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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta%20Alchemica
Porta Alchemica
Porta Alchemica (English: alchemical door), or Alchemy Gate or Magic Portal, is an ancient monument built between 1678 and 1680 by Massimiliano Palombara marquis of Pietraforte (1614-1680) in his residence, Palombara villa, located in the east of Rome on the Esquilino hill in a position almost corresponding to Piazza V...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield%2C%20Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is a city in Massachusetts, United States. In the year 2010, 153,084 people lived in the city and 700,000 people live in Metropolitan Springfield. Springfield is the largest city on the Connecticut River. It is at a natural crossroads where three rivers flow into the Connecticut River. History One of Sprin...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20apartheid
Global apartheid
Global apartheid is a term used to mean the worldwide control of resources, the economy, and government by an ethnic minority. The term comes from apartheid, a governmental system that ruled South Africa in which the Afrikaners, or "whites", controlled most of the resources and where non-whites were denied access to th...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccara
Baccara
Baccara was a Spanish pop group. They were formed in 1977. It had two members: Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola. They were successful with their first song, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie. Baccara represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978. They performed Parlez-vous français?. In 1981, Baccara split. Both Mat...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Big%20Bang%20Theory
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom. It was created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. It was first shown on CBS on September 24, 2007. Overview The show starts by being centred on two male Caltech scientists who share an apartment in Pasadena, California. They are in their twentie...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon
Smilodon
Smilodon was a genus of saber-toothed cat. There were three species. Smilodon gracilis (or S. fragilis) was the ancestral, smaller, species (2.5 to 0.5 million years ago). Smilodon populator (1 mya to 10 kya) was a large, heavy species from eastern South America. It was 1.2 m high at the shoulder, 2.1 m (83 in) long o...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Clash%20%28Album%29
The Clash (Album)
The Clash is the first album-length recording made by the English punk band The Clash. It was released twice. Both releases are still in print: the original version in 1977 and the changed U.S. version in 1979 (with several post-1977 single sides added to the album). Track listing All tracks were written by Joe Stru...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give%20%27Em%20Enough%20Rope
Give 'Em Enough Rope
Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second album by The Clash. It was released in 1978. In the United States, this was their first official album because it was released before the U.S. version of The Clash. The album was well liked and got to number 2 in the UK chart, and number 128 in the U.S. Track listing All songs were...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Daily%20Show
The Daily Show
The Daily Show (known currently as The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Jon Stewart was the host from 1999-2015 and Craig Kilborn from 1996-1998) is an Emmy Award winning news parody television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States. The half-hour long program was first shown o...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie%20Neville
Ritchie Neville
Richard Neville Dobson known professionally as Ritchie Neville (born 23 August, 1979, in Solihull, Birmingham, England) is an English singer. He is best known for being a member of UK boy band Five. Neville attended the private Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire and was taught by Mike Perry. 1979 births Living people...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five%20%28band%29
Five (band)
Five were a British boy band formed in 1997 by the same team that formed the Spice Girls, Bob Herbert and his son Chris. Signed by Simon Cowell, they enjoyed success worldwide, but particularly in the UK, parts of Europe, Russia, parts of Asia, Brazil, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and USA. They broke up on 27 Septem...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret%20Diary%20of%20a%20Call%20Girl
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (also known as Secret Diary) is a British television drama broadcast on ITV2 starring Billie Piper as "Belle", a high-class London-based call girl. The story is based on the blogs of Belle de Jour. The first 8 part series began on 27 September 2007 at 10pm. The second 8 part series began on...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a free television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a part of ITV plc. It started on 7 December 1998. For a long time, it was the most popular channel other than the main five analogue channels. Now, ITV3 is the most popular other than these. The channel shows many American progr...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle%20de%20Jour%20%28writer%29
Belle de Jour (writer)
Belle de Jour is the pen name of a former London call girl, Brooke Magnanti (born 5 November 1975). Under this name she maintains a successful blog, Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl which by 2003 had been selected by The Guardian as its blog of the year and has had two books published in both the UK and US. ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloth%20mill%20Offermann
Cloth mill Offermann
In the 18th century, the cloth mill Offermann was a brass factory in the German city of Stolberg. It was later changed to cloth mill and then to a restaurant and apartment building. The changes show the change of economical needs in that city. History of the building The building was founded as a brass factory. In th...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Anger
St. Anger
St. Anger is the 8th studio album by American thrash metal band Metallica. It was released on June 5, 2003. It was their last album released by Elektra Records. Four singles were released from the album. In 2004, the album's lead single, "St. Anger", won a Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance". A lot of people did ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing%20Is%20My%20Business...%20and%20Business%20Is%20Good%21
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! is the first studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. The album was released on June 12, 1985. It was released through Combat Records. Early in 1985, the band was given $8,000 by Combat Records to record and produce the band's first album. The money proved n...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek
Dalek
The Daleks are a made-up alien race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Daleks are aliens from the planet Skaro, integrated within a tank-like metal casing. The creatures are a powerful race who always wanted universal conquest and control, they have no pity, feelings or guilt (as ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust%20in%20Peace
Rust in Peace
Rust in Peace is the fourth album by American thrash metal band, Megadeth. It was released on September 24, 1990. It has been called one of the best thrash metal records of all time by publications such as Decibel and Kerrang!. Tracklist References Megadeth albums 1990 albums
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable%20II
Fable II
Fable II is a fantasy role-playing videogame released for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console in 2008. It is the sequel to the original Xbox game, Fable. In Fable II you begin as a poor orphan child who has a sister. You are invited into the King's palace where he kills your sister. The rest of the game you go through various...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aveyron
Aveyron
Aveyron () is a French department found in the northeast of the Occitanie region of southern France and named after the Aveyron river. Its prefecture is Rodez. History Aveyron is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created with most of the territory of the old pr...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouches-du-Rh%C3%B4ne
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône (, lit. "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It is the department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region with more people living in it. History Bouches-du-Rhône is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revoluti...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal%20cords
Vocal cords
The vocal cords or vocal folds are two sets of tissue stretched across the larynx. They can vibrate when air passes through the larynx. This produces sounds. Humans use them to produce language. Men and women have different vocal fold sizes. Adult male voices are usually deeper: males have thicker cord. The male voca...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20computing
Parallel computing
Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many instructions are carried out simultaneously (termed "in parallel"), depending on the theory that large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, and then solved concurrently ("in parallel"). There are several different forms of parallel computing: Bit-l...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20IV
WrestleMania IV
WrestleMania IV was the fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on March 27, 1988 at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Results References WrestleMania 04 Atlantic City, New Jersey Sports in New Jersey 1988 in pro...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal
Cantal
Cantal is a French department in south-central France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its prefecture is Aurillac. It is named after the Mounts of Cantal, a group of mountains in the Massif Central. History Cantal is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was create...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20V
WrestleMania V
WrestleMania V was the fifth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on April 2, 1989 at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Results Other websites The Official Website of WrestleMania V WrestleMania 05 Atlantic City, Ne...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charente
Charente
Charente (Saintongeais: Chérente, ) is a department in southwestern France, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is named after the Charente river, the most important river in the department. The two largest towns of the department, Angoulême and Cognac, are along this river. History Charente is one of the 83 French ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime (Saintongeais: Chérente-Marine) is a department on the west coast of France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is named after the Charente river, the most important river in the department, and its position along the coast. Its prefecture is the city of La Rochelle. History The department, as Cha...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimization%20%28computer%20science%29
Optimization (computer science)
In computing, optimization is the process of modifying a system to make some features of it work more efficiently or use fewer resources. For instance, a computer program may be optimized so that it runs faster, or to run with less memory requirements or other resources (see Space-time tradeoff), or to consume less en...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrimage%20of%20Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
The Pilgrimage of Grace was a revolt in York, Yorkshire in 1536. People protested against England's break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries. There were also other specific political, social and economic issues they did not like. Technically the term Pilgrimage of Grace only refers to the uprising around...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded%20system
Embedded system
An embedded system is a computer that has been built to solve only a few very specific problems and is not easily changed. The word embedded means it is built into the system. It is a permanent part in a bigger system. It usually does not look like a computer, often no keyboard or monitor or mouse. But like any compute...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20VI
WrestleMania VI
WrestleMania VI was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was held on April 1, 1990 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the sixth WrestleMania event held by the WWF. It was the first WrestleMania to be held outside of the United States. It was up from the las...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time%20computing
Real-time computing
Real-time computing is a field of Computer science. The idea is to design systems that have a real-time constraint. Real time systems will guarantee to give a result within a specified time. There are two kinds of real-time systems: Hard real-time systems: After the delay has passed the result is totally useless (and...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVN%20Award
AVN Award
The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored by and presented by the adult video industry magazine AVN. They began in January 1984. Movie awards Pornography 1984 establishments
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji
Fuji
Fuji can refer to: Mount Fuji, a mountain in Japan Fuji River, a river in Japan Fuji, Shizuoka, a city in Japan Fuji Heavy Industries, a Japanese manufacturing company. (Now known as Subaru Corporation) Fuji Speedway, a racetrack near Mount Fuji Fuji (apple), a variety of apple
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20VII
WrestleMania VII
Results The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) Def. Haku & The Barbarian w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan The Texas Tornado Def. Dino Bravo The British Bulldog Def. Warlord w/ Slick WWF Tag Team Championship Match:The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs) (w/Jimmy Hart) Def. The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20VIII
WrestleMania VIII
Results Dark Match: The Bushwhackers (Luke Williams and Butch Miller) defeated The Beverly Brothers (Blake and Beau) Shawn Michaels (with Sensational Sherri) defeated El Matador The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Jake Roberts WWF Intercontinental Championship Match: Bret Hart defeated Roddy Piper to win the ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20IX
WrestleMania IX
WrestleMania IX was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was held on April 4, 1993 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the ninth WrestleMania event held by the WWF. The main event saw Yokozuna defeat Bret Hart to win the WWF Championship. Yokozuna won the m...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbag
Airbag
An airbag is a part of the safety restraint system in cars. Airbags are bags that rapidly fill with air when an accident happens. That way they can prevent injuries that occur when the driver hits a hard object. An airbag is a useful vehicle safety device. Airbags are used in the world increasingly because in accident...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkly%20Dreaming%20Dexter
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a 2004 book written by Jeff Lindsay. It won the 2005 Dilys Award. The television show Dexter was based on the book. Crime fiction books 2004 books
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dearly%20Devoted%20Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter is a 2005 book written by Jeff Lindsay. It is a sequel to the 2004 book Darkly Dreaming Dexter which the television show Dexter is based on. Crime fiction books 2005 books
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter%20in%20the%20Dark
Dexter in the Dark
Dexter in the Dark is a 2007 book written by Jeff Lindsay. It is the third book in Lindsay's Dexter series. Crime fiction books 2007 books
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging%2C%20Austria
Fugging, Austria
Fugging ( ) is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. The village is 33 kilometres north of Salzburg, four kilometres east of the German border and can be travelled to in half an hour by car from the town of Petting, in Bavaria. History and name Fuggi...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Featherly
Susan Featherly
Susan Featherly (February 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her appearances in Cinemax television programs and adult movies such as Kama Sutra and Corporate Fantasy. Featherly was born in Syracuse, New York. Movies Television appearances Other websites 1963 births Living people American movie a...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenscraig
Ravenscraig
Ravenscraig is an area of land in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It used to be the site for steelworks. Ravenscraig used to have the largest steel mill in Western Europe. Ravenscraig was closed in 1992, and is now almost completely gone. Ravenscraig is now at the start of a big redevelopment by Wilson Bowden Developmen...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Wilson%20%28ice%20hockey%2C%20born%201955%29
Ron Wilson (ice hockey, born 1955)
Ronald Lawrence Wilson (born May 28, 1955) is a former ice hockey player. He was the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2008 to 2012. He also was the coach for the San Jose Sharks, Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks, and Anaheim Mighty Ducks of the NHL. Wilson was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He is a c...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s%20inner%20core
Earth's inner core
The inner core is the very center of the Earth, and the hottest part of the planet. It is a mainly a solid ball with a radius of about , according to seismological studies. It is believed to consist mostly of an iron–nickel alloy and to be about the same temperature as the surface of the Sun: about 5700 K (5400 °C). ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace%20Sells...%20but%20Who%27s%20Buying%3F
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
{{Infobox Album | name = Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? | type = Album | artist = Megadeth | cover = | released = September 19, 1986 | recorded = February 15 – March 20, 1986 in Los Angeles, California | genre = Thrash metal | length = 36:12 | label = Capitol Records | producer = Dave Mustaine, Randy Burns | Review...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Huge%20Ever%20Growing%20Pulsating%20Brain%20That%20Rules%20from%20the%20Centre%20of%20the%20Ultraworld
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld
"A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld" is a mix of a song by the ambient house group The Orb. The song is about being in love with a beautiful person. The song was at first a Minnie Riperton song called Lovin' You. The Orbs version was first sold in October 1989 and was in t...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Carl%20Vogel
Hermann Carl Vogel
Hermann Carl Vogel (born April 3 1841, died August 13 1907) was a German astronomer. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. Vogel was one of the first astronomers to use a spectroscope in astronomy. He used it to read the chemicals on planets far away and to measure the time it takes the Sun to spin. He could rea...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algol
Algol
Algol, also known as the Demon Star, is a bright star in the Perseus constellation. It is one of the best known double stars that can only be seen in spectroscopes, the first star of its type discovered, and one of the first variable stars to be discovered before it explodes. Algol is made of three stars (Beta Persei...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%20Far%2C%20So%20Good...%20So%20What%21
So Far, So Good... So What!
{{Infobox Album | name = So Far, So Good... So What! | type = Album | artist = Megadeth | cover = | released = January 19, 1988 | recorded = 1987 | genre = Thrash metal | length = 34:26 | label = Capitol Records | producer = Dave Mustaine, Paul Lani | Reviews = | prev_title = Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?(198...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissamphibia
Lissamphibia
The subclass Lissamphibia includes all living amphibians. They are classified in three orders: the Anura: frogs, including toads the Caudata or Urodela: salamanders, including newts the Gymnophiona or Apoda: the limbless caecilians. Although the ancestry of each group is controversial, all share certain common chara...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG%20Stadium
NRG Stadium
NRG Stadium is a football stadium in Houston, Texas. The NFL's Houston Texans play their home games here. It was called Reliant Stadium from 2002 until 2013. The stadium hosted WWE's WrestleMania 25 on April 5, 2009. On March 19, 2014, the stadium's name was changed to NRG Stadium, after NRG Energy, the parent company ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bop%20It
Bop It
Bop It is a series of battery-powered games made by Hasbro. The aim of the game is to respond quickly to the directions that come out of the game's speakers. These directions are given in a way that requires the player do use different devices on the machine, such as pull handles, twist cranks, spin wheels, or toggle s...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism
Shamanism
Shamanism is a practice where a practitioner reaches altered states of consciousness. Supposedly, the shaman perceives and interacts with a spirit world, and channels these energies into this world. A shaman is a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and bad spirits. They usually ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocky%20Scott
Jocky Scott
John 'Jocky' Alexander Scott (born January 14, 1948 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Dundee F.C. 1948 births Living people Scottish football managers Scottish footballers
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time%20operating%20system
Real-time operating system
A real-time operating system (RTOS; commonly pronounced as "are-toss") is a multitasking operating system designed for real-time applications. Such applications include embedded systems, industrial robots, scientific research equipment and others. An RTOS simplifies the creation of a real-time applications, but does n...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage%20%28band%29
Rage (band)
Rage is a heavy metal band from Germany. They have been playing since 1984. Today, only Peavy Wagner is the only member in the band who has been playing since the beginning. At first they were called Avenger. Discography Under the name Avenger Prayers of Steel (1985) Depraved to Black (EP, 1985) Albums Reign of F...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon%20Schiele
Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele (12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) (, or SHEE-luh) was a painter from Austria. Some people see his work as expressionist, but also in the art nouveau movement. With Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, he was among the most important artists of Wiener Moderne. The most important collection of Schiele's work is...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced%20instruction%20set%20computer
Reduced instruction set computer
A reduced instruction set computing (acronym RISC pronounced risk), represents a CPU design method to simplify instructions which "do less" but provide higher performance by making instructions execute very fast. RISC was developed as an alternative to what is now known as CISC. However, there are CPU designs other th...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20instruction%20set%20computer
Complex instruction set computer
A complex instruction set computer (acronym CISC pronounced sisk), represents a CPU design method in which each instruction can execute several low-level operations, such as a load from memory, an arithmetic operation, and a memory store, all in a single instruction. The term is used in contrast to reduced instruction ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugger
Debugger
A debugger is a computer program that is used to test and "debug" other programs, mainly to solve programming bugs. Debuggers offer advanced functions such as: Running a program step by step (single-stepping), Stopping (breaking) (pausing the program to examine the current state) at some kind of event by means of bre...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20Radio%205%20Live%20Sports%20Extra
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is a digital radio station from the BBC. It is broadcast on digital radio services and digital TV in the UK and Republic of Ireland. It is not available on normal analogue radio. It is also streamed online, however, some events are not available online, or outside the UK. It is used to pr...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware
Firmware
In computing, firmware is a computer program that is "embedded" in a hardware device and is an essential part of the hardware. It is sometimes called embedded software. An example is a microcontroller, a part of the microprocessor that tells the microprocessor what actions to take. It can also be a larger program store...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Edouard%20%282008%29
Tropical Storm Edouard (2008)
Tropical Storm Edouard was a tropical storm that formed in the Gulf of Mexico. A weather system became still in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in early August. An area of low pressure formed along the shear line early on August 2, which slowly became stronger during the next day. It strengthened into Tropical Depressi...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunity%20Aware%20Programming
Immunity Aware Programming
Immunity aware programming is a set of programming techniques used while writing firmware for an embedded system. It is used mainly to overcome random errors that can occur in the CPU program counter or register set, RAM or any other that can cause failure of the "victim" device. Such random errors may be caused by sin...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discriminant
Discriminant
In algebra, the discriminant, sometimes represented by the symbol , is an algebraic expression used to determine the number of roots a polynomial have. For example, the discriminant of the quadratic polynomial       is       . If the discriminant is larger than zero, then the polynomial has two (distinct) real nu...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single%20event%20upset
Single event upset
A single event upset (SEU) is a change of state caused by a low-energy ions or electro-magnetic or nuclear radiation or any other kind of interferences that can reach (called "strike") a sensitive node in a micro-electronic device, such as in a microprocessor, semiconductor memory, or power transistors. The error in th...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Gbandi
Chris Gbandi
Chris Gbandi is a football player. He plays for Haugesund and Liberia national team. Club career statistics |- |2002||rowspan="3"|Dallas Burn||rowspan="3"|Major League Soccer||0||0 |- |2003||22||1 |- |2004||23||0 |- |2005||rowspan="3"|Dallas||rowspan="3"|Major League Soccer||17||1 |- |2006||28||0 |- |2007||21||1 |- ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Wolfenden%20%28footballer%29
Matthew Wolfenden (footballer)
Matthew Wolfenden is a football player. He plays for F.C. United of Manchester. He has also played for Oldham Athletic and Wrexham. Club career statistics References English footballers People from Oldham, Greater Manchester 1987 births Living people
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Wharton
Arthur Wharton
Arthur Wharton is a former english football player. References 1865 births 1930 deaths Ghanaian footballers Association football goalkeepers
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristo%20Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov (born 8 February 1966) is a former Bulgarian football player. He has played for Bulgaria national team. Club career statistics |- |1982/83||rowspan="2"|Hebros Harmanli||||11||4||||||||||||||11||4 |- |1983/84||||21||10||||||||||||||21||10 |- |1984/85||rowspan="6"|CSKA Sofia||rowspan="6"|A PFG||11||0|...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy%20Martens
Sandy Martens
Sandy Martens is a football player. He has played for Belgium national team. Club career statistics |- |1993-94||Olsa Brakel||||30||18 |- |1994-95||rowspan="5"|Gent||rowspan="5"|First Division||31||10 |- |1995-96||32||9 |- |1996-97||30||6 |- |1997-98||22||6 |- |1998-99||28||8 |- |1999-00||rowspan="5"|Brugge||rowspan=...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20B.%20Fry
C. B. Fry
C. B. Fry is a former sportsman. He played Cricket and football for England. He played in an FA Cup Final. Fry held a world record for long jump for many years. He also played Rugby union. Later in his life, he was a writer and diplomat. He was asked to become king of Albania, but refused it. International career sta...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egil%20Olsen
Egil Olsen
Egil Olsen is a former football player. He has played for Norway national team. International career statistics |- !Total||16||0 1942 births Living people Norwegian footballers
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franck%20Queudrue
Franck Queudrue
Franck Queudrue (born 27 August 1978) is a football player. He plays for Birmingham City. Club career statistics |- |1999-00||rowspan="3"|Lens||rowspan="3"|Division 1||16||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||7||0||23||1 |- |2000-01||22||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||1 |- |2001-02||2||0||colspan="2"...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Bellamy
Craig Bellamy
Craig Bellamy (born 13 July 1979) is a Welsh football player. He plays for Manchester City and Wales national team. He was part of the Great Britain squad at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Club career statistics |- |1996/97||rowspan="5"|Norwich City||rowspan="5"|First Division||3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0 |- |1...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derlei
Derlei
Derlei is a football player. He plays for Sporting Portugal. Club career statistics |- |1999-00||rowspan="3"|Leiria||rowspan="3"|Portuguese League||26||8 |- |2000-01||32||13 |- |2001-02||33||21 |- |2002-03||rowspan="3"|Porto||rowspan="3"|Portuguese League||26||7 |- |2003-04||18||12 |- |2004-05||13||10 |- |2005||rows...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avril%20Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian-French singer, songwriter, and actress. Her first album Let Go was credited as the biggest pop debut of 2002, and certified seven-times Platinum in the United States. Avril is considered a key musician in the development of pop punk music since she paved the ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal%20Lecter
Hannibal Lecter
Doctor Hannibal Lecter is a fictional serial killer. He is a character in books by the crime drama writer Thomas Harris. Several of these books have been made into movies. Lecter was also the main character in an NBC television show called Hannibal. Lecter himself Lecter is a cannibal, meaning that he eats people. He ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n
Asunción
Asunción (full name: Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción), is the capital city and largest city of Paraguay. The city has more than 1.2 million inhabitants, and the metropolitan area has more than 1.8 million inhabitants. It is on the left bank of the Paraguay River and is the main seaport of Paraguay. The Spani...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination
Predestination
Predestination is a religious concept, which is about the relationship between God and His creation. The religious character of predestination distinguishes it from other ideas about determinism and free will. Those who believe in predestination, such as John Calvin, believe that before the creation God determined the ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Nightmare%20on%20Elm%20Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher movie. It was directed by Wes Craven and released to movie theaters by Warner Bros. It is about five teenagers who are followed in their dreams by the ghost of serial killer Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund. It also stars John Saxon as Lt. Donald Thompson. A...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiolus
Gladiolus
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely-used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas). Description The genus Gladiolu...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying%20possum
Flying possum
A flying possum or glider may refer to any of several marsupial species: Feathertail glider Greater glider wrist-winged glider, or flying phalanger: genus Petaurus, six species: Biak glider Mahogany glider Northern glider Squirrel glider Sugar glider Yellow-bellied glider
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathertail%20glider
Feathertail glider
The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider or flying mouse, is the world's smallest gliding mammal. It is named after its long feather-shaped tail. Although only the size of a very small mouse (65 to 80 mm and 10 to 14 g), it can leap and glide long distances from ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20glider
Sugar glider
The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small marsupial originally native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and introduced to Tasmania. It is called a sugar glider because it likes to feed on the sugary sap from certain trees, and can jump from trees and glide thr...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck%20Archipelago
Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and part of Papua New Guinea. History The first inhabitants of the Archipelago arrived around 33,000 years ago after sailing from what is now Papua New Guinea. Later arrivals included the Lapita people....
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal%20precedent
Legal precedent
In common law legal systems, a precedent or authority is a legal case that establishes a principle or rule. This principle or rule is then used by the court or other judicial bodies use when deciding later cases with similar issues or facts. The use of precedent provides predictability, stability, fairness, and effici...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Escort%20%28Europe%29
Ford Escort (Europe)
''For the North American Ford Escort, see Ford Escort (North America). For the 1950s Ford Escort estate car, see Ford Squire. The European Ford Escort was a car made by the Ford Motor Company from 1968 through 2002. The first generation was produced from 1968 to 1974. The second generation was made from 1974 to 1980. ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Fiesta
Ford Fiesta
Ford Fiesta is a subcompact car made by Ford Motor Company from 1976 to the present day. When the car was first released in 1976 it came complete with modern features not expected on such a small car like air-conditioning (in North America only) and energy-absorbing bumpers. Until 1986 it was the smallest Ford vehicle ...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Fusion%20%28Europe%29
Ford Fusion (Europe)
For the Ford Fusion sold in the Americas, see Ford Fusion (Americas). The European Ford Fusion was a car made by Ford Motor Company from 2002 to 2012. It is sold in Europe and India. It was replaced with the B-Max in 2012. 2000s automobiles Fusion (Europe)
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Galaxy
Ford Galaxy
Ford Galaxy is a car produced by Ford Motor Company from 1995 to the present day. The original model was made by Volkswagen. It was also sold as the Volkwagen Sharan and Seat Alhambra. It got a facelift in 2000. It was redesigned in 2006 made by Ford themselves. As of 2014 there have been three generations. 1990s au...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20C-Max
Ford C-Max
Ford C-Max is a car produced by Ford Motor Company from 2003 to 2019. It was originally called the Focus C-Max before it had a facelift in 2007. It entered its 2nd generation in 2010 and is available in 5-seat and Grand 7-seat versions. It was facelifted in 2015 and in 2019, Ford ended production of it. Engines Petro...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20S-Max
Ford S-Max
Ford S-Max is a car produced by Ford Motor Company from 2006 to the present day. The first generation was made from 2006 to 2015 with a facelift in 2010. It entered its second generation in 2015. 2000s automobiles S-Max
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Puma
Ford Puma
The Ford Puma was a sports car produced by Ford Motor Company from 1997 through 2002. The car received great praise for its fun handling but wasn't replaced when production stopped. In late 2019, Ford reused the Puma name on a new small, sporty crossover model. 1990s automobiles 2000s automobiles Puma
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Kilkenny () is the county town (seat) of County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore, at the centre of County Kilkenny in the historical province of Leinster in the south-east of the country. Kilkenny City is administered by a borough council and has a Mayor form of government. The majori...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Cougar
Ford Cougar
The Ford Cougar was a car produced by Ford Motor Company. It was sold in the European market from 1998 through 2002. The US version was sold as the Mercury Cougar. Other websites V6 Cougar - Ford Cougar Site 1990s automobiles 2000s automobiles Cougar