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Biker Mice from Mars
Biker Mice from Mars, also known as Biker Mice, is a 1993–1996 American animated series created by Rick Ungar about Martian mouse bikers Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie fighting the Plutarkians in Chicago, with a 2006 revival and Nacelle reboot announced in 2023.
Bikheris
Bikheris, Greek Bicheris, is a possible pharaoh of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, placed between Djedefre and Shepseskaf in Manetho's king list and credited with a 22-year reign, though no contemporary Egyptian evidence preserves his name.
Bikini
Bikini: two-piece women's swimsuit with bra top and navel-baring bottoms, introduced in Paris July 5, 1946 by engineer Louis Réard and rival Jacques Heim's Atome, named after Bikini Atoll's nuclear tests.
Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll, a Marshall Islands atoll in the Pacific, was the US nuclear test site of 23 detonations from 1946 to 1958, including Castle Bravo (15 Mt, 1954); its people were displaced and the site became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site
Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site, a UNESCO World Heritage site (2010) in the Marshall Islands, preserves the U.S. nuclear testing landscape of 1946-1958: 23 tests totaling 78.6 Mt, Castle Bravo's 15-megaton shot, sunken Crossroads ships, and the displaced Bikinian community.
Bikini barista
Bikini barista, also called sexpresso or bareista, is a drive-through coffee stand format staffed by scantily clad employees, originating near Seattle in 1999 with Natte Latte and concentrated in Washington, marked by tip-based earnings and the Everett dress-code litigation.
Bikini Kill
Bikini Kill, American feminist punk band formed 1990 in Olympia, Washington, active to 1997 and reunited since 2019; Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, Billy Karren; instigators of the riot grrrl movement and the phrase "girl power."
Bikini variants
Bikini variants: styles of the two-piece swimsuit introduced by Louis Réard in 1946, including string bikini, monokini, tankini, tanga, thong, bandeau, halter, triangle, and underwire tops, with support and coverage differences.
Bikini waxing
Bikini waxing removes pubic hair by pulling it from the root with wax; the Brazilian variant removes all or most hair. Results last three to four weeks. Key risks are burns, folliculitis, and infection; waxing causes fewer repeated injuries than razor shaving.
Bikku Bitti
Bikku Bitti (Bette Peak, Pic Bette), Libya's highest mountain at 2,266–2,267 m, on the Dohone spur of the Tibesti Mountains near the Chad border; first recorded ascent by Ginge Fullen, December 2005.
Bikram Choudhury (বিক্রম চৌধুরী)
Bikram Choudhury (বিক্রম চৌধুরী) is an Indian-born yoga teacher who created Bikram Yoga, 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises in 105°F heat, and left the United States in 2016.
Bikram Yoga
Bikram Yoga: a 90-minute hot yoga sequence of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises at 105°F, 40% humidity, created by Bikram Choudhury in 1970s America; rebranded by many studios after abuse lawsuits.
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (Bizz Kanwarpal), Indian film and TV character actor and retired Indian Army Major who served in the Kargil war; debuted in Paap (2003), known for Don, Murder 2, 24, and Special Ops; died of COVID-19 in 2021 at 52.
Bil Corona
Bil Corona, a 225-km-diameter corona on Venus at 3.00°N, 168.00°E in the Rusalka Planitia quadrangle, part of the Zaryanitsa Dorsa corona chain; IAU-named 2003 for a Norse goddess.
Bil Keane
Bil Keane (William Aloysius Keane, 1922–2011), American cartoonist who created the single-panel comic The Family Circus in 1960, drew it from his family, pioneered the dotted-line Sunday panels, won the 1982 Reuben Award, and was succeeded by son Jeff Keane.
Bila Patera
Bila Patera, a 90-km-wide volcanic depression (patera) on Jupiter's moon Io at 48.87 degrees south, 319.52 degrees west; IAU-approved 2026, named for the Adnyamathanha sun goddess.
Bila Tserkva Raion
Bila Tserkva Raion (Білоцерківський район) is a district of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, created in the July 2020 reform around the city of Bila Tserkva, with 13 hromadas, 6,510.3 km², and 439,877 residents.
Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast
Bila Tserkva (Біла Церква), city on the Ros River in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, about 80 km south of Kyiv; founded as Yuriiev in 1032, home to the Oleksandriia dendrological park, population roughly 200,000.
Bilad al-Sham (بلاد الشام)
Bilad al-Sham (بلاد الشام), Greater Syria or the Levant, is the historic Arabic name for the region covering Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and parts of southern Turkey, organized in early Islam into the ajnad provinces of Damascus, Filastin, al-Urdun, Hims, and Qinnasrin.
Bilal (American singer)
Bilal Sayeed Oliver, known professionally as Bilal, is an American singer and producer from Philadelphia spanning neo-soul, jazz, and hip-hop; he won a Grammy with Kendrick Lamar in 2016.
Bilal Abbas Khan (بلال عباس خان)
Bilal Abbas Khan (بلال عباس خان), born 1993 in Karachi, is a Pakistani actor of Urdu television and film. Breakthrough as Qasim in O Rangreza (2017); hits include Cheekh, Pyar Ke Sadqay, Ishq Murshid, and Meri Zindagi Hai Tu; three Lux Style Awards; NAPA-trained, ex-model.
Bilal Ali
Bilal Ali is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and composer, lead vocalist of the Karachi alternative rock band Kashmir, winners of Pepsi Battle of the Bands in 2017.
Bilal Ashraf (بلال اشرف)
Bilal Ashraf (بلال اشرف), born 1979 in Karachi, is a Pakistani actor, producer, and visual effects director known for Janaan, Yalghaar, Rangreza, Superstar, and the telefilm Aik Hai Nigar.
Bilal Bin Saqib
Bilal Bin Saqib is a British-Pakistani social entrepreneur and MBE recipient who in 2025 became Pakistan's crypto adviser and chairman of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority.
Bilal Bomani
Bilal Bomani, also known as Bilal Mark McDowell Bomani, is a senior research scientist at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, leading the GreenLab Research Facility.
Bilal Erdoğan
Bilal Erdoğan, full name Necmeddin Bilal Erdoğan, is a Turkish businessman and foundation executive, the son of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, active in youth foundations and family-linked companies.
Bilal Hassani
Bilal Hassani (بلال حسني), born 1999 in Orsay, France, is a singer and former YouTuber who won Destination Eurovision 2019 and represented France at Eurovision in Tel Aviv with "Roi".
Bilal ibn Rabah
Bilal ibn Rabah, also known as Bilal al-Habashi, was an Abyssinian companion of Muhammad, a former slave in Mecca who became the first person to give the adhan, dying in Damascus in 641.
Bilal Khan (music)
Bilal Khan (بلال خان) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter from Lahore whose home-recorded single "Bachana" went viral, leading to two albums and Coke Studio appearances from 2011.
Bilal Mobarik
Bilal Mobarik is a London-born, London School of Economics graduate who joined Accel London as an investor in 2025, focusing on AI and enterprise software after Goldman Sachs Growth Equity.