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  • Thumbnail for Dame
    Dame is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the British honours...
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  • Thumbnail for Aunt Jemima
    Aunt Jemima was an American breakfast brand for pancake mix, table syrup, and other breakfast food products. The original version of the pancake mix was...
    68 KB (6,491 words) - 17:54, 22 July 2024
  • Fetal rights are the moral rights or legal rights of the human fetus under natural and civil law. The term fetal rights came into wide usage after Roe...
    56 KB (5,401 words) - 09:17, 1 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Counsellor of State
    Counsellors of State are senior members of the British royal family to whom the monarch can delegate royal functions through letters patent under the Great...
    27 KB (1,512 words) - 10:21, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of famines
    Bengal famine Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet Union Famine in India Famines in the Czech lands Famines in Ethiopia Great Bengal famine of...
    69 KB (3,695 words) - 01:07, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Louise, Baroness Lehzen
    Johanna Clara Louise, Baroness Lehzen (3 October 1784 – 9 September 1870) was the governess and later companion to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom...
    26 KB (3,467 words) - 18:09, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork
    Pork is a food taboo among Jews, Muslims, and some Christian denominations. Swine were prohibited in ancient Syria and Phoenicia, and the pig and its flesh...
    15 KB (1,749 words) - 01:06, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Henria Leech Williams
    Henria Leech Williams (6 January 1867 – 2 January 1911) was a British suffragette, who organised local meetings and attended suffrage demonstrations. She...
    17 KB (2,219 words) - 20:00, 11 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Łodzia coat of arms
    Łodzia (obsolete Polish for "boat") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many noble families of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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  • Susan (20 February 1944 – 26 January 1959) was a Pembroke Corgi dog owned by Queen Elizabeth II that was given to her on her eighteenth birthday. Following...
    9 KB (899 words) - 08:23, 14 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kirti Mandir, Porbandar
    21°38′28″N 69°36′2″E / 21.64111°N 69.60056°E / 21.64111; 69.60056 Kirti Mandir is a small museum at the birthplace of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in...
    6 KB (629 words) - 01:21, 14 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Necklet
    A necklet is a type of decoration which is designed to be worn and displayed around a person's neck, rather than hung (draped) from the chest as is the...
    9 KB (554 words) - 01:06, 28 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marguerite Bellanger
    Marguerite Bellanger (10 June 1838 – 23 November 1886) was a French stage actress and courtesan. She was a celebrity of Second Empire France and known...
    12 KB (1,395 words) - 03:25, 10 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Ratae Corieltauvorum
    52°38′06″N 1°08′29″W / 52.6349°N 1.1413°W / 52.6349; -1.1413 Ratae Corieltauvorum or simply Ratae was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today...
    8 KB (1,038 words) - 07:22, 25 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Harbottle Castle
    Harbottle Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated at the west end of the village of Harbottle, Northumberland, England, 9 miles (14 km) west-north-west...
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  • Thumbnail for Diocese of Lydda
    Diocese of Lydda (Lod) is one of the oldest bishoprics of the early Christian Church in the Holy Land. Suppressed under Persian and Arab-Islamic rule,...
    11 KB (1,456 words) - 16:06, 24 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for The Love Letter (Vermeer)
    The Love Letter (Dutch: De liefdesbrief) is a 17th-century genre painting by Jan Vermeer. The painting shows a servant maid commenting to her mistress...
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  • Effie G. H. Pedaliu is an international historian, author and Visiting Fellow at LSE IDEAS. She has held posts at LSE, KCL and UWE. She is the author of...
    6 KB (622 words) - 13:42, 30 October 2022
  • Thumbnail for Maria Riccarda Wesseling
    Maria Riccarda Wesseling is a Swiss-Dutch operatic mezzo-soprano who has appeared in lead roles at international opera houses and festivals. She created...
    12 KB (898 words) - 15:39, 29 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Courtney Hansen
    Courtney Hansen is an American television host/personality, syndicated columnist, published author, and former fashion model. Courtney Hansen was born...
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