1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak
Medicine

1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak

The 1976 Legionnaires' disease outbreak, occurring in the late summer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at an annual American Legion convention, was the first occasion in which a cluster of a particular type of pneumonia cases were determined to be caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacteria.

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Airports of Milan
Transportation

Airports of Milan

The Milan metropolitan area in Lombardy, Italy, is served by three international airports. Together, these airports form the Milan airport system, the busiest airport system in Italy by passenger numbers. Additionally, the city has one civil airport. In 2025, the three international airports

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ARPANET
Computer Science

ARPANET

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first computer networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite. Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet. The ARPANET was

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Academic writing
Language

Academic writing

Academic writing or scholarly writing refers primarily to nonfiction writing that is produced as part of academic work in accordance with the standards of a particular academic subject or discipline, including: reports on empirical fieldwork or research in facilities for the natural sciences or

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Blue Mountains (New South Wales)
Geography

Blue Mountains (New South Wales)

The Blue Mountains (Gundungurra/Dharug: Colomatta or Gulumada) are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia. The region is considered to be part of the western outskirts of the Greater Sydney area. The region borders on Sydney's main metropolitan area, its

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Astronomy

2010s in science and technology

This article is a summary of the 2010s in science and technology. == Technology == Big data and "Big Tech" saw an expansion in size and power in the 2010s, particularly FAANG corporations. The growing influence of "Big Tech" over cyberspace drew scrutiny and increased oversight from national

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2014 People's Climate March
Climate

2014 People's Climate March

The People's Climate March (PCM) was a large-scale activist event orchestrated by the People's Climate Movement to advocate global action against climate change, which took place on Sunday, September 21, 2014, in New York City, along with a series of companion actions worldwide, many of which also

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Agricultural education
Education

Agricultural education

Agricultural education is the systematic and organized teaching, instruction and training (theoretical as well as hands-on, real-world fieldwork-based) available to students, farmers or individuals interested in the science, business and technology of agriculture (animal and plant production) as

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Business

Association for Supply Chain Management

The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) is a not-for-profit international educational organization offering certification programs, training tools, and networking opportunities to increase workplace performance. Formed in 1957, it was originally known as the "American Production and

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1993 Nigerian presidential election
Politics

1993 Nigerian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993. The elections were the first held since the 1983 military coup d'état which ended the Second Nigerian Republic. They were the culmination of a transition from military to civilian rule spearheaded by incumbent president Ibrahim Babangida.

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1904 Nobel Prize in Literature
Literature

1904 Nobel Prize in Literature

The 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature was the fourth literary prize resulting from Alfred Nobel's will. It was equally divided between the French Provençal philologist Frédéric Mistral (1830–1914) "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully

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American Public University System
Education

American Public University System

American Public University System (APUS) is a private, for-profit, online university system headquartered at Charles Town, West Virginia. It consists of American Military University (AMU) and American Public University (APU). APUS is wholly owned by American Public Education, Inc., a publicly

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