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- 22:17, 18 April 2021 diff hist +24,293 N Sport and Leisure/National Hockey League Created page with "'''Teams''' The NHL is composed of 30 member clubs: 23 in the United States and 7 in Canada Original Six is a term for the group of six teams that made up the NHL for the 25..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:17, 18 April 2021 diff hist +29,636 N Sport and Leisure/Cricket World Cup Created page with "'''1975: England''' The first three events were held in England and officially known as the Prudential Cup. The matches consisted of 60 six-ball overs per team. Eight teams p..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:16, 18 April 2021 diff hist +31,786 N Sport and Leisure/National Football League Created page with "'''Teams''' '''AFC-North''' '''Baltimore Ravens''' Stadium – M&T Bank Stadium Super Bowl appearances – won in 2001, 2013 The Ravens were established in 1996, when Art..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:16, 18 April 2021 diff hist +28,100 N Sport and Leisure/National Basketball Association Created page with "'''Teams''' '''Eastern Conference Atlantic''' '''Boston Celtics''' Arena – TD Garden Championships – 17 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 19..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:15, 18 April 2021 diff hist +55,669 N Sport and Leisure/FIFA World Cup Created page with "'''History''' FIFA was founded in Paris in 1904 In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a "world football championship for amateurs", and took responsibi..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:11, 18 April 2021 diff hist +8,815 N Physical World/Mammals - 3 Created page with "{| class="wikitable" | |'''Caracal''' ''Caracal caracal'' Sometimes called the desert lynx or African lynx, but it is not a member of the ''Lynx'' genus The most dis..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:10, 18 April 2021 diff hist +8,967 N Physical World/Mammals - 2 Created page with "{| class="wikitable" | |'''Bonobo''' ''Pan paniscus'' Also known as pygmy chimpanzee. Bonobos are the only non-human animal to have been observed engaging in face-to-face..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:09, 18 April 2021 diff hist +9,434 N Physical World/Mammals - 1 Created page with "{| class="wikitable" | |'''Duck-billed platypus''' ''Ornithorhynchus anatinus'' Egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania The male platypus h..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:08, 18 April 2021 diff hist +3,622 N Physical World/Reptiles Created page with "{| class="wikitable" | |'''Gila monster''' ''Heloderma suspectum'' Venomous lizard native to the southwestern United States and Mexico A drug derived from Gila monster..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:07, 18 April 2021 diff hist +5,807 N Physical World/Invertebrates Created page with "{| class="wikitable" | |'''Box jellyfish''' class Cubozoa Distinguished by their cube-shaped medusae. Some species of box jellyfish produce extremely potent venom Found..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:07, 18 April 2021 diff hist 0 Physical World current
- 22:05, 18 April 2021 diff hist +139,088 N Physical World/Physics Created page with "Atomic physics Plum pudding model of the atom by J. J. Thomson, who discovered the electron in 1897, was proposed in 1904 before the discovery of the atomic nucleus. In this..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:04, 18 April 2021 diff hist +76,131 N Physical World/Plants and other lifeforms Created page with "'''Bryophyta''' – mosses, liverworts, and hornworts Bryophyte life cycle – a haploid gametophyte, each of whose cells contains a fixed number of unpaired chromosomes, giv..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:02, 18 April 2021 diff hist +13,421 N Physical World/Weights and Measures Created page with "SI units Metre – represents 1/10 millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the equator through Paris. Defined in 1793 The gram was originally defined in 1795 as the..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:02, 18 April 2021 diff hist +38,442 N Physical World/Mathematics Created page with "Geometry Surface area of a '''sphere''' – 4 π r² Volume of a sphere – 4/3 π r³ Surface area of a '''cylinder''' (with top and bottom) – 2 π r (r + h) Volume of..." Tag: Visual edit
- 22:01, 18 April 2021 diff hist +95,403 N Physical World/Geology and Physical Geography Created page with "Volcanoes Black smoker – (or sea vent) is a type of hydrothermal vent found on the ocean floor. Formed when superheated water from below Earth’s crust comes through the o..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:59, 18 April 2021 diff hist +60,029 N Physical World/Scientists Created page with "'''Alhazen''' (c. 965 – c. 1040) made significant contributions to the principles of optics, astronomy, mathematics, and meteorology. Alhazen's most famous work is ''Book of..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:58, 18 April 2021 diff hist +6,409 N Physical World/Fish Created page with "{| class="wikitable" | |'''Hammerhead shark''' family Sphyrnidae So named for the unusual and distinctive structure of their heads, which are flattened and laterally exte..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:57, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,559 N Physical World/Amphibians Created page with "{| class="wikitable" | |'''Midwife toad''' genus ''Alytes'' The males carry a string of fertilised eggs on their back, hence the name "midwife" The back of the midwife..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:56, 18 April 2021 diff hist +106,350 N Physical World/Astronomy Created page with "Planets The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines a planet, for the purposes of our solar system only, as a celestial body that: (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:55, 18 April 2021 diff hist +97,120 N Physical World/Chemistry Created page with "Elements Dobereiner's Triads are groups of three elements having similar properties. They are named after the German chemist Johann Dobereiner. He observed that when three el..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:53, 18 April 2021 diff hist +227,888 N Physical World/Animals Created page with "'''Invertebrates''' are divided into a number of phyla – Sponges – have sieve-like bodies with an internal sketeton of mineral crystals. Classified as the phylum '''''Por..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:46, 18 April 2021 diff hist +91,595 N Physical World/Biology Created page with "Biochemistry Adenosine – a molecule of adenine attached to a ribose sugar molecule Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) – an important organic compound in metabolism and is essen..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:46, 18 April 2021 diff hist +17,908 N Physical World/Anthropology and Palaeontology Created page with "'''Cro-Magnon''' were the first early modern humans of the European Upper Paleolithic in Europe. The earliest known remains of Cro-Magnon-like humans are radiometrically dated..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:50, 18 April 2021 diff hist +11,509 N Physical World/Birds Created page with "{| class="wikitable" | |'''Ostrich''' ''Struthio camelus'' It can run at speeds of about 40 mph, the top land speed of any bird. The ostrich is the largest living specie..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:48, 18 April 2021 diff hist -160 Physical World
- 18:38, 18 April 2021 diff hist +28,287 N Lifestyle/Newspapers and Comics Created page with "UK Newspapers UK daily newspapers by circulation – 1<sup>st</sup> ''The Sun'', 2<sup>nd</sup> ''Daily Mail'', 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Daily Mirror'' UK Sunday newspapers by circ..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:37, 18 April 2021 diff hist +12,532 N Lifestyle/Sayings and Quotes Created page with "A cauliflower is a cabbage with a college education – Mark Twain A country fit for heroes to live in – David Lloyd George A day like today is not a day for, sort of, sou..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:37, 18 April 2021 diff hist +22,593 N Lifestyle/Names Created page with "Pop Stars 50 Cent – real name Curtis Jackson Akon – real name Aliaune Thiam Alice Cooper – real name Vincent Furnier Alicia Keys – real name Alicia Cook Aloe Blac..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:36, 18 April 2021 diff hist +49,552 N Lifestyle/Medicine Created page with "Drugs ACE inhibitors – or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, are a group of drugs that are used primarily in treatment of hypertension and heart failure Analgesic..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:35, 18 April 2021 diff hist +18,762 N Lifestyle/Fashion Created page with "'''''Abercrombie & Fitch''''' was founded by David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch in 1892 in New York. The Company opened its first European location in London in 2007. A number o..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 18:35, 18 April 2021 diff hist +75,149 N Lifestyle/Food and Drink Created page with "Fruit Golden Delicious – original tree was in West Virginia Blenheim orange – apple grown in Oxfordshire Pearmain is a generic name given to pear-shaped apple cultivars..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:34, 18 April 2021 diff hist +13,862 N Lifestyle/Holidays and Observances Created page with "January 5 – Twelfth Night (6 January in some calendars) 6 – Epiphany, visit of Magi to Jesus 13 – St Hilary's feast day, has gained the reputation of being the coldes..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:33, 18 April 2021 diff hist +9,061 N Lifestyle/Currencies Created page with "Coins are considered by some numismatists to have originated c. 550–600 BC in Anatolia, which corresponds to modern-day Turkey, in particular in Lydia ISO 4217 is the inter..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:33, 18 April 2021 diff hist +54,364 N Lifestyle/Human body Created page with "'''Cardiovascular system''' Blood and blood vessels Albumin – a water-soluble protein found in blood plasma Arteriole – carries blood from arteries to capillaries Bra..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:31, 18 April 2021 diff hist +40,867 N Entertainment/William Shakespeare Created page with "William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:30, 18 April 2021 diff hist +35,159 N Entertainment/Literature - Non-Fiction Created page with "''Voodoo Histories:'' ''The Role of Conspiracy Theory in Modern History'' – '''David Aaronovitch''' ''The Immigrant and the Community'' – '''Grace Abbott''' ''The Meanin..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:30, 18 April 2021 diff hist +39,292 N Entertainment/Literature - other Created page with "Biography and Autobiography ''Addicted'' – '''Tony Adams''' ''The Kindness of Strangers'' – '''Kate Adie''' ''Open'' – '''Andre Agassi''' ''Pride and Perjury'' – m..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:29, 18 April 2021 diff hist +29,120 N Entertainment/Musicals Created page with "''Fings Ain’t What They Used To Be'' by Frank Norman, himself a Cockney, has music and lyrics by '''Lionel Bart''' ''Oliver!'', ''Blitz!'' – composed by Lionel Bart ''Co..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:28, 18 April 2021 diff hist +30,226 N Entertainment/Theatre Created page with "Playwrights ''Absurd Person Singular'' – '''Alan Ayckbourn''' (born 1939) ''The Norman Conquests'' trilogy – ''Table Manners'', ''Living Together'', ''Round and Round th..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:28, 18 April 2021 diff hist +15,323 N Entertainment/Pixar Films Created page with "Pixar Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, part of the computer division of Lucasfilm before its spin-out as a corporation in 1986 with funding by Apple co-founder Stev..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:27, 18 April 2021 diff hist +107,879 Entertainment/Sci-Fi and Fantasy TV Tag: Visual edit
- 18:26, 18 April 2021 diff hist +142,499 N Entertainment/Sci-Fi and Fantasy TV Created page with "'''''100, The''''' – 2014 - This is a post-apocalyptic drama where, following a nuclear holocaust, humanity is living on a series of space stations orbiting Earth. 100 you..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:24, 18 April 2021 diff hist +18,202 N Entertainment/Academy Awards Created page with "The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:23, 18 April 2021 diff hist +41,088 N Entertainment/Classical Music Created page with "Conductors '''Claudio Abbado''' served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:22, 18 April 2021 diff hist +22,387 N Entertainment/Charles Dickens Created page with "Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 – 1870) born in Portsmouth and died at Gad’s Hill Place in Kent. Buried in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey Dickens left school to wor..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:22, 18 April 2021 diff hist +22,878 N Entertainment/James Bond Films Created page with "Eon Productions Albert R. ‘Cubby’ Broccoli and Harry Saltzman started Eon in 1961, and co-produced most of the Eon films until 1975, when Broccoli became the sole produce..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:22, 18 April 2021 diff hist +99,517 N Entertainment/Composers Created page with "''Giselle'' – ballet by '''Adolphe Adam''' (1803 – 1856). Characters include Duke Albrecht of Silesia, Hilarion and Bathilde. Giselle is a peasant girl who dies of a broke..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:18, 18 April 2021 diff hist +21,622 N Entertainment/Ballet Created page with "Ballets '''''The Afternoon of a Faun''''' (French: ''L'Après-midi d'un faune'') was choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes and first performed in Paris in 1..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:18, 18 April 2021 diff hist +20,318 N Entertainment/Literature - Childrens Created page with "''The Snow Queen'', ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Thumbelina'', ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier'', ''The Red Shoes'' – '''Hans Christian Andersen''' (1805 – 1875) Thumbelina emer..." Tag: Visual edit
