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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%20Pang
May Pang
May (Fung-Yee) Pang (born October 24, 1950) was a to former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono. She later became Lennon's companion and lover, when he separated from Ono in the mid-1970s. Pang was born in New York, New York to Chinese parents. Pang was a secretary at ABKCO, a management company started by Allen...
47702
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European%20people
Indo-European people
Indo-Europeans are those who lived in eastern Europe and central Asia thousands of years ago. They descended from the Ukrainian steppes, and spread out across Europe, western Asia, central Asia, and India. Indo-Europeans are Bronze Age-speakers of Indo-European languages that had not yet split into language families w...
47705
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%20area
Urban area
An urban area is an area where many people live and work close together. The population density is higher than in the surrounding area. It is where buildings are close together. Urban is the opposite of rural, where farm lands and nature are. Urban areas are usually cities and towns. Most of the work available in urb...
47706
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Hopkin
Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950) is a Welsh folk singer. She was born in Pontardawe. She was most famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her first and biggest hit was "Those Were The Days" in 1968. When The Beatles started their own record label called Apple Records, they were looking for new artists to sign up. Model...
47707
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es
Champs-Élysées
The Champs-Élysées is a long and very famous street in Paris. It links the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde. It is a very popular place: there are many famous cinemas, bars, boutiques, and restaurants. It is also where the Tour de France ends. On 20 April 2017, two ISIS-claimed gunmen opened fired and kil...
47709
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Evans
Tom Evans
Thomas "Tom" Evans (5 June 1947 – 19 November 1983) was an English guitarist and songwriter, who had several hit records as a member of Badfinger, during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was also the cowriter of "Without You", with collaborator Peter Ham, another member of Badfinger. Evans and Ham wrote most of Badf...
47729
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solon
Solon
Solon was a statesman in Ancient Greece. He is one of Seven Sages (or Wise Men) of Greece, because of his political reforms to the laws of Athens. Many of these changes helped the poor people. He lived from 630 B.C.- 560 B.C. He introduced the court and judges. About 594 B.C., the nobles elected Solon to lead Athens. H...
47735
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds
Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds
Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds is a village in France near Saint-Paul-en-Jarez and Saint-Priest-en-Jarez. Communes in Loire
47736
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez is a town in France near Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds and Villars. Communes in Loire
47737
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villars
Villars
Villars may refer to: In France Villars, Dordogne Villars, Eure-et-Loir Villars, Loire Villars, Vaucluse Villars-les-Dombes, Ain Villars-le-Sec, Territoire de Belfort In Switzerland Canton of Jura Villars, Jura, Switzerland in the municipality Fontenais Canton of Fribourg Villars-d'Avry in the municipality Pont-en-O...
47738
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logron
Logron
Logron is a village in France near Villars and Flacey. In 1999, about 500 people lived there. Communes in Eure-et-Loir
47739
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flacey
Flacey
Flacey is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Population References INSEE Communes in Côte-d'Or
47749
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet%20%28assembly%29
Diet (assembly)
A diet is some form of assembly. People in the assembly meet (originally they did that daily, hence the name) to discuss and decide things. Common examples are the Diet of Worms or the Diet of Speyer. Legislatures
47750
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omelette
Omelette
An omelette or omelet is a type of food that is mainly eggs, with various fillings. In the United States "omelets" are usually eaten at breakfast. However omelettes can be eaten as a light lunch or late evening meal. Making an Omelette An omelette is prepared from beaten eggs cooked with butter or oil in a frying...
47751
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa
Visa
A visa (short for the Latin carta visa, lit. "the document having been seen") is a permit given by a country that allows someone to go to that country. A visa is a document that is stamped on a person's passport by an embassy. It names the kind of visit and says how long the person can stay. Sometimes, people need to ...
47759
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andranik%20Ozanian
Andranik Ozanian
Andranik Toros Ozanian, or Zoravar Andranik, (February 25, 1865 – August 31, 1927) was an Armenian military general and freedom fighter. He was seen by Armenian people as a national hero. Biography He was born in Şebinkarahisar, Ottoman Armenia (present-day Giresun Province, Turkey). After losing his wife and son at ...
47779
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angles
Angles
The Angles were a Germanic people of unknown origin. Their name seems to be connected with Angeln, a modern district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Angles, together with the Jutes, Saxons and Frisians, were among the Germanic tribes who sailed across the North Sea in the 5th century to invade Britain. The various ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angeln
Angeln
Modern Angeln, (Danish: Angel; Latin: Anglia, which also means in direct translation from Latin: England), is a peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Ancient Angeln may have been somewhat larger than the Angeln of today, but following the ancient sources it included the territory of modern Angeln. Angeln has an i...
47783
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth
Commonwealth
A commonwealth is a group of people or of groups with a common aim to improve themselves, help each other and share knowledge and resources. The word can refer to several organisations: The Commonwealth of Nations, the countries linked with the United Kingdom usually speaking English The Commonwealth of Independent...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian%20people
Frisian people
The Frisians are a group of people of northwestern Europe, living in an area known as Frisia. They are mainly in the Dutch areas of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia. They are said to be a tall, big-boned and light-haired people with a rich history and folklore. History In Roman ti...
47789
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alba%20Iulia
Alba Iulia
Alba Iulia (Latin: Apulum, German: Karlsburg/Weißenburg, Hungarian: Gyulafehérvár, former ) is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 66,369 people. It is found on the Mureş River. In the center of the city there is Alba Carolina citadel built in three historical periods: Roman, Medieval ...
47790
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance
Balance
Balance may mean: General terms Balance in stereophonic sound Balance (accounting) Balance beam, gymnastics equipment Balance disorder, a medical disorder Balance (metaphysics), a desirable point between opposite forces Balance wheel in a watch Balancing or hard balancing in international relations Engine balance Tire...
47791
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire%20bat
Vampire bat
Vampire bats is a subfamily of bats. Unlike other bats, vampire bats feed on blood. Currently, there are three species of bats known to do this. All of them live in the Americas, in Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Of the three known species, one feeds on the blood of mammals, the other two on the blood of birds. ...
47793
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric%20Britain
Prehistoric Britain
Prehistoric Britain was a period of history when people lived in Britain, but did not keep written records. It started when people first arrived in Britain around 900,000 years ago. It ended with the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. Preface People have lived in what is now Great Britain for hundreds of thousands o...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday%20Book
Domesday Book
The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of much of England, and parts of Wales, completed in 1086, done for William I of England, or William the Conqueror. The Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was a record of all taxable land in England, together with such information as woul...
47800
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/LD50
LD50
The name LD50 is an abbreviation for "Lethal Dose, 50%" or median lethal dose. It is the amount of the substance required (usually per body weight) to kill 50% of the test population. The test was created by J.W. Trevan in 1927 but has been phased out. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun to approve non-ani...
47802
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlerau%20train%20disaster
Dahlerau train disaster
The Dahlerau train disaster was a railway disaster that happened on 27 May 1971. It happened in Dahlerau, Radevormwald, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. Events A passenger train carrying pupils was travelling on the railway track from Wuppertal to Radevormwald in North Rhine-Westphalia in West Germany on the eve...
47804
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Guinness%2C%201st%20Baron%20Moyne
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne DSO & Bar PC (29 March 1880-6 November 1944) was a British politician. Guinness was born in Dublin, Ireland. From 1907 to 1931 he was Conservative MP for Bury St Edmunds, and saw service in World War I at Passchendaele, earning a medal and bar (second award). He was killed in...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20Talking
Modern Talking
Modern Talking was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Their music was often classified as Europop. Modern Talking is, by sales, the most successful and popular group in Germany, and they a number of hit singles reaching the top-5 in many countries. Some of their most popular and widel...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Indian%20Ocean%20earthquake%20and%20tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, also called the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (known by the scientific community), was a great underwater earthquake. It happened at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004. The epicenter of the earthquake was off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. At first, ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Taiwan
History of Taiwan
Taiwan (minus the Pescadores) is an island of eastern Asia. Its first people were Austronesians with small numbers of Chinese. After the arrival of the Dutch in the 1600s, many Chinese moved to Taiwan to work. Few European people moved to Taiwan, and the native people married with Chinese or moved away from the west si...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
Katana
A katana is a Japanese long sword used by samurai warriors. It is the most important sword of the three swords worn by samurai: katana, wakizashi, and tanto. The katana was popular from 1400 A.D. until 1876, when the samurai were abolished as a social class. In Japanese, "katana" means a long sword and it represents ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne (often called Holy Island), is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England. It is connected to the mainland of Northumberland by a causeway and is cut off twice a day by tides – something well described by Sir Walter Scott: For with the flow and ebb, its style Varies from continent to isle; Dry shod...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Lorre
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre (born was Ladislav (László) Löwenstein, June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian-American actor. Biography Lorre's family was Jewish. Lorre was born in Rózsahegy (Rosenberg) in a country called Austria-Hungary. Now the place where he was born is in the country Slovakia. He began acting in theaters i...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Tamil%20Nadu
History of Tamil Nadu
The history of Tamil Nadu goes back to the early stone age. The region of Tamil Nadu (now one of the states in the south of the Republic of India) has been under continuous human habitation since prehistoric times. Overview The civilisation of the Tamil people is among the oldest in the world and has been influenced...
47841
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20Fender
Leo Fender
Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) also known as Leo Fender, was an American instrument maker. He founded a company called Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company. It makes electric guitars, electric bass guitars, and electric guitar amplifiers. Leo Fender designed electric guitars wh...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fret
Fret
A fret is a thin strip of varying materials (most commonly metal, but occasionally gut or nylon) found on string instruments. Guitars, mandolins, and banjos have frets. Frets are mounted on the long necks of the instrument. The frets help the musician playing the instrument to know where to place their fingers on the ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplifier
Amplifier
The word amplifier (sometimes called an amp) usually refers to an electronic amplifier. Electronic amplifiers make a signal from a radio or electric musical instrument (such as an electric guitar or an electric bass guitar) louder and stronger. Amplifiers are also hidden in any electronic thing that makes sound with lo...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruda%20%C5%9Al%C4%85ska
Ruda Śląska
Ruda Śląska is a city in Poland in Silesian Voivodeship. It has about 147 000 inhabitants and 77 km². Cities in Poland
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rybnik
Rybnik
Rybnik is a city in Poland in Silesian Voivodeship. About 141,000 people live there. The city is about 148 km². The mayor of the city is Piotr Kuczera. References Cities in Poland
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tychy
Tychy
Tychy is a city in Poland in Silesian Voivodeship. It has about 132 000 inhabitants and 81 km². Cities in Poland
47847
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C4%85browa%20G%C3%B3rnicza
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Dąbrowa Górnicza is a city in Poland in Silesian Voivodeship. Around 131,000 people live here. Cities in Poland
47848
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%82ock
Płock
Płock is a city in Eastern Poland in the Masovia Voivodship. About 128,000 people live there and it is 88 km² big. Cities in Poland
47849
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudspeaker
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker, which is also called a loud-speaker or speaker, is an item that is used to create the sound in radios, television sets, and electric musical instrument amplifier systems. How it works Loudspeakers use both electric and mechanical principles to convert an electrical signal from a radio, television set o...
47850
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorz%C3%B3w
Chorzów
Chorzów is a city in Poland in Silesian Voivodeship. It has about 115,000 inhabitants and an area of 33 km². Cities in Poland
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa%C5%82brzych
Wałbrzych
Wałbrzych (pronounce: ['vawbʒix], German: Waldenburg) is a town in southwestern Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. About 126 000 people live there and the area is 84 km². The city belonged to Germany until 1945. The original German population was expelled after WW II. Cities in Poland
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ%20trio
Organ trio
An organ trio is a type of jazz band with three musicians. Usually a jazz organ trio consists of a Hammond organ player, a drummer, and either a jazz guitarist or a saxophone player. Organ trios popular in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Organ trios usually performed jazz music that had influences from blue...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony
Hegemony
Hegemony (pronounced with a soft or hard 'g') is the power of one group over other groups. Hegemony is mostly used to refer to relationships between different nations (or countries). This might be direct dominance, such as through military might, but may be indirect dominance, such as when a nation can dictate the term...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Callaghan
James Callaghan
Leonard James "Jim" Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, (; 27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005) was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) from 1976 to 1979. Born in the 1910s, Callaghan was an old-style socialist, lacking any higher education, and served as Member of Parliam...
47863
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgencio%20Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was the military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940. He was a farm worker from eastern Cuba, and moved to Havana where he became a stenographer and a sergeant in the Army. He became a leader of a group of sergeants who wanted better pay, and ended up comman...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sock%20puppet
Sock puppet
A Sock puppet is a simple type of hand puppet made with an adult sock. Most sock puppets have some fabric or plastic facial features added to the sock, such as eyes or a mouth. Some sock puppets may also have accessories such as a hat or clothing. Sock puppets are operated by putting a person's hand inside the sock. U...
47878
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke
Smoke
Smoke is a cloud of very small, solid particles that is made when something is burned with a flame, such as wood or paper. Smoke can be bad because if it goes into the lungs of a person, it can hurt their lungs or even kill them (for example, in a house fire). Most people think that they are always able to see smoke, ...
47882
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Kellner
Friedrich Kellner
August Friedrich Kellner (born February 1, 1885 in Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany, died November 4, 1970 in Lich) was a German social democrat. He worked as a justice inspector. In the time of the Nazis in Germany, he wrote a secret diary. This became known as the Diary of Friedrich Kellner. After the war he said why he...
47885
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20Summer%20Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, were held in Atlanta, United States from July 19 to August 4. Centennial Olympic Park bombing Eric Rudolph, a Christian fundamentalist, bombed the Centennial Olympic Park on July 27. Alice Hawthorne was killed in the explosion when a nail ...
47886
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984%20Summer%20Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, United States from July 28 to August 12. 1984 Summer Olympics
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932%20Summer%20Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as Games of the X Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, United States. U.S. President Herbert Hoover did not attend the games. Despite this snub, the games were thought to be a success because the LA Olympics did not end up in debt. Los Angeles was the first to provide an athl...
47889
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20Summer%20Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were celebrated in Barcelona, Spain from 25 July to 9 August.
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%20Summer%20Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were held in Seoul, South Korea from September 17 to October 2. Olympics Sport in South Korea
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Aznavour
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour (22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was an Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor. He was one of France's most popular and long lasting singers, and also one of the most well-known French singers in other countries. Career He appeared in more than 60 movies and written more than 1000 songs (including...
47926
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallava%20dynasty
Pallava dynasty
The Pallavas dynasty rose in Tamil Nadu (South India) during the seventh century under Mahendravarman I and his son Mamalla Narasimhavarman I. The Pallavas were not a recognised political power before the second century. After the fall of the Satavahanas, they began to get control over parts of Andhra and the Tamil cou...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandya%20dynasty
Pandya dynasty
The Pandyan kingdom பாண்டியர் was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown antiquity. Pandyas were one of the three ancient Tamil kingdoms (Chola and Chera being the other two) who ruled the Tamil country from pre-historic times until end of the 15th century. They ruled initially from Korkai, a sea port on the ...
47940
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is an early type of rock and roll music which developed in the 1950s in the United States. Rockabilly was very popular amongst teenagers. Many parents of teenagers did not like rockabilly music, because rockabilly music had lyrics which talked about rebelling against rules, sex and drinking alcohol. Rockabil...
47945
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray%20Disc
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is a high-density optical disc format similar to DVD. Blu-ray is the type of disc used for PlayStation 3 games and for playing high-definition (HD) movies. In the past, there were other standards for such movies, such as the HD DVD format. Blu-ray won what is called the format war. A dual-layer Blu-ra...
47947
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray%20Cats
Stray Cats
The Stray Cats were a Rockabilly band from the United States. They had several hit songs in the 1980s. The Stray Cats played a style of pop music called Rockabilly, which mixes 1950s-style rock and roll, blues music, and country music together. The Stray Cats' music is like the 1950s Rockabilly songs by Elvis Presley a...
47948
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Security%20Advisor%20%28United%20States%29
National Security Advisor (United States)
The National Security Advisor, officially known as the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, serves as the top advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues. This person serves on the National Security Council within the President's Executive Office. The National Securit...
47949
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chera%20dynasty
Chera dynasty
The Chera dynasty (Tamil: சேரர் Malayalam: േചര ) was one of the ancient Tamil dynasties who ruled the southern India from ancient times until around the fifteenth century CE. The Early Cheras ruled over the Malabar Coast, Coimbatore, Karur and Salem Districts in South India, which now forms part of the modern day Kera...
47950
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola%20dynasty
Chola dynasty
The Chola dynasty (சோழர் குலம்) was a Tamil dynasty that ruled in southern India until the 13th century. The dynasty came from the fertile valley of the Kaveri River. Karikala Chola was the most famous among the early Chola kings, while Rajaraja Chola, Rajendra Chola and Kulothunga Chola I were famous emperors of the ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn%20Rand
Ayn Rand
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum , .., 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-born American writer, screenwriter, playwright and philosopher. She published several popular books in the United States during the mid-1900s, including her two best-selling novels, Atla...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laubach
Laubach
Laubach is a town in the district of Giessen, in Hesse, Germany. Laubach is known as a “Luftkurort," which means “fresh air resort.” Laubach is a small town. It has a population of about 10,000 people. It is 23 km east of the city of Giessen. Surrounding Laubach are the small towns of Hungen, Grünberg, Schotten and Lic...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Litvinenko
Alexander Litvinenko
Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (30 August or 4 December 1962 – 23 November 2006) was a lieutenant-colonel in the Russian Security Service. Later he was a dissident and writer who was later poisoned and killed in 2006. In September 2021, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia was responsible for Litvi...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophilia
Coprophilia
Coprophilia is a sexual fetish people have where they enjoy coming into contact with feces. Possible other names for coprophilia include scat-play, scat kink, or shit kink. Coprophilia is said to be liking the smell, taste, or feel of feces in a sexual way. The feeling can be either through touching the skin or through...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalabhra%20dynasty
Kalabhra dynasty
The Kalabhra dynasty ruled over entire Tamil country in South Indian between the 3rd and the 6th century C.E.. They won over the ancient Chola, Pandya and Chera dynasties and replaced them. There is little information about their origin and details about their reign. They did not leave any monuments. The only source o...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR
NASCAR
NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) is an American organization that operates different auto racing series. The company was founded by Bill France Sr., and since August 6 2018 Jim France has been the CEO. The three largest racing series run by NASCAR are the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Ser...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument
Monument
A monument is a statue, building, or something else made to remember a person or important event. They are often designed as artistic objects to improve the look of a city or place. Other websites Website of Monuments and Sculptures in UK
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument%20%28disambiguation%29
Monument (disambiguation)
Monument may mean: Monument, a statue, building, or other edifice created to commemorate a person or important event Monuments (album), a 1998 album by DJ Doran Bank and Monument stations, a station on the London Underground Monument Metro station, a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro "Monument", a song by Depeche Mode...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
Wikinews
Wikinews is a free-content news source wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The news articles are written by users working together with each other. Old articles are archived, and protected so that people cannot change it anymore, except if an edit request is given. Every article has a talk page where people...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980%20Summer%20Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from July 19 to August 3. Number of Medals for Each Country These are the top 10 best countries in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/500s
500s
Events Clovis I, king of the Franks, defeats the Visigoths at the battle of Vouille in 507, decisively forcing the Visigoths into Spain, and securing supremacy over Gaul 506 – Byzantine Empire and Persia accept a peace agreement based on status quo. 506 – Dara in Syria is fortified by Byzantine emperor Anastasius I ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/480s
480s
Events 481 – Clovis I becomes king of the Franks upon the death of Childeric I (or 482) 481 – Baekje, Silla, and Daegaya form an alliance against Goguryeo. 488 – Theodoric the Great becomes king of the Ostrogoths. 488 – Kavadh I succeeds Balash in Persia.
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/930s
930s
Below are some of the important events that happened from 930 to 939. 930 The Althing of the Icelandic Commonwealth is founded. It is now one of the world's oldest parliaments. Emperor Suzaku ascends to the throne of Japan. Prince Bei, oldest brother of the Khitan Emperor, leaves for China. Deaths Emperor Dai...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/890s
890s
The 890s was the decade that started on January 1, 890 and ended on December 31, 899. Events 891 – Battle of Leuven (891) between the Franks and the Vikings 893 December 28 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin in Armenia. Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896 896 April – Pope Boniface VI succeeds Pope Formosus ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/950s
950s
Below are some of the important events that happened from 950 to 959. 950 World population is thought to be 250 million. Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia makes peace with Otto I. The Later Han Dynasty in China falls. Births June 12 – Emperor Reizei of Japan Erik the Red Deaths Hywel Dda ("the Good") of Wales A...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna%20Jameson
Jenna Jameson
Jenna Jameson (born Jenna Marie Massoli on April 9, 1974) is a former American porn star. She grew up in Montana. She started making pornographic movies in 1993. Within three years, she had won the three awards in the adult movie industry. She has since won more than 20 adult movie awards, and has been inducted into bo...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon%20Language%20Institute
Klingon Language Institute
The Klingon Language Institute (KLI) is an organization who helps to teach and learn the Klingon language. Klingon is a language that has been made for the television show Star Trek. In the television show, the Klingons are a fictional (made-up) alien people who do not come from Earth. : language opens worlds - motto ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism
Journalism
Journalism is a type of writing. It includes writing for newspapers, news shows on television, news shows on radio, and news magazine. There are many different news and information jobs in the field of journalism, such as the jobs of newspaper reporter, television news anchor, writer, editor, sub-editor, illustrator,...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS (born 8 June 1955) is the inventor of the World Wide Web and he created a new computer language called HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) which most web pages are written in. The first web page was available on 6 August 1991. Berners-Lee now leads the World Wide Web Consorti...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimilation
Assimilation
Assimilation can mean: Assimilation (linguistics), in studying language, the way a sound in a word becomes closer to a neighboring sound. Assimilation (biology), changing a nutrient into the fluid or solid substance of the body, through digestion and absorption. Cultural assimilation, the way a smaller group of pe...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimilation%20%28biology%29
Assimilation (biology)
Assimilation in biology, is the combination of two processes which get nutrients for cells. The first (in animals) is eating and digesting food. Food is absorbed and broken down. This is done by physical breakdown (chewing and stomach churning), then chemical breakdown by enzymes and acids) The results are absorbed in...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaihingen
Vaihingen
Vaihingen an der Enz is a town in southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is on the banks of the Enz river between the large cities of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. About 30,000 people live there. History Vaihingen is an old city, going back as far as the year 799 a.d.. Vaihingen was formally established as a town b...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration
Integration
Integration may be any of the following: Integration, in the most general sense, may be any bringing together and uniting of things: the integration of two or more economies, cultures, religions (usually called syncretism), etc. Integration, in mathematics, a concept of calculus, is the act of finding integrals Ind...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20assimilation
Cultural assimilation
Cultural assimilation, or absorption (but that word also has other meanings), is an intense process of consistent integration in which members of an ethno-cultural group, typically immigrants or other minority groups, are "absorbed" into an established, generally larger community, with the intent to change one culture ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20wave%20music
New wave music
New Wave (or New Wave music) is a style of rock music that developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. New wave music was inspired by the punk rock movement. New Wave music is rock music mixed with other types of music, such as punk rock music, funk, disco, ska and pop. In essence, New Wave maintained the rebelliou...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20Corps
Apple Corps
Apple Corps Ltd. is a multimedia company started 1968 by The Beatles. It grew out of their earlier company, Beatles Ltd., and included NEMS Enterprises, the company started by Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Beginnings The Beatles started Apple in 1967, because they wanted to help other musicians, writers, artists and ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie
Blondie
Blondie is an American new wave pop-rock band who were most popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The lead singer of the band is Debbie Harry. Their best-known hit was Call Me!. The group's music mixes pop, rock and disco. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Studio albums Blondie (1976) Plastic Letters...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti%20Smith
Patti Smith
Patti Smith (born Patricia Lee Smith on December 30, 1946) is an American singer and poet. She was an important member of the punk rock music trend in the 1970s. Her first album Horses was produced by John Cale. Works References Other websites Official website 1946 births Living people American singer-song...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking%20Heads
Talking Heads
Talking Heads was a rock band from the United States. The band first became popular in the late 1970s. Talking Heads had an early influence on other musical groups by combining the sounds of punk, art rock, funk, dance and world music with an avant-garde style and the anxious way David Byrne sang on stage. Reception ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo
Devo
Devo is an American new wave pop music band formed in Ohio. Their best-known lineup consisted of Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, Robert Casale, and Alan Myers. They had popular songs in the 1970s and 1980s. Devo had a big influence on the new wave music movement. Devo often used various keyboards (...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal%20drugs
Illegal drugs
Illegal drugs are drugs which a person is not allowed to own or use. A drug is any chemical that affects the human body or mind when taken in any way. Drugs and the law Countries and places have different laws for different drugs. Some drugs are allowed only if you have permission (called a “prescription”) from a ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack%20cocaine
Crack cocaine
Crack cocaine (or just crack) is an illegal drug which is made from cocaine. Cocaine is mostly an illegal drug that comes from the leaves of a plant called coca. When people smoke crack, they have a feeling called "being high." The name "crack" comes from the cracking sound the drug makes as it is smoked. The cracking ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiggy
Twiggy
Dame Leslie Lawson DBE (born Leslie Hornby 19 September 1949, in London, England) is an English actress, fashion model and singer, known professionally as Twiggy. Her childhood nickname Twiggy came from her thin legs. In the 1960s, when she first became famous she weighed only . As an actress, she starred in The Boy F...