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10933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla | Tortilla | A tortilla is a flat bread used in Mexican cuisine. They are used in burritos, enchiladas, and mainly as a wrap called taco. They are normally made of maize (corn), but can also be made of wheat or potatoes.
In Spanish cuisine, tortillas are very different; they are closer to an omelette based on potatoes, usually mix... |
10950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit | Bit | Bit can have different meanings:
A digit in binary notation, either 0 or 1. This is like a light switch; either there is light or there is not.
A unit of measurement for the amount of data. This will be a multiple of 1 bit; only integers are allowed.
As a unit of measurement for information. In this context, 1 bit is ... |
10952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders | EastEnders | EastEnders is a British drama season TV soap opera in the United Kingdom. It has been running since February 1985, and has had over 5700 episodes. The programme is a rival of Coronation Street and Emmerdale. It is shown on BBC One.
The programme is in a pretend area of East London, called Walford. It is filmed in Elst... |
10956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic | Genetic | Genetic can refer to:
Genetics, the science of heredity. In this context, 'genetic' means passed on through heredity.
Genetic (linguistics), in linguistics, a relationship between two languages with a common ancestor language
Genetic algorithm, in computer science, a kind of search technique modeled on evolutionary bi... |
10958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20II%20of%20Spain | Philip II of Spain | Philip II of Spain (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was, starting in 1556, king of Spain, and Burgundy, the Netherlands, Naples, Sicily, and overseas Spanish America. He was born in Valladolid, and was the only son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his wife to live until he was an adult. He was Catholic. His rule ... |
10960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20II%20of%20England | William II of England | William II of England (c. 1056–2 August 1100) was the second son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. He was King of England from 1087 until 1100. He was a harsh ruler and was not very liked. He did not have a wife or any children. He died on 2 August 1100 in the New Forest when he was shot by an arrow whi... |
10962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20I%20of%20England | Mary I of England | Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. She was the oldest daughter of Henry VIII, and the only child of Catherine of Aragon who survived childhood.
Mary succeeded her short-lived half-brother, Edward VI, to t... |
10963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20VI%20of%20England | Edward VI of England | Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland, from 28 January 1547, until his death on 6 July 1553.
Edward was the son of Henry VIII of England and Jane Seymour. His mother died 12 days after his birth. He became king at the age of 9 when his father died. Although he had two older sisters... |
10964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20I%20of%20England | Richard I of England | Richard I of England (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was the king of England from 1189 to 1199. He is sometimes called Richard the Lionheart. Richard was the son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. As the third son, he was not expected to inherit the throne, and he was a replacement child. At the age of ... |
10965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Seymour | Jane Seymour | Jane Seymour (c.1508 – 24 October 1537) was the third wife of King Henry VIII of England and queen consort from 1536 until 1537. She was the mother of Edward VI of England, who died at the age of 15. Edward was the only male child of King Henry VIII to survive infancy.
Biography
Jane Seymour was the child of John Sey... |
10966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20of%20York | Elizabeth of York | Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466-11 February 1503) married King Henry VII of England in 1486. This marriage united the House of Plantagenet and the House of Lancaster, the two sides of the Wars of the Roses. She was the mother of King Henry VIII. When she was only 17, her father died of pneumonia.
1466 births
1503 ... |
10967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20of%20Aragon | Catherine of Aragon | Catherine of Aragon (Spanish: Catalina) (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was the daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Catherine was the wife of Arthur, Prince of Wales and later married his brother, Henry VIII.
Early life
When Catherine was three years old, it was decided that she would ma... |
10972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20Peck | Gregory Peck | Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and producer who was born in La Jolla, California.
One of 20th Century Fox's most popular movie stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important roles well into the 1990s. His most famous role was that of Atticus Finch in the... |
10973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%20City | Sin City | Sin City is the title of a number of stories by Frank Miller, written in a comic book-style and the name of a movie that is based on the books.
Sin City movie
A movie version of the Sin City books was released in 2005. It starred a number of famous actors, including Jessica Alba, Brittany Murphy, Bruce Willis, and E... |
10974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany%20Murphy | Brittany Murphy | Brittany Murphy-Monjack (born Brittany Anne Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. She appeared in many movies and was the voice of Luanne on the American television show King of the Hill. Murphy was married to British moviemaker Simon Monjack (1970-2010) from 2007 until ... |
10978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evershot | Evershot | Evershot is a village in the county of Dorset. It is in the West Dorset District. In 2001 there were 206 people living in Evershot.
References
Villages in Dorset
West Dorset |
10981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft | Copyleft | Copyleft is a name for a type of a license for free content or free software. It is not the opposite of copyright, but its purpose is the opposite of the purpose of the frequently seen copyright type of license (which uses copyright to forbid changing, giving, or selling something). A copyleft license uses copyright to... |
10982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay | Uruguay | Uruguay (officially Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country in South America. The language spoken there is Spanish. Its capital and largest city is Montevideo. Uruguay is bordered by two large neighbors, Brazil and Argentina. The only country in South America that is smaller than Uruguay is Suriname. The land is mos... |
10983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota | Minnesota | Minnesota is a principality in the Upper Midwest of the United States of America. Part of the state has a border with the country of Canada.
The capital of Minnesota is Saint Paul. The largest city is Minneapolis. Over 3 million people live in the two cities and the suburbs that surround it, which are separated by the... |
10984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado | Colorado | Colorado is a state in the western United States. Its capital and largest city is Denver. Other large cities are Colorado Springs and Aurora. Colorado became the 38th state admitted to the union on August 1, 1876.
History
Native Americans first settled in Colorado. The prominent Colorado Native Americans are the Navaj... |
10985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo | Cairo | Cairo (, usually transliterated as Al-Qāhirah) is the capital and largest city in Egypt. The city name can be translated as the one who won. Cairo is sometimes called "Mother of the World" (Um al Dunya).
Cairo has 7,947,121 people. About 17,290,000 people live in its urban area. This makes it the biggest city of the A... |
10986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush | Bush | Bush can be more than one thing:
A bush or a shrub is a woody plant
The bush is the name used for undeveloped land in some countries
For the U.S. presidents Bush, see George Bush
Bush (band) |
10990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace%20engineering | Aerospace engineering | Aerospace engineering is a field of engineering that specializes in designing vehicles that move through air and/or space, namely aircraft or spacecraft. Aerospace engineering is a culmination of design, development and testing to produce top-notch civilian and military aircrafts and space crafts.
As with other fields... |
10991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1805 | 1805 | 1805 (MDCCCV) was .
Events
October 21 – Battle of Trafalgar |
10993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka | Karnataka | Karnataka is a state in the Republic of India. It has an area of . It is bigger than Syria but smaller than Senegal. In traditional Indian geography it falls under the Southern zone. It has 31 districts. According to the Census of 2011,it has a population of approximately 6.11 crores. The present Chief Minister of the ... |
10995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrland | Norrland | Norrland is the northernmost region of Sweden. The other two regions are Götaland and Svealand. Norrland includes the Swedish counties Gävleborg County, Västernorrland County, Jämtland County, Västerbotten County and Norrbotten County. By "Upper Norrland" people usually mean Norrbotten and Västerbotten counties.
Histor... |
11008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary | Calgary | Calgary is the biggest city in Alberta, Canada. More than 1,000,000 people live in Calgary. The city is in the southern half of Alberta near the Rocky Mountains.
Economy
There are many oil and gas businesses in Calgary. There are many skyscrapers in the City.
Around Calgary there are many farms where cows are raised... |
11009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20Scotia | Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia ( ); French pronunciation: ) is a small province found on the east coast of Canada. The name "Nova Scotia" is Latin for "New Scotland". The capital and largest city is Halifax.
People who live in Nova Scotia are called Nova Scotians. There are over 900,000 of them; over 400,000 of whom live in Halifax.
Wh... |
11016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary%20%28disambiguation%29 | Calgary (disambiguation) | Calgary might mean any of the following places:
Calgary, Mull is a village and a bay on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fort Calgary was a Northwest Mounted Police fort founded in 1875, named after Scotland's Calgary. It is now a historic site
Calgary, Alberta is the largest city in Alberta, Canada; founded... |
11020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute%20zero | Absolute zero | Absolute zero is the temperature at which the particles of matter (molecules and atoms) are at their lowest energy points. Some might think that at absolute zero particles lose all energy and stop moving. This is not correct. In quantum physics there is something called zero point energy, which means that even after al... |
11025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder | Cylinder | A cylinder is one of the most basic curved three dimensional geometric shapes, with the surface formed by the points at a fixed distance from a given line segment, known as the axis of the cylinder. The shape can be thought of as a circular prism. Both the surface and the solid shape created inside can be called a cyli... |
11026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum | Vacuum | A vacuum is a place where there is no matter, not even air. Sound cannot move in a vacuum. No place has a perfect vacuum, because a small number of particles remain, even in outer space.
A space where only some of the air is removed is also called a vacuum. The space then has lower pressure, even though most of the a... |
11030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20Howard | Catherine Howard | Catherine Howard (c. 1521 – 13 February 1542) was the Queen of England from 1540 until 1541, as the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England.
Childhood
Catherine Howard (also spelled "Katherine") was born in about 1521, but the exact date is unknown. She was the tenth child of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpepper. Her... |
11031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20of%20Cleves | Anne of Cleves | Anne of Cleves (22 September 1515 – 16 July 1557) was the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England from January 1540 to July 1540.
Biography
She was the daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves and Maria of Julich Berg. She was born in Düsseldorf on 22 September 1515.
She was betrothed to Francis, the Duke of Lorraine, but s... |
11033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Tudor%2C%20Queen%20of%20France | Mary Tudor, Queen of France | Mary Tudor (28 March 1495 – 25 June 1533) was the youngest daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. She was princess of England, and was Queen of France for three months. After being Queen of France, she married someone else, and became Duchess of Suffolk until her death.
Biography
Mary Tudor was born ... |
11034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20XII%20of%20France | Louis XII of France | Louis XII of France (June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) was the son of Charles, Duke of Orleans and Mary of Cleves. He was born on June 27, 1462 in the Chateau de Blois, France.
Louis's first wife was Jeanne of France, who was the daughter of Louis XI of France. At the time, Louis was not expected to become King of Fran... |
11035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20XIII | Louis XIII | Louis XIII (27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 to 1643. He was the son of Henry IV and Marie de' Medici. He lived during the time of the Thirty Years War and had to deal with many rebellions. He was proud of his country, and tried to encourage French artists to stay in France instead of goi... |
11036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20of%20France | Claude of France | Claude of France (October 14, 1499 – July 20, 1524) was the daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. Claude had no brothers, but was not allowed to be the Queen of France in her own right after her father died because of the Salic Law. Instead she became the Queen consort of France by marrying the next Kin... |
11038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20Eleanor%20Brandon | Lady Eleanor Brandon | Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519-27 September 1547) was the daughter of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Her maternal grandparents were King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. She was the sister of Lady Frances Brandon therefore she was the aunt of Lady Jane Grey.
Biography
Eleanor ... |
11039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20Frances%20Brandon | Lady Frances Brandon | Lady Frances Brandon (16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559) was the daughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. She was married to Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and had three daughters: Jane, Mary and Katherine. Her daughter Jane became the Queen of England for nine days.
Life
Frances Brandon was a cruel, a... |
11040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20II%20of%20France | Henry II of France | Henry II of France (March 31, 1519 – July 10, 1559) was a King of France and a member of the house of Valois. Henry was crowned King in Rheims, France, on July 25, 1547.
Birth
Henry was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, on March 31, 1519. His parents were Francis I of France and Claude of France.
Marriage
Henr... |
11041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20I%20of%20France | Francis I of France | Francis I of France (September 12, 1494 - March 31, 1547) was a King of France and a member of the house of Valois.
Birth
Francis was born in Cognac, France on September 12, 1494. His parents were Charles, Duke of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy.
Marriage
Francis I married Claude of France on May 18, 1514. They had s... |
11042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine%20of%20Valois | Madeleine of Valois | Madeleine of France (10 August 1520 – 2 July 1537) was the daughter of Francis I of France and Claude of France. She was married to James V of Scotland on 1 January 1537 in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.
Madeleine got sick with tuberculosis when she went to live in Scotland and died when she was only 16 years ... |
11043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyrood%20Abbey | Holyrood Abbey | Holyrood Abbey is a ruined Augustine Abbey. It is in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built by David I of Scotland in 1128.
Buildings and structures in Edinburgh
Abbeys
Churches in the United Kingdom |
11047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Muppets | The Muppets | The Muppets are puppet characters created by Jim Henson. The characters include Kermit the Frog and the Muppet cast of Sesame Street. Jim Henson started work with the Muppets in the 1950s and continued until his death in 1990. The Muppets are known for an surreal absurd burlesque and humorous style of variety-sketch co... |
11048 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm%20II%2C%20German%20Emperor | Wilhelm II, German Emperor | Wilhelm II of Prussia and Germany (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern, 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and the last King of Prussia. Ruling from 1888 to 1918, he went to live in the Netherlands and abdicated (resigned) as King and Emperor. He died in the Netherlands at Huis Doo... |
11049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20de%27%20Medici | Catherine de' Medici | Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de Medici, ; French: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589), was the wife of Henry II of France.
Catherine was the daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici. She was born in Florence, Italy. She was born Caterina Maria Romula de' Medici.
Catherine was married to Henr... |
11050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20II%20of%20France | Francis II of France | Francis II of France (January 19, 1544 – December 5, 1560) was a King of France and a member of the House of Valois.
Birth
Francis was born in Fontainebleau, France, on January 19, 1544. His parents were Henry II of France and Catherine of Medici.
Marriage
Francis was married to Mary, Queen of Scots, on April 24, 1... |
11052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adela%20of%20Normandy | Adela of Normandy | Adela of Normandy (c. 1067 – c. 8 March 1137) was the daughter of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders. She was married to Stephen, Count of Blois between 1080 and 1084 and became the mother of:
William, Count of Chartres
Stephen of England
Odo of Blois, who died young
Theobald II of Champagne
Henry of Blo... |
11053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20of%20England | Stephen of England | Stephen of England (c. 1096–25 October 1154) was King of England from 1135 until 1154. He became the King after the death of his uncle Henry I. Stephan was the King until his own death in Dover, Kent. Stephen was crowned at Westminster Abbey on the 26 December 1135. Stephen is buried at the Clunaic Monastery in Faversh... |
11054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor%20of%20Aquitaine | Eleanor of Aquitaine | Eleanor of Aquitaine (c. 1122 – March 31, 1204) was the daughter of William X of Aquitaine. She had a younger sister called Petronilla of Aquitaine. She brought the province of Aquitaine to England when she married Henry II of England. It stayed under English control for 300 years.
Life
Eleanor inherited land in Fran... |
11055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20of%20England | John of England | King John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was the son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was King of England from 6 April 1199, until his death. He became King of England after the death of his brother Richard I (Richard the Lionheart).
His reign was marked by disputes between John and his barons... |
11058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/13%20%28number%29 | 13 (number) | Thirteen is a number. It comes after twelve and before fourteen. It is an odd number.
Many people think thirteen is an unlucky number, especially when Friday is the thirteenth day of the month. This is a superstition. There is no proof that thirteen is an unlucky number.
Floors in tall buildings often skip floor thir... |
11063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend | Weekend | The weekend is a time when fewer people go to work or school. Traditional Christians believe that Sunday is a day of rest or Sabbath, and Jews believe the day of rest is the seventh day, Saturday, and start the week with Sunday. Friday is also considered the beginning of the weekend, and it is a day of rest for Muslims... |
11074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria | Alexandria | Alexandria (Arabic: الإسكندرية) is the second largest city in Egypt. It was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC as Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexandria). It is on the Mediterranean Sea, only 225 km (140 miles) northwest of Cairo.
Alexandria has 3.8 million people. It is the main port of Egypt. It has two airports and three bi... |
11079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908 | 1908 | 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January 1 – A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time.
January 8 – A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17, injuring 38 and leading to increas... |
11103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic%20League | Celtic League | The Celtic League is a group of people from the six modern Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. They want their countries to be free. These six countries each have a native Celtic language and the Celtic League supports the learning of these languages. The six Celtic langu... |
11104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah%20Winfrey | Oprah Winfrey | Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated f... |
11109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colognian%20dialect | Colognian dialect | The Colognian dialect, or Kölsch is a variety of the German languages. People in and around the city of Cologne in the West of Germany use Kölsch. Nowadays most of them have High German as their primary language or secondary language.
Usage
About 250,000 people actively speak Kölsch.
More than 2,500,000 people unders... |
11110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6lsch | Kölsch | The word Kölsch has several meanings:
some breweries in the city of Cologne in the West of Germany make a special type of beer: Kölsch (beer)
people in and around the city of Cologne in the West of Germany speak their own local language: Kölsch (language) |
11111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past%20tense | Past tense | Past tense is a verb form which is marked by time (tense).
The past tense is used for actions in a time which has already happened. In order to explain and understand past tense, it is useful to imagine time as a line on which the past, the present tense and the future tense are positioned.
Words in English have s... |
11114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeview | Freeview | Freeview is a free television service in the United Kingdom, and is sent to people's home using a digital signal. It includes more channels than normal analogue television provides. Over 30 television channels and 24 radio stations are on it at the moment. The service was put on air on October 30, 2002 in the early mor... |
11117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Addy | Mark Addy | Mark Addy (born 14 January 1964, in York, England) is an English actor. The best known works by Addy are as Detective Boyle in the British sitcom The Thin Blue Line, Dave in the movie The Full Monty, father Bill Miller in the US sitcom Still Standing and more recently as King Robert Baratheon in the HBO fantasy epic Ga... |
11118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba | Tuba | The tuba is the biggest of all the brass musical instruments. They are the newest part of the symphony orchestra, first showing up in the mid-19th century. Most orchestras have a tuba now. The standard tuba has about 16 feet of tubes.
Tubas are normally in the key of F, Eb, CC, or BBb and can have 3 to 6 valves. Becau... |
11119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden%20gnome | Garden gnome | Garden gnomes are small lawn ornaments, usually placed in gardens or in front of houses. They are small statues, usually between one and two feet tall (30 to 60 centimeters). They depict gnomes, which are short creatures similar to humans.
Garden gnomes have become a popular accessory in many gardens, but they are not... |
11120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky | Kentucky | Kentucky is a state in the United States. Its capital is Frankfort. It touches the states of Missouri (by the Mississippi River), Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia (by the Ohio River), Tennessee and Virginia. There are many rivers in Kentucky.
History
The first people to settle in Kentucky were Native Americans b... |
11121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Busey | Gary Busey | Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944) is an American actor. He has appeared in many movies and television shows since the 1970s. In 1988, He was involved in a motorcycle accident, but he recovered. He was born in Goose Creek, Texas and grew up in Oklahoma. He was a heavy cocaine user for many years, before giving it up and b... |
11122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana | Montana | Montana is a state in the United States. Its capital is Helena, and the largest city is Billings. Montana has many mountains in the western half of the state. Most of the eastern part of the state is prairie.
Montana is the fourth largest state by area, the seventh least populous, and the third least densely populated... |
11124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20seas | List of seas | The sea is the interconnected system of all the Earth's oceanic waters, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic Oceans. However, the word "sea" can also be used for many specific, much smaller bodies of seawater, such as the North Sea or the Red Sea.There are 78 seas in the world
List of seas, by ... |
11125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wool | Wool | Wool is the hair of certain mammals. Most wool comes from sheep and goats, but wool is also taken from camels, llamas, and special rabbits. Wool is a natural material. People use wool fiber to make clothing, blankets, and other things to keep warm. It is usually used to make outer clothing but is also used to make ... |
11126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw | Saw | A saw is a tool used to cut things.
There are many kinds of saw. Some of them are hand tools that work with muscle power, like the saw in the picture. Some saws have other sources of power and can be very powerful, such as a chainsaw that is used to cut down trees.
The work carried out with a saw is usually noisy. Us... |
11128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee | Tennessee | Tennessee is a state in the United States. Its capital is Nashville, which is also the country music center of America. It is the home of the Smoky Mountains which are a famous tourist attraction. Other well known cities and towns are Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Oak Ridge, Lynchburg, Carthage, Lawrenceburg, Clarks... |
11129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut | Connecticut | Connecticut is a state in the United States. Its capital is Hartford, and its largest city is Bridgeport.
Geography-Climate
The highest peak in Connecticut is Bear Mountain in Salisbury in the northwest corner of the state. The highest point is just east of where Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York meet (42° 3' N... |
11130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming | Wyoming | Wyoming is a state in the western United States. Most of the state is in the Rocky Mountains, a large mountain range in the United States. Wyoming is the least populated U.S. state with a population of 576,412 people. Its capital and biggest city is Cheyenne. It borders Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Utah, Idaho, and... |
11131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi | Mississippi | Mississippi is one of the states of the United States. Its capital and largest city is Jackson. The state flower and tree are the magnolia. Other large cities are Biloxi, Greenville, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Meridian, Pascagoula, Southaven, Tupelo, Starkville, and Vicksburg. It touches Arkansas (by the Mississippi River)... |
11132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware | Delaware | Delaware () is a state in the United States. It is sometimes called the First State because it was the first colony to accept the new constitution in 1787. Its capital is Dover and its biggest city is Wilmington. It is the second smallest state in the United States.
The Dutch first settled Delaware. The Swedish then t... |
11133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho | Idaho | Idaho is a state in the northwestern United States, and was the 43rd state to join the union.
Idaho became a state in 1890, and it is the 11th largest state in land area, and the 14th largest in total area (land and water). Despite this, the population of Idaho was estimated at only 1,787,065 by the United States Cens... |
11134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila | Manila | Manila () is the capital city of the Philippines. It is one of the largest cities in the Philippines. Manila is on the biggest island of the Philippines, Luzon. Manila is by a bay named Manila Bay. The metropolitan area, called Metro Manila, is much larger. It stretches across a thin strip of land (called an isthmus) t... |
11139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiC | DiC | DiC Entertainment (DiC) was an international/Canadian-American movie and television production company founded in 1971 as D.i.C. Audiovisuel by Jean Chalopin in France. In 2008 Cookie Jar Group bought out DiC and then merged it with Cookie Jar Entertainment. Dic Entertainment is now owned by DHX Media. In the 1985-1988... |
11141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hobbit | The Hobbit | The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, is a book written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was first published on September 21, 1937. Tolkien wrote it in the 1930s for his children as a bedtime story. The story takes place before The Lord of the Rings.
The plot is about the hobbit (a small race of people invented by Tolkien) Bilb... |
11142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings | The Lord of the Rings | The Lord of the Rings is a book written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was first published in 1954. It is split in three parts (or volumes), which are named The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. It was written after Hobbit.
The Lord of the Rings takes place in Tolkien's fictional world, ca... |
11143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction | Extinction | Extinction is when a species of animal, plant, or other organisms are no longer living. Extinction is one of the major features of evolution.
All species become extinct sooner or later. The end of a species may happen for many reasons. It may be caused by habitat loss or by being overhunted, or by a major extinction e... |
11182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minehead | Minehead | Minehead is a seaside town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is in the borough of Somerset West and Taunton.
In 2011, the town had a population of 11,981. It is close to the border with Devon.
The town is 21 miles (34 km) north-west of Taunton, Somerset's county town.
It is close to the Exmoor National Park... |
11184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank%20Azaria | Hank Azaria | Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria ( ; born April 25, 1964) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and producer. He voiced many characters in the Fox animated television series The Simpsons. He also appeared in movies such as The Birdcage (1996), and on stage as Sir Lancelot in the Monty Python-inspired musical, Spamalot... |
11185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%20City | Mexico City | Mexico City () is the capital and largest city of Mexico. It is also one of the most populous and polluted cities in the world. The Aztec people were here before the Spanish came and made Mexico City. It was founded in 1521 by Hernán Cortés. Today, about 8.5 million people live in the city, and about 18 million live in... |
11186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1821 | 1821 |
Deaths
January 4 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint (b. 1774)
February 23 – John Keats, British poet (b. 1795)
March 13 – John Hunter, second Governor of New South Wales (b. 1737)
May 5 – Napoleon I of France (b. 1769)
May 19 – Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771)
September 10 – Johann Dominicus Fio... |
11187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hinckley%20Jr. | John Hinckley Jr. | John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is the man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. On March 30, 1981, shortly after Reagan was elected, Hinckley shot at Reagan in Washington, D.C. Reagan was injured, but recovered quickly. Hinckley was tried, but was found not guilty, due to his insanity. H... |
11188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampico%2C%20Illinois | Tampico, Illinois | Tampico is a village in Whiteside County, Illinois. The 2000 census said the village had a total population of 772.
History
On February 6, 1911, Ronald Reagan, who used to be President of the United States (1981-1989) was born in a two story apartment over the local bank. The building where the apartment is near th... |
11189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20area | Surface area | Surface area the measure of the total area that the surface of the object occupies (3D) object. The surface area of a polyhedron is found by finding the sum of the area of all of the faces. The surface area is found between many three-dimensional shapes using formulas.
The surface area is useful because it tells you h... |
11190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Hirschfeld | Al Hirschfeld | Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American cartoonist and illustrator. He was known mostly for his caricatures (funny drawings) of entertainers and famous people.
American animators
American cartoonists
1903 births
2003 deaths
American illustrators |
11191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20Army%20Surgical%20Hospital | Mobile Army Surgical Hospital | A Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (or M.A.S.H. or MASH) was a medical center used during wars, to care and fix injured soldiers who got hurt in the fighting. They were an alternative to field hospitals and real hospitals which were used in World War II. During the Korean War, thanks to these kinds of hospitals, soldiers ... |
11192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois | Illinois | Illinois is a state in the United States. Its capital is Springfield and its largest city is Chicago. It is bordered to the north by Wisconsin, to the west by Iowa and below that, by Missouri (both borders are along the Mississippi River). To the south-east, Illinois is bordered along the Ohio River by Kentucky and to ... |
11193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle | Seattle | Seattle is the largest city in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the home of the Space Needle and a monorail, both of which were built for the 1962 World's Fair. It is also the American headquarters of Starbucks coffee, Amazon.com and Nordstrom. In the 1960s and 1990s, music artists like Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl ... |
11194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiefer%20Sutherland | Kiefer Sutherland | Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966) is a Canadian actor and director.
He was born in London, England in 1966 to Canadian actor Donald Sutherland and his wife Shirley Douglas, an actress and daughter of Canadian statesman Tommy Douglas. He also has a twin sister, named Rach... |
11196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling | Stirling | Stirling () is a city in the middle of Scotland. Stirling was very important a long time ago because it is at the centre of Scotland. Battles were fought at Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge, and there is a castle in the city. During part of the Middle Ages it was the capital of the Kingdom of Scotland.
Famous places
B... |
11197 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluan%20language | Tuvaluan language | Tuvaluan is an Austronesian language spoken in Tuvalu. It is closely related to Tokelauan language. Tuvaluan has over 11 000 speakers. The language is divided into two main dialects.
Polynesian languages
Languages of Oceania
Tuvalu |
11198 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokelau | Tokelau | Tokelau is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is made of three atolls. These atolls have a surface area of about. About 1500 people lived there in 2016. The territory belongs to New Zealand. The atolls are Alatufu, Nukunonu, and Fakaofo. Together with Swains Island (which is part of American Samoa now) they ar... |
11199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20state | Communist state | A communist state is a state whose constitution claims to follow the principles of communism, despite following the ideology of Marxism–Leninism. Its form of government has only a single political party, the communist party. The governance of the state is guided by the principles of Leninism, Marxism, Maoism, or any ot... |
11200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792 | 1792 |
Events
Kentucky admitted into the United States.
Births
June 15 – Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Australian explorer |
11201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873 | 1873 | 1873 was a year in the 19th century.
Events
February 11 – King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
Blue jeans patented.
Births
Alexis Mérodack-Jeanneau – French painter (d. 1919) |
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