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written in the

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language. It was founded on January 11, 1996 by Stephen Kalb, who was the general editor. The encyclopedia contained 139 articles linked to 85 other themes. The text of the encyclopedia (though not the pictures) is under the

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. In December 2001, Kalb donated his 139 articles to the

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, to be expanded. It is linked on as . He now contributes directly to .Added (translated) from :eo:Enciklopedio Kalblanda, ~~~~~

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