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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar
Cinnabar
Cinnabar is a mineral. It is the main ore of mercury and is made up of the chemical mercuric sulphide (HgS). Cinnabar exists in two crystal forms. Red cinnabar is used for the pigment vermilion. It is poisonous, and may go black with age. The other crystal form is black, and does not react chemically to anything except...
108069
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
The rattlesnake is a kind of snake, a reptile. About 50 species of rattlesnakes are known: they are a kind of pit viper. There are two groups of rattlesnakes: the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. All have a venomous bite, and some are much more dangerous than others. Pit vipers have a set of heat-sensing "pits" on th...
108070
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/12%20Rounds%20%28movie%29
12 Rounds (movie)
12 Rounds is a 2009 movie set to be directed by Renny Harlin and produced by WWE Films. Casting is currently taking place, but professional wrestler John Cena is set to star with Steve Harris, Aidan Gillen, and Brian J. White. Filming has been scheduled to take place in New Orleans between February 25 and May 12, 2008....
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami%20Seaquarium
Miami Seaquarium
The Miami Seaquarium is an aquarium on Virginia Key, in Miami, Florida. The park has animals such as dolphins, whales, snakes, crocodiles, alligators, sharks, fish, parrots, turtles or sea turtles, etc. It has been open since 1955. The main attraction is Lolita, the world's oldest captive orca. She is now the park's o...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter%20solstice
Winter solstice
The winter solstice is the time when the sun has the biggest distance to the Tropic of Cancer. After this, the sun is going to move to back in the direction of the equator. The Earth revolves around the Sun. The sunlight reaches the Earth at an angle. On each day of the year, the sun will be perpendicular at a given l...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio%20Castillo
Sergio Castillo
Sergio Castillo (13 May 1925 – 19 August 2010 in Santiago, Chile) was a sculptor. He began as an architect. In 1948 he travelled to Paris and took painting courses. After returning to Chile he attended the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile, where he studied with two known teachers, Lily Garafulic and Marta Co...
108080
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer%20solstice
Summer solstice
The summer solstice is when the Sun is at its highest point in the sky during a year. The solstice itself is one moment, but many use the word to mean the day when the solstice happens. The summer solstice does not always happen on exactly the same day. The word solstice comes from Latin and means that "the Sun stands...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded%20dragon
Bearded dragon
Bearded dragons are agamid lizards in the genus Pogona. The central bearded dragon is the common name for Pogona vitticeps, which lives in dry areas of Australia The name "bearded dragon" refers to the fringes around and under the head. The underside of the throat turns black if they are stressed or see a potential ri...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensa%20International
Mensa International
Mensa International (or just Mensa) is the largest, oldest and most famous high-IQ group of people in the world. The non-profit organization only has members with high IQs. They must score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardized, supervised intelligence test. In many cases the IQ you have to have to join is ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensa
Mensa
Mensa, meaning table in Latin, could mean: Mensa International, an organization for people with a high IQ Mensa (constellation), a southern star constellation Mensa (geology), a term used by geologists to refer to an extraterrestrial mesa Mensa, a nightclub promoter known for Saturday night raves at Sterns Nightclub M...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertel
Intertel
Intertel is the second oldest and third largest high IQ society. Members must score in the top one percentile on a standardized, supervised IQ test. The name was originally "The International Legion of Intelligence" and members are called ILIans. Related pages Mensa International Triple Nine Society Other website...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coweta%20%28disambiguation%29
Coweta (disambiguation)
Coweta can mean: Coweta, Oklahoma, United States Coweta County, Georgia, United States
108106
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow%20Jones%20Industrial%20Average
Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (, also called the DJIA, Dow 30, The Dow Jones or The Dow) is a stock market index. It was created by Charles Dow, who worked for the Wall Street Journal newspaper and later made a new company named Dow Jones & Company. The stock prices of 30 companies are used to calculate the Dow Jon...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Major%20%28Animal%20Farm%29
Old Major (Animal Farm)
Old Major is a character in the book Animal Farm. He is an award winning elderly Middle White boar. He is twelve years of age, and had 400 piglets. Old Major has a wise and benevolent look but his tushes are never cut. He had given inspiration to the other pigs about the fair rules on the farm once the farmers were go...
108136
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanomami
Yanomami
The Yanomami (also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama) is a local tribe living in southern Venezuela (Amazonas department) and northern Brazil (Amazonas state and Roraima). There are approximately 35,000 Yanomami people who live in some 200–250 villages. They live in shabonos, which are villages made with wood, straw and pal...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamis%20Castle
Glamis Castle
Glamis Castle is one of the most famous castles in the United Kingdom. It is near the village of Glamis, in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Glamis Castle was the childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, best known as the Queen Mother. Her daughter, Princess Margaret,...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis
Oasis
In geography, an oasis is an isolated place in the desert where there is vegetation. Most often, this occurs around a source of water. Oases provide a habitat for animals and are used as a source of water for humans. The knowledge of the location of oases has been important for trade and transportation routes in deser...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20Near%20East
Ancient Near East
The Ancient Near East is the name given to early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and Syria), Persia (modern Iran), Anatolia (modern Turkey), the Levant (modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan), and Ancient Egypt, from the rise of Sume...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer%20%28Animal%20Farm%29
Boxer (Animal Farm)
Boxer is a character from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. He is a horse, and is nearly eighteen hands high. In the book he is as strong as two horses put together. He has a white stripe down his nose, and that gives him a strange appearance. But still he was respected for his great power in work and his good ch...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20%28Animal%20Farm%29
Benjamin (Animal Farm)
In the fictional story Animal Farm, Benjamin is the oldest animal on Manor Farm, and very cool-tempered. He seldom speaks, except to make some cynical remark. He is the only animal on the farm that never laughs, saying that there was nothing to laugh at when asked about it. Without admitting it, Benjamin is devoted to ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari%202600
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in the United States in October 1977. The Atari 2600 was originally called the Atari Video Computer System (or VCS). The Atari 2600 uses game cartridges which can be swapped in and out to change games, which was a new idea in video games at the time. Over 30 million Atari...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20System
Master System
The is a video game console made in 1986. It was not very popular in North America and Japan but was very popular in Brazil. One of the most popular game of the Sega Master System was Sonic the Hedgehog. , the Master System was still in production in Brazil by Tectoy. This would make it the world's longest-lived cons...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote%20control
Remote control
A remote control is a device used to issue commands (controlling it) from a distance to televisions, DVD players, doorbells and so on. A remote controller does not have a wire and can be held by hand. It has buttons for volume, changing television channels and more. Infrared or radio signals are used to communicate...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar%21
Spacewar!
Spacewar! is one of the first known video games. It was released in 1962. It was made by Steve Russell and others. In this game, the player has to shoot the other spaceships while flying around a star. The ships shoot missiles (rockets) which were unaffected (nothing happened) by the gravity. Each ship had only a few m...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giotto%20di%20Bondone
Giotto di Bondone
Giotto di Bondone (c.1267–January 8 1337), usually known as Giotto, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence. He is generally thought of as the first in a line of great artists of the Italian Renaissance. Giovanni Villani, who lived at the same time as Giotto, wrote that he was the king of painters, who drew...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny%20the%20Younger
Pliny the Younger
Gaius or Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius or Caius Plinius Caecilius (61/63 in Como - ca. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, a remarkable writer, an author, and natural philosopher of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him and they were both witnesses ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moura%20Photovoltaic%20Power%20Station
Moura Photovoltaic Power Station
The Moura Photovoltaic Power Station is in the municipality of Moura, in the interior region of Alentejo, Portugal. It has an installed capacity of 62 MWp. The first stage of construction was finished in 2008 and the second and final stage was finished in 2010. Together with the construction of the power station, a sol...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9mie
Jérémie
Jérémie (Kréyòl: Jeremi) is a city in southwest Haiti. It is the capital city of the Grand'Anse Département. Jérémie is also called the City of Poets because of the many writers, poets, and historians that were born or live there, such as Etzer Vilaire and Émile Roumer. The father of the French writer Alexandre Dumas,...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Mile%20Island%20accident
Three Mile Island accident
The Three Mile Island accident occurred on March 28th, 1979 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania. It was "the single most important event in the fifty-year history of nuclear power regulation in the United States". Many people have seen the event as a turning point for the nuclear power indust...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscale%20fire
Windscale fire
The Windscale fire was a fire in Britain's first nuclear reactor at Windscale (now Sellafield) on 10 October 1957. The fire spread radioactive fallout over hundreds of miles. Some of the most dangerous contamination was kept secret, and its effects only came to light years later. At the back of the reactor, ruptured fu...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan
Alan
Alan can be any of the following: Alan (name), the given name Alan (crater), a crater on the Moon People People named just "Alan" Alan I, Duke of Brittany, the Great Alan II, Duke of Brittany Alan III, Duke of Brittany Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, aka Alan Fergant ("the Younger" in Breton language) Alan, abbot of Tewkes...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokaimura%20nuclear%20accident
Tokaimura nuclear accident
The Tokaimura nuclear accident was a serious nuclear radiation accident in Japan. It took place at a uranium-reprocessing facility in Tokaimura, northeast of Tokyo, Japan, on 30 September 1999. The accident occurred in a very small fuel preparation plant operated by JCO. The direct cause of the accident was workers p...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20accidents%20in%20Japan
Nuclear accidents in Japan
Nuclear accidents in Japan include the following major cases: The fast breeder Monju Nuclear Power Plant sodium leak in December 1995 (the reactor is still shut-down), the Tokai reprocessing waste explosion in March 1997, the criticality accident at the Tokai fuel fabrication facility in September 1999 and a widespre...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20energy%20policy
Nuclear energy policy
Nuclear energy policy is a national and international policy concerning some or all aspects of nuclear energy, such as mining for nuclear fuel, extraction and processing of nuclear fuel from the ore, electricity generation by nuclear power, enriching and storing spent nuclear fuel and nuclear fuel reprocessing. Since n...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20accident
Nuclear accident
The most serious nuclear accident has been the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Other serious nuclear accidents include Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Three Mile Island accident, the Windscale fire, Mayak accident, and the SL-1 accident. In the period to 2007, 63 major nuclear accidents have occurred at nu...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20port
Parallel port
The parallel port (also known as a printer port or Centronics port) is a type of interface found on computers for connecting various peripherals. A parallel port is a type of interface found on computers (personal and otherwise) for connecting peripherals. In computing, a parallel port is a parallel communication physi...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic%20surgery
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a surgery that is done to change the way a person's body looks or works. Some plastic surgeries can change both. Work can be done on someone's bones, cartilage, muscles, fat, and skin. The two most common forms of plastic surgery are reconstruction (fixing body parts that have been damaged) and cosm...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring, known as simply "the Ring" by enthusiasts, is the name of a famous motorsport race track in Nürburg, Germany, built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel, which is about 70 kilometres south of Cologne, 100 kilometres northwest of Mainz, and 120 kilometres northwest...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung%20San%20Suu%20Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945 in Yangon, Burma) is a human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and State Counsellor of Myanmar. Suu Kyi was not able to be president. Instead, she became the State Counsellor of Myanmar. She brought some democracy to her country with nonviolence. She is the leader of the N...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger%20Uranium%20Mine
Ranger Uranium Mine
Ranger Uranium Mine is a large uranium deposit in the Kakadu National Park. The uranium is legally owned by the Australian Government, and is sold internationally. This mining, and the presence of uranium in Kakadu have come under controversy, due to the widespread publicity regarding the potential danger of nuclear po...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada%20Test%20Site
Nevada Test Site
The Nevada Test Site is an area set aside for the testing of nuclear weapons. It is looked after by the United States Department of Energy. It is in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las Vegas. The site was begun on January 11, 1951. It covers an area of 1,350 square miles (3,500 km²) of desert...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon%20%28Animal%20Farm%29
Napoleon (Animal Farm)
Napoleon is a character in the book Animal Farm. Together with Snowball, he is a boar that Mr. Jones is breeding for sale at the market. Napoleon is the only Berkshire boar on Manor Farm. He is fierce-looking, large, and very stubborn, wanting things to be done his own way. Napoleon is very selfish and only cares about...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball%20%28Animal%20Farm%29
Snowball (Animal Farm)
Snowball is a character in the book Animal Farm. Like Napoleon, Snowball is a boar raised by Mr. Jones for sale. Unlike Napoleon, Snowball's plans and projects are targeted at improving the quality of Manor Farm. He is a vivacious pig, quick in speech, and a brilliant inventor. Snowball is based on Trotsky of the Russ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear%20movement%20in%20Australia
Anti-nuclear movement in Australia
Australia has no nuclear power stations and the Rudd Labor government was opposed to nuclear power for Australia. However, Australia does have a small research reactor (OPAL) in Sydney, and it does export uranium. Uranium mining and export and nuclear issues have often been the subject of public debate, and the anti...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublingual%20gland
Sublingual gland
The sublingual glands are one of the main three pairs of salivary glands. The other two are the parotid gland and the submandibular gland. The sublingual glands are located in the front part of the bottom of the mouth, under the tongue. Glands
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear%20movement%20in%20the%20United%20States
Anti-nuclear movement in the United States
For many years the anti-nuclear movement in the United States succeeded in delaying or halting commitments to build some new nuclear plants. Anti-nuclear campaigns that captured national public attention in the 1970s involved the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant, Diablo Canyon Po...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajna
Prajna
Prajna is a Buddhist word meaning wisdom. It is one of three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path. The understanding is a goal of contemplation. Buddhism traces its origins to Siddattha Gotama, who lived from about 563 to 483 BCE. He was known as the Buddha, which means "the enlightened one". Buddhist terminology
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squealer%20%28Animal%20Farm%29
Squealer (Animal Farm)
Squealer is a porker on Manor Farm in the book Animal Farm. Squealer is a very fat little piglet, with round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, coupled together with a shrill voice. While arguing a difficult point, he skips from side to side and whisks his tail around in a persuasive manner, allowing him to lie...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Palestinian%20legislative%20election
2006 Palestinian legislative election
On January 25 2006, Palestinians voted for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). Without counting the 2005 municipal elections and the January 9, 2005 presidential election, this was the first election to the PLC since 1996; since then, elections had bee...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizim%C3%ADn
Tizimín
Tizimín is a city in Mexico. The city is 100 miles east of the Mérida city in Mexico. The Mérida in Mexico is not the same as the Mérida in Spain. In the Maya language, Tizimín means tapir. A tapir is a big animal that lives in South America. References Cities in Mexico Yucatán (state)
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Locher
Dick Locher
Richard Earl "Dick" Locher (June 4, 1929 – August 6, 2017) was a cartoonist. He has made cartoons for lots of things, including the Chicago Tribune. He has also made cartoons for Life, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, and the Congressional Record. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa. Locher died of Parkins...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come%20See%20the%20Paradise
Come See the Paradise
Come See the Paradise is a movie made in 1990. It is about people from Japanese families in the United States during World War II. The movie shows how some of those people were put into prison because they were Japanese. References 1990 drama movies 1990 romance movies 1990s war movies 1990s romantic drama movies Ame...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisa%20%28disambiguation%29
Tisa (disambiguation)
Tisa can be any of the following: Tisza River Tisa, a village in Hălmagiu Commune, Arad County, Romania Tisa, a village in Sănduleni Commune, Bacău County, Romania Tisa, a village in Burjuc Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania Tisa, a village in Bocicoiu Mare Commune, Maramureş County, Romania Tisa, a village in S...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisza%20%28disambiguation%29
Tisza (disambiguation)
Tisza can be any of the following: River Tisza István Tisza (1861–1918) Hungarian prime minister, Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) Hungarian president, Lajos Tisza (1832–1898) - Hungarian politician Tisza Cipő - A popular Hungarian sports shoe brand Laszlo Tisza - A Hungarian physicist and philosopher of science
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%20Tramway%20Line%201
Paris Tramway Line 1
Paris Tramway Line 1 is one of the tram lines in Paris. It was opened in 1992. Notes Rail transport in Europe Transport in France Paris 1992 establishments in Europe 1990s establishments in France
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Oklahoma
Flag of Oklahoma
The flag and banner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma is made up of a Osage Nation buffalo-skin shield with seven eagle feathers on a sky blue background. Oklahoma Symbols of Oklahoma
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal%20of%20Oklahoma
Seal of Oklahoma
The Great Seal of Oklahoma is a five-pointed star in a circle. The center of the star is made up of the Seal of the Territory of Oklahoma. Inside the star are seals of five Native American Nations from Oklahoma. The top point is for the Chickasaw nation, showing a warrior holding a bow and shield. The upper left-han...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienteering
Orienteering
where people run around an area to certain control points given on a map. There are lots of types of orienteering and the most popular type in Britain and the US is called Foot Orienteering. In orienteering people use a special map which shows where they have to go and in what order. People are timed and the person who...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad%20Henry
Brad Henry
Charles Bradford "Brad" Henry, Jr. (born June 10, 1963) is an American politician. He was the Governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. 1963 births Living people Governors of Oklahoma People from Shawnee, Oklahoma US Democratic Party politicians
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%20of%20Oklahoma
Governor of Oklahoma
The Governor of the State of Oklahoma is the head of state for the State of Oklahoma, United States. The office was created in 1907 when Oklahoma was officially admitted to the United States as the 46th state. Prior to statehood in 1907, the office was preceded by a Presidential appointed Governor of Oklahoma Territo...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20of%20the%20Klondike
King of the Klondike
King of Klondike is the main chapter of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. Plot Scrooge goes to Klondike, where he looks for gold at the White Agony Creek. Scrooge goes to Dawson where he meets an occasional thief, Glittering Goldie. Goldie and Scrooge fall in love but they not admit it to each other. Soapy Slick,...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Billionaire%20of%20Dismal%20Downs
The Billionaire of Dismal Downs
"Tbe Billionaire of Dismal Downs" is the ninth episode of The life and times of Scrooge McDuck. Plot After finding gold, Scrooge buys the Whitehorse Bank and begins to build a financial empire. Scrooge goes back to Scotland where he tries to prove that he is a "real Scotsman" by playing in the "Scottish Games". Scroog...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Cage%20of%20Nightingales
A Cage of Nightingales
A Cage of Nightingales is a 1945 French movie directed by Jean Dréville. In French it is called La Cage aux rossignols. It was one of the movies that nearly won an Oscar award. It was first shown in the USA in 1947. Notes 1945 movies French-language movies French movies
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20Clifton%20Young
Clarence Clifton Young
Clarence Clifton Young (November 7, 1922 – April 3, 2016) was an American politician from the state of Nevada. He was a member of United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1957. He was from the Republican Party. Young died in Reno, Nevada on April 3, 2016, aged 93. References 1922 b...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Salvador
San Salvador
San Salvador is the capital and largest city of the nation of El Salvador. National capitals in North America Cities in Central America El Salvador 1520s establishments in North America 1525 establishments Establishments in El Salvador
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivybridge
Ivybridge
Ivybridge is a small town in the county of Devon in South West England. References Towns in Devon
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGame
OGame
OGame is a browser-based strategy game. The game was created in 2002 by Gameforge. OGame is able to go in different languages. It also has up to 39 uni (for short) or universes. Game play Each player starts with one randomly given planet, with the starting name of "Homeworld" (which can be changed). Building from th...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menopause
Menopause
Menopause means the natural and permanent stopping of menstruation. Female hormone levels drop, since they were produced by the ovaries which have now stopped working. The female can no longer have children after this happens. Cause The menopause starts when the ovaries stop releasing eggs every month. This can occur...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong%20Hoi%20Airport
Dong Hoi Airport
Dong Hoi Airport is an airport in Dong Hoi City in Quảng Bình Province, in central Vietnam. It lies 500 km south of Hanoi. This airport is located 6 km north of downtown, in a suburb of the city. The coordinates are 17°30'54N - 106°35'26E (WGS - 84). The construction of this airport started in September 2004 and finis...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandal%20%28footwear%29
Sandal (footwear)
Sandals are an open type of footwear, with a sole held to the wearer's foot by straps or thongs passing over the instep and around the ankle. While the distinction between sandals and other types of footwear can sometimes be unclear (as in the case of huaraches—the woven leather footwear seen in Mexico), the common und...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginga%3A%20Nagareboshi%20Gin
Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin is a manga and anime series that ran from 1983 to 1986. It was created by manga author Yoshihiro Takahashi. The main character is an Akita Inu dog called "Gin" (which is Japanese for "silver"). It was released in Korea, Finland, Sweden, Hungary, Norway and China. It is mostly popular in its count...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice%20%28TV%20series%29
Beetlejuice (TV series)
Beetlejuice is an American fantasy-comedy-horror television series. It is about a teenage goth girl named Lydia who does not like her school peers and from nowhere a ghost, named Beetlejuice, appears. It aired from 1989-1992. Other websites 1989 American television series debuts 1992 television series endings 1980s...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Agrigento
Province of Agrigento
Agrigento is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy. Agrigento
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Caltanissetta
Province of Caltanissetta
Caltanissetta is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy. Caltanissetta
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous region Sicily in Italy. Catania
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Enna
Province of Enna
Enna is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy. It is the only Sicilian province which is not next to the ocean. It became a province in 1926 thanks to Benito Mussolini, who was fascinated by the history of the province, and in particular by the legend of Proserpina. In the province there are 8 lakes, ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise
Franchise
Franchise can mean: A sports team, particularly in American football Franchising: A business method that involves the licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business, such as: Chain store, retail outlets which share a brand and central management Media franchise, ownership of the characters and setting of a mo...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Messina
Province of Messina
Messina (; ) is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily. M
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Palermo
Province of Palermo
Palermo is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy. P
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Ragusa
Province of Ragusa
Ragusa is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy. R
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor. He then served as the Chancellor of University of Huddersfield from 2004 to 2015. He is also a Shakespearian actor who spent 16 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but is best known for playing the role of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Syracuse
Province of Syracuse
Syracuse is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy. It is well known for its manny archaeological sites and the island of Ortygia. S
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Trapani
Province of Trapani
Trapani is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy. T
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Cagliari
Province of Cagliari
Cagliari (; ) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari. It is the largest province of Sardinia with an area of ,. It has a total population of 551,077 (2012) and a population density of inhabitants/km². Major comuni There are 71 comuni (singular: comune)...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Carbonia-Iglesias
Province of Carbonia-Iglesias
Carbonia-Iglesias was a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy. carbonia
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Abraham
Andy Abraham
Andy Abraham (born 17 July 1964, London) is a British singer-songwriter. He is best known for finishing second in the 2005 series of The X Factor in the United Kingdom. Abraham was the representative for the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song Even If. He became the second UK act ever to ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahorse
Seahorse
Seahorses are a type of teleost fish. They are in the genus Hippocampus. They are called 'seahorses' because their head looks like a horse's head. There are about 32–48 species of seahorse. Seahorses live in tropical oceans. Seahorses use camouflage to hide. Reproduction Seahorses are unique because the male hatche...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian%20lats
Latvian lats
The Latvian lats (plural lati) was the currency used in Latvia in 1922—1940 and in 1993—2013. It is shortened as Ls and was divided into 100 santīmi On 1 January 2014, Latvian lats was replaced by the euro. The lats could be used for two weeks alongside euros after the currency was replaced. Lats Former currencies ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parts%20of%20speech
Parts of speech
Parts of speech are types of word in grammar. There are many different word categories: they are called 'lexical categories'. The most common are these: Verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and interjections are called open classes because they are parts of speech that can easily add new words. On the other hand, pronou...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Plague%20Dogs
The Plague Dogs
The Plague Dogs is a 1977 novel written by Richard Adams, who is famous for his well-known and best-selling novel, Watership Down. Like Watership Down, The Plague Dogs was made into a movie by Nepenthe Productions in 1982. It eventually got taken out of the cinema because very few people would come and see it. Story ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20%28TV%20series%29
House (TV series)
House is an American medical television drama. It was created by David Shore in 2004 and aired on FOX from 2004-2012. House M.D. has fans all over the world. It is set at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. The show's main character, Doctor Gregory House, is a grumpy, sarcastic man who h...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Medio%20Campidano
Province of Medio Campidano
Medio Campidano is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia in Italy. M
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Nuoro
Province of Nuoro
Nuoro is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia in Italy. Nuoro
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Ogliastra
Province of Ogliastra
Ogliastra is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia in Italy. Ogliastra
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Olbia-Tempio
Province of Olbia-Tempio
Olbia-Tempio is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia in Italy. olbia
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Oristano
Province of Oristano
Oristano is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia in Italy. References Oristano
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Sassari
Province of Sassari
Sassari is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia in Italy. Communes of the Province of Sassari Sassari
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%20cities
Lost cities
A lost city is a city that was normal once but, for some reason, became not lived in any more and forgotten about. Many of these cities are called ghost towns. Lost cities by continent Africa Akhetaten, Egypt – Capital during the reign of 18th Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. Later abandoned and almost totally destroyed. M...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%20city%20%28disambiguation%29
Lost city (disambiguation)
Lost City could mean: Lost City (hydrothermal field), a field of hydrothermal vents in the Atlantic Ocean "Lost City" (Stargate SG-1), a two-part episode of the television series Stargate SG-1 Lost City (novel), a 2004 novel written by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos Lost Cities could also mean: Lost Cities, a ca...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popol%20Vuh%20%28German%20band%29
Popol Vuh (German band)
Popol Vuh was a German Krautrock band that was founded by pianist and keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1970 together with Holger Trulzsch (percussion) and Frank Fiedler (electronics). Other important members during the next two decades included Daniel Fichelscher and Robert Eliscu. The band took its name from the Popol ...