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Featured Article: Austria
Austria (German: Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich), is a small, predominantly mountainous country located in Central Europe, between Germany, Italy, and Hungary. The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when the countryside of upper and lower Austria became increasingly populated. Since the Austrian ruling Habsburg dynasty controlled large parts of Western Europe for much of the period from 1278 to 1918, Austria has had a huge impact on the development of Western Europe.
Popular Article: Ordovician
The Ordovician period is an interval of about 44 million years defined on the geologic timescale as spanning roughly from 488 to 444 million years ago (mya) and being noteworthy for both beginning and ending with extinction events, while also being a source of abundant fossils and in some regions major reservoirs of oil and gas. It is the second of six periods of the Paleozoic era, lying between the earlier Cambrian period and the later Silurian period.
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French composer Adolphe Adam composed the music for the Christmas carol "O Holy Night" (source: Adolphe Adam)
