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Featured Article: Greenland
Greenland, (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning "Land of the Kalaallit (Greenlanders)," the largest island in the world, is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland. Greenland has no land boundaries and 24,430 miles (39,330 km) of coastline, a distance roughly equivalent to the Earth's circumference at the Equator. A sparse population is confined to small settlements along the coast. Greenland possesses the world's second largest ice sheet, which covers over 80 percent of its land mass.
Popular Article: Pauline epistles
The Pauline epistles are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle. These letters were written to churches that Paul had established in Europe and Asia Minor. They were written to exhort the believers in their faith, or frequently to solve problems that had arisen in the church communities. As part of the canon of the New Testament, they are foundational texts for both Christian theology and ethics.
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The New York Stock Exchange building on Broad Street opened on April 22, 1903 and was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978 (source: New York Stock Exchange)
