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   Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Welcome to Wikipedia. , the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. 6,818,102 articles in English. From today's featured article. The band Cream, with Eric Clapton (right) "Cross Road Blues" is a song written by the American blues artist Robert Johnson.

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   The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S., US or the States), or simply America, is a sovereign country mostly in North America. It is divided into 50 states. Forty-eight of these states and the District of Columbia border each other between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

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   OCLC number. 52075003. Wikipedia [note 3] is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the use of the wiki -based editing system MediaWiki. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history.

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