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40033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Powers | Central Powers | The Central Powers were a group of nations fighting against the Allied Powers during World War I.
The members included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and their territories. The Central Powers lost the war. The Triple Entente was composed of France, Russia and the United Kingdom. These were late... |
40044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soxhlet%20extractor | Soxhlet extractor | A Soxhlet extractor is a kind of laboratory equipment. It is made of glass. Franz von Soxhlet invented it in 1879. It has a flask, an extraction chamber, and a condenser. It can be used for solid-liquid extractions.
In this discontinuous extraction process, the extraction solvent inside the boiling flask is evaporat... |
40045 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia | Italia | Italia may mean
Italy, the modern country
Italia (Roman province), the Roman province on the Italian peninsula |
40063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream | Dream | Dreams are what a person sees and hears in their mind when they are sleeping. They are often similar to real life in some ways, but can also be very strange. Dreams can be so real, the person dreaming may not believe they are awake. This tends to happen during a false awakening, where a person dreams of waking up. A pe... |
40066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base | Base | Base can mean:
as a noun:
In mathematics:
Base (mathematics), or radix, the number of digits in a numeral system, e.g. base 10
Base (geometry), the bottom of a triangle.
In sport:
Base (baseball), the 3 canvas bags and home plate
In architecture:
The bottom of a building or other structure
A part of some types of colu... |
40067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenulum | Frenulum | A frenulum (or frenum) is a small fold of tissue that prevents an organ in the body from moving too far.
Frenulum as a term in zoology is dealt with under wing coupling.
Human anatomy
There are several frenula in the body, including several in the mouth, some in the digestive tract, and some connected to the externa... |
40068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejaculatory%20duct | Ejaculatory duct | Ejaculatory ducts are part of the human male anatomy. They cause the reflex action of ejaculation. Each male has two of them. During ejaculation, semen moves through the ducts and leaves the body through the penis.
Anatomy of the male reproductive system |
40069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus%20cavernosum%20penis | Corpus cavernosum penis | The corpus cavernosum penis (or corpus cavernosum urethrae) is one of two sponge-like sections of tissue in the male penis. They contain most of the blood during an erection. The term literally means "cave-like body"
Process
The corpus cavernosum are placed along the length of the penis. They are found along the peni... |
40070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood | Torchwood | Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme. It is about a secret organisation protecting the Earth from aliens. It has been shown on TV channels in Britain including BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Three. It can be viewed on Netflix and is sometimes shown on American TV channels including Starz . The show is... |
40071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbourethral%20gland | Bulbourethral gland | A bulbourethral gland (or Cowper's gland) is one of two small glands found in the reproductive system of human males. They are like Bartholin's glands.
Anatomy
Bulbourethral glands are found near the urethra at the base of the penis, between the two layers of the fascia. The bulbourethral glands are about the size of... |
40076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/380s | 380s | Below are some of the important events that happened between 380 and 389.
380
January or February – Emperor Theodosius I is baptized.
February 27 – Edict of Thessalonica: Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, say that all Roman citizens should become Christians.
The Rock of Cashel is built in... |
40078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby | Rugby | Rugby could mean:
The sport of rugby football, which may be played in many different forms or ways:
Rugby union - (often referred to as Rugby or Union)
Rugby sevens - (often referred to as Sevens)
Rugby league football - (often referred to as League)
Touch rugby - (often referred to as Touch)
Wheelchair rugby
Tag Rugb... |
40079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermion | Fermion | A fermion is a category of elementary particles. They are very small and very light. Fermions can be thought of as the building blocks of matter because atoms are made up of fermions. Paul Dirac named them fermions in honor of the famous scientist Enrico Fermi.
An electron (a charged particle) is a fermion, but a phot... |
40080 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boson | Boson | A boson is a particle which carries a force. It has a whole number spin (spin is a property of subatomic particles). Bosons carry energy.
A photon is an example of a boson as it has a spin of 1 and carries electromagnetism. Mesons are also bosons as they carry nuclear force.
Bosons are different from fermions, whic... |
40086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen%20Klinsmann | Jürgen Klinsmann | Jürgen Klinsmann (born 30 July 1964 in Göppingen) is a German football player who started in Stuttgart, a club in Germany, when he was seventeen. In 1990 he won the FIFA World Cup with the Germany national team. Later, he also played for Internazionale Milano, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich. In 2004 he bec... |
40089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintana%20Roo | Quintana Roo | Quintana Roo is a Mexican state in the south. Its capital is Chetumal, the name "Quintana Roo" is from a military general. The most money comes from tourism, for example, in Cancún or Playa del Carmen.
States of Mexico |
40103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilosa | Pilosa | Pilosa is an order of mammals in the superorder Xenarthra.
To this order belong the sloths, suborder Folivora and the anteaters, suborder Vermilingua.
Xenarthrans
Mammals of South America |
40108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead%20Kennedys | Dead Kennedys | Dead Kennedys were a hardcore punk band from San Francisco. The band was led by Jello Biafra. Other original members were Klaus Fluoride, D.H. Peligro, and East Bay Ray. The band played songs with strong political messages. During the 1980s, they had many fans in the punk rock music scene.
The Dead Kennedys formed in... |
40109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Brains%20%28band%29 | Bad Brains (band) | Bad Brains is an American band. They play hardcore punk music that is mixed with reggae music. The band formed in 1977 and is still playing now. The members are H.R. (singer), "Dr. Know" (guitarist), Darryl Jenifer (bassist) and Earl Hudson (drummer).
The band originally formed in Prince Georges County, Maryland. It ... |
40117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenarthra | Xenarthra | The Xenarthra is a superorder of mammals. It is a group of placental mammals (infraclass Eutheria). They live at present only in the Americas, and are anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos.
Their origins can be traced back as far as the Palaeogene (about 60-65 million years ago (mya), shortly after the Mesozoic) in ... |
40120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%204 | Channel 4 | Channel 4 is a television channel that broadcasts to the United Kingdom. It started on 2 November 1982. On 10 December 2010 Channel 4 started a High Definition version of their channel on Sky+ HD.
Programmes they have shown
Countdown
Brookside
Big Brother
Channel 4 News
The Simpsons
Thomas and Friends
Friends
Fifteen ... |
40121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%20B-52%20Stratofortress | Boeing B-52 Stratofortress | The B-52 Stratofortress is a bomber which, with in-air refueling, can fly long distances to reach targets anywhere in the world. The B-52 can carry up to 70000 lbs of bombs and weapons in its large bomb bays, and on wing hard points.
This airplane is one of the most significant in modern aviation history on several le... |
40122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%20River | Hudson River | The Hudson River is in the State of New York in the United States. It is about 315 miles (507 km) long. The river runs from Lake Tear of the Clouds near Mount Marcy in Essex County in the north part of the state to New York Harbor in New York City at the south part of the state. It is named for Henry Hudson.
The Hudso... |
40124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Washington%20Bridge | George Washington Bridge | The George Washington Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Hudson River, that connects part of New York City, New York to Fort Lee, New Jersey. It is 4,750 feet (1,584 meters) long and was designed by Othmar H. Ammann. Building began on October 21, 1927, and it was opened on October 25, 1931, at a cost of $59 million... |
40125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy%20Krueger | Freddy Krueger | Freddy Krueger is a fictional character from the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies. He was created by Wes Craven and he is the bad guy of the movies. In the first movie a mom told her kid that a long time ago, Freddy killed a bunch of people's kids and the parents got mad and they burnt Freddy. Right before Freddy died ... |
40126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golani%20Brigade | Golani Brigade | The Golani Brigade חטיבת גולני (also known as Brigade No. 1) is an Israeli infantry brigade that was formed February 28, 1948 when the Levanoni Brigade was divided in two smaller brigades. It is one of the most highly decorated infantry units in the Israel Defense Forces.
Symbols and Colors
The symbol of the brigade ... |
40127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt%20mine | Salt mine | A salt mine is a mine where salt is taken from the earth. Very often, this is done in the mountains. It is different from a salt evaporation pond, where salt is taken from salt water. Getting salt from different layers of rock in a mountain used to be a very dangerous job. The Romans used to sentence prisoners to this ... |
40128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20signature | Key signature | A key signature is a group of sharps or flats which are printed at the beginning of a line/measure of music. It shows which notes have to be changed into sharps or flats. For example: if there is one sharp in the key signature it will be an F sharp. It means that every time the note F is written one plays (or sings)... |
40130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuoso | Virtuoso | A virtuoso is someone (usually in the performing arts) who is an expert in his or her field.
A musical virtuoso is one who plays a musical instrument very well. Musicians who have exceptional talent and can play extremely fast and difficult music are "virtuosi" (plural of "virtuoso"). In the 19th century Niccolò Pa... |
40131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Pelosi | Nancy Pelosi | Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is an American politician. She became the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives on January 3, 2019. She was also Speaker from 2007 to 2011. She represents the 12th district of California, which is part of the city of San Francisco. She was first el... |
40133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware%20River | Delaware River | The Delaware River is a large river estuary in the Northeast United States. It is about 280 miles (450 km) long. It begins in the Catskill Mountains in southeast New York State and ends at the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay. It forms the border or part of the border between the states of Pennsylvania and New York, Penn... |
40134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%20Evans | Mal Evans | Malcolm 'Mal' Evans (27 May 1935 – 5 January 1976) was a road manager and assistant to The Beatles, the most popular rock and roll band of the 1960s.
Evans was hired to help Neil Aspinall, who was the band's original road manager. Tall and strong, Evans was sometimes called "The Gentle Giant". His wife was called Lil.... |
40137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camucamu | Camucamu | Camucamu (Myrciaria dubia), also called camu camu, cacari, and camocamo, is a type of tree that lives in the Amazon Rainforest. Its fruit is high in Vitamin C.
Trees
Myrtaceae |
40140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy%20Lee | Geddy Lee | Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is the Canadian bass guitarist, singer, and synth player of the rock band Rush. He is known for melodic basslines and high pitched singing.
In the 1970s, Geddy Lee mainly used Rickenbacker 4001 basses. For the Grace Under Pressure album he used St... |
40166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva%20Per%C3%B3n | Eva Perón | María Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. She was born in Los Toldos. She was the first lady from 1946 until she died and she served with her husband as a co-ruler of Argentina during those years. Before she died the Congress made her Spiritual Leader... |
40168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embalming | Embalming | Embalming is the act of preserving a dead body, so it will not decompose. If a human body is not embalmed, it will start to decay very quickly. Because of this, most bodies are embalmed if they will be on display (for example, lying in state) for a funeral.
Embalming is similar to mummification, which many ancient ... |
40169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxidermy | Taxidermy | Taxidermy (which comes from the Greek word for "the arrangement of skin") is act of taking the skin of an animals and preserving it, by putting it on a fake body. If you perform taxidermy, you taxiderm. Taxidermed animals can be mounted and put on display, sometimes in a museum or a home. People who taxidermy animals a... |
40175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo%20Bay%20Naval%20Base | Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | Guantanamo Bay is a bay in the south of the island of Cuba. Part of it is controlled by the United States. They took control of it in 1903, under a treaty between the United States and Cuba. The current government of Cuba does not see this treaty as legal. They say it violates International law (more specifically, the ... |
40178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich%20U-Bahn | Munich U-Bahn | The Munich U-Bahn is an underground railway network in the city of Munich, Germany. It is run by the Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft, or MVG for short. It has 6 lines and has a network of 103,1 km (64,1 miles) and has exactly 100 stations. Only one line, the U6 crosses the city border in Garching.
Lines
There are curr... |
40179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Strauss | Richard Strauss | Richard Strauss (born Munich June 11 1864; died Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, September 8 1949) was a German composer. He soon became very famous when he was a young man. His tone-poems were played by orchestras all over Europe. After 1900 he spent most of his time writing operas including Salome. His opera Der ... |
40182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav%20Mahler | Gustav Mahler | Gustav Mahler (born Kalischt (now Kalište), Bohemia, July 7 1860; died Vienna, May 18 1911) was a Czech-Austrian composer and conductor. He was one of the last great composers of the Romantic period. He wrote ten symphonies (he left the tenth symphony unfinished) and several collections of songs with orchestral accompa... |
40187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20Marathon | Boston Marathon | The Boston Marathon is a famous marathon which is run every April in Boston, Massachusetts on Patriot's Day. The distance of the race is 26.2 miles or 26 miles and 385 yards. To participate, runners need to qualify ahead of time by getting a certain time on another marathon first. This time is different depending on h... |
40191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon | Ultramarathon | An ultramarathon is a running race that is longer than a 26.2 mile marathon race. The most common distances for ultramarathons are:
50 Kilometers (31 miles)
50 Miles (80.5 kilometers)
100 Kilometers (62 miles)
100 Miles (161 kilometers)
The most famous ultramarathon run in the United States is the Western States 100... |
40192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain%20Planet | Captain Planet | Captain Planet is the main character of the animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. He is summoned when the powers of Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, and Heart are put together. On June 27, 2013, Sony Pictures announced that they are currently producing a live-action movie based on Captain Planet.
Refe... |
40195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20of%20Warcraft | World of Warcraft | World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). It was made by Blizzard Entertainment. The game setting is the same for other games using the name "Warcraft". It has seven expansions, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft: Ca... |
40215 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo%20Domingo | Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo de Guzmán, or just Santo Domingo, is the capital of the Dominican Republic and is its largest city. It is the oldest European city in the Americas where people have been living since it was founded at the end of the 15th century.
Geography
The city is at the mouth of the Ozama River, on the Caribbean co... |
40231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/85 | 85 | 85 is a year in the 1st century.
Events
Dacians led by Decebalus fought in two wars against the Romans from this year to AD 88 or 89.
Domitian stopped a Dacian invasion of Moesia
Jealous of Gnaeus Julius Agricola's success in Britain, Domitian recalled and poisoned the general.
Domitian makes himself censor for life... |
40240 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason | Treason | Treason is when a person acts against his/ her country. For example, somebody might help another country fight a war against or loot his country by keeping secrets or failing to protect his country. In history, treason has often included the assassination of leaders. Treason against the king was called high treason and... |
40250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot | Riot | Riots happen when many people meet to be violent. This can happen after sports events, demonstrations or as a protest. Rioters damage cars, buildings and attack other people, among other things.
The police are brought out to stop riots. In the Western world, they use shields and fight with soft weapons, for example wi... |
40251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Strauss%20I | Johann Strauss I | Johann Strauß I (born Vienna, 14 March 1804; died Vienna, 25 September 1849) was as Austrian composer, conductor and violinist. He and his family were famous composers of dance music, especially waltzes. He is usually known as Johann Strauss I or Johann Strauss Sr (Senior), while his son, who was also called Johann, is... |
40255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Strauss%20II | Johann Strauss II | Johann Strauss II (born Vienna, October 25 1825; died Vienna June 3 1899) was an Austrian composer, conductor and violinist. His father, also called Johann, was also a very famous composer, and is now known as Johann Strauss I (or Johann Strauss Sr) while his eldest son is called Johann Strauss II (or Johann Strauss Jr... |
40264 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker%20of%20the%20United%20States%20House%20of%20Representatives | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the head of the United States House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the current members of the House. The person with the most votes becomes Speaker. The current Speaker is Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California.
Duties
The Speaker has always bee... |
40324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zatch%20Bell%21 | Zatch Bell! | Zatch Bell! is an animated television series, anime, and manga. The series is about a teenage boy, named Kiyo, who found this boy named "Zatch". Zatch is actually a Mamodo. He came from the Mamodo World where hundreds of other Mamodos came from. However, another Mamodo, named Zeno, somehow erased Zatch's memory. Zatch ... |
40329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic%20series%20%28music%29 | Harmonic series (music) | Harmonics in music are notes which are produced in a special way. They are notes which are produced as part of the “harmonic series”.
In physics, a harmonic is a wave which is added to the basic fundamental wave. This article talks about sound waves, which can be understood clearly by looking at the strings of a music... |
40334 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger | Hamburger | A hamburger or burger is an American fast food. It is a type of sandwich with a patty of cooked ground meat between the two halves of a bun. Tomatoes, onions, cheese, salad and dips may also be added. The hamburger may be eaten without a knife and fork, so it is a fast food which can be eaten anywhere.
Hamburgers are... |
40336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Marsland | Richard Marsland | Richard Marsland (a.k.a. Armitage Shanks, 1976 - 2008) was an Australian comedy writer, actor, comedian and radio personality.
He was best known for his work on television shows, for example The Glass House and Rove Live. He also co-hosted on Triple M with Pete Helliar and Myf Warhurst, as well as a daily morning show... |
40337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Kavalee | Ed Kavalee | Edward Robert Kavalee (born 30 June 1979) (also known as The Prize King) is an Australian actor and radio host. Ed is a graduate of Screenwise, Australia's Leading Film & TV School for actors in Sydney. He is on Santo, Sam and Ed’s Sports Fever!, with Santo Cilauro and Sam Pang
He was on the Get This radio show on Tr... |
40353 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meow | Meow | A meow or miaow is a noise made by cats. There are different types of meows, such as ones that mean the same thing as "hello," ones that ask for food, or ones that let people know when they are annoyed, among other things.
The meow is used by kittens to their mother. It is a plea for attention, and experts think pet c... |
40355 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%20Revolution | October Revolution | The October Revolution was a revolution in Russia that started on 1917 November 7 (October 25 o.s.). The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Leon Trotsky. They overthrew the previous Russian Provisional Government led by Alexander Kerensky. Its uprising started on 24 October.
The Bolsheviks faced little o... |
40356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience | Experience | Experience is knowledge a person gets by doing something or watching someone else do it. Experience is learning through actions.
Some religious groups and teaching methods value learning by experiencing.
For example, if someone wants to learn about the game chess, they would play several games. By making mistakes an... |
40357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse%20mythology | Norse mythology | Norse or Scandinavian mythology is the belief and legends of the Scandinavian people. Norse mythology is a version of the older Germanic mythology and was later replaced by Christianity for the most part.
Norse mythology is a set of beliefs and stories shared by Northern Germanic tribes. It was not handed down from ... |
40361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh%20Meadows%2C%20Queens | Fresh Meadows, Queens | Fresh Meadows is a neighborhood in northeastern part of the borough of Queens in New York City, which is bordered to the east by Francis Lewis Boulevard, to the south by Union Turnpike, to the north by Kissena Park, and to the west by Utopia Parkway and Fresh Meadows Lane.
Fresh Meadows is also the name of a housing d... |
40367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda%20%28moon%29 | Miranda (moon) | Miranda is one of Uranus' moons. It is the smallest, and the one which has the least rotation time. Gerard Kuiper discovered it in 1948, February 16th and named it after Miranda, Prospero's daughter in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Sometimes it is also called Uranus V.
It's one of Uranus' strangest moons. I... |
40368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone | Trombone | The trombone is a brass horn musical instrument. It is similar to a large trumpet, except the player pushes and pulls on its slide to change the length of the tube.
Together with vibrations from the player's lips, the trombone can play a wide range of notes. It sounds deeper than a trumpet and is usually said to be on... |
40369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile | Textile | Cloth, textile or fabric are similar names for manufactured material. They are often made by weaving or knitting fibres together. It is often used to make clothing or cover furniture.
Cloth can be made from natural fibres or man-made ones. Examples of natural fibres are cotton, wool, and silk. Examples of man-made fi... |
40370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/100s | 100s | The '''100s'span from 100-109.
Events
In the first century Dio Chrysostom writes that Lions are extinct in Europe.
Trajan leads a military campaign against the Dacians, 101-106.
Tacitus writes his work Historiae.
In the more northern cities of the Roman Empire, rich people start to use central heating.
Reference... |
40371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/130s | 130s | The 130s was the decade that started on January 1, 130 and ended on December 31, 139.
Events
130 - The Temple of Olympian Zeus is completed at Athens.
131 - The Temple of Baalshamin is built in Palmyra.
132 - Chinese scientist Zhang Heng invents the first seismometer.
136 - Pope Hyginus succeeds Pope Telesphorus as ... |
40374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%20Brandt | Willy Brandt | Willy Brandt (18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German chancellor from 1969 until 1974. He was born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck, Germany. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1964–1987 and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1971). He died on 8 October 1992 in Unkel on the Rhine.
Biog... |
40375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Margaret | Saint Margaret | There are several saints named Margaret:
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (see Marie Alacoque)
Saint Margaret of Cortona
Saint Margaret of England
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Margaret the Virgin
Saint Margaret the Widow
Saint Margaret of Hungary (1242–1270) |
40378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Thomas | Saint Thomas | Saint Thomas can mean a person:
Thomas the Apostle,the Christian saint of the 1st century.
Thomas Becket
Thomas More
Saint Thomas can mean a place:
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, an island of the Caribbean Sea. |
40381 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother%20%28disambiguation%29 | Brother (disambiguation) | Brother may refer to:
Monk, the male version of a nun
A fraternity member
A member of a peer group who is male
A male family member with the same parents (sibling). Also see the Wiktionary page
An African-American male |
40385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad%20Adenauer | Konrad Adenauer | Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer (born 5 January 1876 in Cologne; died 19 April 1967 in Rhöndorf (part of Bad Honnef)). From 1949 to 1963 he was the first Bundeskanzler (chancellor) of the Federal Republic of Germany and from 1951 to 1955 was foreign secretary the same time.
Adenauer was the third of five children of a c... |
40391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miri%20Ben-Ari | Miri Ben-Ari | Miri Ben-Ari is a hip-hop violinist. She was born in Israel in 1978 and was brought up in a small town near Tel Aviv. She was trained as a classical violinist. She was a prodigy and was praised by famous violinists like Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern.
At the age of 16 she took herself to the United States. She sp... |
40419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry | Furry | "Furry" is also a word for something covered in fur.
A furry is a person who is interested in or creates fictional animal characters who have human traits. This group of people make up the furry fandom. Furry characters (called fursonas, especially when referring to someone's personal furry characters) can walk on tw... |
40423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderaan | Alderaan | Alderaan is a fictional planet found in the Star Wars series of movies created by George Lucas. It is the home of the characters Princess Leia Organa and Senator Bail Organa. The surface of Alderaan is only seen for a short time at the end of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). The entire planet is destr... |
40427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Municipal%20Railway | San Francisco Municipal Railway | San Francisco Municipal Railway (or MUNI) is the public transit agency that runs buses, cable car, and subway service in the city of San Francisco, California. MUNI runs diesel and trolleybuses that run throughout San Francisco, three Cable Car lines that run through the Financial District and Chinatown (with service t... |
40429 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartilage | Cartilage | Cartilage is a flexible connective tissue found in many parts of the body. It can bend a bit, but resists stretching.
Its main function is to connect bones together. It is also found in the joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the throat and between the bones of the back. Another function of cartilage is to create... |
40445 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokkyo%20University | Dokkyo University | Dokkyo University is a university in Soka city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. This university is well known for its Foreign Language Department.
Colleges and universities in Japan |
40456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich%20Airport | Munich Airport | Munich Airport (IATAcode MUC) is an airport 28 km north east of the city Munich, Germany. It is mainly used by Lufthansa and the Star-Alliance, which Lufthansa is in. In 2008, 34.53 million passengers used the airport. After Frankfurt am Main Munich is the second most important airport in Germany. It is the 8th largest... |
40458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut%20Schmidt | Helmut Schmidt | Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician. He was Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974 to 1982.
Helmut Schmidt was born in Hamburg in 1918. He finished school in 1937 with the Abitur. Afterwards he had to join the working service and later the arm... |
40462 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glinde | Glinde | Glinde is a town in the province of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, about 20 km away from Hamburg.
History
The name Glinde is found in a document from March 25 1229 for the first time. In the document, Earl Adolf IV. of Schauenburg and Holstein gave the village to a Cistercian convent. (The convent moved to today's to... |
40463 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai%20Rimsky-Korsakov | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, (18 March 1844, Tikhvin – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer. He was one of the most famous composers of his time and influenced a lot of other composers. Like so many Russian composers in the 19th century, he was an amateur composer. His main job was in the navy.
Rimsky-Korsakov... |
40465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modest%20Mussorgsky | Modest Mussorgsky | Modest Petrovitch Mussorgsky (born Karevo, Pskov district, 21 March 1839; died St Petersburg, 28 March 1881) was a Russian composer.
Mussorgsky is famous for his operas and songs. He discovered new ways of writing for the voice which were very tuneful but which also suited the Russian language. His most famous opera i... |
40470 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provost | Provost | In the United States, the Provost is the chief academic officer of a college or university. Different schools have different rules for what the Provost does, but most Provosts deal with issues about hiring and dismissing professors and giving out tenure, handling complaints about academic programs, and deciding what t... |
40471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Kocharian | Robert Kocharian | Robert Kocharian is the president of Armenia. He is the second president Armenia has had since it left the Soviet Union. On August 31 1954 Robert Kocharian was born in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the city of Stepanakert. As president of Armenia, Kocharian has been talking to the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, about w... |
40472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians | Armenians | The Armenians are an ethnic group from the Caucasus. Their country is Armenia. The Armenian culture is very old. Armenia reached its peak in 69 BC during the reign of king Tigranes the Great. Armenia was also the first christian nation because of this, many Armenians are Christians.
Background
In the Assyrian period... |
40474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20Rapid%20Transit%20%28Singapore%29 | Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) | The Mass Rapid Transit system, commonly known as the MRT, is a rapid transit system that makes up the railways in Singapore, covering most of the city-state. Following two decades of planning, the system began operations in November 1987 with 5 stations spread over of track. The network has since grown quickly in acco... |
40476 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire%20College | Hampshire College | Hampshire College is a private college in Amherst, Massachusetts. The current president of the college is Ralph Hexter. The motto of the college is Non Satis Scire, which is Latin for "to know is not enough".
History
Hampshire was created in 1965 by four other colleges as an experiment in higher education. The campus... |
40480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather%20McCartney | Heather McCartney | Heather McCartney (born Heather See on December 31, 1962 in Tucson, Arizona) is the daughter of Linda McCartney, and the adopted daughter of former Beatle Paul McCartney.
When Linda, a magazine photographer, visited England on an assignment, she brought along daughter Heather, who soon had babysitters like guitarist E... |
40501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Kerouac | Jan Kerouac | Jan-Michelle Kerouac (born February 16, 1952 - died June 7, 1996) was the daughter of writer Jack Kerouac, by his second wife Joan Haverty. A writer herself, Jan's books included Baby Driver and Trainsong. She also appeared in some documentary programs about her father, giving her side of his life story.
Death
On June... |
40502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor | Survivor | A survivor is a person or animal which continues to live after something happens which might have killed them. They might be one person who lives when ten people die in a car crash.
Survivor could also mean:
Gaming
Resident Evil: Survivor, a 2000 arcade game
Survivor (video game), an action game released in 1987 ... |
40505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive%20disjunction | Exclusive disjunction | Exclusive disjunction (also called exclusive or, XOR) is a logic operation on two values. It is often represented by the symbol (or ). It will be true, if exactly one of the two values is true. Otherwise, it will be false. This also means that the result of 'XOR' will be true precisely both the values are different. S... |
40506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forchheim | Forchheim | Forchheim (; East Franconian: Forchham) is a German town in Upper Franconia. Next bigger cities are Nürnberg, Bamberg, Fürth, Erlangen and Coburg. There live is about 32.000 people.
It is 465 meters high and has an area of 44,46 km².
Photo gallery
References
Other websites
www.forchheim.de (official Webpage in Ge... |
40512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar%20Cui | César Cui | César Cui (born Vilnius, 18 January 1835; died 26 March 1918) was a Russian composer. He is the least known of the five Russian composers who were nicknamed the “Moguchaya Kuchka” (“Mighty Handful”), a group which included Mily Balakirev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky and Alexander Borodin. Cui’s father ca... |
40516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Borodin | Alexander Borodin | Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin (born St. Petersburg October 12th 1833; died St. Petersburg February 27 1887) was a Russian composer. Like many Russian composers of the 19th century he was an amateur musician. His main job was Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Petersburg. He had to compose in his spare tim... |
40522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permit | Permit | A permit is a written document that has been given by a government source. Permits let a person do something that he could not do without the permit. Permits are commonly gotten for these reasons:
To work at a job
To drive a car
To build something. This includes digging.
Related pages
Licence
Law |
40523 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrosion | Corrosion | Corrosion is the breakdown of materials due to chemical reactions. It is usually oxidation with air molecules and often in the presence of water. Corrosion also occurs when an acidic/basic corrosive substance touches another material. When a material corrodes, its physical properties change. Problems with corrosion are... |
40528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust | Rust | Rust is a type of corrosion. It happens to iron and its alloys when it is exposed to air or water for a long time. Rust slowly decomposes iron into other chemicals, because of a reaction with the oxygen molecules. Both air and water are needed for rust. Almost all metals corrode but they can be protected by covering wi... |
40535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown%2C%20Virginia | Jamestown, Virginia | Jamestown is a town in the United States. It was founded on May 13, 1607, by about 100 men and boys and women who came to Virginia from London, England. They named the town Jamestown after King James. These men hoped to find gold and silver in order to become rich. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement i... |
40549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/350s | 350s |
Significant people
Constantius II, Roman Emperor
Magnentius, Roman usurper
Julian, Roman Emperor |
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