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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Cornell
John Cornell
John Cornell (2 March 1941 – 23 July 2021) was an Australian movie producer, writer, actor, and businessman. He was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. He was best known for his role as "Strop" on The Paul Hogan Show and for writing the Crocodile Dundee movies. He also helped create the World Series Cricket in 1977....
857295
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Biolek
Alfred Biolek
Alfred Biolek (born Alfred Franz Maria Biolek; 10 July 1934 – 23 July 2021) was a German entertainer and television producer. Biolek was an honorary professor at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Biolek was born in Freistadt, Czechoslovakia. He helped produce some television specials for Monty Python. Biolek died on ...
857296
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Samoa
COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa
The COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first case in Samoa was confirmed on 18 November 2020. As of 1 June 2021, there were three COVID-19 cases in Samoa. References Samoa Samoa
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Smith%20%28football%20manager%29
Mike Smith (football manager)
Michael John Smith (1937 – July 2021) was an English football manager. He managed the Wales and Egypt national teams and Hull City. His managing career lasted from 1974 until 1995. His death was announced on 22 July 2021, aged 84. References 1937 births 2021 deaths English footballers English football managers
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caril%20Ann%20Fugate
Caril Ann Fugate
Caril Ann Fugate (born July 30, 1943, Nebraska) is the youngest female in the United States to have been tried and convicted of first-degree murder. She was the teenage girlfriend of Charles Starkweather, a serial killer. Fugate was age fourteen when Starkweather's happened. She was convicted as his accomplice and give...
857303
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/212%20Warrior
212 Warrior
212 Warrior (also known as Wiro Sableng 212 and Wiro Sableng Pendekar Kapak Maut Naga Geni 212) is a 2018 Indonesian action fantasy comedy movie directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko and was based on the Wiro Sableng series by Bastian Tito. It stars Vino G. Bastian, Sherina Munaf, Marsha Timothy, Happy Salma, Dwi Sasono, Y...
857305
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Knapp
Greg Knapp
Gregory Fishbeck Knapp (March 5, 1963 – July 22, 2021) was an American football coach. He was an assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 25 seasons with the New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. He was born in Baton R...
857308
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20Jaussaud
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (3 June 1937 – 21 July 2021) was a French racing driver. He was known for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and 1980. Jaussaud was born in Caen, France. He raced with Formula Three cars. Jaussaud died on 21 July 2021 in Caen of a heart attack, aged 84. References 1937 births 2021 deaths 24...
857309
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Bracitos%20tree%20frog
Los Bracitos tree frog
The Los Bracitos tree frog or Hispaniolan green tree frog (Boana heilprini) is a frog that lives in Hispaniola, which is the island that has Haiti and the Dominican Republic on it. Scientists have seen it as high as 1823 meters above sea level. References Frogs Animals of South America
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul%20Gupta
Rahul Gupta
Rahul Gupta (born 1970 or 1971) is an American physician. He was born in India and raised in Washington, D.C.. He is the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy since 2021 during the Joe Biden administration. Gupta was in charge of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department from 2009 to 2014. He became th...
857317
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerville%2C%20South%20Carolina
Summerville, South Carolina
Summerville is a town in the U.S. state of South Carolina, mostly in Dorchester County with small parts in Berkeley and Charleston counties. It is part of the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Summerville at the 2010 census was 43,392. References Towns in South C...
857318
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20George%2C%20South%20Carolina
St. George, South Carolina
Saint George is a town in Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,084 at the 2010 census. It has been the county seat of Dorchester County since 1897. References Towns in South Carolina County seats in South Carolina
857323
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy%20cuisine
Malagasy cuisine
Malagasy food is the cuisine of Madagascar. Malagasy cuisine is generally very similar to Creole cuisines, and are usually very spicy and usually generous. Most of it has been influenced by South Asia. Madagascar
857340
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio%20polyctor
Papilio polyctor
The common peacock (Papilio polyctor), is a swallowtail butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent. It is found in the Great Himalayas and parts of Pakistan and Northern India. Butterflies National symbols of Pakistan
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropping%20out
Dropping out
Dropping out means leaving school. Reasons students drop out include because they must work, for social reasons, because of harassment, because of illness or because they no longer trust the school system that they are leaving. Unlike failing or expulsion, dropping out is the student's decision and not the school's. ...
857349
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Brochu
Daniel Brochu
Daniel Brochu (born February 28, 1970) is a Canadian actor, who is well known for voicing Buster Baxter in the PBS Kids TV series Arthur and it's spin-off Postcards from Buster, as well as Danny Pickett in later seasons of What's with Andy?. 1970 births Living people Actors from Montreal
857359
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint%20Hill%2C%20North%20Carolina
Mint Hill, North Carolina
Mint Hill is a town in Mecklenburg and Union counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, 22,722 people live in Mint Hill. Towns in North Carolina
857360
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinhorn%20sheep
Thinhorn sheep
The thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli) is a hoofed animal in the family Bovidae. They live in northwestern North America. There are about 115,000 thinhorn sheep alive. There are two subspecies of thinhorn sheep, the Dall sheep (Ovis dalli dalli) and stone sheep (Ovis dalli stonei). Most thinhorn sheep are Dall sheep. Most...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallotte%2C%20North%20Carolina
Shallotte, North Carolina
Shallotte is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 3,675 people live in Shallotte. Towns in North Carolina
857364
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport%2C%20North%20Carolina
Newport, North Carolina
Newport is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 4,150 people live in Newport. Towns in North Carolina Carteret County, North Carolina
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa%20Altro
Melissa Altro
Melissa Altro (born May 16, 1982) is a Canadian voice actress from Montreal, Quebec. Prior to having a career in voice acting, Altro guest-starred on a 1994 episode of the YTV/Nickelodeon horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark?. Altro also provides the voice of Gretchen in the Teletoon/Disney XD animated se...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single%20parent
Single parent
A single parent is a parent who lives with their children but does not live with a spouse or partner. People may become single parents if they are breaking up with the other parent. This may happen because of domestic violence, sexual assault/rape, because the woman gives birth alone, because of abandonment, or by choi...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dall%20sheep
Dall sheep
The Dall sheep or Dall's sheep is a subspecies of Thinhorn sheep. They usually eat grass and other plants. They live in northwestern North America, in Canada and Alaska. Appearance These sheep are about 1.5 m high and can weigh up to 110 kg. The female sheep have small horns but the male sheep have larger horns tha...
857412
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth%20Falkhaven
Elisabeth Falkhaven
Elisabeth Falkhaven (born September 12, 1955 in Partille, Sweden) is a Swedish politician from the Green Party. She is a member of Riksdag from Halland County since 2018. On June 23, 2021, she undertook support for Aliaksandr Kardziukou. Aliaksandr Kardziukou saw the murder of Hienadz Shutau and is a political prisone...
857416
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting%20for%20the%20Sea
Waiting for the Sea
Waiting for the Sea () is a 2012 Russian Ukrainian Belgian French Kazakhstani German Tajik drama movie directed by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov and starring Egor Beroev, Anastasiya Mikulchina, Detlev Buck, Dinmukhamet Akhimov. Other websites 2012 drama movies Russian movies Ukrainian movies Belgian movies French drama m...
857417
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood%20Schwartz
Sherwood Schwartz
Sherwood Charles Schwartz (November 14, 1916 - July 12, 2011) was an American television producer. He worked on radio shows in the 1940s, but he now is best known for creating the 1960s television series Gilligan's Island (1964-1967) for CBS and The Brady Bunch (1969-1974) for ABC. On March 7, 2008, Schwartz, at the t...
857418
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Family%20Jewels%20%28movie%29
The Family Jewels (movie)
The Family Jewels is a 1965 American comedy movie directed by Jerry Lewis (who also played seven roles in the movie) and starring Donna Butterworth, Sebastian Cabot, Neil Hamilton, Jay Adler. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was nominated for 1 Golden Globe in 1966. Other websites 1965 comedy movies Am...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock%20Haven%2C%20Pennsylvania
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Lock Haven is the county seat in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. It started as a town in 1833. It was declared a city in 1870. As of 2020, there were 9,040 people living in the city. The most damaging floods in Lock Haven happened in June 1972 when remnants from Hurricane Agnes crossed Schuylkill County within 75 miles ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrisville%2C%20North%20Carolina
Morrisville, North Carolina
Morrisville is a town in Wake and Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, 18,576 people live in Morrisville. Towns in North Carolina Durham County, North Carolina Wake County, North Carolina
857444
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Pleasant%2C%20North%20Carolina
Mount Pleasant, North Carolina
Mount Pleasant is a town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 1,652 people live in Mount Pleasant. Towns in North Carolina
857446
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield%2C%20North%20Carolina
Smithfield, North Carolina
Smithfield is a town in and the county seat of Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 10,966 people live in Smithfield. It is the birthplace of the Hollywood actress, Ava Gardner. Towns in North Carolina County seats in North Carolina
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterville%2C%20North%20Carolina
Winterville, North Carolina
Winterville is a town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 9,269 people live in Winterville. Towns in North Carolina
857449
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio%20bianor
Papilio bianor
The Common peacock black swallowtail emerald (Papilio bianor), is a swallowtail butterfly found in Asia. It is also found in the Great Himalayas and parts of Pakistan and Northern India. Butterflies Asia
857450
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylorsville%2C%20North%20Carolina
Taylorsville, North Carolina
Taylorsville is a town in and the county seat of Alexander County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 2,098 people live in Taylorsville. Towns in North Carolina County seats in North Carolina
857452
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thilo%20Kehrer
Thilo Kehrer
Jan Thilo Kehrer (born 21 September 1996) is a German football player. He plays as a defender for Paris Saint-Germain and the Germany national team. References 1996 births German footballers Association football defenders Sportspeople from Baden-Württemberg Living people
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20Is%20a%20Miracle
Life Is a Miracle
Life Is a Miracle () is a 2004 Serbian Montenegrin French Italian war musical comedy drama movie directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Slavko Štimac, Nataša Šolak, Vesna Trivalić, Goran Jevtić, Vuk Kostić, Aleksandar Berček. Other websites 2004 comedy-drama movies 2000s musical movies 2000s war movies Serbian m...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor%20of%20Tower%20Hamlets
Mayor of Tower Hamlets
The mayor of Tower Hamlets is the directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council in east London, England. The first election for this position happened on 21 October 2010. References Mayors
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Wade
Henry Wade
Henry Menasco Wade (November 11, 1914 – March 1, 2001) was an American lawyer. He was the district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1987. He was known for his prosecution of Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade. Wade died of problems caus...
857465
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanquish%20%28movie%29
Vanquish (movie)
Vanquish is a 2021 action-thriller movie, directed by George Gallo. The movie starring Ruby Rose and Morgan Freeman. 2021 movies
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yungas%20tree%20frog
Yungas tree frog
The Yungas tree frog, fasciated frog or spotted tree frog (Boana balzani) is a frog that lives in Bolivia and Peru. Scientists have seen it between 1200 and 2210 meters above sea level in the Andes mountains. This frog lives in cloud forests. References Frogs Animals of South America
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanquish%20%28video%20game%29
Vanquish (video game)
is an action third-person shooter video game, developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega. 2010 video games Action video games PlayStation 3 games PlayStation 4 games Sega video games Video games developed in Japan Windows games Xbox 360 games Xbox One games
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow%20sheep
Snow sheep
The snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) is a sheep in the family Bovidae. It lives in Siberia. Scientists put the snow sheep in the subgenus Pachyceros. They are in the same group as bighorn sheep and thinhorn sheep. The bighorns and thinhorns live in North America and the snow sheep live in Eurasia. The snow sheep used t...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kansan%20%28movie%29
The Kansan (movie)
The Kansan is a 1943 American western movie directed by George Archainbaud and starring Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Eugene Pallette, Victor Jory, Beryl Wallace, Hobart Cavanaugh, Willie Best, Douglas Fowley. It was distributed by United Artists and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1944. Other websites...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Kamp%20Koral%3A%20SpongeBob%27s%20Under%20Years%20episodes
List of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episodes
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years is an American animated series. It premiered on March 4 in Paramount+ and premiered in Nickelodeon on April 2. It is a spin-off of SpongeBob SquarePants. Overview Episodes Season 1 (2021-present) Related pages List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes References SpongeBob SquarePa...
857481
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s%20the%20One%20%281996%20movie%29
She's the One (1996 movie)
She's the One is a 1996 American romantic comedy movie directed by Edward Burns (who also stars) and also starring Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, John Mahoney, Maxine Bahns, Mike McGlone, Leslie Mann, Amanda Pett, Frank Vincent. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Other websites 1996 comedy movies 1996 roman...
857498
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20of%20Diamonds%20%281967%20movie%29
Jack of Diamonds (1967 movie)
Jack of Diamonds is a 1967 American German crime drama movie directed by Don Taylor and starring George Hamilton, Joseph Cotten, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Carroll Baker, Maurice Evans, Marie Laforêt. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Other websites 1967 crime movies 1967 drama movies American crime drama movies Germa...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skite%20%28album%29
Skite (album)
Skite is the third studio album by Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, released on October 20, 1978. The album was produced by Ian Dury and The Blockheads keyboardist and guitarist Chaz Jankel. Recorded in July 1978, the album was Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias's first studio album released following the success of 1977's ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taothingmang
Taothingmang
Taothingmang was a Meetei ruler of Ningthouja dynasty of Ancient Manipur (Antique Kangleipak). He is a son and the successor of Emperor Khuyoi Tompok. He is one of the nine kings associated with the different designs in a historic flag of the kingdom. Other than the Cheitharol Kumbaba, the Ningthourol Lambuba and the C...
857512
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%20Levy
Mickey Levy
Michael (Mickey) Levy, Hebrew: מיכאל (מיקי) לוי , (born 21 June 1951) is an Israeli politician of Yesh Atid. Levy was born in Jerusalem. He was a major in the IDF, commander of the Judea and Samaria police district as well of the Jerusalem police district, and police attaché in the United States. Later on he was head ...
857515
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iznasen%20%28Morocco%29
Iznasen (Morocco)
Iznasen berber or Taznast (Berber : ⵜⴰⵣⵏⴰⵙⵙⵜ, Arabic : الزناتية زناسنية) is a zenati berber dialect of the tribe At Iznasen, established in the extreme north-east of Morocco in Berkane province and the north of Oujda province, before the border between Algeria and Morocco. Etymology Znasen in the Berber Zenati langu...
857518
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice%20Squad%20%281953%20movie%29
Vice Squad (1953 movie)
Vice Squad is a 1953 American crime movie directed by Arnold Laven and was based on the novel Harness Bull by Leslie T. White. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Paulette Goddard, K. T. Stevens, Porter Hall, Edward Binns, Jay Adler, Lee Van Cleef, Dan Riss and was distributed by United Artists. Other websites 1953 mo...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannigan%20%28movie%29
Brannigan (movie)
Brannigan is a 1975 British American action thriller movie directed by Douglas Hickox and starring John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, John Vernon, Ralph Meeker, Lesley Anne Down, James Booth. It was distributed by United Artists. Other websites 1975 movies 1970s action movies 1975 thriller...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind%20Date%20%281984%20movie%29
Blind Date (1984 movie)
Blind Date, also known as Deadly Seduction, is a 1984 American British Greek erotic thriller movie directed by Nico Mastorakis and starring Kirstie Alley, Joseph Bottoms, Marina Sirtis, Lana Clarkson. It was distributed by New Line Cinema. Other websites 1980s erotic movies 1984 thriller movies Greek movies Liechtens...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20national%20mottos
List of national mottos
A national motto are for the world's nations. They are chosen to describe the intent or motivation of the state in a short phrase. For example, it can be included on a country's flag, coat of arms, or a currency for that country. Examples References Mottos Heraldry National symbols
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo%20International%20Stadium
Cairo International Stadium
The Cairo International Stadium is a large stadium in Cairo, Egypt. It has a capacity of 75,000 people, and is the most visited stadium in Egypt. The stadium was opened in 1960. It was designed by Werner March, the same man who also designed the Berlin Olympic Stadium. The stadium hosts matches from the Egypt national...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/30%20June%20Stadium
30 June Stadium
30 June Stadium is a stadium in Cairo, Egypt. It has a capacity of 30,000 people. It was built by the Egyptian Air Defense Forces. The stadium is used by the Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids FC, and was one of the stadiums which hosted 2019 Africa Cup of Nations matches. On 8 February 2015, 20 football fans died...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg%20El%20Arab%20Stadium
Borg El Arab Stadium
Borg El Arab Stadium is the second largest stadium in Africa, and is in Borg El Arab, near Alexandria, Egypt. It has a capacity of 86,000 people. It hosts some matches for the Egypt national team, Smouha SC, Al Ahly SC, and Al Ittihad Alexandria Club. References Football stadiums in Egypt
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic%20acid
Organic acid
Organic acid is a type of organic compound that typically has acidic properties. A common example of organic acids are called carboxyl acids, which are generally known as weak acids and do not totally dissociate in a medium such as water, unlike with strong minerals. The simplest form of organic acids, such as acetic ...
857534
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femen
Femen
Femen is a group of people which identify as feminist. The group was founded in 2008, in Ukraine. Since then, they mostly became known for different protests, they did with their breasts exposted (topless). References Activism
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid%20Rauf
Rashid Rauf
Rashid Rauf (ca. 1981 – 22 November 2008) was a person thought to work for Al-Qaeda. He was a citizen of two countries, with them being the United Kingdom and Pakistan. He would be arrested in Bhawalpur, Pakistan as he was involved with the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot in August 2006, a day before some other arrest...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Henan%20floods
2021 Henan floods
From 17-31 July 2021, China's Henan province has been affected by flooding caused by a long period of heavy rainfall. There had been record-breaking maximum rainfall in an hour, , was seen in Zhengzhou, the capital of the province. The floods and landslides have killed least 56 people with at least 5 went missing. 585,...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuomo%20Ylipulli
Tuomo Ylipulli
Tuomo Sakari Ylipulli (3 March 1965 – 23 July 2021) was a Finnish ski jumper. He was born in Rovaniemi, Finland. He won a gold medal in the Team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He also won two gold medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1985 and 1987. Ylipulli died on 23 Jul...
857546
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%20Applewhite
Marshall Applewhite
Marshall Herff "Do" Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997) was an American cult leader. He co-founded what became known as the Heaven's Gate religious group and organized their mass suicide in 1997, which killed 39 people. Applewhite was born in Spur, Texas. In 1954, Applewhite was drafted by the United State...
857547
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy%20Gelbwaks
Jeremy Gelbwaks
Jeremy Russell Gelbwaks (born May 22, 1961) is an American former child actor who starred as Chris Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1971 on ABC. Other websites 1961 births Living people Actors from Los Angeles
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho%20Santa%20Fe%2C%20California
Rancho Santa Fe, California
Rancho Santa Fe is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California, United States. It is within the San Diego metropolitan area. ​The population was 3,117 at the 2010 census. References Census-designated places in California Settlements in San Diego County, California
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Reimer
David Reimer
David Reimer (born Bruce Peter Reimer; 22 August 1965 – 4 May 2004) was a Canadian man who was born male but raised as a girl following medical advice and after his penis was badly injured during a circumcision gone wrong in infancy. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Following the surgery, Reimer's realized that he w...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20and%20Lorena%20Bobbitt
John and Lorena Bobbitt
John Wayne Bobbitt (born March 23, 1967) and Lorena Bobbitt (née Gallo; born October 31, 1969) were an American couple married on June 18, 1989 and lived in Manassas, Virginia. Their relationship became well known in 1993 when, after claims of years of rape and abuse by her husband, Lorena cut off his penis with a knif...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20personification
National personification
A National personification are concepts such as nations, emotions, and natural forces/phenomena, such as seasons and weather in relation to personae characteristics of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political mascots and cultural depictions. List of national personifications Related pages Nat...
857560
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris%20of%20Libya
Idris of Libya
Idris (; El Sayyid Prince Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi; 13 March 1890 – 25 May 1983) was a Libyan political and religious leader. He was the Emir of Cyrenaica. Idris was the King of the United Kingdom of Libya (renamed as the Kingdom of Libya in 1963) from 1951 to 1969. He was the chief of the Senuss...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon%20Lee%20Glashow
Sheldon Lee Glashow
Sheldon Lee Glashow (, ; born December 5, 1932) is an American theoretical physicist. He is the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University. He is also a professor emeritus, at Harvard University. He is known for his works about the unification of electroweak interactions. He won the 1979 Nobel Pr...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Weinberg
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg (; May 3, 1933 – July 23, 2021) was an American theoretical physicist. He won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his works with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interactions. Weinberg was born in New York City. He studied at Cornell University a...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise%20Weinberg
Louise Weinberg
Louise Weinberg (née Goldwasser; born December 5, 1932) is an American legal scholar. She is known for being the chairholder and law professor at the University of Texas Law School. She is known for her "judicial federalism" legal theory. Weinberg was born in New York City. She studied at Cornell University and at Ha...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome%20Isaac%20Friedman
Jerome Isaac Friedman
Jerome Isaac Friedman (born March 28, 1930) is an American physicist. He is Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Henry Kendall and Richard Taylor, for work showing an internal structure for protons later k...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Way%20Kendall
Henry Way Kendall
Henry Way Kendall (December 9, 1926 – February 15, 1999) was an American particle physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor for their works on the scattering of electrons on protons and the creation of the quark model in particle physics. Kendall was born in ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst%20College
Amherst College
Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College. References Colleges and universities in Massachusetts
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedmoor%2C%20Texas
Creedmoor, Texas
Creedmoor is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Cities in Texas
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown%2C%20Texas
Jonestown, Texas
Jonestown is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Cities in Texas
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeway%2C%20Texas
Lakeway, Texas
Lakeway is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Cities in Texas
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Loewenstein
Alfred Loewenstein
Alfred Léonard Loewenstein (11 March 1877 – 4 July 1928) was a Belgian banker and businessman. Loewenstein was worth around £12 million in the currency of the time (equivalent to £ million in ), making him the third richest person in the world at the time. Loewenstein died on 4 July 1928 after his body fell out of h...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%2C%20Texas
Leonard, Texas
Leonard is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Cities in Texas
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsung-Dao%20Lee
Tsung-Dao Lee
Tsung-Dao Lee (; born November 24, 1926) is a Chinese-American physicist. He was born in Shanghai. He is known for his work on parity violation, the Lee Model, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons and soliton stars. He was a University Professor Emeritus at Columbia Univers...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Vanuatu
COVID-19 pandemic in Vanuatu
The COVID-19 pandemic in Vanuatu is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first case in Vanuatu was confirmed on 11 November 2020. The Vanuatuan Government and groups such as the Vanuatu Red Cross support and encourage vac...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin%27ichir%C5%8D%20Tomonaga
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
, usually known as Sin-Itiro Tomonaga in English, was a Japanese physicist and important in the creation of quantum electrodynamics. For this, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 along with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger. Tomonaga was born in Tokyo. Tomonaga died on July 8, 1979 in Tokyo of throat cancer, ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20C.%20C.%20Ting
Samuel C. C. Ting
Samuel Chao Chung Ting (, born January 27, 1936) is a Chinese-American physicist. With Burton Richter, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle. He has been the principal investigator in research with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Ting was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno%20Allan%20Penzias
Arno Allan Penzias
Arno Allan Penzias (; born April 26, 1933) is a German-born American physicist and radio astronomer. Along with Robert Woodrow Wilson, he discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation, which helped create the Big Bang theory of cosmology. He and Wilson won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics. Penzias was born in Mu...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr%20Kapitsa
Pyotr Kapitsa
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa or Peter Kapitza (Russian: Пётр Леонидович Капица, Romanian: Petre Capița ( – 8 April 1984) was a Soviet physicist and engineer. He was best known for his work in low-temperature physics. He won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics. References 1894 births 1984 deaths Russian physicists Russian e...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Alfred%20Fowler
William Alfred Fowler
William Alfred Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American nuclear physicist. With Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, he won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is known for his theoretical and experimental research into nuclear reactions within stars and the energy elements produced in the process. He was born ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor%2C%20Texas
Manor, Texas
Manor is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Cities in Texas
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo%20Rubbia
Carlo Rubbia
Carlo Rubbia, (born 31 March 1934) is an Italian particle physicist and inventor. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN. He was born in Gorizia, Italy. References 1934 births Living people Italian physicists Italian aca...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus%20von%20Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing (, born 28 June 1943) is a German physicist. He is known for his discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect. He was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics. References 1943 births Living people German physicists German academics
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20Ruska
Ernst Ruska
Ernst August Friedrich Ruska (25 December 1906 – 27 May 1988) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics. He helped create the design of the first electron microscope. References 1906 births 1988 deaths German physicists
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd%20Binnig
Gerd Binnig
Gerd Binnig (born 20 July 1947) is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope. References 1947 births Living people German physicists People from Frankfurt
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Bednorz
Georg Bednorz
Johannes Georg Bednorz (born 16 May 1950) is a German physicist. With K. Alex Müller, they discovered high-temperature superconductivity in ceramics, for which they shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics. References 1950 births Living people German physicists
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%20Alan%20Hulse
Russell Alan Hulse
Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. in 1993 for the discovery of a new type of pulsar and his studies on gravitational waves. In 2004, Hulse joined University of Texas at Dallas and became the F...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Hooton%20Taylor%20Jr.
Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.
Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (born March 29, 1941) is an American astrophysicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993 for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation". Taylor Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Reines
Frederick Reines
Frederick Reines ( ; March 16, 1918 – August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his works on the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment. References 1918 births 1998 deaths American physicists Scientists from New Jersey People from Paterson, New Jersey
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde%20Cowan
Clyde Cowan
Clyde Lorrain Cowan Jr (December 6, 1919 – May 24, 1974) was an American physicist. He was the co-discoverer of the neutrino along with Frederick Reines. The discovery was made in 1956 in the neutrino experiment. Frederick Reines received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 in both their names. References 1919 births ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Lee%20%28physicist%29
David Lee (physicist)
David Morris Lee (born January 20, 1931) is an American physicist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas Osheroff for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3. Lee is professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University and distinguished professor of physics at Texas A&M Uni...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Coleman%20Richardson
Robert Coleman Richardson
Robert Coleman Richardson (June 26, 1937 – February 19, 2013) was an American experimental physicist. He was known for his works on sub-millikelvin temperature studies of helium-3. He won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics. References 1937 births 2013 deaths American physicists Scientists from Washington, D.C.
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Osheroff
Douglas Osheroff
Douglas Dean Osheroff (born August 1, 1945) is an American physicist. He is known for his work in experimental condensed matter physics and for his co-discovery of superfluidity in Helium-3. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David Lee and Robert C. Richardson. References 1945 births Living people A...