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76144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan | Vulcan | Vulcan could mean:
Mythology
Vulcan (mythology), the blacksmith god of fire and volcanoes in Roman mythology
Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths identified with Vulcan.
Fiction
Vulcan (Star Trek), a race in the fictional Star Trek universe
Vulcan (Star Trek planet), home of the Vulcans
Vulcan!, a 1978 Star Trek n... |
76150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/HED%20meteorite | HED meteorite | The HED meteorites are a group of achondrite meteorite types:
Howardites
Eucrites
Diogenites
These are all thought to have come from the crust of the asteroid 4 Vesta. Their differences are due to different geologic histories of the parent rock. Their crystallization ages are between 4.43 and 4.55 billion years ag... |
76151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphic%20rock | Metamorphic rock | A metamorphic rock is a type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressure. Its name is from 'morph' (meaning form), and 'meta' (meaning change).
The original rock gets heated (temperatures greater than 150 to 200 °C) and pressured (1500 bars). This causes profound physical and/or chemical change. The or... |
76152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrusion | Extrusion | Extrusive means to the mode of igneous volcanic rock formation in which hot magma from inside the Earth flows out (extrudes) onto the surface as lava or explodes violently into the atmosphere to fall back as pyroclastics or tuff. This is opposed to intrusive rock formation, in which magma does not reach the surface.
E... |
76154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusion | Intrusion | An intrusion is magma (melted rock) which cools and becomes solid under the Earth's surface. It occurs when there are lines of weakness such as faults, joints, or bedding planes in the crust. Then magma enters these lines of weakness. By contrast, an extrusion is magma which cools into rock above the surface of the c... |
76156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation%20pressure | Radiation pressure | Radiation pressure is the pressure exerted upon any surface exposed to electromagnetic radiation. If absorbed, the pressure is the energy flux density divided by the speed of light. If the radiation is totally reflected, the radiation pressure is doubled. This happens because the waves that make up electromagnetic rad... |
76157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood%20gap | Kirkwood gap | Kirkwood gaps are areas of the asteroid belt where asteroids are unusually scarce, as seen in the graph on the right. They are caused by orbital resonances with Jupiter.
The gaps were first noticed in 1857 by Daniel Kirkwood, who also correctly explained their origin in the orbital resonances with Jupiter while a prof... |
76158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca-Al-rich%20inclusions | Ca-Al-rich inclusions | Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) are centimeter-sized light-coloured calcium and aluminium rich inclusions found in carbonaceous chondrites. CAIs contains high-temperature minerals and are among the first solids which solidified from the cooling protoplanetary disk. CAIs were formed at much higher temperatures than the ass... |
76160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucrite | Eucrite | Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites that originate from the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta, and as such are part of the HED meteorite group. They are the most common achondrite group with well over 100 distinct finds at present.
Eucrites consist of basaltic rock from the crust of 4 Vesta. They are mostly made u... |
76161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/81P/Wild | 81P/Wild | Comet 81P/Wild, also known as Wild 2, is a comet named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild (pronounced Vilt), who discovered it in 1978.
It is believed that for most of its 4.5 billion-year lifetime, Wild 2 had a more distant and circular orbit. In 1974, it passed within only about one million kilometers of the planet Ju... |
76163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel%20%28weapons%29 | Barrel (weapons) | A barrel is a part of a gun. It is a long metal tube that the bullet or projectile goes through after it is fired. Guns can have many different sizes of barrels. Usually, longer barrels make it easier for the bullet to hit the target more often. Barrels usually have spiral grooves on the inside called rifling. Barrels ... |
76164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell%20%28projectile%29 | Shell (projectile) | A shell is a type of projectile used in weapons. It is filled with explosive or other things such as an incendiary device. It is similar to a bomb but is made to be shot out of a gun. Shells are usually large caliber projectiles fired by artillery, armored vehicles (including tanks), and warships. A fuze detonates the ... |
76165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion%20thruster | Ion thruster | An ion thruster is a kind of spacecraft engine. It works by using static electricity or magnetism to push ions (electrically charged atoms) out the back of the spacecraft. It takes a very long time to speed up, but its fuel lasts much longer than a rocket engine. It has to be carried into outer space by a regular rocke... |
76166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol | Pistol | A pistol is a handgun. The word may be used broadly to mean any handgun, or narrowly to mean only a magazine pistol, as distinct from a revolver.
In a magazine pistol, the cartridges are in a magazine, which is a metal or plastic box. The magazine is usually inside the handle of the pistol. When the pistol is fired,... |
76167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submachine%20gun | Submachine gun | A submachine gun is a type of gun that shoots many bullets, usually pistol bullets, when one holds down the trigger. A submachine gun is smaller than a machine gun and can easily be carried by one person. They are often used where people need to defend themselves in small areas, or people need to fire many bullets quic... |
76168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena%20V.%20Pitjeva | Elena V. Pitjeva | Elena Vladimirovna Pitjeva is a Russian theoretical physicist at the Institute of Applied Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. She is noted for her work on ephemerides and is currently head of the Laboratory of Ephemeris Astronomy at the Institute of Applied Astronomy. Pitjeva is a member of the Inte... |
76169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist%20Reich%20Party | Socialist Reich Party | The Socialist Reich Party of Germany (German: Sozialistische Reichspartei Deutschlands) was a political party in West Germany. It was formed in 1949.
It was openly Neo-Nazi and admired Hitler. It split from the German Empire Party. Leaders included Otto Ernst Remer, a former Major General, and Fritz Dorls.
The SRP cl... |
76191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Fight%20League | International Fight League | The International Fight League was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) league and is the world's first MMA league. It was founded on January 7, 2006 and closed on July 31, 2008.
Instead of the established norm for MMA events, where matchups are strictly one-on-one affairs, each IFL card was a showdown between two tea... |
76195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20Chekhov | Anton Chekhov | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (January 29, 1860 - July 15, 1904) was a Russian writer who wrote short stories and plays.
Early life
Anton Chekhov was born in Taganrog, which is a city in Russia. His father, Pavel, was the owner of a grocery store. His mother, Yevgeniya, sometimes told Anton stories about her childhood.
In... |
76198 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour%20and%20Social%20Justice%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Electoral%20Alternative | Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative | Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative ( or WASG) was a German political party founded in 2005 by people who did not like the Social Democratic–Green government.
On 16 June 2007, it merged with The Left Party.PDS to form the a party The Left (Die Linke) party. At the time of its merger with The Left Par... |
76201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche%20Reichspartei | Deutsche Reichspartei | The Deutsche Reichspartei (DRP) (German Reich Party, German Imperial Party or German Empire Party) was a nationalist political party in West Germany. It was a merger of the German Conservative Party - Deutsche Right Party (DKP-DRP) and the old Hessian Nationaldemokratischen Partei (NDP).
Some of the DRP's founders wer... |
76206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka%20Prefecture | Fukuoka Prefecture | is a prefecture in the Kyūshū region of Japan on the island of Kyūshū. The capital city is Fukuoka.
History
The area of Fukuoka Prefecture includes the old provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen.
Timeline
November 19, 1274 (Bun'ei 11, 20th day of the 10th month): Battle of Bun'ei
August 15, 1281 (Kōan 4, 30th d... |
76207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening%20Prayer%20%28Anglican%29 | Evening Prayer (Anglican) | Evening Prayer (often called Evensong), in the Anglican Church, is the traditional service when people come to church to worship in the late afternoon or early evening. In cathedrals in Britain and in some of the old university chapels it is a service that is sung by a choir nearly every day of the week (there is usua... |
76211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regierender%20B%C3%BCrgermeister | Regierender Bürgermeister | The Regierender Bürgermeister () of Berlin is the head of government of the city. The Governing Mayor is the equivalent of the Minister President of the bigger States of Germany.
The Regierender Bürgermeister is elected by the Abgeordentenhaus (). He then appoints up to eight Senators. The Senators are ministers in c... |
76220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains is a popular alternative rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987. They have sold an estimated 15 million albums in the US alone. Alice in Chains is sometimes thought of as a heavy metal band, but is mostly considered a grunge band.
The band's first lead singer, Layne Staley, became addicte... |
76221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz%20Graf%20Schwerin%20von%20Krosigk | Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk | Johann Ludwig "Lutz" Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (22 August 1887 – 4 March 1977) was a German politician.
Early life
Johann Ludwig von Krosigk was born in Rathmannsdorf, in the Kingdom of Saxony. His father was from a noble family in Anhalt, his mother was a daughter of one of the Counts ("Graf") von Schwerin. He studi... |
76223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney%20Rejects | Cockney Rejects | The Cockney Rejects is an Oi! punk rock band that formed in the East End of London in 1979.
English punk bands |
76224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20End%20of%20London | East End of London | The East End of London, known locally as the East End, generally means the area of central London, England, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames. It is poorer and is cheaper to live in than the West End, so it has had many immigrants over the years, including Huguenot, Irish, Jews an... |
76226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suidae | Suidae | Suidae is the family to which pigs and their relatives belong. Several species are currently recognised, including the domestic pig. In addition to numerous species of wild pig, the family includes the babirusa and the warthog.
Taxonomy
Family Suidae
Genus Babyrousa: Babirusas
Genus Hylochoerus: Giant forest hogs
... |
76232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trdat%20of%20Iberia | Trdat of Iberia | T'rdat (Georgian: თრდატი), sometimes Latinized as Tiridates, of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia (Kartli, eastern Georgia) from c. 394 to 406.
Georgian chronicles have said that he is the son of Rev, son of Mirian III, the first Christian king of Iberia. He is reported to have succeeded by his relative and... |
76233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Nutcracker | The Nutcracker | The Nutcracker is a classical ballet in two acts. It is based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 fairy tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It tells the story of a little girl who goes to the Land of Sweets on Christmas Eve. Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa adapted Hoffmann's story for the ballet. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky... |
76234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20Sophene | Kingdom of Sophene | The Kingdom of Sophene (Armenian: Ծոփքի Թագավորութուն) was an ancient Armenian kingdom. Found sometime around the 3rd century B.C. the kingdom stayed independent until 90's B.C. when Tigranes the great conquered these territories as part of his empire.
Origin
The first records show that it was part of Urartu, later i... |
76241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20Katherine%20Grey | Lady Katherine Grey | Lady Katherine Grey (25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568) was the sister to Lady Jane Grey and Lady Mary Grey. Her mother was Lady Frances Brandon and Henry Grey, who were Marquess and Marchioness of Dorset and later Duke and Duchess of Suffolk.
Life
Katherine (also spelled Catherine) was born in 1540 to Lady Frances Br... |
76243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongation | Elongation | Elongation is an astronomical term that describes the angle between the Sun and a planet, as viewed from Earth.
When an inferior planet (Mercury or Venus) is visible after sunset, it is near its greatest eastern elongation. When an inferior planet is visible before sunrise, it is near its greatest western elongation. ... |
76245 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction%20%28astronomy%20and%20astrology%29 | Conjunction (astronomy and astrology) | Conjunction is a word used in astronomy and astrology. It means that, as seen from some place (usually the Earth), two celestial bodies appear near one another in the sky. The event is also sometimes known as an appulse.
The astronomical and astrological symbol of conjunction is ☌(in Unicode x260c) and handwritten:
O... |
76247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition%20%28astronomy%20and%20astrology%29 | Opposition (astronomy and astrology) | Opposition is a word used in observational astronomy (and also astrology). It is used when two objects in the sky are on the opposite side of the sky when viewed from the Earth.
In particular, two planets are in opposition to each other when their ecliptic longitudes differ by 180°. When talking about a single object... |
76248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus | Ophiuchus | Ophiuchus (Οφιούχος: say it 'Ofi-youkus'), is one of the 88 listed constellations. In Latin, it means "serpent-holder". It is near the celestial equator, and northwest of the center of the Milky Way. Ophiuchus is on the ecliptic, but is generally not considered to be in the zodiac. Its brightest star is Rasalhague.
T... |
76251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Boleyn | George Boleyn | George Boleyn (1504? - May 17 1536) was the brother of his famous sister Anne Boleyn and his other sister Mary Boleyn. His parents were Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard.
Biography
George was born in 1504, probably in Blickling, although it is unsure. George Boleyn was well known for serving the King (Henry VIII ), h... |
76252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsitsernakaberd | Tsitsernakaberd | Tsitsernakaberd () is a memorial for the victims of the Armenian Genocide. It is on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Every year on April 24, Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire carried out by the Turkish government. In 1965 to commemorate... |
76253 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Boleyn | Mary Boleyn | Mary Boleyn (about 1499 – 19 July 1543) was the older sister of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII. They had a brother named George Boleyn. There have been many stories and books about Mary Boleyn, so historians are not sure what is true about her.
Early Life
Mary was born some time between 1500 and 150... |
76256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic%20centimetre | Cubic centimetre | A cubic centimetre (symbol cm³ or cc) (U.S. spelling: cubic centimeter) is a commonly used unit of volume extending the derived SI-unit cubic metre and corresponds to the volume of a cube measuring 1 cm × 1 cm × 1 cm. One cubic centimetre corresponds to a volume of of a cubic metre, or of a litre; therefore, 1 cm³ = ... |
76257 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric%20albedo | Geometric albedo | The geometric albedo of an astronomical body is the ratio of its actual brightness at zero phase angle (i.e. as seen from the light source) to that of an idealized flat, fully reflecting, diffusively scattering (Lambertian) disk with the same cross-section.
The visual geometric albedo refers to the geometric albedo qu... |
76262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome%20to%20the%20Black%20Parade | Welcome to the Black Parade | "Welcome to the Black Parade" is the first single and fifth track from My Chemical Romance's third studio album, The Black Parade. It was released on September 11, 2006 on iTunes and October 9, 2006 on CD. It is the band's ninth single. The studio version was available on MySpace on September 2, 2006. The song became t... |
76267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance%20Day | Remembrance Day | Remembrance Day (in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom) is a day to remember people who fought and died in wars. It is on November 11. On that day in 1918 came the end of World War I with Armistice with Germany.
Remembrance Day was started in 1919 by King George V of the United Kingdom. On the same day, other ... |
76268 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%20%28botany%29 | Division (botany) | This article discusses taxonomy. For a different meaning in biology, see cell division.
In biology, a division is the equivalent of a phylum in a kingdom. Botanists use the word "division" where zoologists use the word "phylum".
References
Carroll, Robert L. 1988. Vertebrate paleontology and evolution. New York: W.H.... |
76276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona%20Lewis | Leona Lewis | Leona Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British actress and singer-songwriter.
Lewis first became famous when she won a television talent contest in Britain called The X Factor. When she won The X Factor in 2006, Lewis got a £1 million contract to make more music. She then released a song, as part of The X Factor contra... |
76277 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinny%20Woodall | Trinny Woodall | Trinny Woodall (born Sarah-Jane Woodall on 8 February 1964) is an English expert in fashion, author, television presenter and journalist.
Trinny Woodall first became famous when she presented a reality show called What Not to Wear with Susannah Constantine on the BBC. She then was on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004 and... |
76278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah%20Constantine | Susannah Constantine | Susannah Caroline Constantine (born June 3, 1962) is an English television presenter, fashion expert, author and journalist. In her early career, Constantine worked with famous fashion designers like John Galliano. She met Trinny Woodall in 1994 at a party and wrote about fashion in a newspaper called The Telegraph. Su... |
76279 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Wintour | Anna Wintour | Dame Anna Wintour DBE (born 3 November 1949) is the English editor-in-chief of American Vogue, a position she has held since 1988.
Life
Anna Wintour stopped going to school at 16 and started her career in fashion. She worked on magazines in America called New York and Home & Garden. She then went back to Britain and w... |
76283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20Saxony | Kingdom of Saxony | The Kingdom of Saxony (), existed from 1806 until 1918.
From 1871 it was part of the German Empire, and after World War I it became part of the Weimar Republic. Its capital was the city of Dresden, and its modern successor state is the Free State of Saxony.
Before 1806 Saxony was the Electorate of Saxony in the Hol... |
76297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxe-Meiningen | Saxe-Meiningen | The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Ernestine duchies.
The dukes were never very important in forming the history of Europe, and unlike their relative in the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha never set out to form a long lasting dynasty.
Like all of the German monarchies the duchy became part of the Weimar Republ... |
76323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilenburg | Eilenburg | Eilenburg is a town in the north of the state of Saxony (eastern Germany). The town lies on the banks of the river Mulde ca. 20 kilometres northeastern the city of Leipzig. It belongs to the Nordsachsen Rural District and is subdivided into the urban districts Mitte, Ost and Berg (Stadtteile) and the villages Behlitz, ... |
76333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Misfits | The Misfits | The Misfits were a punk rock band from New Jersey. They are usually classified as a hardcore punk or horror punk band. They often played in theatrical makeup to look spooky. They had themes mostly from old movies, especially horror movies. The lead singer was Glenn Danzig. Danzig later formed Samhain and then Danzig. O... |
76338 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistula | Vistula | The Vistula (Polish: Wisła) is the longest river in Poland. It is 1,047 km (678 miles) long.
How it flows
Tributaries
The following is the list of right and left tributaries and the name of a city close by, listed from source to mouth:
Right tributaries
Brennica – Skoczów
Iłownica
Biała – Czechowice-Dziedzice
S... |
76348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnah | Sunnah | The word Sunnah (Arabic: سنة) is an Arabic word meaning "tradition" or "way." For Muslims, Sunnah means "the way of the prophet". Sunnites try to follow his words, actions and teachings.
Muslim scholars learn about the Sunnah by studying thousands of stories about Muhammad, his family, and his first followers. Th... |
76350 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa%20Mosque | Al-Aqsa Mosque | Al-Aqsa Mosque ("The Farthest Mosque") is a mosque, or a place where Muslims go to worship, and it is in East Jerusalem/Baitulmaqdis.
History
Abdul Malik ibn Marwan asked for the mosque to be built, but he died before they finished building it, and it was finished by his son Al-Walid I in 705 AD. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is... |
76352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkh%20Province | Balkh Province | Balkh () is a province in the northern part of Afghanistan. Its capital is Mazar-i-Sharif. Most of its people are Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks.
Related pages
Balkh
References
Provinces of Afghanistan |
76360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight%20Hicks | Dwight Hicks | Dwight Hicks was born April 5, 1956 in Mount Holly, New Jersey. He was a professional American football player. He played the defensive back position for the Toronto Argonauts in 1978. He also played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers from 1979 to 1985 and for the Indianapolis Colts in 19... |
76362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20gravity | Surface gravity | The surface gravity, g, of an astronomical or other object is the gravitational acceleration experienced at its surface. The surface gravity may be thought of as the acceleration caused by the gravity experienced by a hypothetical test particle which is very close to the object's surface and which, in order not to dist... |
76363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation%20period | Rotation period | In astronomy, a rotation period is the time an astronomical object takes to complete one revolution around its rotation axis relative to the background stars. For the Earth this is a sidereal day. It is different from a solar day, which is measured by the passage of the Sun across the local meridian.
Other websites
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76365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular%20size | Angular size | Angular size is a measurement of how large or small something is using rotational measurement. It is useful for measuring things that are so far away that they appear two dimensional.
Other websites
Small-Angle Formula
Visual Aid to the Apparent Size of the Planets
Measurement |
76367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo | Albedo | The albedo of an object is the extent to which it reflects light, defined as
the ratio of reflected to incident electromagnetic radiation. It is a unitless measure indicative of a surface's or body's diffuse reflectivity. The word is derived from albus, a Latin word for "white".
Other websites
Albedo - Encyclopedia ... |
76368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin%20Olds | Robin Olds | Robin Olds (born July 14, 1922, died June 14, 2007) was a member of the United States Air Force. He was one of the first jet fighter pilots. In World War II, he flew a P-38 Lightning and a P-51 Mustang. In the Vietnam War, he was a commander and was angry about lack of dogfight training. He flew an F-4 Phantom II. In 1... |
76370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20Mary%20Grey | Lady Mary Grey | Lady Mary Grey (1545- 20 April 1578) was the sister of Lady Jane Grey and Lady Katherine Grey. Her parents were Lady Frances Brandon and Henry Grey.
Life
Mary Grey's parents were disappointed with her birth, because she was a girl and a hunchback. She was described as "four foot tall and hunchbacked".
Mary's life wa... |
76382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-speaking%20Community%20of%20Belgium | German-speaking Community of Belgium | The German-speaking Community of Belgium (, short DGB) is one of the three federal communities in Belgium. It is the main part of the so-called East Cantons () of Belgium. It has an area of , and a population of over 73,000, of which almost 100% are German speaking (traditionally Ripuarian-speaking).
Its capital is Eu... |
76384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20Durham | County Durham | County Durham is a county in north-east England. There are four different types of county:
the historic County of Durham
the administrative county of Durham
the ceremonial county of Durham
the non-metropolitan county of Durham
Its county town is Durham.
The form of the county name is unique in England. Many coun... |
76388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan%20Mountains | Balkan Mountains | The Balkan mountain range (Bulgarian and Serbian: Стара планина, Stara planina, "Old Mountain") is an extension of the Carpathian mountain range, separated from it by the Danube River.
The Balkan range runs 560 km from eastern Serbia eastward through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea.
The highest peak o... |
76389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian%20Mountains | Carpathian Mountains | The Carpathian Mountains are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Central Europe, curving 1500 km (~900 miles) along the borders of Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Serbia, and northern Hungary.
Geography
The Carpathians begin on the Danube near Bratislava. They su... |
76390 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squamata | Squamata | Squamata ("scaled reptiles") is the order of reptiles which includes lizards and snakes.
Their skins have overlapping horny scales. They also have movable quadrate bones, which make it possible to move the upper jaw relative to the braincase. This is particularly visible in snakes, which are able to open their mouths... |
76391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingu | Pingu | Pingu is a cartoon series for children about a penguin called Pingu. The series is popular in many countries because the characters only make sounds instead of saying words.
History
Pingu was made in Switzerland and United Kingdom on March 7, 1990. The show was made by Otmar Gutmann. It aired on CBBC from 1990 to 2002... |
76394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra%20mountains | Tatra mountains | The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra (Tatry in both Slovak and Polish), constitute a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They occupy an area of 750 km², the major part (600 km²) of which lies in Slovakia. The highest Tatra peak, at 2655 m, is Gerlachovský štít, located in Slovakia. ... |
76395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20G.%20Wells | Frank G. Wells | Franklin G. Wells (March 4, 1932 - April 3, 1994) was the former President of Warner Bros. (1973-1977) and the Walt Disney Company (1984-1994). He climbed the highest mountain of every continent, but he did not reach the summit of the Mount Everest.
Frank Wells was born in 1932. At age 37, he became the Vice President... |
76399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect | Perfect | Perfect could mean:
Perfection (concept), a philosophical concept
Perfection (law), a legal concept
Perfect aspect, a grammatical concept
Perfect, Liz homeberg
In mathematics:
Perfect number
Perfect group
Perfect set
Perfect graph
In biology:
In botany and mycology, an organism is considered perfect if it ... |
76417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi%20Tree | Bodhi Tree | The Bodhi Tree was a large and very old sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa). It was at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya. Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism, later known as Gautama Buddha, achieved Bodhi (spiritual enlightenment) while sitting under this tree. The Bodhi tree is easily recog... |
76418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Hope | Bob Hope | Leslie Townes Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), better known as Bob Hope, was an American-English actor, comedian and entertainer. He was the only person who received five honorary Oscars.
Early life
Bob Hope was born on May 29, 1903, in London, England to a Welsh mother and English father. In 1908, the Hopes mig... |
76430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn%20French | Dawn French | {{Infobox comedian
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| caption = French at the 2005 Make Poverty History march.
| birth_name = Dawn Roma French
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| birth_place = Holyhead, Wales, UK
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76441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-au-Prince | Port-au-Prince | Port-au-Prince (Pòtoprens in Kreyòl) is the capital city of Haiti. Haiti is also divided into ten Départements; Port-au-Prince is the capital of the Ouest Département.
Port-au-Prince is Haiti's largest city. According to the country's 2015 census, over 2.6 million people lived there.
History
Port-au-Prince was bui... |
76444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamelin | Hamelin | Hameln (English name sometimes Hamelin) is a city in Germany. In 2005, about 58,000 people lived there. A very well-known story from there is called The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Der Rattenfänger von Hameln). The story dates from the Middle Ages.
References
Other websites
Official website
Historic Photographer of Ham... |
76450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich%20MiG-25 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 | The MiG-25 Foxbat is a fast fighter plane made made by Russian airplane company Mikoyan. Its primary goal is to attack enemies at high speed and altitude. It first flew in 1964 and was introduced in 1970. In 1976, a Soviet MiG-25 pilot left the Soviet Union and flew his plane to Japan, where it was looked at. It is ver... |
76454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-major%20and%20semi-minor%20axes | Semi-major and semi-minor axes | In geometry, the semi-major axis is the distance from the center of an ellipse to the farthest point on the perimeter of the ellipse. The semi-major axis is half of the major axis, which goes all the way across the ellipse at the widest part. The semi-minor axis is a line segment that is at 90 degrees with the semi-maj... |
76455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis | Apsis | In astronomy, an apsis, plural apsides (IPA: //) is the point of greatest or least distance of the elliptical orbit of an astronomical object from its center of attraction, which is generally the center of mass of the system.
The point of closest approach is called the periapsis or pericentre and the point of farthest... |
76456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital%20eccentricity | Orbital eccentricity | In astrodynamics, orbital eccentricity shows how much the shape of an object's orbit is different from a circle.
Eccentricity () is defined for all circular, elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic orbits. It can take the following values:
for circular orbits: is equal to zero,
for elliptical orbits: is more than zero bu... |
76457 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical%20unit | Astronomical unit | The astronomical unit (AU) is a unit of length derived from the Earth's orbit. It is the average distance the Earth gets from the Sun on the long axis of the ellipse. Its definition is: the length of the semi-major axis of the Earth's elliptical orbit around the Sun. "Semi-major" means half the long axis.
The AU is ... |
76463 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree%20%28angle%29 | Degree (angle) | In mathematics, a degree is a common way to measure plane angle. It is written with the symbol , where corresponds to the entire circle.
It is not an SI unit. The SI uses radian to measure plane angle. However, according to the SI brochure, it is an accepted unit by SI.
History
The actual reason of choosing the deg... |
76467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch%20%28astronomy%29 | Epoch (astronomy) | In astronomy, an epoch (or sometimes epochal moment) is a moment in time for which the position or the orbital elements of a celestial body are specified.
The position at other times can be measured by taking into account proper motion or orbital motion. In the case of orbital elements for a solar system body, these c... |
76471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian%20day | Julian day | The Julian day or Julian day number (JDN) is the number of days that have passed since the initial epoch defined as noon Universal Time (UT) Monday, 1 January 4713 BC in the Julian calendar. That noon-to-noon day is defined as Julian day 0. Thus all JDNs that are evenly divisible by 7 are Mondays. Negative values may a... |
76480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatball | Meatball | A meatball is meat that is ground up (finely cut), mixed with other ingredients, then shaped like a ball. Most meatballs are made out of beef. Meatballs can also be made out of chicken, fish, or other kinds of meat. The other ingredients (parts) are usually bread, onion, and eggs. Meatballs can be cooked by frying, bak... |
76484 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mand%C3%A9%20people | Mandé people | Mandé or Manding is a region between southern Mali and eastern Guinea. The Hunters from Wagadou (or Ouagadou) founded Mandé, the Mandingo country, notably the mythical ancestors Kontron and Sanin, at the origin of the Malinké and Bambaras hunter brotherhood. This country was famous for the large number of animals and g... |
76485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou%20Toumani%20Tour%C3%A9 | Amadou Toumani Touré | General (ret) Amadou Toumani Touré (November 4, 1948 – November 10, 2020) was the president of Mali. He took power from a military ruler, Moussa Traoré in 1991, then he gave power to civilian (non-military) authorities in 1992. He won the presidential election in 2002. He won the next election easily in 2007. He was ... |
76487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana%20Empire | Ghana Empire | Do not confuse this with the modern country Ghana.
The Ghana Empire was in what is now southeastern Mauritania, Western Mali, and Eastern Senegal. It is also sometimes called the Wagadu Empire. It started in about 750 and ended in about 1076.
They had two sides; Muslim and Non-muslim what divided them was a 6 mile ... |
76488 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali%20Empire | Mali Empire | The Mali Empire was a West African country from 1235 to 1645. The Mandinka people lived there. It is also called the Manding Empire or Manden Kurufa. Sundiata Keita started the empire and the empire became famous because its rulers were very rich, especially Mansa Musa I. The Mali Empire had many important cultural eff... |
76489 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu | Timbuktu | Timbuktu is a city in Tombouctou Region, Mali. Sankore University and other madrasas are in the city. The city was important for thinking and for religion in the 15th and 16th centuries. It was important in spreading Islam through Africa at that time. There are three great mosques: Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahya... |
76495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne%20Demessieux | Jeanne Demessieux | Jeanne Demessieux (born Montpellier, France, 13 February 1921; died Paris, 11 November 1968), was a French organist and composer.
Early years
She started to learn the piano when she was very young, before taking up the organ. Her family moved to Paris so that she could continue to have music lessons there. She becam... |
76523 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20mouse | House mouse | House mouse (Mus musculus) the common mouse is one of the species of the genus Mus. Often, it is just called a mouse. It is a small rodent. In most parts of the world, they live close to humans. Laboratory mice are types of house mice and are some of the most important organisms used for research in biology and medici... |
76527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology | Scientology | Scientology is a movement based on a system of beliefs. These beliefs are based on written words by L. Ron Hubbard. A few other people have added, but almost all of it is his. He started it in 1954. Hubbard contributed until his death in 1986.
Different people understand the words Hubbard wrote differently. In so... |
76536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Gravel | Mike Gravel | Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel (May 13, 1930 – June 26, 2021) was an American Democratic politician. He was member of the Libertarian Party from 2008 to 2010 when he re-joined the Democratic Party. He served as a United States Senator from Alaska (1969-1981) and, previously, as member of the Alaska House of Representativ... |
76537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iva%20Zanicchi | Iva Zanicchi | Iva Zanicchi (born 18 January 1940) is an Italian singer and politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 - 2014.
Discography
Albums
1965 Iva Zanicchi
1967 Fra noi
1968 Unchained Melody
1970 Iva senza tempo
1970 Caro Theodorakis... Iva
1971 Caro Aznavour
1971 Shalom
1972 Fantasia
1972 Da... |
76540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20German%20Confederation | North German Confederation | The North German Confederation (), was first a military alliance of 22 states of northern Germany, and later a federal state. It was preceded by a Zollverein, a customs union that allowed free trade among most German states. The Confederation started in August 1866, and the Kingdom of Prussia was the leading state. On ... |
76541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG%20Alley | MiG Alley | MiG Alley was a place during the Korean War that had a lot of North Korean MiG-15 Fagots in the area. It was over north west North Korea, near China. F-86 Sabres mainly fought the MiGs. Some of the pilots were Russian fighter pilots from World War II and were very well trained. They were called "honchos" (Japanese for ... |
76549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBackup | NetBackup | Veritas' NetBackup is a data backup software for Windows and Linux.
Software |
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