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[Mahatma Gandhi]
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Donkey Kong is a character created by Shigeru Miyamoto (pictured) for the Japanese video game company Nintendo. He stars in the Donkey Kong franchise while also appearing in the Mario franchise. Donkey Kong is a large, powerful gorilla who leads the Kong family of simians. Stubborn and buffoonish, he attacks using barrels. Donkey Kong debuted as the antagonist in Donkey Kong (1981), characterized as Mario's rebellious pet. Since Donkey Kong Country (1994), he has appeared as a player character protecting his stash of bananas. Donkey Kong has also appeared in animation, comics, children's books, theme park attractions, and merchandise such as Lego toys. Journalists regard Donkey Kong as one of the greatest video game characters. The Donkey Kong franchise was Nintendo's first major international success and remains one of its bestselling franchises. Donkey Kong has been the subject of analysis regarding his gender role and his transition from villain to hero. (Full article...)
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On this day: February 22
- 1371 – Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.
- 1959 – Lee Petty won the first edition of the Daytona 500, a NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Florida.
- 1974 – Samuel Byck attempted to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate U.S. president Richard Nixon, but he was stopped by police.
- 2019 – A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spain, and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.
- Peder Syv (b. 1631)
- James Russell Lowell (b. 1819)
- Clarence 13X (b. 1928)
- Bronwyn Oliver (b. 1959)
Knowledge about Earth
Facts and Figures
- Age of Earth: ~ 4.568 billion years
- World Population: 7.3 billion (July 2015)
- Continents: 7 (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia)
- Mean Radius: 6371.0 km
- Axial Tilt: 23,44°
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Our Solar System
Our solar system consists of
1 star (Sun) and 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune).
- 1 AU (astronomical unit) is roughly the distance between Earth and the Sun (about 150 million kilometres).
- The space probe Voyager 1 was launched by the NASA in 1977 and is meanwhile (autumn 2015) about 133 AU away from Earth.
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Why you should extend your general knowledge:
There are many reasons why one should or wants to extend his knowledge.
First you should consider that "general knowledge" is knowledge which a group of humans - who belong together regional, temporal or otherwise - owns. Thus, it describes a basic understanding of specific categories of knowledge.
As the English philosopher Francis Bacon said before: "Wisdom is Power" [Bacon 1597].