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62694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20of%20David | Star of David | The Star of David (Hebrew:מָגֵן דָּוִד, or Māġēn Dāwīd, pronounced [] in ancient Hebrew, and [] in Modern Hebrew) is a Jewish symbol. It is named after King David of Israel and it is very famous. The star consists of a triangle, overlapped by another, "upside-down" triangle. It is unknown how this came to be a symbol ... |
62700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao | Takao | Takao may mean:
Mount Takao -- a mountain in Tokyo, Japan
Mount Takao, also known as Jingo-ji -- a mountain in Kyoto, Japan
Takao, also known as Takau, Takow or Takaw -- Taiwanese and Japanese name for Kaohsiung in Taiwan before the Republic of China took control of the island
Japanese steam warship Takao, 1868-18... |
62718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belz%20Beis%20HaMedrash%20HaGadol | Belz Beis HaMedrash HaGadol | The Belz Beis HaMedrash HaGadol (in Yiddish: בעלזא בית המדרש הגדול - "The Belz Grand Synagogue) is one of the largest synagogues in Jerusalem. It was built by the Belz Hasidic Jews, with help from their supporters and admirers around the world. In the 1980s, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II) of Belz made plans for the h... |
62721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson%20%28band%29 | Samson (band) | Samson was a British heavy metal band between 1977 and 2002. It was considered a part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Its first album, Survivors, received good reviews. This made the band more popular. Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson was in the band before he joined Iron Maiden. Dickinson went by the na... |
62736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton%20Heath | Thornton Heath | Thornton Heath is a town in the London Borough of Croydon, south London. There is a new leisure centre in Thornton Heath and there is a train station and a lot of bus routes. There are a lot of shops like Sainsbury's and Tesco.
Towns in London
London Borough of Croydon |
62739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford%20Bridge%20%28stadium%29 | Stamford Bridge (stadium) | Stamford Bridge is the home of Premier League club Chelsea F.C.. It is located in Fulham in southwest London.
It was built for Fulham Football Club, who turned it down for money reasons, so Chelsea was created and decided to play at the ground. It currently holds a capacity of 41,631 seats. It is one of the oldest fo... |
62750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeganism | Freeganism | The word "freeganism" (person: freegan; related: freecycling) means to get things for free rather than buy those items. A freegan is a person who does not like to pay for things, but does not steal either. Freegans like to find things that other people throw away that are still useful. People often throw things away t... |
62751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Board%20of%20Film%20Classification | British Board of Film Classification | The British Board of Film Classification is the organisation responsible for movie and some video game classification in the United Kingdom. The rating system can help parents decide which movies their children should not watch and what video games they should not play. It is based in London. It was formed in 1912 as t... |
62753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrology | Electrology | Electrology is an electrical process to remove human hair so that it does not grow back. An electrologist is sometimes called an electrolysist in the United Kingdom. The process of removing the hair is referred to as electrolysis. The electrolysist slides a thin metal probe into each hair follicle. This, if done the ri... |
62754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film%20rating%20systems | Film rating systems | Many countries have a film rating system to help parents determine which movies their children can watch. The systems usually use age to rate the movies.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom use the British Board of Film Classification film rating system.
United States
The United States use the Motion Picture Associat... |
62758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve%20Ensler | Eve Ensler | Eve Ensler (born May 25, 1953) is an American playwright and feminist activist. She is best known for the play The Vagina Monologues.
Ensler was born in New York City to a Christian mother and Jewish father. She graduated from Middlebury College in 1975. She married Richard McDermott in 1978 and divorced in 1988. She ... |
62760 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brat | Brat | The word Brat has several meanings:
Spoiled brat, a child who gets his or her way all the time and is not disciplined.
Military brat (U.S. subculture), a person who grew up with a parent in the military.
Brat Pack, a group of young American movie actors.
Da Brat, a rapper popular in the 1990s.
Brat, an computer puzzle... |
62762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Pearson | Roger Pearson | Roger Pearson (born 21 August 1927, in London) is a British writer and publisher. He is also the editor of some journals published by The Institute for the Study of Man.
Publications written, edited, or published by Pearson
Essays on Eugenics and Race. 1958, Northern World, Coventry
Mankind Quarterly (from 1979-)
Th... |
62763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%20Springs%2C%20Colorado | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Colorado Springs is a city in Colorado, United States. With 369,815 people, it is the second largest city in Colorado and the 49th largest in the United States. It is also the county seat of El Paso County. It is the headquarters of Focus on the Family, which is a Christian group, and the United States Air Force Acade... |
62765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice%20Raymond | Janice Raymond | Janice G. Raymond (born January 24, 1943) is an American feminist activist. She is known for her work against violence, sexual exploitation and the "medical abuse" of women. She is also known for her writings and activism against transsexualism. She is retired professor of women's studies and medical ethics at the Uni... |
62766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20efficiency | Energy efficiency | Energy efficiency is using less energy to provide the same level of energy service. An example would be insulating a home to use less heating and cooling energy to achieve the same temperature. Another example would be installing fluorescent lights and/or skylights instead of incandescent bulbs to attain the same lev... |
62767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa%2C%20Oklahoma | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Tulsa is the second largest city in Oklahoma, United States. There are 387,807 people living in Tulsa. It is the 47th largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tulsa County; and the most densely populated county in Oklahoma. Tulsa has 563,299 people living in it.
In Tulsa
Philbrook Museum - an art ... |
62769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorage%2C%20Alaska | Anchorage, Alaska | Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, United States. With a population of 285,634 residents, it makes up more than two-fifths of the state's population.
History
Anchorage was originally a construction camp during the building of the Alaska Railroad. By 1920 it had grown to the point where it was decided to official... |
62771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary%20Peak | Boundary Peak | Boundary Peak is a mountain, (or peak), in the southwestern U.S. State of Nevada. The county is Esmeralda. It is the highest point in Nevada. It is less than two miles from the Cal/Nev state line, which is why it is called Boundary Peak. Boundary Peak is tall, and the closest town is Dyer, a famous ghost town.
Other ... |
62773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje | Skopje | Skopje (Macedonian: Скопје; transcribed Skopje) is the capital and the largest city of North Macedonia. The city is the administrative, cultural, economic and academic centre of the country. In the past, the city has been known by various names such as: Üsküp (Turkish) or Skoplje (Serbo-Croatian). The city has been bui... |
62774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%20Dawn | Norwegian Dawn | The Norwegian Dawn is a cruise ship that began sailing in 2002 and is currently in operation with Norwegian Cruise Line.
History
The Norwegian Dawn was ordered from shipbuilders Meyer-Werft, Papenburg, Germany. It was delivered in 2001 to Star Cruises. But, it was decided by Star Cruises that SuperStar Libra and Supe... |
62775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea%20Fastow | Lea Fastow | Lea Weingarten Fastow (born December 1961) is the wife of former Enron executive and felon Andrew Fastow, and is the second former Enron executive to go to prison after Enron collapsed due to fraud in December 2001.
Fastow was born in Houston, Texas, born to a Jewish family. Her family had grocery store chain and Wein... |
62776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%20Higby | Lawrence Higby | Lawrence M. Higby is an American businessman and political activist. Higby is the former assistant of the White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman during the Nixon Administration. He later went on to become CEO of home medical equipment company Apria. Up until 2005, Higby led a group of rich Republicans called the New... |
62777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsement%20test | Endorsement test | The endorsement test was proposed by Sandra Day O'Connor, a member of the United States Supreme Court. She suggested it in her judgment in a lawsuit called Lynch v. Donnelly in 1984.
The endorsement test is a question that you can ask if you think that the government is doing something in favor of religion. According ... |
62779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Rakolta | Terry Rakolta | Terry Rakolta (born September 18, 1943) is an American homemaker and activist who led an unsuccessful boycott against the Fox Broadcasting Company sitcom Married... with Children Rakolta currently lives in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Rakolta later founded Americans for Responsible Television to fight against other show... |
62782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake%20River | Snake River | The Snake River is a river in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. It is a tributary of the Columbia River. The river rises in western Wyoming, and flows through the Snake River Plain in Idaho. It turns north, forming the border with Oregon and Idaho, and the border with Washington and Idaho. At Le... |
62784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Hood | Mount Hood | Mount Hood is a dormant volcano, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe. It is in the U.S. state of Oregon, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Portland. It is described as a "potentially active" stratovolcano.
The volcano is high. It is the highest point in Oregon. There are several ski resorts on Mount Hood.... |
62789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater%20Lake | Crater Lake | Crater Lake is a caldera lake in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the main attraction of Crater Lake National Park. It is famous for its blue color and clear water. The lake partly fills a nearly deep caldera. The volcanic crater was formed by the collapse of the volcano, Mount Mazama, about 7,500 years ago. There are... |
62793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driftwood | Driftwood | Driftwood is wood that has been washed onto the shore of a sea, river, or lake by winds, tides, waves or man.
In some waterfront areas, driftwood is a major nuisance. However, the driftwood provides shelter and food for birds, fish and other aquatic species as it floats in the ocean. Gribbles, shipworms and bacteria d... |
62809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20cities%20by%20population | List of United States cities by population | The following is a list of incorporated places with the most people living in them in the United States. The United States Census Bureau says an "incorporated place" can have many names, such as city, town, village, borough, and municipality. A few big census-designated places (CDPs) are also in the Census Bureau's lis... |
62815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20Not%20to%20Wear | What Not to Wear | What Not to Wear is a makeover reality show that is aired on the BBC. The reality show is now presented by Mica Paris and Lisa Butcher, but before them, it was presented by the fashion experts Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine.
On every episode of the show, there is a makeover of a man or woman who is very unfas... |
62816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20figure | Public figure | A public figure is a legal term applied in the context of defamation actions (libel and slander), as well as invasion of privacy. A public figure (such as a politician, musician, celebrity, or business leader) cannot base a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements unless there is proof that the writer or publisher acted... |
62823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm | Elm | Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees, found throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Siberia to Indonesia, Mexico to Japan. They have alternate, simple, single- or doubly-serrate leaves, usually asymmetric at the base and sharply pointed at the tip.
Elms are hermaphroditic, having perfect flowers, and which, be... |
62824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm%20%28disambiguation%29 | Elm (disambiguation) | Elm could mean:
Elms, trees of the Genus Ulmus
Elm (e-mail client)
Elm (range), a hill range in Germany
Elm, Cambridgeshire, a village in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Elm, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Glarus
Elmira-Corning Regional Airport near Elmira, NY and Corning, NY
To people:
Professor Elm, fictio... |
62826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%20of%20Massachusetts | Governor of Massachusetts | Just like the other 49 American states, Massachusetts has its own governor. The current governor is Charlie Baker. He is a member of the Republican Party. The first governor of Massachusetts was John Hancock.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1780–present
This is a complete list of governors of the Commonwealth of Massa... |
62836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Produce | Produce | Produce means fruits and vegetables. At a grocery store, the area selling fruits and vegetables is usually called the produce section. Also, people use a produce scale to weigh their fruits and vegetables.
Fruits
Vegetables |
62838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway | Highway | Highway is a word used to describe roads made for travel by the public between important places, such as cities, towns and landmarks. The word highway can also be different between countries, and can mean a road, freeway, superhighway, autoroute, autobahn, parkway, expressway, autostrasse, autostrada, byway, or motorwa... |
62840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly%20Cleary | Beverly Cleary | Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; April 12, 1916March 25, 2021) was an American children's writer. She was the author of over 80 books for young adults and children. Her characters are normal children facing challenges of growing up, and her stories are filled with humour. Some of her best known and loved characters are ... |
62841 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%2C%20Ontario | London, Ontario | London, Ontario is a large city exactly halfway between Detroit, Michigan and Toronto, Ontario. It is also the home of the University of Western Ontario. With a population of 457,720 it is the seat of Middlesex County. It is an hour and a half drive from Sarnia, Ontario and an hour drive from Forest, Ontario.
Media
C... |
62842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy%20Winehouse | Amy Winehouse | Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English jazz, soul and R&B singer and songwriter. She debuted with the well-received album Frank in 2003. Winehouse won five Grammy Awards for her 2006 album Back to Black. This made her the first British female to win five Grammys.
Winehouse had many uncl... |
62843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canuck | Canuck | "Canuck" is a slang term for Canadian people.
History
The term was first used in the 19th century, although its etymology (origin) is not clear. Some possibilities are:
kanata1 "village"
Canada + -uc (Algonquian noun suffix)
Canada + -inuk (Inuit for "man")
Connaught, a rarely-used term for Irish-French-Canadians.... |
62844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Kirk%20Clarke | Charles Kirk Clarke | Charles Kirk Clarke (c. 1857 - January 20 1924) was a psychiatrist who had a big role in Canadian politics. He was born in Elora, Ontario, to a former parliamentarian. He went to college at the University of Toronto in 1879. He later went on to found the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene. Clarke first prac... |
62847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Internationale | The Internationale | "The Internationale" (, ;
,
, , , ) is a very well known communist, socialist, and social democratic/democratic socialist song. While it was originally written in French, it was translated into many other languages, including English. The most famous versions, however, are those in Russian and Chinese.
The French wor... |
62866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartley%2C%20Kent | Hartley, Kent | Hartley is a village in Kent, England. It is 6 miles south of Gravesend and Dartford. The old church is called All Saints.
Hartley has many new buildings and some old houses, it now joins Longfield, the place in the north. In 2001 there were 5,395 persons living here. There are also woods and a farm near the houses.... |
62869 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie%20McMahon | Stephanie McMahon | Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September 24, 1976), better known as Stephanie McMahon, is the "Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing" for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). She is married to Paul "Triple H" Levesque. They have three daughters together. She is the daughter of WWE founder, Vin... |
62875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cienfuegos | Cienfuegos | Cienfuegos is the capital city of the Cienfuegos province, Cuba. It has a population of about 150,000.
Cities in Cuba
1819 establishments in North America
19th-century establishments in Cuba |
62880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartley | Hartley | Hartley could mean
Places
In England
In Cumbria
Hartley, Cumbria (village)
Hartley Castle
In Devon
Hartley, Plymouth (see Places in Plymouth)
In Kent
Hartley, Kent
Hartley, Cranbrook
In Northumberland
New Hartley
Old Hartley, part of Seaton Sluice
Worldwide
Hartley, South Australia Australia
Electoral district of H... |
62883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gribble | Gribble | A gribble is any species of marine isopod from the family Limnoriidae. They are mostly pale white and small (1-4 mm long) crustaceans.
The term gribble was originally used for the wood-boring species, especially the first species described from Norway by Rathke in 1799, Limnoria lignorum. The Limnoriidae have specie... |
62888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica | Veronica | Veronica is a Latin name for females.
Literature
Veronica, a 2005 book by Mary Gaitskill
Music
Veronica, an American dance singer
"Veronica", a song by Elvis Costello
Veronica Mehta, a British Asian singer
The Veronicas, the twin sister pop rock group from Australia
People
Veronica De La Cruz, a CNN News anchor
Vero... |
62895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatara | Tuatara | The Tuatara are reptiles which look like lizards. However, they are the only surviving member of an order of reptiles which flourished 200 million years ago.
There is now only the genus Sphenodon, with two species of Tuatara. Both are endemic to (only live in) New Zealand. Lizards and snakes are the closest living rel... |
62904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur%20Jr | Dinosaur Jr | Dinosaur Jr is an American rock band. The band was formed in 1984 in Massachusetts. The band stopped playing in 1997 but came back together in 2007. The people in the band right now are J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph. The band has recorded many albums over the years that were very important to rock music. Some of thes... |
62905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band%20Aid%20%28band%29 | Band Aid (band) | Band Aid was a British and Irish charity music supergroup. It was started in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. The purpose was to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by making the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" The single was very successful. It was Number One on the music charts during Christmas. Two re-r... |
62907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsker%20D%C3%BC | Hüsker Dü | Hüsker Dü was an American hardcore punk and later alternative rock band from the 1980s. The band formed in 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The people in the band were Bob Mould who sang and played electric guitar, Greg Norton (later replaced by Enrique Peña Nieto) who played bass guitar and Grant Hart who sang and play... |
62908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir%20el%20Qamar%20Synagogue | Deir el Qamar Synagogue | The Deir el Qamar Synagogue is a synagogue in Deir el Qamar, Lebanon; it is the oldest synagogue in Mount Lebanon. The synagogue was built in the seventeenth century to serve the local Jewish Lebanese population. Some of them were under the rule of Emir Fakhreddine II.
Related pages
History of the Jews in Lebanon
Magh... |
62917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate%2075 | Interstate 75 | Interstate 75 (often shortened to 75) is an Interstate Highway in the midwest and southeastern United States that runs north and south. It travels from State Road 826 (Palmetto Expressway) and State Road 924 (Gratigny Parkway) in Hialeah, Florida (just west of Miami) to Sault St. Marie, Michigan, at the Ontario, Canada... |
62921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumho%20Tire%20Co.%20v.%20Carmichael | Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael | Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael applied the Daubert standard to expert testimony from non-scientists.
Facts of the case
Patrick Carmichael was driving his minivan on July 6, 1993, when the right rear tire blew out. One of the passengers in the vehicle died, and others were severely injured. Three months later, the Carmic... |
62926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deodorant | Deodorant | Deodorant is anything that takes away an odor, or bad smell. Often, it means something people put on their bodies so their sweat does not smell as bad. The most commonly used deodorants are for use on the armpits. These are also anti-perspirants because they reduce the production of sweat. There are deodorants for othe... |
62930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesia | Silesia | Silesia (; ; ; Silesian: Ślůnsk) is a historical region of Poland. Between 1742 – 1945, it was the eastern part of Germany and was a Prussian province. In 1945, all of Poland was occupied by the Soviet Red Army. In the following years, the communist occupant enacted laws that in effect chased away the remaining all own... |
62932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh%20Holloway | Josh Holloway | Josh Holloway (born July 20, 1969 in San Jose, California) is an American actor most known for his role as James "Sawyer" Ford on ABC's Emmy award-winning show Lost.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos and games
Awards and nominations
References
Other websites
1969 births
Living people
American television ... |
62933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon%20Mkrtchyan | Levon Mkrtchyan | Levon Mkrtchyan, (, ; born 25 February 1953, in Gyumri) is an Armenian movie director known for his documentaries The Muses, Paruyr Sevag, Hovhannes Shiraz, Mashtoc, And There Was Light, A Transcript for Independence, and many more.
He studied in the Directing Department of the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theater Institu... |
62934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Fraga%20Iribarne | Manuel Fraga Iribarne | Manuel Fraga Iribarne (November 23, 1922 in Vilalba – January 15, 2012 in Madrid) was a Spanish and Galician politician. Fraga was a politician in Spain under Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime and in the democracy after Franco's death. He was the President of Galicia from 1990 to 2005 and governed the region strict... |
62935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia%20%28Spain%29 | Galicia (Spain) | Galicia or Galiza is a nationality in Spain that became a Spanish autonomous community in 1978. It is in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It shares borders with Portugal to the South and the communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east.
History
Galicia is a green country with Celtic features. Since... |
62944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilirubin | Bilirubin | Bilirubin is a product that comes from the breakdown of haemoglobin. Its levels are higher in certain diseases and it causes the yellow color of bruises and the brown color of faeces. Its level usually measured to monitor liver or gallbladder problems.
Biochemistry
Physiology |
62949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly%20Furtado | Nelly Furtado | Nelly Kim Furtado ComIH (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Music
She can also play many musical instruments. She learned to play the trombone and the ukulele at the age of four. In later years, she learned to play the guitar and keyboard. She has released five albums. The first album was released... |
62951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Jurkiewicz | Anna Jurkiewicz | Anna Jurkiewicz (born February 9, 1984 in Oświęcim, Poland) is a Polish figure skater.
As a young girl, she was one of the best young skaters in the world. Then she had some health problems and was not able to skate. She returned in 2006 and has been competing internationally since autumn 2006.
Other websites
Offic... |
62953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exmoor | Exmoor | Exmoor is a national park in England. The border of two counties, Devon and Somerset, runs through it. It is an area of sandstone hills which form tall cliffs on its north coast. The high ground of Exmoor is mostly rough grassland, but there are small woodlands on its lower slopes.
In Exmoor is an important water rese... |
62955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnstaple | Barnstaple | Barnstaple is a town in Devon, a county in South West England. 20,724 people live there. It is found west southwest of Bristol, north of Plymouth and northwest of the county town of Exeter.
References
Other websites
Barnstaple Town Council and Town Centre Management
North Devon District Council
Barnstaple W... |
62956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bideford | Bideford | Bideford is a town in north Devon, a county in South West England. It is on the River Torridge. 14,407 people live there. It is a port, and its main export is clay.
References
Towns in Devon |
62959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiverton | Tiverton | Tiverton is a town in Mid Devon, Devon, England. In 2001, it had a population of 18,621. It was once a centre of lace making, but this industry has now declined.
People have lived around the area since the Stone Age. There is a hillfort on a hill above the town. Roman fortifications have been found nearby.
References... |
62961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian | Persian | Persian might mean:
Something related to Iran, which used to be called Persia before 1935
Persian language
Persian people
Persian Empire
Achaemenid Empire, one of the Persian Empires
Persian (cat), a cat breed |
62962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torbay | Torbay | Torbay is a Unitary authority in England. 120,000 people live there. It is on the south coast and has over 20 beaches. Tourism is very important to the local economy.
Torbay is not a town. Rather, it contains three towns (Torquay, Paignton and Brixham) and a few villages, the largest of which is Galmpton.
Torbay was ... |
62967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1215 | 1215 |
Events
In England, Magna Carta is signed by King John. |
62969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/391 | 391 |
Events
Theodosius, the Roman Emperor, decrees that Christianity should be the only religion allowed in the Empire. |
62971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond%20%28album%29 | Beyond (album) | Beyond is an album by the American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. It was released in April 2007. It was the band's first album since 1997's Hand it Over. It was the first album since 1988's Bug to have all of the band's original members. The album is in the usual Dinosaur Jr style of very loud guitars with many s... |
62979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt%20Romney | Mitt Romney | Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947), usually called Mitt Romney, is an American businessman. Romney is the junior United States senator from Utah since January 3, 2019. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts serving from 2003 to 2007. He ran for the Republican Party nomination in the 2008 election, but lost th... |
62984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory%20glassware | Laboratory glassware | Laboratory glassware refers to various items which are usually made of glass and used for scientific work in chemistry and biology laboratories. Some of these items are now made of plastic which is less expensive and more convenient.
Pipettes, petri dishes, and test tubes are examples of laboratory glassware. These it... |
62986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta%20%28album%29 | Volta (album) | Volta is a 2007 album by Icelandic rock singer Björk. She has claimed the album is about "returning to her roots". The style of the album is electronic pop. Five singles were released from it. The first single "Earth Intruders" was released April 2007. It was produced by Timbaland.
Songs
"Earth Intruders"
"Wanderlu... |
62990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulatto | Mulatto | Mulatto is a word referring to a person who is born to one black parent and one white parent. The term may be considered offensive or rude to some, because of its origin. The term is also used to refer to a light brown color, because of a mulatto's skin color. Many people prefer terms such as "biracial" and "of mixed ... |
62992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20polo | Water polo | Water polo is a sport played in water with a ball. It has similarities to basketball and soccer, although players are in the pool. Players try to get the ball into the goal more times than the opposing team, without using goggles.
Outline
Water polo is a team game. Two teams play a match. Each match has four periods ... |
62993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishstick | Fishstick | Fishsticks or fish fingers are a type of food probably invented in the United Kingdom. They are made of a whitefish like cod that is battered and breaded. They are often eaten with tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, or ketchup. Fishsticks are popular with children and their parents as an easy-to-prepare finger food that i... |
63000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly | Nelly | Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974) is an American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur. He is better known as his stage name Nelly. He won three Grammy Awards in 2003.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Remix albums
EPs
Filmography
References
1974 births
Living people
Rap musicians from Texas... |
63001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy%20band | Boy band | A boy band is a type of musical group with three or more young male singers. Usually, the singers are able to perform as dancers as well. Most singers in boy bands do not play musical instruments. Boy bands usually perform pop or R&B music.
Best-selling boy bands
Despite negative critical reception, boy bands continue... |
63002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo%20%28music%29 | Solo (music) | In musical performance, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece that is played or sung by a single performer. This performer is called a soloist. A soloist can be a singer or an instrumentalist.
Solos are common in classical music and jazz. In popular music, a solo is an improvised melody played by a single performe... |
63005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic%20krill | Antarctic krill | Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a species of krill that lives in the Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. They are shrimp-like and belong to the invertebrates.
They live in large groups, called swarms. Sometimes these swarms have a density of 10,000–30,000 individual animals per cubic meter.
They feed dir... |
63008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic%20metre | Cubic metre | The cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI unit of volume. It is a cube with a length, height, and width of one metre, with 1,000 litres of space.
In the many places it is spelled "cubic meter". Other names are stère and kilolitre or kiloliter.
Conversions
1 cubic metre equals:
1,000 litres
Approximately 35.3 cubic fe... |
63009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20and%20Agriculture%20Organization | Food and Agriculture Organization | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger established on 16 October 1945.
It serves both developed and developing countries and acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals. FAO is also a... |
63011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorimeter | Colorimeter | A colorimeter is a device used for measuring colours, or colorimetry. It measures the absorbance of different wavelengths of light in a solution. It can be used to measure the concentration of a known solute.
Different chemical substances absorb different wavelengths of light. When the concentration of the solute is h... |
63015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta | Valletta | Valletta is the capital city of Malta. It was founded by Jean Parisot de la Valette, the Grandmaster of the Order of Saint John on March 28, 1566. The city's population is 6,315 (in 2005) and it is currently decreasing as people move to the UK, Italy, or the newer areas of Malta.
National capitals in Europe
Cities in ... |
63017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball%20Bundesliga | Basketball Bundesliga | The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) is the highest level of basketball competition in Germany. The BBL determines the national champion.
Teams
Champions since 1939
2008: Alba Berlin
2007: Brose Baskets Bamberg
2006: RheinEnergie Cologne
2005: GHP Bamberg
2004: OPEL Skyliners Frankfurt am Main
2003: Alba Berlin
200... |
63019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfield%2C%20Missouri | Butterfield, Missouri | Butterfield, Missouri is a village in Missouri, United States.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²), all land.
Demographics
At the 2000 census, there were 397 people, 136 households, and 102 families living in the village. The population density was 365.0/km²... |
63020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra%20la%20Vella | Andorra la Vella | Andorra la Vella is the capital city of the principality of Andorra and is one of the seven parishes of Andorra. It is in the southwestern part of the country.
Geography
The Andorra la Vella parish is in the southwestern part of the country at the confluence of two mountain streams, the Valira del Nord (Northern Valir... |
63021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland | Woodland | Woodland is a low-density forest with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. It forms an open habitat.
Woodlands have an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodlands grade into shrubland in drier conditions or in early stages of plant succession. Higher densities and areas of trees, with lar... |
63030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburg%20%28Netherlands%29 | Limburg (Netherlands) | Other meanings are at Limburg
Limburg is the southernmost province of the Netherlands. Its capital is Maastricht. About 1,116,000 people are living in Limburg (2021).
It is the only province in the Netherlands which has hills. It is a very old province; the capital city, Maastricht, is over 2000 years old. The Limburg... |
63031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Cayley | Mount Cayley | Mount Cayley is an eroded stratovolcano. It is 11 km southeast of Callaghan Lake and 24 west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt which is a segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc.
A scenario of an eruption of Mount Cayley shows how western Canada is vulnerable to an eruption. ... |
63034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburg | Limburg | Limburg might mean:
Duchies, and former countries
the Duchy of Limburg (which was later split into the provinces below)
Provinces
Limburg (Netherlands), a province of the Netherlands
Limburg (Belgium), a province of Belgium
Cities
The city of Limbourg in Belgium (also known as Limburg an der Weser)
The city of Limbu... |
63035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburg%20%28Belgium%29 | Limburg (Belgium) | Limburg is the easternmost of the five provinces of modern Flanders, which is one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium. Its capital is Hasselt.
Geography
Limburg is located west of the Meuse (Dutch Maas) river, upon which it borders the similarly named province Limburg of the Nether... |
63036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbourg | Limbourg | Other meanings are at Limburg
Limbourg or Limburg is a medieval city in the Belgian province of Liège. It was founded in the 11th century.
In 2007 its population was 5644.
It is located at 50° 37 North, 05° 56 East.
References
Municipalities of Liège |
63039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburg%20an%20der%20Lahn | Limburg an der Lahn | Other meanings are at Limburg
Limburg an der Lahn (Limburg on the Lahn river) is a German town and the capital of the Kreis Limburg-Weilburg in the west of Hesse.
References |
63042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky | Stinky | Stinky could mean:
Television and movies
Stinky, a character on the American animated television show Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
"Stinky Britches", a fictional song by Alanis Morissette on the South Park episode "Chef Aid"
Stinky Pete, a fictional seal from the television series Sealab 2021
Stinky Pete the ... |
63043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion | Illusion | An illusion is a distortion of perception. The brain arranges, sorts, and organises data from the senses. Normally the system works well. Sometimes it does not, and we see illusions. In general, they are shared by most people in the same situation.
Illusions can happen with all five senses (taste, touch, sight, smell... |
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