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67155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Lemmon | Jack Lemmon | John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001), was an American actor and director who received many awards in his long career. He got two Academy and five Golden Globe awards. Lemmon acted in many movies, and was famous for being very good at comedy and drama. Lemmon died of bladder and colon cancer.
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67156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol%20Flynn | Errol Flynn | Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American movie actor. He is known for his swashbuckler roles in movies like Adventures of Don Juan and The Sea Hawk.
Early years
Errol Flynn was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. His father Theodore Thomson Flynn, was a lecturer (1909) a... |
67157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Niven | David Niven | David Niven (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983) was an English actor. He won the Academy Award for "Best Actor" for his role in the movie Separate Tables in 1958. Originally, he was the actor who was to play the first James Bond, but the producers later decided to give the role to Sean Connery instead. Some of the movies t... |
67158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph%20Valentino | Rudolph Valentino | Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor of silent movies. He was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi in Castellaneta, Italy. He became popular as one of the first sex symbols in Hollywood in the 1920s.
Valentino did not live long enough to see movies with sound repla... |
67160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel%20Welch | Raquel Welch | Jo Raquel Tejada (born September 5, 1940), usually called Raquel Welch, is an American actress and model. She became famous during the 1960s as one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. She won the Golden Globe Award in 1975.
Movies
A House Is Not a Home (1964)
Roustabout (1964)
A Swingin' Summer (1965)
The ... |
67161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita%20Hayworth | Rita Hayworth | Margarita Carmen Cansino, usually called Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), was an American actress of Spanish and Irish origin who became famous as the greatest sex symbol of the 1940s.
Other websites
Obituary, New York Times, May 16, 1987 - Rita Hayworth, Movie Legend, Dies
Rita Hayworth Biogr... |
67162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Lee%20Jones | Tommy Lee Jones | Thomas "Tommy" Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and movie director. He won the Academy and the Golden Globe awards in 1993 for his role in the movie The Fugitive.
Early life
He was born in Texas in 1946. His mother, Lucille Marie (née Scott), was a police officer, school teacher, and beauty sho... |
67163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Garner | James Garner | James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American movie and television actor. He acted in several television series in a career of more than fifty years, including his roles as Bret Maverick in the popular 1950s western-comedy series, Maverick and Jim Rockford in the popular 1970s... |
67164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Quinn | Anthony Quinn | Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. He is famous in the United States for his roles in two Hollywood films, the star role in Zorba the Greek and Viva Zapata!. He won two Academy Awards during his very long career.
Other websites
The Estate of A... |
67165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20Hudson | Rock Hudson | Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American movie and television actor. He is famous for his good looks and remembered as a romantic star during the 1950s and 1960s, especially several movies where he starred with actress Doris Day.
Hudson was voted Star of the Year and Favorite Leading Man, by ... |
67168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia%20de%20Havilland | Olivia de Havilland | Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland DBE (July 1, 1916 – July 26, 2020) was a British-American actress. She was one of two the only living star of Gone with the Wind, but there are also actors with smaller roles in said movie who are still alive. She has won the Academy Award two times. She is the sister of late actress Joan ... |
67169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody%20Allen | Woody Allen | Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright and musician whose career spans over fifty years. He has won the Academy Award three times, and many others in his very long career. His many works and his cerebral movie style, mixi... |
67171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus%20the%20Confessor | Maximus the Confessor | Saint Maximus the Confessor (also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople) (born 580 – 13 August, 662) was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil servant. He was also an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. However, he gave up this life to become a monk.
... |
67172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toraja%20people | Toraja people | The Toraja are an ethnic group, indigenous to a part of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. There are about 650,000 of them around the world. 450,000 of these still live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja"). Most of them are Christian. Others of them are Muslim or have local animist beliefs known as aluk ("the way")... |
67173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking | Backmasking | Backmasking (also known wrongly as backward masking) is a recording technique. In backmasking, a sound or message is recorded backwards onto a track that is meant to be played forwards. It was made popular by The Beatles. Some people think that backmasking causes subliminal persuasion.
References
Other websites
Jeff ... |
67174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation%20of%20powers | Separation of powers | Separation of Powers means that the three branches of government are separated.
The three branches are as follows:
the Legislative - the part that makes laws
the Executive - the part that carries out (executes) the laws
the Judicial Branch - the courts that decide if the law has been broken
Separation of Powers he... |
67175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusionary%20rule | Exclusionary rule | The Exclusionary rule is a rule in United States constitutional law. It says that evidence from people who were forced to talk is not allowed in court. Also, evidence taken from an illegal search of property may not be used in court.
United States law
Criminal investigation |
67178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitin | Chitin | Chitin is a semitransparent material that is the main component of the exoskeletons of arthropods, such as crustaceans (e.g. crab, lobster and shrimp) and insects (e.g. ants, beetles and butterflies), of the cell walls of fungi, the radula of molluscs and the beaks of cephalopods (e.g. squid, and octopuses). Chitin has... |
67181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radula | Radula | The radula is the toothed chitinous ribbon in the mouth of most molluscs. It can be compared with the tongue of human beings but, unlike our tongue, it is used for cutting and chewing food before it enters the esophagus.
The radula is present in all molluscs except bivalves, and only in molluscs. For example, Gast... |
67186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoskeleton | Exoskeleton | An exoskeleton supports and protects an animal's body from outside and not like the internal endoskeleton - of, for example human beings - from inside.
Many invertebrate animals (such as shelled mollusks) have exoskeletons in the sense of external hard parts. But if one speaks of an exoskeleton one mostly means tha... |
67190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Force | High Force | High Force is one of Britain's great waterfalls. It is in Teesdale, County Durham. It was created by erosion when a river went through the rock and did not erode the hard upper layer of igneous rock, but eroded the bottom layer of soft limestone, a sedimentary rock. It is one of the biggest waterfalls in the UK.
Wate... |
67192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adetokunbo%20Ademola | Adetokunbo Ademola | Omoba Sir Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola, KBE, GCON, PC, SAN (1 February 1906 – 29 January 1993) was a Nigerian judge and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (1958-1972). Before becoming the Chief Justice, he was Chief Justice of the Western Region of Nigeria.
Although, Justice Ademola is known for his judicial duties, he... |
67198 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoskeleton | Endoskeleton | An endoskeleton is a structure that holds an animal from inside.
One can find endoskeletons in three phyla and one subclass of animals: in Chordata, Echinodermata, Porifera and Coleoidea. An endoskeleton allows the body to move and gives the body structure and shape.
A true endoskeleton develops from mesodermal tis... |
67203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe | Kayfabe | In professional wrestling, something that is "kayfabe" is not real, something that is "acted out" and not happening in real life. Many things in wrestling are kayfabe, that is, they appear to be real (such as the storylines), but are, in actuality, fake.
People who believe that kayfabe acts are real are called marks, ... |
67205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Willis | Bruce Willis | Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 in Germany) is an American actor and film producer. His mother was German; his father was American. He became famous in the late 1980s. He has remained one of Hollywood's biggest stars, mostly for his role as Lt. John McClane in the Die Hard series.
Willis was married to actre... |
67209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoospore | Zoospore | A zoospore is an asexual spore that uses a flagellum for moving around. It is also called a swarm spore. These spores are created by some algae and fungi to multiply themselves.
Flagella
There are two types of flagellated zoospores, whiplash and tinsel or "decorated".
Whiplash flagella are straight, to power the zoos... |
67210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamete | Gamete | A gamete is a specialized sex cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually. Gametes are produced by germ cells.
In species which produce two morphologically distinct types of gametes, and in which each individual produces only one type, a female is any indi... |
67211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphology | Morphology | Morphology may mean:
Morphology (general), the study of the shape and form of things in general.
Morphology (linguistics), the study of the structure of word forms.
Morphology (biology) is the study of the external features [phenotype] comprising how the organisation of body of living organisms is formed
Morphology (as... |
67212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphology%20%28biology%29 | Morphology (biology) | For other uses, see Morphology (disambiguation).
Morphology is the study of animal or human form or body shape. It is the branch of biology dealing with the study of the form of organisms and their specific structural features.
The concept of morphology was developed by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1790) and independ... |
67213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxon | Taxon | A taxon (plural taxa) is a taxonomic group or taxonomic unit. It is a group of organisms which a taxonomist decides belong together.
Taxa can be big or small, a fairly small taxon is the giraffes, a very big one is the beetles.
A taxonomist can assign a scientific name and rank to a taxon; this places it at a particu... |
67214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain%20%28biology%29 | Domain (biology) | In biological taxonomy, a domain (also superregnum, superkingdom, or empire) is a taxon in the highest rank of organisms, higher than a kingdom.
Domain (or its synonyms) is the most inclusive of these biological groupings. The arrangement of taxa reflects the fundamental evolutionary differences in the genomes. There ... |
67216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratin | Keratin | Keratin is one of a family of fibrous proteins. Keratin is what makes up hair in animals, as well as horns, nails, hooves, shells, beaks, and feathers. The name comes from Greek word keras meaning "horn".
Keratins are tough and insoluble. They form the hard but non-mineral structures in reptiles, birds, amphibians and... |
67217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrous%20protein | Fibrous protein | A fibrous protein or scleroprotein is one of the three main types of proteins. The others are globular and membrane proteins).
There are many types of scleroprotein, such as keratin, collagen, elastin, and fibroin. Such proteins protect and support. They form connective tissue, tendons, bone matrices, and muscle fi... |
67218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filament | Filament | Filament could mean:
In physics and electrical engineering:
Electrical filament
Current filament
Filament propagation, diffractionless propagation of a light beam
In astronomy:
Galaxy filament
Solar filament, a structure in a solar corona
Birkeland current
In biology:
Protein filament
Filamentation, a long c... |
67219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20filament | Protein filament | In biology, a filament is a long chain of proteins, such as those found in hair, muscle, or in flagella.
Other websites
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss4cell.html
Molecular biology
Proteins |
67224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanami | Hanami | Hanami () means "flower viewing" in Japanese. Enjoying beautiful flowers is an old Japanese custom. Cherry blossoms are the most popular. The custom of hanami is more than a thousand years old. It is still very popular in Japan. Hanami takes place in the spring. Cherry blossoms are there for only a week or two. The che... |
67225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmarks | Landmarks | 4 famous landmarks from World Famous paint the night parade
Originally, a landmark literally meant a prominent, easily identified geographic point, (like a mountain, a cliff, or a river) used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.
In modern use, it includes anything that can be recognize... |
67229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood | Neighbourhood | A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographic community in a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities because the people that live in them commonly talk with each other. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition.
Preindustrial cities
According to urban scholar Lewis Mumford, ... |
67230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern | Lantern | A lantern is a device that can be moved from one place to another, used to create light and to light up open areas. Lanterns may be used for giving signals, or as general light sources for camping. They can have candles inside, or use other things as fuel, like alcohol or kerosene. Lanterns that give dim light are gene... |
67233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry%20blossom | Cherry blossom | Japanese Cherry blossom or sakura (Japanese kanji and Chinese character: 桜 or 櫻; katakana: サクラ) are cherry trees, Prunus serrulata, and their blossoms. The fruit comes from a different species. Cherry trees are a symbol of spring for Japanese people. The word Sakura can also be used as a name for women.
The traditional... |
67239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filamentation | Filamentation | For other uses see "Filament".
Filamentation is the anomalous (not normal) growth of certain bacteria, such as E. coli, in which cells continue to elongate but do not divide (no septa formation). Bacterial filamentation is a defect in completing replication and is observed in bacteria responding to a various stresses.... |
67242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septum | Septum | A septum (Latin: something that encloses; plural Septa) is a partition separating two cavities or spaces. Examples include:
Nasal Septum: the cartilage wall separating the nostrils of the human nose.Often deviated or perforated through physical injury or cocaine abuse.
Cephalopod Septa: walls between each chamber, or s... |
67243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Youth%20Orchestra%20of%20Great%20Britain | National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain | The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYO) is an orchestra for young musicians in the United Kingdom. The members of the orchestra are all aged between 13 and 19 years. It is a very large orchestra with about 150 players. Children who want to play in the National Youth Orchestra have to be able to play their... |
67248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Canada | Flag of Canada | The Maple Leaf flag became Canada's flag on 15 February 1965.
Before this, Canada used the British Red Ensign with Canada's coat of arms on it. Flag experts say that the Red Ensign was defaced by the coat of arms.
Flag and heraldry experts also call the design of the flag a Canadian Pale. This is because the white st... |
67250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBE%20%28disambiguation%29 | OBE (disambiguation) | OBE can mean:
Order of the British Empire (an award)
Out of body experience (a strange feeling) |
67251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wee%20Free%20Men | The Wee Free Men | The Wee Free Men is the 30th in the Discworld book series by Terry Pratchett. It was published in 2003. It is the second Discworld book written for children, but it's still liked by many adults.
Plot
The Queen of the Elves tries to invade the Discworld again by stealing children and invading dreams.
Tiffany Aching, ... |
67262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals | Vandals | The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe. They entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. The Vandals may have given their name to the region of Andalusia, which according to one of several theories of its etymology was originally called Vandalusia or land of the Vandals. This would be the source of Al-Andalu... |
67271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order%20of%20the%20Thistle | Order of the Thistle | The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry, associated with Scotland. Its original date of founding is unknown. James VII (also King of England as James II) created the modern Order in 1687. The Order is the Sovereign and sixteen Knights and Ladies, as well as certain "extra" knights (... |
67272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal%20septum | Nasal septum | The nasal septum separates the left and right airways in the nose and divides the two nostrils.
Composition
The fleshy external end of the nasal septum is sometimes also called columella.
The nasal septum is composed of three structures:
ethmoid bone
vomer bone
quadrangular cartilage
Clinical significance
The nas... |
67279 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostril | Nostril | A nostril (or naris, pl. nares) is one of the two channels of the nose, from the point where they to the external opening.
In birds and mammals, they contain branched bones or cartilages called turbinates, whose function is to warm air on inhalation and remove moisture on exhalation. Fish do not breathe through thei... |
67281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethmoid%20bone | Ethmoid bone | The ethmoid bone (from Greek ethmos, "sieve") is a bone in the skull that separates the nasal cavity from the brain. As such, it is located at the roof of the nose, between the two orbits. The cubical bone is lightweight due to a spongy construction.
Parts
The ethmoid bone consists of four parts:
the horizontal Crib... |
67282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesverdienstkreuz | Bundesverdienstkreuz | The Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) is Germany's only general decoration (award). It is officially called the Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany). This Federal Order of Merit was created on 7 September 1951. Germany gives between 3,000 and 5,20... |
67284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20Lightning | Austin Lightning | The Austin Lightning is an amateur soccer team in Austin, Texas. It is in the Mid South division of the South Conference of the Premier Development League of the United Soccer Leagues.
The club was founded in 2003, when it was moved from Lafayette, Louisiana. The team finished last in the division in the 2007 season, ... |
67291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20Symphony%20Orchestra | BBC Symphony Orchestra | The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the main orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is one of the best orchestras in Britain.
History
The orchestra started in 1930. Sir Adrian Boult was the main conductor until 1950, when Sir Malcolm Sargent took over until 1957. Since then there have been several conductors... |
67296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD%20B%C4%9Blohl%C3%A1vek | Jiří Bělohlávek | Jiří Bělohlávek (24 February 1946 – 31 May 2017) was a Czech conductor. He was the principal (main) conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. His name "Bělohlávek" means "Whitehead". It is pronounced "Bye-lo-hla-vek". He was born in Prague.
Bělohlávek studied conducting with Sergiu Celibidache. He went to the Prague Co... |
67302 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo%20Toscanini | Arturo Toscanini | Arturo Toscanini (25 March 1867 – 16 January 1957) was an Italian conductor. Most musicians think he was the greatest conductor of his time. His fame was legendary: he was probably the first conductor to become a world superstar. He had an incredibly good memory and could remember every single note of the large numbe... |
67314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20K.%20Dick | Philip K. Dick | Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer. He is mostly known for his works of science fiction. In addition to his published novels, Dick wrote "approximately 121 short stories. He wrote most of them for science fiction magazines." At least eight of his stories have been adapted int... |
67316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet%20Propulsion%20Laboratory | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center in Pasadena, California.
United States government agencies
Astronomical organizations
Pasadena, California |
67325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable%20energy%20commercialization | Renewable energy commercialization | Renewable energy commercialization involves many different technologies, including solar photovoltaics, solar thermal power plants, solar heating and cooling systems, wind power, hydroelectricity, geothermal power, biomass, and ocean energy systems. Each is at a different stage of development, yet the market is growin... |
67327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapudungun | Mapudungun | Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken by Mapuche people, in Chile and Argentina. Even after the arrival of the Spaniards, ethnic groups in Argentina adopted Mapudungun, for instance Patagonians or Tehuelche. This process is named araucanization. Today, its speakers number 260,000, with 250,000 in the Central Valley ... |
67332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impurity | Impurity | Something that has impurity is not pure. For example, water that is clean would be called pure water. Water that is dirty would be called impure water. This may result in a change in melting point or boiling point.
Harmful impurity
Impurities may be harmful. For example, an engine works bad when its fuel is not pure.
... |
67333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s%20Hall | Queen's Hall | The Queen's Hall was a concert hall in Central London, England. It opened in 1893. It is best known for being where the Promenade Concerts were started by Robert Newman in 1895.
The Queen's Hall was built because London needed a new concert hall in the centre of the town. It stood in Langham Place, just next to whe... |
67335 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avesta | Avesta | Avesta is the holy book of Zoroastrianism. It is written in the Avestan language, an Iranian language. The Avesta has also been translated into other languages including Farsi and English. The oldest portion, the Ghathas, are the religious songs composed by Zoroaster himself. Other parts of Avesta are named Yasna, Yash... |
67336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius%20I%20of%20Persia | Darius I of Persia | Darius the Great (c. 549 BC– 486/485 BC) was the son of Hystaspes and Shah of Iran from 522 BC to 485 BC. After Darius became Shah of Iran, he divided the Persian Empire into twenty provinces, and appointed a governor for each province. He introduced golden coins and developed commerce within the empire and trade witho... |
67337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasargadae | Pasargadae | Pasargadae was a city in ancient Persia, and is today a historical site in Fars,Iran. Pasargadae was the first capital of the Persian Empire. The building of the capital city by Cyrus the Great, begun in 546 BCE, but was left unfinished, for Cyrus died in 530 BCE. Pasargade remained the Persian capital unti Darius I bu... |
67339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Staffordshire%20Terrier | American Staffordshire Terrier | The American Staffordshire terrier is a breed of dog.
It was first bred in British colonies of North America in the nineteenth century. Its early ancestors are the bulldog and the terrier, and used to be called the Blue Paul terrier. In the 1930s, dogbreeders bred it with the Pit bull terrier. Its name was changed to... |
67340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis | Persepolis | Persepolis (Old Persian: 'Pars', New Persian: , Takht-e Jamshid) was an ancient capital of the second Iranian dynasty, the Achaemenid Empire. Ancient Persians called it Parsa, meaning the city of Persians. Persepolis () is the Greek translation of the name. In modern Iran, the city is known as Takht-e-Jamshid (Throne o... |
67341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes | Xerxes | Xerxes the Great was a Shah of Iran (485–465 BC) of Achaemenid Empire. Xerxes was son of Darius I and Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus the Great. After Darius died, Xerxes became the Shah of Iran. At the Battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes defeated Greek warriors. After winning at Thermopylae, Xerxes then took control of Athens... |
67344 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell%20%28zoology%29 | Shell (zoology) | A shell is a hard outer layer, which has evolved in a very wide variety of different animals, including molluscs, sea urchins, crustaceans, turtles and tortoises, armadillos, etc.
Seashells
Seashells are perhaps the most familiar and most common shells, both in the wild and for sale as decorative objects. They are u... |
67346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise | Tortoise | A tortoise is a reptile of the order Testudines which lives on land. Like their aquatic cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. Most are quite small, but island tortoises have several times evolved to a large size: those on the Galapagos are famous. Darwin made one of his rare mista... |
67347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise%20%28disambiguation%29 | Tortoise (disambiguation) | Tortoise may mean:
Tortoise, a large land-dwelling reptile protected by a shell
TortoiseCVS, a GUI integrated CVS client for the Microsoft Windows platform
TortoiseHg, a GUI integrated Mercurial client for the Microsoft Windows platform
TortoiseSVN, a GUI integrated Subversion client for the Microsoft Windows plat... |
67348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea%20turtle | Sea turtle | Sea turtles (Chelonioidea) are turtles found in all the world's oceans except the Arctic Ocean, and some species travel between oceans. The term is US English. In British English they are simply called "turtles"; fresh-water chelonians are called "terrapins" and land chelonians are called tortoises.
The earliest known... |
67354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report%20of%201800 | Report of 1800 | The Report of 1800 was first written by James Madison. It argued for the sovereignty of the individual states under the United States Constitution. It argued against the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Virginia General Assembly adopted the Report in January 1800. The document mostly makes small changes to arguments from t... |
67358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykal%20%28port%29 | Baykal (port) | Baykal (port) () is a rural locality in Russia, Irkutsk oblast, Sliudanskyy region.
Geography
The village is near Lake Baikal and setted in left coast of river Angara. In the right coast is Listvianka. The administrative centre Irkutsk is 60 kilometers north. There is an automobile ferry to Listvianka.
Population
In ... |
67363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumstick%20%28disambiguation%29 | Drumstick (disambiguation) | Drumstick can mean:
Drum stick, a tool for playing drums
Drumstick (vegetable)
Drumstick (ice cream), a brand of ice cream
Drumstick (poultry), the leg bone of a chicken
Drumstick (video game character), a video game character found in Diddy Kong Racing |
67367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudder | Rudder | A rudder is used to steer ships, boats, submarines, aircraft, hovercraft or other conveniences that move through air or water.
History of the rudder
Oars mounted on the side of ships for steering are documented from the 3rd millennium BC in Persia and Ancient Egypt in artwork, wooden models, and even parts of actual b... |
67377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration%20of%20Neptune | Exploration of Neptune | The Exploration of Neptune started on August 25, 1989, when Voyager 2 became the first and so-far only spacecraft to visit the planet. Like the other gas giants, Neptune has no solid land on its surface so landing on Neptune would be impossible.
NASA is thinking to send another spacecraft known as the Neptune Orbiter... |
67378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder%20Scout | Kinder Scout | Kinder Scout is a plateau about 600 metres above sea level. It is in Derbyshire, England, roughly between the villages of Hayfield to the west, Edale to the southeast, and the town of Glossop to the northwest.
The gritstone rock under the plateau is covered by a thick layer of peat, cut by a dense network of streams w... |
67388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern | Stern | The stern is the rear part of a ship or boat.
The stern area has always been the place near the steering apparatus (rudder, tiller, ship's wheel, etc.), and by extension became the domain of the ship's captain and other officers. In particular, the stern was the location of the officers' quarters, and during the age... |
67389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern%20%28disambiguation%29 | Stern (disambiguation) | The stern is the rear part of a ship or boat.
Stern could also mean:
Stern (name), a family name (and list of people with that name)
Stern (gaming company)
Stern (magazine), a weekly news magazine in Germany
Stern School of Business at New York University
Lehi (group) or the Stern gang
Stern Review |
67395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbain%20Le%20Verrier | Urbain Le Verrier | Urbain Le Verrier (March 11, 1811 – September 23, 1877) was a French mathematician who was famous for co-discovering the planet, Neptune.
1811 births
1877 deaths
French mathematicians
French astronomers |
67398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Malkovich | John Malkovich | John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) American actor, producer and director. He was nominated for the Academy Award, and he also won an Emmy Award.
He was in the Robert Zemeckis' movie, Beowulf. That movie also starred Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie.
Malkovich was married to actress Glenne Headly from 1982... |
67399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Close | Glenn Close | Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American movie and stage actress. Close has been nominated for and won many awards in her career, for her acting in both movies and theater.
Awards
Oscar Nominations
1983 Best Actress in a Supporting Role, The World According to Garp
1984 Best Actress in a Supporting Role, T... |
67400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaqk%20Audio | Blaqk Audio | Blaqk Audio is an electronic band, made by Davey Havok and Jade Puget of AFI. Blaqk Audio features Davey Havok as lyricist and vocalist, with Jade Puget writing all music and programming the synthesizers. Blaqk Audio was recently signed to Interscope Records, and their first album, CexCells, was released on August 14, ... |
67401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Grant | Hugh Grant | Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He won a Golden Globe award in 1995 for his starring role in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral. His other movies include: Nine Months, Notting Hill, Mickey Blue Eyes, Bridget Jones's Diary, About a Boy, Love Actually and Paddington 2.
Early life an... |
67402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Caan | James Caan | James Langston Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American movie, stage and television actor. He is known for his role of Sonny Corleone in 1972's The Godfather and for his role as Ed Deline on Las Vegas. He has been nominated for many awards, including the Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe.
He is the son of S... |
67403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Coburn | James Coburn | James Harrison Coburn (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American actor. He became famous in the 1960s when he made many Western movies, such as The Magnificent Seven. But after that, he acted in other different types of roles, and became a more complete and successful actor. He was very ill in the 1980s and ... |
67404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%20Vesta | 4 Vesta | 4 Vesta () is the second most massive asteroid in the solar system, with an average diameter of about 530 km (around 330 miles) and an estimated mass 9% the mass of the entire asteroid belt. Its size and unusually bright surface makes Vesta the brightest asteroid, and the only one ever visible to the naked eye from Ear... |
67406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20liberation%20movement | Animal liberation movement | The animal liberation movement or animal rights movement (sometimes called the animal personhood movement and animal advocacy movement), is the movement of activists, academics, lawyers, campaigns, and organized groups who oppose the use of non-human animals in research, as food, as clothing, or as entertainment.
Hist... |
67408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex%20symbol | Sex symbol | A sex symbol is a famous or notable person, male or female, who is found sexually attractive by many people. Many actors, actresses, and popular musicians are considered to be sex symbols by their fans and the public.
Other websites
BBC: Men pip for the Posh type
Google Zeitgeist has a list of the most searched fo... |
67410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast%20cereal | Breakfast cereal | Breakfast cereal is a breakfast food made from cereal grains.It is a common breakfast meal. This is made of grain, and usually eaten with milk in the United States. It is often sweetened with sugar, syrup, or fruit. There are many kinds of cereals. Some names of breakfast cereal include Cheerios, Kellogg's, Cocoa Puff... |
67411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20attraction | Sexual attraction | Sexual attraction is an attraction to other members of the same species for sexual or erotic activity. In many species this does not always mean a sexual act; indeed, some sexual behavior among primates is mostly a social activity.
In humans
What is sexually attractive to humans may change by culture or place. The se... |
67414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerios | Cheerios | Cheerios is a popular brand of cereal. It is manufactured by General Mills. It was founded in 1941 as CheeriOats, the first ready-to-eat oat cereal. They are still making cereal, and it is produced worldwide.
References
Other websites
Cheerios Official Site
Cheerios Ratings for Health, Environmental and Social Impact... |
67422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehearsal | Rehearsal | A rehearsal is a practice before a concert or play in a theatre or some other performance. The group of will get together to rehearse. They may rehearse together many times before the performance so that they get used to performing with one another.
A dress rehearsal is the last rehearsal before the performance. It i... |
67430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Symphony%20Orchestra | London Symphony Orchestra | The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is one of the most famous orchestras of the world. They are based in London's Barbican Centre, but they often tour to lots of different countries.
The LSO started in 1904. Most of the players had been members of Henry Wood's Queen's Hall orchestra. They left that orchestra when H... |
67432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obtuse%20angle | Obtuse angle | An obtuse angle is an angle of greater than 90° and less than 180°. It is bigger than an acute angle. It is smaller than a straight angle, which measures 180°. Angles are measured with a protractor obtuse angle is specifically present in hexagon and pentagon and others.
Related pages
Acute angle
Right angle
Reflex ... |
67434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra | London Philharmonic Orchestra | The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. It is based in the Royal Festival Hall, London.
The orchestra was formed in 1932 by Sir Thomas Beecham, and played its first concert on October 7 1932 at the Queen's Hall, London. The associate conductor at the time was Malco... |
67436 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Jurowski | Vladimir Jurowski | Vladimir Jurowski (born 4 April 1972 in Moscow) is a Russian conductor. He is one of the most important young conductors of today. Jurowski studied at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990, he moved with his family to Germany, where he continued to study music in Dresden and Berlin.
In 1995 he conducted at the Wexford Fes... |
67444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism | Surrealism | Surrealism was an art and cultural movement which began in the early 1920s.
The name was first used in 1917. Guillaume Apollinaire wrote the program notes for the ballet Parade, which was created for the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev. This was a collaborative work by Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Pablo Picasso and Léo... |
67447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pim%20Fortuyn | Pim Fortuyn | Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (, 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002) was a Dutch sociologist and politician. He was born in Driehuis. He was the leader of the LPF (Lijst Pim Fortuyn), a right-wing political party. He was very popular and was expected to win the 2002 elections. Fortuyn did not agree w... |
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