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Featured article: February 9, 2005

Jonathan Wild was perhaps the most famous criminal of London, if not of the United Kingdom, in the 18th century, both because of his own actions and the uses novelists, playwrights, and political satirists made of them. He invented a scheme which allowed him to run one of the most successful gangs of thieves of the era, all the while appearing to be the nation's leading policeman. He manipulated the press and the nation's fears to become the most loved public figure of the 1720s; this love turned to hatred when his villany was exposed. After his death, he became a symbol of naked corruption and hypocrisy. (more...)

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"Ombra mai fù" (and the introductory recitative) from George Frideric Handel's Serse, as performed by Enrico Caruso in 1920. (file info)

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In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat (laminar) and thin, to expose the chloroplast-containing cells (chlorenchyma tissue) to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues. This chart shows three aspects of leaf morphology: shape, margin (edge), and venation (arrangement of the veins).

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Featured list: Counties of Lithuania

The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular apskritis, plural apskritys), all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular savivaldybė, plural savivaldybės): 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities. Each municipality is then divided into elderates (Lithuanian: singular seniūnija, plural seniūnijos). This division was created in 1994 and slightly modified in 2000.

#	County (media help)	Capital	Area in km² (rank)	Population in 2001 census^[1]	Population in 2011 census (rank)^[1]	Population per km² (rank)	Municipalities
1	Alytus County (listen • info)	Alytus	5,425 (6)	187,769	158,571 (7)	29.3 (8)	Alytus city municipality Alytus district municipality Druskininkai municipality Lazdijai district municipality Varėna district municipality
2	Kaunas County (listen • info)	Kaunas	8,089 (3)	701,529	612,532 (2)	75.7 (2)	Birštonas municipality Jonava district municipality Kaišiadorys district municipality Kaunas city municipality Kaunas district municipality Kėdainiai district municipality Prienai district municipality Raseiniai district municipality

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Featured topic: Aston Villa F.C.

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