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Lithuania is one of the three Baltic states. Situated along the South Eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of the Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest.

Independence from the Russian Empire (1918)

Entered EU: 1 May 2004
Currency: Lithuanian litas (Lt)
Capital:(and largest city) Vilnius
Official languages: Lithuanian
Government: Semi-presidential republic

President: Valdas Adamkus  
Prime Ministe...

The Great Barrier Reef – The beautiful Great Barrier Reef is the single largest structure made by living organisms; it can even be seen from outer space. It is located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, in the Coral Sea within the South Pacific Ocean. It is comprised of over 2 900 individual reefs, 900 islands and is the largest coral system in the world. The reef was chosen as a world heritage site in 1981 and is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.

比干，子姓，沫邑人（今卫辉市北）。生于殷帝乙丙子之七祀（公元前1092年夏历四月初四日），卒于公元前1029年。一生忠君爱国倡导“民本清议，士志于道。”为殷商贵族商王太丁之子，名干。比干幼年聪慧，勤奋好学，20岁就以太师高位辅佐帝乙，又受托孤重辅帝辛。干从政40多年，主张减轻赋税徭股，鼓励发展农牧业生产，提倡冶炼铸造，富国强兵。商末帝辛纣王暴虐�...

商朝是中国历史上的第二个王朝，与夏、周并称为中国的“三代”，在中国历史上有着相当重要的地位。据传说，商王的祖先是五帝的后代之一。

约在公元前16世纪，一个以鸟为图腾的氏族——商在黄河下游崛起，其首领成汤深得民心；在大臣伊尹、仲虺等人的大力辅佐下，开始了伐桀的战争。先消灭了个葛、韦、顾、昆、吾等夏的盟国，翦除了夏桀的羽翼，后又在有娀...

四千多年前，夏部落首领禹因治水有功，得到了虞舜的重用并最终将部落联盟首领之位禅让于他，是夏王朝的开端。大禹死后，其子启即位，即历史上所谓的“大禹传子”，宣告了部落联盟“禅让制”的结束和封建世袭制的开始。

然而夏的统治并不巩固，启在位的时代就发生了伯益叛乱；启之子太康也治国无方，当政期间更是战乱纷纷，最后被东夷的后羿夺取了统治权，�...

Hindus believe in Karma, reincarnation and dharma which is personal duty. There is no one founder. It’s the world’s 3rd largest religion after Christianity and Islam with a billion followers. 905 million of these live in India. Hindus do not eat cows because cows are holy. Hindu society honours the cow as a symbol of unselfish giving. Cow–slaughter is legally banned in almost all states of India.

Offshoots of the religion – Sikhs, Buddhism, Jainism.

Main gods – Rama, Sita brother ...

The Phonograph.

Edison invented the first sound recording device which was patented on February 19, 1878.

He attached a needle to a telephone receiver and placed it close to a foil cylinder. The needle made indentations in the foil cylinder recording the vibrations caused by the sound of the voice. He was able to play back the message he had created realising he had invented a device to record sound.  

This brought him international fame.

In May 1889, the first "phonograph parlor" opened ...