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- Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
- Aborigines of Australia
- Abraham
- Acid rain
- Acids
- Acupuncture
- Addiction
- Adolescence
- Adoption
- Advertising
- Aerosols
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- African history
- African music
- Afro-Americans
- Afro-Caribbeans
- Agricultural revolutions
- Agriculture
- Aid agencies
- AIDS
- Air
- Aircraft
- Air forces
- Airports
- Akbar
- Alaska
- Albania
- Albinos
- Alchemists
- Alcohol
- Alcoholics
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Alexander the Great
- Alexandra, Princess
- Alfred
- Algae
- Algebra
- Algeria
- Ali, Muhammad
- Alkalis
- Allegories
- Allergies
- Alligators
- Alloys
- Alphabets
- Alps
- Aluminium
- Amazon River
- Amazons
- Ambulances
- American Civil War
- American colonial history
- American Constitution
- American Indians
- American Revolution
- American West
- Amnesty International
- Amoebas
- Amphibians
- Amundsen, Roald
- Anaemia
- Anaesthetics
- Anansi
- Anatomy
- Ancient world
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Andes
- Andorra
- Andrew, Duke of York
- Andrew, Saint
- Andrews, Julie
- Anglo-Saxons
- Angola
- Animal behaviour
- Animals
- Anne, Princess Royal
- Anne, Queen
- Antarctica
- Anteaters
- Antelopes
- Anthems
- Anthropologists
- Antibiotics
- Antipodes
- Ants
- Apartheid
- Apes
- Aphids
- Appendix
- Apostles
- Aquariums
- Aqueducts
- Arabia
- Arabian Nights
- Arabs
- Archaeologists
- Archaeopteryx
- Archery
- Arches
- Archimedes
- Architects
- Arctic Ocean
- Argentina
- Aristocrats
- Aristotle
- Arithmetic
- Arkwright, Sir Richard
- Armada
- Armadillos
- Armenia
- Armies
- Armour
- Armoured animals
- Armstrong, Louis
- Armstrong, Neil
- Armstrong-Jones, Lady Sarah
- Arthritis
- Arthur and his knights
- Arthur, King
- Artificial limbs
- Asbestos
- Ashcroft, Peggy
- Ashley, Laura
- Ashoka
- Asia
- Asimov, Isaac
- Astaire, Fred, & Rogers, Ginger
- Asthma
- Astronauts
- Astronomers
- Atahualpa
- Atatrk, Mustafa Kemal
- Athletics: field
- Athletics: track
- Atmosphere
- Atoms
- Attila
- Attlee, Clement
- Augustine of Canterbury, Saint
- Augustine of Hippo, Saint
- Augustus, Emperor of Rome
- Aurora
- Austen, Jane
- Australia
- Australia's history
- Austria
- Authors
- Avalanches
- Averages
- Azerbaijan
- Aztecs
- Babbage, Charles
- Babies
- Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Bacon, Sir Francis
- Bacteria
- Baden-Powell, Robert
- Badgers
- Badminton
- Baha'is
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Baird, John Logie
- Balance
- Balboa, Vasco Nez de
- Ballads
- Ballet
- Ballesteros, Seve
- Balloons and airships
- Bands
- Bangladesh
- Banks
- Banks, Sir Joseph
- Bannister, Roger
- Baptism
- Barbados
- Barnacles
- Barnardo, Thomas
- Barometers
- Barrie, Sir J. M.
- Baseball
- Basho
- Basketball
- Basket making
- Basques
- Bats
- Batteries
- Battles
- Bayeux Tapestry
- Beans
- Bears
- Beatles
- Beavers
- Becket, Saint Thomas
- Bede, the Venerable
- Beer
- Bees
- Beethoven, Ludwig van
- Beetles
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bell, Alexander Graham
- Bells and bell ringing
- Benedict, Saint
- Ben-Gurion, David
- Benin
- Beowulf
- Berbers
- Bermuda
- Bernard, Saint
- Bernstein, Leonard
- Berry, Chuck
- Besant, Annie
- Best, George
- Bhutto, Benazir
- Bhutto, Zulfikar
- Bible
- Bicycles
- Big bang
- Bikila, Abebe
- Billiards
- Billy the Kid
- Binoculars
- Biologists
- Bird, Isabella Lucy
- Birds
- Birds of paradise
- Birds of prey
- Birth
- Bismarck, Otto von
- Bison
- Black Death
- Black holes
- Blake, William
- Blankers-Koen, Fanny
- Blindness
- Blondin, Charles
- Blood
- Blume, Judy
- Blyton, Enid
- Board games
- Boats
- Boer War
- Bogart, Humphrey
- Bogle, Paul
- Bohr, Niels Henrik David
- Bolvar, Simn
- Bolivia
- Bombs
- Bones
- Bonington, Christian
- Boomerangs
- Boone, Daniel
- Booth, Catherine and William
- Borg, Bjorn
- Borneo
- Boru, Brian
- Bosnia
- Botanists
- Botswana
- Boudica
- Bowie, David
- Bowling
- Boxing
- Boyle, Robert
- Bradman, Donald
- Brahe, Tycho
- Brahms, Johannes
- Braille
- Brain
- Brakes
- Brando, Marlon
- Braun, Wernher von
- Brazil
- Bread
- Breathing
- Brer Rabbit
- Bricks
- Bridges
- British empire
- British history 1919-1989
- British Isles
- Britten, Benjamin
- Bronchitis
- Bront sisters
- Brown, James
- Brownies
- Browning, Robert
- Bruce, Robert the
- Bruegel, Pieter
- Bruises
- Brunei
- Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
- Bubbles
- Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
- Buddhists
- Buffalo
- Buffalo Bill
- Bugs
- Buildings
- Bulbs and corms
- Bulgaria
- Bulldozers
- Bullfighting
- Bunyan, John
- Burial mounds
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burns, Robert
- Burundi
- Bushmen
- Businesses
- Butler, Josephine
- Butlin, Billy
- Butterflies
- Byron, Lord
- Byzantine empire
- Cabinets
- Cables
- Cabot, John and Sebastian
- Cacti
- Cadbury, George
- Caesar, Gaius Julius
- Cagney, James
- Calculators
- Calendars
- Calligraphy
- Calvin, John
- Cambodia
- Camels
- Cameras
- Cameroon
- Camouflage
- Camping
- Canada
- Canada's history
- Canals
- Canary Islands
- Cancer
- Candles
- Canoes
- Canterbury Tales
- Capitalists
- Capone, Al
- Carbon
- Card games
- Caribbean
- Caribbean history
- Carnegie, Andrew
- Carnivals
- Carols
- Carroll, Lewis
- Cartier, Jacques
- Cartoons
- Cassette players
- Castles
- Castro, Fidel
- Caterpillars
- Cathedrals
- Catherine the Great
- Catholics
- Cats
- Cats' eyes
- Cattle
- Cavaliers
- Cavalry
- Cavell, Edith
- Cave paintings
- Caves
- Caxton, William
- Cayley, Sir George
- Celestial sphere
- Cells
- Celtic history
- Celtic myths and legends
- Cement
- Cemeteries
- Censorship
- Centipedes
- Central African Republic
- Central heating
- Cereals
- Cervantes Miguel
- Czanne, Paul
- Chad
- Chadwick, Sir James
- Chagall, Marc
- Chamber music
- Chameleons
- Channel Islands
- Chaplin, Charlie
- Charities
- Charlemagne
- Charles I
- Charles II
- Charles V
- Charles Edward Stuart
- Charles, Prince of Wales
- Chartists
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Cheese
- Cheetahs
- Chemical energy
- Chemicals
- Chemists
- Chess
- Children
- Chile
- Chimpanzees
- China
- China's history
- Chivalry
- Chiyonofuji
- Chocolate
- Choirs
- Chopin, Frederic
- Chow chow
- Christians
- Christie, Dame Agatha
- Christmas
- Churches
- Churchyards
- Churchill, Sir Winston
- Circuses
- Cities
- Civilization
- Civil rights
- Civil service
- Clans
- Classical music
- Classics
- Classification
- Cleopatra
- Climate
- Climbing
- Clinics
- Clive, Robert
- Clocks and watches
- Clones
- Clothes
- Clouds
- Cnut
- Coal
- Coasts
- Cobbett, William
- Cockcroft, Sir John
- Cockerell, Sir Christopher
- Cockroaches
- Cocoa
- Codes and ciphers
- Coffee
- Coins
- Cold
- Cold War
- Colds and coughs
- Collages
- Colleges
- Collins, Phil
- Colombia
- Colonies
- Colour
- Columbus, Christopher
- Comaneci, Nadia
- Comets
- Comics
- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- Commonwealth of Nations
- Communication
- Communists
- Compasses
- Composers
- Computers
- Concentration camps
- Concertos
- Concerts
- Concrete
- Concussion
- Confucians
- Congo
- Congress
- Conifers
- Conquistadores
- Conservation
- Constable, John
- Constantine the Great
- Constellations
- Continents
- Cook, James
- Cookers
- Cooking
- Co-operative societies
- Copernicus, Nicolas
- Copper
- Coracles
- Coral
- Cork
- Coronations
- Corts, Hernn
- Cosmetics
- Cosmic rays
- Cosmology
- Costa Rica
- Costume
- Cotton
- Countries
- Country and western music
- Country code
- Cousteau, Jacques
- Cowboys
- Crabs
- Crafts
- Cranes
- Cranmer, Thomas
- Creation myths
- Crick and Watson
- Cricket
- Crickets
- Crimean War
- Crimes
- Croatia
- Crockett, Davy
- Crocodiles
- Cromwell, Oliver
- Crusades
- Crustaceans
- Crystals
- Cuba
- Cub Scouts
- Cuckoos
- Curie, Marie
- Curling
- Custer, General George
- Customs and excise
- Cycling
- Cyclones and anticyclones
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Daguerre, Louis
- Dahl, Roald
- Dalai Lama
- Dalton, John
- Dams
- Dance
- Dante, Alighieri
- Darius I
- Dark Ages
- Darling, Grace
- Darts
- Darwin, Charles
- David, King of Israel
- David, Saint
- Davis, Bette
- Davy, Sir Humphrey
- Day and night
- Days of the week
- Deafness
- Dean, James
- Death
- Debussy, Claude
- Decimals
- Deer
- Defoe, Daniel
- Degas, Edgar
- De Gaulle, Charles
- DeMille, Cecil B
- Democracy
- Deng Xiaoping
- Denmark
- Dentists
- Depressions
- Descartes, Ren
- Deserts
- Designers
- Detectives
- Detergents
- De Valera, Eamon
- De Valois, Ninette
- Developing countries
- Devil
- Dew
- Diabetes
- Diamonds
- Diana, Princess of Wales
- Dias, Bartolomeu
- Dickens, Charles
- Dictators
- Diesel, Rudolf
- Diets
- Digestive systems
- DiMaggio, Joe
- Dinosaurs
- Diseases
- Disney, Walt
- Disraeli, Benjamin
- Divers
- Divorce
- Diwali
- Djibouti
- DNA
- Docks
- Doctors
- Dogs
- Dolls
- Dolphins
- Domesday Book
- Domestication
- Dominic, Saint
- Dominican Republic
- Dormice
- Down's Syndrome
- Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Dracula
- Dragonflies
- Dragons
- Drake, Sir Francis
- Drama
- Drawing
- Dreams
- Drer, Albrecht
- Dress
- Drought
- Drugs
- Druids
- Drums
- Ducks, geese and swans
- Dunlop, John Boyd
- Dust-bowl
- Dvorak, Antonin
- Dyes
- Dylan, Bob
- Dynamos
- Earhart, Amelia
- Ears
- Earth
- Earthquakes
- Earwigs
- Easter
- Eastwood, Clint
- Echoes
- Eclipses
- Ecology
- Economists
- Ecosystems
- Ecuador
- Eczema
- Edison, Thomas
- Edward I
- Edward III
- Edward VI
- Edward VII
- Edward VIII
- Edward, Prince
- Edwardian Britain
- Edwards, Gareth
- Eggs
- Egypt
- Egyptian ancient history
- Egyptian myths
- Eid
- Einstein, Albert
- Eisenhower, Dwight David
- Eisteddfod
- Elastic
- El Cid
- Elections
- Electricity
- Electricity supply
- Electronic music
- Electronics
- Elements
- Elephants
- Elgar, Sir Edward
- El Greco
- Eliot, George
- Eliot, Thomas Stearns
- Elizabeth I
- Elizabeth II
- Elizabeth, Queen Mother
- Ellington, Duke
- El Salvador
- Embroidery
- Empires
- Enclosures
- Endangered species
- Energy
- Engineers
- Engines
- England
- England's history
- English Civil War
- English language
- Environments
- Enzymes
- Epidemics
- Equations
- Equator
- Equatorial Guinea
- Equinoxes
- Erasmus, Desiderius
- Erosion
- Escalators
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Ethnic groups
- Etruscans
- Euclid
- Europe
- European Community
- European history
- Everly Brothers
- Evolution of living things
- Evolution of people
- Experiments
- Explorers
- Explosives
- Extinct animals
- Eyes
- Fables
- Fabrics
- Factories
- Factory Reform in Britain
- Fairies
- Fairs
- Falkland Islands
- Families
- Famine
- Faraday, Michael
- Farming
- Farm machinery
- Fascists
- Fashion
- Fasting
- Fats
- Fawkes, Guy
- Feathers
- Feet and hands
- Fencing
- Fermi, Enrico
- Ferns
- Fertilizers
- Festivals
- Feudal system
- Fibre optics
- Fibres
- Fiji
- Films
- Fingerprints
- Finland
- Fire
- Fire of London
- Fire services
- Fireworks
- First aid
- Fish
- Fishing
- Fishing industry
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Fjords
- Flags
- Fleas
- Fleming, Sir Alexander
- Flesh eaters
- Flies
- Flight
- Flightless birds
- Floating
- Flood-plains
- Floods
- Flowering plants
- Flowers
- Fluoride
- Fluorine
- Fog
- Folk dance
- Folk music
- Folk tales and fairy tales
- Fonda, Jane
- Fonteyn, Margot
- Food
- Food chains and webs
- Food processing
- Football
- Forces
- Ford, Henry
- Forests
- Fossils
- Foster children
- Fox, George
- Foxes
- Fractions
- Fractures
- France
- France's history
- Franco, General Francisco
- Frank, Anne
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Franklin, Rosalind
- Frescos
- Freud, Sigmund
- Friction
- Frobisher, Sir Martin
- Froebel, Friedrich
- Frogs
- Frost
- Fruit
- Fruit farming
- Fry, Elizabeth
- Fuel
- Fukuzawa, Yukichi
- Funerals
- Fungi
- Fur
- Fur farming
- Furniture
- Gable, Clark
- Gabon
- Gagarin, Yuri
- Galapagos Islands
- Galaxies
- Galilei, Galileo
- Gama, Vasco da
- Gambia
- Gambling
- Game birds
- Gandhi, Indira
- Gandhi, Ganges
- Ganges and gangsters
- Garbo, Greta
- Gardens
- Garibaldi, Giuseppe
- Garland, Judy
- Garrett Anderson, Elizabeth
- Garvey, Marcus
- Gases
- Gaugin, Paul
- Gavaskar, Sunil
- Geiger counters
- Geldof, Bob
- Gems
- Genetics
- Genghis Khan
- Geography
- Geological time
- Geologists
- Geometry
- George I
- George III
- George VI
- George, Saint
- Georgia
- Georgian Britain
- Geothermal power
- Gerbils
- German history
- Germany
- Germs
- Gershwin, George
- Geysers
- Ghana
- Ghosts
- Giants
- Gibbons
- Gibraltar
- Gielgud, John
- Giotto
- Giraffes
- Glaciers
- Gladstone, William Ewart
- Glands
- Glass
- Gliders
- Glorious Revolution
- Gloucester, Duchess of
- Gloucester, Duke of
- Glue
- Glyndwr, Owain
- Goats
- Gobind Singh
- God
- Goethe, Johann von
- Gold
- Golf
- Goodall, Jane
- Gorbachev, Mikhail
- Gordy, Berry
- Gorillas
- Gothic architecture
- Government
- Goya, Francisco de
- Grace, W G
- Graf, Steffi
- Graham, Billy
- Graham, Martha
- Grammar
- Grant, Ulysses S
- Graphic design
- Graphs
- Grasses
- Grasshoppers
- Grasslands
- Gravity
- Great Exhibition
- Great Wall of China
- Greece
- Greek ancient history
- Greek myths
- Greene, Graham
- Greenhouse effect
- Greenland
- Green movement
- Gregory I
- Greyhound racing
- Grimm brothers
- Gropius, Walter
- Growth
- Guatemala
- Guerrillas
- Guides
- Guilds
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guinea pigs
- Gulliver's Travels
- Gunpowder Plot
- Guns
- Gurdwaras
- Gutenberg, Johann
- Guyana
- Owain Gwynedd
- Gymkhanas
- Gymnastics
- Gypsies
- Gyroscopes
- Habitats
- Hadrian's Wall
- Hailstones
- Hailwood, Mike
- Hair
- Haiti
- Haley, Bill
- Halley, Edmond
- Hallowe'en
- Hamsters
- Handel, George Frederick
- Handicaps
- Hannibal
- Hardie, Keir
- Hardy, Thomas
- Hares
- Harmony
- Harvest
- Harvey, William
- Hats and headdresses
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawkins, Sir John
- Haydn, Joseph
- Hay fever
- Heads
- Health
- Hearts
- Heat
- Heaven
- Hebrews
- Hedgehogs
- Hedgerows
- Helicopters
- Helium
- Hell
- Hendrix, Jimi
- Henry I
- Henry II
- Henry V
- Henry VII
- Henry VIII
- Hepworth, Barbara
- Heraldry
- Herbs
- Hercules
- Heretics
- Hereward the Wake
- Hero of Alexandria
- Herod
- Herschel, Sir William and Caroline
- Heyerdahl, Thor
- Hiawatha
- Hibernation
- Hieroglyphics
- Highland Clearances
- Highwaymen
- Hill, Octavia
- Hill, Rowland
- Hillary, Sir Edmund
- Hillforts
- Himalayas
- Hindus
- Hippocrates of Cos
- Hippopotamuses
- Hirohito, Emperor
- Hiroshima
- Hispanics
- History
- Hitchcock, Alfred
- Hitler, Adolf
- Hittites
- Ho Chi Minh
- Hockey
- Hodgkin, Dorothy
- Hoffman, Dustin
- Holiday, Billie
- Holidays
- Holly, Buddy
- Holocaust
- Holograms
- Homeopathic medicine
- Homer
- Honduras
- Honey
- Honeydew
- Hong Kong
- Hooke, Robert
- Hops
- Hormones
- Hornpipe
- Horns and antlers
- Horoscopes
- Horses
- Horsetails
- Hospitals
- Houdini, Harry
- Household equipment
- Houses
- Hovercraft
- Hudson, Henry
- Hughes, Ted
- Huguenots
- Human beings
- Human body
- Humboldt, Baron von
- Hummingbirds
- Hundred Years War
- Hungary
- Hunter-gatherers
- Hurling
- Hurricanes
- Huxley, Thomas
- Huygens, Christian
- Hydraulics
- Hydroelectric power
- Hyenas
- Hygiene
- Hymns
- Hypnosis
- Hypothermia
- Ibn Battuta
- Ice
- Ice Ages
- Icebergs and ice-caps
- Ice hockey
- Iceland
- Ice skating
- Icons
- Illuminated manuscripts
- Immunity
- Incas
- India
- Indian history
- Indian music
- Indian myths
- Indonesia
- Industrial Revolution
- Industry
- Infinity
- Inflation
- Information technology
- Initiation ceremonies
- Insects
- Instinct
- Insulation
- Insurance
- Intelligence
- Internal combustion engines
- Inuit
- Inventors
- Invertebrates
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland's history
- Irish Republic
- Iron and steel
- Irrigation
- Islands
- Israel
- Issigonis, Alec
- Italy
- Italy's history
- Ivan the Terrible
- Ivory
- Ivory Coast
- Jackals
- Jackson, Andrew
- Jackson, Jesse
- Jackson, Michael
- Jacob
- Jacobites
- Jaguars
- Jains
- Jamaica
- James I
- James, Jesse
- Japan
- Japan's history
- Jason
- Jazz
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Jellyfish
- Jenner, Edward
- Jesus
- Jet engines
- Jewellery
- Jews
- Jiang Jieshi
- Jinnah, Mohammed
- Joan of Arc, Saint
- John, Elton
- John, King of England
- John Paul II, Pope
- Johnson, Amy
- John the Baptist
- John XXIII, Pope
- Jordan
- Joseph
- Joule, James
- Judges and juries
- Judo
- Jung, Carl
- Kaleidoscopes
- Kandinsky, Wassily
- Kangaroos
- Karate
- Karloff, Boris
- Kazakhstan
- Keaton, Buster
- Keats, John
- Keller, Helen
- Kelly, Gene
- Kelly, Ned
- Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
- Kent, Duchess of
- Kent, Duke of
- Kent, Prince Michael of
- Kenya
- Kenyatta, Jomo
- Kepler, Johannes
- Khan, Jahangir
- Kibbutz
- Kidneys
- Killy, Jean Claude
- King, Carole
- King, Martin Luther
- King, William Lyon Mackenzie
- Kings
- Kingsley, Charles
- Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
- Kinship
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Kirgyzstan
- Kites
- Knights
- Knitting
- Knots
- Knox, John
- Koalas
- Kongzi
- Koran
- Korbut, Olga
- Korea
- Krill
- Kruger, Paul
- Kublai Khan
- Kurds
- Kurosawa, Akira
- Kuwait
- Lace
- Lacrosse
- Ladybirds
- Lagoons
- Lakes
- Landforms
- Land use
- Languages
- Laos
- Larvae
- Lasers
- Latitude and longitude
- Latvia
- Laurel, Stanley and Hardy, Oliver
- Laurier, Sir Wilfrid
- Laver, Rod
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
- Law
- Lawrence, D.H.
- Lawrence, T.E.
- Lead
- Leakey family
- Lear, Edward
- Leather
- Leaves
- Lebanon
- Le Corbusier
- Lee, Robert E.
- Leeches
- Leeuwenhoek, Anton van
- Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
- Lenses
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Leopards
- Lesotho
- Letter writing
- Levers
- Lewis, Carl
- Lewis, C.S.
- Liberia
- Libraries
- Libya
- Lice
- Lichens
- Lie detectors
- Liechtenstein
- Lifeboats
- Light
- Lighthouses
- Light years
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lindbergh, Charles Augustus
- Linley, Viscount
- Linnaeus, Carolus
- Lions
- Liquids
- Lister, Joseph
- Liszt, Franz
- Lithuania
- Livers
- Liverworts
- Livingstone, David
- Living things
- Lizards
- Llamas
- Lloyd George, David
- Lloyd Webber, Andrew
- Llywelyn ap Gruffydd
- Llywelyn the Great
- Lobsters
- Local government
- Loch Ness Monster
- Locks and keys
- Locks
- Locomotives
- Locusts
- Lorenz, Konrad
- Loudspeakers
- Louis IX, Saint
- Louis XIV
- Louis XVI
- Luminescence
- Lungs
- Luther, Martin
- Luthuli, Albert John
- Luxembourg
- Macdonald, Flora
- Macdonald, Sir John Alexander
- Machines
- Macram
- Madagascar
- Madonna
- Mafia
- Magazines
- Magellan, Ferdinand
- Magna Carta
- Magnets
- Magnifying glasses
- Mahabharata
- Malaria
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malnutrition
- Malta
- Mammals
- Mandela, Nelson
- Mao Zedong
- Maori
- Maps
- Maradona, Diego
- Marathon
- Marches
- Marciano, Rocky
- Marconi, Guglielmo
- Margaret, Princess
- Margarine
- Market gardens
- Markets
- Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of
- Marley, Bob
- Marriage
- Marsupials
- Marx Brothers
- Marx, Karl
- Mary I
- Mary II
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- Mary Rose
- Masks
- Mass
- Mass production
- Materials
- Mathematics
- Mating
- Matisse, Henri
- Matsushita, Konosuke
- Matter
- Matthews, Stanley
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Maxwell, James Clerk
- McAdam, John Loudon
- Measurement
- Meat
- Mechanical musical instruments
- Medals
- Media
- Medicine
- Meditation
- Mediterranean
- Meir, Golda
- Melanesians
- Melody
- Memory
- Mendel, Gregor Johann
- Mendelev, Dimitri Ivanovich
- Mendelssohn, Felix
- Menstruation
- Mental handicap
- Mental illness
- Merckx, Eddy
- Mercury
- Mermaids and mermen
- Mesopotamia
- Metals
- Metamorphosis
- Meteors
- Mexico
- Mice
- Michelangelo Buonarotti
- Microphones
- Microprocessors
- Microscopes
- Microwaves
- Midas
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- Midnight Sun
- Midwives
- Migraine
- Migration
- Milk
- Milky Way
- Millipedes
- Milton, John
- Mime
- Minerals
- Mining
- Minoans
- Minotaur
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- Wolsey, Thomas
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- Yugoslavia
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