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Bread by deyuntok · recorded November 6, 2007 · 0:16:55 · 11.6 MB
A shotgun house is a narrow rectangular domestic residence, usually no more than about 12 feet (3.5 m) wide, with rooms arranged one behind the other and doors at each end of the house. It was the most popular style of house in the Southern United States from the end of the American Civil War (1861–1865) through the 1920s. Alternative names include shotgun shack, shotgun hut, shotgun cottage, and in the case of a…
GAread by MWFwiki · recorded April 16, 2026 · 0:15:16 · 10.5 MB
The AIM-174B Gunslinger is a very long-range air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and currently used by the United States Navy (USN). The AIM-174B is a derivative of the RIM-174B Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM, Standard Missile-6, or SM-6) surface-to-air missile, a member of the extended Standard Missile family, with the USN describing the AIM-174B as the "Air-Launched…
Bread by ftxs · recorded December 11, 2017 · 0:16:54 · 11.6 MB
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was a meeting of colonial powers that concluded with the signing of the General Act of Berlin, an agreement regulating European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. The conference of fourteen countries was organised by Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, at the request of Leopold II of Belgium at a building (No. 77, now No. 92) on…
FAread by Jsharpminor · recorded August 11, 2011 · 0:15:18 · 10.5 MB
The air-tractor sledge was a converted fixed-wing aircraft taken on the 1911–1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, the first plane to be taken to the Antarctic.
Expedition leader Douglas Mawson had planned to use the Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane as a reconnaissance and search and rescue tool, and to assist in publicity, but the aircraft crashed heavily during a test flight in Adelaide, only two months before…
GAread by bigstripeylie · recorded 2018 · 0:15:18 · 10.5 MB
"Cool" is a song by American singer Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004). Written by Stefani and Dallas Austin, the song was released as the fourth single from the album on July 5, 2005. The song's musical style and production were inspired by synth-pop and new wave arrangements from the 1980s, and its lyrics chronicle a relationship in which two lovers have separated, but…
GAread by Persent101 · recorded July 7, 2023 · 0:16:51 · 11.6 MB
The 2018 Pacific hurricane season was one of the most active Pacific hurricane seasons on record, producing the highest accumulated cyclone energy value on record in the basin. The season had the fourth-highest number of named storms – 23, tied with 1982. The season also featured eight landfalls, six of which occurred in Mexico. The season officially began on May 15 in the Eastern Pacific, and on June 1 in the…
Cread by Dylan1496 · recorded June 6, 2021 · 0:15:20 · 10.5 MB
In mathematics, a limit is the value that a function (or sequence) approaches as the argument (or index) approaches some value. Limits of functions are essential to calculus and mathematical analysis, and are used to define continuity, derivatives, and integrals.
The concept of a limit of a sequence is further generalized to the concept of a limit of a topological net, and is closely related to limit and direct…
FAread by Walkeraj · recorded April 16, 2014 · 0:16:48 · 11.6 MB
"Spinning Around" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her seventh studio album, Light Years (2000). Written by Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi and Paula Abdul, the song was initially meant to be recorded by Abdul for her own album, but was given to Minogue after the plan never came to fruition. Produced by Mike Spencer, the disco-influenced dance-pop song was then released in Australia and…
GAread by MykReeve · recorded April 21, 2005 · 0:15:20 · 10.5 MB
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England. Since 1066, it has been the location of the coronations of 40 English and British monarchs and a burial site for 18 English, Scottish, and British monarchs. At least 16 royal weddings have taken place at the abbey since 1100.
Although the origins of the church are…
Startread by SergeantBolt · recorded August 27, 2006 · 0:16:46 · 11.5 MB
Doctor Jack Shephard is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ABC television series Lost, played by Matthew Fox. Lost follows the journey of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 on a mysterious island and their attempts to survive and escape, slowly uncovering more of the broader island history they are a part of. The character was conceived by creator J. J. Abrams, though the direction of storylines owes…
FAread by Persent101 · recorded June 28, 2023 · 0:15:20 · 10.5 MB
Pavo is a constellation in the southern sky whose name is Latin for 'peacock'. Pavo first appeared on a 35-cm (14 in) diameter celestial globe published in 1598 in Amsterdam by Petrus Plancius and Jodocus Hondius and was depicted in Johann Bayer's star atlas Uranometria of 1603, and was likely conceived by Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. French explorer and…
Cread by Willmcw · recorded April 21, 2005 · 0:16:45 · 11.5 MB
Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Later in life, the quality of his music was publicly recognized through the efforts of…
Cread by JohnAnkerBow · recorded June 20, 2019 · 0:15:23 · 10.6 MB
Monrovia is the capital and largest city of Liberia, located on the Atlantic coast at Cape Mesurado in Montserrado County. It serves as the country's political, administrative, economic, and cultural center. According to the 2022 census, the city has a population of approximately 1.76 million, while the greater metropolitan area exceeds 2.2 million people, accounting for roughly one-third of Liberia's total…
Startread by ftxs · recorded December 1, 2017 · 0:16:41 · 11.5 MB
According to the Ministry of Justice, the number of foreign residents in Japan has steadily increased since 1949.
In December 2025, there were more than 4.12 million foreign residents, accounting for approximately 3.35% of Japan's estimated population of 123.2 million.
Cread by EclipseGMD · recorded 2026 · 0:04:35 · 3.1 MB
The MacBook Neo is a laptop in the MacBook family developed by Apple. It is the first Mac to use an A-series chip previously used only in the iPhone and iPad, rather than the M-series used in other Apple silicon Macs. Announced on March 4, 2026, and released on March 11, 2026, it is positioned as the entry-level model in the MacBook lineup, below the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. As of 2026, it is Apple's…
Bread by Wanderverse · recorded September 5, 2026 · 0:05:57 · 4.4 MB
Promotional art drawn by Sharon Park depicting Baby Globe holding number…
As of 2026, there is no single official mascot to represent Wikipedia as a whole. Multiple characters have been designed and used unofficially by community members as mascots for the project since the site's early history. However, some of them have also been referenced or used temporarily by the Wikimedia Foundation, such as the Baby Globe mascot used in Wikipedia's 25th anniversary.
GAread by dweekly · recorded August 25, 2005 · 0:15:23 · 10.9 MB
Titanium (Mineral Concentrate)
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22. Found in nature only as an oxide, it can be reduced to produce a lustrous transition metal with a silver color, low density, and high strength that is resistant to corrosion in sea water, aqua regia, and chlorine.
Titanium was discovered in Cornwall, Great Britain, by William Gregor in 1791 and was named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth after the…
Bread by Peter McGinley · recorded 2005 · 0:15:23 · 11.0 MB
An open can of shoe polish with a side-mounted opening mechanism visible at the…
Shoe polish, also known as boot polish and shoeshine, is a waxy paste, cream, or liquid that is used to polish, shine, and waterproof leather shoes or boots to extend the footwear's lifespan and restore its appearance. Shoe polishes are distinguished by their textures, which range from liquids to hard waxes. Solvent, waxes, and colorants comprise most shoe polishes. Shoe polishes that would be recognizable today…
Startread by Clay2004 · recorded December 31, 2024 · 0:16:36 · 11.4 MB
Rainbow Road is a fictional race track that frequently appears, in various unique incarnations, as a level in the Mario Kart series of kart racing games by Nintendo, usually as the last track in each game.
Bread by Willmcw · recorded April 20, 2005 · 0:15:25 · 10.9 MB
Bust of Homer, one of the earliest European poets, in the British Museum
Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings. A particular instance of poetry is a poem and is written by a poet. Poets use a variety of techniques called poetic devices, such as assonance, alliteration, consonance, euphony and cacophony…
FAread by Snowboy83 · recorded February 10, 2010 · 0:16:35 · 11.4 MB
The Flood is a fictional parasitic alien lifeform featured in the Halo multimedia franchise. First introduced in the 2001 video game Halo: Combat Evolved, it returns in later entries in the series such as Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo Wars. The Flood is driven by a desire to infect any sentient life of sufficient size; Flood-infected creatures, also called Flood, in turn can infect other hosts. The parasite is depicted…
Bread by LordOider · recorded September 27, 2013 · 0:15:28 · 10.6 MB
Oktoberfest (German pronunciation: [ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst] ; Bavarian: Oktobafest/d'Wiesn) is the world's largest Volksfest. It combines a beer festival with a fun fair and is held annually in Munich on the Theresienwiese from mid-September to the first Sunday in October.
The event draws around seven million visitors each year. In 2023, attendance reached a record 7.2 million. Visitors consumed approximately 7.4 million…
FAread by WyckinaZ · recorded March 23, 2019 · 0:15:29 · 11.0 MB
The gold funerary mask from tomb 1
The Emesa helmet (also known as the Homs helmet) is a Roman cavalry helmet from the early first century AD. It consists of an iron head piece and face mask, the latter of which is covered in a sheet of silver and presents the individualised portrait of a face, likely its owner. Decorations, some of which are gilded, adorn the head piece. Confiscated by Syrian police soon after looters discovered it amidst a complex…
Bread by valerieinto · recorded July 23, 2007 · 0:16:34 · 11.4 MB
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of books or individual stories in the public domain. All files can be accessed for free under an open format layout…
Bread by ftxs · recorded November 29, 2017 · 0:16:33 · 12.0 MB
M 46&47 13 troupes anglaises au Togo
The Togoland campaign (6–26 August 1914) was a French and British invasion of the German colony of Togoland in West Africa, which began the West African campaign of the First World War. German colonial forces withdrew from the capital Lomé and the coastal province to fight delaying actions on the route north to Kamina, where the Kamina Funkstation (wireless transmitter) linked the government in Berlin to Togoland…
