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Jimmy Wales launches Wikipedia to help families find medical information online
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launched the online encyclopedia in late 2000, inspired by his critically ill newborn daughter Kira. After struggling to find medical information online during her health crisis, Wales created Wikipedia as a more accessible alternative to the peer-reviewed Nupedia. The platform has grown to 65 million entries across 300 languages, becoming a democratic knowledge repository.
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