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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
18: .... The fruit has only become popular from the late 19th century, before that it was only grown as an o...
20: ...05), the [[minneola]] (1931) and the [[sweetie]] (1984).
22: ... Its true origins were not determined until the [[1950s]]. This led to the official name being altere...
26: ... the theory being that the fruit's low [[glycemic index]] is able to help the body's [[metabolism]] burn ...
31: ...uery.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12165191&dopt=Abstract abstract] - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...orian calendar|N.S.]]))</small> - [[May 8]], [[1891]] [[London]], [[England]]), better known as '''He...
7: ...ound for [[Cairo]] an explosion claimed Agardi’s life, but H.P. Blavatsky continued on to Cairo...
9: It was in [[1873]] that she emigrated to [[New York City]]. Imp...
11: In [[1874]], Helena met [[Henry Steel Olcott]]; he was a...
13: ...alized on [[May 25]], [[1878]]. On [[July 8]], [[1878]], she became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the... - Glass (26176 bytes)
22: ...perties (the germainium contributing to a lower [[index of refraction]]). Undersea cables have sections...
30: ...compound, which lowers the melting point to about 1000 ?C. However, the soda makes the glass water-so...
32: ...horium]] oxide gives glass a very high refractive index, and is used in producing high-quality lenses. La...
37: ...ing|marketed]] as "[[cranberry]]". [[Uranium]] (0.1 to 2%) can be added to give glass a fluorescent y...
42: ... documented glass making is in [[Egypt]] around [[1500 BC]], when glass was first used as a glaze for... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...mb|right|250px|Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, Eng...
10: ...igraphy (in Chinese, ''[[Shufa]]'' 書法, in Japanese ''[[Shodo|Shodō]]'' 書&#...
12: ... the Prime Minister [[Li Si]] drew up an official index of characters and unified the written form for th...
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24: ! bgcolor="#EEEAE1" | English name - Personal life (2762 bytes)
20: *[[physical quality-of-life index]] - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...лала́йка</font>) is a stringed instrument of [[Russia]...
18: ...rd (music)|chord]]s. The [[hand#The four fingers|index finger]] is used to sound notes on the prima, whi...
32: In the late 19th century, a Russian nobleman, [[Vassily Vassili... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
4: ...gg|Toque de Angola]] ([[ogg]] format, 17 seconds, 174KB).
10: Beginning in the 1950's, brazilian berimbaus have been painted in br...
11: ...br㯦quot;, "moeda", "pedra") is held between the index and thumb of the same hand that holds the Berimba...
36: ...that was the length of the bows in the 1940's and 1950's. Today, many berimbaus are overgrown to 5 fe...
83: *Nana Vasconcelos, since the late 1970's, has played berimbau and other percussion wi... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
1: ...table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Ulysses S. Grant'''</font></caption>
4: ...ign="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Ulysses Grant 1870-1880.jpg|200px|Ulysses S. Grant]]
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>18th President</td></tr> - Volcano (27295 bytes)
9: ...mb|right|300px|Eruption of [[Mauna Loa]], March [[1984]]]]
12: ...; it flowed all the way to the sea, a distance of 130 kilometers, and covered an area of 800 square k...
15: ...oa]], is 9,000 m high (it sits on the sea floor), 120 km in diameter and forms part of the [[Island o...
51: ...eg|thumb|right|400px|Mount St. Helens erupting in 1980]]
80: [[image:Olympus mons 1998.jpg|thumb|Olympus Mons ([[Latin]], "[[Mount Ol... - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ... about 30,244,050 [[square kilometre|km²]] (11,677,240 [[square mile|mi²]]) including its a...
16: ...he origin to the Greek word ''phrike'' (φρικε, meaning "cold and horror"), c...
18: ... Africa by the geographer [[Ptolemy]] ([[85]] - [[165]] AD), who accepted [[Alexandria]] as [[Prime M...
23: [[Image:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg|thumb|250px|Africa in the [[Blue marble]] pi...
24: ... 30,244,050 [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]] (11,677,240 [[square mile|mi<sup>2</sup>]]), includin... - Australia (39438 bytes)
10: latd=35|latm=15|latNS=S|longd=149|longm=28|longEW=E|
16: area_magnitude=1_E12|
18: percent_water=1|
19: population_estimate = 20,180,878|
22: population_census = 18,972,350 | - Canada (35540 bytes)
8: ...h North America Acts|British North America Act of 1867]] and styled the "[[Canada's name|Dominion of ...
25: {| align=center border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collaps...
70: ...est metropolitan areas in Canada]], [[List of the 100 largest cities in Canada by population]].
77: ...ronounced]] {{IPA|[ˈkʰænədə]}} in English, {{IPA|[kanada]}} in French.
86: ...veral [[Viking]] expeditions occurred around AD [[1000]], with evidence of settlement at [[L'Anse aux... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ... of the [[Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abyssinia.
3: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
6: ...8;ያዊ ሪፐብሊክ'''</font>
10: ..." width="140px" | [[Image:Ethiopia flag large.png|125px|Flag of Ethiopia]]
11: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Ethiopia_COA.png|90px|Ethiopia COA... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...'s coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
2: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
3: ...br>ad-Dīmuqrāţīyah ash-Sha’bīyah'''</big>
8: ...r" width="140px" | [[Image:Algeria_flag_large.png|125px|Flag of Algeria]]
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Algeria_coa.png]] - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...to North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the Netherlands.<!--
14: ...nguage|Dutch]], [[Frisian language|Frisian]] <sup>1</sup> |
16: latd=52|latm=21|latNS=N|longd=04|longm=52|longEW=E|
21: area_rank = 131st |
22: area_magnitude = 1_E10 | - Andorra (11532 bytes)
1: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-siz...
7: ...nter" width="140px" | [[Image:Flag of Andorra.svg|125px|Flag of Andorra]]
8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Andorra_coa.png|Andorra's Coat of ...
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Andorra|Flag]])
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Andorra|Coat of Arms]]) - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
15: latd=18|latm=55|latNS=S|longd=47|longm=31|longEW=E|
22: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
24: population_estimate = 17,501,871 |
28: population_census_year = 1975 |
29: population_density = 31 | - Paraguay (10959 bytes)
2: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
6: ...er" width="130px"|[[Image:Paraguay flag large.png|125px|Flag of Paraguay]]
7: |align="center" width="130px" rowspan="2" height="130px"|[[Image:Paraguay_coa.png]]
9: |align="center" width="130px"|([[Flag of Paraguay|In Detail]])
29: ...es by population|Ranked 100th]]<br> 6,191,368<br> 15/km² - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: [[Image:Myconos 12.jpg|thumb|200px|Windmills on the Island of Mycon...
2: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
6: ...align=center width=130px | [[Image:Greece_coa.png|125px|Coat of Arms]]
8: ... of Greece|National Flag]]) || align=center width=130px |
11: ...3; Η ΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death... - Mali (7755 bytes)
5: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
10: ...nter" width="140px" | [[Image:Mali flag large.png|125px|]]
11: ... align="center" width="140px" rowspan="2" height="145px" |
14: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Mali|In Detail]])
34: ...<br> 1,240,000 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 1.6% - Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
2: ...s. While a civilian government was installed in [[1993]], the country's political instability remains...
3: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
8: ...| [[image:Central african republic flag large.png|125px|]]
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:centralaf22.PNG]]
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Central African Republic|In Det... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ... into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in its center. In [[1965]], The Gambia became independent from the [[Br...
2: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
7: ...er" width="140px" | [[Image:Gambia flag large.png|125px|]]
8: ...align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:gambiaarms21.PNG]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of The Gambia|In Detail]]) - Guinea-Bissau (9517 bytes)
2: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
7: ...th="140px" | [[image:Guinea bissau flag large.png|125px|]]
8: ...ter" width="140px" | [[Image:Coaguinea-bissau.jpg|100px|]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Guinea-Bissau|In Detail]])
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Emblem of Guinea-Bissau|Full size]]) - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...|F.W. de Klerk]] who started to dismantle it in [[1990]] after a long struggle by the black majority,...
5: ...held since [[South African general election, 1994|1994]], making it a [[regional power]] and among th...
9: South Africa has 11 official languages: [[Afrikaans]], [[English lang...
17: There are [[Official names of South Africa|11 official names]] for South Africa, one for each o...
24: ...tal Province]] are believed to date from around [[1050]]. The furthest south they reached was the [[F... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
1: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
6: ...ter width=140px | [[Image:Slovakia flag large.png|125px|Flag of Slovakia]]
7: | align=center width=140px rowspan=2 height=140px | [[Image:Slovakia Coat of Arms.png|80px|Slov...
9: | align=center width=140px | ([[Flag of Slovakia|In Detail]])
29: ...ist of countries by area|Ranked 126th]] <br> [[1 E10 m?|49,035 km?]] <br> Negligible - Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
12: latd=4|latm=14|latNS=S|longd=15|longm=14|longEW=E|
19: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
23: population_estimate_rank = 131st |
27: population_density_rank = 213 |
29: GDP_PPP = 4,621 million | - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...ome hills in the island's interior. It is located 13? north of the [[Equator]] and 59? west of the [[...
5: ...urrently according to the [[UN]]'s [[UNDP]], the #1 developing country in the world. The island is a...
9: ...me for Barbados was '''Ichirouganaim'''. In the [[13th century]], the Caribs arrived from South Ameri...
11: ...bled beards. Between Campos' sighting in 1536 and 1550, [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanis...
13: ...utonomy. Its House of Assembly began meeting in [[1639]]. Among the initial important British figures... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
4: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
8: ...th=130px | [[Image:Belgium coat of arms large.png|125px|Belgium: Coat of Arms]]
10: ...lag of Belgium|In Detail]]) || align=center width=130px | ([[Coat of Arms of Belgium|In Detail]])
28: ...untries by area|Ranked 136th]] <br>[[1 E10 m2|30,510 km²]] <br>6.20%
31: ...List of countries by population|Ranked 77th]] <br>10,309,725<br>338/km² - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
2: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
7: ...dth="140px" | [[Image:Sierra leone flag large.png|125px|]]
8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:SLECOA.gif]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Sierra Leone|In Detail]])
11: | align="center" width="140px" | (Full size) - Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...Independence|independent]] on [[September 30]], [[1966]]. It is bordered by [[South Africa]] to the s...
2: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
8: ..." width="140px" | [[image:Botswana_flag_large.png|125px|Flag of Botswana]]
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Bostwanaarms22.PNG]]
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Botswana|In Detail]]) - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
2: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
7: ..." width="135px" | [[Image:Zimbabwe_flag_large.png|125px|Flag of the Republic of Zimbabwe]]
8: | align="center" width="135px" height="140px" | [[Image:Zimbabwe_Coat_of_Arms_Hi.png|Repub...
10: | align="center" width="135px" | ([[Flag of Zimbabwe|In Detail]])
11: | align="center" width="135px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Zimbabwe|In Detail]]) - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ... limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]), after which the US continued to have a maj...
8: ...ery close to the us dollar. Illiteracy ran about 12%, one of the lowest in the latin american countr...
10: ...titution]] of Soviet inspiration was adopted in [[1976]].
12: ...ntly led to the Cuban Missile crissis in October (1962), when Medium Range Nuclear Missiles were inst...
14: ...f Mariel. Known as the [[Mariel Boatlift]], over 125,000 Cubans migrated to the U.S., mostly aboard ... - Finland (29511 bytes)
3: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
7: ...align=center width=130px| [[Image:Finland_coa.png|100px|Finland: Coat of Arms]]
9: ...lag of Finland|In Detail]]) || align=center width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Finland|In Detail]])
27: ...ountries by area|Ranked 63th]] <br>[[1 E11 m?|338,145 km?]]<br>9.4%
30: ... by population|Ranked 109th]] <br>5,211,311<br>17.1/km² - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
12: ... = 33|latm=40|latNS=N|longd=73|longm=10|longEW=E |
20: percent_water = 3.1 |
21: population_estimate = 162,419,946 |
32: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 135th |
35: HDI_rank = 135th | - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: ...1577; السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
17: latd=15|latm=00|latNS=N|longd=30|longm=00|longEW=E|
22: area = 2,505,810 |
23: area_rank = 10th |
24: area_magnitude = 1 E12 | - Malawi (22306 bytes)
12: latd=13|latm=57|latNS=S|longd=33|longm=42|longEW=E|
17: area = 118,480 |
19: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
21: population_estimate = 10,385,849 |
25: population_census_year = 1998 | - Peru (12264 bytes)
3: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-siz...
9: ...=center width=130px | [[Image:PeruCoatofArms.PNG|115px|Republic of Peru: Coat of Arms]]
11: ...ru|National Flag]])</small> || align=center width=130px | <small>([[Coat of Arms of Peru|National Coa...
18: ...anguage]]s''' || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>1</sup>
26: ...ries by area|World ranking: 20th]]<br/>[[1 E11 m2|1,285,220 km²]]<br/>8.80% - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ...ring the [[15th century|15th]] and [[16th century|16th centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, po...
7: ... in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made significant social and econom...
15: ... do Territ'', page 9, "A Lusit⮩a" paragraph 1}} The [[Conii]] were established in southern Port...
17:
21: ...." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (courtesy IPPAR)]] - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
14: latd=51|latm=30|latNS=N|longd=0|longm=7|longEW=W|
20: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
22: percent_water = 1.3% |
26: population_census = 58,789,194 |
27: population_census_year = 2001 | - Spain (36498 bytes)
14: ...cial_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>1</sup> |
23: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
24: percent_water = 1.04% |
25: population_estimate = 43,209,511 |
28: population_census = 40,847,371 | - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
2: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
7: ...140px" | [[Image:Equatorial guinea flag large.png|125px|Flag of Equatorial Guinea]]
8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:equaarms22.PNG]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Equatorial Guinea|In Detail]])
11: | align="center" width="140px" | (Full size) - Texas (39610 bytes)
15: TotalArea = 696,241 |
17: WaterArea = 17,333 |
20: 2000Pop = 20,851,820 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 29]], [[1845]] |
27: Longitude = 93°31'W to 106°38'W | - List of people by name: A (45 bytes)
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