Internal combustion engine Updated +Created
International System of Units Updated +Created
The key is to define only the minimum number of measures: if you define more definitions become over constrained and could be inconsistent.
Learning the modern SI is also a great way to learn some interesting Physics.
International Standard Music Number Updated +Created
Why was this so rarely used as of 2020s compared to ISBNs? It would have been perfect for helping find obscure records from Chinese traditional music and Indian classical music!
But instead we have Discogs, which is not too bad.
Encyclopedia of Math Updated +Created
Originally by Springer, but later moved to the European mathematical society.
Intermediate filaments Updated +Created
Rockefeller family Updated +Created
They were basically a Microsoft of their century. A little less monopolistic perhaps as countries believed they should own they natural resources, unlike their data.
Intermembrane space Updated +Created
RPG Maker Updated +Created
The one true game engine!
Video 1.
Reviewing a Bunch of RPG Maker Games by Majuular (2022)
Source.
IntoUniversity Updated +Created
Internet Protocol Updated +Created
Internet Relay Chat Updated +Created
Interpretations of quantum mechanics Updated +Created
East Asia Updated +Created
Stars nearest to the Sun Updated +Created
Figure 2.
Distance of stars nearest to the Sun as function of time
. Source.
Some notable ones:
  • Proxima Centauri, the nearest one, at 4 ly. It is part of the Alpha Centauri star system, which contains two other stars at very similar distances as well, and their relative distances to earth will change positions in a few tens of thousands of years.
  • Sirius, the brightest star in the sky at 9 ly
CIA usage of Domains by Proxy Updated +Created
The CIA really likes this registrar, e.g.:
Ethnic minorities in China Updated +Created
As of 2020 (TODO starting when) the Chinese government officially recognizes 55 minorities.
These minorities actually had different legal statuses, e.g. they were exempt from the One Child Policy.
Freedom of panorama Updated +Created
Escherichia coli Updated +Created
Size: 1-2 micrometers long and about 0.25 micrometer in diameter, so: 2 * 0.5 * 0.5 * 10e-18 and thus 0.5 micrometer square.
Reference strain: E. Coli K-12 MG1655.
Genome:
  • 4k genes
  • 5 Mbps
  • www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/167
  • wget ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCF/000/005/845/GCF_000005845.2_ASM584v2/GCF_000005845.2_ASM584v2_genomic.fna.gz
  • wget -O NC_000913.3.fasta 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/api/sequence/NC_000913.3/?report=fasta'
Omics modeling: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5611438/ Tools for Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Microbes at Single-Cell Level Zixi Chen, Lei Chen, Weiwen Zhang.

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