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Rainforest Cafe
Rainforest Cafe is a jungle-themed family restaurant chain with animatronic animals, waterfalls, and simulated thunderstorms, founded by Steven Schussler and opened first at the Mall of America in 1994.
Rainforest Connection
Rainforest Connection (RFCx) is an American nonprofit founded by physicist Topher White that uses solar-powered acoustic sensors and AI to detect illegal logging and poaching in real time.
Rainforest Wild Adventure West
Rainforest Wild Adventure West (formerly Rainforest Wild Asia) is the western zone of Rainforest Wild Adventure at Singapore's Mandai Wildlife Reserve; opened 12 March 2025 as Singapore's fifth wildlife park and Asia's first adventure-based zoological park, with 36 species and forest treks.
Rainforests of the Atsinanana
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Forêts humides de l'Atsinanana): serial World Heritage site of six national parks along eastern Madagascar, inscribed 2007, 479,660.7 ha, 80-90% endemism, on the danger list 2010-2025.
Rainhard Fendrich
Rainhard Fendrich is an Austrian singer, composer, and actor, born in Vienna in 1955, who performs his own songs in Viennese dialect and is counted among the most important Austro-Pop artists.
Rainhill trials
The Rainhill trials, also known as the Rainhill locomotive trials, were an 1829 competition to choose a locomotive for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, won by Stephenson's Rocket.
Rainie Yang
Rainie Yang (楊丞琳), born 1984 in Taipei, is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and host; a 2000 debut with 4 in Love, 2005 solo album My Intuition, Golden Bell-winning actress, Singer 2024 contestant.
Rainiel Rodríguez
Rainiel Rodríguez, Dominican catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals organization; signed for $300,000 in 2024, Cardinals' No. 1 prospect and MLB Pipeline No. 10, hit .328 with 23 home runs at Double-A Springfield in 2026.
Rainier
Mount Rainier, Washington's 14,410-ft active andesite-dacite stratovolcano and highest Cascade peak; last erupted about 1,000 years ago; greatest hazard is lahars; Very High threat rating.
Rainier Brewing Company
Rainier Brewing Company, also known as Rainier Beer, is a Seattle beer brand first produced under the Rainier name in 1893, now owned by Pabst.
Rainier cherry
Rainier cherry: blushed yellow sweet cherry cultivar, Bing x Van cross made 1952 by Harold Fogle at WSU Prosser, released 1960, named for Mount Rainier; highest-value Pacific Northwest cherry, ripens 3-6 days after Bing.
Rainier Fog
Rainier Fog is Alice in Chains' sixth studio album, released August 24, 2018 on BMG. Named for Mount Rainier, it was largely recorded at Seattle's Studio X, the band's first Seattle-recorded album in over 20 years, with a Metascore of 73.
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi, 1923–2005) reigned as Sovereign Prince of Monaco from 9 May 1949 to 6 April 2005, nearly 56 years. He succeeded grandfather Louis II, promulgated the 1962 constitution, married Grace Kelly in 1956, and built Monaco into a finance hub.
Rainiharo
Rainiharo was Prime Minister of Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar and founded the family dynasty that effectively ruled the island until the French capture of Antananarivo in 1895.
Rainilaiarivony
Rainilaiarivony (1828–1896) was a Malagasy statesman who served as prime minister of Madagascar from 1864 to 1895, marrying three successive queens and modernizing the kingdom's administration until French forces captured the capital in 1895.
Raining Stones
Raining Stones is Ken Loach's 1993 British comedy-drama (screenplay Jim Allen) about unemployed Mancunian Bob Williams raising money for his daughter's communion dress; it won the ex-aequo Jury Prize at Cannes 1993 and a BAFTA Best British Film nomination.
Rainis
Rainis, born Jānis Pliekšāns (1865–1929), was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician, regarded as a central creator of Latvian national identity who later served as Minister of Education.
Rainmaking
Rainmaking, also called artificial rain or pluviculture, is the attempt to produce or increase rainfall, practiced historically as ritual and today as cloud seeding, which began in 1946.
RainMed Medical (润迈德医疗) (Suzhou Runmaide)
RainMed Medical (润迈德医疗), formerly Suzhou Runmaide Medical Technology, is a Chinese vascular-interventional device company in Suzhou, founded in 2014 and listed in Hong Kong in 2022.
Rainn Wilson
Rainn Wilson, American actor born 1966, best known as Dwight Schrute on NBC's The Office (2005–2013, 190 episodes); three Emmy nominations, Six Feet Under, SoulPancake co-founder, author of Soul Boom.
Raintank Inc. (company)
Raintank Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, New York-based technology company founded in 2014, which has disclosed about $913.7 million in offerings, including a $250 million Series E in 2026.
Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District
The Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District, formerly Hastings Wetland Management District, is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unit protecting playa wetlands in south-central Nebraska.
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting, also called rainwater collection or rainwater catchment, is the collection of rainwater from roofs and catchments for storage and later use, practiced for millennia and used today for both water supply and stormwater management.
Rainy (lake)
Rainy Lake, a 360 sq mi (932 km2) border lake of northern Minnesota and southwestern Ontario, mostly within Voyageurs National Park, draining to the Rainy River, dam-regulated under IJC rule curves since 1949.
Rainy Dog (極道黒社会 RAINY DOG)
Rainy Dog (極道黒社会 RAINY DOG, Gokudō kuroshakai) is a 1997 Japanese crime film by Takashi Miike, the second Black Society Trilogy entry, following exiled hitman Yuji (Show Aikawa) in rainy Taipei with a mute boy said to be his son.
Raipur (रायपुर)
Raipur (रायपुर), capital of Chhattisgarh, India, since November 2000; a Kalchuri-era city founded around the 14th century, population over 1 million, major trade hub with PM10 air-quality challenges.
Raipur, Tikri, Mound
Raipur, Tikri, Mound (N-UP-L364) is a centrally protected ASI site of brick-strewn mounds, ruins of Buddhist cities, at villages Raipur, Tikri, and Shahgarh near Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, under Lucknow Circle; distinct from Tikri-damb in Balochistan and the Nagpur megalithic Raipur.
Rais massacre
The Rais (Raïs) massacre of 28–29 August 1997 killed villagers near Sidi Moussa, 20 km south of Algiers, during the Algerian civil war; official toll 98 dead, unofficial figures 200–500, attributed to the GIA but contested.
Raisa Gorbacheva (Раиса Максимовна Горбачёва)
Raisa Gorbacheva (Раиса Максимовна Горбачёва), born Raisa Titarenko, Soviet sociologist and wife of Mikhail Gorbachev; the first public Soviet First Lady (1985–91), Soviet Cultural Foundation co-chair, and leukemia researcher-memorial namesake.
Raisa Katyukova Smekhnova
Raisa Katyukova-Smekhnova (Раиса Катюкова-Смехнова), born 1950, Belarusian long-distance runner for the USSR; 1983 World Championships marathon bronze, 1976 and 1988 Olympian, former Soviet marathon record holder.