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69805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auregnais | Auregnais | Auregnais, Aoeur'gnaeux or Aurignais was the Norman dialect of the Channel Island of Alderney. It became extinct in the mid 20th century. People think it became extinct because people did not bother to speak it or learn it. Only about 20 people still speak it.
Languages of the Channel Islands
Alderney |
69806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colwyn%20Bay | Colwyn Bay | Colwyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is a town, community and seaside resort on the north coast of Wales, in the Conwy County Borough.
The 2011 UK census revealed the community had a population of 34,284.
The town is dominated by the tourist trade, because of its famous beaches. Colwyn Bay is a Fairtrade Town as certified ... |
69808 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple%20syrup%20urine%20disease | Maple syrup urine disease | Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a genetic medical disorder. It causes a problem with how the human body deals with amino acids. It is also called branched chain ketoaciduria. Maple syrup urine disease affects about 1 in 185,000 infants worldwide.
The most noticeable symptom of the disorder is an infant with sweet-... |
69809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesey | Anglesey | Anglesey () is an island and county in Wales. There is a town there called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. It is the longest place name in the United Kingdom. The island has a population of 68,900 people. Its largest town is Holyhead.
Culture and people
Around 7 out of 10 people on Anglese... |
69810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateosaurus | Plateosaurus | Plateosaurus (meaning 'flat lizard') is a plateosaurid prosauropod dinosaur genus. They lived during the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Upper Triassic period, around 216 to 199 million years ago in what is now Europe.
The Plateosaurus was the first long-necked plant eater in the Triassic. An adult Plateosaurus coul... |
69811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton%20Mather | Cotton Mather | Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a politically important Puritan minister and writer. He lived in North America before the creation of the United States in the area that is now known as Boston, Massachusetts. Cotton Mather was the son of minister Increase Mather. He is most well known for his c... |
69814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20McCartney | Linda McCartney | Lady Linda Louise Eastman See McCartney (September 24, 1941 - April 17, 1998) was the first wife of musician Paul McCartney. She was the mother of artists Heather McCartney and Mary McCartney, fashion designer Stella McCartney, and musician James McCartney. Her father was attorney Lee Eastman, whose law partner was his... |
69824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fethiye | Fethiye | Fethiye is a city and district in the Mugla Province in Turkey. It is on the "Turquoise Coast". 59,425 people live there. There is a big harbor in the town and a marina. There are no beaches in Fethiye town, but there are many nice beaches around Oludeniz, a nearby town. There is a number of different places to stay in... |
69825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Dubz | N-Dubz | N-Dubz were a British hip hop group based in Camden Town, London. They released four albums, including a greatest hits album. They were signed to All Around the World records. They were featured on Tinchy Stryder's number one single, "Number 1".
Early years
All of the members of N-Dubz attended school at St Johns Wo... |
69832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subclass | Subclass | Subclass could mean:
Subclass (biology), a taxonomic rank intermediate between class and superorder
Subclass (computer science), a class that is derived from another class or classes
Subclass (database theory), a class which inherits its data members and methods of their superclasses
Subclass (set theory), a class... |
69844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/66 | 66 | 66 is a year in the 1st century.
Events
July 19 – Great Fire of Rome, first Roman mass persecution of Christians, earliest significant recognition of Christians in Rome
60s |
69845 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/70 | 70 | 70 is a year in the 1st century.
Events
August – destruction of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans under Titus. |
69846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/674 | 674 |
Events
Saint Benedict Biscop founds the Monastery at Monkwearmouth, now part of Sunderland
670s |
69862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycephalosaurus | Pachycephalosaurus | Pachycephalosaurus was a genus of ornithischian dinosaur which lived during the last five million years of the Upper Cretaceous. It lived in what is now North America. Pachycephalosaurus was a member of the Pachycephalosaurid family. This dinosaur is only known from a single skull and a few extremely thick skull roofs.... |
69872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia | Utopia | Utopia is a name for an imaginary community or society with a perfect system of laws and politics.
Sir Thomas More invented the word for his 1516 book Utopia. The book was about a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The word has been used to describe both a perfect society, and societies in literature. A related... |
69877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Hardy | Jeff Hardy | Jeffrey Nerro Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, painter and musician, best known for his time with WWE.
Career
Hardy says that Sting, The Ultimate Warrior, and Shawn Michaels were the reasons why he wanted to get into wrestling as a child. Jeff had been seen on WWF television as early... |
69880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban | Durban | Durban (Zulu: eThekwini; IPA: ) has the third largest population of a city in South Africa. It is part of the province KwaZulu-Natal.
History
It is thought that the first known inhabitants of the Durban area arrived from the north around 100,000 BC, according to carbon dating of rock art found in caves in the Drakens... |
69884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu%20people | Bantu people | Bantu is a general term for over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon to South Africa, that have a common language family (the Bantu languages) and in many cases common customs.
Bibliography
J. Desmond Clark, The Prehistory of Africa, Thames and Hudson, 1970
April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon, Und... |
69893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%20Bachelor | Knight Bachelor | In the United Kingdom, a Knight Bachelor is a man who is a knight, (has the title Sir) but who is neither a:
senior member of one of the orders of chivalry, sometimes called orders of knighthood, nor
a baronet.
In the 1920s, the Society of Knights Bachelor were allowed to wear a special badge on the days when other ... |
69896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital | Digital | A digital system is a something that represents information by using digits. Each digit represents a small amount of information because each digit comes from a small set of choices. A digit can be decimal (one of the ten choices from 0 through 9), as in the display of a digital clock. A digit can be binary (either 0 o... |
69897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Christian%20%C3%98rsted | Hans Christian Ørsted | Hans Christian Oersted (14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851) was a Danish physicist and chemist. He is best known for discovering a relationship between electricity and magnetism, a field now known as electromagnetism.Oersted discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found betwe... |
69899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammeter | Ammeter | An ammeter is a measuring tool used to measure the flow of electric current in a circuit. The electric current is measured in amperes; for this reason, some people call the ammeters as ampmeters, by mistake. It can measure 'resistance' of a current, speed of a current and force of a current (the units used are ohms, am... |
69901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage%20divider | Voltage divider | In electronics, a voltage divider is an electrical circuit which creates an output voltage which is proportional to an input voltage. Voltage dividers are also known as resistor divider and potential divider. It can be made of two resistors or it can be one potentiometer (variable resistor). The output voltage is depen... |
69903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20Heritage | English Heritage | English Heritage is an organization of the United Kingdom government (Department for Culture, Media and Sport). It manages many monuments of the historic environment of England. It was set up under the terms of the National Heritage Act 1983. Before the Department of the Environment had had these functions.
English H... |
69904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque%20clause | Filioque clause | The Filioque clause is a part of the Nicene Creed that not all Christians agree about. Filioque is Latin. In the context (of the Nicene Creed) it means and from the Son. The main parties involved are the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church rejects this change, the Catholi... |
69905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krokus | Krokus | Krokus is a hard rock band from Switzerland.
Discography
Studio albums
Krokus (1976)
To You All (1977)
Painkiller / Play It In Metal (1978)
Metal Rendez-vous (1980)
Hardware (1981)
One Vice at a Time (1982)
Headhunter (1983)
The Blitz (1984)
Change of Address (1986)
Heart Attack (1988)
Stampede (1990)
To R... |
69906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic%20Scotland | Historic Scotland | Historic Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Executive, that is responsible for historic monuments in Scotland.
Its website states:
"Historic Scotland was created as an agency in 1991 and was attached to the Scottish Executive Education Department, which embraces all aspects of the cultural heritage, in May 1999. A... |
69907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness%20%28band%29 | Loudness (band) | Loudness is a heavy metal band from Japan. The band was founded in 1981 by singer Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. Loudness was the first Japanese heavy metal band to be signed to a recording contract in the United States.
References
Other websites
Loudness Official Homepage
Takasaki.net Loudness
Loudn... |
69908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf%20of%20Oman | Gulf of Oman | The Gulf of Oman is an arm of the Arabian Sea that borders Iran and south-western Pakistan to the north and Oman and the United Arab Emirates to the south. The Gulf of Oman used to be called The Sea of Oman on old maps.
References
Gulfs
Geography of Iran
Geography of Oman
Geography of Pakistan |
69909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag | Gulag | The Gulag was a vast network of "slave labor" camps run by the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1950s. Ever since the Soviet Union was founded in 1917, it imprisoned people who spoke out against it or were otherwise dangerous. Imperial Russia in previous decades had a similar system of prison camps. But the Soviet Un... |
69910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimeter | Multimeter | A multimeter or a multitester is an electronic measuring tool that is a combination of several tools in one unit. It usually includes an ammeter, voltmeter, and ohmmeter. Digital multimeters are sometimes called DMM too.
Modern multimeters can be used to measure electrical quantities other than current, resistance and... |
69921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyattsville%2C%20Maryland | Hyattsville, Maryland | Hyattsville is a town in Maryland in the USA. It is about 2 miles from Washington, DC.
References
Cities in Maryland
1886 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in Maryland |
69929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitee | Invitee | In tort law, an invitee is a member of the public who has been invited to do business with the owner of a property. For example, if someone owns a store and invites someone else to come into the store to buy something, the person who is invited is an invitee.
In some places (or jurisdictions), tort law asks whether a... |
69930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano%20Pavarotti | Luciano Pavarotti | Luciano Pavarotti (October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007) was an Italian tenor and one of the most popular contemporary vocal performers in the world. He not only sang in opera but also in other kinds of music. Known for his televised concerts, media appearances, and as one of the "Three Tenors" (the other two were Plá... |
69932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligence | Negligence | In law, negligence is a kind of legal claim that people and organizations can bring if they are hurt. It is a kind of tort. The law calls someone negligent if he hurts someone else, or someone else's property, because he was not careful enough. In a legal case about negligence, the person who brings the lawsuit is call... |
69934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokinesis | Cytokinesis | Cytokinesis is the division of cells after either mitosis or meiosis I and II.
During cytokinesis, the cytoplasm (the liquid center of the cell that holds the organelles into place) splits into two equal halves, and the cell becomes two daughter cells. This occurs right after the beginning of anaphase (in mitosis and ... |
69936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femininity | Femininity | Femininity is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with females. Femininity is made up of both socially defined and biologically created factors. This makes it distinct from the simple definition of the biological female sex, as women, men, and transgender people can all exhibit feminine trait... |
69939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery%20%28tort%29 | Battery (tort) | Battery is the crime or tort of intentionally touching someone else without permission (literally, the act of "battering" somebody). So, to start a fight would be to commit battery. In some states, the crime of battery is referred to as assault, or it may be referred to as "assault and battery."
Related pages
Assault... |
69940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault | Assault | An assault is when a person attacks another. In law, it is considered a crime or tort. In common law, it is when somebody threatens or tries to physically hurt someone else. In order to be considered assault, the act must involve the ability to cause the harm. It does not necessarily have to involve touching the other... |
69941 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaloblastic%20anemia | Megaloblastic anemia | Megaloblastic anemia is a kind of anemia. It can be caused by not having enough vitamins, especially Vitamin B12 or folic acid.
Diseases |
69942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal%20code | Legal code | A legal code is a written system of laws. To codify the law is to write it down in a systematic manner.
Legal codes are typically written by legislatures.
Law |
69943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code%20%28disambiguation%29 | Code (disambiguation) | Code can mean:
a way to show information in another form, for example, a cipher
the commands given to a computer in a computer program
a legal code |
69946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer | Peer | Peer may refer to:
Peerage, a system of nobility in various countries
Peer group, a group of people of the same age, ability, etc.
Peer-to-peer computer network, in which users act as both client and server
Peer (Belgium)
pl:BitTorrent#Podstawowe pojęcia |
69950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido%20Domingo | Plácido Domingo | Plácido Domingo KBE (born 21 January 1941) is an Spanish operatic tenor and conductor. He is often regarded as one of the leading tenors of his generation.
Life and career
Born José Plácido Domingo Embil in Madrid, Spain, the son of singers who later moved to Mexico, where he made his vocal study. He began his career... |
69952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Carreras | José Carreras | Josep Carreras i Coll (born 5 December 1946 in Barcelona, Spain), better known as José Carreras, is a tenor opera singer.
He was born in Sants, which is in neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia. His family moved to Argentina when he was very young. He started singing at the age of 6, and his first public performance ha... |
69957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia | Leukemia | Leukemia or leukaemia is a cancer of white blood cells and bone marrow. When a person has leukemia, the body creates too many white blood cells (leukocytes).
There are many kinds of leukemia. Leukemia is part of a bigger group of diseases, the blood cancers (hematological neoplasms). Without treatment, leukemia may l... |
69979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavern | Tavern | A tavern, also known as a saloon or bar, is a place where alcoholic drinks (such as beer, wine, or spirits) are served. While the word "tavern" used to be common in England, in the 19th century the word began to be seen as old fashioned. The current term today in England is "pub" which comes from public house. However,... |
69983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaucho | Gaucho | Gaucho () or Gaúcho () is the term commonly used for people who live in the south regions of Brazil, mainly in Rio Grande do Sul. It can also be used for people from Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. They are similar to the North American cowboys, and, like them, gauchos of Argentina have become a symbol of freedom.
Histo... |
69985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Tunisia | Flag of Tunisia | The flag of Tunisia is a national flag. It is red and white in colour with a star inside a moon. It was created for the first time in 1831 by the Tunisian bey Hassine I. Since then, it has had some small changes.
Tunisia
Tunisia
1831 establishments
19th-century establishments in Africa
Establishments in Tunisia |
69986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humat%20Al%20Hima | Humat Al Hima | Humat Al-Hima is the national anthem of Tunisia since November 1987.
The text (words) of this anthem was written by two men, Mustapha Sadiq Al-Rafi'i and Abul-Qacem Ech-Chebbi. And the Egyptian musician Mohamad Abdul-Wahab made its music.
Words
Tunisia
National anthems
1987 establishments in Africa |
69987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphadora%20Tonks | Nymphadora Tonks | Nymphadora Tonks is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling.
Tonks, as she is known, is the only daughter of Andromeda Black and Ted Tonks. She is a Half-Blood, but both of her parents are actually magical. Her mother is a pureblood from the ancient wizarding family of the Black... |
69988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonks | Tonks | Tonks may mean:
Henry Tonks, artist
Lewi Tonks, American quantum physicist known for the discovery of the Tonks-Girardeau gas
Nymphadora Tonks, a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels
Andromeda Tonks or Ted Tonks, Nymphadora's parents
Rosemary Tonks, a British poet
Tonks Avenue in Wellington, New... |
69993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scelidosaurus | Scelidosaurus | Scelidosaurus was an early type of herbivorous dinosaur. It was a thyreophoran, a lightly plated, herbivorous dinosaur about 4 metres long. It lived during the early Jurassic, 208 to 194 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in England, Ireland, and in Arizona, in the United States.
Scelidosaurus has been ca... |
69996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance%20%28disambiguation%29 | Inheritance (disambiguation) | Inheritance is when people pass on property and debts when they die.
Inheritance or inheritor may also be:
In literature:
The Inheritors by Nobel Prize winner William Golding
Inheritor (novel), a 1996 science fiction novel by C. J. Cherryh
Inheritance (novel), a 2011 book part of the Inheritance Cycle
In other fi... |
69998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan%20Stadium | Nissan Stadium | The Nissan Stadium (previously called the International Stadium of Yokohama) is a sports stadium in Yokohama, Japan. It was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.
Events
2002 FIFA World Cup Final
FIFA Club World Cup
Other websites
Official Site
Football stadiums in Asia
Buildings and structures in Japan
Nissa... |
70000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream%202 | Scream 2 | Scream 2 is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Laurie Metcalf, Jamie Kennedy, Jerry O'Connell, Jada Pinkett and Liev Schreiber.
The film was released on Decembe... |
70009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20repair | DNA repair | DNA repair means the processes by which a cell identifies and corrects damage to its DNA molecules.
In cells, normal metabolic activities and environmental factors such as UV light and radiation damage DNA. There are as many as a million molecular lesions per cell per day. Many of these lesions cause structural damag... |
70013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armiger | Armiger | A person who has a coat of arms is sometimes called an armiger. They are armigerous.
Originally an armiger was an Armour-Bearer or Esquire, who helped a Knight, but who had his own coat of arms.
The term "armiger" is well-defined only in countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, and Spain where there is... |
70014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome | Genome | The genome of an organism is the whole of its hereditary information encoded in its DNA (or, for some viruses, RNA). This includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA.
Professor Hans Winkler coined the term in 1920.
Winkler's definition, in translation, runs:
"I propose the expression genome for the... |
70015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome%20%28disambiguation%29 | Genome (disambiguation) | Genome may refer to:
Genome — all genetic material carried by an organism
Human genome
Mitochondrial DNA
Genome editing — a type of genetic engineering
Genome (book) — a 1999 popular science book by Matt Ridley
G-Nome — a mech PC game created by 7th Level
Genome — a superior humanoid race in Square's console role... |
70019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20force%20microscope | Atomic force microscope | Atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are a type of microscope. AFMs provide pictures of atoms on or in surfaces. Like the scanning electron microscope (SEM), the purpose of the AFM is to look at objects on the atomic level. In fact, the AFM may be used to look at individual atoms. It is commonly used in nanotechnology.
The... |
70020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine%20El%20Abidine%20Ben%20Ali | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali (September 3, 1936 – September 19, 2019) was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011.
On January 14, 2011, he was forced to leave Tunisia and go to Saudi Arabia with his wife Leïla Ben Ali and their three children after a month of protests against his rule. The Arab Spring started in ... |
70021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry | Heraldry | Heraldry is the art and science of designing and using a coat of arms. The study of coats of arms is also called armory. The practice of using distinct markings on a person's shield started in the Middle Ages, when a knight's helmet covered his face, making everybody look the same in battle. At first, only knights a... |
70022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baronet | Baronet | In the United Kingdom a baronet is a man who has the title Sir, like a knight, but who is neither
a senior member of one of the orders of chivalry, sometimes called orders of knighthood, nor
a Knight Bachelor.
Unlike the members of the orders of chivalry and a knight bachelor a baronet can pass his title to his chil... |
70026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy%20of%20Saxe-Coburg%20and%20Gotha | Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) was a dual monarchy in Germany. This means that one ruler ruled over two countries, in this case the duchies of Coburg and Gotha. "Saxe" means of Saxony, because there were many small countries but all were ruled by members of the royal house of Saxon... |
70033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkelium | Berkelium | Berkelium (IPA: ) is a synthetic, radioactive, chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Bk and atomic number 97. It is a metallic element and part of the actinide series. Berkelium was invented by scientists and does not exist in nature. Berkelium was first made by hitting americium with alpha particl... |
70037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20Learning%20English | BBC Learning English | BBC Learning English is a website hosted by the BBC World Service since 1996. It provides free learning materials for people who speak English as a second language and want to improve their English Language skills.
References
BBC |
70038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omarosa%20Manigault%20Newman | Omarosa Manigault Newman | Omarosa Manigault Newman (born February 5, 1974) known mononymously as Omarosa is a former participant on Donald Trump's television reality show The Apprentice. Omarosa was born in Youngstown, Ohio where she attended Rayen High School. She has gone on to appear on various talk shows and other reality shows, where her s... |
70039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Apprentice | The Apprentice | The Apprentice is a reality television show that first aired in 2004 in the United States. The person who came up with the show was Mark Burnett, who earlier successfully brought the British series Survivor to the US. Until 2016, it was hosted by then-businessman Donald Trump, but in 2005, there was a spin-off hosted b... |
70040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor%20%28TV%20series%29 | Survivor (TV series) | Survivor is a popular reality television game show produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in a remote location and compete for cash and other prizes. The format for Survivor was created in the UK in 1992 by Charlie Parsons, and the first production of it was the Swedish ... |
70041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Weakest%20Link | The Weakest Link | The Weakest Link is Computer Cable television quiz show, broadcast on TV from November 21, 2001 to December 22, 2002. It was devised by Fintan Coyle and Cathy Dunning, and developed for television by the BBC Entertainment Department. It has since been replicated around the world. It was hosted by Craig Charles (2001-20... |
70042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Robinson | Anne Robinson | Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is an English television presenter and game show host. She was born in Crosby, Lancashire. She is best known for presenting BBC quiz show, The Weakest Link from 2000-2012 which earned her the nickname "Queen of Mean". In the United States she presented Weakest Link for t... |
70043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooch | Scooch | Scooch are a British bubblegum dance group. The members of Scooch are Natalie Powers, Caroline Barnes, David Ducasse, and Russ Spencer. They formed in 1998.
Scooch represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland, with their song "Flying the Flag (for You)".
The song reached #5 ... |
70047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20art | Rock art | Rock art is a term in archaeology for any markings that were made on natural stone by human beings. They can be divided into:
Petroglyphs – carvings into stone surfaces
Pictographs – rock and cave paintings
In addition, there is rock art made by aligning or piling natural stones. The stones themselves are used as la... |
70052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Teach | Edward Teach | Edward Teach (1680 – 22 November 1718) was a pirate, often called "Blackbeard the Pirate". (It is not clear what his real name actually was; some historians think that his last name may really have been Thatch.) He attacked ships in the Caribbean and the American colonies. His flagship ship was the captured French sla... |
70069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenolan%20Caves | Jenolan Caves | Jenolan Caves are limestone caves in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, 175 kilometres west of Sydney. They are the most visited of several similar groups in the limestone of the country, and the oldest discovered open caves in the world. Since 2008, Jenolan Caves has won many tourism awards, including 'Be... |
70071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizzler | Sizzler | Sizzler is a chain of steakhouse restaurants in the United States and other countries around the world.
American restaurants
1958 establishments in the United States |
70072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1b | Báb | Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad (20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850) was a merchant from Shíráz, Iran who started a version of Shia Islam called Bábism. After he started the religion, he changed his name to Báb. People who believe in the Báb are called Bábís, and they believe that the Báb was a prophet. Bábís also believe that the Báb... |
70073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast%20at%20Tiffany%27s | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy-drama movie based on Truman Capote's novella (short book), and starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard. The movie won two Academy Awards. It was nominated for a total of five awards. It was directed by Blake Edwards, who also directed seven Pink Panther movie... |
70091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Ignacio%20Molina | Juan Ignacio Molina | Juan Ignacio Molina. Born June 24 1740; Died September 12 1829; Chilean Naturalist.
He is usually referred to as Abate Molina (form of Abbott Molina). He wrote Compendio della storia geografica, naturale e civile del regno del Cile (1776), latter translated in English, French, German and Spanish. The journal Moliniana ... |
70098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mescaline | Mescaline | Mescaline' (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a chemical substance. It occurs naturally in some cactuses, like the Peyote cactus,the Peruvian Torch cactus or the San Pedro cactus. Small amounts of it can also be found in certain members of the Fabaceae (bean) family, like Acacia berlandieri.
The chemical can cause ha... |
70100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin | Psilocybin | [[File:Psilocybe.mexicana.jpg|thumb|right|Psilocybin was first found in the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana]]
Psilocybin is a chemical substance. It can cause hallucinations when eaten, and has also been found to reverse psychological conditioning, grow brain cells and heal the brain. It occurs in many kinds of fungi and ... |
70101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine | Ketamine | Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic. It is a type of drug a doctor might give to put someone to sleep for an operation. Ketamine can also be used as a painkiller and a bronchodilator (which makes it easier for air to get into your lungs).
Sometimes it can lead to a special type of hallucination which makes you feel... |
70102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diazepam | Diazepam | Diazepam is a benzodiazepine which has a relatively long half-life. It is mostly used to treat anxiety, certain forms of epilepsy, muscle spasms (where the muscle moves on its own, causing pain), and sleeping problems. Like with other benzodiazepines, there is a risk of addiction if used for long periods of this. For ... |
70103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoxetine | Fluoxetine | Fluoxetine hydrochloride is an antidepressant medication. It is used as a drug against various illnesses, like depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Panic disorder, and other illnesses. Fluoxetine is a one of a group of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It is commonly known as... |
70106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable%20Document%20Format | Portable Document Format | The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format for storing documents on a computer. Adobe created it in 1993 to make it easier to exchange documents. PDF is often used to make documents print-ready. PDF documents can have stylised text and images in them.
The document is stored in such a way that the content does... |
70118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension%20Island | Ascension Island | Ascension Island is an isolated and relatively young volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, some west of the mid-Atlantic Ridge, from Liberia (Cape Palmas), and from Brazil (Recife). The nearest land is Saint Helena, to the south-east.
The Ascension Island is named after the day of its recorded discovery, As... |
70119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmore%20and%20Cartier%20Islands | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | The Territory of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands () is the collective name for two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands. The islands are in the Indian Ocean north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of Roti. The Australian mainland is about to the southwest, the island of Timor (and ... |
70120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Antarctic%20Territory | Australian Antarctic Territory | The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is the part of Antarctica claimed by Australia and is the largest part of Antarctica claimed by any nation. The area is about 6.119.818 km². Only the staff of research stations live in the territory.
History
Victoria Land was first claimed for Britain on 9 January 1841 and Bri... |
70121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Antarctic%20Territory | British Antarctic Territory | The British Antarctic Territory is a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom and is a British overseas territory. It is a triangle in Antarctica from the South Pole to 60° S latitude between longitudes 20° W and 80° W. The Territory was formed on March 3, 1962, although the UK first claimed this part of the ... |
70122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Indian%20Ocean%20Territory | British Indian Ocean Territory | The British Indian Ocean Territory is a dependency of the United Kingdom. It includes many small islands in the Indian Ocean. The territory is the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islandsmany very small. There is a total land area of . The largest island is Diego Garcia.
Both India an... |
70123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas%20Island | Christmas Island | The Territory of Christmas Island is a small island that belongs to Australia. It is in the Indian Ocean, 2600 kms northwest of Perth in Western Australia and 500 km south of Jakarta, Indonesia.
About 1,600 people live on Christmas Island, mostly in a number of "settlement areas" on the north of the island:
Flying F... |
70124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos%20%28Keeling%29%20Islands | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands () is a territory of Australia. There are two atolls and twenty-seven coral islands in the group. The islands are in the Indian Ocean, about one-half of the way from Australia to Sri Lanka.
History
Captain William Keeling was the first European to see the islands, in 1609, but... |
70125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard%20Island%20and%20McDonald%20Islands | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (abbreviated as HIMI ) is a territory of Australia. They are islands in the Indian Ocean. They are about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica.
The islands are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History
The islands were discovered in 1833 by the British sai... |
70126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20Dependency | Ross Dependency | The Ross Dependency is an area of Antarctica (and other land masses in the Southern Ocean) claimed by New Zealand. The Dependency takes its name from Sir James Clark Ross, who discovered the Ross Sea.
The Dependency includes part of Victoria Land, and most of the Ross Ice Shelf. Ross Island, Balleny Islands and the sm... |
70127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan%20da%20Cunha | Tristan da Cunha | Tristan da Cunha is a group of remote volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and also the main island of that group. Tristan da Cunha is the most remote archipelago (group of islands) and the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world; it is at from the nearest land, South Africa, and from South America.
T... |
70129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen%20dinner | Frozen dinner | A frozen dinner is a kind of ready-to-prepare meal, or convenience food. Frozen dinners are prepared in bulk, cooked until ready to serve, divided into single servings for freezing, to be reheated later. An entrée of meat or other protein is included, along with vegetables, a carbohydrate food (such as potatoes or rice... |
70135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%9B%C5%BE | Věž | Věž is a village near Humpolec in the Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. 796 people live in Věž. It covers 14.43 km².
Villages in the Czech Republic |
70136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Lapwing | Southern Lapwing | The southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) is a large long-legged bird. Lapwings are shorebirds. It is a common in Central and South America, except in the jungles of the Amazon and the Andes. It is the national bird of Uruguay.
Charadriiformes |
70148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforced%20concrete | Reinforced concrete | Reinforced concrete is concrete with long bars inside to make it stronger. The reinforcing material has greater tensile strength than concrete has. Usually the bars are steel. Galvanizing saves the steel from rusting and corrosion. In rich countries, almost all concrete in buildings and roads is reinforced. Reinforced... |
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