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6661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi%20Annan | Kofi Annan | Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat. He served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. He did this from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. They were awarded the prize "for their work f... |
6662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Nations%20General%20Assembly | United Nations General Assembly | The United Nations General Assembly is made up of all United Nations member states. The Assembly meets once a year, which usually begins on the third Tuesday in September and ends in mid-December. The first meeting was held on 10 January 1946.
Voting in the General Assembly on important questions, for example suggesti... |
6663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining | Mining | Explosives that explode when they are hit are also called mine; Two common types are Land mines and Naval mines.
Mining is the process of digging things out of the ground. Any material that cannot be grown must be mined. Mining things from the ground is called extraction. Mining can include extraction of metals and... |
6664 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomber | Bomber | A bomber is a type of airplane that is used to attack ground targets, mainly by dropping bombs. The first bombers were made at the start of World War I.
Bombers often fly low to the ground to confuse enemy radar. Most cannot fly very fast. Because of this, bombers are not outfitted to fight other airplanes. To make up... |
6666 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull | Bull | A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species Bos taurus. They are more muscular and aggressive than the female of the species, the cow. The bull has long been an important symbol in many cultures, and plays a large role in beef ranching, dairy farming. They are also important in other cultural ac... |
6673 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntingdon%20Life%20Sciences | Huntingdon Life Sciences | Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) are the largest animal testing company in Europe. They were founded in 1951 and are based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. They also have a laboratory in New Jersey, United States. Huntingdon Life Sciences is an international contract research organisation offering a compreh... |
6674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Huntingdon is a town in Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. It stands on the River Ouse near the A1, a major road in England.
History
The town was chartered in 1205 and founded by Anglo-Saxons.
Huntingdon also has the largest meadow in England; Portholme Meadow. There are many small villages in Huntingdon, it has a... |
6678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom | Condom | A condom is a thin cover that is put on a man's penis and used during sexual intercourse. It is normally made of latex. Condoms are a form of birth control, they can prevent a pregnancy. They can also prevent the spread of certain sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea, syphilis, or HIV. Another name for... |
6684 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka | Osaka | is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture which faces Osaka Bay and the Seto Inland Sea.
Osaka is in the Kansai region. It is the economic and cultural center of the Kansai region.
Since 1980 it had been the second largest city in Japan.
It is a city designated by government ordinance in Japan.
Osaka is surrounde... |
6693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano | Piano | The piano is an acoustic, keyboard and stringed musical instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the per... |
6695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%20Islands | Channel Islands | The Channel Islands are a group of islands near the coast of France. The five largest islands are:
Guernsey
Jersey
Alderney
Sark
Herm
Industry
The main industries are tourism, horticulture (growing plants for food) and financial services (businesses to do with money). Most people speak English, although some peo... |
6697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism | Hedonism | Hedonism is the view that pleasure and suffering are the basis for what is good or bad. It is a that first appeared in ancient philosophy. "" is the ancient Greek word for "pleasure". There are many different beliefs in hedonism. But in all forms of hedonism, people think that what makes them happy is good. They also ... |
6706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen | Shinkansen | The is a group of high-speed rail lines in Japan, upon which the famous "Bullet Trains" run. It is the world's first high-speed rail.
The Shinkansen are run by the many JR companies. In the past, Japan Railway was called Japanese National Railways. It is now one group of private companies. JR also run commuter trains... |
6709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper | Copper | Copper is a chemical element. It is the 29th element in the periodic table. Its atomic weight is 63.55. It is a transition metal in the middle of the periodic table. The symbol for copper is "Cu", which comes from the Latin word cuprum, which, in turn, came from the Latin word for the island of Cyprus, where copper was... |
6710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince | Prince | A prince is a male member of a royal family. A female prince is called a princess.
Each royal family has its own rules saying who is called a prince. In most of these families, the son of a king or a queen is a prince. In some families, the son of a prince is also a prince. In Monaco and Lichtenstein, the ruler of ... |
6711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess | Princess | A princess is a female member of a royal family. A son of a monarch is called a prince. A princess may become a ruler by heredity or by marriage. Sometimes the expression "princess" is used when a female has noble qualities such as kindness, charity, and virtue.
Stubs |
6712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore | Ore | An ore is a mineral which has a valuable metal inside it. Ores are usually extracted by being mined. They can sometimes be found on the Earth's surface. Most ores are chemical compounds such as oxides or sulfides. There are different ways to get the metal out of the ore. Iron ore, for example, is smelted in a blast f... |
6713 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainesville%2C%20Florida | Gainesville, Florida | Gainesville is a city in north-central Florida in the United States. It is the county seat of Alachua County.
It is home to the University of Florida, the largest public university in the state. An alligator (Gator) named Albert is the mascot of the University of Florida. (A mascot is a symbol of qualities the school... |
6714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Florida | University of Florida | The University of Florida (UF) is a public university that is in Gainesville, Florida in the United States. The campus is 2,000 acres and has more than 900 structures, as well as other locations in the state of Florida. Important research activities at the university are in medicine, at Shands Hospital, and in agricult... |
6715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men | X-Men | The fictional characters, the X-Men, are a team of superheroes who were born with special mutant powers, making them different from regular humans. The X-Men characters are owned by Marvel Comics, which publishes comic books featuring them as well as many other superheroes. The comic book was one of the first to combin... |
6717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Man | Iron Man | Iron Man is a fictional superhero who wears a suit of armor. His alter ego is Tony Stark. He was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Larry Lieber for Marvel Comics in Tales of Suspense #39 in the year 1963 and appears in their comic books. He is also one of the main protagonists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Iron M... |
6725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andris%20Piebalgs | Andris Piebalgs | Andris Piebalgs (born September 17, 1957, in Valmiera) is a Latvian politician. Since 22 November 2004 he has been the European Commissioner for Energy.
He was born in Valmiera and was educated at the University of Latvia in Riga. He worked as a teacher in Valmiera in the 1980s. After Latvia became independent from th... |
6728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto%20Pinochet | Augusto Pinochet | General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November 25, 1915 – December 10, 2006) was a Chilean army general who led Chile from 1973 to 1990, who came to power after he overthrew Salvador Allende, a socialist president.
Early life
Pinochet was born in Valparaíso, Chile.
Career
Pinochet was a high ranking general in ... |
6732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma%20%28physics%29 | Plasma (physics) | Plasma is a 4th state of matter.
Plasma is created by adding energy to a gas so that some of its electrons leave its atoms. This is called ionization. It results in negatively charged electrons, and positively charged ions. Unlike the other states of matter, the charged particles in a plasma will react strongly to el... |
6742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puebla%20%28state%29 | Puebla (state) | Puebla is a state of Mexico. The capital of Puebla is also called Puebla. The volcanos Malinche, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl are in the state of Puebla.
States of Mexico |
6743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Aykroyd | Dan Aykroyd | Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor in theater and motion pictures. He also is a script writer, director and producer
Short biography
Aykroyd was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His parents were Peter and Lorraine Aykroyd. He studied criminology and social science at Carleton University. He... |
6744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Belushi | John Belushi | John Belushi (January 24, 1949 - March 5, 1982) was an American actor in movies and television shows.
Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois. His mother was the daughter of Albanian immigrants; his father was an immigrant from Albania. His brother is James Belushi, who is also an actor.
John was co-captain of the foot... |
6745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blues%20Brothers | The Blues Brothers | The Blues Brothers (Elwood Blues and Joliet "Jake" Blues) are fictional characters which became well known from the TV show Saturday Night Live.
Elwood Blues was first played by Dan Aykroyd, in his radio program on Blues music. Jake Blues was played by John Belushi.
In 1980, Aykroyd and Belushi starred in the movie c... |
6748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnhem | Arnhem | Arnhem is a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the eastern province Guelders (Gelderland). Arnhem has 159,265 citizens (as of 1 January 2019), the agglomeration 722,181 (Arnhem-Nijmegen conurbation). It is in the top-15 of largest cities in the Netherlands.
History
The history of Arnhem goes back to the Mid... |
6749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNIL | KNIL | KNIL is the abbreviation for a Dutch army. This army was in what is now called Indonesia. The official name is Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger (Royal Dutch-East Indies Army)
Indonesia was a Dutch colony from 1800 to 1949. It was then called Nederlandsch Indië (Dutch East Indies). The KNIL taskforce was sent ther... |
6750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronbeek | Bronbeek | Bronbeek is a former Royal palace in Arnhem, the Netherlands. It is now a museum and a home for elderly soldiers.
Bronbeek was built early 19th century. In 1845 the Dutch King William III bought Bronbeek. He donated it to the Dutch state in 1859. William wanted it to be a home for disabled KNIL soldiers. The inhabitan... |
6751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Bowie | David Bowie | David Robert Jones OAL (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally by his stage name David Bowie, was an English rock musician and actor.
Early life
Bowie was born on 8 January 1947 in 40 Stansfield Road, Brixton, London.He grew up in Bromley, Kent. He played the saxophone. He was a singer in London blues... |
6752 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952 | 1952 | .
Events
January 8 – West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders.
January 24 – Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria.
January 24 – Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada.
Unknown date – Pakistan's first test match.
Unknown date – The Asiatic cheetah was declared extinct... |
6754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito%20Mussolini | Benito Mussolini | Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini KSMOM GCTE (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist. He was also the Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 until 1943. He was the leader of the National Fascist Party.
Biography
Early life
Benito Mussolini was named after Benito Juarez, a Mexican opponent of... |
6755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet%20state | Puppet state | A puppet state is a country that is officially independent but is not so in practice. Puppet governments are usually kept in power by military force provided by an occupying country.
It is a biased term and is used in criticizing the government of the alleged puppet state.
Examples
Examples of puppet states before Wo... |
6756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana%20republic | Banana republic | A banana republic is a politically unstable country whose economy depends on the export of one product in limited supply, such as bananas or minerals. A banana republic has social classes that are divided by wealth. These include a large, poor working class and a small ruling class made up of the businessmen, politicia... |
6757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana%20Republic | Banana Republic | Banana Republic is a clothing and accessories retailer. The retailer is owned by Gap Inc.. The restaurant was created by both Mel and Patricia Ziegler in 1978. The first store they opened was a two-store safari and travel themed clothing company. Banana Republic was acquired by The Gap, Inc. in 1983 and was rebranded a... |
6760 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20Holland | Kingdom of Holland | The Kingdom of Holland was a country that existed from 1806 to 1810. It was in Central and North Netherlands and East Friesland in Germany. It was a puppet state created by France. The king of Holland was Louis Bonaparte.
Related pages
Holland
Puppet states
19th-century establishments in the Netherlands
19th-century ... |
6761 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Emmanuel%20III%20of%20Italy | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | Victor Emmanuel III (11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was king of Italy from 29 July 1900 to 9 May 1946. He was the son and successor of King Umberto I. He was a member of the House of Savoy.
Early life
Victor was born in Naples. His mother was Queen Margherita of Savoy. He became king in 1900, at age 31, after hi... |
6763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter%20ego | Alter ego | An alter ego (from Latin, "other I") is another self — a second personality within a person. It is also called leading a double life. The term "alter ego" was first used in the 19th century. It was inventory by psychologists in talking about dissociative identity disorder.
For example, in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll... |
6764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy%20Stardust | Ziggy Stardust | Ziggy Stardust is a fictional character. Ziggy was created and used by David Bowie, from 1970 to 1973.
Bowie used Ziggy Stardust as a second personality (alter ego). Ziggy appeared to be neither male nor female.
Ziggy's band was The Spiders From Mars. They recorded a couple of albums:
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stard... |
6765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Spiders%20from%20Mars | The Spiders from Mars | The Spiders from Mars was a Rock band from 1970 to 1973. It was a project from David Bowie. Bowie himself was the lead-singer. He created a secondary personality (alter ego) for this purpose: Ziggy Stardust. Ziggy's 'life' came to an end in a live concert at Hammersmith Odeon, on July 3, 1973. This show was in 1983 rel... |
6766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Schumacher | Michael Schumacher | Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969 in Hürth, near Cologne) is a German Formula 1 driver. He is widely considered the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time. He has won seven world championship titles and has the most Grand Prix victories in the world. This champion, nicknamed campionissimo by Italian fans of Ferrar... |
6774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokohama | Yokohama | is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū.
Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture in the Kantō region. Yokohama is a neighbor city of Tokyo. It has been the second largest city of Japan since the 1980s.
Yokohama has an international trade seaport. It is the largest port in Japan. ... |
6777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis%20countries | Axis countries | Axis countries and Axis Powers are the names for some countries that fought together against the Allies during World War II. The war ended in 1945 with the Axis powers losing and their alliances broken.
Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis Powers
The most important Axis countries formed an alliance called the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Ax... |
6780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis | Axis | Axis means several things:
In mathematics, an axis (mathematics) is a straight line around which a geometric figure can be rotated, or the axis of a graph.
In anatomy, an axis (anatomy) is a vertebra.
In history, the Axis countries were a group of countries that worked together in World War II.
The Axis of Evil |
6786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic%20language | Icelandic language | Icelandic is the language spoken by the people of Iceland.
It is a Germanic language. It comes from the Old Norse language, the language spoken by the Vikings. Because Iceland is far away from other countries, the language has not changed much. Icelandic people can still read words from hundreds of years ago.
Iceland... |
6790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passu | Passu | Passu is a small village by the Khunjerab River in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It lies at an altitude of 2500m (8202.1 feet). The Batura and Passu glaciers and the Karakoram Highway are close to the village. The people speak the Wakhi language and follow the Ismaili sect of Islam.
Other websites
Passu Village
around ... |
6792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator | Equator | The equator is a line which is not real drawn around a sphere or planet, such as the Earth. It is one of the lines known as a line of latitude, or circle of latitude. The name "equator" is Latin for "even-maker"; at equator the day and night are exactly the same length around the year.
The equator is halfway between t... |
6793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket | Rocket | A rocket may be a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which is pushed by a rocket engine. Some big rockets are launch vehicles and some are manned (e.g. Saturn V). Other rockets, for example missiles, are unmanned. ("Manned" means that a person is in it; "unmanned" means that the machine goes without a pers... |
6797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisor | Advisor | An advisor (or adviser) is someone who gives advice. (Someone who advises.) The job of an advisor is to give good advice that helps the person that he or she is advising. Usually, only certain people, like businessmen or politicians, have advisors. This is because these kinds of people are usually very busy, and they d... |
6799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS | MacOS | macOS, formerly Mac OS X from 2001 to 2012 and OS X until 2016, is the name of an operating system for computers made by Apple Inc. These are called Macintosh computers, or Macs. It differs from other computers, as macOS is supposed to run only on Macs and not on other computers. However, people have made the OS run on... |
6800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendsburg | Rendsburg | Rendsburg (Danish: Rendsborg) is a town in Schleswig-Holstein with 30,000 people.
References
Other websites |
6803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Chirac | Jacques Chirac | Jacques René Chirac (29 November 1932 – 26 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra from 1995 to 2007. He was re-elected in 2002. Before that, he was Prime Minister of France twice, and Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
Assassination att... |
6805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Jeckle | Mario Jeckle | Mario Jeckle (25 August 1974 – 11 June 2004) was a German computer scientist.
From 1997 to 2003, Jeckle attended the University of Applied Science in Augsburg. In 1998, he received his computer science degree for his thesis (paper) "Prozeßkettenmodellierung am Beispiel der Gießwerkzeugentwicklung und prototypische Im... |
6812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty%20Years%27%20War | Eighty Years' War | The Eighty Years' War, also called Dutch Revolt, was a war between the Netherlands and Spain. It lasted from 1568 to 1648 but was interrupted by a truce between 1609 and 1621. The Peace of Westphalia ended the war. The Netherlands achieved independence in the Eighty Years' War.
Wars involving England
Wars involving ... |
6814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponent | Exponent | In mathematics, an exponent indicates how many copies of a number (known as the base) is multiplied together.
For example, in the number , 5 is the base and 4 is the exponent. This can be read as "5 to the power of 4". Therefore, in this example, four copies of 5 are multiplied together, which means that .
In genera... |
6815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moresnet | Moresnet | Moresnet or Neutral Moresnet () was a very small territory that existed from 1816 to 1919. It had a size of 3.5 km². It existed because its neighbours could not agree on who should own it, so they decided to make it a neutral territory where both neighbours would both have power. It was 7 km Southwest of Aix-la-Chapell... |
6822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGyver | MacGyver | MacGyver was an American television series. It was first shown in September 1985 on the television network, ABC. The main character, Angus MacGyver (played by Richard Dean Anderson), often prevented inevitable defeats, saved lives, distracted enemies, made weapons, and even performed everyday tasks usually using very ... |
6825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2022 | December 22 |
Events
Up to 1900
69 - Roman Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian Stairs in Rome.
401 - Pope Innocent I is elected.
856 - An earthquake, near Donghan, Persia, kills an estimated 200,000 people.
880 - China: Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Cha... |
6826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2024 | December 24 |
Events
Up to 1900
563 - Second inauguration of the Hagia Sophia, then a cathedral.
640 - Pope John IV is elected.
759 - China: Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu leaves for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.
1294 - Pope Boniface VIII is elected, after the resignation of Pope Celestine V.
1717 - A North Se... |
6828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark | Quark | A quark is an elementary particle which makes up hadrons, the most stable of which are protons and neutrons. Atoms are made of protons, neutrons and electrons. It was once thought that all three of those were fundamental particles, which cannot be broken up into anything smaller, but after the invention of the particle... |
6829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Hemisphere | Northern Hemisphere | The Northern Hemisphere is the part of the planet that is north of the equator. It has about 90 percent of the world's population and most of the world's land. All of North America and Europe are in the Northern Hemisphere. Most of Asia, two-thirds of Africa and 10 percent of South America are also in this hemisphere. ... |
6830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday | Yesterday | Yesterday might mean:
The day before today
"Yesterday" (Beatles song), a popular song by The Beatles from their album Help!
"Yesterday", a movie named after the song about a man who becomes the only person in the world to remember The Beatles after ending up in a freak accident.
Basic English 850 words |
6832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah | Messiah | Messiah or the Anointed One is the figure promised by God to the Jews for the salvation of the world. The Jews think that the Messiah will be a human being that will save Israel and lead the whole world into the End Of Days and eternal peace.
Other people in real life or fiction are called messianic if they have the ... |
7071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar%20Ch%C3%A1vez | César Chávez | Cesar Chavez (born César Estrada Chávez (March 31, 1927April 23, 1993) was an American farmworker, labor leader and civil rights activist. Chávez started the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) along with Dolores Huerta. He wanted equal rights for Mexicans working in the United States. This union became the Unite... |
7073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton%2C%20Ontario | Hamilton, Ontario | Hamilton is a medium-sized city in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Factories and businesses
For over 150 years, Hamilton has had factories. For over 100 years, most of them have been steel factories like Stelco and Dofasco. Since the strike of 1946, the workers at Stelco have had a trade union. The workers at Dofasc... |
7075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape | Shape | A shape is a geometric figure that can be described with mathematics. One way to classify shapes is to describe a bigger kind of shape that the shape is one of. For example, they can be classified by their different numbers of dimensions. Thus, circles are two-dimensional shapes so, like other 2D shapes, they will fit ... |
7079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quechua | Quechua | Quechua, sometimes written Quichua or Ketchua, is a language spoken by 8 million people in the South American nations of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina and Colombia. It was also the language of the ancient Inca Empire. It's part of the Quechuan languages family.
It is the most-spoken Native American language in Sou... |
7082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking%20water | Drinking water | Drinking water, also known as potable water, is water that is safe to drink or to use for food preparation.
Water in rivers, stream, lakes and underground may contain organisms that cause disease. It may also contain chemicals that might cause illness.
'Water treatment' involves filtering the water through sand beds... |
7085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen | Pen | A pen (Latin: pinna, feather) is a tool used for writing or drawing. The ink of the pen is pressed onto paper and dries very fast.
Reed pens are the oldest known type of pen. They were made from reeds growing in the delta of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians invented them, and also invented black ink, using soot and gum... |
7091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet | Leet | Leet (sometimes written as "1337" or "l33t"), also known as eleet or leet-speak, is another alphabet for the English language that is used mostly on the internet. It uses various combinations of ASCII characters to replace Latinate letters. For example, leet spellings of the word leet include 1337 and l33t; eleet may b... |
7095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall | Waterfall | A waterfall is a place where water rushes down a steep ledge. The water flows from higher land, then it falls down a big step of rock to lower land of softer rock where it will continue on its journey. Usually the lower land is in a gorge. Waterfalls are usually made when a river is young, in places where softer rock i... |
7102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden | Garden | A garden is usually a piece of land that is used for growing flowers, trees, shrubs, and other plants. The act of caring for a garden by watering the flowers and plants and removing the weeds is called gardening.
Types of gardens
There are many types of gardens. People have small private gardens in the backyard outsi... |
7106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Zimbabwe | Great Zimbabwe | Great Zimbabwe is a ruined city in the south-eastern hills of Zimbabwe. The site is not far from the country's border with Mozambique, which is in the southeast of the African continent.
Greater Zimbabwe was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the country’s later Iron Age. The monument first began to be buil... |
7108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu%20Picchu | Machu Picchu | Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site in Peru, in South America.
The Incas built the city on a mountain ridge, 2430m above sea level. They lived there between 1200 and 1450 AD. Other people lived there before about 650 AD.
The Incas built houses, fields and temples by cutting the rock on the mountai... |
7109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal | Journal | a written medium, for instance:
an academic journal
a diary
a literary magazine, a periodical devoted to literature
a daily newspaper
a scientific journal
Journal (mechanical device), the section of a rotating shaft that contacts and turns in a plain bearing
Mining journal, a record systematically describing the... |
7111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20Inc. | Apple Inc. | Apple Inc. is a multinational company that makes personal computers (the Macintoshes), mobile devices (iPod, iPhone and iPad), and software (macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS). Apple calls its computers Macintoshes or Macs, and it calls its laptops MacBooks. Their line of mobile music players is called iPod, their smartphon... |
7117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil | Soil | Soil is loose material which lies on top of the land. It has many things in it, like tiny grains of rock, minerals, water and air. Soil also has living things and dead things in it: "organic matter". Soil is important for life on Earth.
Because soil holds water and nutrients, it is an ideal place for plants to grow. S... |
7119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic | Organic | The word organic is used for different things:
Something of, or relating to, an organism
Organic chemistry, chemistry that is based on carbon, which is the basis for all living things.
Organic matter in soil is material that is, or once was, a plant or animal.
Organic farming, agriculture conducted according to cer... |
7126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D | 3D | 3D (or 3-D) means three-dimensional, or having three dimensions. For example, a box is three-dimensional; it is solid, and not thin like a piece of paper. It has volume, a top and bottom, left and right (sides), as well as a front and back. You can turn the box around to view it from another side (called a face, surfac... |
7127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity | Humidity | Humidity means water vapor in the air, but not to liquid droplets in fog, clouds, or rain. Deserts usually have low humidity, and tropical regions have high humidity. The word "humid" often means that the humidity is high, which gives the feeling of being very damp (wet air), stuffy, or even sweltering when the temper... |
7133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabi-Yau%20manifold | Calabi-Yau manifold | A Calabi–Yau manifold, or 'Calabi–Yau space', is a special type of manifold. It is described in certain branches of mathematics such as algebraic geometry.
The Calabi–Yau manifold's properties, such as Ricci flatness, have applications in theoretical physics. Particularly in superstring theory, the extra dimensions ... |
7136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20mechanics | Quantum mechanics | Quantum mechanics explain how the universe works at a scale smaller than atoms. It is also called quantum physics or quantum theory. Mechanics is the part of physics that explains how things move and quantum is the Latin word for 'how much'. A quantum of energy is the least amount possible (or the least extra amount),... |
7151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duisburg | Duisburg | Duisburg (; Westphalian: Duisborg, Ripuarian: Duisburch, Low Franconian: Duusbörg) is a German city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is where the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers meet. About 500,000 people live in Duisburg.
References
Imperial free cities
Urban districts in Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf |
7152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuopio | Kuopio | Kuopio is a city in Northern Savonia, Finland. It is the biggest city and cultural center of Eastern Finland. In November 2015 the population was about 112.000. It is the 8th biggest city in Finland.
The city is surrounded by lake Kallavesi. Many parts of the city are built on islands. Kuopio has always been a city o... |
7156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer | Hammer | A hammer is a tool for putting nails into objects such as wood. It has a long handle, and a tip with a flat end for hitting nails. The most common type of hammer (sometimes called a claw hammer) has a curved end (on the other side of the hitting end) for pulling nails out.
A sledgehammer is a hammer that has a longer ... |
7158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feces | Feces | Feces (or faeces), also called poo (generally British English), poop, shit, dookie, stool, or number 2 is the body's solid waste left over from eating food. Human feces leave the intestinal tract and are removed from the body through the anus. Feces are known for their unpleasant odor. The color, which can range from ... |
7160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism | Catholicism | Catholicism is the traditions and beliefs of Catholic Churches. It refers to their theology, liturgy, morals and spirituality. The term usually refers to churches, both western and eastern, that are in full communion with the Holy See.
In 2012, there were more than 1.1 billion Catholics worldwide. This makes up more t... |
7161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail | Nail | A nail is a metal object with a flat head and a long, sharp tip. A hammer or nail gun is used to put it into another object. It is often used to join two objects together.
The history of the nail came in three periods:
Hand-wrought (forged) nail (pre-history until 19th century)
Cut nail (roughly 1800 to 1914)
Wire ... |
7162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship | Dictatorship | A dictatorship is a form of government, where one person effectively has all the power to run a country. In very few cases, a small group of people holds this power. This person is called a dictator. A dictatorship that is ruled by soldiers is called a military dictatorship or junta. An absolute monarchy (the system wh... |
7163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity | Electricity | Electricity is the presence and flow of electric charge. Using electricity we can transfer energy in ways that allow us to do simple chores. Its best-known form is the flow of electrons through conductors such as copper wires.
The word "electricity" is sometimes used to mean "electrical energy". They are not the sam... |
7164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor%20Moon | Sailor Moon | Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon or Sailor Moon is a shojo manga by Naoko Takeuchi. It was adapted to an anime series by Toei Animation CO., LTD. Sailor Moon was one of the most popular anime/manga series during the 1990s, spanning five seasons, four movies, and multiple video games. It continues to hold a strong fanbase wit... |
7167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthetic | Anesthetic | An anesthetic or anaesthetic is a substance that stops pain. It makes people either stop hurting, or go completely to sleep during surgery. Anesthetic can be rubbed onto the skin, given by injection ("shot"), or given as a gas to breathe. The use of an anesthetic is called anaesthesia. Anaesthesia blocks the pain d... |
7169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel%20Castro | Fidel Castro | Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz ( ) (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician. He was Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and President from 1976 to 2008. He temporarily gave power to his brother Raúl Castro while recovering from surgery in summer of 2006. On February 19, 2008, he ... |
7170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin%20America | Latin America | Latin America is the part of the Americas where the people speak Romance languages: Spanish or Portugese. This includes most of South America and Central America (sometimes also the Caribbean islands).
The places in the Americas in Canada and the United States) which speak French are not part of Latin America, althoug... |
7172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C%20D.C. | Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. (also known as simply Washington or D.C., and officially as the District of Columbia) is the capital of the United States. It is a federal district. The President of the USA and many major national government offices are in the territory. This makes it the political center of the United States of Ameri... |
7174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20the%20United%20States | President of the United States | The president of the United States of America (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America and the commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces. The president is the head of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and is the chairman of the US c... |
7177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948 | 1948 |
Events
January 1 – Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Italian republican constitution.
January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
January 5 – Warner Brothers shows the first c... |
7183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949 | 1949 |
Events
January 20 – Harry S. Truman proposes Point Four program to help world's less developed areas.
February 22 – Grady the Cow, a 1,200-pound cow gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in Yukon, Oklahoma and garners national media attention.
April 4 – Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty establishing the ... |
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