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Bread by Potteryfreak · recorded January 10, 2006 · 0:15:30 · 11.0 MB
The 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team tipped torches to a cauldron at the base…
The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement. It is also a symbol of continuity between ancient and modern games. The Olympic flame is lit at Olympia, Greece. This ceremony starts the Olympic torch relay, which formally ends with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The flame then continues to burn in the cauldron (or in a lantern as in 2024) for the…
GAread by JZCL · recorded July 19, 2012 · 0:16:31 · 12.0 MB
Goalkeeper (in red cap) blocking a shot with his outstretched arm
In water polo, the goalkeeper occupies a position as the last line of defense between the opponent's offence and their own team's goal, which is 2.8 m2 (30 sq ft).
The goalkeeper position is unique; they possess certain privileges and are subject to different restrictions than those of field players. Accordingly, they possess different skills than those of the field players.
Goalkeepers often have longer playing…
Cread by JohnAnkerBow · recorded July 30, 2019 · 0:16:29 · 11.3 MB
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an emergency stockpile of petroleum maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). It is the largest publicly known emergency supply in the world; its underground tanks in Louisiana and Texas have capacity for 714 million barrels (113,500,000 m3). The United States started the petroleum reserve in 1975 to mitigate future supply disruptions as part of the…
Bread by Fliry Vorru · recorded May 29, 2008 · 0:15:31 · 11.6 MB
View of the Green looking south from the tower of Baker Memorial Library…
The Green (formally the College Green) is a grass-covered field and common space at the center of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It was among the first parcels of land obtained by the college upon its founding in 1769, and is the only creation of the 18th century remaining at the center of the campus. After being cleared of pine trees, it initially…
Stubread by Clay2004 · recorded August 29, 2026 · 0:01:58 · 1.5 MB
A tenement of the old style, from Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890)
A railroad apartment or railroad flat, sometimes referred to as a floor-through apartment, is an apartment with a series of rooms connecting to each other in a line. The name comes from the layout's similarity to that of a typical (mid-20th century or earlier) passenger train car. Without hallways, it results in less semi-public space.
This style is most common in New York City, San Francisco, and their surrounding…
The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência da Guiné-Bissau), also known as the Bissau-Guinean War of Independence, was an armed independence conflict that took place in Portuguese Guinea from 1963 to 1974. It was fought between Portugal and the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC), an armed…
Bread by Caninedoubletake · recorded April 4, 2010 · 0:16:27 · 11.7 MB
Interstate 35 map
Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route. It stretches from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexican border to Duluth, Minnesota, at Minnesota State Highway 61 (MN 61, London Road) and 26th Avenue East. The highway splits into I-35E and I-35W in two separate places, the Dallas–Fort Worth…
Bread by JohnAnkerBow · recorded September 25, 2019 · 0:15:33 · 10.8 MB
Drawing representing vertigo.
Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when that is not the case. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspiration, or difficulties walking. It is typically worse when the head is moved. Vertigo is the most common type of dizziness.
The most common disorders that result in…
Bread by JohnAnkerBow · recorded August 16, 2019 · 0:16:26 · 12.1 MB
Nat Turner captured
Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an enslaved Black carpenter and preacher who led a four-day rebellion of both slave and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.
Nat Turner's Rebellion resulted in the death of 55 White people before state militias suppressed the uprising. At the same time, 120 Black men, women, and children, many of whom were not involved in the revolt…
FAread by Alexkillby · recorded August 27, 2013 · 0:15:34 · 11.1 MB
The town of Armero, formerly in the center of this location, was covered with…
Omayra Sánchez Garzón (August 28, 1972 – November 16, 1985) was a Colombian girl trapped and killed by a landslide when she was 13 years old.
The landslide was caused by the 1985 eruption of the volcano Nevado del Ruiz in Armero, Tolima. Volcanic debris mixed with ice to form massive lahars (volcanically induced mudflows, landslides, and debris flows), which rushed into the river valleys below the mountain, killing…
Startread by Clay2004 · recorded August 25, 2026 · 0:07:15 · 5.0 MB
Nicktoons Unite! (also known as SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends: Unite! in PAL regions) is a 2005 action-adventure video game featuring characters and levels from SpongeBob SquarePants, Danny Phantom, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, and The Fairly OddParents. The game was developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment (PS2, GC) and Climax Action (GBA, DS) and published by THQ. An Xbox version was also…
FLread by Hason-LEK-SIN · recorded August 25, 2026 · 0:06:27 · 4.7 MB
A geographical map of the MRT system with an inset of the Downtown Core, with…
The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) is a rapid transit system in Singapore and the country's principal mode of public transport. Owned by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), the system spans 246.6 kilometres (153.2 mi) and has six lines: the North–South Line (NSL), East–West Line (EWL), North East Line (NEL), Circle Line (CCL), Downtown Line (DTL), and Thomson–East Coast Line (TEL). The MRT has two operators: SMRT Trains…
GAread by NamelessSpeaker · recorded August 24, 2026 · 1:07:08 · 46.6 MB
The main arithmetic operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and…
Arithmetic is an elementary branch of mathematics that deals with numerical operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In a wider sense, it also includes exponentiation, extraction of roots, and taking logarithms.
Arithmetic systems can be distinguished based on the type of numbers they operate on. Integer arithmetic is about calculations with positive and negative integers. Rational number…
Cread by Babegriev · recorded January 12, 2023 · 0:16:21 · 12.0 MB
Chocolate Cupcakes
A cupcake (AmE, CanE), fairy cake (BrE), or bun (IrE) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup. As with larger cakes, frosting, icing and various other cake decorations such as fruit and candy may be applied.
FAread by Arsia Mons · recorded September 2, 2010 · 0:15:35 · 10.9 MB
Voyager 2 picture of Oberon
Oberon is the outermost and second-largest major moon of the planet Uranus. It is the second-most massive of the Uranian moons, and the tenth-largest moon in the Solar System. Discovered by William Herschel in 1787, Oberon is named after the mythical king of the fairies who appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Its orbit lies partially outside Uranus's magnetosphere.
Oberon likely formed…
Cread by Clay2004 · recorded February 16, 2024 · 0:16:17 · 11.2 MB
Mario Party is a 1998 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. The game was targeted at a young audience. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto served as development supervisor. The game was released in Japan on December 18, 1998, North America on February 8, 1999, and in PAL regions on March 9, 1999. It received mostly positive critical reviews for its multiplayer mode…
GAread by NowIsntItTime · recorded January 10, 2019 · 0:15:36 · 11.1 MB
Terry A. Davis (cropped)
Terrence Andrew Davis (December 15, 1969 – August 11, 2018) was an American electrical engineer, computer programmer, and outsider artist best known for creating and designing TempleOS, a public-domain operating system, written in a programming language developed by Davis called HolyC. He believed God had commanded him to create TempleOS as the Third Temple prophesied in the Bible. In 1996, Davis began experiencing…
Bread by Wanderverse · recorded August 21, 2026 · 0:37:09 · 26.1 MB
Toki pona
Toki Pona (; toki pona, pronounced [ˈtoki ˈpona] , lit. 'the language of good') is a philosophical and artistic constructed language designed for its small vocabulary, simplicity, and ease of acquisition. It was created by Canadian translator and polyglot Sonja Lang with the stated purpose of simplifying her thoughts and communication. The first drafts were published online in 2001, while the complete form was…
FAread by AsaQuathern · recorded August 19, 2026 · 0:17:26 · 12.7 MB
Frederick Steele (cropped, retouched)
Steele's Greenville expedition took place from April 2 to 25, 1863, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces commanded by Major General Frederick Steele occupied Greenville, Mississippi, and operated in the surrounding area, to divert Confederate attention from a more important movement made in Louisiana by Major General John A. McClernand's corps. Minor skirmishing between the two…
FAread by PopularOutcast · recorded October 17, 2009 · 0:16:16 · 11.6 MB
1968 Illinois earthquake
The U.S. Midwestern state of Illinois was struck by its largest recorded earthquake (a New Madrid event) in 1968. Striking at 11:02 a.m. on November 9, it measured 5.3 on the Richter scale. Although no fatalities occurred, the event caused considerable structural damage to buildings, including the toppling of chimneys and shaking in Chicago, the region's largest city. The earthquake was one of the most widely felt…
Cread by Mellerbeck · recorded March 14, 2007 · 0:15:36 · 11.0 MB
Wiki Wiki sign at Honolulu International Airport
A wiki ( WIK-ee) is a form of hypertext publication on the internet which is collaboratively edited and managed by its audience directly through a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages that can either be edited by the public or any organization. The name derives from the first user-editable website called WikiWikiWeb – wiki being a Hawaiian word meaning 'quick' (pronounced [ˈviti]).
Wikis are powered…
FAread by Darrenhusted · recorded September 16, 2008 · 0:03:20 · 2.7 MB
Triple H as the World Heavyweight Champion
The 2003 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 16th annual SummerSlam, and took place on August 24, 2003, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions.
Seven professional wrestling matches were set on the event's supercard, a scheduling of…
FAread by Darrenhusted · recorded September 16, 2008 · 0:06:17 · 4.7 MB
Triple H as the World Heavyweight Champion
The 2003 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 16th annual SummerSlam, and took place on August 24, 2003, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions.
Seven professional wrestling matches were set on the event's supercard, a scheduling of…
FAread by Darrenhusted · recorded September 16, 2008 · 0:06:39 · 5.0 MB
Triple H as the World Heavyweight Champion
The 2003 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 16th annual SummerSlam, and took place on August 24, 2003, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions.
Seven professional wrestling matches were set on the event's supercard, a scheduling of…
GAread by Peppage · recorded January 8, 2021 · 0:15:38 · 11.4 MB
Fried-Chicken-Set
Fried chicken, commonly known as Southern fried chicken, is a dish consisting of chicken pieces,
coated with seasoned flour or batter, that are pan-fried, deep-fried, pressure-fried, or air-fried. The breading adds a crisp coating or crust to the exterior of the chicken while retaining juices in the meat. Broiler chickens are most commonly used.
The first dish known to have been deep-fried was fritters, which were…
