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42314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leia%20Organa | Leia Organa | Princess Leia Organa, born Leia Amidala Skywalker, is a character from the Star Wars universe. Leia was played by Carrie Fisher in the original three Star Wars movies: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. She is also a main character in many novels that are set in the Star Wars universe.
Charac... |
42327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrton%20Senna | Ayrton Senna | Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994), better known as Ayrton Senna, was a Brazilian Formula 1 driver who won the championship three times, in 1988, 1990 and in 1991. He died in an accident that took place on the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, better known as Imola, in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He ... |
42328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriano%20Emperado | Adriano Emperado | Adriano Emperado (June 16, 1926 - April 4, 2009) is a Filipino-Hawaiian martial artist. He is one of five martial artists who developed a system of self-defense called Kajukenbo.
Childhood
As a young man in Honolulu, Hawaii, Emperado began his early training in the Filipino art of Escrima. That had a huge impact on h... |
42338 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramaribo | Paramaribo | Paramaribo (, nickname: Par′bo) is the capital city of Suriname. About 250,000 people live in the city. It is at the Suriname River about 15 km before the river flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Paramirbo used to be called in French "Bourg nommé des Juifs" because so many Jewish people lived there.
References |
42345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20Domains%20of%20Mystery | Ancient Domains of Mystery | ADOM (Ancient Domains of Mystery) is a computer game. More specifically, it's a Roguelike.
Role-playing video games
1994 video games |
42357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdterrier | Jagdterrier | Jagdterriers are a breed of dogs. Their full name is Deutscher Jagdterrier. This translates to German terrier to mean a hunting dog.
Terriers |
42360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin%20Schr%C3%B6dinger | Erwin Schrödinger | Erwin Schrödinger (Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger, 12 August 1887, Vienna-Erdberg 4 January 1961, Vienna) was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist. He was one of the founding fathers of quantum theory and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933.
Life
Schrödinger went to the Academic Gymnasium fro... |
42364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioxin | Dioxin | Dioxins is the name for a group of chemical compounds. These are organic compounds. Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), or simply dioxins, are a group of halogenated organic compounds which are significant because they act as environmental pollutants. They are very poisonous. Many dioxins cause cancer.
Today, Dioxi... |
42371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold%20Sommerfeld | Arnold Sommerfeld | Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (December 5, 1868 in Königsberg, East Prussia – April 26, 1951 in Munich) was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist.
Education
Sommerfeld was the son of a practical physician. After finishing school in 1886, he started studying mathematics at the University of Königsberg. ... |
42373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Clerk%20Maxwell | James Clerk Maxwell | James Clerk Maxwell (born 13 June 1831 in Edinburgh – died 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematician, physicist and discoverer of Maxwell's equations.
Early life
Maxwell grew up in a rich religious family. In 1845, when he was only 14, he wrote a paper describing a way of drawing mathematical curves with a piece o... |
42379 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Vishniac | Roman Vishniac | Roman Vishniac (; ; August 19, 1897 – January 22, 1990) was a Russian-American photographer and a biologist. He is well known for taking pictures of Jewish culture in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. Many of these pictures are in his book, A Vanished World, published in 1983.
Other websites
American p... |
42551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin | Penicillin | Penicillin is a common antibiotic, used to treat bacterial infections. It was one of the first to be discovered, and worked well against staphylococci and streptococci. Many strains of bacteria are now resistant. Chemists keep changing part of its structure in the effort to keep it working against the bacteria.
Penici... |
42648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted%20uranium | Depleted uranium | Depleted uranium is what is left over after uranium is enriched. Enriched uranium has enough uranium-235 to be used in nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons. Depleted uranium is made up mostly of the isotope uranium-238. Uranium-238 is mildly radioactive. Uranium is very dense, or heavy for its size. Because of this, dep... |
42654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commuting | Commuting | Commuting is the act of travelling from home to a workplace every day. A commuter is a person who commutes. This was uncommon until the 19th century, when the word was invented for people who used public transport daily. For many commuters, home is a suburb and work is in the inner city; but the reverse is sometimes th... |
42656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Redpath | Anne Redpath | Anne Redpath (1895 – 1965) was a Scottish artist. She was born in Galashiels, Scotland.
She was the daughter of a tweed designer. Her father's work had an effect on her use of colour and texture in her paintings. "I do with a spot of red or yellow in a harmony of grey, what my father did in his tweed", she said. She w... |
42658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-RW | CD-RW | A CD-RW (which stands for Compact Disc ReWritable) is a Compact disc that can be recorded and erased multiple times. It can hold data or music. Most of the time it will hold data, since many CD players can not play CD-RWs. During its development, the format was known as CD-E, which stands for Compact Disc Erasable. The... |
42665 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magneto-optical%20drive | Magneto-optical drive | A Magneto-optical drive is a disk drive for computers. It can read and write data to magneto-optical disks. The technology was made at the end of the 1980s. Both 5.25" and 3.5" media exist. The disks look like CD-ROMs, but they are protected with a plastic cover. The MiniDisc is a Magneto-optical disk. The other disks ... |
42689 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20presidential%20line%20of%20succession | United States presidential line of succession | The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which government officials replace the president of the United States if the president leaves office before an elected successor is inaugurated. If the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice president becomes president for the rest o... |
42690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulu | Oulu | Oulu () is a city in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the biggest city in the Northern Finland. The population of Oulu was about 193,000 in January 2014. It is the sixth largest city in Finland.
Municipalities next to Oulu are Hailuoto, Ii, Kempele, Liminka, Lumijoki, Muhos, Pudasjärvi, Tyrnävä and Utajärvi.
The... |
42692 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Boswell | James Boswell | James Boswell (October 29, 1740 - May 19, 1795) was a Scottish lawyer and author. He is best known for having written the Life of Johnson, a biography of his close friend Samuel Johnson, published in 1791. In the 1920s and 1930s, a large number of his personal papers and journals were discovered. They have since then b... |
42694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondola | Gondola | A Gondola is a kind of boat. Gondolas are mainly used in Venice. Unlike other boats, a long oar is used to move the gondola.
boats |
42695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc | MiniDisc | A MiniDisc (MD) is a small magneto-optical disk. It is used as a replacement for the Audio cassette. It was developed by Sony to store music. Later it was modified, so it can also store data. The music it stores is compressed in some way, like an MP3. Recent Hi-MD models have the option to not compress audio, and offer... |
42709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita | Lolita | Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The book was written in English. It was published in Paris in 1955. It was translated into Russian by Nabokov. The story is about the sexual relationship that develops in the United States between a middle-aged British professor and a 12-year-old girl after he becomes her stepfath... |
42714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela%20Haynes | Angela Haynes | Angela Haynes (born September 27, 1984 in Bellflower, California ) is a professional tennis player from the United States. Haynes's top WTA singles ranking is World No. 95 which she got in August, 2005. Angela was ranked World No. 157, race-singles World No. 120 and World No. 171 in doubles as of November 7, 2009.
Hay... |
42716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vania%20King | Vania King | Vania King (born February 3 1989) is an American tennis player. She was born in Monterrey Park, California. King was ranked the 50th best player in the world in 2006.
She won her first singles title against Tamarine Tanasugarn at Bangkok, Thailand. Vania won 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. King also won the doubles title at Bangkok wi... |
42718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle%20cap | Bottle cap | Bottle caps are used to seal the opening of bottles. For glass bottles, these are usually small, specially adapted pieces of metal. With plastic bottles, plastic caps are used instead.
The original bottle cap was called Crown cork. It is pressed onto the bottle, and can be removed, using a bottle opener.
In recent y... |
42732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality | Quality | Quality is how good something is. If the quality of a product is high then that means that it is fit for its purpose. If the quality of an item is low that means that the product may break easily or not work properly. When people say something is a quality product that means that the product is of good quality. Usually... |
42733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle | Gargoyle | A gargoyle is a grotesque statue that is attached to a building. It is carved out of stone, usually granite. It is used to get water away from the building when it rains. Gargoyles are often made to look like animals or people. The collected water comes out of their mouths. Most gargoyles were made a long time ago. Peo... |
42735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oostende | Oostende | Oostende (German / French: Ostende, English Ostend) is a city in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
In 2007, 69115 people lived there.
It is at 51° 13 North, 02° 54 East.
References
Spa towns in Belgium
Port cities and towns of the North Sea
Municipalities of West Flanders |
42740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20UEFA%20European%20Championship%20finals | List of UEFA European Championship finals | The list of UEFA European Championship champions:
The number of times each country has won the UEFA European Championship including finals and semi-finals results:
Other websites
Official website
UEFA European Championship |
42741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja | Abuja | Abuja () is a city in Nigeria. It is the national capital of Nigeria. Around 2.5 million people live there. Abuja is in the middle of the country, in the center of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. It replaced Lagos, the country's most populous city but very small in size, as the capital on 12 December 1991.
... |
42743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony | Irony | Irony is a term for a figure of speech. Irony is when something happens that is opposite from what is expected. It can often be funny, but it is also used in tragedies. There are many types of irony, including those listed below:
Dramatic irony, when the audience knows something is going to happen on stage that the cha... |
42744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault%20rifle | Assault rifle | An assault rifle is a rifle that has a removable magazine, automatic-fire and semi-automatic modes, and uses intermediate cartridges. These cartridges do not have as much power as other rifles’, like hunting rifles or battle rifles, but have more power and penetration than pistol cartridges fired by sub-machine guns.
... |
42748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador%20Dal%C3%AD | Salvador Dalí | Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish painter who became famous for the unusual images he used in his paintings. He was born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. He was a key figure in surrealist art.
His most famous work was The P... |
42754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Mowbray%2C%208th%20Countess%20of%20Norfolk | Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk | Anne de Mowbray, Baroness Mowbray (10 December 1472 - 19 November 1481) was the daughter of John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Talbot. She was born in 1472 in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England. She also became Baroness Segrave.
When Anne's father died in 1476 Anne became very rich. She also became Coun... |
42755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framlingham%20Castle | Framlingham Castle | Framlingham Castle is a castle in Framlingham, Suffolk, England. It was once the home of the Dukes of Norfolk, and was where Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk was born in 1472.
Castles in England |
42759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick%20Castle | Warwick Castle | Warwick Castle (pronounced 'Worrick') is a large castle in Warwickshire, England. It is near the town of Warwick. The castle was once the family home of the Earls of Warwick.
There are many rooms in the castle. Some of the rooms have mannequins in them that look like real people. These are dressed in . They are used ... |
42760 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh%20Castle | Edinburgh Castle | Edinburgh Castle is a castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is built on the volcanic Castle Rock in the centre of Edinburgh, and is easy to see from the main shopping streets. In 1103, Edinburgh Castle was built which makes the Castle over 900 years old. The castle has a military display every year, called a tattoo, where ... |
42765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Kinsey | Alfred Kinsey | Alfred Charles Kinsey (June 23, 1894 August 25, 1956) was an American biologist. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey.
In the first part of his career he was an entomologist specializing in gall wasps of the family Cynipidae. Later, he became famous for the research he did on human sexuality. His research had a great i... |
42769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey%20Reports | Kinsey Reports | The Kinsey Reports are two books, published in 1948 and 1953 by Alfred Kinsey and his co-workers. The books Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male and Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female, were based on thousands of interviews by Kinsey and his team.
The books were shocking when they came out, as they talked about subjec... |
42772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthenium | Ruthenium | Ruthenium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Ru. It has the atomic number 44. It is a rare metal. It is silver white. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals. It is also part of the platinum group. Ruthenium is found in platinum ores.
Ruthenium is used as a cat... |
42773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niobium | Niobium | Niobium is a chemical element. It is sometimes named columbium. It has the chemical symbol Nb. It has the atomic number 41. It is a rare metal. Niobium is soft and grey. It is ductile. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals. Niobium was discovered in a variety of a mineral ca... |
42777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion | Explosion | An explosion is a fast increase in volume and increase in energy made available. It normally makes high temperatures and makes gases. Many natural events can make explosions, such as lightning, volcanic eruptions, meteors, and supernovae. People make explosions mostly by using chemical explosive materials.
A chemica... |
42781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodium | Rhodium | Rhodium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Rh. It has the atomic number 45. It is a rare metal. It is silver white and hard. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals. It is also part of the platinum group. Rhodium is found in platinum ores.
Rhodium is used as a ... |
42782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellurium | Tellurium | Tellurium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Te and the atomic number 52. It has 52 protons and 52 electrons. Its mass number is 127.6. It has 8 natural isotopes. 4 are stable and 4 are radioactive. One of the radioactive ones lasts longer than any other isotope. It has a half life of 2.2 x 1024 years (2... |
42786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indium | Indium | Indium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol In. It has the atomic number 49. It is a rare metal which is soft, malleable, and poor (post-transition). Indium looks like zinc. Pieces of indium can easily be joined by pushing one piece into another. The chemistry of indium is quite like aluminium or gallium. ... |
42787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium | Francium | Francium is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Fr and an atomic number of 87. It is a metal. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the alkali metals. Francium is very radioactive. It is in very small amounts in uranium and thorium ores. It has the lowest electronegativity and electr... |
42791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhenium | Rhenium | Rhenium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Re. It has the atomic number 75. It is a rare metal. It is silver white. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements called the transition metals. The chemistry of rhenium is similar to manganese. Discovered in 1908, rhenium was the second-last ... |
42793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thallium | Thallium | Thallium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Tl. It has the atomic number 81. Its standard atomic weight is 204.4. It is found in Group 15 of the periodic table. Thallium is a gray metal that is very toxic.
Properties
Physical properties
Thallium is a soft, malleable, grayish post-transition metal. It c... |
42799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9stor%20Kirchner | Néstor Kirchner | Néstor Kirchner (February 25, 1950 - October 27, 2010) was President of Argentina between 2003 and 2007. He was born in Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, where he was governor. On May 4, 2010 he became the first Secretary General of UNASUR. He died in Calafate on October 27, 2010 from heart failure which was caused by an... |
42805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cunning%20Little%20Vixen | The Cunning Little Vixen | The Cunning Little Vixen (original title: Příhody lišky bystroušky, literally translates to The Adventures of Vixen Sharp-Ears) is an opera by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Janáček loved animals, and in this opera some of the characters are humans but some are animals. Some of the little animals, (like the grassho... |
42806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD%20alphabet | Guaraní alphabet | The Guaraní alphabet is a system used to write the Guaraní language. The Guaraní language is used in Paraguay and some countries near it. The alphabet has 35 letters. These are:
A, Ã, CH, E, Ẽ, F, G, G̃, H, I, Ĩ, J, K, L, M, MB, N, ND, NG, NJ, NT, Ñ, O, Õ, P, R, RR, S, T, U, Ũ, V, Y, Ỹ, ʼ.
"A", "E", "I", "O", "U", "Y"... |
42810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Victoria | Lake Victoria | Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nnalubaale) is a lake in Africa. It is bordered and governed by the countries of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The lake is in the western part of Africa's Great Rift Valley.
Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres (26,560 mi²) in size. It is Africa's largest... |
42819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillitis | Tonsillitis | Tonsillitis is a disease. It is also known as pharyngitis, laryngitis and Tonsillar infection. Tonsillitis is caused by either a virus or bacteria. It is the inflammation and infection of the tonsils. The tonsils are in the back of the throat. The tonsils get inflamed and red. Other symptoms include headaches, fevers, ... |
42821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis | Encephalitis | Encephalitis is sudden inflammation (swelling) in the brain. It is usually caused by viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens. As the brain swells, it can get damaged when it gets crushed against the skull. Encephalitis can cause serious symptoms, like seizures and strokes, and can be fatal. In 2013, encephalitis kill... |
42824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitosis | Mitosis | Mitosis is a part of the cycle of cell division. The chromosomes of a cell are copied to make two identical sets of chromosomes, and the cell nucleus divides into two identical nuclei.
Before mitosis, the cell creates an identical set of its own genetic information – this is called replication. The genetic information... |
42825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammation | Inflammation | Inflammation is the first reaction of the immune system to an infection or irritation. It is an attempt of the immune system to dispel invaders and repair the body. It can happen in many parts of the body and often involves the following five steps:
The inflamed spot becomes red.
The inflamed spot becomes hot.
The ... |
42827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car%20rental | Car rental | Car rental is when you rent a car. The company providing you the car becomes the car rental service provider, whereas you become the car hirer, as you hire the car for a fee.
A car rental agency or a rent-a-car (car hire in British English) is a company that rents automobiles for short periods of time (ranging from a ... |
42828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical%20engineering | Mechanical engineering | Mechanical engineering is a branch of engineering that applies the principles of Mechanics and Materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the design, production, and operation of machines and tools. ... |
42829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Newman | Paul Newman | Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor. He was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. His mother was a Slovak; his father was a Jew who had one parent from Hungary and the other from Poland. Although Paul Newman was not a Jew by Orthodox Jewish standards he considered himself Jewish an... |
42835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRA | IRA | IRA may mean:
Individual Retirement Account
Irish Republican Army |
42836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly%20line | Piccadilly line | The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground. It is coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the fifth busiest line on the Underground network judged by the number of passengers transported per year. It is mainly a deep-level line, running from the north to the west of London via Zone 1. However, there are ... |
42848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympiastadion%20Berlin | Olympiastadion Berlin | The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was built for the 1936 Olympic Games.
Events
1936 Summer Olympics
1974 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
2009 World Championships in Athletics
Hertha BSC Berlin(Bundesliga home Stadium)
Other websites
Official Olympiastadion Site
Football stadi... |
42850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic%20Stadium%20%28Athens%29 | Olympic Stadium (Athens) | The Athens Olympic Stadium () is a sports stadium in Athens, Greece.
Events
1997 World Championships in Athletics
2004 Summer Olympics
2006 Eurovision Song Contest(at Olympic Hall)
2007 UEFA Champions League Final
Other websites
Official site
Sports buildings in Greece
Buildings and structures in Athens |
42851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20Summer%20Olympics | 2000 Summer Olympics | The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, took place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from September 15, 2000 until October 1, 2000.
199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) were in the Sydney Games. Four were in the Olympics for the first time. These were Timor-Leste, Eritrea, ... |
42852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Winter%20Olympics | 2002 Winter Olympics | The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States from February 8 2002 to February 24 2002. There were about 2,400 athletes from 77 nations. They were in 78 events. Utah was the fifth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games.
78 Nat... |
42853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stradivarius | Stradivarius | A Stradivarius is a string instrument (such as a violin) built by the 17th century Italian luthier Stradivari family (especially by Antonio Stradivari) that was famous for making them. Stradivarii are known for their high quality sound and ability to last a long time without tuning. Most of these instruments survive t... |
42854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadolinium | Gadolinium | Gadolinium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Gd. It has the atomic number 64. It is part of a group of chemical elements in the periodic table named the Lanthanides. It is a rare earth element. It is silvery white, malleable and ductile.
Its main uses are as chemical compounds in color televisions... |
42858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20coalition | Grand coalition | The "Grand coalition" refers to if the two biggest political parties in Germany (the SPD and the CDU) join forces together ("form a coalition").
Politics of Germany |
42859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone | Persephone | Persephone (, Persephonē) is the goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld in ancient Greek religion and myth. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter and is married to the god Hades, with whom she rules over the souls of the dead. As a vegetation goddess, she presided over the bounty of the harvest as it emerged... |
42860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20Bundestag | German Bundestag | The German Bundestag (commonly referred to as Bundestag) is the legislature of Germany. It meets in Berlin, in the Reichstag building, which was specially rebuilt ready for the Bundestag to move from Bonn.
The Bundestag has at least 598 members. Every 4 years the German people vote. After the 2017 election there were ... |
42861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1.%20FC%20Nuremberg | 1. FC Nuremberg | The 1..F.C Nürnberg is a football club from Nuremberg, Germany. It was founded on May 4, 1900.
The manager are Andreas Bornemann (Sports) and Michael Meeske (Finance). The coach is Michael Köllner.
Title
Bundesliga : 9
1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1936, 1948, 1961, 1968
Winners of the DFB-Pokal : 4
1935, 1939, ... |
42874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20world | History of the world | The history of the world (also called human history) is the study of what the entire human race did in the past. It includes the time from prehistory to the present day. It is different from natural history.
Development of the human species
Modern human beings are called Homo sapiens ('wise man'). They have existed... |
42875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur | Ur | Ur was the one of the world's first cities, in Mesopotamia. It was a Sumerian city-state, founded around 3,800 BC. There are written records dating from the 26th century. Ur was once a coastal city near the mouth of the River Euphrates on the Persian Gulf. It is now well inland, south of the Euphrates on its right bank... |
42880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odenwald | Odenwald | The Odenwald is a mountain chain in the south of Hesse, in the north of Bavaria and the north of Baden-Württemberg.
Geography
In the south of the Odenwald there is the Neckar River. In the east there is the Main River . In the west there is the valley of the Rhine River. The highest mountain is the Katzenbuckel (lite... |
42886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatoslav%20I%2C%20Prince%20of%20Kiev | Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev | Sviatoslav I was an early ruler of the Kievan Rus', a nation that evolved into modern Ukraine. He was the son of Igor I of Kiev and Olga of Kiev. He ruled from 962 until 972. During his reign he destroyed the Khazar Empire and for a short time conquered what is now Bulgaria.
Russian nobility
940s births
972 deaths |
42889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20citrus%20fruits | List of citrus fruits | Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. It originated in tropical and subtropical southeast Asia. The name comes from the citron.
Citrus fruits usually have a sour taste but farmers grow more of the sweet ones. There are many types of citrus fruits in the world.
List of citrus f... |
42899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight%20Saving%20Time | Daylight Saving Time | Daylight Saving Time (DST) or Summer Time (ST) is a time to time keep during summer. During the summer months, the sun stays visible for a longer time, and sunset happens late in the day. For this reason, certain countries advance the time by one hour near the start of summer, and put it back one hour during autumn.
D... |
42910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanthanum | Lanthanum | Lanthanum is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol La. It has the atomic number 57. It is part of a group of chemical elements in the periodic table named the Lanthanides. It is a rare earth element. It is silvery white, malleable and ductile. It is soft and can be cut with a knife.
Lanthanides |
42914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing | Rowing | Rowing is about moving a boat on water using human muscle power. It can be a sport. The goal in rowing is to move as fast as possible on top of the water. The athletes use a boat. They move the boat forward by using two sculls or one oar. There are different types of rowing. The types depend on how many people are in t... |
42916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkjet%20printer | Inkjet printer | An Inkjet printer is a printer for computers. It uses special ink to print on the paper. Another type of printing technology is the Laser printer. Inkjet printers are preferred for printing photos and graphics due to their high-quality color output, whereas laser printers are preferred for printing text due to their hi... |
42917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser%20printer | Laser printer | A laser printer is a printer for computers. It uses laser or LED-technology to get small particles of toner from a cartridge onto paper. Very often, this costs less to use than the ink of inkjet printers. Laser printers often print text more neatly than inkjet printers, but print photos less clearly. Printing on phot... |
42919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrencium | Lawrencium | Lawrencium is a chemical element. It is also named eka-lutetium by some people. It has the symbol Lr. It has the atomic number 103. It is a radioactive element that does not exist in nature. It has to be made. Lawrencium is made from californium. The isotope that has the longest half-life (262Lr) has a half life of abo... |
42937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadtium | Darmstadtium | Darmstadtium is a chemical element. It has been named ununnilium (Uun) or eka-platinum but is now named darmstadtium. It has the symbol Ds. It has the atomic number 110. It is a transuranium element.
The element is named in honor of German city Darmstadt.
Darmstadtium is a radioactive element that does not exist in n... |
42939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag | Wampanoag | The Wampanoag were a Native American tribe. They lived in what is now the American region of New England. The Wampanoag tribe helped the English settlers to survive, after they arrived in the Mayflower.
They caught a bacterial infection called leptospirosis or Weil's syndrome in the early 17th century. It caused a man... |
42940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandir | Mandir | Hindu temple or Mandir is referred to a place where Hindus go to worship gods in the form of various deities. Many Hindu temples are filled with wooden and stone arts like pashupatinath temple. A mandir is a spiritual place for Hindus. It is the landmarks around which ancient arts, community celebrations and economy we... |
42948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener%2C%20Ontario | Kitchener, Ontario | Kitchener is a city in Ontario, Canada. Kitchener is in Southwestern Ontario and is near Toronto, Hamilton, Mississauga and London. It is in Waterloo Region. Other cities in Waterloo Region include Waterloo and Cambridge. Sometimes Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge are known as the "technology triangle". It is on the ... |
42949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring%20%28water%29 | Spring (water) | A spring is a place where groundwater flows out of the ground. A spring may flow the whole year or only sometimes. This depends on the water getting into the ground all of the time (rain) or only once in a while (snow melting).
Water from a spring often flows downhill, along the land. This is how rivers start.
Some s... |
42951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium | Thorium | Thorium is a chemical element in actinide group. It is a weakly radioactive metal. It has a shiny, silvery white color. It has the chemical symbol Th and the atomic number 90. Natural thorium has an atomic weight of 232. Thorium is named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder. Its ores are found in nature, especially in ... |
42952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20source | River source | The source of a river or stream is the original point from which the river flows. It may be a lake, a marsh, a spring or a glacier. This is where the stream starts.
The source is the farthest point of the river stream from its estuary or its confluence with another river or stream. Rivers are usually fed by many tri... |
42953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laserdisc | Laserdisc | A Laserdisc, like a DVD, can play video of a higher quality than VHS. A Laserdisc is much larger than a DVD. To play Laserdisc movies, a LaserDisc player is needed. LaserDisc was also known by the names DiscoVision and LaserVision.
Laserdisc was first produced by MCA in 1978, and became well known in the 1980s. Movie ... |
42956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californium | Californium | Californium is a chemical element. It is a radioactive metal. It has the chemical symbol Cf. It has the atomic number 98. Californium is a transuranium element. Californium does not have many uses. It was discovered by bombarding a curium target with alpha particles (helium ions). Californium is named after the US Sta... |
42960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgau | Torgau | Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. The town is well known as the place where during the Second World War, United States Army forces met with forces of the Soviet Union during the invasion of Germany on April 25, 1945.
This marked the beginning of the line of contact between Sovi... |
42963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20bond | Chemical bond | Chemical bond is a type of attraction force which holds together different chemical species. Atoms bonded stay together unless the needed amount of energy is transferred to the bond.
In general, strong chemical bonding comes with the sharing or transfer of electrons between the participating atoms. The atoms in molec... |
42965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20property | Physical property | A physical property is a property, quality or way that an object is. A physical property can always be measured without changing or making the object chemically different or different in a way that would effect its chemical or atomic structure. There are two types of physical properties: intensive and extensive.
Inten... |
42967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept | Concept | A concept is an idea that is applied to all objects in a group. It is the way people see and understand something. The name used to identify a concept (the concept's label) is a "term". For example, the word "Dog" is the term to identify the concept of what a dog is. Everything that a person knows about a dog is the co... |
42968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenpo | Kenpo | Kenpo or kempo is the descriptive name of various Japanese martial arts with Chinese origins, and also of hybrid martial arts: the Japanese ones and the Chinese ones. Kenpo is similar to karate and includes more punches and kicks than holds or joint locks of wrestling.
More known styles of Kenpo
American Kenpo
Ka... |
42977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge | Edge | Edge can mean:
In geometry, an edge is where two surfaces meet.
In graph theory, an edge is a connection between two nodes (or vertices)
In geology, it describes an escarpment
It can stand for Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution. This is a way to make mobile phones transmit data faster than with GSM
Microsoft Edge, an... |
42979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyr | Tyr | Tyr is a god in Norse mythology. In the Eddas, he is either the son of Odin or Hymir. He is the god of single (man-to-man) combat. Tyr only has one hand.
How Tyr lost his hand
At one point in time, the gods decided that the wolf Fenrir (also called Fenriswolf) could no longer go free. They wanted to lock him up onto... |
42981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki | Loki | Loki (, often Anglicized as ) is a god in Norse mythology. Loki is the son of Fárbauti and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Loki is married to Sigyn. They have a son, Narfi and/or Nari. Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. WHile in the form of a horse, Loki was impreg... |
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