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- Ramadan (also spelled Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer, reflection ...25 KB (3,551 words) - 00:32, 8 December 2022
- Grasshoppers are long and slender insects belonging to the order Orthoptera, typically exhibiting long, strong hind limbs for leaping and powerful mouth-parts for chewing. The ...20 KB (2,942 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- George Harold Sisler (March 24, 1893 - March 26, 1973), nicknamed "Gorgeous George," was an American star left-handed first basemen in Major League Baseball (MLB). Ty ...12 KB (1,744 words) - 14:57, 21 May 2024
- The Battle of Karbala was a military engagement that took place on 10 Muharram, 61 A.H. (October 10, 680) in Karbala (present day Iraq) between a small group of supporters and ...12 KB (2,050 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- Hassan-i Sabbāh, or Hassan aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ (c. 1034 - 1124), was a Persian Nizārī Ismā'īlī missionary who converted a community in the late eleventh century in the ...21 KB (3,265 words) - 07:46, 25 June 2024
- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941 - November 24, 1989) was a highly influential Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian, and a central figure in preaching for defensive jihad ...22 KB (3,344 words) - 04:44, 14 June 2023
- Saadia Ben Joseph Gaon (882-942 C.E.), (Hebrew:סעדיה בן יוסף גאון ) also known by his Arabic name Said al-Fayyumi, was a prominent rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- Clove is the common name for a small, tropical evergreen tree, Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Eugenia aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata) and for its aromatic, dried, unopened flower ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- Giant anteater is the common name for the largest species of anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, characterized by a long, narrow, tapered snout without teeth, very long tongue ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 18:57, 21 May 2024
- Purine is a heterocyclic, aromatic, organic compound, consisting of a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. Heterocyclic compounds are organic compounds (containing carbon ...7 KB (928 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- In biology, transcription is the cellular process of synthesizing RNA based on a DNA template. DNA transcription generates the information-carrying messenger RNAs (mRNAs) used ...18 KB (2,706 words) - 17:57, 4 November 2022
- Balsa is the common name for a fast-growing, tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (synonym O. lagopus), characterized by soft and light wood. The name also is used for the ...6 KB (941 words) - 04:22, 11 January 2023
- Flamingo (plural: flamingos or flamingoes) is the common name for any of the large, gregarious, wading birds comprising the family Phoenicopteridae, characterized by long legs ...17 KB (2,382 words) - 17:35, 28 March 2024
- Francis bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash (Arabic: ar|فرنسيس بن فتح الله بن نصر الله مرّاش , ar|Fransīs bin Fatḥ Allāh bin Naṣr Allāh Marrāsh ...35 KB (4,995 words) - 17:16, 29 November 2023
- Coenzyme is any of a diverse group of small organic, non-protein, freely diffusing molecules that are loosely associated with and essential for the activity of enzymes, serving ...22 KB (2,903 words) - 07:19, 6 June 2023
- Slime mold is the common name for any of the members of a polyphyletic grouping of heterotrophic, fungi-like amoeboid (that is, like an amoeba) organisms that have an alternation ...12 KB (1,726 words) - 21:15, 30 January 2023
- Grapefruit is a relatively large, evergreen citrus tree, Citrus paradisi. The term also refers to the round, edible fruit of this plant, which grows in small bunches and has a ...18 KB (2,606 words) - 19:22, 24 May 2024
- The Assassins (originally called Hashashim, Hashishin, or Hashashiyyin) were a religious sect of Ismaili Shi'a Muslims (from the Nizari lineage) originating in Persia, during ...15 KB (2,338 words) - 22:24, 8 November 2021
- Mumps, or epidemic parotitis, is an acute, very contagious, inflammatory viral infection caused by a paramyxovirus (mumps virus) and typically characterized by swelling of the ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 18:21, 10 November 2022
- Aleppo (Arabic Halab) is a city in northern Syria, the second largest city in Syria after Damascus, and one of the oldest inhabited cities in history. Originating in the early ...14 KB (2,080 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
