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"Shiver" is a song written and recorded by English alternative rock band Coldplay. British record producer Ken Nelson and Coldplay produced the track for their debut album Parachutes. Voc...

Nupedia was an English-language Web-based encyclopedia whose articles were written by experts and licensed as free content. It was founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten by Bomis, with L...

Over 1999 and early 2000, the Federal Reserve had increased interest rates six times, and the economy was beginning to lose speed. The dot-com bubble burst, numerically, on March 10, 2000...

UFC 24: First Defense was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 10, 2000 at the Lake Charles Civic Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The event...

One possible cause for the collapse of the NASDAQ (and all dotcoms that collapsed) was the massive, multi-billion dollar sell orders for major bellwether high tech stocks (Cisco, IBM, Del...

Critically acclaimed upon its first release, Let's Get Free was called a "return to politically conscious rap" and "the most politically conscious rap since Public Enemy"; the duo's messa...

Engines of Creation is an album by Joe Satriani which was an experiment in fusing the "analog" instrumental electric guitar genre with the more modern "digital" music genres of techno, dr...

War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) is the sixth studio album by American rapper Ice Cube. It is the second disc from the two-disc album War & Peace, the previous volume of which was rele...

Another reason may have been accelerated business spending in preparation for the Y2K switchover. Once New Year had passed without incident, businesses found themselves with all the equip...

The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony (also known as Oscars 2000) took place at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, and was Billy Crystal's seventh time hosting the Awards. The ceremony attracted ...

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (a.k.a. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 or MvC2) is the fourth and final game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series of fighting games. With the final installment of t...

The 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....

WrestleMania 2000 (chronologically known as WrestleMania XVI) was the sixteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). I...

Over 1999 and early 2000, the U.S. Federal Reserve had increased interest rates six times, and the economy was beginning to lose speed. The dot-com bubble burst, numerically, on March 10,...

The tooth fairy has visited Cartman, leaving him two dollars. He rushes to the bus stop to share his news with the others. He then unveils his latest plan. If all they all combined their ...

The 2000 Masters Tournament was the 64th Masters Tournament held from April 6-9, 2000 at Augusta National Golf Club. Vijay Singh won his second major championship and first Masters by thr...

"Big Pimpin'" is the last single from rapper Jay-Z's fourth album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. It features rapping by Southern hip hop group UGK as well as production by Timbala...

The kids are have just won a sledding race. Token says that the only reason they won is because of Eric's fat ass. The girls challenge the boys to a sledding race down Phil Collins Hill. ...

Mobic is a once-daily, 7.5 mg tablet indicated for the relief of the pain and stiffness associated with osteoarthritis. Mobic is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Osteoarth...

In several respects, Daikatana set a new standard for gaming misfires. Legendary developer John Romero planned to top his earlier work on Doom and Quake by creating a first-person shooter...

UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 14, 2000 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The event was the...

Public awareness campaigns were one of the ways in which dot-coms sought to grow their customer base. These included television ads, print ads, and targeting of professional sporting even...

"Prayin' for Daylight" is the debut single by American country music group Rascal Flatts. Released in spring 2000 as the lead-off single from their self-titled debut album, it peaked at #...

Sexy Sweet Thing is an album released by funk/R&B group Cameo in 2000. This 14-track release was Cameo's first full album of new material since 1994's In the Face of Funk. Peaking at only...

There's something wrong with new student Timmy. About the only thing Timmy can do is say his name. Ignorant of the fact that Timmy is "retarded" they believe he has ADD, which relieves hi...

Lantus (insulin glargine) is a man-made form of a natural hormone. It is a long-acting insulin that is slightly different from other forms of insulin that are not man-made and it works by...

Exelon improves the function of nerve cells in the brain. It works by preventing the breakdown of a chemical called acetylcholine (ah see til KO leen). People with dementia usually have l...

The time is long overdue to begin constructing energy systems based on indigenous solar, wind, biofuels, and other sustainable sources. In rich countries and poor, Earth Day 2000 will agg...

Papa Roach * Jacoby Shaddix - lead vocals * Jerry Horton - lead guitar, backing vocals * Tobin Esperance - bass guitar, backing vocals * Dave Buckner - drums, percus...

Resurrection is the tenth album by the heavy metal band Venom. It was released on SPV/Steamhammer in 2000.

The boys discover 8-year-old contorting quintuplets from Romania. Cartman decides to stage his own performance. The quintuplets and their grandmother defect from Romania and wind up stayi...

Rascal Flatts Wins its first award at the ACM awards ceremony in 2000. This new group wins the Top New Vocal Duo or Group Award. This is the first of many awards that Rascal Flatt will win.

Gladiator is a 2000 epic film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, and Richard Harris. Crowe portr...

The New America is an album by punk band Bad Religion. It was released in 2000 and is their last album (to date) on Atlantic Records. The New America is also Bad Religion's last album ...

Hamlet, also referred to as Hamlet 2000, is an American film by Michael Almereyda, released in 2000, set in contemporary New York City, and based on the Shakespeare's play of the same nam...

S.E. Fireworks, a company that stores fireworks articles, is located in the middle of the working class housing estate of Mekkelholt in the northern Dutch city of Enschede. On 13 May 2000...

Amores perros is a 2000 Mexican film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. It is an anthology film containing three distinct stories which are connected by a car accident in Mexico Cit...

We Are Motörhead is the fifteenth album by the British band Motörhead. It was released in 2000, and features a cover of the punk band The Sex Pistols' song "God Save the Queen", for which...

Binaural is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on May 16, 2000 through Epic Records. Following a full-scale tour in support of its previous a...

Boo.com was a British Internet company founded by Swedes Ernst Malmsten, Kajsa Leander and Patrik Hedelin that famously went bust following the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. After se...

Dinosaur is a 2000 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 39th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Dinosaur combines the use of...

On March 19, 1978, five days after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 called on Israel to withdraw immediately its forces from Lebanon and est...

Mission: Impossible II (also known as M:I-2) is a 2000 film directed by John Woo, and starring Tom Cruise, who also served as the film's producer. It is a sequel to Brian De Palma's 1996 ...

WelChol is used to lower blood cholesterol levels when diet and exercise prove insufficient. It works by binding with cholesterol-based bile acids to take them out of circulation. This pr...

Brave New World is the twelfth studio album by Iron Maiden, released on 30 May 2000. It marked the return of longtime lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith to the band, w...

The 2000 Stanley Cup Finals were played in the 107th year of the Stanley Cup. The series had the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils and the Western Conference and defending cha...

"Heroic Past, Proud Future" - a time to look back on all that LGBT communities have accomplished and gird our loins for battles yet to be won. Heroes Sky Gilbert and Michelle Douglas join...

Brutal Planet is the 21st studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 2000. Lyrically, Brutal Planet deals with themes of dark "social fiction", including domestic violence ("Take it Lik...

Daiquiri Factory: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 2 is the sixth album released by rapper, Andre Nickatina. It was released on June 6, 2000 for Million Dollar Dream and was produced by Nick Peace, Fil...

Rated R (also called R) is the second studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age. It was released on June 6, 2000 through Interscope Records. Rated R was a critical and co...