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12 hours ago · Tetris (Russian: Тетрис[ a]) is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. [ 1] It has been published by several companies on more than 65 platforms, setting a Guinness world record for the most ported game. After a significant period of publication by Nintendo, in 1996 the rights reverted to ...
12 hours ago · Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades.. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 40,191, [10] [11] an increase of 4,846 (+13.7%) from the 2010 census count of 35,345, [20] [21] which in turn reflected a decline of 116 (−0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the 2000 ...
12 hours ago · In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential election for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president. The process is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. [ 1] The number of electoral votes a state has equals its number ...
12 hours ago · Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche[ ii] (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. [ 14] He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person to hold the Chair of Classical ...
12 hours ago · Africa. Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [ 7] With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...
12 hours ago · Alzheimer's disease ( AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, [ 2] and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. [ 2][ 15] The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. [ 1] As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation ...
12 hours ago · The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995, the second anniversary of the end to the Waco siege.