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Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive classification
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) classified its locomotives with letter-and-number codes instead of builders' names: steam and electric codes encoded wheel arrangement, as in K4s and GG1, while the 1947 diesel scheme encoded the builder.
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University, also known as Penn State University, is a public land-grant research university founded in 1855 and headquartered in University Park, Pennsylvania, with more than 86,000 students.
Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963)
Pennsylvania Station, known as Old Penn Station, was a Beaux-Arts Manhattan terminal by McKim, Mead & White, opened in 1910 and demolished from 1963 for Madison Square Garden.
Pennsylvania Turnpike
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway system in Pennsylvania, opened in 1940 as a 160-mile road between Carlisle and Irwin, the first large-scale limited-access highway in the United States.
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is the Pennsylvania state agency, created in 1937, that builds and operates the state's toll highways, including the 1940 road promoted as America's First Superhighway.
Pennsylvania-class battleship
The Pennsylvania class comprised two US Navy dreadnought battleships, USS Pennsylvania and USS Arizona, completed in 1916; Arizona was sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Pennsylvania-class cruiser
The Pennsylvania-class cruiser was a class of six large armored cruisers built for the United States Navy in the early 1900s, among the world's largest when completed.
Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district is a former seat in the United States House that, due to the 2022 17-district map, no longer exists; it previously represented two distinct territories.
Pennsylvania's congressional delegations
Pennsylvania's congressional delegations: the state's U.S. House members and two senators under each census apportionment. 17 districts after 2020 (18 under the 2011 act); 13-5 Republican 2012-2016, 9-8 Democratic after 2018, 10-7 Republican after 2024.
Pennsylvania's congressional districts
Pennsylvania's congressional districts: the 17 US House districts drawn by the General Assembly, with current boundaries released by the state supreme court on February 23, 2022 after the 2011 gerrymander was struck down.
Pennsylvanian (geology)
The Pennsylvanian, or Pennsylvanian Period, is the younger half of the Carboniferous Period, from 323.2 to 298.9 million years ago, named for Pennsylvania's coal-bearing rocks.
Pennum Porattum
Pennum Porattum (പെണ്ണും പൊറാട്ടും), also Girl and the Fools Parade, is a 2026 Malayalam satirical comedy-drama, Rajesh Madhavan's directorial debut written by Ravi Sankar, released February 13, 2026, set in the fictional Palakkad village Pattada, about a woman and a dog persecuted by a village mob.
Penny
A penny is a one-cent coin of several currencies, including the US cent, the UK penny, and the former Canadian cent; the US struck its final pennies in 2025.
Penny (British decimal coin)
The British decimal penny (1p) is the UK one-pence coin introduced on Decimal Day, 15 February 1971, alongside the halfpenny and 2p. Bronze until 1992, then copper-plated steel; 20.3 mm, 3.56 g; legal tender up to 20p; about 28 billion issued.
Penny (British pre-decimal coin)
The pre-decimal British penny, abbreviated "d", was worth one twelfth of a shilling and one 240th of a pound, struck from Offa of Mercia's late eighth century until 1967.
Penny (Canadian coin)
The Canadian penny, the 1-cent coin struck from 1858 and by the Royal Canadian Mint from 1908, was withdrawn after May 2012 production ended; distribution stopped February 4, 2013, coins remain legal tender.
Penny (The Big Bang Theory)
Penny (later Penny Hofstadter) is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, played by Kaley Cuoco for all 12 seasons; a waitress and aspiring actress from Nebraska, rewritten from the rejected pilot character Katie.
Penny (United States coin)
The penny is the United States one-cent coin, a copper-plated zinc coin that cost 3.69 cents to make in 2024 before the Treasury stopped producing it in 2025.
Penny Arcade
Penny Arcade, the gaming webcomic by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik launched in 1998, starring Tycho Brahe and Gabe; basis of PAX conventions and Child's Play charity.
Penny Arcade (performer)
Penny Arcade, stage name of Susana Ventura (born 1950), is a New York performance artist, poet, and experimental theater maker of the Playhouse of the Ridiculous, Warhol Factory, and Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!
Penny Black
The Penny Black, Great Britain's 1840 one-penny stamp, was the world's first adhesive postage stamp, valid from 6 May 1840, showing Queen Victoria from Wyon's medal, printed by Perkins Bacon, replaced by the Penny Red in 1841.
Penny Branning
Penny Branning (Penelope Branning) is a fictional EastEnders character, daughter of Jack and Selina Branning, a wheelchair user played by Mia McKenna-Bruce (2008) and Kitty Castledine (2024-present), currently in a pregnancy paternity storyline.
Penny Chenery
Penny Chenery (Helen Bates Chenery, 1922–2017), American thoroughbred owner and breeder who ran Meadow Stable, owned 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, syndicated him for a record $6.08 million, and led the TOBA.
Penny Clark
Penny Clark (Penny Joanna Clark, Mountford-) is a British Olympic sailor, born 1975, who finished 10th in the women's Laser Radial one-person dinghy for Great Britain at Beijing 2008 and won bronze at the 2006 Qingdao test event while a Royal Navy engineer officer.
Penny Crayon
Penny Crayon is a 1989 British animated BBC One children's series created by Peter Maddocks: schoolgirl Penny's magic crayons bring her drawings to life, voiced by Su Pollard and Peter Hawkins in 12 ten-minute episodes (1989-1990), distinct from Harold and the Purple Crayon and Penny's Pencil.
Penny debate in the United States
The penny debate in the United States is the dispute over keeping the 1-cent coin, which cost more to make than face value until production ended in 2025.
Penny dreadful
The penny dreadful, also called the penny awful, was a cheap British weekly serial of sensational fiction sold for a penny in the nineteenth century.
Penny Dreadful (film)
Penny Dreadful (2006) is an American R-rated horror film directed by Richard Brandes, starring Rachel Miner and Mimi Rogers, about a car-phobic teen trapped in a disabled car by a killer; distinct from the 2014 Showtime TV series.
Penny Dreadful (TV series)
Penny Dreadful (TV series): British-American horror drama created by John Logan for Showtime and Sky, 2014–2016, three seasons set in 1891 Victorian London, filmed in Dublin, starring Eva Green as Vanessa Ives.
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is a 2020 Showtime supernatural crime drama created by John Logan, set in 1938 Los Angeles with an all-new cast led by Natalie Dormer, Daniel Zovatto, and Nathan Lane; canceled after one ten-episode season.