Knowledge in a Nutshell
The fourth season of Fargo premiered on September 27, 2020, on FX and concluded on November 29, 2020. The fourth season is set in 1950 in Kansas City and the story follows two crime syndicates as they vie for control. The cast is led by Chris Rock, who plays Loy Cannon, the head of a crime syndicate.
Facundo Pellistri Rebollo (born 20 December 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Manchester United. He is a youth academy graduate of Peñarol. A winger, he has been praised highly for his quick agility, technique, and strategic vision.
The Frankenstrat is a guitar created by Eddie Van Halen. The name is a portmanteau of Frankenstein, the fictional doctor who created a monster by combining body parts of the recently deceased. A copy of the guitar is housed in the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.
The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts radio news, speech and discussions in more than 40 languages to many parts of the world. In 2015, The World Service reached an average of 210 million people a week. In November 2016, the BBC announced that it would start broadcasting in additional languages including...
Microsoft introduced Windows on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS. Windows came to dominate the world’s personal computer market with over 90% market share, overtaking Mac OS. On PCs, Windows is still the most popular operating system. In 2014, Microsoft admitted losing the majority of the overall operating system market to Android.
The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association’s 2019–20 season. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat, 4–2. It was the franchise’s 17th title, tying the Boston Celtics for the most in league history. LeBron James was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player for the fourth time...
Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII. She was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry’s elder brother, Arthur. Catherine refused to accept Henry as supreme head of the Church in England and considered herself the king’s rightful wife and queen. After being banished...
Carla Gugino was born in Sarasota, Florida, to an orthodontist of Italian descent and a mother of English-Irish descent. Her parents separated when she was two, after which she travelled between her father and half-brother Carl Jr.’s home in Florida, and her Paradise, California, home. She took acting classes at the suggestion of her aunt, former Let’s Make a Deal...
The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin. Obama became the first African American ever to be elected to the presidency, as well as being only the third sitting United States Senator elected president. President Bush was...
Clark Tinsley Middleton was an American actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Sin City, Fringe, Snowpiercer, and The Blacklist. In 1997, Middleton wrote the one-person play Miracle Mile about his lifelong struggle with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
