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41365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction | Reaction | A reaction might refer to:
Chain reaction
Chemical reaction, happens when one or more chemicals are changed into one or more other chemicals.
Light reaction
Nuclear reaction, a process involving an atomic nucleus or more than one nucleus.
Reaction (physics) -From Newton's third law: "For every action there is an... |
41368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Faraday | Michael Faraday | Michael Faraday (Newington Butts, Surrey, 22 September 1791 – Hampton Court, Surrey, 25 August 1867) was the son of a blacksmith who became one of the most famous scientists of the 19th century.
He was sent to a local school to learn how to read and write. A local vicar paid for this, seeing his obvious intelligence. ... |
41369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Bunsen | Robert Bunsen | Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (30 March 1811 – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He improved the bunsen burner which now has his name. It was invented by Michael Faraday.
Much more important was the work he did which led to spectroscopy. Together with Gustav Kirchhoff, he developed a method of using the spectrum... |
41377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Haring | Keith Haring | Keith Haring (May 4, 1958 - February 16, 1990) was an American artist. He was famous in the 1980s for his art, which was a mixture of graffiti and pop art and used bright colors and simplistic images, as well as social and homoerotic themes. Haring also donated money to children's causes and organizations. His artwork... |
41382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Adventures%20of%20Tintin | The Adventures of Tintin | The Adventures of Tintin () is a Belgian comic strip, created by Hergé (Georges Remi) starting in the late 1920s and into the 1970s. They were originally written and published in French, but have been translated into many languages and are popular around the world.
Plot and characters
The stories center around a youn... |
41394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimentary%20canal | Alimentary canal | Alimentary canal is the term used in zoology for the gut of vertebrates. For humans in particular, see digestive system.
The canal (or tube) carries food through digestion and excretion. Into the tube come various digestive enzymes. Gut flora help digestion, and the production of vitamins. Muscular movements pass the... |
41403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium | Selenium | Selenium is a chemical element. Its chemical symbol is Se and its atomic number is 34. It has 34 protons and 34 electrons and a mass number of 78.96.
Properties
Physical properties
Selenium (selenium atoms only) has several different forms. They are called allotropes. The most stable of these is a dense gray semimet... |
41406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanium | Germanium | Germanium is a chemical element. Its chemical symbol is Ge. Its atomic number is 32. It was discovered by Clemens Winkler. It is a shiny, hard, silver-white metalloid. The chemistry of Germanium is quite like tin. Germanium forms many organometallic compounds. It is an important semiconductor material used in transisto... |
41408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Green | Tom Green | Michael Thomas "Tom" Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian actor, comedian, rapper, director, producer and writer. He was born in Pembroke, Ontario. He had his own comedy program, The Tom Green Show, on MTV. He directed, co-wrote and starred in Freddy Got Fingered. He was also a member of the short lived hip hop gro... |
41418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Force | The Force | The Force is a term from the Star Wars universe. It is a set of mystical powers that all the Jedi and Sith have. They can do many things with the Force, such as lifting an object up without touching it, shooting lightning out of their hands, choking people and many other things.
The sides of the Force
There are two si... |
41419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi | Jedi | In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Jedi or Jedi Knights are members of an old order, who use a power they call The Force.
The Jedi use The Force which gives them psychic powers. Their typical weapon is the lightsaber, a sword-like weapon with an energy blade.
The Jedi try to lead a good and virtuous life, serv... |
41420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sith | Sith | In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Sith are users of the Dark side of The Force and the opposite of the Jedi.
The Sith live to dominate all others and to control society throughout the Star Wars galaxy so they can get more power. Some famous Sith are Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine and Darth Maul.
They lead th... |
41421 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Jones | Alex Jones | Alex Jones (born February 11, 1971) is a radio talk show host from Texas. He is described as conservative politically by a mainstream source. He describes himself as a paleoconservative politically, which means that he advocates old or traditional forms of political conservatives, as opposed to the newer forms, i.e. ne... |
41422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Sutcliffe | Stuart Sutcliffe | Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962) was an early member of the English band The Beatles. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and raised in Liverpool, England. He was the band's original bassist, but left before they became famous. He wanted to be an artist, and he returned to art school, whi... |
41430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful | Beautiful | If something is described as beautiful, it means that it has beauty. Beautiful can also mean:
Music
"Beautiful" (Ailyn song), a song by Ailyn, from her 2004 album Ya Nada Queda
"Beautiful" (Athlete song), a song by Athlete, from their 2003 first album Vehicles and Animals
"Beautiful" (Christina Aguilera song), a s... |
41440 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Boole | George Boole | George Boole [], (November 2, 1815 – December 8, 1864) was an English mathematician and philosopher.
Works
He created Boolean algebra. This is one of the bases of modern-day computer science. Other humans, like Augustus De Morgan and Charles Peirce, refined and completed his work. In their times, very few people knew ... |
41445 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managua | Managua | Managua has been the capital city of Nicaragua since 1855. There had been an Indian settlement there before the Spanish, but the modern city was founded as Leal Villa de Santiago de Managua in 1811. Before 1855, León and Granada were the capital cities. The word managua comes from the Nahuatl language mana-ahuac. It me... |
41449 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat | Flat | Flat might mean:
Something that does not curve in any direction
An apartment
In music "flat" can have two (related) meanings:
A flat is a note that has been lowered a semitone (see note (music))
Flat can mean a note that is not in tune: The pitch is too low (see intonation).
Basic English 850 words |
41451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curve | Curve | A curve is a line that turns or bends. A curved line is never straight, and a curved surface is a surface that is never flat. Some curves can be drawn on paper, but some curves, like a helix, can only be seen in 3-D. A circle is a curve that can be described with the formula x2 + y2 = r2. x and y are used as in a Carte... |
41453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius%20strip | Möbius strip | The Möbius strip or Möbius band is a looped surface with only one side and only one edge. It can be made using a strip of paper by gluing the two ends together with a half-twist. The twisting is possible in two directions; so there are two different (mirror-image) Möbius strips.
The Mobius strip is known for its unusu... |
41458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein%20bottle | Klein bottle | The Klein bottle is a geometrical object, named after the German mathematician Felix Klein. He described it in 1882, and named it Klein'sche Fläche (Klein surface). Like the Möbius strip, it only has one surface. Mathematicians call this a non-orientable surface. Klein bottles only exist in four-dimensional space, but... |
41462 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy | Entropy | The entropy of an object is a measure of the amount of energy which is unavailable to do work. Entropy is also a measure of the number of possible arrangements the atoms in a system can have. In this sense, entropy is a measure of uncertainty or randomness. The higher the entropy of an object, the more uncertain we are... |
41464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side | Side | In geometry, a side is a line that is part of a flat figure made from straight lines. It is also a face in a solid three-dimensional object. The number of sides in a polygon is often written as , while the number of faces in a polyhedron is often written as .
As an example, the square on the right has four sides. The ... |
41467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%20Puke | Te Puke | Te Puke is a small town in the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. 6670 people live there. It is famous for kiwifruit, which is grown there. Lots of other fruit is grown there too.
Te Puke means the hill in Māori.
Cities in New Zealand |
41468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley | Valley | A valley is a type of landform. A valley is a lower part in the land that sits between two higher parts which might be hills or mountains. Valleys often start as a downward fold between two upward folds in the surface of the Earth, and sometimes as a rift valley. A valley is made deeper by a stream of water or a riv... |
41472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold | Manifold | A manifold is a concept from mathematics. Making a manifold is like making a flat map of a sphere (the Earth).
The Earth is a sphere, a three dimensional object of geometry. Yet, maps (two-dimensional representations) can be made of the Earth. At the edges of a certain map, the map needs to be changed. That way it is... |
41473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotinamide%20adenine%20dinucleotide%20phosphate | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate | NADP (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) (formula C21H29N7O17P3) is a coenzyme that carries electrical energy used in cellular processes. When a hydrogen atom is added, NADP becomes charged and is renamed NADPH. NADP is used extensively during the Krebs (citric acid) cycle and during glycolysis and in the lig... |
41479 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20CW | The CW | The CW Television Network (The CW) is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owner of United Paramount Network (UPN), and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB Television Netw... |
41484 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borzoi | Borzoi | Borzoi is a type of Russian dog. It used to be called a Russian Wolf Hound.
This breed of dog was brought to the United States in 1889. It was approved by the American Kennel Club one year later. The breed is beautiful and has a gentle personality. It makes it a good pet.
The breed was approved and the descriptive s... |
41486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe%20Garibaldi | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian soldier who is best known for the unification of Italy.
Garibaldi led the navy of the breakaway Riograndense Republic in southern Brazil until it was defeated in 1839. He escaped and led the navy of Uruguay to victory. Later, inspired by Giuseppe Mazzini, he fought for Italian unifica... |
41492 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20the%20Confessor | Edward the Confessor | St. Edward the Confessor ( 1003 – 4 January 1066) was King of England from 8 June 1042 AD to 4 January 1066. After he died, there were four people who claimed the throne. Edward had promised to each of them that they would be king.
Edward spent many years in Normandy. The Anglo-Saxon nobles invited Edward back to Engl... |
41493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/27%20BC | 27 BC | Year 27 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January 16 – The Roman Senate votes Octavian the title of Augustus. He accepts this honor, having declined the alternative title of Romulus. He is known as Augustus afterwards.
A... |
41494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/899 | 899 | Year 899 (DCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
Edward the Elder becomes King of England.
Gorm the Old becomes King of Denmark.
Regino of Prüm is expelled from Prüm and becomes abbot of St. Martin's in Trier. |
41498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbertville%2C%20Ontario | Gilbertville, Ontario | Gilbertville is a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada that is in between Delhi and the historical hamlet of Pine Grove. There is a small grocery store, a tractor shop, a car repair shop, and farmland to the south. In addition to all this, Gilbertville is also the site of a former army base and was founded by the ... |
41506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20War%20III | World War III | World War III is the name given to a possible third world war. It refers to a world war that may happen. It would be the successor to World War II (19391945).
A world war might be fought by multiple countries of the world against one other, sometimes across different continents. An all-out war fought between two or th... |
41507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun | Shotgun | A shotgun is a type of gun. To make a shotgun work, gunpowder is lit by a primer inside a shotgun shell. The gas from the burning gunpowder pushing whatever is being fired out of the barrel. Originally, a shotgun shell would have small lead balls called "buckshot" or "birdshot". These days instead of lead shot the c... |
41521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%20Quaid | Randy Quaid | Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor. He was born in Houston, Texas and has been in many movies. He is the brother of actor Dennis Quaid.
References
Other websites
1950 births
Living people
Actors from Houston, Texas
American movie actors
American television actors |
41527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland%2C%20California | Oakland, California | Oakland is a city in California. It is across the bay from San Francisco. It is the county seat of Alameda County and the third-largest city in the Bay Area, after San Jose and San Francisco. At one time, Oakland had many factories that built cars, ships and airplanes. It is a major rail junction. It is the home of ... |
41531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito | Mosquito | A mosquito is a type of fly. It is the common name of a family of flies in the order Diptera.
The females are ectoparasites: they land on warm-blooded animals, pierce a capillary, and inject saliva to stop the blood coagulating. Then they suck up and eat the blood. Deadly microscopic parasites often live in the saliva... |
41539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molasses | Molasses | Molasses (Known as treacle in the United Kingdom if it was made to be eaten by humans) is a by-product of sugar canes or sugar beets being turned into sugar. It is like a thick syrup. Some people also call molasses sorghum syrup. The quality of the molasses depends on how the sugar is refined. Molasses is like a black ... |
41541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrup | Syrup | Syrup is a thick, sweet, flavored liquid with a high sugar content. There are different flavored syrups, such as chocolate syrup, vanilla syrup, and maple syrup. Syrups are used to sweeten and flavor hot and cold drinks, and they are poured on desserts and breakfast foods.
Used in drinks
Syrups are used in many differ... |
41542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarcane | Sugarcane | Sugarcane (or sugar cane) is a genus of plants. There are between 6 and 37 types of sugarcane (how many there are depends on the interpretation of what is a grass and what is not). Sugarcane grows in warm and tropical climates. It first grew in Asia, but after the year 700 people started planting it in Africa and south... |
41544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20beet | Sugar beet | Sugar beet is a plant. Its roots contain a high amount of sucrose. This can be made into sugar. Sugar beets are grown for sugar. The sugar beet is related to chard.
The biggest producers of sugar beet are the European Union, the United States and Russia. 30% of the world sugar production is from sugar beets.
Amaranth... |
41547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette%20syndrome | Tourette syndrome | Tourette syndrome is an inherited neurological disorder. Tourette syndrome can also be called Tourette's syndrome, Tourette's disorder, GTS, Tourette's, or TS. People that have Tourette's have tics (movements or sounds that the person cannot easily control). Tourette's is normally inherited, and starts in childhood.
... |
41550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1134 | 1134 | Year 1134 (MCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
The Church of St. James is dedicated in Glasgow.
The Zeeland archipelago is created by a massive storm in the North Sea.
The House of Brandenburg is founded when Albrecht the Bear is made h... |
41551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean | Soybean | The soybean (or soya bean) is a plant with fruit called beans, from Eastern Asia. The height of a grown soybean is between less than 20 centimetres and up to 2 metres. One soybean lives for only one year.
Uses
Soybeans can be eaten or used to make oil, sauce, milk, flour, tofu and other foods. These soy foods have mu... |
41554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henagon | Henagon | A henagon (or monogon) is a shape in geometry. It is like a polygon, except that it only has one side and one corner (vertex). Henagons are considered to be impossible to draw, using Euclidean geometry. This is because the single side would go to infinity.
Since it only has one side, there is only one angle. Therefore... |
41569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors | Moors | The Moors were the Muslim inhabitants who lived on the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, parts of Southern France, and North Africa in the Middle Ages. In Europe, the word is very often used to talk about people whose ancestors were North African.
The Moors (Umayyad Muslims) came from North Africa and Syria. Many of them cam... |
41575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat | Habitat | A habitat is the area in which an organism lives. It is a summary term for all the resources, physical and living which are present in an area. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, and the physical environment which surrounds a population.
Animal habitats
Most animals live in one type of environm... |
41577 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20Island | Long Island | Long Island, NY is the longest island in the United States. Over 7 million people live there. The majority live in the western part, in Brooklyn and Queens which are parts of New York City. The other people live in two counties. Nassau County is in the central area, and Suffolk County fills approximately the eastern ha... |
41587 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.M.%20Peyton | K.M. Peyton | Kathleen Wendy Herald Peyton (born 2 August 1929 in Birmingham, England) is an English writer. She has written over 50 books, including Blind Beauty (1999) and Stealaway (2001).
Other websites
About KM Peyton
Reviews of some of KM Peyton's books and series
1929 births
Living people
Peyton, K. M. |
41593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration%20Internationale%20de%20Volleyball | Fédération Internationale de Volleyball | The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (), often called just FIVB, is the organization that controls international Volleyball.
Other websites
FIVB web site
Volleyball |
41600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20World | Old World | Old World is a term about the three continents, Europe, Asia and Africa, whose people knew about each other before Christopher Columbus.
In 1492 Spain sent Columbus to the New World. They found Native Americans, and then they became friends and traded.
They had foods and animals Native Americans had not seen before, ... |
41601 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Astronomical%20Union | International Astronomical Union | The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is an international group that brings together the national astronomical groups from around the world. It was created in 1919. It was created to promote and protect the science of astronomy by getting different nations to work together. Its members are professional astronomers... |
41608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscation | Obfuscation | Obfuscation means making something harder to understand, usually by complicating sentences needlessly. Weasel words are a form of obfuscation. Obfuscation is usually used when people either do not know what they are talking about or wish to hide their meaning.
Some people say that when doctors use difficult medical wo... |
41611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20Bears | Chicago Bears | The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team in the National Football League based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears were founded in Decatur, Illinois, by George Halas, in 1919. They were first called the Decatur Staleys, after the A.E. Staley Starch Company which owned the team for its first two seasons. ... |
41617 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool%20Runnings | Cool Runnings | Cool Runnings is a 1993 Disney sports comedy movie. It stars John Candy and Doug E. Doug. It is about the first Jamaican bobsled team who wanted to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Story
Cool Runnings is set in Jamaica. When a Jamaican sprinter gets disqualified during the tryouts for the Olympics because he fell... |
41629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmallenberg | Schmallenberg | Schmallenberg is a town in the German state North Rhine-Westphalia. It has about 24,965 inhabitants.
Geography
Schmallenberg is located in the middle of the Sauerland (Rothaargebirge). It is about 25 kilometres south of Meschede, and 120 kilometres from Köln (Cologne).
Neighbouring communities
Lennestadt borders in ... |
41644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20and%20Indian%20War | French and Indian War | The French and Indian War took place between 1754 and 1763 in British North America and French North America. These are now the United States and Canada. The French had Native American allies and the British had other Indian allies. The war is also called "the Seven Years' War".
The conflict was a part of the Seven Y... |
41646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sif | Sif | Sif is a goddess in Norse mythology. She is the wife of Thor and mother of Thrud and Ull.
Sif has hair made of gold. It grows just like normal hair. Her original hair's color looked like wheat. Loki cut off Sif's hair as a prank. When Thor found out he made Loki have golden hair made for her by the Dwarves.
It is bel... |
41651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20correctness | Political correctness | Political correctness (or PC for short) means using words that will not offend any group of people. Some offensive words have been used for a long time. Some of these words have now been replaced by other words that are not offensive. These new words are described as politically correct.
The term is often used in... |
41652 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mjolnir | Mjolnir | In Norse mythology, Mjölnir (Old Norse: Mjǫllnir - “Lightning” or “That which smashes”) is the hammer of Thor, the god of thunder and lightning. Forged by the dwarven brothers Brokkr and Eitri, Mjölnir is the most feared weapon in the Nine Realms, capable of leveling entire mountains with only one hit. Mjölnir was also... |
41657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan | Orphan | An orphan is a child who has lost either or both parents. Their parents are either dead or didn't want them. Some orphans end up in a house called an orphanage. This is where children with no parents live. Many children that live in an orphanage get fostered or adopted by a person or a couple.
Causes
Sometimes parent... |
41666 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20Macbeth%20of%20the%20Mtsensk%20District | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District () is an opera by the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It is one of the most important Russian operas of the 20th century. The words for the opera (the “libretto”) were written by Alexander Preis who based them on a story by the Russian writer Nikolai Leskov. The opera has n... |
41674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption | Adoption | In English, adopt may mean 1) to take something up, such as an opinion ('we adopt the view that ....'), or 2) for a grown person to care for another person's child as if it was their own. This article is about the adoption of children.
Adoption and foster care
Before adoption laws there was trouble when people gave th... |
41677 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border%20dispute | Border dispute | A border dispute is when two governments or more do not agree on the location of the border between their lands. An example is Pakistan and India over the territory of Kashmir and Kosovo which Serbia believe is theirs. An historical example is the Honey War between Iowa and Missouri.
Wars are sometimes fought over bor... |
41695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguity | Ambiguity | Ambiguity means that what a thing is, is not clear. Literally, the word refers to a choice between two different things. In the proper sense it should mean “two different meanings” because “ambi” comes from the Greek word for “two”.
We see things happen, and then we decide what they mean. If we cannot decide what is g... |
41699 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas | Qantas | Qantas is the flag carrier airline of Australia with its headquarters close to Kingsford Smith Airport in Sydney. It is the second oldest continuously operating airline in the world. Qantas is commonly known as the "Flying Kangaroo" because of its logo, which is identified as a white kangaroo on a red right-angle trian... |
41700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy%20metal%20music | Heavy metal music | Heavy metal is a loud, aggressive style of rock music. The bands who play heavy-metal music usually have one or two guitars, a bass guitar and drums. In some bands, electronic keyboards, organs, or other instruments are used. Heavy metal songs are loud and powerful-sounding, and have strong rhythms that are repeated. T... |
41702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesualdo | Gesualdo | Gesualdo is an Italian commune of the region of the Campania, province of Avellino, with about 3.800 inhabitants.
It shares border with Sturno, Villamaina, Frigento, Fontanarosa, Grottaminarda.
Carlo Gesualdo, the Renaissance composer and murderer lived in a castle in Gesualdo.
Other websites
Gesualdo e Carlo G... |
41709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL | AFL | AFL is a three-letter acronym that may mean one of the following:
Australian Football League, an Australian rules football competition in Australia
Arena Football League, an American indoor football league
American Football League
Aflac, an American insurance company with New York Stock Exchange code AFL |
41714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra%20Behn | Aphra Behn | Aphra Behn (10 July 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright. She is buried in Westminster Abbey.
1640 births
1689 deaths
English writers
Playwrights
People buried in Westminster Abbey |
41717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Jonson | Ben Jonson | Ben Jonson (11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was a major poet and playwright in English Renaissance drama. Many critics consider Jonson to be among the best playwrights of his time, a time when William Shakespeare also lived.
Jonson was classically educated. He was a well-read and cultured man of the English Renaissance... |
41718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Browning | Robert Browning | Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright of Victorian era. He was born in Camberwell, London. He was married to the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. They both moved to Italy and lived in Florence. He had one son. Browning died in Venice, Italy. He was buried in Poets' Corner of... |
41720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Unknown%20Warrior | The Unknown Warrior | The Unknown Warrior is a tomb of an unknown British soldier who was killed on the battlefield during World War I.
Burial
The unknown warrior was buried in Westminster Abbey on November 11, 1920. The tomb is covered by a slab of black Belgian marble and is the only tomb in Westminster Abbey that people may not walk on... |
41721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Addison | Joseph Addison | Joseph Addison (May 1, 1672 – June 17, 1719) was a famous author and essayist who is known as "The Noblest Purifier of English Literature". Addison is buried in Westminster Abbey in the north aisle of the Henry VII Chapel.
1672 births
1719 deaths
English essayists
People buried in Westminster Abbey |
41732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipia%C3%BA | Ipiaú | Ipiaú is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is at around .
Location
The city is in the meeting point of the Contas River and the Água-Branca River (White-water River).
Ipiaú is bordered by Ibirataia and Jequié to the north, Aiquara and Jitaúna to the west, Ibirataia and Barra do Rocha to the east and Itagibá to the south.
... |
41741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20Empire | German Empire | The German Empire ("Deutsches Reich" or "Deutsches Kaiserreich" in the German language) is the name for a group of German countries from January 18, 1871 to November 9, 1918. This is from the Unification of Germany when Wilhelm I of Prussia was made German Kaiser to when the third Emperor Wilhelm II was removed from po... |
41744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Powell | Anthony Powell | Anthony Dymoke Powell CH, CBE (December 21, 1905 – March 28, 2000) was a British novelist. He is best known for his A Dance to the Music of Time series of books published between 1951 and 1975.
Childhood
Powell was born in Westminster, England, to Philip Powell and Maud (née Wells-Dymoke). His father was an officer ... |
41747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist | Journalist | A journalist is a person who works in journalism to report the news. They may work on their own ("freelance") or for a newspaper, a radio or television programme. There are different kinds of journalists.
A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes, and reports information. Newspaper reporters write news... |
41750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial%20High%20School | Centennial High School | Centennial High School is a high school is in Las Vegas, Nevada and is one of many high schools in the Clark County District. Centennial is in the Northwest Region in the Centennial Hills Community. In 2006 - 2007 there were more than 3000 students.
Sports
The mascot is the Bulldogs.
Centennial High School is home ... |
41751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellis%20Air%20Force%20Base | Nellis Air Force Base | Nellis Air Force Base (Nellis AFB) is a United States Air Force military base. It is located in the north part of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is home to the Thunderbirds. The base also trains fighter aircraft for the US Air Force. The base is named for William Harrell Nellis, a Las Vegas resident and P-47 pilot who died in a... |
41755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20basketball | Women's basketball | Women's basketball is a sport for women. The rules are the same as men's basketball, but the ball is smaller. It is popular in colleges, universities, and professionally.
Different rules
Modern rules for women's basketball are much the same as those for men's basketball, with a few changes.
Basketball size
The correc... |
41757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu | Cebu | Cebu is an island province of the Philippines. Cebu has nine cities: Bogo, Carcar, Danao, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Naga, Talisay, and Toledo, with the biggest being Cebu City.
Cebu City (also known as Cebu) is the oldest city in the Philippines, in the Province of Cebu. It is often called the "Queen City of the South". Ce... |
41758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian%20Husky | Siberian Husky | The Siberian Husky is a medium-sized working dog. It is quick and graceful. They have a compact and furry body, pointed ears, and a bushy tail. The husky is a sled dog. It is used for carrying a light load over great distances. Huskies show a balance of power, speed and endurance. Male huskies are usually thicker in ap... |
41771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise | Paradise | Paradise (or often called heaven) is an idea in religion. It is a place where everything is good.
Theology
Afterlife
zh:天堂 |
41775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification | Classification | Classification could mean:
Library classification and classification in general
Optimal classification
Biological classification
Scientific classification (disambiguation)
Classification (literature)
Statistical classification
Security classification
Classification theorems in mathematics.
Film classification... |
41778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s%20Gate | Heaven's Gate | Heaven's Gate was the name of a UFO group led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, until their deaths.
The group ended with the appearance of Comet Hale-Bopp, in the United States in the year 1997. Applewhite convinced 38 followers to kill themselves so that their souls could ride on a spaceship they believed wa... |
41779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt | Colt | Colt may mean many things, like:
Colt (horse) a young male horse
Sports
Indianapolis Colts, a National Football League
Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball franchise previously known as the Houston Colt .45's
Barrie Colts, an Ontario Hockey League
Weapons
Colt Single Action Army, a gun
Colt M1911, a gun
Other
Co... |
41788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive%20number | Positive number | A positive number is a number that is bigger than zero. The set of all positive integers is written as .
A positive number can be written with a "+" symbol in front of it, or just as a number. For example, the numbers "+3" and "3" stand for the same numbers.
Positive numbers are written to the right of zero on a n... |
41790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernkastel-Kues | Bernkastel-Kues | Bernkastel-Kues () is a city in Germany. It is on the Moselle River.
References
Other websites |
41791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thionville | Thionville | Thionville (Luxembourgish: Diddenuewen, German: Diedenhofen) is a city in the northeast of France, close to the Luxembourgian and German border. It is situated on the left side of the Moselle River. About 41,000 people were living there in 2014.
History
Till 1659 Thionville made part of the Holy Roman Empire (as a par... |
41792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metz | Metz | Metz is a city in France, the prefecture of the Lorraine region and the Moselle department.
History
There was once a city in Roman times, called Divodurum. It was the capital of a Celtic tribe called Mediomatrici. They were called the "Mettis" for short, which is where the name "Metz" comes from. The Romans controlle... |
41794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochem | Cochem | Cochem is a town in Germany. It is on the Moselle River.
References
Other websites |
41795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saar%20River | Saar River | The Saar () is a river in northeastern France (Grand Est) and western Germany (Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate). It is a right tributary of the Moselle River. It rises in the Vosges Mountains in Grand Est and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier.
The first written mention of the Saar, in Latin language as Sarav... |
41796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konz | Konz | Konz is a city in Germany. It is on the Moselle River.
Museums
Roscheider Hof, Open Air Museum
References
Other websites
Trier-Saarburg |
41797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saar | Saar | Saar has several meanings:
Places
Saar, Bahrain, a town in Bahrain
Saarland, a federal state of Germany
Saar River, a river running through the borderlands of France and Germany
Saar (protectorate), a French protectorate (1947–1956)
Saargebiet, the League of Nations governed Territory of the Saar Basin (1920–193... |
41801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max | Max | Max might refer to:
Given name
Fictional characters
Max Asher, a character in the television series Max & Shred
Max Rockatansky
Max Tennyson, a character from Ben 10
Max Goof, son of Disney character Goofy
Max Headroom, a character from the television series Max Headroom
Max, a fictional character in the Pokémon a... |
41808 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple%20living | Simple living | Simple living means to choose a lifestyle where you own fewer things and focus on what you need instead of what you want. People choose this lifestyle for many different reasons, often based on their views on health, economy, or philosophy, or because they want to protect the environment. Some people do it simply becau... |
41809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor%20burst%20communication | Meteor burst communication | Meteor burst communication uses radio waves which bounce off the ionized trails made by meteors as they enter the earth’s atmosphere. It is also called Meteor scatter communication.
Meteors are lumps of rock which are floating about in space. There are always meteors which are entering the earth’s atmosphere. They ... |
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