Explore TL;DRs

Anzac Day

Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga that broadly commemorates all Australians and …

Spanish conquest of the Muisca

The Spanish conquest of the Muisca took place from 1537 to 1540. The Muisca were the inhabitants of the central …

Nangarhar Province

Nangarhār also called Nangrahar, Nangraar, Ningrahar or Ningraar, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern …

Story Bridge

The Story Bridge is a heritage-listed steel cantilever bridge spanning the Brisbane River built to carry vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian …

Robert de Comines

Robert de Comines was briefly Earl of Northumbria.

Kentucky Air National Guard

The Kentucky Air National Guard (KY ANG) is the aerial militia of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is a …

Charles Nungesser

Charles Eugène Jules Marie Nungesser was a French ace pilot and adventurer. Nungesser was a renowned ace in France, ranking …

Concorde

Concorde is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). …

Téa Leoni

Téa Leoni is an American actress. Early in her career, she starred on the television sitcoms Flying Blind (1992–1993) and …

4 Vesta

Vesta is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi). …

Madeira Island

Madeira is a Portuguese island, and is the largest and most populous of the Madeira Archipelago. It has an area …

The Vivienne

James Lee Williams, known professionally as The Vivienne, was a British drag queen from Colwyn Bay, Wales, and winner of …

Catalonia Offensive

The Catalonia Offensive was part of the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army started the offensive on 23 December 1938 …

Misha Defonseca

Misha Defonseca is a Belgian-born impostor and the author of a fraudulent 1997 Holocaust memoir titled Misha: A Mémoire of …

Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, …

Covering of the Senne

The covering of the Senne was the covering and later diverting of the main river of Brussels, Belgium, and the …

Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is …

NeXT

NeXT, Inc. was an American technology company headquartered in Redwood City, California, that specialized in computer workstations for higher education …

Cardiff Blitz

The Cardiff Blitz ; refers to the bombing of Cardiff, Wales during World War II. Between 1940 and the final …

Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and …

Salyut 1

Salyut 1, also known as DOS-1, was the world's first space station. It was launched into low Earth orbit by …

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one …

Military–industrial complex

The expression military–industrial complex (MIC) describes the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen …

Brothers Home

The Brothers' Home was an internment camp located in Busan, South Korea during the 1970s and 1980s. The facility contained …

A Call for Unity

"A Call for Unity" was an open letter published in The Birmingham [Alabama] News, on April 12, 1963, by eight …

Night Swim

Night Swim is a 2024 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Bryce McGuire, and based on the 2014 …

Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), …

George Rose (actor)

George Walter Rose was an English actor and singer in theatre and film. He won the Tony Award for Best …

USS Greeneville

USS Greeneville is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), and the only vessel in United States Navy history to …

Button Gwinnett

Button Gwinnett was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one …