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44128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian%20Prayer | Marian Prayer | Marian prayers or Marian devotions are acts of asking for the intercession of the Mary, the mother of Jesus. It is mainly something done by Roman Catholics but it is also used by Anglo-Catholics. Marian prayer is not worship. It is asking Mary to pray, or intercede for you and/or other people. When asking for Mary's in... |
44129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark%20Gable | Clark Gable | William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor. He is best known for playing the part of Rhett Butler in the 1939 movie version of Gone with the Wind. Gable won an Academy Award for playing Fletcher Christian in the 1935 movie version of Mutiny on the Bounty. He also starred in It H... |
44130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctosaurus | Nyctosaurus | Nyctosaurus was a pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. It had a wing span of 1 meter and a very big crest. It was in the Pterodactyloidea and related to Pteranodon.
Pterosaurs |
44131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn%20Monroe | Marilyn Monroe | Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress, writer, model, singer and filmmaker. Between 1946 and 1962, she made 44 movies. Famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and was emblematic of th... |
44133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot%2C%20Maine | Eliot, Maine | Eliot is an American town in the state of Maine. The population was 5,954 at the 2000 census.
The schools in Eliot are a part of MSAD35. It is around an hour away from Boston.
References
Cities in Maine
1810 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in Maine |
44138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troodon | Troodon | Troodon (or Troödon) is an genus of relatively small, bird-like dinosaurs, from the later part of the Cretaceous period, 75–65 million years ago. The alternate spelling Troödon shows that the 'o's are pronounced separately, as in 'zoology'.
They were probably carnivorous, but details of their teeth are a bit unusual. ... |
44139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurornithoides | Saurornithoides | Saurornithoides was a fast running dinosaur from 79 million years ago. It was related to Troodon. Its fossils have been found in Mongolia and China.
Like its cousin Troodon, Saurornithoides was an intelligent predator, with large eyes and good vision. It had a retractable, sickle-shaped claw on the second claw of eac... |
44146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reining | Reining | Reining is a competitive way of riding a horse. In reining, the horse performs spins, sliding stops, rollbacks and lead changes. Reining has twelve patterns the rider normally has to follow. The rider can perform freestyle where they make up their own pattern and ride it to music. This is all done under a western saddl... |
44159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani%20Lakshmibai | Rani Lakshmibai | Lakshmana, the Rani of Jhansi (19 November 1828 — 18 June 1858) was an Indian queen and warrior.
She was one of the greatest leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and, became for Indian nationalists a symbol of resistance to British rule in India.
Great Life
Manikarnika was born into a Maratha family. She was marri... |
44160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian%20hryvnia | Ukrainian hryvnia | Hryvnia is the national currency of Ukraine.
References
Other websites
History of Hryvnia
National Bank of Ukraine announcement of Hryvnia Sign
Proposed symbols for hryvnia during design competition
Pictures of hryvnia bills introduced in 1997
First Ukrainian Money
Ukraine monetary reform. Numismatics
How... |
44165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos | Chronos | Chronos (Ancient Greek: , "time", also written as Khronos or Chronus) is the Greek God of time. He is the personification of time in philosophy before Socrates, and in later literature. Chronos controls the past, present, and future of everything. Without Chronos, the other Greek Gods would have never existed.
In the ... |
44173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speyer | Speyer | Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate with about 50,000 inhabitants on the Rhine river. It lies south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Around the year 500 the town gets the name Spira, named after the stream Speyerbach which flows into the Rhine river here.
The center of Speyer... |
44192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethe%20University%20Frankfurt | Goethe University Frankfurt | The Goethe University Frankfurt (German: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) opened in 1914. With 38.000 students it belongs to the five largest universities in Germany and has the biggest library of them. The university has more than 600 teaching and researching professors; 16 faculties offer 170 courses of study.
... |
44193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thayer%20Academy | Thayer Academy | Thayer Academy is a private school that prepares people for college. It is in Braintree, Massachusetts. People from Grades 6–12 can become students there. The school was made in 1871, at the request of General Sylvanus Thayer. Thayer Academy is one of Greater Boston's most well respected private school's.
Thayer Acade... |
44194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried | Siegfried | This page is about the character in the book called the Nibelungenlied. For Wagner's opera see Siegfried (opera).
Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr) is a strong hero in the Nibelungenlied, a epic poem written about the year 1200. He killed the dragon Fafnir and took its treasure, the Nibelungenschatz. After killing the drago... |
44195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20II%20of%20England | James II of England | James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688. He was King James II in England and Ireland, and King James VII in Scotland. He was also Duke of Normandy from 31 December 1660. He lost his kingdoms in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He did not succee... |
44196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichtelgebirge | Fichtelgebirge | The Fichtelgebirge is a mountain range in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. It extends from the valley of the Red Main River to the Czech border, where it is continued by the much higher Ore Mountains.
The highest mountain is the Schneeberg (1051 m). Rivers rising from the Fichtelgebirge are the White Main (German: Weiße... |
44201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore%20Mountains | Ore Mountains | The Ore Mountains (German Erzgebirge, Czech Krušné hory) are a mountain range in Germany and the Czech Republic. They form the border between both countries for 150 km, extending from the western border of Saxony to the Elbe river. They are named for their plentiful metal ores.
The Ore Mountains are famous for many Ch... |
44202 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest%20%28transportation%29 | Manifest (transportation) | A manifest or ship's manifest is a document that lists the cargo, passengers, and crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle. It is made for the use of customs and other officials. If the list is just a list of passengers, it is a passenger manifest or passenger list. A list of cargo is a cargo manifest or cargo list. The ma... |
44207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenonychosaurus | Stenonychosaurus | Stenonychosaurus (meaning "narrow claw lizard") is a genus of troodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada based on a foot, fragments of a hand, and some caudal vertebrae.
A 2017 description had redeemed the validity of Stenonychosaurus and had informalised the genus "Troodon", synonymising it with ... |
44208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20IV%20of%20England | Henry IV of England | Henry IV (April 3 1367 – March 20 1413) was a King of England. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, which is why he was often called "Henry Bolingbroke".
Rise to power
His father, John of Gaunt, was the third son of King Edward III, and had a lot of power in the reign of King Richard II.
Henry and Th... |
44210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassodromeus | Thalassodromeus | Thalassodromeus was a pterosaur found in northern Brazil. It was 60 cms long and had a wingspan of 1 metre and a head crest on its skull.
Pterosaurs |
44211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oratorio | Oratorio | An oratorio is a piece of music for orchestra, choir and solo singers. It usually tells a story from the Old Testament. An oratorio may be about two hours long: a whole concert. It is rather like an opera, but whereas an opera is acted out in costume on a stage, an oratorio is sung and played in a concert hall or ch... |
44213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterodactylus | Pterodactylus | Pterodactylus was a small pterosaur. It lived in the later Jurassic period, at the same time as many dinosaurs. Pterodactylus is typical of the short-tailed pterosaurs. The sub-order continued to the end of the Cretaceous, but Pterodactylus is only known from the latest Jurassic.
The first specimens were found at Sol... |
44217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutiodon | Rutiodon | Rutiodon was a type of phytosaur. Phytosaurs were crocodile-like animals that lived during the time of dinosaurs. Its nostrils were far back on the head, close to the eyes. It was shown in the movie When Dinosaurs Roamed America trying to catch a Coelophysis. It jumped out of the water. and roared without warning.
Rep... |
44234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20Dinosaurs%20Roamed%20America | When Dinosaurs Roamed America | When Dinosaurs Roamed America is a 2001 television movie from the Discovery Channel. The movie is narrated by John Goodman. This movie tells us about species of dinosaurs that lived in North America through the ages of the Mesozoic era. The backgrounds of the movie are real places of America.
Featured creatures
Late ... |
44236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar | Cigar | A cigar is a form in which tobacco is smoked. It is usually larger than a cigarette. Cigars are made of different types of tobacco which are cured in many different way to produce unique flavors and fragrances. Most quality cigars are rolled using a tobacco leaf, though more and more cigars have been rolled using di... |
44238 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h | Bahá'u'lláh | Bahá'u'lláh, also spelled Bahaullah, which means "Glory of God", was a Persian nobleman who founded the religion known as the Bahá'í Faith.
He was born in the city of Tehran, in Persia, in 1817.
His followers consider him a messenger of God.
Other websites
The Life of Bahá'u'lláh – A Photographic Narrative
... |
44239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%60Abdu%27l-Bah%C3%A1 | `Abdu'l-Bahá | `Abdu'l-Bahá was a Persian man who was born on May 23, 1844 and died on November 28, 1921. His father was Bahá'u'lláh who founded the religion known as the Bahá'í Faith.
`Abdu'l-Bahá spent most of his adult life in prison or under arrest, because of his father's new religion. Bahá'u'lláh called him the "Expounder"... |
44240 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoghi%20Effendi | Shoghi Effendi | Shoghi Effendi (1 March 1897-4 November 1957) was a Persian man. He was the great-grandson of Bahá'u'lláh who founded the religion known as the Bahá'í Faith.
After Bahá'u'lláh died, Shoghi Effendi's grandfather, `Abdu'l-Bahá lead the Bahá'ís. `Abdu'l-Bahá died, he left a "will and testament" that said that Shoghi Ef... |
44241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will%20%28law%29 | Will (law) | A will or testament is a legal document that explains the last wishes of someone after they die. It is sometimes called a "last will and testament".
A person writes a will and testament before they die, and usually writes what they want to happen to their estate (money and their things) after they die. A will may also... |
44247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhlan | Uhlan | Uhlan is the name for a type of Polish soldier of light cavalry, armed with lance (a kind of spear). The respect for such Polish troops caused that in the beginning of the 19th century great part of European armies created similar military units. In most European armies, the units of that kind took the name of lancers.... |
44253 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not | Not | The word not negates the meaning of the word or phrase following it; see No.
Not, NOT, NOTs, or NOTS may also refer to:
... Not!, an expression used to contradict a statement before it, popular during the early 1990s
Negation, unary operator in logic depicted as ~, ¬, or !
NOT gate, a digital logic gate (commonly ... |
44255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin | Chin | The chin is the bottom part of the face. It is under the mouth and is the forward part of the jaw.
The chin is unique to present-day humans, our species. It is not present in the anthropoid apes, nor in any other hominin. Neanderthals did not have a human-type chin. In medical anatomy, the chin is called the "mental e... |
44259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%2C%20Queen%20of%20Great%20Britain | Anne, Queen of Great Britain | Anne of Great Britain (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, when England and Scotland combined into a single kingdom, Anne became the first sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
References
1665 births
1714 deaths
House of Stuart
Ki... |
44260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kind | Kind | Kind has different meanings:
Kind means a group of things or people that/who have same features or category.
Kind means friendly.
Basic English 850 words |
44261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot | Knot | A knot is a fixed looping of a piece of string or rope. Knots are often used for binding things together. While a knot is often made from rope, it can also be made from many other things. In fact, a knot is actually the condition a long flexible object is in. For example, hair can be tied in a knot. The ends of balloon... |
44263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flensburg | Flensburg | Flensburg (Danish and Low Saxon: Flensborg, Frisian: Flensburch, North Frisian: Flansborj) is a city in Germany, next to the border to Denmark. There are about 90,164 people living in Flensburg. The city has a university. A very well known part of Flensburg is Mürwik. There lies a small navy harbour. Flensburg lives on... |
44267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goslar | Goslar | Goslar is a historic city in Germany. It has about 43,000 inhabitants.
History
The German Emperor Henry I founded Goslar in 922. In the 11th century Goslar became seat of a Pfalz, a temporary seat of the Emperor. In 1253 Goslar became a Free City (that means without being ruled a Duke) in the Holy Roman Empire and j... |
44288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous%20%28group%29 | Anonymous (group) | Anonymous is a group of anonymous online activists. They are associated with many online and offline protests. These protests commonly relate to freedom of speech. They often protest against political corruption and censorship. Anonymous also makes DDoS attacks (where an attacker disconnects his or her target from the ... |
44294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV | MTV | MTV (music television) is an American cable television network. They are based in New York City. The channel launched on August 1, 1981. They used to only show music videos. The first music video shown on MTV was Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. Today, the channel shows many different television programs aim... |
44297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesautobahn%2045 | Bundesautobahn 45 | The Bundesautobahn 45 (in German: A 45), is a Motorway from the Ruhr area till Hanau.
The highway begins in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and crosses Hesse. The A 45 ends in Bavaria.
Cities along the A 45
Dortmund
Hagen
Lüdenscheid
Siegen
Wetzlar
Gießen
Hanau
Exits on the A 45
Waltrop (planned)
(2) Do... |
44299 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC%20Ajax | AFC Ajax | Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax) is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, which is the highest football competition in The Netherlands. Players like Johan Cruyff, Van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jari Litmanen played for th... |
44303 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungicide | Fungicide | A fungicide is a poison. It is used to kill fungi that are considered unwanted.
Biochemistry
Fungi
Poisons |
44306 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad%20Kroeger | Chad Kroeger | Chad Robert Turton (better known as Chad Kroeger) is a Canadian singer and guitarist for the rock band, Nickelback. He was born on November 15, 1974, in Hanna, Alberta, Canada.
Kroeger is of American, English, German, Irish, Norwegian, Scottish, Swiss-German, and Welsh descent. Kroeger became engaged to Canadian sing... |
44309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consecutive%20integer | Consecutive integer | Consecutive numbers are numbers that follow each other in order. They have a difference of 1 between every two numbers. In a set of consecutive numbers, the mean and the median are equal.
If n is a number, then the next numbers will be n+1 and n+2.
Examples
Consecutive numbers that follow each other in orde... |
44311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf%20%28hero%29 | Beowulf (hero) | Beowulf is the hero of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. He was the son of Ecgþeow, a banished warrior of the Wægmundings. Ecgþeow had killed a man from another clan and had to flee to the Danes. The Danish king Hroðgar accepted him as one of his warriors. The king also paid to repay the blood feud that was threatening Ecg... |
44312 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan | Clan | A clan is a group of people who – following a tradition – belong to the same kin. The word comes from the Gaelic language, and means 'family'. It is similar in meaning to the more general word tribe.
In Europe, the best-known clans system is that in Scotland, which still has some effects today, especially in the Scott... |
44313 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muon-catalyzed%20fusion | Muon-catalyzed fusion | Muon-catalyzed fusion (μCF) is a type of cold nuclear fusion, which means that nuclear fusion can happen at low temperatures and under normal pressure. There need to be 3 particles: a muon, a positively charged triton and a positively charged deuteron. The muon, which has a greater mass (when its not moving) than an el... |
44322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber | Berber | Berber might refer to:
Berber people, an ethnic group from North Africa
Berber languages, languages spoken by the Berber people |
44323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadic%20people | Nomadic people | Nomadic people (or nomads) are people who move from one place to another, instead of living in one place. The best known examples in Europe are gypsies, Roma, Sinti, and Irish travelers. Many other ethnic groups and communities are traditionally nomadic; such as Berbers, Kazakhs, and Bedouin.
People are nomads for man... |
44324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic%20dome | Geodesic dome | A geodesic dome is a type of structure that looks like half a ball shape (like half a soccer ball), made of many little shapes, usually triangles. It often is made of glass, concrete, or steel. They are cheap to make, and bigger than square buildings. It was first created in 20th century by an American engineer, Buckm... |
44331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolalia | Coprolalia | Coprolalia is a condition that affects about 15% of people with Tourette syndrome. Someone with coprolalia will use words that make people feel uncomfortable so often that it is hard to control. This is often in the form of a stream of curse words.
People who have Tourette syndrome are not the only people who experie... |
44332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Talent | Billy Talent | Billy Talent, before called Pezz, is a Canadian punk rock band from Mississauga, Ontario. The name Billy Talent was inspired by the guitarist "Billy Tallent" from the Michael Turner novel Hard Core Logo. They performed and recorded together for about 10 years before becoming famous.
Members
Benjamin Kowalewicz - vocal... |
44338 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Cheadle | Don Cheadle | .Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (/ˈtʃiːdəl/; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor, author, director, producer and writer. Following early roles in Hamburger Hill (1987), and as the gangster "Rocket" in the film Colors (1988), Cheadle built his career in the 1990s with roles in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Rosewood (... |
44339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massospondylus | Massospondylus | Massospondylus was a dinosaur from the Upper Triassic to the Lower Jurassic periods.
Dinosaurs of Africa
Jurassic dinosaurs
Sauropodomorphs |
44349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIRC | MIRC | mIRC is a popular shareware Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Microsoft Windows. It was created in 1995 by Khaled Mardam-Bey in C. Its most recent update (7.25) was made in 2012. It is licensed as Proprietary. It comes free of charge for 30 days and then you have the choice to buy it for $20 USD, or continue using b... |
44350 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/For%20Dummies | For Dummies | The ...for dummies is a series of books that try to explain something very simply. The series was created in 1991 by Dan Gookin. The first book was about the computer operating system MS-DOS. Dan Gookin created the book, because in 1987 a person wanted a book that was simple and easy to read, as the person considered ... |
44353 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Source%20%28Charmed%29 | The Source (Charmed) | The Source is a fictional character in the television series Charmed. The Source of All Evil is vanquished by the Power of Three in the fourth season of the show. Cole Turner (Phoebe's fiancee) takes his place as the ruler of the Underworld. Once he is killed, the Charmed Ones are free.
Television characters
Charmed |
44354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takasaki%20line | Takasaki line | The is a railway line that runs from Omiya station in Saitama Prefecture to Takasaki Station in the Gunma Prefecture. It runs diagonally from south to north in Saitama prefecture and is owed and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East Japan). The national highway route 17 and its historical predecessor Na... |
44355 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20panda | Red panda | The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a mammal. It is the only species of the Ailuridae family. There are two subspecies: Ailurus fulgens fulgens and Ailurus fulgens styani.
Overview
Most that are bred at Japanese zoos are Ailurus fulgens styani. They are called レッサーパンダ in Japan and 小熊貓 (xiǎo xìong māo ) in China, both ... |
44363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refraction | Refraction | Refraction is the change in direction of a wave, caused by the change in the wave's speed. Examples of waves include sound waves and light waves. Refraction is seen most often when a wave passes from one transparent medium to another transparent medium. Different types of medium include air and water.
When a wave pa... |
44373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic%20mushroom | Psychedelic mushroom | Magic mushrooms or psychedelic mushrooms or Psilocybin mushrooms contain the alkaloid psilocybin, or similar substances.
Psilocybin is a mind-altering chemical. It changes the brain to an altered state of mind, or a different state of consciousness. This can lead to effects like hallucinations or visions. They may be... |
44402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20Godwinson | Harold Godwinson | Harold Godwinson was King Harold II of England (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066). He ruled England after king Edward the Confessor died. He ruled from 5 January 1066 until he was killed at the Battle of Hastings. His death marked the Norman conquest of England and the end of Anglo-Saxon England.
unsourced
Career
Harold was... |
44404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20Armada | Spanish Armada | The Spanish Armada was a Spanish naval fleet (army of ships) that was most famous for being used by King Philip II of Spain against England in 1588. The ships were on their way to Flanders, across the English Channel, to fetch an army to invade England. However, the Royal Navy of England during Queen Elizabeth I of Eng... |
44406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Griswold | Frank Griswold | Frank Tracy Griswold III (born 18 September 1937 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was the 25th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
Griswold went to school at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He earned an A.B. in English literature from Harvard College (1959). H... |
44408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun | Sun | The Sun is a star which is located at the center of our solar system. It is a yellow dwarf star that gives off different types of energy such as infra-red energy (heat), ultraviolet light, radio waves and light. It also gives off a stream of particles, which reaches Earth as "solar wind". The source of all this energy ... |
44418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign%20of%20the%20cross | Sign of the cross | The sign of the cross is a physical gesture made by Catholic and Orthodox Christians, and sometimes also Protestants. It is usually done at the start and end of prayers.
In the Catholic tradition, the right hand goes from the forehead, to the chest, and then to the left and right shoulders (the order of shoulders doe... |
44426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuk%20dynasty | Seljuk dynasty | The Seljuks (also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq, sometimes also Seljuq Turks) were a Muslim dynasty. They ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries. Their empire was known as Great Seljuk Empire that stretched from Anatolia to Pakistan. The Seljuks also fought the Christians in the Fi... |
44427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jell-O | Jell-O | Jell-O is a brand name for a dessert. It is known for a number of gelatin desserts, such as fruit gels, puddings, and unbaked cream pies. including fruit gels, puddings and no-bake cream pies.
Description
Jell-O is sold as all prepared (ready to eat) or in powder form, and it is has many different colors and flavors... |
44434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteranodon | Pteranodon | Pteranodon was a large pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous period. About 1200 partial skeletons have been found, more than any other pterosaur. It lived in the area of the Western Interior Seaway.
Fossil Pteranodon have been found in Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota.
Appearance
With its wings open... |
44435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20II%20of%20England | Richard II of England | Richard II (6 January 1367–14 February 1400) was the son of Edward, the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan of Kent, "The Fair Maid of Kent". He was born in Bordeaux, and became his father's successor when his elder brother died in infancy. His father died before him, so he became king in 1377. His uncle John of Ga... |
44436 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinker | Drinker | Drinker was a small dinosaur from North America. It was a very small herbivore that grew up to 1 meter long. It was named after Edward Drinker Cope a paleontologist, a dinosaur scientist who found many dinosaur fossils such as Triceratops, Anatotitan and Tyrannosaurus rex.
Hypsilophodontidae |
44437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20Ferdinand%20%28band%29 | Franz Ferdinand (band) | Franz Ferdinand is an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The group is named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Franz Ferdinand has released five albums, Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better With Franz Ferdinand, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, and their mos... |
44449 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kress%20Stores | Kress Stores | S. H. Kress & Co. was a group of "five and dime" department stores in the United States between 1896 to 1981. The business was started in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, by Samuel H. Kress in 1896. Kress Stores were common in many cities and towns of the United States. In 1964, S. H. Kress & Co. was bought by Genesco, Inc. Ge... |
44451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20V%20of%20England | Henry V of England | Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), was the King of England from 1413 to 1422. He was born at Monmouth, Wales. It is not known whether he was born on 9 August 1386 or 16 September 1387.
Henry V was the son of Henry Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary de Bohun, who died before Bolingbroke became king.
Duri... |
44457 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlete%27s%20foot | Athlete's foot | Athlete's foot is a condition where the foot is dry and cracked, which can be mildly painful. It was named athlete's foot because it was common in people who play sports or do exercise. The infection can be spread to other areas of the body, such as the armpits, knees and elbows.
Symptoms
Athlete's foot causes scalin... |
44460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back | Back | The word back has several meanings.
It is a part of the human body.
It can mean behind something.
It is the opposite of front.
Basic English 850 words |
44470 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection | Reflection | Reflection is the change in direction of a wave at a boundary between two different media, so that the wave moves back into the medium it came from.
The most common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves.
Specular reflection is a mirror-like reflection of light from a surface, in which light f... |
44491 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian%20Sea | Caspian Sea | The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume. It has a surface area of . Its volume is . The Caspian has for 40 to 44% of the total lake waters of the world.
The Caspian sea is an endorheic body of water. It is bordered by Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It has a maximum ... |
44494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary%20angles | Complementary angles | Complementary angles are two angles that when their measurements are added together is equal to 90 degrees.
Angles |
44495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20rights | Civil rights | Civil rights are rights that all people in a country have. The civil rights of a country apply to all the citizens within its borders. These rights are given by the laws of the country. Civil rights are sometimes thought to be the same as natural rights.
In many countries civil rights include freedom of speech, freedo... |
44500 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscovium | Moscovium | Moscovium is a superheavy synthetic radioactive chemical element also known as eka-bismuth. It has the symbol Mc and the atomic number 115. Moscovium does not exist in nature. It is made from a fusion reaction between americium and calcium.
The element is named in honor of the Russian city of Moscow.
Moscovium is in ... |
44501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessine | Tennessine | Tennessine (formerly Ununseptium meaning "one-one-seven-ium" in Latin) is a radioactive superheavy man-made chemical element. It has a symbol Ts and atomic number of 117. It is the second heaviest element of all, and is the second to last element. It is in group 17 in the periodic table, where the halogens are. Its pro... |
44503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20World%20Factbook | The World Factbook | The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a book that contains the Central Intelligence Agency's information about the world's countries. A new book is published every year. The Factbook provides a two- to three-page summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and m... |
44526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco | Taco | Tacos are Mexican sandwich-like dishes. It is made from a corn tortilla wrapped around some sort of filling. Traditionally, the tortilla is soft, but some variations from different countries have hard shells, as well as flour tortillas.
Tacos are filled with a variety of filling such as beef, chicken, fish, pork, che... |
44529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard%20Way | Gerard Way | Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American musician and comic book writer. Way is the lead singer and co-founder of the punk rock band My Chemical Romance. His brother Mikey was the bass player for the band.
Way played for the band from their start in September 2001 until they broke up on March 22, 2013, as... |
44535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson%2C%20Lake%20%26%20Palmer | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Emerson, Lake & Palmer were an English progressive rock group. In the 1970s, the band was extremely popular, selling over 30 million albums and headlining huge concerts.
Members
Keith Emerson: keyboards
Greg Lake: vocals, bass, guitars, production
Carl Palmer: drums, percussion
Discography
Studio albums
Emerson, ... |
44537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark%2C%20New%20Jersey | Newark, New Jersey | Newark is the largest city in U.S. State of New Jersey, 65th largest city in the United States, and serves as the seat of Essex County. It is located 8 miles west of Manhattan.
Newark was originally formed as a township on October 31, 1693. During its time as a township, portions were taken to form Springfield Townshi... |
44538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolic%20Greek | Aeolic Greek | Aeolic Greek was a dialect of the Greek language that was spoken on the island of Lesbos and nearby parts of Asia Minor.
Greece |
44542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst | Myst | Myst is a computer game designed by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller in a company called Cyan. The Millers started working on Myst in 1991 and released it for the Macintosh computer on September 24, 1993. Myst was later released on many different computers and video game consoles.
In Myst, the player starts by using... |
44545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%20Christmas | Father Christmas | Father Christmas is the British name for Santa Claus. The name was used in songs, such as "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
References
Christmas
Fictional characters |
44546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham%21 | Wham! | Wham! was an English pop band. It was created in 1981 by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. They released their first single in 1982. For a short time, they were known in the United States as Wham! UK because another band already had that name. They are best known for the songs Last Christmas and Wake Me Up Before You... |
44547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Michael | George Michael | Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, (25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016), known professionally as George Michael, was an English singer-songwriter, and record producer.
Career
George Michael who rose to fame in the 1980s, when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley. The duo released a string of mas... |
44550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chink | Chink | Chink is a pejorative term for Chinese people.
Chink may also refer to:
People
Nickname
Chink Crossin (1923-1981), American professional basketball player
Eric Dorman-Smith (1895-1969), Irish officer in the British Army and the Irish Republican Army
Chink Heileman (1872-1940), American Major League Baseball play... |
44553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handle | Handle | Handle could mean:
Handle (grip), a device, attached to an object, that is held to move or use the object
Handle (mathematics), a term used in topology
Handle, the friction and flexibility of sheets of material as measured by Handle-o-Meter
Handle, a pseudonym used in Citizens band radio
Handle or username, a pse... |
44556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermicide | Spermicide | Spermicide is a substance that kills sperm before it can enter the vagina. When a spermicide is used as the only form of contraception, the pregnancy rate is much higher than it is when other contraceptives are used. Spermicides are normally used with barrier contraception, such as condoms, cervical caps, diaphragms,... |
44557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Brother%20%28TV%20series%29 | Big Brother (TV series) | Big Brother is a TV reality show. People known as housemates, enter a house and they do not bring any of their belongings except clothes. They are bored and the people behind the cameras who call themselves Big Brother announce things through the loudspeaker. Housemates would get a task to do so that they can get food.... |
44558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphonium | Euphonium | The euphonium is a brass instrument. It is very similar to the baritone horn, but it is different because the tubes are wider and it is bigger. The euphonium makes low sounds, similar to the trombone. The euphonium has 3 or 4 valves and 1-3 spit valves. "Spit" valves do not really mean there is spit in the instrument,... |
44563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark | Newark | Newark can refer to:
Market
United Kingdom
Newark-on-Trent
Cities
United States
Newark, Delaware
Newark, New Jersey |
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