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43278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitland%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Maitland, New South Wales | Maitland is a city in New South Wales, Australia. The city is on the Hunter River. Maitland is 200 km north of Sydney and 30 km northwest of Newcastle. Maitland is sometimes called the largest city that is not on the sea in New South Wales. The Maitland Gaol, which closed in 1998, is now a tourist attraction.
Other w... |
43279 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benalla%2C%20Victoria | Benalla, Victoria | Benalla is a city in Victoria, Australia. In 2016, 9,298 people lived there. Benalla is on the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne. The town is on the Broken River, which often floods. Benalla has a station on the main railway line between Sydney and Melbourne. Benalla is widely known for it's annual 'Wall to Wal... |
43281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafton%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Grafton, New South Wales | Grafton is a small city on the northern coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Clarence River and is 640 kilometres north of Sydney. The town is famous for its double-decker road/railway bridge.
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Cities in New South Wales |
43293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zupaysaurus | Zupaysaurus | Zupaysaurus was a dinosaur that lived in South America 213 million years ago, during the Upper Triassic period. It was about 5 meters (15 feet) long. A dinosaur very similar to it, Dracovenator, lived in South Africa at the same time.
During the Triassic period, all the continents were connected to form the supercont... |
43295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyrosaurus | Zephyrosaurus | Zephyrosaurus was a small dinosaur. It was a relative of Hypsilophodon. It lived 132 million years ago, in the western part of what is now North America. It was 6 ft (2 metres) long and 3 ft (1 metre) high.
The remains are bones from various parts of the body. It had a steep face, a raised knob on the upper jaw, and a... |
43296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsilophodon | Hypsilophodon | Hypsilophodon was a small, fast-running, plant-eating dinosaur. It lived 125 million years ago, was 2.3 metres long (7/8 feet), including tail, and weighed about the same as a man.
It was originally thought to be a young Iguanodon which could climb trees. Later it was realised to be a different species, and to be a ru... |
43298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryosaurus | Dryosaurus | Dryosaurus was a small plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur that lived in forests of western North America around 150 million years ago.
Its family, the Dryosauridae, were precursors (ancestors) of the Iguanodons, and lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Lower Cretaceous.
References
Iguanodonts |
43299 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguanodon | Iguanodon | Iguanodon is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous period in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. It lived 125/126 million years ago (mya).
Discovered in 1822 and described three years later by English geologist Gideon Mantell, Iguanodon was the second dinosaur formally named, after Megalosaurus.... |
43300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylem | Xylem | Xylem is a tissue in vascular plants. Its cells have thick, hard walls. Xylem tissue dies soon after it is formed and is the wood in the middle of a tree. The dead cells are like pipes, hollow and rigid.
Xylem is one of two tissues in the plant which transport substances that plants need to live. Substances that xylem... |
43301 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allosaurus | Allosaurus | Allosaurus was a large theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic period, a predatory carnivore.
Allosaurus averaged 8.5 metres (28 ft) in length, though some remains suggest it could reach over 12 meters (39 ft). Its three-fingered forelimbs were smaller than its large hind legs, and the body was balanced by a long, heavy t... |
43303 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratosaurus | Ceratosaurus | Ceratosaurus was a predatory dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic period, 156 to 145 million years ago. It had a large horn on its nose, and a pair of smaller horns in front of its eyes. Uniquely among theropods, Ceratosaurus had armor, in the form of small osteoderms running down the middle of its back.
Dinosaurs of Afri... |
43304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnotaurus | Carnotaurus | Carnotaurus was a predatory dinosaur that lived 70 million years ago. It was a large theropod which lived in South America during the Upper Cretaceous between about 72 and 70 million years ago. Although there is only one well-preserved skeleton, it is one of the best-understood theropods from the southern hemisphere. T... |
43306 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelophysis | Coelophysis | Coelophysis was a small fast running carnivorous dinosaur. It is one of the earliest known genera of dinosaur. Coelophysis was found in Upper Triassic strata dated to about 200 million years ago (mya). It lived in what is now the southwestern United States. Similar dinosaurs are found all over the world at that time.
... |
43307 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilophosaurus | Dilophosaurus | Dilophosaurus (meaning 'double-crested lizard') was a medium-large dinosaur from 190 million years ago.
Dilophosaurus has been examined several times over the years and has been put into no less than nine different theropod groups. It may be related to the smaller Coelophysis. Specific details of its life-style are fe... |
43308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity%204 | SimCity 4 | SimCity 4 is the fourth sequel to the SimCity computer game. It was created by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.
New Features
The main new feature in this game is the addition of 'God Mode'. This is one of the three elements of gameplay. Players can add mountains, lakes, rivers and canyons to their landscape.
... |
43311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasmosaurus | Elasmosaurus | Elasmosaurus was a 46 foot long swimming reptile that lived in the North American Inland Sea. It was a plesiosaur.
It was first discovered in 1868 by a scientist named Edward Drinker Cope who accidentally put the head on the tail. It had 71 cervical vertebrae.
It was suggested by D.M.S. Watson that their method was... |
43314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS | Waffen-SS | The Waffen-SS was part of the Schutzstaffel (SS). "Waffen-SS" means "armed SS" in German. The Waffen-SS was a paramilitary organization within the SS.
The divisions of the Waffen-SS were made of specially trained soldiers. Their original job was to protect higher-ranking people in the SS and the Nazi Party. Together w... |
43317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzicato | Pizzicato | Pizzicato means: playing a string instrument by plucking the strings (pulling a string with the finger and letting go quickly). Instruments such as the violin, viola, cello and double bass are normally played with a bow, but if the composer wants the player to pluck instead of bow, the word “pizzicato” or just “pizz”... |
43321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement%20%28music%29 | Movement (music) | Long pieces of classical music are often divided into movements. They are like different sections of the piece. Movements can be quite short, or extremely long. If you listen to a symphony it may often be divided into four movements. In the time of Haydn and Mozart the four movements were normally: a fast movement, ... |
43329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Hedland%2C%20Western%20Australia | Port Hedland, Western Australia | Port Hedland is a city on the north coast of Western Australia. It has 13,000 people living there. It is the largest city in the Pilbara Region. It has a very large mineral port, because of one of the world's biggest iron deposits.
Cities in Western Australia |
43333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms%2C%20Germany | Worms, Germany | Worms (pronounced /voɐms/) is a city in southwestern Germany in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz). It lies on the River Rhine. Worms is famous for its local Liebfraumilch wine. It is an industrial center, producing chemicals and metal goods. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.
Alon... |
43338 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor | Transistor | A transistor is an electronic component that can be used as part of an amplifier, or as a switch. It is made of a semiconductor material. Transistors are found in most electronic devices. The transistor was a major advancement after the triode tube, with using much less electricity, and lasting many years longer, to s... |
43339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex%20toy | Sex toy | A sex toy is a device that helps humans get more pleasure when they have sex or when they masturbate. Sometimes these devices are also called Adult toy, or Marital aid. Marital aid can also apply to certain herbs or drugs that have such an effect. Herbs with such an effect are called aphrodisiac.
Types of sex toys in... |
43344 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compsognathus | Compsognathus | Compsognathus was a small carnivorous theropod dinosaur, from the end of the Jurassic period, 144 million years ago. It was about a metre long, and ran on two legs, using its long tail to keep its balance.
Compsognathus is known from two nearly complete specimens, one from Germany (89 cm 35 in long), and another from ... |
43345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropachycephalosaurus | Micropachycephalosaurus | Micropachycephalosaurus, a tiny thick headed lizard, is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. It was a herbivore, and lived in what is now Shandong, China. It was one of the smallest dinosaur ever discovered, just over a meter long, but with the longest name. Before it was discovered Compsognathu... |
43346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor | Velociraptor | Velociraptor was a predatory dromaeosaur of the Upper Cretaceous, about 75–71 million years ago.
It was a slender, lightly built carnivore. It was about two meters long (nearly seven feet) and 0.62 meters tall at the hip, which is bigger than the size of the common chimpanzee.
Velociraptor had one sickle-shaped claw... |
43347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea%20%28moon%29 | Rhea (moon) | Rhea (; ), does known as Tomatoosaurus, a portmanteau of tomato + Tyrannosaurus, is Saturn's second largest moon. It is made of ice and rock.
Ring system
Rhea may have a thin ring system with three narrow bands in a disk of solid particles. These would be the first rings seen around a moon. The discovery was announ... |
43348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas%20%28moon%29 | Mimas (moon) | Mimas (from the Greek Μίμᾱς) is one of Saturn's largest moons. It is also called Saturn I. Mimas is best known for its large crater, Herschel. In the centre of the crater is a very high mountain. Mimas was discovered by the English astronomer William Herschel on September 17, 1789. The moon is believed to have created ... |
43349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodisiac | Aphrodisiac | An aphrodisiac is a type of food or drink that gives one a higher libido. The name comes from the Greek goddess Aphrodite. A food or drink that makes a person less aroused is called an anaphrodisiac.
Some things thought by some to be aphrodisiacs are ginko, ashwaganda, oysters and chocolate.
Sexuality |
43350 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoceratops | Protoceratops | Protoceratops was a ceratopsian dinosaur from Mongolia. It was shown in a fossil being attacked by a Velociraptor.
Ceratopsids |
43356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidar | Vidar | Víðarr (Old Norse: "the wide ruling one") is the god of vengeance in Norse mythology. A member of the Æsir, he is the son of Odin and the giantess Gríðr. During Ragnarök, when the monstrous wolf Fenrir swallows Odin whole, Víðarr is told to avenge his father's death, as he takes Fenrir by the jaw and tears his head apa... |
43357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchisaurus | Anchisaurus | Anchisaurus was a small sauropod dinosaur from the early Jurassic. It was shown in the movie When Dinosaurs Roamed America getting attacked by a pack of Megapnosaurus and eaten by a Dilophosaurus.
Dinosaurs of Africa
Sauropods
Jurassic dinosaurs |
43358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segisaurus | Segisaurus | Segisaurus was a small dinosaur from the Triassic. It was a relative of Coelophysis.
Coelophysidae |
43359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psittacosaurus | Psittacosaurus | is a small ceratopsian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of what is now Asia, about 130 to 100 million years ago. It was more basal than other members of the Ceratopsia: it was bipedal, and had no horns or frill on its head. What made it a ceratopsian was its beak.
It is notable for being the most species-rich dinosa... |
43360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuniceratops | Zuniceratops | Zuniceratops was a ceratopsian dinosaur. It grew up to 13 feet (or 4 meter long. His dinosaur family came from Asia.
His scientific name is Zuniceratops christopheril, had 2 tons.
Ceratopsids |
43361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilmesaurus | Quilmesaurus | Quilmesaurus was a predatory dinosaur from the Cretaceous period. It lived 95 million years ago.
Tetanurans |
43362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsarevich%20Alexei%20Nikolaevich%20of%20Russia | Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia | Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov (12 August 1904 – 17 July 1918) was the heir apparent of Russia during the Russian Revolution. He would have become Tsar Alexei II. He was the youngest of five children and the only son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna. His sisters were Olga, Tatiana, Maria, an... |
43363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalmoxes | Zalmoxes | Zalmoxes is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania. It was a relative of Iguanodon and, like all its order, it was a herbivore.
Most of the skeleton is known with exception of the end of the tail, the hands and the feet.
References
Ornithopods |
43365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviraptor | Oviraptor | Oviraptor is a genus of dinosaur that is today Mongolia. Oviraptor was a relatively large-brained dinosaur which cared for its eggs. In 1924, an Oviraptor fossil was found on top of some eggs, and some thought that it had been eating the eggs. Others thought that the fossilized Oviraptor was probably a parent of the eg... |
43366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster | Oyster | Oysters are a family of bivalves with rough, thick shells, the Ostreidae. Some other types of shellfish are also called 'oyster'. Many species are edible, and are usually served raw. They are also good when cooked.
In the past, they were an important food source, especially in France and Britain. They used to grow in... |
43399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/99 | 99 |
Events
Mirrors made of glass backed with a tin sheet replace those made entirely of metal.
Kushan king Kanishka, who was king when his kingdom was most powerful, sends messengers to Rome to plan a surprise attack against Parthia.
Deaths
Musonius Rufus, Roman philosopher. |
43401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Ericsson | Sony Ericsson | Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is a mobile phone manufacturer. The company is a joint venture that was established in 2001 by Japanese consumer electronics company Sony and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson. The two companies no longer make mobile phones independently.
Other websites
Sony Eri... |
43403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20dollar | Australian dollar | The Australian dollar (AUD) is the official currency of the Commonwealth of Australia. It has been in use since February 14, 1966. The Australian dollar is also used on Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island, and the independent Pacific Islands of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. In Australia the dollar s... |
43405 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing%20machine | Washing machine | A washing machine is a machine that washes dirty clothes. It contains a barrel into which the clothes are placed. This barrel is filled with water, and then rotated very quickly to make the water remove dirt from the clothes. Most washing machines are made so that detergent (liquids or powders) can be put into the mach... |
43406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign | Benign | The word benign is often used to refer to a medical condition that will not become life-threatening if it is not treated, but can also mean that something is not harmful. It is often used in relation to tumours that do not metastasise to other parts of the body. Tumours that are referred to as being benign may still ... |
43411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt%20U-Bahn | Frankfurt U-Bahn | The Frankfurt U-Bahn is an underground railway network in the city of Frankfurt, Germany. It is run by the Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt, short VGF. It has 9 lines and a network of 65 kilometers (40 miles) and has exactly 86 stations, apart 27 underground and 59 above ground. Two lines, the U2 and the U3 crosses the c... |
43412 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldton%2C%20Western%20Australia | Geraldton, Western Australia | Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia 424 km north of Perth. 29,996 people live there, which makes it the fifth-largest city in Western Australia.
Today the city is an important for mining, fishing, wheat, sheep and tourism.
Cities in Western Australia |
43424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt%20Airport | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt Airport ( ) is the biggest airport in Germany, the third largest in Europe in terms of passengers, and second-largest in Europe in terms of cargo. It is in Frankfurt.
In 2005, 52 million passengers flew from Frankfurt and 1.89 million tonnes of cargo.
The airport has two train stations, the terminal for the... |
43428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marki | Marki | Marki is a town near Warsaw, in Poland. About 23,300 people live there.
Towns in Poland |
43435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Harvey | William Harvey | William Harvey was an English medical doctor. He was born in Folkestone, Kent, England on 1 April 1573. He was the first to explain how blood was moved through the body by the heart. He died on 3 June 1657 in Roehampton.
A hospital in Ashford, Kent is named after Harvey. He went to The King's School, Canterbury, then ... |
43437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoey%20101 | Zoey 101 | Zoey 101 is an American television series. It was on Nickelodeon from 9 January 2005 until 2 May 2008. It is about on the lives of teenagers at a boarding school, Pacific Coast Academy (PCA). The main character is Zoey Brooks, played by Jamie Lynn Spears. The series was created by Dan Schneider. It was nominated for an... |
43441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocisaurus | Velocisaurus | Velocisaurus was a theropod dinosaur related to Ceratosaurus. Its remains were found in Patagonia, in strata from the Cretaceous period.
This animal is known only from its leg and feet bones. Velocisaurus was probably around 1.2 meters long (4 ft). The foot is unique in that the middle (third) metatarsal (foot bone) w... |
43442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdosaurus | Valdosaurus | Valdosaurus ("Weald Lizard") is a type of dinosaur. It walked on two legs and ate plants. It was found on the Isle of Wight and other places in England. It lived during the Lower Cretaceous.
It is part of the Dryosauridae family. It is related to the Iguanodonts.
Iguanodonts |
43443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20Potato%20Famine | Irish Potato Famine | The Great Famine, Great Hunger, or Potato Famine is the name given to the famine in Ireland in the years 1845-1852. Outside Ireland, it is usually called the Irish Potato Famine. The famine was caused by "the potato blight", a fungus-like organism which quickly destroyed the potatoes in Ireland, and throughout Europe.... |
43444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannanosaurus | Wannanosaurus | Wannanosaurus is the smallest known ornithischian dinosaur. Its length is estimated at just less than a metre. It lived in the Upper Cretaceous, about 80 million years ago, and was found in Anhui, China.
It is known from a single partial skeleton, including a partial skull roof and lower jaw, an upper leg and lower l... |
43445 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua%20%28dog%29 | Chihuahua (dog) | Their kids are called chihuahua puppies.†
A chihuahua is a very small kind of dog and is bred to be a pet.
Appearance
They can reach a height of 6-9 inches (12.7–20.3 cm) and a weight of 2–6 pounds (0.9–2.7 kg). Chihuahuas can have a long or short coat, and come in many different colors. These are black, white, beige... |
43446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minmi | Minmi | Minmi is a genus of small ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived during the Lower Cretaceous of Australia, about 119 to 113 million years ago.
A recent cladistic analysis suggests that Minmi is the most basal known ankylosaur.
That does not mean it was the ancestor of the group; it is far too late for that. It means its bo... |
43447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugops | Rugops | Rugops was a dinosaur related to Carnotaurus. It lived in what is now Africa, about 95 million years ago. It was a medium-sized carnivorous dinosaur, up to 27 feet long.
Rugops lived at the same time Spinosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and Deltadromeus, in the Upper Cretaceous.
Rugops was a carnivore, with weak jaws ... |
43449 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrictosaurus | Abrictosaurus | Abrictosaurus was a heterodontosaurid dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of what is now southern Africa. It was a small bipedal herbivore or omnivore, about 1.2 meters (4 feet) long, and weighing less than 45 kilograms (100 pounds).
Abrictosaurus is usually thought to be the most basal member of the family Heterodontosa... |
43450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodontosaurus | Heterodontosaurus | Heterodontosaurus (meaning "different toothed lizard") is a genus of small herbivorous dinosaur with prominent canine teeth.
It lived in the Lower Jurassic of South Africa, 200–190 million years ago. It was related to Abrictosaurus. It had three different kinds of teeth.
Heterodontosaurs |
43451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarasaurus | Camarasaurus | Camarasaurus (meaning "chambered lizard") was a large plant-eating sauropod. It was about 18 meters long and weighed about 18 metric tones. Its name comes from its skull, which is in the shape of an arch. It lived during the late Jurassic, between 155 and 145 million years ago. These dinosaurs may have lived in herds.
... |
43452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zizhongosaurus | Zizhongosaurus | Zizhongosaurus was a very large plant-eating dinosaur. It was a large sauropod, related to Camarasaurus.
Other websites
Zizhongosaurus at the Dinosaur Encyclopedia
Sauropods |
43454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burping | Burping | Burping is when gas comes out of the stomach through the mouth. Burping happens when air is trapped in the stomach. "Esophageal speech" means to "burp" words.
References
Digestive system |
43473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Fire%20of%20London | Great Fire of London | The Great Fire of London happened in Central London in 1666. The fire lasted for just under five days, from 2nd September until 6th September.
It is believed to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the 80,000 people that lived in the city. It is not known how many people died in the fire. Only a few deaths are certai... |
43482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi%20complex | Golgi complex | The Golgi complex, also known as the Golgi apparatus or simply the Golgi, is a cytoplasmic organelle. It is found in eukaryote cells, as in animals, plants, and fungi.
The complex was discovered by Camillo Golgi in 1898. Golgi, who worked at Pavia, Italy, was ignored. His discovery was said to be dirt on his lenses. ... |
43486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut%20Teknologi%20Bandung | Institut Teknologi Bandung | Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) is a public government-funded, higher education, technology school located in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Institut Teknologi Bandung are the one of most popular university in Indonesia, together with Gadjah Mada University and University of Indonesia. The symbol of Institut Teknologi... |
43488 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconductor | Superconductor | A superconductor is a substance that conducts electricity without resistance when it becomes colder than a "critical temperature." At this temperature, electrons can move freely through the material. Superconductors are different from ordinary conductors, such as copper. Ordinary conductors lose their resistance (get... |
43508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Freeman | Alan Freeman | Alan Leslie "Fluff" Freeman (born 6 July 1927 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 27 November 2006 in London, England) was an Australian radio presenter who worked for most of his career in the United Kingdom.
In May 2000 he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.
Freeman ... |
43519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower | Sunflower | The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a living annual plant in the family Asteraceae, with a large flower head (capitulum). The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 metres tall, with a flower head that can be 30 cm wide. Other types of sunflowers include the California Royal Sunflower, which has a burgundy (red + purpl... |
43528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Cushing | Peter Cushing | Peter Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor. He is best known for his roles in horror movies and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Career
Born Peter Wilton Cushing in London, England. His movie career began in 1939 in a small role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), followed by Laddie (1940... |
43533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Krause | Brian Krause | Brian Krause (born February 1, 1969) is an American actor. He grew up in El Toro, California. He is best known for his role as Leo Wyatt on the WB Network television series Charmed from 1998 to 2006.
Krause made his first movie as Richard Lestrange in the movie sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). A year later, he... |
43534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian%20McMahon | Julian McMahon | Julian McMahon (born 27 July 1968, in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actor and former model. His father, Sir William McMahon was Prime Minister of Australia from 1971–1972. McMahon is best known for playing Cole Turner on the television series Charmed, Doctor Doom in the 2005-2007 Fantastic Four movie series and C... |
43535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20King | Ted King | Theodore William King (born October 1, 1965) is an American actor. He was born in Hollywood, California. Ted King is also credited as T.W. King.
King is first known to soap opera fans as Danny Roberts on Loving in 1999 and The City until the series was went off the air in March 1997. He had the starring role in the se... |
43537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffs%20Harbour | Coffs Harbour | Coffs Harbour is a city on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is 540 km north of Sydney and 440 km south of Brisbane. Coffs Harbour is famous for its bananas and is also an important diving spot. It also has a campus of the Southern Cross University. It is the home of the Big Banana, a tourist attracti... |
43560 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil | Yggdrasil | Yggdrasil (Old Norse: Yggdrasill) is the name of the immense cosmic tree that serves as the connection between the Nine Worlds in Norse mythology. Known as the World Tree, Yggdrasil was said to lie at the very center of the universe, supported by three roots which extend far away into varying locations. Various creatur... |
43562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment | Impeachment | Impeachment is a way to remove government officers from office in some countries.
Impeachment in the United States is how the House of Representatives brings charges against either the President, the Vice President, or any federal officer for misconduct alleged to have been committed. Most impeachments in the United ... |
43563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictment | Indictment | In common law, an indictment is a charge saying that a person committed a very serious crime. They used to be given out by grand juries (a special jury usually made up of 24 people that is used to see if a person should be charged), but many places do not have grand juries anymore. Sealed indictments are kept secret un... |
43564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial | Trial | A trial is where two people or two groups of people argue in a court.
Civil trial
In a civil trial, there is a plaintiff and a defendant. The plaintiff tries to prove that he or she has a reason why the defendant needs to give him or her money.
Criminal trial
In a criminal trial, there is a prosecutor and a defenda... |
43576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda%20Peregr%C3%ADn | Belinda Peregrín | Belinda Peregrin Schüll born (August 15, 1989 or 1992)A, is a Mexican singer and actress. She is often called just Belinda. Her first album, Belinda (2003), was very popular and sold over 1.1 million copies worldwide. Her second album Utopía (2006) gave her two Latin Grammy Award nominations.
She has also been in many... |
43578 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo%20Dinh%20Diem | Ngo Dinh Diem | Ngo Dinh Diem or Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was the first President of South Vietnam.
Unlike most people in Vietnam, he was a Catholic. After he kept favoring people of his religion, he was overthrown and killed on 2 November 1963 by the South Việtnamese army during the Buddhist crisis. The... |
43585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Plague%20of%20London | Great Plague of London | During the Great Plague of London (1665-1666), the disease called the bubonic plague killed about 200,000 people in London, England. In seven months, almost one quarter of London's population (one out of every four Londoners) died from the plague. At its worst, in September of 1665, the plague killed 7,165 people in ... |
43586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress%20Matilda | Empress Matilda |
Matilda 'the Empress' of England
F, #102037, b. circa August 1102, d. 10 September 1167
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Matilda 'the Empress' of England was born circa August 1102 at Winchester, Hampshire, EnglandG.2 She was also reported to have been born on 7 February 1102 at England. She wa... |
43597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser | Kaiser | Kaiser was title used for the Emperor of Germany from the creation of unified Germany in 1871 until the end of World War I. The Holy Roman Emperor was also called "Kaiser". The word "Kaiser" is the German way to say Caesar, the name the ancient Romans used for their Roman Emperor, just as "Tsar" is the Russian way to s... |
43621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Orange, New South Wales | Orange is a city in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Mitchell Highway about 250 kilometres west of Sydney. The main street (where people do all the shopping) is quite large for a country town. There are five high schools and five primary schools in Orange. Orange has two tennis centres, a big pool, an indoor sp... |
43627 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometrium | Endometrium | The endometrium is the innermost membrane of the uterus. It sensitive to hormone changes. The endometrium is shed each month as menstrual flow.
References
Anatomy of the female reproductive system |
43632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibelungenlied | Nibelungenlied | The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. It tells the story of dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, and of the revenge of his wife Kriemhild, which leads to the death all the heroes of the Bugundians and of Kriemhild as well.
The saga of Si... |
43633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf%20%28mythology%29 | Dwarf (mythology) | A dwarf is a short, humanlike creature from Norse and Germanic mythologies. They have been used in many fairy tales, fantasy, fiction and role-playing games.
In some stories, dwarfs are mean, living under bridges, and having a bad reputation for stealing treasure. One example is the Norwegian Troll. It is an ugly an... |
43642 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanir | Vanir | The Vanir are one of the two tribes of deities in Norse mythology, the other being the Æsir. Native to Vanaheimr, the Vanir are peace-loving gods, associated with nature and fertility, while the Æsir were chaotic and warlike. Members of the Vanir include:
Njörðr - God of the sea and wind, he was chief of the Vanir in t... |
43646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole%20%28unit%29 | Mole (unit) | Mole is the SI unit used to measure how many molecules or atoms there are. One mole is around 600 sextillion molecules. Scientists use this number because 1 gram of hydrogen is around 1 mole of atoms.
The exact value of one mole is . This number comes from experiments with carbon because it's easy to work with.
is a... |
43651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiosaurus | Plesiosaurus | Plesiosaurus was a large fossil marine reptile, a genus in the order Plesiosauria.
The first specimen discovered by Mary Anning in 1820-21 was missing its skull. She found it on the 'Jurassic Coast' of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. In 1823 she found another one, this time complete with its skull. The name Plesiosaurus... |
43659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon | Doraemon | Doraemon (ドラえもん) is a Japanese manga and anime series and franchise. It was written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio and Kazuya Tsurumaki. It was started in a children’s magazine in 1969. Doraemon is the name of a robot cat that came from the future to help a boy named Nobita Nobi. Doraemon is about the life of Nobita N... |
43660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20the%20Great | Alfred the Great | Alfred the Great (c. 849 - 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. He was the first monarch from the British Isles to style himself as 'King of the Anglo-Saxons' and so he is sometimes considered the first English king. Alfred started the Royal Navy in the 9th century
Early childhood
Alfred was the young... |
43661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival | Festival | A festival is a gathering of people to celebrate something. It can also refer to a one day or more when people in a country have a holiday so that they can celebrate something. Festivals may be religious or national. They also may be events which feature different cultural programs such as music, dancing, poetry, movi... |
43670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort%20cloud | Oort cloud | The Oort cloud, or Öpik–Oort cloud, is a cloud of comets and other objects. Astronomers believe it is way beyond the orbits of Pluto and the Kuiper belt. The Oort cloud is believed to be the source of long-period comets in the Solar System.
The Oort cloud may lie about 50,000 AU, or nearly a light-year, from the Sun.... |
43686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty | Dynasty | Dynasty means rulers who belong to the same royal family for generations. The term is also used to describe the era during which that family ruled.
Famous dynasties were:
from England: The House of Tudor (1485-1603) and the House of Stuart (1603-1714).
from China: The Shang Dynasty (1766 BC–1050 BC), the Yuan Dyn... |
43690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han%20dynasty | Han dynasty | The Han dynasty came to power in 202 B.C. They followed the philosophies of Confucianism and legalism. This was called 'the Han synthesis'.
Under this dynasty, China made progress in arts and science. The empire also became larger and larger. China started trading with a number of other countries. They started the Sil... |
43693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou%20Dynasty | Zhou Dynasty | The Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang Dynasty in 1046 BCE. The kings of this dynasty made the empire a lot bigger. For the first time in the history of China, many people began moving to far away places inside the empire. The Zhou rulers moved the capital from Henan to a place near present-day Xi'an, near the Yellow Rive... |
43694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Iommi | Tony Iommi | Frank Anthony "Tony" Iommi (born 19 February 1948, in Birmingham, England) is a British guitarist and songwriter. He is most famous for starting the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He is the only person who has stayed a member of the band since it began in 1968. He lost two finger tips in a work accident, and made two ... |
43698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow%20River | Yellow River | The Yellow River (Huáng Hé 黄河) is the second longest river in China (after Yangtze River) and the sixth longest in the world. The river is 5464 km long and it drains at the Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea. The river is often called the "Mother River of China" and "the Cradle of the Chinese civilization" in China. I... |
43705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion | Rebellion | A rebellion is when people refuse to obey orders and fight against authority. Those who do this are "rebels". They may be citizens of a country who try to take over the government by force because they do not trust the current system. Some rebels in history were slaves who fought back against their masters or against s... |
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