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On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of ...
Abraham Lincoln ( / ˈlɪŋkən / LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman, who served as the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), also known as Neymar Júnior, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Brazil national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he is renowned for his flamboyant style of play, passing abilities, and ...
Mary Magdalene [a] (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene, Magdalena or the Madeleine) was a Jewish woman [1] who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurrection. [2] She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels ...
Higher-order thinking, also known as higher order thinking skills ( HOTS ), [1] is a concept applied in relation to education reform and based on learning taxonomies (such as American psychologist Benjamin Bloom 's taxonomy ). The idea is that some types of learning require more cognitive processing than others, but also have more generalized ...
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (/ ˌ n ɛ t ən ˈ j ɑː h uː / NET-ən-YAH-hoo; Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ, romanized: Binyamin Netanyahu, pronounced [binjaˈmin netanˈjahu] ⓘ; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021.
t. e. Instagram [a] is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France.With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents as of 1 January 2023 in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), Paris is the fourth-most populated city in the European Union and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022.