eat enemies and items. In some games, after Yoshi eats enemies, they can b... | [] |
1,008 | 4,031 | 70,336 | Lake | 2025-06-02T04:41:28Z | A **lake** (from Latin: *lacus*) is a large body of water (larger and deeper than a pond) within a body of land. As a lake is separated from the ocean, it is not a sea. Some lakes are very big, and people in the past sometimes called them seas. Lakes do not flow like rivers, but many have rivers flowing into and out of... | [] |
1,009 | 4,033 | 873,387 | East | 2025-04-24T17:47:04Z | **East** is one of the 4 main directions on a compass (called cardinal directions). East is normally to the right on most maps. For example: Japan is east of China, which is itself east of Pakistan. When “The East” is described: it usually refers to the countries of Asia (especially from Pakistan eastwards like China a... | [] |
1,010 | 4,035 | 1,452,189 | Tire | 2026-04-11T17:47:06Z | A **tire** is a ring of material that covers the rim of a wheel. Most road vehicles and many other vehicles use rubber tires. Tires help vehicles to move smoothly. Some metro trains and trams also use rubber tires on their steel wheels to provide better traction than the steel tires of other trains.
Tires need to be c... | [] |
1,011 | 4,037 | 532,461 | Population | 2026-06-25T21:12:12Z | A **population** is the number of living people that live together in the same place. A city's population is the number of people living in that city. These people are called **inhabitants** or **residents**. The population includes all individuals that live in that certain area. The world population was estimated to h... | [] |
1,012 | 4,038 | 1,860,040 | World war | 2026-08-23T02:28:48Z | A **world war** is an international conflict in which most of the countries in the world fight or help.
There have been four world wars so far, World War I (1914-1918), World War II (1939-1945), the Cold War (1945-1992), and the War on Terror (2001-present).
After World War II, many people were scared that fighting w... | [] |
1,013 | 4,039 | 1,508,758 | Snow | 2024-12-24T01:55:34Z | **Snow** is a form of ice. Snow forms when water in the atmosphere becomes frozen. It comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. Snow comes in all different shapes and sizes.
At the fr... | [] |
1,014 | 4,040 | 966,595 | West | 2026-05-16T05:15:04Z | **West** is one of the 4 main directions on a compass. West is normally to the left on most maps. For example: (Germany is located to the west of Poland, which is itself located to the west of Lithuania). When “The West” is used in everyday speech: it usually refers to the nations of Europe (Especially from Croatia Wes... | [] |
1,015 | 4,043 | 22,027 | List of physics topics | 2024-08-22T02:43:17Z | ## A
Air resistance
## C
Compression --Critical angle -- Colour filter -- Concave lens -- Convex lens
## D
Diffraction -- Density (distance)--(displacement)
## E
Electromagnetic spectrum -- Energy --
## F
Fluid friction -- Focus -- Force sensor -- Frequency -- Friction --
Flotation
## G
Gamma ray -- Gravity
... | [] |
1,016 | 4,044 | 1,414,547 | President | 2025-03-22T19:10:17Z | A **president** is the leader of a country which is a republic. A president is usually elected directly through a vote by the citizens or indirectly by legislatures (parliaments) who were voted by the citizens and which represents them.
Some presidents are both the head of state and head of government, such as the Pr... | [] |
1,017 | 4,046 | 1,854,103 | List of colors | 2026-08-12T15:10:11Z | - This is a **list of colors** that have articles about them on the Simple English Wikipedia.
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!Blue (RGB) (0 - 255)
!Hue (HSL) (0 - 360)
!Sat (HSL) (0 - 100)
!Lum (HSL) (0 - 10)
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\|Alic... | [] |
1,018 | 4,047 | 1,618,275 | List of lakes | 2025-11-06T03:41:09Z | A **list of lakes**, ordered by continent:
## Africa
- International Lakes in Africa
- Lake Albert (Mobuto-Sese-Seko)
- Lake Chad
- Lake Edward
- Lake Kariba
- Lake Kivu
- Lake Mweru
- Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Victoria
- in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
- ... | [] |
1,019 | 4,052 | 1,334,790 | Galileo Galilei | 2026-04-20T16:46:57Z | {{#Physical cosmology}}scientists{{/Physical cosmology}}
**Galileo Galilei** (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian polymath. Galileo was originally going to be a doctor but became a tutor instead. He was a professor of mathematics and natural science in Padua and Pisa. People most remembered him today for ... | [] |
1,020 | 4,053 | 103,847 | Agreement | 2024-05-07T15:29:51Z | An **agreement** is writing down a promise made. Agreements are common in law and business. For example, when a person takes out a loan or hires someone to work, an agreement is usually signed so that everyone understands what and when things must be done.
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1,021 | 4,054 | 1,011,873 | Promise | 2022-03-12T16:16:18Z | When a person agrees to do something or to *not* do something, that person is making a **promise**. A promise can be made verbally (by saying it), or it can be written down as a contract. *Breaking* a promise, or not keeping it, is often just bad manners, but it can sometimes be illegal, such as when a contract is not ... | [] |
1,022 | 4,055 | 693,482 | Cloud | 2026-08-03T16:32:49Z | A **cloud** is water vapour in the atmosphere (sky) that has condensed into very small water droplets or ice crystals that appear in visible shapes or formations above the ground.
Water on the Earth evaporates (turns into an invisible gas) and rises up into the sky. Higher up where the air is colder, the water condens... | [] |
1,023 | 4,056 | 1,853,565 | Water cycle | 2026-08-11T19:07:50Z | The **water cycle**, or hydrological cycle, is the cycle that water goes through on Earth.
## Overview
Water is essential for life as we know it. It is present throughout the Solar System, and was part of the Earth from its formation. The source of the water was the same as the source of the Earth's rock: the cloud p... | [] |
1,024 | 4,057 | 70,336 | Water vapor | 2025-06-14T05:30:58Z | **Water vapor** is water that is in the form of a vapor, or gas. It is a part of the water cycle. When liquid water is heated to boiling point, 100 °C (212 °F), it turns into vapor. Water vapor can also be produced directly from ice; this is called sublimation. Steam is water vapor, but clouds are liquid water. The amo... | [] |
1,025 | 4,058 | 532,461 | Solid | 2023-09-24T04:06:50Z | **Solid** is one of the four common states of matter. The molecules in solids are closely bound together, so they can only vibrate. This means solids have a definite shape that only changes when a force is applied. This is different to liquids and gases which move randomly, a process called flow.
Solids can resist fo... | [] |
1,026 | 4,059 | 1,555,593 | Evaporation | 2025-01-15T15:09:04Z | **Evaporation** is when a liquid becomes a gas without forming bubbles inside the liquid volume. If bubbles are formed we are talking instead about "boiling".
For example, water left in a bowl will slowly disappear. The water evaporates into water vapor, the gas phase of water. The water vapor mixes with the air.
The... | [] |
1,027 | 4,060 | 1,810,777 | Contract | 2026-06-06T15:51:50Z | A **contract** is an agreement or promise that the law can enforce. The law will enforce some agreements but not others. For example, in most places, if a parent promises to take a child to get ice cream, the law will not enforce that promise as a legal contract.
The legal rules about which promises are enforced by th... | [] |
1,028 | 4,061 | 5,295 | Face | 2025-03-04T06:12:44Z | The **face** is a part of the body at the front of the head.
It is the part of us that others interact with. On the face are organs of sight, smell, hearing. Especially in a four-legged animal, the face is the part which goes first into the world, and that is why the sense organs and the mouth are there.
In humans, ... | [] |
1,029 | 4,062 | 1,793,981 | Kolkata | 2026-04-27T21:20:35Z | **Kolkata** (spelled **Calcutta** before 1 January 2001) is the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the second largest city in India after Mumbai . It is on the east`<nowiki/>`{=html}ern bank of the River Hooghly. When it is called **Calcutta**, it includes the suburbs. This makes it the third larges... | [] |
1,030 | 4,063 | 40,117 | Pencil | 2026-08-07T19:06:09Z | A **pencil** is a kind of writing equipment that is also used to draw, usually on paper. Most pencil cores are made of graphite powder mixed with a clay binder. So, a pencil is usually made with a piece of graphite mixed with clay that has a wood case around it. The shape is usually a hexagonal prism but some pencils a... | [] |
1,031 | 4,069 | 593,910 | Logic | 2026-03-04T05:29:44Z | **Logic** is the study of reasoning. The rules of logic let philosophers make logical deductions about the world. Logic helps us decide whether something can be true or false.
## Overview
Logic is often written in syllogisms, which are one type of logical proof. A syllogism is made from a collection of statements us... | [] |
1,032 | 4,070 | 1,709,038 | Communism | 2026-07-16T09:33:53Z | **Communism** is an idea in politics based on equality, that seeks a world without different social class groups. They say that things like factories, tools and farms (the relations of production) are owned by the bourgeoisie. Communists want the workers to take power and the means of production. They believe this will... | [] |
1,033 | 4,072 | 1,734,355 | Resurrection | 2026-07-25T15:35:50Z | **Resurrection** means bringing someone back to life after death.
## Polytheistic religions
The idea of resurrection is found in writings of ancient polytheistic religions in the Middle East. Some Egyptian and Canaanite writings tell of gods being resurrected, such as Osiris and Baal.
In Greek mythology, many men an... | [] |
1,034 | 4,073 | 1,530,097 | Monarchy | 2025-05-09T16:26:36Z | A **monarchy** is a kind of government where a monarch, a kind of hereditary ruler (someone who inherits their office), is the head of state. Monarchs usually rule until they die or pass down (when a monarch resigns it is called abdication). Most monarchies are hereditary, but some are elected. The most famous elected ... | [] |
1,035 | 4,074 | 1,475,106 | North Korea | 2026-09-27T01:03:12Z | **North Korea**, officially called the **Democratic People's Republic of Korea** (**DPRK**) is a country in the northern part of the Korean peninsula in East Asia. North Korea is next to China, Russia, and South Korea. The capital city of North Korea is Pyongyang, which is also the largest city in the country.
The cou... | [] |
1,036 | 4,075 | 9,835,044 | Parliament | 2024-10-18T20:17:02Z | A **parliament** is a type of legislature.
The most famous parliament is probably the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which is sometimes called the "Mother of all Parliaments". The word "parliament" comes from the French word *parler*, which means a talk.
The Althing, the national parliament of Iceland, was foun... | [] |
1,037 | 4,076 | 1,873,368 | Turing test | 2026-09-16T13:24:14Z | The **Turing test** is a test to see if a computer can interact with a person. The human should not be able to realize it is interacting with a computer.
Alan Turing thought that if a human could not tell the difference between another human and the computer, then the computer had shown intelligent behavior.
## Hist... | [] |
1,038 | 4,077 | 1,881,930 | Fuel | 2026-09-30T04:56:23Z | A **fuel** is something that changes and then makes heat, electricity, or other energy. This is usually by being burnt in fire, but it can also be something like nuclear fuel. Fuel can be divided into two main types: fossil fuels and other fuels.
## Fossil fuel
There are several kinds of fossil fuels:
- coal
- oil a... | [] |
1,039 | 4,095 | 1,630,426 | List of volcanoes | 2025-06-22T23:07:54Z | The **list of volcanoes** includes some which are active, dormant and extinct:
## On Earth
### Antarctica
- Mount Erebus
- Deception Island
### Argentina
- Mount Aconcagua
### Australia
- Heard Island and the McDonald Islands
- Big Ben (Heard Island)
- New South Wales
- Mount Canoboias
- Mount Warning... | [] |
1,040 | 4,096 | 532,461 | Estonia | 2026-07-07T13:26:12Z | **Estonia** IPAC: isˈtoʊniə (Eesti), officially the **Republic of Estonia** (Eesti Vabariik) is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. The capital city is Tallinn. Estonia has borders with Sweden, Finland, Russia and Latvia. Its population is 1,332,893.
The territory includes the mainland and 2,222 islands in... | [] |
1,041 | 4,097 | 1,744,266 | Cyprus | 2026-02-09T19:12:30Z | **Cyprus** (officially the **Republic of Cyprus**) is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus is in Asia, along with being apart of the Middle East and the Levant. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), a de facto state only recognized by Turkey is situated in the north of the island.
It is also cl... | [] |
1,042 | 4,098 | 314,522 | Latvia | 2026-08-25T01:15:24Z | **Latvia** (Latvian: *Latvija*), officially the **Republic of Latvia** (*Latvijas Republika*), is a country in Northern Europe. The capital is Riga. It is one of the Baltic states, together with Estonia in the north and Lithuania in the south. Latvia's neighbours to the east are the countries Russia and Belarus. Latvia... | [] |
1,043 | 4,099 | 1,015,463 | Lithuania | 2026-07-21T17:40:17Z | **Lithuania** is a country in Europe. It borders Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland to the south and Russia to the southwest. It is one of the Baltic states.
## Overview
The country's area is 65,300 km² and there are about 2.8 million people who live in Lithuania. The national language is the Lithu... | [] |
1,044 | 4,100 | 532,461 | Malta | 2026-03-07T09:29:06Z | **Malta** is a country in Southern Europe, and a member of the European Union. It is an island near the center of the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. Although it is geologically located on the African Plate, Malta is recognized as a European country. The capital of Malta is Valletta. Around 500,000 people live in ... | [] |
1,045 | 4,101 | 966,595 | Index of Soviet Union–related articles | 2022-08-25T05:20:45Z | ## Lists of people
- List of Premiers of the Soviet Union
- List of Russians
## A
- AK-47
## B
- Baltic states
- Bolshevik
## C
- Central Asia
- Cold War
- Constructivism
- Communism
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Comrade
- Collective farming
- Collectivisation in the USSR
## E
- Eastern Front (W... | [] |
1,046 | 4,104 | 440,188 | Comoving distance | 2022-07-25T07:24:26Z | In normal cosmology, **'comoving**' distance or **'proper distance**' is one of several distances measured by cosmologists to define distances between objects.
## Method
To talk about the shape of the Universe, scientists want to forget that the Universe is expanding. So they separate the shape from time and preten... | [] |
1,047 | 4,105 | 1,687,111 | Shaanxi | 2025-12-11T14:55:39Z | **Shaanxi** (Chinese:陕西, also sometimes called **Shenshi**) is a province in northwest China. The word "Shaan" (viz Shanzhou) is a place in Henan Province. "Xi" means "west". So "Shaanxi" means "the place to the west of Shaan".
Although in pinyin, "Shaanxi" is spelled exactly the same as "Shanxi", the only difference... | [] |
1,048 | 4,106 | 532,461 | Lisbon | 2026-01-10T00:34:43Z | **Lisbon** (Lisboa) is the capital city of Portugal. It is the largest city of Portugal. The city has a population of about half million people. In Lisbon's urban area live around 2.8 million people, being the 10th-most populous urban area in the European Union.
Lisbon is placed on the right bank (western) of the Tagu... | [] |
1,049 | 4,107 | 1,824,376 | Surfing | 2026-09-15T16:17:37Z | **Surfing** is a water sport done in the ocean or sea. The surfer uses their surfboard to catch a wave and ride in towards the shore.
Surfing was invented by the Polynesians at least 4000 years ago. Surfing made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It has become a popular sport among both men... | [] |
1,050 | 4,108 | 1,475,106 | Lyon | 2026-02-23T01:20:26Z | **Lyon** (Arpitan: *Liyon*) is a city in the southeast of France. It is the third-largest city in the country (behind Paris and Marseille), with about 520,774 people living there in 2022. It is the second largest *metropolis*, or metro area, in France (behind only that of Paris), with 2,327,861 people in 2022.
In anc... | [] |
1,051 | 4,109 | 121,204 | George W. Bush | 2026-09-26T01:23:15Z | **George Walker Bush** (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman. He was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He is the son of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush. Before becoming president, he was the Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2... | [] |
1,052 | 4,110 | 103,847 | Organic compound | 2026-04-02T00:58:28Z | **Organic compounds** are carbon-based compounds. Organic compounds contain carbon bonds in which at least one carbon atom is covalently linked to an atom of another type (usually hydrogen, oxygen or nitrogen). Most polymers are organic compounds.
## History
The name "organic" is a historical name from the 19th centu... | [] |
1,053 | 4,111 | 693,482 | Coal | 2026-07-26T15:54:13Z | **Coal** is a hard rock which can be burned as a fossil fuel. It is mostly carbon but also contains hydrogen, sulphur, oxygen and nitrogen. It is a sedimentary rock formed from peat, by the pressure of rocks laid down later on top.
Peat, and therefore coal, is formed from the remains of plants which lived millions of ... | [] |
1,054 | 4,113 | 1,877,532 | Petroleum | 2026-09-23T02:05:52Z | **Petroleum**, (from Greek πέτρα - rock and έλαιο - oil) also called **crude oil**, is a thick and black liquid. It is a natural material mainly made of hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons come from many billions of ancient phytoplankton. When they die, their bodies sink to the bottom. This formed basins of oil in many part... | [] |
1,055 | 4,114 | 1,666,154 | Natural gas | 2025-09-30T16:12:34Z | **Natural gas** is a mixture of gas`<nowiki/>`{=html}es. It consists mainly of hydrocarbons. The main component is methane, which is a greenhouse gas. Natural gas is a natural resource, often found in the ground, either alone or together with petroleum. Landfills and natural processes produce a little methane. Usually ... | [] |
1,056 | 4,115 | 1,493,086 | Energy | 2026-03-28T09:05:15Z | **Energy** can mean various things:
- In physics, energy is a property of matter and space. It can be transferred between objects. It can be converted in its form. It cannot be created or destroyed.
- In economics it may mean the ‘energy industry’, as in fuel or electric power distribution.
- Energy can be used to hea... | [] |
1,057 | 4,316 | 532,461 | Jewel | 2026-05-04T19:41:58Z | **Jewels** (or **gems** or **gemstones**) are rare minerals. They usually come in colours and sizes. They begin in a rough rock form, but can be cut and polished to turn into a jewellery.
However, some other non-mineral rocks (such as lapis lazuli) or organic materials can also be also used for jewelry and are called ... | [] |
1,058 | 4,317 | 70,336 | Xenon | 2025-09-26T02:00:44Z | **Xenon** is a non-metal chemical element. It has the chemical symbol **Xe** and atomic number 54. As a noble gas, it is one of the few elements that are a gas at the standard temperature and pressure.
Sir William Ramsay and M. W. Travers discovered this element in 1898. The element's name came from the Greek word *x... | [] |
1,059 | 4,318 | 314,522 | Kuala Lumpur | 2025-07-29T22:42:01Z | **Kuala Lumpur** (کوالا لمڤور) is the capital city and the largest city of Malaysia and a Federal Territory. After Putrajaya was constructed in the late 1990s, the administrative capital has been moved there. Kuala Lumpur has one of the tallest buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers.
## Climate
Kuala Lumpur... | [] |
1,060 | 4,322 | 532,461 | Speed of light | 2026-09-12T19:13:52Z | The **speed of light**, in any medium, which is usually denoted by \(c\), is a physical constant important in many areas of physics. It is denoted by "c~0~" especially in vacuum medium, although the symbol 'c' can be used to refer to that in any medium. It is exactly 299792458 m/s by definition. A photon (particle of l... | [] |
1,061 | 4,326 | 1,161,309 | Denial | 2025-06-18T11:59:24Z | **Denial** is a word used in psychology on defense mechanism. It means that someone denies that something has happened or is happening although he really knows it is true. Usually this happens because admitting it would cause a lot of pain. Denial is usually the first state of coping with losses.
## Examples
For ins... | [] |
1,062 | 4,329 | 248,920 | Tokyo | 2025-11-29T15:50:04Z | **Tokyo** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Lang-ja"><div data-arg>東京</div><div data-arg>Tōkyō</div><div data-arg>Eastern Capital</div></template>) is the capital and largest city of Japan. It is on the island of Honshu in the region of Kanto. Tokyo is the center of the Japanese government. The Imper... | [] |
1,063 | 4,331 | 1,674,404 | Laozi | 2026-04-26T13:31:53Z | **Laozi** (Lao Tsu, Lao-Tze) was a Chinese philosopher best known for Taoism, the Tao Te Ching, and becoming a deity of Taoism and Chinese folk religions. A legendary figure of Chinese culture, Laozi may have lived during the Warring States period. Laozi's work influenced anti-authoritarian and Legalist philosophers.
... | [] |
1,064 | 4,332 | 7,908,289 | List of physicists | 2021-12-13T20:39:40Z | This is a **list of physicists**.
## Chile
- Nicanor Parra
## France
- René Descartes
## German
- Albert Einstein
- Werner Heisenberg
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
- Georg Ohm
## Great Britain
- Ernest Rutherford
### England
- Michael Faraday
- Thomas Young
- Stephen Hawking
- Robert Hooke
- James Prescott J... | [] |
1,065 | 4,360 | 1,161,309 | Brass | 2025-10-09T03:36:24Z | **Brass** is an alloy of copper and zinc. Some types of brass are called bronzes.
Brass has a golden appearance. It is harder than pure metals and resists corrosion. It costs more than zinc.
There are some common brasses:
- Alpha brasses - with less than 40% zinc
- Beta brasses -
- White brasses - with more than 45%... | [] |
1,066 | 4,361 | 70,336 | Body | 2024-11-25T05:24:16Z | A **body** is the physical material of a person or organism. It is only used for organisms which are in one part or whole. There are organisms which change from single cells to whole organisms: for example, slime moulds. For them the term 'body' would mean the multicellular stage. Other uses:
- Plant body
- Cell body:... | [] |
1,067 | 4,362 | 103,847 | Alloy | 2025-10-02T18:12:39Z | An **alloy** is a uniform mixture. It is made up of two or more chemical elements, of which at least one is a metal. An alloy has properties different from the metals it is made of.
Most alloys are made by melting the metals, mixing them while they are liquid to form a solution, then leaving them to cool and turn soli... | [] |
1,068 | 4,363 | 103,847 | Material | 2026-01-24T15:16:53Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="multiple image"><div data-arg data-name="perrow">2</div><div data-arg data-name="total_width">300</div><div data-arg data-name="image1">Stainless kitchen container with cover.jpg</div><div data-arg data-name="image2">Red terracotta flowerpots.jpg</div><div data-arg da... | [] |
1,069 | 4,365 | 1,777,383 | Brain | 2026-04-01T06:49:13Z | The **brain** is the part of the body which lets living beings think. It does some bodily functions, such as telling the rest of the body what to do. Almost all animals have a brain: the exceptions are sponges, cnidarians, and lancelets. Plants and fungi do not have brains, although they do react to changes in their en... | [] |
1,070 | 4,367 | 1,464,674 | Neuron | 2026-04-12T22:01:27Z | A **neuron** (or **neurone**) is a nerve cell which uses electrical impulses to carry out their purpose. Neurons are the basic units of our nervous system. Their purpose in the nervous system is to receive, transmit, and carry electrical impulses called action potentnials.
Neurons have a cell body (soma or cyton), den... | [] |
1,071 | 4,368 | 1,475,106 | Middle East | 2026-09-30T19:37:15Z | The **Middle East** is a large area of land in the eastern hemisphere. The lands of the Arabian Peninsula and some of the lands of the eastern Mediterranean are part of the Middle East. The Middle East's population is mostly Muslim. The name of the Middle East comes from its position to the east of Europe and to the we... | [] |
1,072 | 4,370 | 5,295 | Warsaw | 2024-09-08T02:25:11Z | **Warsaw** (In Polish: *Warszawa*) is the capital of Poland in Masovian Voivodeship. It is also the biggest city in that country. There are about 2,000,000 people living there (1,726,581 as of 31 March 2014). People from Warsaw are called "Varsovians".
There are other names for Warsaw. For example, Varsovia (Latin, Sp... | [] |
1,073 | 4,371 | 532,461 | Hindu–Arabic numeral system | 2026-07-26T07:30:34Z | The **Hindu–Arabic numeral system**, sometimes known as the **Indo–Arabic numeral** or **Latin numeral system** or simply the **Hindu numeral system**, **Indo numeral system** or **Arabic numeral system**, is a system of numbers used all around the world. It is a base-ten place-value system. This system has ten basic l... | [] |
1,074 | 4,372 | 1,069,165 | Point (geometry) | 2024-08-19T07:00:01Z | A **point** is a position in space which has no size, but which does have position.
In geometry, a point has no size, but has a position. This means it has no volume, area or length. We usually draw a point as a small cross 'X' or a small **dot** (a small, round shape). Different points can be labelled using capital l... | [] |
1,075 | 4,373 | 1,704,901 | Line | 2026-03-13T09:04:16Z | A **line** is the path of one point that is moving. A line is a type of geometric figure. A line has length, but no width. A line is made up of an endless number of points.
## Straight and curved lines
A line can be straight or curved. In geometry, the word *line* means a *straight line*. A straight line is the short... | [] |
1,076 | 4,374 | 532,461 | Plane (mathematics) | 2026-05-08T11:21:25Z | A **plane** is a perfectly flat surface extending in all directions. It can be thought of as the ceiling of a room, only extended into all directions infinitely. A plane has two dimensions: length and width. All planes are flat surfaces. If a surface is not flat, it is called a *curved surface*.
The tool *plane* can ... | [] |
1,077 | 4,375 | 1,011,873 | Angle | 2025-10-01T19:53:25Z | When two straight lines come together, they make an **angle**. The two lines are called the *sides* of the angle, and they meet at a point. A flat surface (called a plane) also forms an angle when it meets another.
To represent an angle, Greek letters such as \(\alpha\) (alpha), \(\beta\) (beta), \(\gamma\) (gamma) an... | [] |
1,078 | 4,376 | 1,751,274 | List of astronomers | 2026-02-20T18:40:39Z | **Famous astronomers** include:
## List
### A
- Marc Aaronson (USA, 1950 – 1987)
- George Ogden Abell (USA, 1927 – 1983)
- Charles Greeley Abbot (USA, 1872 – 1973)
- John Couch Adams (Britain, 1819 – 1892)
- Walter Sydney Adams (USA, 1876 – 1956)
- Paul Oswald Ahnert (Germany, 1897 – 1989)
- Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (Germa... | [] |
1,079 | 4,377 | 1,176,871 | List of astrophysicists | 2022-01-29T12:04:00Z | An **astrophysicist** is a person whose profession is astrophysics.
## Canada
- Hubert Reeves, is known for explaining science to the general public (or popularizing science).
## Great Britain
### England
- Stephen Hawking, is known for Hawking radiation, Penrose–Hawking theorems, Bekenstein–Hawking formula, Hawk... | [] |
1,080 | 4,378 | 5,295 | List of walls | 2019-03-04T06:07:45Z | This is a **list of famous walls**.
{\| class\="wikitable" border\="1"
\|-
! Name
! Location
! Image
\|-
\| Antonine Wall \|\| Scotland \|\|
\|-
\| Atlantic Wall \|\| France \|\|
\|-
\| Berlin Wall \|\| Germany \|\|
\|-
\| Communards' Wall \|\| Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris, France \|\|
\|-
\| Democracy Wall \|\| ... | [] |
1,081 | 4,379 | 1,658,935 | List of vegetables | 2026-03-03T18:58:56Z | This list includes the common English names of many vegetables.
\*artichoke
\*asparagus
\*broccoflower
\*broccoli
\*brussels sprouts
\*cabbage
\*\*kohlrabi
\*\*Savoy cabbage
\*\*red cabbage
\*\*sour cabbage
\*cassava
\*cauliflower
\*celery
\*chicory
\*cilantro
\*coriander
\*eggplant
\*endive
\*fiddleheads
\*frisee... | [] |
1,082 | 4,384 | 1,253,815 | List of telescope types | 2024-07-23T21:52:31Z | Astronomical **telescopes** are divided into subgroups. All telescopes work by collecting electromagnetic radiation and focussing it into an image which may be seen or photographed. The purpose is to see things which are far away in the universe.
The traditional types all work to collect visible light from the sky. Re... | [] |
1,083 | 4,385 | 10,087,753 | List of shipwrecks | 2025-02-19T23:15:39Z | This **list of shipwrecks** is of those sunken ships whose remains have been found.
- Aarhus Historic Shipwreck
- Admiral Graf Spee
- VOC ship Amsterdam
- SS Andrea Doria, 1956
- USS *Arizona*, Pearl Harbor, 1941
- VOC ship *Batavia*
- *Bendigo*, North Carolina, United States
- *Bismarck* battleship, 1945
- *Breadalba... | [] |
1,084 | 4,387 | 224,035 | List of religions | 2025-11-07T20:31:39Z | This is a **list of religions and spiritual traditions**. Some entries are written more than once.
## Abrahamic religions
A group of monotheistic traditions often grouped together because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham.
### Baha'i Faith
### Christianity
#### Anglicanism and Union of Utrecht
- Anglicanism ... | [] |
1,085 | 4,388 | 532,461 | List of national parks in Africa | 2021-01-23T04:34:42Z | ## Algeria
- El Kala National Park
- Tasssili N'Ajjer National Park
## Angola
- Ambriz Game Reserve
- Bicuari National Park
- Cameia National Park
- Cangandala National Park
- Iona National Park
- Kisama National Park
- Luenge National Park
- Luiana National Park
- Longa-Mavinga National Park
- Mucusso National Park... | [] |
1,086 | 4,391 | 1,878,425 | List of languages | 2026-09-24T15:00:18Z | ## A
\* A-Pucikwar (India)
\* Aari (Omotic)
\* Abanyom (Bantu)
\* Abaza (Northwest Caucasian)
\* Abkhaz or Abkhazian (Northwest Caucasian)
\* Abujmaria (Dravidian)
\* Acehnese (Malayo-Polynesian)
\* Adamorobe Sign Language (Signing)
\* Adele (Kwa)
\* Adyghe (Northwest Caucasian)
\* Afar (Cushitic)
\* Afrikaans (German... | [] |
1,087 | 4,394 | 1,879,717 | List of endangered languages | 2026-09-26T19:15:19Z | A **list of endangered languages** (with fewer than 1000 speakers or with very fast decline).
In order to judge if a language is actually endangered, the number of speakers is less important than the distribution among age cohorts. There may be 200,000 mother tongue speakers of the Breton language over 50 years of age... | [] |
1,088 | 4,395 | 693,482 | List of emotions | 2026-08-03T12:13:42Z | This is a list of emotions (feelings) felt by humans.
## Robert Plutchik's theory
Robert Plutchik's theory defines that the eight basic emotions are:
- *Fear* → feeling of being afraid, frightened, scared.
- *Anger* → feeling angry. A stronger word for anger is *rage.*
- *Sadness* → feeling sad. Other words are *so... | [] |
1,089 | 4,396 | 532,461 | List of earthquakes | 2026-02-13T10:22:22Z | The following is a list of major **earthquakes**:
{\| class\=wikitable
\|-
! Date
! Site
! Deaths
! Magnitude\
*in Richter*
! Comments
\|-
\| 464 BC
\| Sparta, Greece
\| align\="right" \| ?
\| align\="right" \| –
\| align\="left" \| Led to a helot uprising and strained relations with Athens, one of the factors that l... | [] |
1,090 | 4,397 | 1,579,664 | List of disasters | 2025-02-11T23:58:35Z | This is a **list of disasters**, both natural and man-made.
## Classical-Era disasters
- Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption, Italy
- Alexandria earthquake which destroyed the Pharos of Alexandria
- Rhodes earthquake destroyed the Colossus of Rhodes
- The city of Rome suffered from a major fire during the time of emper... | [] |
1,091 | 4,398 | 1,836,006 | List of diseases | 2026-07-10T18:53:52Z | This is a list of common, well-known or infamous diseases. This is neither complete nor authoritative. This is not intended to be a list of rare diseases, nor is it a list of mental disorders.
This list includes both common names and technical names for diseases. This is deliberate; where multiple names are in common ... | [] |
1,092 | 4,399 | 1,869,654 | List of mental disorders | 2026-09-09T21:08:32Z | The following is a list of mental disorders.
\* Acute stress disorder
\* Adjustment disorders
\* Agoraphobia
\* Alcohol and substance abuse
\* Alcohol and substance dependence
\* Amnesia
\* Anxiety disorders
\* Anorexia nervosa
\* Antisocial personality disorder, also known as sociopathy
\* Asperger's syndrome, also kn... | [] |
1,093 | 4,402 | 8,835,849 | List of communist parties | 2023-05-22T05:51:39Z | There are a number of **communist parties** around the world.
In world history, the Russian and Chinese communists are very important.
In Western Europe, the French, Spanish and Italian communist parties are the biggest. They have taken part in either local, regional or central government in those countries.
Some c... | [] |
1,094 | 4,404 | 764,727 | List of color topics | 2020-10-19T09:08:05Z | This is a **list of color topics**.
\* Afterimage
\* Bayer filter
\* Color
\*\* Black and white
\*\* Red
\*\* Blue
\* Color code
\* Color model
\*\* RGB color model (←RGB)
\*\* HSV color model
\*\* HLS color model
\*\* CMYK color model (→CMYK)
\*\* YIQ color model
\*\* YUV color model
\*\* Color encoding
\* Color spa... | [] |
1,095 | 4,406 | 844,779 | List of buildings | 2025-08-10T06:56:22Z | Famous or notable buildings with articles about them in Wikipedia include:
Index: A-B - C-D - E-I - J-O -
P-R - S - T-V - W - Y - Z
- 1 Canada Square, London, United Kingdom
- 1 Churchill Place, London, UK
- 2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel, Lomé, Togo
- 225 South Sixth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- 30th Street St... | [] |
1,096 | 4,407 | 17,988 | List of bridges | 2024-04-01T10:08:20Z | **List of bridges is a work in progress.**
## Afghanistan
- Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge
- Tajik-Afghan Friendship Bridge
## Argentina
\*Fraternity Bridge (connects with Brazil)
\*General Artigas Bridge (connects with Uruguay)
\*General Belgrano Bridge
\*Libertador General San Martín Bridge (connects wi... | [] |
1,097 | 4,408 | 212,981 | List of bones of the human skeleton | 2025-05-01T17:01:53Z | A typical adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones. Some people have slightly more or fewer. Some bones are called "proximal" meaning nearer the torso, some as "intermediate" and some as "distal" meaning farther.
*In the skull (22)*:
- Cranial bones:
- frontal bones
- Parietal bone (2)
- tem... | [] |
1,098 | 4,410 | 8,991,599 | Lists of astronomical objects | 2023-08-09T11:39:07Z | This is a partial list of the various lists of astronomical objects which either exist, or should exist, in Wikipedia.
- List of planets
- List of planetary moons
- List of exoplanets
- Minor planets:
- List of asteroids
- List of comets
- List of trans-Neptunian objects
- List of trans-Neptun... | [] |
1,099 | 4,411 | 1,824,360 | List of stars | 2026-07-04T10:15:36Z | The following is a small **list of stars**. On this list, stars should be placed by their English wiki title, unless a common name is clearly more used.
- 40 Eridani
- 51 Pegasi
- 61 Cygni
- 70 Virginis
## A
- Achernar
- Acrux
- Albireo
- Aldebaran
- Algol
- Alioth
- Alniyat
- Alpha Arietis (Hamal)
- Alpha Centauri ... | [] |
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