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99622 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oensingen | Oensingen | Oensingen is a municipality in the district Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn |
99623 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten | Olten | Olten is a city in the district Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official town website
Cities in Switzerland
Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn |
99633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.%20J.%20Simpson | O. J. Simpson | Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947), also known by his nickname, The Juice, is a retired American football player and movie actor. He originally attained stardom as a running back at the collegiate and professional levels, and was the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. He lat... |
99637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody%20Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, better known as Woody Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967), was an American folk musician and songwriter, of the 20th century.
Early life
Guthrie was born Woodrow Wilson Guthrie in Okemah, Oklahoma. He was named after President Woodrow Wilson.
Career
Guthrie wrote over a thousand songs du... |
99640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seer%20Sharqi%20Bhattian | Seer Sharqi Bhattian | Seer Sharqi Bhattian is a Union Council of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is in the southeastern part of the province, bordering the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province.
Meaning
Seer Sharqi Bhattian is named after the two main towns "Seer Sharqi" and "Bhattian", Seer Sharqi m... |
99641 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagnotar | Bagnotar | Bagnotar is a Union Council of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Bagnator is on Abbottabad-Nathia Gali Road, 16 Kilometres away from Abbottabad city.
Location
The Union Council Bagnotar is in central part of Abbottabad District in south-east of Abbottabad city - capital city of th... |
99642 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton%2C%20Oneida%20County%2C%20New%20York | Clinton, Oneida County, New York | Clinton is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. There were 1,952 people living in Clinton as of the 2000 census. It was named after George Clinton, the first governor of New York.
Important people that lived in Clinton
Richard Nelson Bach Jr., captain and leading scorer of the EHL's Clinton Comets 19... |
99643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20counties%20in%20Mississippi | List of counties in Mississippi | The following is a list of 82 counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi:
Mississippi |
99644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston%2C%20South%20Carolina | Charleston, South Carolina | Charleston is a city in Berkeley and Charleston counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the biggest city and is the county seat of Charleston County. As of 2010, the urban population is about 548,404.
Charleston was the capital of South Carolina until 1786 when Columbia became capital.
Surrounding cities ... |
99645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangu | Hangu | Hangu can be any of the following:
Hangu, Romania, a village in Neamţ county, Romania
Hangu (Pakistan), town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Hangu District (Pakistan), district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Miranzai Valley, also Hangu, in Pakistan
Hangu Pass, pass in China
Hangu District, Tianjin, district in Tianji... |
99646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karak | Karak | The term Karak can mean any of the following:
Karak (Pakistan) is a city in Pakistan.
Karak District is in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Karak (mascot), a mascot in form of Red-tailed Black Cockatoo at the 18th Commonwealth Games at Melbourne in 2006.
Karak Expressway, a highway in Malaysia.
Karak,... |
99649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton%2C%20Massachusetts | Taunton, Massachusetts | Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County and the hub of the Greater Taunton Area. As of the 2000 census, Taunton had 55,976 people living in it. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has an area of 48.0 square miles.
Sister city
Taunton shares ... |
99653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard%20Ertl | Gerhard Ertl | Gerhard Ertl (born 10 October 1936) is a German physicist in the Department of Physical Chemistry of the Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG . He was born on 10 October 1936 in Stuttgart, Germany. Professor Ertl won the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 2007.
Ertl’s research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, wh... |
99654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco%20Hayez | Francesco Hayez | Francesco Hayez (February 10, 1791, Venice – December 21, 1882, Milan) was the main artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century in Milan.
Notable works include:
Petro Rosso Imprisoned by the Scaligeri (c. 1820)
A series on the Sicilian Vespers (1821-1846)
Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (c. 1867)
Portrait of Ma... |
99672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20William%20Waterhouse | John William Waterhouse | John William Waterhouse (6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917) was an English painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He worked after the breakup of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and so was called "the modern Pre-Raphaelite". He was also influenced by his contemporaries, the Impressionists. His artworks were known for their ... |
99691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toontown | Toontown | Toontown is a common name for a fictional human-like city or town where cartoon characters, known as Toons, live.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
In the 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Toontown is a cartoonish city near Los Angeles.
Related pages
Toontown Online
Disney |
99708 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic%20Web | Semantic Web | The Semantic Web is a project of the W3C that uses metadata, to write specific details related to a subject, to let computers better process the information on the internet. This plan, for saving additional semantic details, would make computers able to do more of the work involved in finding, sharing and combining inf... |
99717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langlade%20County%2C%20Wisconsin | Langlade County, Wisconsin | Langlade County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. There were 20,740 people living in Langlade County as of the year 2000. Its county seat is Antigo. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has an area of 888 square miles.
Neighboring counties
Oneida County - northwest
Forest County - northeast
Oconto... |
99718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams%20County%2C%20Wisconsin | Adams County, Wisconsin | Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. There were 18,643 people living in Adams County as of the year 2000. Its county seat is Friendship. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has an area of 689 square miles.
Other counties
Wood County – northwest
Portage County – northeast
Waushara County – ... |
99721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligaria%20cuneifolia | Ligaria cuneifolia | Ligaria cuneifolia van Tigh, (syn. Psittacanthus cuneifolius (Ruiz et Pav.) Blume) is a shrubby, glabrous plant. It's fruit a globular berry. It is commonly known as “liga” (Argentina) or “quintral de espino” (Chile).
Sources
Baldini A, L Pancel.2002. Agentes de daño en el bosque nativo Editorial Universitaria Santi... |
99735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic%20%28disambiguation%29 | Hypersonic (disambiguation) | Hypersonic speeds are speeds that are highly supersonic.
Hypersonic can be any of the following:
HSQLDB, previously Hypersonic SQL
Hypersonic effect, psychological effect
Hypersonic (laptop), brand |
99736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic | Hypersonic | In aerodynamics, hypersonic speeds are speeds that are highly supersonic. The word hypersonic came from a word used in the 1970s, Mach 5, or 5 times the speed of sound. Everything about the plane changes greatly when the airplane that is flying at those speeds reaches supersonic speeds.
Characteristics of Hypersoni... |
99738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Langton | Great Langton | Great Langton is a small village in the English county of North Yorkshire. It is 1.2 square miles in area and 116 people live there.
Villages in North Yorkshire |
99741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid%20Hurwicz | Leonid Hurwicz | Leonid Hurwicz (August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was an American economist and mathematician. He won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Hurwicz invented the economic sciences of incentive compatibility and mechanism design. International economy and trade is studied using the ideas Professor Hurwicz had.
Hurwicz work... |
99745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20private%20network | Virtual private network | A virtual private network, or VPN is a set of technologies which are used to link computers to create a private network. Another network is used to carry the data, which is encrypted. The carrier network will see the packets of data which it routes. To the users of the VPN, it will look like the computers were directly... |
99746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial-up | Dial-up | Dial-up internet access, usually just called Dial-up, is a slow way of connecting to the Internet by using a telephone line. A modem is connected between a computer and a telephone line and then the modem is instructed to dial the phone number of an Internet service provider (ISP) to connect to the Internet. The ISP mu... |
99748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPass | IPass | For the electronic toll collection system see I-Pass.
iPass Inc is an American multinational company headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. iPass provides Internet access on wireless-enabled devices. iPass was first incorporated in California in July 1996 and later reincorporated in Delaware in June 2000. The co... |
99750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shai%20Hulud%20%28band%29 | Shai Hulud (band) | Shai Hulud is a hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences formed in Pompano Beach, Florida in 1995.
Band members
Current members
Matt Ian Mazzali - vocals (2007-present)
Matt Fox - guitar (1995-present)
Matthew Fletcher - bass (1998-present)
Andrew Gormley - drums (1999-2000, 2007-present)
Chad Kishick - g... |
99755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyds%20Bank | Lloyds Bank | Lloyds TSB is one of world's largest banks. It is based on Gresham Street in the city of London and has business all over the world including the US, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America.
In 2009 Lloyds TSB merged with HBOS (Halifax Bank of Scotland) to make Lloyds Banking Group, this now uses three brands on t... |
99756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham%20Street | Gresham Street | Gresham Street is a street in the City of London, it is named after Thomas Gresham and runs from St. Martin's Le Grand near St Paul's Cathedral in the west, past Guildhall, to Lothbury in the east.
Roads in London |
99757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Gresham | Thomas Gresham | Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant who worked for King Edward VI of England and for Edward's half-sister Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was born in London in an old Norfolk family, he was the son of Sir Richard Gresham and had one brother and two sisters. Gresham's law was named a... |
99758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Renaissance%20artists | List of Renaissance artists | Renaissance artists started in the late 14th century (~1370) and includes famous painters and sculptors.
Each artist is listed with their dates, place of birth, some places that they worked, their media (the type of artwork that they made), one or two most famous works and some art galleries where their works can be s... |
99771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose%20Bowl%20Game | Rose Bowl Game | The Rose Bowl Game is an American college football bowl game at the Rose Bowl (stadium) in Pasadena, California. It is known as the "granddaddy of them all" because it has been played every year since 1916. It is almost always played on January 1 after Pasadena's Rose Parade. For many years, the two teams who played... |
99774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta%20Bowl | Fiesta Bowl | The Fiesta Bowl is an American college football bowl game at the University of Phoenix Stadium near Phoenix, Arizona. It is the newest of the BCS games, as it was first played in 1971. It has usually matched a team from the Western Athletic Conference or the Big 12 against a very good team from another conference.
R... |
99775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20Bowl | Sugar Bowl | The Sugar Bowl is an American college football bowl game at the Louisiana Superdome.
Related pages
Rose Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
Orange Bowl
BCS National Championship Game
College football |
99776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffizi | Uffizi | The Uffizi Gallery (Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi), is one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world. It is housed in the Palazzo degli Uffizi which means the "Palace of Offices" in Florence, Italy.
The museum and its history
In 1560, Cosimo I de' Medici, the Duke of Tuscany, ordered a design of new of... |
99781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall | Whitehall | Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main street running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I, which is often regarded as the heart of London.
The name "Whitehall" is often used for... |
99782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall%20%28disambiguation%29 | Whitehall (disambiguation) | Whitehall is a street in London. It may also refer to:
A term used to describe the administrative centre of the UK government
Palace of Whitehall, the residence of English monarchs until it was destroyed in a fire in 1698
Whitehall is also the seat of government of Trinidad and Tobago.
Whitehall Rowboat
Whitehall... |
99783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawlish%20Warren | Dawlish Warren | Dawlish Warren is a small seaside resort. It is near Dawlish on the south coast of Devon, England. It is at the mouth of the Exe Estuary, and has a beach, a National Nature Reserve spanning 505 acres (2 km²) and a golf course. There is also one of Europe's largest spits in Dawlish Warren measuring over 1.5miles long an... |
99784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia | Fuchsia | Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants. They are often purplish-red, which is where we get the colour fuchsia.
Fuchsia belongs to the Onagraceae family of flowering plants. Fuchsia has 110 species. It consists mostly of shrubs or small trees.
The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of ... |
99786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseba%20Sarrionandia | Joseba Sarrionandia | Joseba Sarrionandia Uribelarrea (born April 13th 1958 in Iurreta, Biscay, Basque Country) is a Basque writer. He has written many poetry books, short stories, and novels. In 1985, Sarrionandia escaped from prison after he was put in for being a member of the Basque armed group ETA. Since then, he has lived in secret bu... |
99788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20II | James II | James II can mean:
James II of England (1633–1701), King of England and Ireland, and as James VII, of Scotland
James II of Scotland (1430–1460), Duke of Rothesay |
99789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpongeBob%20SquarePants%20%28character%29 | SpongeBob SquarePants (character) | SpongeBob SquarePants is the main character of the Nickelodeon show SpongeBob SquarePants. He is a sea sponge who loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail Gary. He is well known in Bikini Bottom as a gaser. He likes watching television and his favorite show is Ba... |
99799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo%20Milani | Lorenzo Milani | Fr Lorenzo Milani Comparetti (May 27, 1923 – June 26, 1967) was a priest of the Catholic Church in Italy. He is best known as an educator of poor children, and being for conscientious objection.
1923 births
1967 deaths
Italian Roman Catholics |
99806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel%20Rubinstein | Ariel Rubinstein | Ariel Rubinstein (born April 13, 1951 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli economist. He is a professor of economics at Tel Aviv University and New York University. Rubinstein writes about game theory. He has a well-known John Nash speech which he gives all around the world. He currently lives in Tel-Aviv.
Other websites
Arie... |
99830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic | Mosaic | Mosaic is the art of decorating a surface with pictures and patterns made of little pieces of stone, glass or tiles of different colours. Mosaics can be used indoors on walls, floors and ceilings. Mosaics are sometimes used outdoors on pavements.
Making mosaics
Mosaics are made by setting coloured pieces into "mortar... |
99839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odilon%20Redon | Odilon Redon | Odilon Redon (April 22, 1840 – July 6, 1916) was a Symbolist painter and printmaker, born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France.
Redon started drawing as a young child, and at the age of 10 he was given a drawing prize at school. At age 15, he began official study in drawing but he later on switched to architecture because h... |
99855 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinniped | Pinniped | Pinnipeds are the seals and their relatives, a group of semi-aquatic marine mammals. The Pinnipedia is in the Order Carnivora.
There are three seal families: Odobenidae (walruses), Otariidae (eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (true seals).
Seals are sleek-bodied and barrel-shaped. Their ... |
99862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizards%20of%20Waverly%20Place | Wizards of Waverly Place | Wizards of Waverly Place is a 2007 Disney Channel television series. It is about a family of wizards. The children are Alex Russo, Justin Russo, and Max Russo. They are training as wizards. Only the best wizard in the family gets to keep their powers. Their dad is Jerry Russo. Their mom is Theresa Russo. Alex's best fr... |
99864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory%20in%20the%20House | Cory in the House | Cory in the House is a 2007 Disney Channel television series. The series is a spin off of That's So Raven. It is about a boy named Cory Baxter who lives in the White House, the residence of the President of the United States. Cory lives in the White House because his dad is the chef. Cory's best friends are Newt and Me... |
99865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20A.%20Macdonald | John A. Macdonald | Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC (Can), (January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada. He was an important influence on the Canadian Confederation, July 1, 1867. Macdonald was in office from 1867 to 1873 and again from 1878 to 1891, making him the second longest-serving Prime M... |
99871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice%20League | Justice League | The Justice League is a fictional DC Comics superhero team. It is sometimes called the Justice League of America (JLA).
The Justice League first appeared in the comic book The Brave and the Bold #28 in 1960. The first members were Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter... |
99872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even%20Stevens | Even Stevens | Even Stevens is a Disney Channel television series about an American family. It is mostly about the fights between a girl named Ren and her brother, Louis. Ren likes doing everything right. Louis likes having fun, even if it means breaking rules and getting in trouble.
Cast
Shia LaBeouf as Louis Stevens
Christy Carl... |
99877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan%20asteroid | Trojan asteroid | Trojan objects orbit 60° ahead (L4) or behind (L5) a more massive object. Both are in orbit around an even more massive central object. The best known example are the asteroids that orbit ahead or behind Jupiter around the Sun. Trojan objects do not orbit exactly at one of either Lagrange points, but do remain close to... |
99878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Lloyd | Christopher Lloyd | Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in various theatre productions, films, stage, television and video game work since 1961 and is most famous for the movies Back to the Future and The Addams Family, the television programs Taxi and Cyberchase, and Piranha 3D.
Filmogra... |
99882 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Buzz%20on%20Maggie | The Buzz on Maggie | The Buzz on Maggie is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Bardel Entertainment. It is about a fly named Maggie. The show takes place in a world of talking insects. The show had two different stories in each episode. The show was cancelled after only one season of twen... |
99884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Arrow | Green Arrow | Green Arrow is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Green Arrow was created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp and first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Jonas Queen and his friends call him Ollie. He is a billionaire and once was a mayor o... |
99886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaman | Aquaman | Aquaman is a fictional comic book superhero published by DC Comics. Aquaman was created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger and first appeared in More Fun Comics #72 in November, 1941.
During the Silver Age of Comic Books, Aquaman was a founding member of the Justice League of America.
Aquaman's biography and origin ha... |
99890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Lantern | Green Lantern | Green Lantern is the name of several fictional superheroes that appear in comic books published by DC Comics. The first was Alan Scott and was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in All-American Comics #16 in July 1940.
The most famous is Hal Jordan and was created by John Broome and Gil Kane in Sho... |
99895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%20Kopff | August Kopff | August Kopff (February 5 1882–April 25 1960) was a German astronomer who found many comets and asteroids.
He found some comets, such as the periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the non-periodic C/1906 E1.
He found many asteroids, such as the notable Trojan asteroids 617 Patroclus and 624 Hektor.
A crater on the Moon is name... |
99896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Yarmouth | Great Yarmouth | Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in Norfolk. It is at the mouth of the River Yare.
References
Towns in Norfolk |
99917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2004%20S%203 | S/2004 S 3 | is the designation of an object seen orbiting Saturn just beyond the farther part of the F ring on 21 June, 2004. It was first seen by Carl Murray of the Cassini Imaging Science Team in pictures taken by the Cassini-Huygens probe on June 21, 2004, and announced on September 9, 2004.
Even though later astronomers tried... |
99919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2004%20S%204 | S/2004 S 4 | is the designation of an object that astronomers do not know for sure if it exists seen orbiting Saturn within the closer part of the F ring on 21 June, 2004. It was seen while J. N. Spitale was trying to confirm the orbit of another object, that was seen 5 hours earlier just on the farther edge of the F ring. The ann... |
99921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2004%20S%206 | S/2004 S 6 | is the designation of a dusty object seen orbiting Saturn very close to the F ring. It is not clear whether it is only a clump of dust, or if there is a solid small moon at its core.
It was first seen by scientists in pictures taken by the Cassini-Huygens probe on October 28, 2004, and announced on 8 November that yea... |
99923 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Hastings%20Metcalf | Joel Hastings Metcalf | Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866–February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer.
Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. He served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and then later in Taunton, Massachusetts, Winchester, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine.
He found or co-found many come... |
99924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A4fendorf | Gräfendorf | Gräfendorf is a community in Main-Spessart in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Gemünden am Main.
Geography
Location
Gräfendorf is in the Würzburg Region near Gemünden am Main.
Constituent communities
T... |
99925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary%20number | Imaginary number | Imaginary numbers are numbers that are made from combining a real number with the imaginary unit, called i, where i is defined as . They are defined separately from the negative real numbers in that they are a square root of a negative real number (instead of a positive real number). This is not possible with real numb... |
99945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Maskin | Eric Maskin | Eric Stark Maskin (born December 12, 1950) is an American economist. In 2007, he won the Nobel Prize in Economics with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson. He is the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, and a visiting Professor at Princeton University.
Life story
Maskin was... |
99948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Myerson | Roger Myerson | Roger Bruce Myerson (born 29 March 1951) is an American economist and co-winner, with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin, of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." He has made contributions as an economist, as an applied mathematician, and as a political scientist.
... |
99951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Capecchi | Mario Capecchi | Mario Renato Capecchi (born 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist. He won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies.
Capecchi is Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, which he joined in... |
99968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard | Wizard | A wizard, magician, sorceror or sorceress is a fictional or mythical person who uses magic. This ability to use magic may be due to innate ability, training, or both. Wizards are often depicted as having a special connection to supernatural beings, such as gods or fairies, or as such supernatural beings themselves.
Me... |
99969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas | Kaunas | Kaunas, also known by several other names, is the second biggest city in Lithuania and used to be a temporary capital. Kaunas is found at the point where the two biggest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, meet. It is also near the Kaunas Lagoon, the largest body of water in Lithuania.
History
In 1361, Kaun... |
99975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp%20drive | Warp drive | Warp drive (also called warp technology) is hypothetical technology created in science fiction. It is a way of moving objects faster than the speed of light. There are many examples of how this idea is used. A well-known one is found in the Star Trek universe, where faster-than-light travel is needed to tell the story.... |
99984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Heinrich%20Friedrich%20Peters | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813–July 18, 1890) was a German-American astronomer, and one of the first to find asteroids.
He was born in Schleswig-Holstein, then part of Denmark but later part of Germany, and later studied under Carl Friedrich Gauss. He spoke many languages and spent time in It... |
99986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest%2C%20Germany | Soest, Germany | Soest (pronounced ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Soest district.
Geography
Soest is along the Hellweg road, about 50 kilometres east of Dortmund and about 50 kilometres west of Paderborn.
Neighbouring places
Bad Sassendorf
Ense
Lippetal
Möhnesee
Werl
Welver
History ... |
99996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Europe | History of Europe | The history of Europe means all the time since the beginning of written records in the European continent up to the present day. It is traditionally divided into ancient (before the fall of the Western Roman Empire) medieval, and modern (after the fall of Constantinople).
Europe's antiquity dates from the Minoan civil... |
100000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Games | World Games | World Games are international competition in several sports since first edition in 1981.
Official sports and disciplines
Cross Country |
100003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace%20of%20Westphalia | Peace of Westphalia | The Peace of Westphalia refers to the pair of peace treaties, the Treaty of Osnabrück and the Treaty of Münster, signed on May 15 and October 24 of 1648, which ended both the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. The treaties involved the Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand III Habsburg, the other German princes, Spai... |
100014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanimals | Flanimals | Flanimals is a children's and adults' book written by comedian Ricky Gervais. The book was illustrated by Rob Steen. It has 35 different characters described as species of animal which form an imaginary world.
Other websites
Official site
Pictures from the book in the BBC website
Flanimals on Ricky Gervais's site
... |
100029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus | Trolleybus | A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or simply trolley) is a bus which runs on electricity. It gets its power for the electric motors that drive the wheels from a pair of power lines above the street.
On the roof of the bus are two "trolley poles" from which electri... |
100031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Hool | Van Hool | Van Hool is a Belgian company, which builds buses. It was founded in 1947 by Bernard Van Hool.
The headquarters are in Koningshooikt (Antwerp).
They have got 15 different buses for the city. 9 of them have got a normal engine, 4 have got an engine that works with gas, and 2 buses have got an electric engine, they are... |
100040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Antietam | Battle of Antietam | The Battle of Antietam was an important battle in the American Civil War.It is also called the Battle of Sharpsburg by South historians. The battle was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It was also considered the bloodiest battle in the Civil war. It was the first major battle in the Civil War th... |
100047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haripur | Haripur | Haripur can be any of the following:
Haripur, Pakistan - main town in Haripur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Haripur District - district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Haripur, Bardhaman- town in Asansol subdivision of Bardhaman District of West Bengal, India |
100064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited%20Away | Spirited Away | is a 2001 anime movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was first released in Japan. The movie was a success, and went on to win an Academy Award for animation.
Based on 153 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, it is the second-best animated movie, having a 97% rating on the site. The movie occupies the rank of #60 on the IMDb T... |
100070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Weisz | Rachel Weisz | Rachel Hannah Weisz (born 7 March 1970) is an Academy Award-winning English actress; she is also a fashion model. She became famous after her roles in the Hollywood movies The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, and has since continued appearing in major movie roles.
She is of Jewish descent.
Filmography
Film
Television
... |
100072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20French | Old French | Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 1000 to 1300. It was then known as the langue d'oïl. This was different from the langue d'oc (Occitan language, also then called Provençal), whose territory bordered that of ... |
100076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%20Sampson | Deborah Sampson | Deborah Sampson was a woman who dressed as a man, so that she could join the American soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War was a war between Great Britain and the thirteen original colonies. Deborah Sampson came from a poor family. She worked as an indentured servant from the age of eight to the age... |
100081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundskeeper%20Willie | Groundskeeper Willie | Groundskeeper Willie is a fictional character in the long-running cartoon show The Simpsons.
Role in The Simpsons
Willie works at Springfield Elementary as the head janitor or groundskeeper. He is portrayed as an angry Scotsman. He shows some hate towards Principal Skinner and Bart Simpson. He lives in a shack in the... |
100084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic | Dialectic | In philosophy, dialectic is an argument or debate between different people. In Medieval Europe, dialectics (or logic) was one of the three beginning liberal arts all together known as the trivium; the other members were rhetorics and grammar.
The goal of the dialectical process (dialectic or dialectics) is to try to r... |
100087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Luther | Hans Luther | Hans Luther (10 March 1879 – 11 May 1962) was a German politician. He was a Chancellor of Germany. a law of July 1925 extended workmen's compensation coverage to all accidents from and to places of work, and vocational care was introduced that same month. In addition, a decree of May 1925 established compensation for o... |
100090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover%20%28music%29 | Crossover (music) | A crossover is a term in music. It is when a piece of music appears on music charts for different types of music. For example, a song might be on music charts for both pop music and country music.
Music industry |
100091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover | Crossover | A crossover (CUV) is a marketing term for a vehicle that is built on a car platform. The term was first used in 1996 by Toyota for its new RAV4. CUVs mix some of the features of SUVs and station wagons or hatchbacks. They frequently use unibody construction typical of many cars. A crossover usually uses a light-duty al... |
100092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council%20of%20Trent | Council of Trent | Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. Important members of the Catholic Church met in Trento three times between 13 December 1545 and 4 December 1563, in reaction to the Protestant Reformation.
It reinforced Catholic doctrine regarding salvation, the sacraments, and the Bibli... |
100097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du%20gamla%2C%20du%20fria | Du gamla, du fria | "Du gamla, du fria" (pron. [dʉː ˈɡâmːla dʉː ˈfrîːa] "doo GAHM-lah doo FREE-ah"; en. 'Thou ancient, thou free'), originally titled "Sång till Norden" ('Song to the North'), is the Swedish title and incipit of a 19th-century patriotic song which serves as the de facto national anthem of Sweden – it is therefore unofficia... |
100099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel%20of%20Matthew | Gospel of Matthew | The Gospel of Matthew is a book of the Bible. (Its full name is the Gospel According to Matthew, but it is often called the Gospel of Matthew or just Matthew). It is one of the four gospels of the New Testament that tell the story of Jesus' life and teachings.
It is not thought to have been written by the apostle Ma... |
100100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel%20of%20Mark | Gospel of Mark | The Gospel of Mark is a book of the Bible. It is the second book of the New Testament and comes after the Gospel of Matthew even though it may have been written before it. The writer is believed to have been John Mark, a friend of Simon Peter, who was one of the Twelve apostles of Jesus.
The four gospels tell the sto... |
100102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel%20of%20Luke | Gospel of Luke | The Gospel of Luke is a book of the Bible. Like the other gospels, the Gospel of Luke tells the stories of the life and teachings of Jesus. It is the third and longest book of the New Testament and comes after the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark. The gospel is believed to be written by Luke, who was a friend o... |
100103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel%20of%20John | Gospel of John | The Gospel of John is a book of the Bible. It is one of the four "gospels" at the beginning of the New Testament. The four gospels tell the life of Jesus. The Gospel of John is the fourth book of the New Testament, after the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke.
In the gospel, it is says that the book was written by "the... |
100104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia%20Rotaru | Sofia Rotaru | Sofia Mihailovna Evdokimenko-Rotaru (born in Marshintsy, Novoselitskiy Rayon, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine on August 7, 1947), simply known as Sofia Rotaru, is a popular Russian, Ukrainian, Moldavian and formerly Soviet singer, actress and producer.
Rotaru now lives in Ukraine. She has made many albums over the years; s... |
100107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle%20to%20the%20Romans | Epistle to the Romans | The Epistle to the Romans or Letter to the Romans, is one of the letters written by the Apostle Paul to churches in different cities. Here, the letter is addressed to the early church in Rome, Italy.
Paul wrote the letter to the Romans to explain a very important point in Christianity. He proves, by quoting the Old Te... |
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