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Brasília
Brasília ( , ) is the capital city of Brazil and the Federal District. Located in the Brazilian Highlands in the country's Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino Kubitschek on 21 April 1960, to replace Rio de Janeiro as the national capital. Brasília is Brazil's third-most populous city after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, with a population of 2.8 million. Among major Latin American cities, it has the highest GDP per capita.
Korean
language spoken in Korean Peninsula and some parts of North-eastern China
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
1955
year
Corsica
Corsica ( ; ; ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, the nearest land mass. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. , it had a population of 365,636.
Johannes Brahms
German composer (1833–1897)
tungsten
Tungsten (also called wolfram) is a chemical element which has the symbol W (from ) and atomic number 74. It is a metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively in compounds with other elements. It was identified as a distinct element in 1781 and first isolated as a metal in 1783. Its important ores include scheelite and wolframite, the latter lending the element its alternative name.
Île-de-France
The Île-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Containing the capital city of France, Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the Paris Region (, ). Île-de-France is densely populated and retains a prime economic position on the national stage, and it covers , about 2% of metropolitan French territory. Its 2017 population was nearly one-fifth of the national total.
David Ben-Gurion
Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1948–1953, 1955–1963) - (born1886–1973)
legend
thumb|In this Lady Godiva (painting)|1897 painting of [[Lady Godiva by John Collier, the authentic historical person is fully submerged in the legend, presented in an anachronistic high medieval setting.]]
Aquitaine
Aquitaine (, ; ; ; ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Aguiéne), archaic Guyenne or Guienne (), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region. Since 1 January 2016 it has been part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is situated in the southwest corner of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It is composed of five departments: Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes, and Gironde. The Romans established Gallia Aquitania as a province. In the Middle Ages, Aquitaine was a k
Avignon
Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune has a population of 92,188 (2023), with about 16,000 (estimate from Avignon's municipal services) living in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval walls. The Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon, a cooperation structure of 16 communes, had 197,102 inhabitants in 2022.
Burgundy
Burgundy ( ; ; Burgundian: ) is a historical region in France, encompassing the territory of the former administrative region of the same name, that existed from 1982 to 2015, and was merged since 1 January 2016 into the newly created administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, encompassing its western half. In historical terms, that region was formed as the Duchy of Burgundy, which existed between the 10th and the 18th century. During the late medieval and early modern periods, the region was of great political importance, being the core of the Valois-Burgundian State, and also becoming
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as a separate nation under the crown. Brittany is the traditional homeland of the Breton people and is one of the six Celtic nations, retaining a distinct cultural identity that reflects its history.
Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté (, ; ) is a cultural and historical region of northeastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône and the Territoire de Belfort. In 2021, its population was 1,179,601.
Six-Day War
1967 war between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria
unidentified flying object
unusual apparent anomaly in the sky that is not readily identifiable
mermaid
In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
nonmetal
{| style="float:right; margin-left:2.5em; margin-bottom:1.2em; font-size:95%; max-width: 450px; border:1px solid grey" | style=text-align:center|A periodic table extract |- | 450px| alt=A grid with 7 rows labeled periods "1" to "7" and 10 columns labeled as groups "1", "2", "3–11", and "12" to "18". ¶ Most cells represent one chemical element and are labeled with its 1 or 2 letter symbol in a large font above its name. Cells in column 3 (labeled "3–11") represent a series of elements and are labeled with the first and last element's symbol. ¶ Row 1 has cells in the first and last columns, wi
Q82595
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga. Seasons run from August to May. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with a focus on Saturdays. All Bundesliga clubs take part in the DFB-Pokal cup competition. The winner of the Bundesliga qualifies for the DFL-Supercup.
Mossad
conspiracy theory
Explaination of events to untrue causes
Menachem Begin
Israeli politician and former Prime Minister (1913–1992)
tofu
or bean curd is a food prepared by pressing the curds of coagulated soy milk into solid white blocks of varying softness: silken, soft, firm, and extra (or super) firm.
Eskişehir
Eskişehir ( , ; from 'old' and 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821 315 (Odunpazarı + Tepebaşı), with a metropolitan population of 921 630.
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
Provence
thumb|right|upright=1.25|A map of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur administrative region thumb|right|upright=1.25|The historical province of Provence (orange) within the contemporary region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France alt=Aerial view of Cours Mirabeau, a tree-lined avenue in Aix-en-Provence, showing dense historic rooftops and the surrounding Provençal landscape|thumb|Aerial view of a historic Provençal boulevard Provence is a geographical, cultural region and historical province of southeastern France, which stretches from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to
Hibiscus
Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are renowned for their large, showy flowers and those species are commonly known simply as "hibiscus", or less widely known as rose mallow. The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as woody shrubs and small trees.
Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association. Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, Sosnowiec is one of the cities of the Katowice urban area, which is a conurbation with a total population of 2.7 million people; as well as the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5.3 million people. The population of the city is 189,178 as of December 2022.
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
Illuminati
thumb|The Eye of Providence, as seen on the US $1 bill, has been perceived by some to be evidence of a conspiracy linking the [[Founding Fathers of the United States to the Illuminati.]] The Illuminati (; plural of Latin , 'enlightened') is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on 1 May 1776 in the Electorate of Bavaria. The society's stated goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life, and abuses of state power by monar
South Korea men's national football team
men's national association football team representing South Korea
Leopold I of Belgium
German prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790–1865)
Sopot
Sopot (; or ) is a seaside resort city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It has the status of county – the smallest city in Poland to have that status. Sopot lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. The three cities together form the Tricity metropolitan area.
paranoia
Paranoia, in psychiatry, is the belief that everything is about the person who is experiencing the paranoia. Paranoid thinking concerns how the paranoid person thinks. For example, a paranoid person may believe people are concerned with everything they are doing (for example, "Everyone is watching me", or "Talking about me"). These beliefs can also be persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself (e.g., "Everyone is out to get me"). Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety, suspicion, or fear,
Gazprom
PJSC Gazprom () is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. The name is a contraction of the Russian words (, gas industry). In January 2022, Gazprom displaced Sberbank from the first place in the list of the largest companies in Russia by market capitalization. In 2023, the company's revenue amounted to 8.5 trillion rubles, a significant decline from the 11.7 trillion rubles it reported in 2022.
Son Heung-min
South Korean association football player (born 1992)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
international treaty
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927–2023)
Prabowo Subianto
President of the Republic of Indonesia
Ludwig II of Bavaria
King of Bavaria (1845–1886)
Flemish Dutch
dialect of the Dutch language spoken in the Flemish Region
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
antisemitic hoax text
undergarment
thumb|Boxer shorts and [[boxer briefs]] thumb|Panties or knickers thumb|A bra thumb|Undershirt|Undershirts: T-shirts (left and right sides) and A-shirts (middle)
Park Ji-Sung
South Korean association football player
Niels Ryberg Finsen
Faroese physician and scientist of Icelandic descent
Senigallia
Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian; ) is a comune (municipality) and resort town on Italy's Adriatic coast. It is situated in the province of Ancona, in the Italian region of Marche, and lies approximately 30 kilometres north-west of the provincial capital city Ancona. Senigallia's small port is located at the mouth of the River Misa. It is one of the endpoints of the Massa–Senigallia Line, one of the most important dividing lines (isoglosses) in the classification of the Romance languages.
sarin
Sarin (NATO designation GB short for G-series, B) is an extremely toxic organophosphorus compound that has been often used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent.
Wieluń
Wieluń () is a town in south-central Poland with 21,624 inhabitants (2021). The town is the seat of the Gmina Wieluń and Wieluń County, and is located within the Łódź Voivodeship. Wieluń is a capital of the historical Wieluń Land.
Italian Social Republic
1943–1945 German puppet state in northern Italy
Area 51
classified United States military base at Groom Lake, Nevada
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
1914 murder in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary
Battle of Moscow
1941 World War II campaign in Russia
mahjong
Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is played by four players (with three-player variations found in parts of China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia). The game and its regional variants are played throughout the Sinosphere in East and Southeast Asia and have also become popular in Western countries. The game has been adapted into a widespread form of online entertainment. Similar to the Western card game rummy, mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and luck. To distingu
Igor Kurchatov
Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960)
Gascony
thumb|A map of Gascony, showing a wide definition of the region. Other definitions may encompass a smaller area.
Dunaújváros
Dunaújváros (; also known by alternative names) is an industrial city in Fejér County, Central Hungary. It is a city with county rights. Situated 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Budapest on the Danube, the city is best known for its steelworks, which is the largest in the country. It was built in the 1950s on the site of the former village of Dunapentele and was originally named Sztálinváros, before acquiring its current name in 1961.
RAI
' (), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as ' (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels and radio stations. It is one of the biggest broadcasters in Europe and the biggest in Italy, competing with Mediaset and other minor radio and television networks. RAI has a relatively high television audience share of about 35.9%.
Levi Eshkol
Israeli politician, a founder of the Israeli Labor Party and Prime Minister (1895-1969)