Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 2004
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April 1
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern section of the Roman Empire which remained in existence after the fall of the west. The empire is commonly considered to have existed from AD 395 to 1453. The empire reached its height under the Macedonian emperors of the late 9th, 10th and early 11th centuries. The Fourth Crusade had a devastating effect on the empire, and it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century. (more...)
Recently featured: Superman – Jet engine – Yellowstone National Park
April 2
Recently featured: Byzantine Empire – Superman – Jet engine
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The Platypus is a small, semi-aquatic mammal endemic to the eastern part of Australia, and one of the four monotremes (mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young). The Platypus looks rather like a beaver: the body and broad, flat tail are covered with brown fur, but it has webbed feet and a large, rubbery snout that led to its being known for a time as the "Duckbilled Platypus". The Platypus is a carnivore. It feeds on worms, insect larvae, freshwater shrimp, and yabbies (freshwater crayfish) that it digs out of river beds with its snout or catches while swimming. (more...)
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Chariot racing was one of the most popular ancient Greek and Roman sports. It is unknown exactly when chariot racing began, but it may have been as old as chariots themselves. It is known from artistic evidence on pottery that the sport existed in the Mycenaean world, but the first literary reference to a chariot race is the one described by Homer in Book 23 of the Iliad. In Rome the main centre of chariot racing was the Circus Maximus in the valley between Palatine Hill and Aventine Hill. (more...)
Recently featured: Buddhism – Fountain pen – Platypus
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Recently featured: Frankfurt School – Chariot racing – Buddhism
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Recently featured: Dreyfus Affair – Frankfurt School – Chariot racing
April 11
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Recently featured: Heavy metal – Dreyfus Affair – Frankfurt School
April 12
A soap bubble is a thin film of soap water that forms a hollow spherical shape with an iridescent surface. Soap bubbles usually last for only a few moments and burst either on their own or on contact with another object. Due to their fragile nature they have also become a metaphor for something that is attractive, yet insubstantial. They are mostly used as a children's plaything, but their usage in artistic performances shows that they can be fascinating for adults too. Soap bubbles can help to solve complex mathematical problems of space, as they will always find the smallest surface area between points or edges. (more...)
Recently featured: Origins of the American Civil War – Heavy metal – Dreyfus Affair
April 13
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Recently featured: Rock, Paper, Scissors – Soap bubble – Origins of the American Civil War
April 15
Recently featured: Paul Charles Morphy – Rock, Paper, Scissors – Soap bubble
April 16
Titanium is a chemical element that has the symbol Ti and atomic number 22 in the periodic table. A light, strong, white-metallic, lustrous, corrosion-resistant transition metal, titanium is used in strong light-weight alloys and in white pigments. This element occurs in numerous minerals with the main sources being rutile and ilmenite. Titanium is a metallic element which is well known for its excellent corrosion resistance (almost as resistant as platinum) and for its high strength-to-weight ratio. (more...)
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April 17
Recently featured: Titanium – Labour economics – Paul Charles Morphy
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Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of fortifications dug into the ground, facing each other. Trench warfare arose when there was a revolution in firepower without similar advances in mobility and communications. Whilst periods of trench warfare occurred during the American Civil War and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, it reached a peak of brutality and bloodshed on the Western Front in the First World War. (more...)
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James Bulger was a toddler who was abducted and murdered by two ten year-old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, on Merseyside, in the United Kingdom. The murder of a child by two other children caused an immense public outpouring of shock, outrage and grief, particularly in Liverpool and surrounding towns. At the boys' trial in November 1993 they received a minimum term of eight years detention. (more...)
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The postal system is a system for transporting objects, usually written documents typically enclosed in envelopes and also small packages containing other matter, around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post. In principle, a postal service can be private or official. Restrictions are generally placed on private systems by governments. Since the 19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as government monopolies with postage (tax) on the article prepaid, often in the form of stamps. (more...)
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Recently featured: Carlsbad Caverns National Park – Beer – Postal system