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56967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpVgg%20Greuther%20F%C3%BCrth | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | The Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth is a German football club which plays in the country's top league, the Bundesliga. The club is playing in the Bundesliga for the first time after being promoted from the Second Bundesliga as winners of that league in 2011–12.
German football clubs
Sport in Bavaria |
56969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj%20Mahal%20%28musician%29 | Taj Mahal (musician) | Henry Saint Claire Fredericks, better known by the stage name Taj Mahal (born May 17, 1942), is an American blues musician. He has been performing and recording since 1964 and is still popular.
Selected discography
1968 – Taj Mahal
1968 – The Natch'l Blues
1969 – Giant Step/De Ole Folks At Home
1971 – The Real Thi... |
56975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd%20Patterson | Floyd Patterson | Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist. Patterson won the gold medal for boxing in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. He was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1956-1959 and from 1960-1962. Patterson is remembered as the f... |
56977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwise | Clockwise | A clockwise movement is one that moves in a circle like the clock's hands: from the top to the right, then down, then to the left, and back to the top.
The opposite of clockwise is counterclockwise or anticlockwise. The movement is from the top to the left, then down, then to the right, and finally back up to the top.... |
56980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Friedrich | Manuel Friedrich | Manuel Friedrich (born September 13, 1979 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German footballer with the position of the Defender. He has played for the team 1.FSV Mainz 05 and at the moment he playes for Bayer Leverkusen. Friedrich has played nine matches for the German national football team since 2006. During that time he has sc... |
56981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno%20Kreisky | Bruno Kreisky | Bruno Kreisky (January 22, 1911 – July 29, 1990) served as Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to 1983. He is remembered in Austria as one of the people who helped shape the Austrian State Treaty. This treaty is the foundation of modern-day Austria. It was signed in 1955.
Kreisky was of Jewish descent. He was born and die... |
56982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscacha | Viscacha | Viscachas or vizcachas are rodents. Together with the chinchilla they make up the family Chinchillidae.
There are two genera and four species of viscacha.
Plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): Lives in the Pampas of Argentina and Chile . It can be easily differentiated from other viscachas because it has black and gr... |
56985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incisor | Incisor | Incisors are special kinds of teeth that can be found in some mammals, such as humans. They are the eight large flat teeth with straight edges that are at the front of a person's mouth, in between the canine teeth, which are pointed. The straight edges of the incisors are useful for biting because they cut sharply. Th... |
56986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbil | Gerbil | The gerbils are a family of rodents. There are about 110 species of gerbils. All gerbils are adapted to arid habitats. At one time, gerbils were known as wild rats. Most gerbils are diurnal, some are crepuscular. The gerbil is native to Central Asia, India, the Middle East, and Africa. The average length of a gerbil is... |
56987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muridae | Muridae | Muridae is the largest family of mammals. It contains over 700 species. These species can be found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. They have been introduced worldwide. The group includes true mice and rats, gerbils, and relatives.
The family name Muridae is sometimes used in a broader sense to ... |
56988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muroidea | Muroidea | Muroidea is a large superfamily of rodents. It includes hamsters, gerbils, true mice and rats, and many other relatives. They live on almost every continent except Antarctica. Some scientists have placed all members of this group into a single family, Muridae. Sometimes there are difficulties in knowing how the sub... |
56989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Boulez | Pierre Boulez | Pierre Boulez (pronounced “Boo-LEZ") (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was one of the most important French composers of modern classical music. He was also a conductor. He was born in Montbrison, Loire. He died in Baden-Baden.
As a composer
Boulez started his university studies by studying mathematics. He then gave t... |
56991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murinae | Murinae | The Old World rats and mice (called Murinae) is a subfamily in the family Muridae. It has about 560 species. This subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae. It is also larger than most mammal orders.
Description
The Murinae are native to Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. They are the only... |
56996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castorimorpha | Castorimorpha | Castorimorpha is the suborder of rodents containing the beavers, the pocket gophers, and the kangaroo rats.
Rodents |
56997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpeggio | Arpeggio | In music, an arpeggio is a group of notes in a chord which are played one after the other, instead of all at the same time. The arpeggio may either go up or go down, but it is more common going up.
The word arpeggio comes from the Italian word arpeggiare, which means "to play on a harp". This is because harps are ver... |
57004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD | NKVD | The NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs) was a government department in the Soviet Union. It was the law enforcement agency which did the will of the All Union Communist Party. The NKVD underwent many organizational changes; between 1938 and 1939 alone, the NKVD's structure changed three times.
The publi... |
57008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyglass%20Entertainment | Spyglass Entertainment | Spyglass Entertainment is a movie and television production company. Jonathan Glickman is the current President of Production. Internationally, Buena Vista has released most movies made by Spyglass (with exceptions). The first movie released by the company was Instinct.
Filmography
With Walt Disney Studios Motion Pi... |
57013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft | Hovercraft | A hovercraft is a vehicle supported and moved by a cushion of air blowing downwards. They are used on water, land, ice and other areas where the surface is smooth. A difference in air pressure between the ship and the atmosphere creates lift, causing the hovercraft to float above the surface it is set on, allowing it t... |
57018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duccio | Duccio | Duccio di Buoninsegna ( , ; – ) was one of the most important painters in Italy in the Late Middle Ages. He worked mainly in the city of Siena in Tuscany but one of his largest works was done for a church in Florence. He is most famous for his altarpieces of the Madonna and Child. Duccio painted in the Byzantine style... |
57019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoridae | Castoridae | Castoridae is a family of rodents. Today, the only genus that has alive species in it is Castor. It contains modern-day beavers. In addition, about 20 extinct genera of beavers have been put into the family.
Rodents |
57022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN%20Red%20List | IUCN Red List | The IUCN Red List (also IUCN Red List of Threatened Species) is a list of species. The list tells for each species how likely it is to become extinct (or if it is already). This is called its conservation status. This list is put together each year by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Ther... |
57024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redruth | Redruth | Redruth (Cornish: Resrudh) is a small town in Cornwall. The name of the town means "red ford"; the parish church of Redruth is dedicated to St Uny. The district of Camborne and Redruth was once very important for the mining of tin and copper. Until 1974, Camborne and Redruth were included in the Camborne-Redruth urban ... |
57030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20Taxonomic%20Information%20System | Integrated Taxonomic Information System | The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American organization. It works with several federal agencies to unify the information gathered about different taxonomy of biological species. It provides a common database for these agencies to use. ITIS was originally formed in 1996.
References
Other website... |
57032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia%20pestis | Yersinia pestis | Yersinia pestis is a bacillus. It is a bacterium. It has been identified as the infectious agent of bubonic plague. This bacterium also causes other forms of plague- Septicemic plague and pneumonic plague. These three forms of the plague have been responsible for a high death toll in many epidemics throughout human his... |
57033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospirosis | Leptospirosis | Leptospirosis (also known as Weil's disease, canicola fever, canefield fever, nanukayami fever or seven day fever) is a bacterial disease. It is caused by spirochaetes of the genus Leptospira. This bacterium affects humans and many animals, including mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. It was first described by A... |
57047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph%20Gossec | François-Joseph Gossec | François-Joseph Gossec (born Vergnies, 17 January 1734 — 16 February, 1829) was a South Netherlands composer. He was born in what is now Belgium, but worked in France during his long life. People hardly ever hear his music now except for one very popular piece of dance music called Tambourin. He was famous in France... |
57049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah%20Wedgwood | Josiah Wedgwood | Josiah Wedgwood (12 July 1730 3 January 1795, born in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent) was an English potter, who became famous for the industrialisation of pottery. He was the grandfather of both Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin, Charles' wife.
Wedgwood was the first to use modern marketing: direct mail, money-back guarantee... |
57050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambourin | Tambourin | A tambourin (pronounced the French way) is a piece of music which was popular in France in the 18th century. It is based on a folkdance from the Provence. The music is made to sound like the kind of drum which is called "tambourin" in French. Jean-Philippe Rameau wrote several Tambourins in his operas. Other compos... |
57052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Wedgwood%20III | Thomas Wedgwood III | Thomas Wedgwood (1685-1739) was an English potter. He was a member of the Wedgwood family, who were very successful potters. He was the son of Thomas Wedgwood II and Mary Leigh.
Thomas Wedgwood was married to Mary Stringer. Their children were:
Thomas Wedgwood IV
Josiah Wedgwood
1685 births
1739 deaths
Wedgwood fa... |
57053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Wedgwood%20IV | Thomas Wedgwood IV | Thomas Wedgwood (1716-1773) was an English potter. He was a member of the Wedgwood family, who were very successful potters. He was the son of Thomas Wedgwood III and Mary Stringer and brother of Josiah Wedgwood.
Thomas Wedgwood was married firstly to Isabell Beech. Their children were:
Thomas Wedgwood V
1716 births
... |
57054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Philipp%20Emanuel%20Bach | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714–14 December 1788) was a German musician and composer. He was the second of five sons of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. He was said to be one of the greatest harpsichord players of his time. He wrote a book called Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instrumen... |
57056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Barbara%20Bach | Maria Barbara Bach | Maria Barbara Bach (20 October 1684–7 July 1720) was the wife of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. She was also the mother of the composers Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.
1684 births
1720 deaths
German people
People from Thuringia
Maria Barbara |
57087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligue%201 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 is the top league of French football. A.S. Monaco F.C. from the Principality of Monaco, on the south coast of France, is in the league.
2019–20 clubs
Amiens
Angers
Bordeaux
Brest
Dijon
Lille
Lyon
Marseille
Metz
Monaco
Montpellier
Nantes
Nice
Nîmes
Paris Saint-Germain
Rennes
Reims
Saint-Étienne
... |
57088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie%20A | Serie A | Serie A is the highest football league in Italy.
Format
From 1929 to 2004, Serie A has got 16 or 18 teams. The Only Exception was in the years from 1946 to 1952, where in the Serie A there were 20-21 teams.
All the 20 teams play two times against all the other teams from August to May.
The top four teams in the Ser... |
57102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath | Oath | An oath (from Anglo-Saxon āð) is a promise. An oath is spoken out loud in front of other people who can see and hear what is done and said. They are witnesses to the oath. A person who cannot speak can make a sign that they are "taking an oath". Another way of saying that a person is "taking an oath" is to say that th... |
57103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Archer | Jeffrey Archer | Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 May 1940) is a British author and politician. He was a member of Parliament, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and since 1992 is a life peer. His political career ended after an indictment for perjury. He is married to Mary Archer, a prominent sc... |
57107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return%20to%20Oz | Return to Oz | Return to Oz is a 1985 Disney movie. It is considered to be a sequel of The Wizard of Oz.
Sources
Other websites
Disney movies
1980s fantasy movies
Cult movies
1985 movies
English-language movies
Apocalyptic movies |
57115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordred | Mordred | Mordred is a character from Arthurian legend. In some of the legends, he betrayed King Arthur and killed him. He is said to be Arthur's son by his half-sister Morgan le Fay (also called Morgana or Morgaine). Mordred was born at Caerlon. Mordred was also said to have been killed by Arthur after he stole Excalibur from h... |
57118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Miss%20America%20winners | List of Miss America winners | Miss America is an American beauty contest. It is an annual competition open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 24. Contestants are judged on talent and interviews in addition to their physical attractiveness. It is run by the Miss America Organization, a non-profit organization based in Linwood... |
57123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall%20%28networking%29 | Firewall (networking) | In terms of computer security, a firewall is a piece of software. This software monitors the network traffic between the inside and outside. The firewall is placed between the network that is to be protected (trusted) and the outside network (less trusted) aka WAN or Internet. A firewall has a set of rules which are a... |
57136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cask%20of%20Amontillado | The Cask of Amontillado | "The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in Godey's Lady's Book in November 1846.
Story
The narrator [Montressor] talks to a priest about his sin. Montresor wants to take revenge on Fortunato for an insult.
During a masquera... |
57142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei%20Bonsu | Osei Bonsu | Osei Bonsu (died January 21, 1824) was the Asantehene (King of the Ashanti). He ruled from 1804 to 1824. He died in Kumasi, and was succeeded by Osei Yaw Akoto.
Ghanaian people
Year of birth unknown
1824 deaths |
57143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uther%20Pendragon | Uther Pendragon | Uther Pendragon is the father of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend. His name, Pendragon, means the "Chief-Dragon", which means he is the "foremost leader" or "chief of warriors". He is mentioned briefly in Old Welsh poems, but his biography was first written down by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanni... |
57148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate%20milk | Chocolate milk | Chocolate milk, also known as cocoa milk, hot cocoa drink, or just syruped chocolate milkshake, is a kind of cold, sweetened milk drink. Chocolate milk may be made by mixing cold milk with chocolate syrup or cocoa powder and sugar.
Similar beverages
A mixture of hot milk and melted chocolate (or cocoa powder and sugar... |
57149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate%20syrup | Chocolate syrup | Chocolate syrup is a thick, sweet, chocolate-flavored liquid. It is made from sugar and cocoa (or chocolate). Chocolate syrup is used to sweeten and flavor hot and cold drinks such as hot chocolate, chocolate milk, chocolate milk shakes, and poured on desserts.
Used in drinks
Chocolate syrup is used in many different ... |
57150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetsuit | Wetsuit | A wetsuit is a garment used by scuba divers, snorkelers, windsurfers, and surfers to keep themselves warm when they are in cold ocean water. Wetsuits act as insulation invented by Jack O'Neill, and help the body to retain its heat. Wetsuits are made of plastic or rubber materials such as neoprene. Wetsuits include tors... |
57151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch%20rugby | Touch rugby | Touch rugby, also named Touch or Touch Football, is a sport which is derived from rugby league. It minimizes body contact so that rugby players practice over the preseason and improve their handling skills without any risk of injuries. It also eliminates body contact to allow inclusion of both genders and people from a... |
57159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coven | Coven | Coven is a word that first meant any type of meeting or gathering. It is used today to mean a group of witches.
Occult |
57180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Geneva%20Convention | First Geneva Convention | The First Geneva Convention is one of several Geneva Conventions. It is more formally known as the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, 1864. It covers the treatment of battlefield injuries and was made in 1864 as part of the making of the International Red Cross and R... |
57182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20Geneva%20Convention | Second Geneva Convention | The Second Geneva Convention of 1906 is one of the Geneva Conventions. Its full title is Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field. It was made in Geneva, on 6 July 1906. It extended the principles from the First Geneva Convention of 1864 on the treatment of battlefield cas... |
57183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc%20jockey | Disc jockey | A disc jockey (also called a DJ or deejay) is a person who plays recorded pop or dance music for dancers or listeners and introduces the names of the songs using a microphone.
Types of DJs
There are several types of DJs. A radio DJ plays music files (like mp3) or recorded CDs on a radio station and announces the name... |
57186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padniewko | Padniewko | Padniewko is a village in Poland in Kuyavia-Pomerania voivodship. It has about 400 inhabitants and 4.95 km2.
Villages in Poland |
57188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra%20Nevada%20%28US%29 | Sierra Nevada (US) | For the mountain range in Spain see Sierra Nevada (Spain)
The Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "Snowy Range") is a mountain range that is almost entirely in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of California. The range is also known as The Sierra and The Sierras.
Geography
The Sierra Nevada stretches 400 miles (650 km), ... |
57194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flurbereinigung | Flurbereinigung | Flurbereinigung (pronounce: FLOOER-be-rye-nee-gung) is a word used in Germany to refer to the rearranging of fields in agriculture. During the second half of the 20th century, Flurbereinigung led to major changes in the landscape in the German countryside.
History
Many German farmers used to have several small fields... |
57213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%208 | Live 8 | Live 8 was a rock concert organized by activist Bob Geldof. The concert took place in nine places at once on July 2, 2005. Like Bob's Live Aid concert, Live 8 was made for helping out African citizens who were not getting enough food and medicine. However, this concert was not for charity. Instead, it was held to make ... |
57234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda | Rigveda | 'RUGHVED' is an ancient Indian religious book. It is counted as one of the four sacred Hindu writings, which are called Vedas. It is the world's oldest religious writings. It is also one of the oldest writings in Sanskrit language. Rigveda is very important to Hindus, especially Hindus in India and Nepal. Its words ar... |
57246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecozone | Ecozone | An ecozone or biogeographic realm is the largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface.
These divisions are based on the historic and evolutionary distribution of plants and animals. Ecozones represent large areas of the Earth surface where plants and animals developed in relative isolation over long per... |
57250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous%20solid | Amorphous solid | An amorphous solid does not have a definite geometric or crystalline shape. It is a solid in which there is no long-term order in the positions of the atoms. Most classes of solid materials can be found or prepared in an amorphous form. For instance, common window glass is an amorphous ceramic, many polymers are amorp... |
57256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20commitment%20studies | Climate commitment studies | Climate commitment describes the fact that climate reacts slowly to factors ("climate forcings") such as greenhouse gases. Climate commitment studies attempt to measure the amount of future warming that is "committed" under the assumption of some constant level of forcings.
Environment
Climate |
57266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane | Plane | Plane or planes may refer to:
Fixed-wing aircraft
Airplane, a is a powered fixed-wing aircraft
Airliner, a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo
Platanus, the plane tree.
Plane (tool), a woodworking tool to smooth surfaces
Plane (mathematics), a term in geometry
Planes, two Disney movi... |
57269 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot | Slipknot | Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Slipknot has nine members in the band. The current band members are Sid Wilson, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, Corey Taylor, Alessandro Venturella and Jay Weinberg. The first bassist from Slipknot, Paul Gray, died from an accidental dru... |
57300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie%20Moore | Archie Moore | Archie Moore (December 13, 1913 or 1916 – December 9, 1998) was an American boxer. He held the light heavyweight championship between 1952 and 1962. Moore won the title from Joey Maxim by unanimous decision in 1952. He later lost the belt because he did not defend the title twice a year. Moore fought for the heavywei... |
57301 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Frazier | Joe Frazier | Joseph William Frazier (January 12, 1944 – November 7, 2011) was an American boxer. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1968 to 1973. Frazier also won a gold medal in boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Frazier was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He learned to box ... |
57302 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodgkin%20lymphoma | Hodgkin lymphoma | Hodgkin lymphoma, also known as Hodgkin's disease, is a cancer of the lymphatic system, also known as a lymphoma. It was first discovered by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832. It is one of many kinds of cancers of the lymphatic system. Most of the time, the cancer develops in a single lymph node before it spreads to the rest of t... |
57304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelous%20Marvin%20Hagler | Marvelous Marvin Hagler | Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021) was an American professional boxer and film actor who competed in boxing from 1973 to 1987. He reigned as undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987. He was the world middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987. Hagler fought out ... |
57308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra%20Nevada%20%28Spain%29 | Sierra Nevada (Spain) | The Sierra Nevada, meaning "snowy range" in Spanish, is a mountain range in the region of Andalusia in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain, Mulhacén at 3,479 m.
It is a popular tourist destination, as its high peaks make skiing possible in Europe's most southern ski resort after Ski Centre on the... |
57309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline | Airline | An airline is a company that transports people and items using airliners. An airline may have as few as one airplane or a fleet of hundreds of airplanes.
Most airlines offer regular flights between a group of airports.
An airline has many costs to establish and maintain air services: labor, fuel, airplanes, engines, ... |
57310 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax | Wax | Wax is an organic chemical substance. It is a type of lipid.
Waxes have the following properties:
They are soft, and easy to shape at room temperature
Their melting point is above 45 °C
They cannot be dissolved in water
They are hydrophobic, repelling and repelled by water.
Some waxes, like beeswax, vegetable w... |
57313 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene%20terephtalate | Polyethylene terephtalate | Polyethylene terephthalate (aka PET, PETE or the obsolete PETP or PET-P) is a thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family. The chemical industry makes it. It is used in synthetic fibers; beverage, food and other liquid containers; thermoforming applications; and engineering resins often in combination with glas... |
57322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20energy | Nuclear energy | Nuclear energy is the energy that holds together the nucleus of atoms. Atoms are the most simple blocks that make up matter. Every atom has in its center a very small nucleus. Normally, nuclear energy is hidden inside the atoms. However, some atoms are radioactive and send off part of their nuclear energy as radiation... |
57325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card%20Sharks | Card Sharks | Card Sharks is a game show that has aired in different versions since 1978.
The main game
Two contestants fought against each other in the main game—the returning champion and a challenging contestant. The returning champion was represented by the color red. The challenger was represented by the color blue. The host... |
57326 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family%20Feud | Family Feud | Family Feud is an American television game show that has aired since 1976.
How to play
There are two families, each with five family members on their team. They have to guess the answers to a survey question asked to 100 people to win points for their team. The answers are seen on a huge survey board. Several survey ... |
57330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank%20of%20America%20Stadium | Bank of America Stadium | The Bank of America Stadium is a sports stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was built in 1996 for the Carolina Panthers. It used to be called Ericsson Stadium until it was renamed in 2004. The stadium seats 74,867 people.
Other websites
Stadium site on panthers.com
National Football League venues
Carolina Panth... |
57331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston%20Martin | Aston Martin | Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a luxury car company that was started in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford.
The company name is derived from the Aston Clinton hill climb and one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin.
The company went in and out of business a few times between World War I and World War II. ... |
57336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%20Opera%20House | Sydney Opera House | The Sydney Opera House is an opera house and iconic building on the shores of Sydney Harbour, in Sydney, Australia. It is shaped like the sails of a boat. Many concerts and events take place there, with 2000 performances a year presented by Opera Australia, Australia's national opera company. It is a famous tourist att... |
57337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%20Harbour%20Bridge | Sydney Harbour Bridge | The Sydney Harbour Bridge, in Sydney Harbour, is a bridge that joins north Sydney with south Sydney. People can cross the bridge by car, walking or by train. It now carries eight traffic lanes. Using six intended traffic lanes and an additional two that were formally tram tracks.
There are two railway lanes that head... |
57338 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%20Cricket%20Ground | Sydney Cricket Ground | The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports field in Sydney. Many professional sporting events take place there. These sports include cricket, rugby, and the Australian Football League.
Buildings and structures in Sydney
Sports buildings in Australia
Sports in Sydney |
57339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling%20Harbour | Darling Harbour | Darling Harbour is a harbour in Sydney, Australia. It has many shops and places to eat, and people like visiting it. It also has the Sydney Aquarium.
Buildings and structures in Sydney
Transport in Sydney |
57340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondi%20Beach | Bondi Beach | Bondi Beach is a beach in Sydney, Australia, about one kilometre long and roughly seven kilometres from the centre of the city.
Bondi beach is one of the world's greatest beaches, and is one of Sydney's main tourist attractions.
Large numbers of tourists visit Bondi Beach throughout the year, and many Irish and Britis... |
57341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium%20Australia | Stadium Australia | Stadium Australia, known for sponsorship reasons as ANZ Stadium, formerly Telstra Stadium, is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia. The 2000 Summer Olympics took place there. Now it is used for many other sports, like rugby and AFL. The stadium opened in March 1999.
In 2002, the stadium was named after the sponsor Te... |
57342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%20Aquarium | Sydney Aquarium | The Sydney Aquarium is a public aquarium in Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has many fish, sharks and seals. There is also a seal show. The aquarium was opened in 1988.
Aquariums
Buildings and structures in Sydney |
57353 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigga | Nigga | Nigga is a term derived from the racial slur "nigger". It is generally used by African-Americans (especially young adults), because other ethnic groups using it is considered offensive. The use for this word is for a good friend, it can also be defined as a substitute for "nigger" in a less serious tone.
Note that thi... |
57364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans | Germans | Germans () are the people of Germany. Descendants (children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren) of Germans in other countries are often called "ethnic Germans". There are many ethnic Germans in Belgium, Denmark, Russia, Poland and France, but also in countries such as the United States, Brazil, and Canada. In total, t... |
57368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment%20Non-Discrimination%20Act | Employment Non-Discrimination Act | The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is a proposed U.S. law in the U.S. Congress. If voted into law, it would stop an employer from firing an employee because he or she is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. The law would not apply to churches and other religious organizations. It is also known as H.R. 201... |
57374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu | Cthulhu | Cthulhu is a fictional deity created by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Cthulhu is a powerful monster from another planet. It (Cthulhu is neither male nor female) is very ancient compared to humans, being around since the dinosaurs. It has the alien appearance of a large green dragon with the head of an octopus and ... |
57414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes%20insipidus | Diabetes insipidus | Diabetes insipidus is a medical condition caused when vasopressin does not appear in a person's blood. Vasopressin is released from the brain, and travels in the blood to the kidneys. There, it pulls water out of the urine, which reduces the amount of urine stored in the bladder.
If there is no vasopressin in the bloo... |
57419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilian | Caecilian | The Caecilians are an order (Gymnophiona or Apoda) of amphibians. Most of them look like either earthworms or snakes. They burrow in the ground. For this reason, they are the least explored order of amphibians.
Anatomy
Caecilians have no limbs. For this reason, the smaller species look like worms, while the larger sp... |
57426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet-proof%20vest | Bullet-proof vest | A bullet-proof vest (also called "bulletproof vest", "body armor" or "body armour") is a protective piece of clothing that covers the torso (chest, abdomen, and back) of a person. It protects the wearer from most pistol and revolver bullets and from fragments of explosive devices such as grenades. Bullet-proof vests ar... |
57428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry%20suit | Dry suit | A dry suit is a type of protective clothing worn by scuba divers who are swimming in very cold water, such as in the Arctic ocean or the North Atlantic ocean. A dry suit is similar to a wetsuit, in that it helps to insulate the diver's body from the cold of the ocean. However, a wetsuit lets water to touch the diver's ... |
57430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauntlet | Gauntlet | A gauntlet is a protective covering that is used in some gloves and mittens. A gauntlet protects the wrists and the lower part of the forearm. Gloves or mittens for motorcycle drivers, snowmobile drivers, construction workers, forestry workers, and mountain climbers often have gauntlets. The gauntlet helps to protect t... |
57431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon | Nylon | Nylon is an artificial fibre. It is one of the most commonly used polyamides, and was first used on February 28, 1935.
Nylon makes a silky material which was first used in toothbrushes. It is strong, hard and water resistant. It is used to make clothes. In fact, polyamides are mostly used for synthetic fibres in clo... |
57434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forearm | Forearm | The forearm is the part of the human arm between the elbow and the wrist. It has many muscles including the ones that move the fingers.
Limbs and extremities |
57437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain%20climbing | Mountain climbing | Mountain climbing is a hobby/job where people climb mountains. It may involve hiking, rock climbing, as well as crossing glaciers. Someone who does mountain climbing is called a mountain climber or mountaineer.
Mountain climbers are sage to use the strength of their arms and legs to climb up mountains. Many mountain... |
57440 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure%20of%20speech | Figure of speech | A figure of speech is an indirect way of communicating an idea. Many figures of speech are not meant to be understood exactly as they are said: they are not literal, factual statements. They use indirect language, and mean something different from ordinary language.
Linguists call these figures of speech "tropes"—a pl... |
57442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe%20Flash | Adobe Flash | Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) was a rich internet application distributed by Adobe Systems. Adobe Flash and Adobe Flash Player were used to create and view animated content that could be placed on web pages. Adobe Flash was used commonly on the Internet by web browsers.
Flash was created by FutureWave (a mul... |
57450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance%20%28object-oriented%20programming%29 | Inheritance (object-oriented programming) | In Object-oriented programming languages, inheritance is a way to add functionality. Object-oriented programming has the notion of classes (and perhaps interfaces). A derived class inherits most fields and methods from its parent class. It can modify the behaviour of the parent, by adding new fields and methods, or by ... |
57454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Jordan | Michael Jordan | Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American basketball player. He is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time. He won six championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He played for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards. Jordan led the Bulls to a then-record 72 wins... |
57458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%20Taylor | Lawrence Taylor | Lawrence Taylor (February 4, 1959) is a retired American football player who played for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL). Taylor was famous for sacking the other team's quarterbacks. After he retired he got in trouble for doing drugs. He has since stopped doing drugs. He also appeared on Dancin... |
57460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Giants | New York Giants | The New York Giants are an American football team. They are a part of the National Football League (NFL). Even though they are called the New York Giants they do not play in New York. They play in East Rutherford, New Jersey. New York is right across the Hudson river from East Rutherford, so they consider New York as h... |
57461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakeem%20Olajuwon | Hakeem Olajuwon | Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born January 21, 1963 in Lagos, Nigeria; pronounced ah-KEEM ah-LAH-zhoo-wahn), formerly Akeem Olajuwon, is a retired Nigerian-American basketball player. He is considered by some to be the greatest defensive player in basketball history. Hakeem Olajuwon travelled all the way from his home countr... |
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