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48421 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenees | Pyrenees | The Pyrenees (; ; ; ; ; ) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from France, and extend for about 430 km (267 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) to the Mediterranean Sea (Cap de Creus).
Other websites
Great Route... |
48423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea%20of%20Galilee | Sea of Galilee | The Sea of Galilee is Israel's largest freshwater lake, about 53 kilometers (33 miles) around, about 21 km (13 miles) long, and 13 km (8 miles) wide; it has a total area of 166 km², and a depth of about 43 meters. At 209 meters below sea level, it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth, and the second lowest lake in t... |
48424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor | Dartmoor | Dartmoor is a national park in Devon, a county in England. Its highest point is High Willhays, 621 metres high. This is the highest point in the south of England. It has a large area of moorland, and is very hilly. There is much woodland on its lower slopes.
Dartmoor is famous for its tors—outcrops of rock on top of m... |
48425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirencester | Cirencester | Cirencester is a town in Gloucestershire in England. People first moved there in Roman times. It currently has a population of 19,000. It is 93 miles west of London, and is between Swindon, Cheltenham and Gloucester.
Towns in Gloucestershire |
48426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku | Seppuku | Seppuku is a Japanese ritual where a samurai kills himself by cutting into his belly. After one had done so, a second person would cut off his head. It was thought that seppuku was an honorable way to die. Sometimes, it is called hara-kiri, which is translated from Japanese as belly-cutting.
Seppuku first developed in... |
48435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sow%20bug | Sow bug | A sow bug or woodlouse is a small land arthropod (jointed-legged animal). They are often confused with centipedes, millipedes or insects, but are actually crustaceans. They have fourteen legs and breathe through gills. Because of the gills, woodlice need water in the air around them. They mostly eat dead plants, and ar... |
48437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20beetle | Lady beetle | For the sports comedy movie, see Ladybugs
Lady beetles are the Coccinellidae, a family of beetles. All species are protected by noxious fluids based on cyanide, and most have warning colouration, such as red with black spots or black stripes.
They are often called ladybugs or ladybirds, but biologists prefer the te... |
48466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Pearlman | Lou Pearlman | Louis Jay Pearlman (June 19, 1954 - August 19, 2016) was an American record producer and fraudster. He was born in Flushing, Queens, New York City. He used to live in Orlando, Florida.
In 2008, Pearlman was convicted and sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. He died of a stroke in prison in Texarkana, Texas.
Refere... |
48472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen%20Colonies | Thirteen Colonies | The Thirteen Colonies were colonies in British North America in what is now the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. They were founded for different reasons. Some people thought that they would make a lot of money in new goods in America that could not be found in Europe, such as tobacco. Others left to find freedom ... |
48475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown | Jamestown | Jamestown may refer to:
Places
Australia
Jamestown, South Australia
Barbados
Holetown, Saint James, Barbados; sometimes called its founding name, Jamestown
Canada
Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown, a neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario
Ghana
Jamestown, Ghana, a district of the city of Accra
Ireland
Jamestown, Count... |
48484 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stillbirth | Stillbirth | A stillbirth happens when a fetus (unborn baby) dies while still inside the mother or dies during delivery (childbirth). It is said that the delivered baby is stillborn. Stillbirth is different from a miscarriage because a stillbirth happens after the baby has been living inside its mother 20 to 24 weeks (depending on ... |
48487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona%20Cardinals | Arizona Cardinals | The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. They are the oldest continuous professional American football club in the United States, founded in 1899 in Chicago, Illinois. They moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1960 before moving to Phoenix in 1988. The... |
48499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totnes | Totnes | Totnes is a town in South Devon, South West England. 7,800 people live there. It has many old buildings dating back to Tudor times, and it has the remains of a Norman castle. The town stands on the River Dart, at the highest point reached by the tide.
Totnes is well known in Britain for its large New Age community, al... |
48501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiffon%20cake | Chiffon cake | A chiffon cake is a type of sponge cake. It is a cake that is made using vegetable oil instead of butter. This gives the cake a foam-like texture. Because there is no butter in the cakes, they are more healthy but have less flavor. Chiffon cakes are usually served by soaking the cake layer in a cake syrup (which is not... |
48508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Character%20Classic | Three Character Classic | The Three Character Classic, Trimetric Classic or San Zi Jing (三字經, 三字经) is a written work from China. Many people believe that Wang Yinglin wrote it during the Song Dynasty. It is named Three Character Classic because each line has three Chinese words, which are called "characters." It is often used to teach children ... |
48512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%20film | Art film | Art films are a type of movie that is very different from the popular Hollywood blockbuster movies. Art films have many other names. Some people call them art movies, independent films, indie films, arthouse films, auteur films ("auteur" is a French word which means "author") or experimental films.
Art films are usua... |
48517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm%20OS | Palm OS | Palm OS is an operating system that is made to work on small computer devices, mostly Personal Digital Assistants. Palm OS was first released in 1996, when the Palm 1000 was released.
operating systems |
48519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural%20Mountains | Ural Mountains | The Ural Mountains (), also known simply as the Urals, is a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia.
Geography
The Urals stretch 2,500 km from the Kazakh steppes along the northern border of Kazakhstan to the coast of the Arctic Ocean. The island of Novaya Zemlya forms a further conti... |
48523 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael | Ishmael | Ishmael (, إ ʾIsmāʿīl) was the first son of Abraham and Hagar, an Egyptian servant. He and his mother had settled in the valley and was the meeting of Jurhum, nomads of Yemen and descendants of Joktan who had also spotted the water source and incorporate. He is the father of the North Arabs (Adnanites).
It was derive... |
48526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe | Steppe | In physical geography, a steppe is a plain without trees (apart from those near rivers and lakes). It is similar to a short-grass prairie, although a prairie is generally considered as North America, and the steppe is in eastern Europe and central Asia. Sometimes the short-grass prairie in North America is also called ... |
48527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain | Plain | In geography, a plain is a large area of land with no hills or mountains. Plains mostly are more suitable for farming than plateaus or mountains.
List of famous plains:
Australian Plains, Australia
Canterbury Plains, New Zealand
Gangetic Plains of India, Bangladesh, North India,Nepal
Great Plains, United States
I... |
48529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint | Mint | Mint can mean different things:
Mentha, a genus of plants called mint
Mint (candy), a sweet food made with the flavor of mentha
Mint (money), a factory that makes currency |
48533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20fries | French fries | French fries (called chips in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Commonwealth, French fried potatoes or just fries in North America), is a potato-based dish that originated in Belgium. The potatoes are cut into thin strips and fried in oil. In the UK chips are seen as different to fries with chips being thicker cut than t... |
48534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne | Champagne | Champagne can mean a number of things:
Champagne (wine), a sparkling wine
Champagne (wine region), the area where the wine is made
Champagne (province), a historical region in France, ruled in the past by the Counts of Champagne
Champagne-Ardenne, a modern administrative region of France
Champagne (movie), a 1928 movie... |
48538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne%20%28wine%29 | Champagne (wine) | Champagne is a French sparkling wine. It is named after the Champagne wine region in Grand Est. This is a region in France with many vineyards that grow grapes and make wine. Note that this region is not identical to the French region of Champagne-Ardenne, nor the historical province Champagne. Champagne contains carb... |
48540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarion | Caesarion | Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, nicknamed Caesarion (little Caesar; ; June 23, 47 BC – August, 30 BC) was the son of Cleopatra VII. He ruled Egypt as a child along with Cleopatra until 30 BC. He was murdered by Octavian, who would later become the Roman emperor Augustus.
Caesarion is probably the son of Juliu... |
48552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca | Lorca | Lorca is a town in Murcia, Spain. The 2010 census recorded that 92,694 people live there. On 11 May 2011, an earthquake occurred, causing the deaths of ten people.
References
Towns in Spain
Municipalities in the Region of Murcia |
48558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Pushkin | Alexander Pushkin | Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born 6 June (26 May, Old Style) 1799, Moscow, and died 10 February 1837 (29 January, New Style), St Petersburg. He was a Russian poet, novelist, dramatist and writer of short stories.
Many think he was the greatest Russian poet. He started the great tradition of Russian literature. P... |
48562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile | Exile | Exile means being sent away from the country or area where you live. People are usually exiled for political reasons or sometimes because they have committed a crime. They may have said bad things about the rulers in that country or tried to get into power themselves. People are not exiled in democratic countries, bu... |
48565 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lager | Lager | Lager (which is short for Lager beer) is a kind of beer. It is made from a kind of yeast. Fermentation will be a slow process. It usually has a clear color. That color comes from the beer being stored for some time. During that time, the yeast can settle at the bottom of the barrel. The yeast is removed before the beer... |
48569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard%20Kapu%C5%9Bci%C5%84ski | Ryszard Kapuściński | Ryszard Kapuściński ; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a popular Polish journalist. He was well regarded both at home, and abroad. During his life he became known for his way of reporting news. He was a foreign correspondent for the Polish press agency. He was shortlisted as a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Liter... |
48570 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican%20National%20Committee | Republican National Committee | The Republican National Committee (the R.N.C. or RNC) is a group of people who coordinate the activities of the U.S. Republican party in all fifty states. The R.N.C. has its headquarters in Washington, DC. It also has state Republican party headquarters in each of the 50 state capitals.
The current chairwoman of the ... |
48571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic%20National%20Committee | Democratic National Committee | The Democratic National Committee (D.N.C. or DNC) is a group of people who coordinate the activities of the U.S. Democratic party in all fifty states. The D.N.C. is headquartered in the nation's capital, Washington, DC. It also has state Democratic party headquarters in each of the 50 state capitals.
The current chair... |
48580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20Corners | Four Corners | The Four Corners is the place in the Southwestern United States where the four corners of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona meet. Three of the four corners (AZ, NM, UT) are on the Navajo Indian Reservation and the fourth corner (CO) is on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation.
The Four Corners Monument is at the c... |
48581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern%20United%20States | Southwestern United States | The Southwestern United States (called the American Southwest or simply the Southwest) is a region of the western United States. The region is warmer than the northern states and drier than the eastern states. The area includes Arizona and New Mexico, as well as the nearby parts of Southern California, Nevada, Utah, an... |
48585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellum | Flagellum | A flagellum (plural: flagella) is a long, whip-like structure that helps some single celled organisms move. It is composed of microtubules. They help propel cells and organisms in a whip-like motion. The flagellum of eukaryotes usually moves with an “S” motion, and is surrounded by cell membrane.
Flagella are structur... |
48589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman | Walkman | Walkman is the invention as well as the brand name of Sony. It represents a portable audio player. Today, similar devices are also called "Walkman". The name describes players that have small sizes and can be carried by one anywhere. The portable player was a revolutionary device since one could take favorite music wit... |
48591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics | Semantics | Semantics is the study of meaning. Meaning in this case refers to the relation between signifiers and what they stand for. Signifiers are words, signs and symbols.
The word semantics was first used by a French man named Michel Bréal. He studied the way that language was put together, how language changed as time passe... |
48594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governance | Governance | Governance is the term for the way a group of people such as a country do things. Many groups create a government to decide how things are to be done. Governance is different from politics. Politics deals with people with different ideas working together to create an agreement about what to do, and governance is doing ... |
48596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball | Snowball | A snowball is a ball of snow. They are usually made by a person picking snow up in their hands and pressing it together in the ball the size of their hand. Snowballs are usually thrown at people or objects as a game called a snowball fight. Making snowballs is a common activity for children when it snows.
Larger snow... |
48598 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4 | MPEG-4 | MPEG-4 is a video and audio standard (type). Movies in MPEG-4 need less space on a computer. At the same time, they still have DVD quality. MPEG means Moving Picture Experts Group. Many researchers and engineers all over the world worked to develop MPEG-4. The work on this standard ended in 1998. MPEG-4 became a standa... |
48600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warship%20%28TV%20series%29 | Warship (TV series) | Warship was a popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977.
The series was about life on board a Royal Navy warship, the fictional HMS Hero. It was mainly filmed aboard the Leander-class frigate HMS Phoebe.
Four Leander class frigates played the role of HMS Hero. They were HMS Pho... |
48601 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Lewis | Jerry Lewis | Jerry Lewis, born as Jerome Levitch, (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, screenwriter, singer, humanitarian, producer, director, philanthropist and actor. He was of Jewish descent. He was best known for acting in comedy movies in the 1950s and 1960s such as The Nutty Professor. He also helped t... |
48604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakdance | Breakdance | Breakdance (also called breaking, b-boying or b-girling) is a type of dance that is done by people who are part of the hip hop culture. B-boy means boy who dances on breaks (breakbeats). Breakdancing was invented in the early 1970s by African American and Latino American inner-city youth in the South Bronx in New York ... |
48605 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine%20%28movie%29 | Constantine (movie) | Constantine is a 2005 American movie starring Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz. It is based on a comic book series called Hellblazer.
The main character, John Constantine, fights demons.
Other websites
2005 movies
2000s fantasy movies
2005 horror movies
2000s superhero movies
American fantasy movies
American horror m... |
48610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Anglia | East Anglia | East Anglia is a region of eastern England, named after one of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, which was named after the homeland of the Angles, Angeln in northern Germany. The kingdom consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk ("North folk" and "South folk") but the region's borders are vague.
Farming and gardening are very... |
48628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone%20de%20Beauvoir | Simone de Beauvoir | Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (, ; ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French author (writer) and philosopher (person who writes about ways of thinking).
She wrote novels (stories in a book), articles about philosophy ways of thinking or ways of living, and politics, biographies (books about ot... |
48630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie%20Couric | Katie Couric | Katherine "Katie" Anne Couric (born January 7, 1957) was a co-host of the top-rated Today show, broadcast live on NBC affiliates, from 1991 until late 2006, earning nearly $14 million each year for the last 4 years of her contract.
Couric was born in Arlington, Virginia. She was hired by the news division at CBS in l... |
48632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave%20trade | Slave trade | During the history of slavery, there were many different forms of human exploitation across many cultures. Slavery is a condition in which people are owned or completely controlled by other people. Buying and selling slaves is a trade as old as many of the oldest civilizations. A modern form of the slave trade is calle... |
48634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20U.S.%20states%20and%20territories%20by%20time%20zone | List of U.S. states and territories by time zone | This is a list of U.S. states (and the one federal district, Washington, D.C.) and territories showing their time zones.
Most of the United States uses Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the summer. In the list, it will say if the state does not use DST.
Note: the time zones listed on this page are listed in Coordinated U... |
48635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20line%20%28London%20Underground%29 | Central line (London Underground) | The Central Line is a line of the London Underground. Its colour is red on the tube map. It runs east-west through London. The line was the longest line until the line between Epping and Ongar was closed. Outside the rush hours trains run every 3-4 minutes in Central London and every 6-7 minutes on the branches.
Map
... |
48644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic%20acid%20diethylamide | Lysergic acid diethylamide | LSD is the shorter name for a chemical called Lysergic acid diethylamide. LSD is often called by the slang name acid. LSD is a psychedelic drug that causes people who take it to witness illusions. It also alters their thought processes.
LSD was investigated as an adjunct to psychiatric therapies for disorders such as ... |
48645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20H | Triple H | Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969) is an American business executive, semi-retired professional wrestler, actor, and former bodybuilder. He is better known by the ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former Hunter Hearst Helmsley name. He is currently the COO ("Chief Operating Officer") of WWE.
Before jo... |
48654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern%C5%91%20Rubik | Ernő Rubik | Ernő Rubik (born 13 July 1944) is a Hungarian inventor and professor of architecture. He is the inventor of the Rubik's Cube. He was born in Budapest, Hungary.
Other websites
Official website
Brief biography of Erno Rubik
Hungarian Academy of Engineering - Rubik International Foundation
An interview with Ernő R... |
48656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Richards | Michael Richards | Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for a notable controversy when his shouting of racial slurs at African American hecklers in a comedy club was broadcast worldwide in news reports.
Other websites
1949 births
Living people
Actors from Los Angeles
America... |
48658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20VII | Final Fantasy VII | Final Fantasy VII is a 1997 role-playing video game created by Square for the PlayStation console. It is the seventh major game in the Final Fantasy series.
Many people see the game as one of the most influential and important role-playing games to date. It is the highest-selling game in the series, having sold more t... |
48660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20O%27Reilly | Tony O'Reilly | Sir Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly (born May 7, 1936) billionaire born in Dublin, Ireland. He is the chairman of Dublin's Independent News & Media Group and was once the CEO of the H.J. Heinz Company.
O'Reilly played rugby for the Leicester Tigers and London Irish in England. He played for Ireland between 1955 and 19... |
48664 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism%20%28optics%29 | Prism (optics) | A prism is a special piece of glass, crystal, or plastic that bends light. The light bends (or refracts) because it moves slower in the glass, crystal or plastic than it does in air. If different colors of light move at different speeds, each color bends a different amount. This is dispersion and it splits the light in... |
48693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritjof%20Capra | Fritjof Capra | Fritjof Capra (born February 1, 1939) is an Austrian-American physicist.
Born in Vienna, Austria, Capra earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Vienna in 1966. He has done research on particle physics and systems theory, and has written popular books on the implications of science with ethics, met... |
48698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegeta | Vegeta | Vegeta also known as Prince Vegeta IV is a fictional character from the manga Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama , where he is firstly introduced as an antagonist alongside his companion Nappa for Goku.
Later in the story he became an ally for Goku and his friends, even if he develops a friendly rivalry with Goku.
H... |
48703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor%20Threat | Minor Threat | Minor Threat was a hardcore punk band from Washington DC from the 1980s. Many other bands which played hardcore punk music in the United States were influenced by Minor Threat's music. Minor Threat's songs were usually short and fast. All of Minor Threat's records were released on the band's own Dischord Records label.... |
48705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelred%20the%20Unready | Ethelred the Unready | Ethelred II (c. 968 – April 23 1016) was also known as Ethelred the Unready. He was King of England twice. The first time was from 978 to 1013, and the second time was 1014 to 1016. He was the son of Edgar, and Aelfthryth. For most of his reign he had to fight off Viking invaders.
The word unready in his name means... |
48708 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethan%20Religious%20Settlement | Elizabethan Religious Settlement | The Elizabethan Religious Settlement was Elizabeth I’s answer to the religious quarrels that developed during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I.
This answer was given in two Acts of the Parliament of England. The Act of Supremacy of 1559 confirmed the English church’s independence from Rome. The Act of U... |
48714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko | Gecko | Geckos are small to middle size lizards. There are 1196 different kinds of geckos, mostly in the suborder Gekkota. They live in many warm countries and usually are awake during the night. Some kinds of geckos go into people's houses. Hemidactylus frenatus is the common house gecko. People are often happy to have them, ... |
48715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherfordium | Rutherfordium | Rutherfordium is a chemical element. It has also been named eka-hafnium and unnilquadium. It has the symbol Rf and has the atomic number 104. It is a very radioactive element that does not exist in nature. It has to be made. Rutherfordium is the first transactinide element.. The isotope that has the longest half-life i... |
48717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard | Lizard | Lizards are reptiles. Together with snakes, they make up the order Squamata.
There are about 6,000 species, which live all over the world, except in cold climates. They range across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. One type, the marine iguana, lives in the sea. Size varies grea... |
48722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp%20Tischendorf | Philipp Tischendorf | Philipp Tischendorf (born June 7, 1988 in Berlin, Germany) is a German figure skater. He was the 2007 German national silver medalist. Tischendorf is coached by Michael Huth, with former coaches Jürgen Bertko and silver Olympic medalist Romy Oesterreich.
In March 2007, Philipp was injured while practising a quadruple ... |
48724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles%20per%20hour | Miles per hour | Miles per hour is a unit of measurement. It measures speed. It is the number of miles moved in an hour.
Miles per hour is the unit used for speed limits on roads in the United Kingdom and the United States. It is normally abbreviated in everyday use to mph or MPH. In technical publications it is sometimes abbreviated... |
48728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobility | Nobility | Nobility was the highest social class in pre-modern societies. In the feudal system (in Europe and elsewhere), the nobility were mostly those who got land from the monarch and had to provide services to him, mainly military service. Men of this class were called noblemen. It soon became a hereditary class, sometimes wi... |
48729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20U.S.%20states%20by%20population | List of U.S. states by population | This is a list of United States of America states by population as of 2019. The list was made using the 2019 Census estimates taken by the United States Census Bureau. The total population of the United States was 330,150,668 at the December 2019 Census.
These numbers include all people other than people just visitin... |
48730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio%20%28music%29 | Trio (music) | This article is about a group of three musicians and about music written for three musicians.For other uses of trio, see Trio.
''For a piece of music called "trio" see also Minuet
A trio is a group of three people who are playing musical instruments or singing together. The word "trio" may also refer to the piece of m... |
48732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20U.S.%20state%20nicknames | List of U.S. state nicknames | This is a list of U.S. state nicknames: (official state nicknames in bold) (Some may be more popular than others)
References
Other websites
Information about U.S. State Nicknames
Nicknames, List of U.S. state |
48733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20U.S.%20states%20by%20date%20of%20admission%20to%20the%20Union | List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union | Below is a list of all 50 states in the order they joined the Union.
The first 13 became states in July 1776 when they agreed to the United States Declaration of Independence. Each of those 13 agreed to the first U.S. constitution, called the Articles of Confederation, which formed the first Union of states between 17... |
48736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20U.S.%20states%27%20largest%20cities | List of U.S. states' largest cities | This is a list of the largest cities in each United States state and territory. State or territory capitals are listed in italics.
List
Note 1: The only incorporated place in Hawaii is the City & County of Honolulu. A portion of it, the Honolulu District, is sometimes called the "city of Honolulu" for statistical re... |
48737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chips | Chips | Chip or chips could mean:
Food
French fried potatoes, also known as chips
Potato chips, also known as crisps
Tortilla chips
Corn chips
Fish and chips
Other
Chips (band)
Integrated circuits are used in computers and are commonly called microchips, silicon chips, or chips
Poker chips
Gravel chips
Wood chips |
48738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning%20music%20by%20ear | Learning music by ear | Learning music by ear is learning to play a piece of music by listening to other people playing it and then trying to play it oneself. In some musical traditions there is no written music and everybody plays by ear all the time. Folk music is traditionally learned by listening to other musicians and copying them. Th... |
48739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelton%20Benjamin | Shelton Benjamin | Shelton James Benjamin (born July 9, 1975) is an American professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling under the ring name Shelton X Benjamin.
He is best known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and has also worked for Ring of Honor from 2010 to 2013.
Career
Benjamin st... |
48742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20Robert%20Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer | Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 in New York City – February 18, 1967 in Princeton, New Jersey) was an American physicist of Jewish descent. He is best known as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project. In World War II, the project built the first nuclear weapons. That is why Oppenheimer is called "the... |
48764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20League | American League | The American League (or AL) is one of the two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB). The other is the National League (or NL). The American League is made up of 15 teams. At the end of each season, five of these teams go to the "post-season" where one will win the American League championship. The champions ... |
48765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20League | National League | The National League (or NL) is one of the two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB). As of 2016, the NL has 15 teams. At the end of each season, five of these teams go to the "post-season" where one will win the National League championship. The champions of the National League plays against the champions of... |
48766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical%20survey | Statistical survey | Statistical surveys are collections of information about items in a population.
Surveys can be grouped into numerical and categorical types. A numerical survey is to get numbers as replies. For example:
How many minutes, on average, do you spend eating breakfast?
This survey question is used to generate numbers in m... |
48767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20sciences | Social sciences | The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. Social Sciences includes anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, and sociology. They are different from the arts and humanities, and application of the scientific method is important. M... |
48776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts | Arts | The arts are a large part of culture, and the word means much more than "art". The arts include visual arts, literary arts (i.e. books and other writings) and performing arts (i.e. music, dance, drama).
Sometimes, in universities, it is shorthand for a wider group of subjects which are properly called the humanities.... |
48780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor%20League%20Baseball | Minor League Baseball | Minor League Baseball is a level of professional baseball in North America. It is made up a many different teams which play in many leagues and levels of ability. Minor league teams are used by Major League Baseball teams to have a place to put their players who they do not feel are good enough to play in the major lea... |
48788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20proliferation | Nuclear proliferation | Nuclear proliferation is when a country starts making nuclear objects. On the right is a map showing who has nuclear reactors and weapons, and who could have them. When a country starts making nuclear weapons, they become a nuclear power.
Dual use technology
Dual use technology means to the possibility of military us... |
48793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Bourdoncle | François Bourdoncle | François Bourdoncle (born April 20, 1964) is founder and CEO of the search engine company Exalead.
Literature
Semantic Analysis of Interval Congruences, 1993, , Author François Bourdoncle, Springer-Verlag, London, UK.
Other websites
www.exalead.com/Francois.Bourdoncle
1964 births
Living people
French businesspeo... |
48794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief%20executive%20officer | Chief executive officer | A Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or Chief Executive, is the highest ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer, in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization or agency.
CEO
In closely held corporations, it is general business culture that... |
48796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exalead | Exalead | Exalead [eg'zæli:d] is a French search engine involved in the Apple Inc. project, introducing new search techniques.
Exalead provides thumbnails previews of the target pages along with results, and allows usual advanced refining on the results page (language, geographic location, file type, categories) but also innova... |
48798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur%20radio | Amateur radio | Amateur radio is a hobby for people who like to talk using radio transmitters. Many people enjoy using amateur radio to talk to other amateur radio hobbyists in other countries. Amateur radio hobbyists also use their radio transmitters to get help in emergencies. Amateur radio is often called Ham Radio. Many people use... |
48799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities | Humanities | The humanities include languages, literature, music, philosophy, politics, history, media, the classics, religion, and the visual and performing arts. Additional subjects sometimes included in the humanities are anthropology, area studies, communications and cultural studies, although these are often regarded as social... |
48801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hawkins | John Hawkins | Sir John Hawkins (also spelled as John Hawkyns) (Plymouth 1532–12 November 1595) was an English shipbuilder, merchant, navigator, and slave trader. In 1571 he helped uncover a plot against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1532 births
1595 deaths
English businesspeople
Slavers |
48803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut%20palm | Coconut palm | The coconut palm is a palm tree in the family Arecaceae (palm family). It is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall. It has leaves that are 4–6 m long. The term coconut refers to the fruit of the coconut palm.
There are many coconut palms on the coasts of Indonesia, India, America, South Sudan, Bangladesh and Tanzania. Pe... |
48815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawarma | Shawarma | Shawarma (; in ) is a meat sandwich eaten by people in the Middle East. It is served in round Arabic bread with meat and vegetables, with some spice or sauce of choice, in it. Normally, the meat can either be lamb, beef, turkey, or chicken. Shawarma can also be spelled chawarma, shwarma, shawerma, or shoarmais.
It was... |
48817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant | Merchant | Merchants deal with trade. That means they deal goods that they do not produce themselves, in order to get profit.
Merchants can be two types:
A wholesale merchant works between producer and retail merchant. Some wholesale merchants only organise the movement of goods rather than move the goods themselves.
A retail... |
48820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warranty | Warranty | In commercial and consumer transactions, a warranty is an obligation that an article or service that is sold has the quality the buyer can reasonably expect from the seller.
That often means that there must be a remedy. That means repair or replacement if the article or service is not as good as the warranty says. It ... |
48823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe%20Verdi | Giuseppe Verdi | Giuseppe Verdi (born Roncole near Busseto, 9 or 10 October 1813; died Milan 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer of operas.
Verdi and Richard Wagner were the greatest composers of opera in the 19th century although they were completely different from one another. When Verdi was a young man the most famous opera co... |
48825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20box | Blue box | A blue box is a device that someone could use to make free telephone calls. It worked by playing back the same sounds that the telephone company employees used to program their equipment.
The most famous person to use a blue box was John Draper, who went by the name Captain Crunch. Draper taught Steve Wozniak how to b... |
48826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20box | Red box | A red box is a device that people used illegally in the 20th century to make free telephone calls at a payphone. It worked by playing back the same sounds that the payphone sends to the phone company when coins are put into it.
Related pages
Blue box
Other websites
"Frequently Asked Questions About Red Boxing" by M... |
48828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon%20Graphics | Silicon Graphics | Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) is a company that makes high-end computers. The company was founded by Jim Clark and Abbey Silverstone in 1982 to make graphics display terminals. SGI was famous for making very good computers for 3D animation working on video and pictures. They invented many things that other companies st... |
48846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent | Constituent | Constituent may mean:
Constituent (linguistics)
Constituent (politics) |
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