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The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...

The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many...

Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare...

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is an online database of all published names of Australian vascular plants. It covers all names, whether current...

Historical negationism, also called historical denialism, is falsification or distortion of the historical record. This is not the same as historical revisionism...

The United States diplomatic cables leak, widely known as Cablegate, began on Sunday, 28 November 2010 when WikiLeaks began releasing classified cables...

Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position...

Murrumba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district is based in the outer northern suburbs...

In criminal law, property is obtained by false pretenses when the acquisition results from the intentional misrepresentation of a past or existing fact...

An official state car is a vehicle used by a government to transport its head of state or head of government in an official capacity, which may also be...

Legislation controlling tattooing varies among countries in Europe. In many countries there is no particular legislation. In countries that do have legal...

Corruption is an increasing issue across Canada. On Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, Canada scored 76 on a scale from 0...

Vaucluse High School (VHS), formerly known from 1960 to 1981 as Vaucluse Boys' High School (VBHS), is a former public co-educational secondary day school...

The Sydney Roosters Juniors are officially known as the Eastern Suburbs District Junior Rugby League. It is an affiliation of junior clubs in the Eastern...

Spencer White (born 22 September 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football...

Sea bathing is swimming in the sea or in sea water and a sea bath is a protective enclosure for sea bathing. Unlike bathing in a swimming pool, which is...

Agonis flexuosa is a species of tree that grows in the southwest of Western Australia. It is easily the most common of the Agonis species, and is one of...

Coowonga is a rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Central Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Coowonga had a population of 255 people. Coowonga...

State collapse is a sudden dissolution of a sovereign state. It is often used to describe extreme situations in which state institutions dissolve rapidly...

When heated, ammonium nitrate decomposes non-explosively into gases of oxygen, nitrogen, and water vapor; however, it can be induced to decompose explosively...