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Sweden: Constitutional monarchy (population c. 9 million; capital Stockholm) situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula, between Norway and Finland; has a long eastern coastline on the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia. [e]- Stockholm: Capital of Sweden. [e]
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Nitroglycerin: A very unstable, shock-sensitive high-explosive which also has medical uses as a vasodilator in heart disease [e]- Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem [r]: A modern revival of the medieval Knights Templar. [e]
- January 6 U.S. Capitol riot [r]: on Jan. 6, 2021, a violent mob incited by President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol hoping to prevent the U.S. Congress from certifying electoral votes from the Nov. 2020 presidential election (in which Joe Biden was lawfully elected as the next president). The attack is widely regarded as an insurrection. [e]
- Marcello Malpighi [r]: (1628-1694), Italian scientist who creatively exploited the early microscope as Galileo did the early telescope, discoverer of the capillaries, and regarded as the founder of microscopic anatomy (histology). [e]