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Editing since 13 October 2004!

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Architecture and its styles, Atlas of world history and other neat maps, Certainty, the European Union and the Eurozone (and other attempts at economic integration), Existentialism, Megaregions of the United States, Metrication in the United States, Military-related articles (e.g. Badges of the United States Navy, List of United States Army careers, Uniforms of the United States Military, United States Army branch insignia), Penny debate in the United States, Philosophy (aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics), Psychology, Sociology, and Unit Load Device


The Rokeby Venus is a painting by Diego Velázquez which was completed between 1647 and 1651. It depicts the Roman goddess Venus in a sensual pose, lying on a bed and looking into a mirror held by her son Cupid. The painting is the only surviving female nude by Velázquez. Since 1906 it has been in the National Gallery in London.Painting: Diego Velázquez