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12572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20conductivity | Electrical conductivity | Electrical conductivity is the measure of a material's ability to allow the transport of an electric charge. Its SI is the siemens per meter, (A2s3m−3kg−1) (named after Werner von Siemens) or, more simply, Sm−1.
It is the ratio of the current density to the electric field strength. It is equivalent to the electrica... |
12574 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Omidyar | Pierre Omidyar | Pierre Omidyar (born June 21, 1967) created and is now the chairman of eBay. He was born in Paris, France to a French-Iranian family. Born in Paris, France, brought up by Iranian parents, Omidyar moved to the United States at the age of six. He grew up in Washington D.C. and developed an interest in computing while sti... |
12642 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribert%20of%20Laon | Caribert of Laon | Caribert of Laon, son of Martin of Laon, was the grandfather of Charlemagne. He was the father of Charles's mother, Bertrada of Laon. In 721, he signed, with his mother Bertrada of Prüm, the foundation act of the Abbey of Prüm. The same year, also with his mother, he made a donation to the Abbey of Echternach. In 744, ... |
12643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Lady%20of%20the%20United%20States | First Lady of the United States | The First Lady of the United States of America sometimes abbreviated as (FLOTUS) is the wife of the President of the United States. If the President is not married, or his wife is unable to do the jobs of First Lady, a family member such as daughter or sister usually is considered the First Lady. The current first lady... |
12644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Wars | Star Wars | Star Wars is a science-fiction media franchise created by George Lucas. As of December 2019, nine movies in the main series have been made by Lucasfilm Ltd, released by 20th Century Fox, and distributed by Disney.
Star Wars has been so popular that there have been Star Wars books, video games, television shows, toys, ... |
12646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%20language | Korean language | The Korean language is spoken mainly in North and South Korea. It is spoken by more than 78 million people (most are North or South Koreans).
In South Korea, it is called hangukmal (한국말) or hangugeo (Hangeul: 한국어, Hanja: 韓國語). In North Korea, however, it is called choseonmal (조선말) or choseoneo (조선어, 朝鮮語). They are nam... |
12647 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas | Kansas | Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States of America. The name of the state comes from the Kansa Native Americans, whose name comes from a Siouan-language phrase meaning "people of the south wind". The land that would become Kansas was bought in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Kansas's capital is Topeka, and... |
12648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Buchanan | James Buchanan | James Buchanan Jr. (April 23, 1791 - June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States.
He was the only president not to have married. His niece, Harriet Lane, stood in as First Lady. He was an experienced politician, and became president in 1857. His stances on slavery, and actions before the Civil War broke ... |
12653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand | Hand | A hand is the part of the body at the end of an arm. Most humans have two hands. Each hand usually has four fingers and a thumb. On the inside of the hand is the palm. The five bones inside this part of the hand are called metacarpals. The wrist connects the hand to the arm. The hand has 27 bones including the wrist bo... |
12655 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule | Rule | When something always does the same thing, one can say that there is a rule that it does what it does.
The word "rule" has many uses, including the following:
A means of measurement (such as a slide rule.)
A law or regulation.
A precedent or conclusion drawn from experiments.
A "rule" in mathematics is a formul... |
12656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910s | 1910s | The 1910s was the decade that started on January 1, 1910, and ended on December 31, 1919.
Events
Balkan Wars
1911-12: The Republic of China overthrew the Qing Dynsty.
1912: The ship RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and sinks on its first voyage.
1912: Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden.
... |
12658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain | Bahrain | Bahrain (officially called Kingdom of Bahrain) is an island country in the Arabian Gulf. Saudi Arabia is to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway, and Qatar is to the south across the Persian Gulf. The Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge, not yet built, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fi... |
12664 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Christopher | William Christopher | William Christopher (October 20, 1932 – December 31, 2016) was an American actor. He was best known for playing Father Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H. He also played Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Christopher was born in Evanston, Illinois. He studied at Wesleyan University. His wife was Barb... |
12666 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer%20shorts | Boxer shorts | Boxer shorts are men's underwear. They are shorts with a stretchy band, and named after the shorts worn by boxers.
They were first made in the 1930s, but did not become popular until 1947. These days, briefs (Y-fronts) are sold more than boxer shorts.
Some boxer shorts have openings with a snap button for using the t... |
12679 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact%20disc%20player | Compact disc player | A CD player is a device that can read the binary data on a CD (compact disc) and turn that into sound waves.
A CD player has a laser and an optical sensor. A CD has tracks and bumps on the tracks. The CD player passes a laser beam along the track of the CD. The areas that are reflected (without the bumps) are 1s to... |
12680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid%20dynamics | Fluid dynamics | Fluid Dynamics talks about how fluids (liquids and gases) work. It is one of the oldest parts of the study of Physics, and is studied by physicists, mathematicians, and engineers. Mathematics can describe how fluids move using mathematical formulas called equations. The fluid dynamics of gases are called aerodynamics.
... |
12682 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Hemingway | Ernest Hemingway | Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American writer. He is generally thought to be a member of the Lost Generation. Some people say that, of the many characters he created in his books, the author himself was his best creation.
Hemingway's early life
Very early days
Ernest Hemingway was bor... |
12685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN | MSN | MSN (formerly the Microsoft Network), is a web portal (a website used to enter the Internet).
Web portal
The web portal launched on August 24 1995 by Microsoft. The site was launched at around the same time as Windows 95. Through MSN, people can create an e-mail account using MSN Hotmail, a blog using MSN Spaces, a g... |
12690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%20%28instrument%29 | Reed (instrument) | A reed is a piece of dry bamboo that is used in some musical instruments such as saxophones, clarinets and oboes. The musician blows air through the mouthpiece where the reed is firmly placed, and the air makes the reed vibrate; this vibration in the mouthpiece produces sound all along the instrument, which is changed... |
12697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790 | 1790 |
Events
January 15 – Pitcairn Islands settled by mutineers from HMS Bounty
January 23 – HMS Bounty burned and destroyed on Pitcairn Island
Deaths
July 17 – Adam Smith |
12698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuuk | Nuuk | Nuuk (Danish: Godthaab or Godthåb) is the capital of Greenland. It is around the mouth of island Nuup Kangerlua (Danish: "Godthåbsfjorden") on the west coast of Greenland, about 240 km (150 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. The city has a population of 15,047 people.
It was founded in 1728 by the Norwegian missionary Ha... |
12699 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumberjack | Lumberjack | A lumberjack is a person who cuts down trees to be made into lumber. Lumberjacks used to cut with axes, but now lumberjacks use chainsaws.
Related pages
Paul Bunyan
Occupations
Forestry |
12702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad | Muhammad | Muhammad (; ; – 8 June 632) was an Arab religious leader who became the founder of Islam.
People who follow the religion of Islam are called Muslims and they believe he was a messenger and a prophet of Allah (God).
Born in Mecca, Muhammad's parents died in his childhood and he grew as an orphan. At the age of six, ... |
12705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Mustang | Ford Mustang | The Ford Mustang is a very popular American sports car built by the Ford Motor Company beginning in 1964. The first cars were built in Ford's Dearborn, Michigan factory on March 9 of that year and the car was first shown to the public on April 17 at the New York World's Fair. It did not cost a lot of money, but it was ... |
12721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hat%20Linux | Red Hat Linux | Red Hat Linux is a discontinued Linux operating system, replaced by RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux).
Red Hat made it public in the past and it was used by many Linux users. The last publicly-released version was Red Hat Linux 9 in April, 2003. Red Hat then decided to discontinue a future release of Red Hat Linux and s... |
12723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacav%C3%A9m | Sacavém | Sacavém is a city in Portugal, near the capital Lisbon. There is about eighteen hundred people living there. Sacavém is on the border of the River Tagus. It confines with the parishes of Bobadela, Camarate, Moscavide, Portela, Prior Velho and Unhos.
Sacavém is very well known for its ceramics.
Cities in Portugal |
12724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooter | Shooter | A shooter is a kind of video game. The aim of the game is to beat enemies by shooting (or otherwise killing) them. The enemies shoot back.
Many of the oldest computer games were shooters; the first video game ever made was a shooter called Computer Space. And one of the first games that many people played was a sho... |
12725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi | Sushi | is a traditional food from Japan.
The word "Sushi" comes from the Japanese word meaning vinegar, and ", meaning rice.
Sushi is made with specially prepared rice, called . The rice is mixed with vinegar, salt, and sugar. Sushi is known for having raw or cooked seafood in it, but it sometimes has non-fish foods such... |
12733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Thinker | The Thinker | The Thinker () (1902) is a bronze statue. It was made by the sculptor Auguste Rodin. It depicts a man sitting and thinking with his arms bent on his knee and his chin on his hand. Rodin first called the statue The Poet. It was part of a commission by the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris to create a huge gate based on... |
12747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazko%20Cone | Nazko Cone | Nazko Cone is a small volcano in central British Columbia, Canada. It is approximately 75 km west of the town of Quesnel. It is in the eastern part of the Anahim Volcanic Belt. The most recent eruption of Nazko Cone was 7200 years ago.
A series of small earthquakes occurred in the area of Nazko Cone beginning on Octob... |
12748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anahim%20Volcanic%20Belt | Anahim Volcanic Belt | The Anahim Volcanic Belt is a nearly east-west line of volcanoes stretches from the west coast of British Columbia, Canada, just north of Vancouver Island, and reaches into the Interior Plateau near Quesnel. The farther away from the coast, the younger the volcanoes tend to be. These volcanoes are thought to have forme... |
12749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilcotin%20Group | Chilcotin Group | Chilcotin Plateau basalts cover a large area in British Columbia. Basaltic lava formed a volcanic plateau running parallel with the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, about 150 km from the ocean.
During the Miocene and Pliocene, a volcanic field occurred in British Columbia's Interior Plateau. The basalt is assumed to cover up... |
12751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibaldi%20Volcanic%20Belt | Garibaldi Volcanic Belt | The Garibaldi Volcanic Belt is the northern part of the Cascade Volcanic Belt. It is in British Columbia and the northwestern United States. Its volcanos are the most explosive in Canada.
The volcanoes are also the closest to British Columbia's densely populated southwest corner. These volcanoes are the result of su... |
12753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Garibaldi | Mount Garibaldi | Mount Garibaldi is an eroded, dacitic strato volcano in southwestern British Columbia. Both Garibaldi and Mount Baker to its south are part of the Cascade volcanic arc. Mount Garibaldi, 80 km due north of Vancouver, is made up of Mount Garibaldi, Atwell Peak,and Dalton Dome. This Pleistocene volcanic center is part o... |
12754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Meager | Mount Meager | Mount Meager is a potentially active volcano in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada, 150 kilometers north of Vancouver. The top of the mountain is mostly covered by snow and glaciers. It lies in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt and is the northernmost volcano of the Cascade Volcanic Arc that extends down to no... |
12758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics | Metaphysics | Metaphysics is a major branch of philosophy. It concerns existence and the nature of things that exist. Altogether it is a theory of reality.
Ontology is the part of metaphysics which discusses what exists: the categories of being. Apart from ontology, metaphysics concerns the nature of, and relations among, the thin... |
12773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20%28state%29 | Washington (state) | Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is north of Oregon, west of Idaho, east of the Pacific Ocean, and south of British Columbia. (British Columbia is part of Canada.) There are more than 7,000,000 people in Washington. Most live in the western part of Washington, which gets mo... |
12808 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clematis | Clematis | Clematis is a genus of plants that is widely known for its beautiful flowers.
There are many varieties in this group as gardeners around the world have produced many varieties. They can be found not only in Western countries but also in Japan.
This plant grows up as a vine. It uses its leaflets and leaf stalks to twi... |
12810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational%20number | Rational number | In mathematics, a rational number is a number that can be written as a fraction. The set of rational number is often represented by the symbol , standing for "quotient" in English.
Rational numbers are all real numbers, and can be positive or negative. A number that is not rational is called irrational.
Most of the ... |
12814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Patrick%27s%20Day | Saint Patrick's Day | Saint Patrick's Day is the feast day of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and a day of celebration for Irish people. Saint Patrick’s Day is also called Paddy’s day.
Celebrations
It is celebrated on March 17 all over Ireland and everywhere in the world where Irish people or their descendants live. New York C... |
12816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP | MP | MP can mean:
Member of Parliament
Military Police
Microprocessor
Simple English Wikipedia's Main Page
Mana Points, a common stat in role-playing games |
12819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Cayce | Edgar Cayce | Edgar Cayce (March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945), known as "The Sleeping Prophet" and "America's Greatest Mystic", is one of America's famous psychics. He wanted people to think of him as a healer and not a psychic.
Methods
Cayce worked in a trance. This means he could talk while sleeping and answered questions about a... |
12823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus%20syriacus | Hibiscus syriacus | Hibiscus syriacus is one of the common flowering shrubs found in gardens, a species of Hibiscus. Common names for the same plant include Rose of Sharon (but it is not a rose), rose mallow, shrub-althaea, Syrian hibiscus, Syrian ketmia, and St Joseph's rod.
The part of the name "syriacus" seems to say that the origin o... |
12825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus | Hibiscus | Hibiscus or rosemallow is a genus of plants with a flower of bright colors. It grows mostly in the tropics, but some species grow in cool climates. Hibiscus often become national/state flowers. For example, the Hawaiian hibiscus is the state flower of Hawaii.
The flower usually has five petal. Hibiscus comes in many c... |
12830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macei%C3%B3 | Maceió | Maceió is the capital of Alagoas, a state in the Northeast of Brazil. It has a population of 884.320 people (estimate from the year 2000) and a total area of 512 square km.
The city attracts many tourists and it enjoys an important location between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mundaú Lake. Maceió has several urban be... |
12832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alagoas | Alagoas | Alagoas is a small coastal state in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Its capital city is Maceió, where tourism industry is one of the basis for the local economy. Other important cities in Alagoas are Arapiraca, Palmeira dos Índios, Penedo, Marechal Deodoro, and Maragogi. The state has a total of 101 cities.
Alagoas' c... |
12833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20Descartes | René Descartes | René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a famous French philosopher and physicist. He wrote books that are very important in the fields of maths, physics and especially philosophy. His dualism statement combined soul, mind, body theories and elements into one concept; a dualistic theory of mind and matter... |
12839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania | Tanzania | Tanzania is a country in East Africa. The official languages are Kiswahili and English. It is next to Africa's biggest lake, Lake Victoria.
In 2017, there were about 54,000,000 people living in Tanzania. They are divided into 120 tribes; none have more than 10% of the population. Tanzania is a multicultural society. T... |
12840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20Great%20Britain | Kingdom of Great Britain | The United Kingdom of Great Britain was a state in the British Isles. The kingdom came into existence because of the Acts of Union 1707. These acts of parliament joined together (unified) the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England. The kingdom's lands were Great Britain (an island in the Atlantic Ocean near Con... |
12843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Model%20T | Ford Model T | The Ford Model T was an American car built between 1908 and 1928 by the Ford Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of the most important cars in history because it was one of the first cars to be sold for very little money, making it easy for people to travel from place to place.
Importance
The Model T, also... |
12848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen | Volkswagen | Volkswagen, or VW for short, is a car company from Germany. The word volkswagen means "People's car" in German. Its headquarters are in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. It was started in the 1930s, at the request of the country's leader, Adolf Hitler, to produce a car designed by Ferdinand Porsche.
History
In the 1930s Adolf... |
12849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota | Toyota | (TYO: 7203.T), (NYSE: TM), (LSE: TYT), is an automobile maker in Japan. It was founded by Eiji Toyoda. It is based in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota provides financial services and works with many other kinds of business as well. It makes cars and trucks under the brand names Toyota, Hino Truck, Scion and Lexus. The ... |
12850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreter | Interpreter | An interpreter is a person who receives a non-recorded message spoken in one language, the source language, and repeats the same message in a different language, the target language.
Unlike a translator, an interpreter’s source is volatile:
He cannot simply rewind a recording and hear the same speech again.
This makes ... |
12851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe | Horseshoe | Horseshoes are things worn by horses to protect their hooves (feet) when they walk - like a shoe. Most horseshoes are made of iron or steel. Some are aluminum, rubber, plastic, rawhide or a combination of materials.
A farrier is someone who makes horseshoes and nails or glues them on the horse's hooves. Using nails d... |
12853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Menem | Carlos Menem | Carlos Saúl Menem (July 2, 1930 – February 14, 2021) was an Argentine politician and writer. He was the President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999. From 1973 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1989, Menem was Governor of La Rioja.
Menem was the first Argentine president to visit Israel. He was a support... |
12858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos%20Aires%20Province | Buenos Aires Province | The Buenos Aires Province is the largest, richest, and most populated province of Argentina. The province has a population of 13,827,203 (2001) and its capital is La Plata (850,000 inhabitants).
Geography
The Buenos Aires Province has an area of 307,571 km². Most of it is flat, and its weather is influenced by the At... |
12871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Broadcasting%20Corporation | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (), or CBC, is a national television and radio broadcasting company in Canada. It was formed in 1936 and is a Canadian Crown corporation, which means it is owned by the Canadian government.
CBC Television Shows
Talkabout Game Show
Sharon Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
It's A Living
G... |
12894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo%20and%20Juliet | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is set in Italy and is about the love between two young people from noble families that are enemies. Romeo and Juliet has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It has been adapted to opera, ballet, television productions, and movies.
Charact... |
12895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baz%20Luhrmann | Baz Luhrmann | Mark Anthony Luhrmann or Baz Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian movie and theatre director. He has directed three movies (The Red Curtain Trilogy) which have made him famous: Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Moulin Rouge! (2001).
1962 births
Living people
Australian movie directors |
12945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20and%20roll | Rock and roll | Rock and roll is a form of rock music developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Rock music combines many kinds of music from the United States, such as country music, folk music, gospel music, work, blues and jazz.
Rock and roll developed in the early 1950s from a kind of music called rhythm and blues performed by black sing... |
12950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Edison | Thomas Edison | Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented many things.
Edison developed one of the first practical light bulbs, but contrary to popular belief did not invent the light bulb. Edison's 1093 patents were the most granted to any inventor in his time.... |
12972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes%20mellitus | Diabetes mellitus | There is another disease that is unrelated to diabetes mellitus, called diabetes insipidus
Diabetes is a condition that results from lack of the hormone insulin in a person's blood, or when the body has a problem using the insulin it produces (insulin resistance). There is another disease with a similar name, diabetes... |
12978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th%20century | 18th century | The 18th century was the century from 1701 to 1800.
Lots of things happened in the 18th century. In warfare, pikes were not used anymore and the most popular type of gun was a Flintlock Musket. The most important war was the seven years war. England united with Scotland and conquered India, the USA got independence fr... |
12979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th%20century | 17th century | The 17th century was the century from 1601 to 1700.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 17th century are in italics. |
12983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Hugo | Victor Hugo | Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, statesman and human rights activist. He played an important part in the Romantic movement in France.
Hugo first became famous in France because of his poetry, as well as his novels and his plays. Les Contemplations and La Lég... |
12984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA%20World%20Cup | FIFA World Cup | The FIFA World Cup is the most watched tournament in football (soccer). The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) organises the World Cup every four years. More people watch the World Cup finals than any other sporting event in the world—even more people than the Olympic Games. The most successful te... |
13005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1643 | 1643 |
Events
January 21 – Abel Tasman discovers Tonga
February 6 – Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands.
May 19 – Battle of Rocroi: French victory over the Spanish at Rocroi, France.
July 13 – English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down – In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces,... |
13023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta | Jakarta | Jakarta (also Djakarta or DKI Jakarta) is the largest and the capital city of Indonesia. It is on the northwest coast of the island of Java, it has an area of 661.52 km² and a population of 10,187,595 as of November 2011. Jakarta has been established for more than 490 years and now is the ninth most dense city in the w... |
13026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy%20Central | Comedy Central | Comedy Central is an American cable channel that specializes in comedy and stand-up. Programs include TV shows, movies, and stand-up comedy. It was launched on June 1, 1991. It's headquarters are in New York City, New York. It is a merger between MTV Networks' HA! and HBO's Comedy Channel.
The station's programs inclu... |
13027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apron | Apron | An apron is a protective piece of clothing made from fabric (or other materials) that covers the front of the body. Some workers wear aprons for hygienic reasons (for example restaurant workers). Other workers wear aprons to protect clothes, or to protect their bodies from injury.
The apron is commonly part of the uni... |
13029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl%20Jam | Pearl Jam | Pearl Jam is an American alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. They formed in 1990. They were an important part of the grunge (or "Seattle sound") movement of the early 1990s, along with bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, and Alice in Chains. Pearl Jam has sold around 85 million records wor... |
13030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20Distortion | Social Distortion | Social Distortion is a punk/alternative musical group. It was startd in Los Angeles, California in 1978 by singer/guitarist Mike Ness. Ness is the leader and only permanent member.
Social Distortion has released seven studio albums. Their two first albums were not very successful. When they signed to Epic Records in 1... |
13031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Gibb | Andy Gibb | Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March, 1958 – 10 March, 1988) was an English singer popular in the 1970s. He was the younger brother of Barry (born 1946), Maurice (1949–2003) and Robin Gibb (1949–2012), The Bee Gees. He was born in Manchester, but spent most of his childhood in Queensland. He died in Oxford of myocarditis (a heart ... |
13032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/INXS | INXS | INXS were an Australian rock band. The band became popular during the 1980s. They formed in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1977. They did not get international attention until around 1982 when their third album came out.
INXS was originally called "The Farriss Brothers and it started with 3 members: Andrew, Tim... |
13033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20%28band%29 | Chicago (band) | Chicago is an American soft rock / jazz group, from Chicago, Illinois. They formed on February 15, 1967. They are one of the best selling American groups of all time, second only to the Beach Boys. Chicago has released at least 30 albums in their career.
Discography
Studio albums
Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
Chi... |
13034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Turtles | The Turtles | The Turtles were a 1960s pop group from Los Angeles, California. Their best known song is "Happy Together". Chip Douglas was a band member, who left to produce the Monkees, then returned as the Turtles producer. After the Turtles broke up in the 1970s, the group's two frontmen, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, sang with ... |
13035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry%20Alarm%20Clock | Strawberry Alarm Clock | Strawberry Alarm Clock was an American psychedelic pop band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1966. Their most famous song is Incense and Peppermints.
Musical groups from Los Angeles
American rock bands |
13036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic%20pop | Psychedelic pop | Psychedelic pop is a musical movement which started in California in the 1960s. Psychedelic rock, also called psychedelia, is a style of rock music that materialized in the late 1960s that was influenced by the experience of taking hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD. Psychedelic rock incorporated elements of blues and fo... |
13037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan | Donovan | Donovan Phillips Leitch (born May 10, 1946 in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish-born pop singer and guitarist, who was popular in the 1960s. Early in his career he was compared to Bob Dylan, but he developed his own musical style, which included elements of jazz and Indian music. (Donovan and Dylan met during ... |
13038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian%20languages | Frisian languages | Frisian refers to three languages that comes from Friesland, a province in the Netherlands. They are spoken in the Netherlands, in Eastern Germany, and in some areas of Jutland, Denmark. It is also spoken on the Frisian Isles (Wadden Isles) and Western German (East Frisian) Isles such as Borkum.
They are West Germanic... |
13040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smashing%20Pumpkins | Smashing Pumpkins | The Smashing Pumpkins are an influential alternative rock band of the early 1990s. They formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988 and disbanded on December 2, 2000. They later reformed in 2006 and are together at the moment. The members until 2000 were Billy Corgan (vocals, guitars and writes almost all of the band's songs),... |
13042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool%20%28band%29 | Tool (band) | Tool is an American rock band. It was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. The band took a break before and after their third album Lateralus because singer Maynard James Keenan was working with his other band, A Perfect Circle, at the same time. The band has won Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance in 1997 f... |
13043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20%28band%29 | Death (band) | Death was one of the first ever death metal bands in the United States. They started in 1983 under the name Mantas and they changed the name to Death in 1984.
Death is no longer a band because their guitarist Chuck Schuldiner died on December 13, 2001. He was 34 years old. He had brain cancer and the drugs he used to ... |
13044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6tley%20Cr%C3%BCe | Mötley Crüe | Mötley Crüe is a hair/glam metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed in 1981 by Nikki Sixx (bass), and Tommy Lee (drums), and were then joined by Vince Neil (vocals) and Mick Mars (lead guitar). They were popular in the mid-1980s. Their last show took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Dec... |
13046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20control | Radio control | Radio control is controlling vehicles by radio wave signals. It is often used for making models of cars, boats, helicopters and airplanes move on their own like real ones. For controlling models, an operator uses a transmitter that has the model's controls on it. When a control is moved, the radio signal changes. The ... |
13077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucum%C3%A1n%20Province | Tucumán Province | Tucumán is the smallest of the provinces of Argentina. It is in the northwest of the country and its capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán.
The province has the nickname El Jardín de la República (The Garden of the Republic), as it is a highly productive agricultural area.
Geography
The provinc... |
13079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran%20Duran | Duran Duran | Duran Duran are a British pop group. They formed in Birmingham, England in 1978 and were very popular in the 1980s.
Discography
Duran Duran (1981)
Rio (1982)
Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Notorious (1986)
Big Thing (1988)
Liberty (1990)
Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)
Thank You (1995)
Medazzaland ... |
13080 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Tosh | Peter Tosh | Peter Tosh (born Winston McIntosh, October 19, 1944- September 11, 1987) was a Jamaican reggae musican. He was a member of the Wailers with Bob Marley and Bunny Livingston. He was a Rastafarian and sang very political songs. His songs were a lot more radical than his friend, Bob Marley's, whom he often criticized for ... |
13081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Joel | Billy Joel | William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter. He produced successful pop songs for two decades, from 1973's Piano Man to 1993's River of Dreams which marked his retirement. As well as writing classical music, he has frequently been on the road, usually with Elton John.
Joel was born ... |
13145 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Constance | Lake Constance | Lake Constace or Lake of Constance (German: Bodensee) is a large Lake on the river Rhine. It is on the border between Germany and Switzerland and Austria. It is the third largest lake in Central Europe after Lake Balaton and Lake Geneva. It is made of two smaller lakes (called Obersee and Untersee (Upper and lower lake... |
13146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai | Samurai | The samurai (or bushi) were Japanese warriors. They were members of the important military class before Japanese society changed in 1868. The samurai were also considered as a type of hereditary nobility as well.
The word samurai comes from the Japanese verb saburau, which means to serve someone and look up to them.
... |
13148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Republic | The Republic | The Republic is a book by Plato. It was finished in 375 BC.
It asks the question 'why should people do good things?' and also the question 'are people punished for doing bad things?'.
Plato said that people should not do bad things because people who do bad things end up unhappy.
However, people who do good things en... |
13149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics | Aesthetics | Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy. It is the study of art and beauty. Together with ethics, it is part of axiology which is the philosophy of what people like. Aesthetic philosophers ask what people like to see, hear, feel, smell or taste, and why they like these things. Aesthetic philosophers also ask if art has an... |
13150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes%20Craven | Wes Craven | Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American movie director, producer and writer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is well known for horror movie classics including A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream.
On August 30, 2015, Wes Craven died of brain cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He ... |
13151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%2C%20Wind%20%26%20Fire | Earth, Wind & Fire | Earth, Wind & Fire are an American funk group. They formed in Chicago in 1969 and were very popular in the 1970s.
Albums
1970 - Earth, Wind & Fire
1971 - The Need of Love
1972 - Last Days And Time
1973 - Head To The Sky
1974 - Open Our Eyes
1975 - That's The Way Of The World
1976 - Spirit
1977 - All 'N ... |
13152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth%20Dimension | Fifth Dimension | Fifth Dimension was a singing group popular in the 1960s and 1970s, some of the songs they sang include:
"Up, Up, and Away"
"One Less Bell to Answer"
"Wedding Bell Blues"
"Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In"
"California Soul"
"Stone Soul Picnic"
"Workin' on a Groovy Thing"
1960s American music groups
1970s American music g... |
13153 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kinks | The Kinks | The Kinks were an English rock band. They first became popular in the 1960s. The band had a lot of hits during the 1960s and 70s.The band was formed in 1964 by the brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
The Kinks are one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a wide range of g... |
13162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel%20engine | Diesel engine | The name diesel is given to an engine invented by a German named Rudolf Diesel in the late 19th century. It is one of the most used kinds of internal combustion engine.
Most other engines need a system called an ignition system – one that uses an electric spark – in order to burn the mix of fuel and air and make power... |
13163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte | Megabyte | A megabyte (MB) is a large number used when talking about hard drives or computer memory. One megabyte is 1 million bytes or 1 thousand kilobytes.
Until December 1998, when the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) first defined a mebibyte as 220, or 1,048,576 bytes, megabyte also meant either 1,048,576 byte... |
13164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle | Waffle | A waffle is a cooked food made from a batter that consists of flour, water, baking powder, oil, and eggs. It has a gridlike appearance because it is cooked in between two hot metal plates in an electric kitchen appliance called a waffle iron. Waffles are cooked until they become golden-brown in color, with a crispy ou... |
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