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13455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%20triangle | Pink triangle | The pink triangle is one of the two big symbols of the LGBT community. The other is the rainbow flag.
The pink triangle was first used in Nazi Germany to mark homosexual prisoners. There was also a black triangle that marked anti-social women. Many but not all of these women were lesbians. Jews wore the famous yellow s... |
13456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat%20room | Chat room | A chat room is a virtual place on the Internet where people can get together and type messages to each other using text. People use programs like IRC to join a chat room and type messages or send pictures to the other people within that chat. There are also other programs called instant messengers to stay in contact wi... |
13458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Wake | Alan Wake | Alan Wake is a video game made by Remedy Entertainment. It is a "thriller" game and was voted best game of E3 in 2005. It was released on Xbox 360 in May 2010 and Microsoft Windows in February 16, 2012.
Other websites
Official site
Official forums
Official Community site
2008 video games
Xbox 360 games
Windows g... |
13459 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%20May%20Cry%204 | Devil May Cry 4 | Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth video game in the series of Devil May Cry. It was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on February 5 2008. Before to this game, all Devil May Cry games had only been released on the PlayStation video game consoles. This one was the first game to be released on the Xbox as well as ... |
13460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/50%20Cent | 50 Cent | 50 Cent (also known as Fitty" or "Fifty") is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur and executive producer. He was born in Queens, New York City on July 6, 1975. 50 Cent is his public name, but his birth name is Curtis Jackson. Growing up, he never knew his father and his mother were murdered when he was just 8 years ... |
13463 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk | Talk | Talking is communication using language and speech. See also chat and vocal chords. Talking is used to express feelings, emotions and thoughts.
linguistics |
13464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject%20%28school%29 | Subject (school) | Subjects are the parts into which learning can be divided. At school, each lesson usually covers one subject only. Some of the most common subjects at school are English, history, mathematics, physical education and science.
Examples
Primary school subjects: (ages 4–11)
Art
Citizenship
Geography
History
Language... |
13466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning%20English | Learning English | Learning English is what people do when they want to use the English language. In language learning, we often talk about language skills and language systems. Language skills include: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Language systems include vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
A lot of people learn Engli... |
13467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical%20tradition | Ethical tradition | An ethical tradition is a group of things that one group of people think are right and wrong. People believe that these things are right and wrong because other people think that way and they have thought that way for a long time.
An ethical tradition can be like a set of laws because most people agree with it and onl... |
13469 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo | Dildo | A dildo is a sex toy. It is most often used in place of an actual penis for sexual reasons. Dildos come in many different shapes, sizes, and materials (most often glass, plastic, rubber, metal, or wood) for different looks and feels, different uses, and to provide the best stimulation for different people. Some dildos ... |
13472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien | Alien | Alien might mean:
Extraterrestrial life, a living being that is not from Earth, appearing in fiction
Alien (movie), a movie by Ridley Scott |
13473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioinformatics | Bioinformatics | Bioinformatics or computational biology is the study of large amounts of biological information or genome. It focuses on molecules like DNA. It is done often with the help of computers.
Foundation
As species of living things change over time, the DNA contained in their cells change, because of evolution. If we can ext... |
13476 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20India | Economy of India | The Economy of India is the sixth
largest in the world with a GDP (a year's goods and services) of $2.94 trillion (U.S.). If you consider PPP (purchasing power parity: how much that money can buy in India compared to other countries), the economy is third largest (worth $10.51 trillion U.S.). However, due to India's h... |
13479 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicle | Testicle | Testicles are parts that are found on the bodies of male creatures. Male mammals, including humans, have two testicles, supported in a sac of skin below the penis called the scrotum. Along with the penis, testicles are called reproductory organs or "sex organs". Only males have testicles; females have ovaries.
Testic... |
13480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Screwtape%20Letters | The Screwtape Letters | The Screwtape Letters is a book written by author and Christian scholar C. S. Lewis. It appeared in installments in The Guardian newspaper and was later published as a book in 1942. It is a series of letters written by a devil named Screwtape to his apprentice and nephew Wormwood. The letters are filled with advice for... |
13483 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplayer%20video%20game | Multiplayer video game | Multiplayer is a term for games, usually video games, meaning more than one person can play it. It was popularized by gaming systems like the Nintendo 64 that allowed four joysticks to be plugged into a home console unit for head-to-head play, competitive, or cooperative play.
Types of video games
Video game gameplay |
13485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird%20Al%22%20Yankovic | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, parodist, record producer, satirist, music video director, movie producer, actor, and author. He is known mainly for his parodies of popular songs. He has also starred in the movie called UHF (1989). Yankovic had a ch... |
13486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertramp | Supertramp | Supertramp is a British rock band. They were created and managed by a Dutch millionaire and were very popular in the 1970s. The members of Supertramp included Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, who wrote most of the songs. The band's best-known songs include "Dreamer", "Give a Little Bit", "The Logical Song", "Take the Lon... |
13487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue%20%28disambiguation%29 | Tissue (disambiguation) | Tissue can mean different things.
Tissue, a part of an organ or organism. It is a group of cells of the same type, such as 'muscle tissue'.
Tissue paper, a type of thin paper.
Facial tissue, a thin, soft, piece of paper used to wipe the nose. |
13490 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Mexico | New Mexico | New Mexico is a state of the United States of America. It is considered part of the American Southwest and is bordered by Texas to the east, Oklahoma to the northeast, Colorado to the north, and Arizona to the west. The northwest corner of the state also touches Utah. This area is known as the Four Corners because four... |
13491 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1471 | 1471 |
Events
March – The Yorkist King Edward IV returns to England to reclaim his throne.
April 14 – Battle of Barnet – Edward defeats the Lancastrian army under Warwick, who is killed.
May 4 – Battle of Tewkesbury – King Edward defeats a Lancastrian army under Queen Margaret and her son, Edward of Westminster the Prin... |
13492 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting | Sting | Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951) better known as Sting, is an English singer and musician. He first became famous as a member of the band, The Police.
As a solo musician and a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards: he won Song of the Year for "Every Breath You Take", three Brit A... |
13493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks | Starbucks | Starbucks is a chain of stores that sell coffee. A chain is many stores owned by the same company. Many of the stores look the same, and all stores sell the same items, often at the same prices. As well as coffee, Starbucks sells beverages and baked goods.
Starbucks started in Seattle in the United States in 1971. The... |
13494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasier | Frasier | Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer. The series aired on NBC from 1993-2004. It was a spin-off from Cheers. Story based upon the intellectual, mild mannered psychiatrist and his life. Revolving around his personal life and hilarious interpersonal interactions with his father (Martin Crane, an ex-cop w... |
13495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin-off | Spin-off | A spin-off is something new that comes from something already present. If military technology finds civilian use, for example, that is one kind of spin-off. It is often used for video games, movies, and television programmes, but it can also be used when talking about companies or organisations. A spin-off may have th... |
13497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia | Pedophilia | Pedophilia (Paedophilia in British English) is a psychiatric disorder when a person 16 years of age or older is primarily or exclusively sexually attracted to children who have not begun puberty (Usually under 13 years old).
Terminology
A person with pedophilia (adults and older adolescents who are sexually attracted ... |
13500 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous%20rock | Igneous rock | Igneous rock is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
Igneous rocks are rocks formed from molten magma. The material is made liquid by the heat inside the Earth's mantle.
When magma comes out onto the surface of the Earth, it is called lava. Lava cools down to form rocks... |
13501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauxite | Bauxite | Bauxite is the main ore of aluminium. It is mostly aluminium oxide.
Bauxite is the most important aluminium ore. It is largely made up of the minerals Gibbsite Al(OH)3, Boehmite γ-AlO(OH), and Diaspore α-AlO(OH), together with the iron oxides Goethite and Hematite, the clay mineral Kaolinite and small amounts of Anata... |
13502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcopyrite | Chalcopyrite | Chalcopyrite is the main ore of copper. It is mostly copper iron sulfide. It is also known as peacock ore or peacock copper. It is often mistaken for bornite.
Minerals
Copper compounds |
13503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematite | Hematite | Hematite or haematite is the main ore of iron. It is mostly iron(III) oxide. Millions of tons are dug up every year. This is usually to feed to blast furnaces to make steel. It is a mineral related to corundum. It is an oxide.
It has a metallic luster. It has no cleavage (the way a mineral breaks). It has a fracture. ... |
13504 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena | Galena | Galena is the main ore of lead. It is mostly lead(II) sulphide.
Galena is one of the most common and widely used sulfide minerals. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system often showing octahedral forms. It is often found with the minerals sphalerite, calcite and fluorite.
Minerals
Ores |
13505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Dole | Bob Dole | Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the United States Senator from Kansas between 1969 to 1996 as a member of the Republican Party. He was the Republican Leader of the United States Senate during the final eleven years of his Senate career from 1985 until ... |
13507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel%20Richie | Lionel Richie | Lionel Richie (born June 20, 1949) is an American R&B singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 1980s songs.
Early life
Richie was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. His family is of African American, Cherokee Native American, English, French-Canadian and Scottish descent. He spent his childhood there. He spent his teenage ... |
13509 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt%20Disney%20Pictures | Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney Pictures is a movie studio from the United States that makes family-friendly movies with a G and PG rating from the MPAA, like Pinocchio and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The only non-G/PG rated Disney movies are 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean, which was given a PG-13 rating, its sequels, and John Carter... |
13510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrotum | Scrotum | The scrotum is the bag that holds the testicles (commonly called balls) in male mammals. It is made of skin and muscle and is found between the penis and anus. It is often covered in pubic hair and becomes tight when the male is aroused.
Use
The function of the scrotum is to keep the testicles less warm than the res... |
13511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20%28band%29 | Ministry (band) | Ministry is an American industrial metal band from Chicago, Illinois. It was started in 1981 by musician Al Jourgensen. After 27 years and 11 albums, Al disbanded the group in 2008. However, the band reformed in 2011 for a new album and tour.
1981 establishments in the United States
1980s American music groups
1980s e... |
13512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European | Indo-European | Indo-European may refer to:
Indo-European languages
Indo-European people, the native speakers of Indo-European languages
Aryan race, a 19th and early 20th century term for those peoples
Proto-Indo-European language, the reconstructed common ancestor of all Indo-European languages
Proto-Indo-Europeans, an ancient ... |
13513 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingot | Ingot | Ingots are bars of metal, formed by pouring the molten metal into a mould. This is done after it has been purified from the ore. Gold ingots are often seen in movies.
Metals |
13514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlife | Westlife | Westlife is an Irish boy band who formed in 1998. Its members once were Shane Filan, Kian Egan, Nicky Bryne, and Mark Feehily. Then Bryan McFadden left the band on March 9, 2004 to give more of his time to his family life with the British TV personality and former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona, although he has subs... |
13516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulcer | Ulcer | An ulcer is a kind of open wound. Ulcers can be on surfaces of the body. They can be on skin. They can be mucous membranes like the surface of the stomach or inside the mouth.
Ulcers start when the top layer (surface) of skin or mucous membrane is damaged. The top layer dies. When it dies, the skin or mucous membrane ... |
13518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptic%20ulcer | Peptic ulcer | A peptic ulcer is an ulcer of the stomach or duodenum. The duodenum is the first part of the small intestines. It is the tube that food goes through when it leaves the stomach. Peptic means talking about the stomach.
Gastric ulcers are peptic ulcers in the stomach.
Duodenal ulcers are peptic ulcers in the duodenum.
... |
13519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symptom | Symptom | Symptoms are used in diagnosis. The term is used in medicine, and in other fields such as fault-finding in engineering.
In medicine, it refers to things the patient feels or notices. It contrasts with signs, which are changes which a doctor sees in a patient. What a patient feels is subjective, whereas what a doctor ... |
13520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20diagnosis | Medical diagnosis | A medical diagnosis (an. Greek δια-γνωστικος — able to recognize) is when a doctor finds out what is making someone sick. Sometimes doctors can diagnose a sickness by asking the person questions and looking at the person's body. Sometimes doctors do tests. Tests can mean taking a small bit of blood, urine, or tissue wh... |
13521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/True%20Jesus%20Church | True Jesus Church | The True Jesus Church is a Christian church. It was started during the early 20th century. It is an independent Church. It split from the Pentecostal movement in China. The Pentecostal movement is an evangelical movement within Christianity.
This group practices faith healing, speaking in tongues, baptism by putting a... |
13525 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon%20%28video%20game%20series%29 | Pokémon (video game series) | Pokémon is a Japanese video game franchise created by Satoshi Tajiri for Nintendo in the 1990s. It is known as Pocket Monsters in Japan. It is now made up of animated television programs (anime), Japanese comic books (manga), trading cards, and toys but, most importantly, the video games. There are currently 898 monste... |
13526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer%20Simpson | Homer Simpson | Homer Simpson is a cartoon character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He first appeared, along with the other members of the Simpson family on The Tracey Ullman Show in the Simpson Short "Good Night". He is the father of Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, and Maggie Simpson. He... |
13527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium | Calcium | Calcium is a chemical element. Its symbol on the periodic table (a list of all the elements) is Ca. Its atomic number is 20. (The atomic number says where Calcium sits in the periodic table.) It has 20 protons and 20 electrons (if is an atom, see ion). The most common isotopes are Ca-40 and Ca-44. Its mass number is ab... |
13528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Series%20of%20Unfortunate%20Events | A Series of Unfortunate Events | A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of 13 books written for children by the author Lemony Snicket. They tell the story of three unlucky orphans (Violet Baudelaire, Klaus Baudelaire, and Sunny Baudelaire) and their lives after the death of their parents. The main villain of the books is Count Olaf who wants to st... |
13529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane | Membrane | A membrane is a thin soft layer of material. A membrane separates two things.
In biology a membrane can mean two things: a tissue membrane or the membranes of a cell. The membranes of cells are very small, while tissue membranes are larger.
Tissue membranes
A membrane can mean a thin layer of cells or tissue. This la... |
13531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire | Voltaire | François-Marie Arouet (also known as Voltaire) was a French philosopher. He was born in 1694 and grew up in Poitou. He died in Paris in 1778.
Voltaire did not like France at the time because he thought that it was old fashioned. He also did not like the Church and thought that people should be allowed to believe what ... |
13536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri | Missouri | Missouri is one of the 50 states in the United States. Its capital is Jefferson City. Its largest cities are Kansas City and Saint Louis. Some other cities are Columbia (which is where the University of Missouri is), and Springfield.
Missouri officially became a state on August 10, 1821.
Missouri's edges touch a tot... |
13538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Dakota | South Dakota | South Dakota is a state in the United States. South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. Its capital is Pierre and largest city is Sioux Falls. Other important cities are Rapid City and Aberdeen. Famous attractions include Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, and the Wall Drug Store. The Corn Palace is also famous,... |
13539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimbledon%2C%20London | Wimbledon, London | Wimbledon is a suburb in the London Borough of Merton, in the south west of London, England. The Wimbledon Championships, a tennis competition, is held there every summer. Also in Wimbledon are New Wimbledon Theatre, and Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas of common land in London. Wimbledon F.C., a famous footb... |
13540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersey%20Beat | Mersey Beat | The Mersey Beat or Mersey Sound or Liverpool Sound is the name for a type of music that came out in the city of Liverpool, England in the early 1960s.
Maybe the first group to be thought of as a part of genre were Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes. The most famous group of this genre were The Beatles. Other important ... |
13541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1078 | 1078 | Year 1078 (MLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
The Tower of London is built.
Philaretos Brachamios does not keep his claim to the Byzantine Empire after he becomes duke of Antioch.
August 7 – Battle of Mellrichstadt between Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and the German anti-k... |
13584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1766 | 1766 |
Events
March 18 – Britain repeals the Stamp Act after American protests.
Births
February 14 – Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (died 1834)
April 6 – Charles Louis de Fourcroy, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, French Mathematician and Scholar
April 22 – Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, French wri... |
13585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Adventures%20of%20Pete%20and%20Pete | The Adventures of Pete and Pete | The Adventures of Pete and Pete was an American television show on the Nickelodeon network in the early 1990s. It was about two brothers with the same first name who grow up together.
Other websites
The Website of Pete and Pete
Comedy television series
Nickelodeon television series
1993 American television series ... |
13586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/427%20BC | 427 BC | Year 427 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Events
Sparta's King Archidamus II is succeeded by his son Agis II.
Cleon says Mytilene must be destroyed. He decides not to kill the people.
Plataea surrenders to the Spartans and Thebans. Over 200 prisoners are put to death and Plataea is destroyed.
The c... |
13587 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle | Motorcycle | A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a vehicle used to transport people from one place to another. It does not have 4 wheels like a car. It has 2 wheels like a bicycle. But it has a motor like a car. A motorcycle is usually driven by one person. A passenger can also ride on the back of the motorcycle. Some motorcycles have a... |
13588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1585 | 1585 |
Births
December 4 – John Cotton, American Puritan leader |
13589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea%20pig | Guinea pig | Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) are a kind of rodent. They are not pigs and are not from Guinea. They are domesticated animals which originated in the Andes.
Studies on biochemistry and hybridization suggest they are descendants of a closely related species of cavy. They do not occur naturally in the wild.
Guinea pigs... |
13592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1531 | 1531 |
Events
The Spanish arrive in Peru.
Death of Protestant reformer Huldrych Zwingli |
13593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Glass | Philip Glass | Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer of modern music. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century.
Glass has created operas, music for quartets, dance, and much more. He is known for writing minimalist music.
Glass has described himself instead as a composer ... |
13635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audioslave | Audioslave | Audioslave is an American rock band. The band is made up of Chris Cornell (vocals), who was with Soundgarden until 1997, and Tom Morello (guitar), Tim Commerford (electric bass) and Brad Wilk (drums), who were with Rage Against The Machine until 2000.
Their first album Audioslave was released in 2002 and the next one,... |
13637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment | Environment | Environment means anything that surrounds us. It can be living (biotic) or non-living (abiotic) things. It includes physical, chemical and other natural forces. Living things live in their environment. They constantly interact with it and adapt themselves to conditions in their environment. In the environment there ar... |
13638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth | Tooth | A tooth is one of the hard, white things in the mouth. Teeth (plural) are used to help the mastication process by chewing food. Chew means to break up and crush food so it can be swallowed (pushed down into the stomach).
Most vertebrates have teeth. Birds are the biggest group that do not. Many invertebrates have mou... |
13646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petula%20Clark | Petula Clark | Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress and composer. She was born in Epsom, Surrey. She began her career as a child and was popular in Britain during World War II. In the 1950s, she became a successful pop singer, first in the UK, then in continental Europe, and finally in the United Sta... |
13647 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Jones%20%28singer%29 | Tom Jones (singer) | Sir Thomas John Woodward (born 7 June 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. He has won Grammy Awards. Jones is particularly noted for his powerful voice. He released his first album Along Came Jones in 1965. He has released thirty-nine studio albums since then. He released his most recent album ... |
13648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade | Slade | Slade is an English Hard rock /Glam rock band. The band started in 1966 and were popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The band released fifteen studio albums and four live albums.
With worldwide success, particularly in the UK and Europe, the band scored six number one singles on the UK chart, and a total of 24 top forty ... |
13649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776 | 1776 |
Events
July 4 – the United States of America say that they are no longer part of England (the Declaration of Independence)
July 12 – Captain James Cook starts his third, and final, voyage to the Pacific Ocean
The city of San Francisco is founded in California, USA (San Francisco was then part of Spain).
The Weal... |
13650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20Purple | Deep Purple | Deep Purple are a rock band started in Hertford, England, in 1968. Their best known song is "Smoke on the Water" from the album "Machine Head". Some of their other albums like "Deep Purple in Rock" where a great hit and was rated #1 in Germany. Deep Purple are one of the pioneering bands and founders of the hard rock ... |
13670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt | Yogurt | Yogurt, or yoghurt is a milk product made by bacterial fermentation of milk. The lactose in the milk becomes lactic acid when it is fermented. Lactic acid acts on the protein in the milk to make yoghurt thick and sour. The milk is heated to about 80 °C to kill any bacteria present, and to change the milk proteins so th... |
13678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon%20Brando | Marlon Brando | Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and movie director. He is best known for his roles in the movies A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), The Wild One (1953), On the Waterfront (1954), The Godfather (1972), Superman (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996). Brand... |
13700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician%20language | Galician language | Galician (Galician: ) is a modern language that is spoken in Galicia, a region of Spain in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Galician is closely related to Portuguese because they split from the same language, which is now called Galician-Portuguese or Medieval Galician. Some even say that Galician and Portuguese... |
13702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn%20Khaldun | Ibn Khaldun | Ibn Khaldun (; , ; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406) was an influential Arab thinker of the 14th century. His family were from Andalusia. Khaldun served the governments of the day in many ways. He was sometimes in prison. He lived in Marrakesh in Morocco for a time, and in Granada. Then he moved to Cairo, where he was a jud... |
13703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian%20Jura | Swabian Jura | The Swabian Jura (German: Schwäbische Alb, Bavarian: Schwobm Alb) is a plateau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Swabian Jura is situated between the Black Forest (West), Stuttgart (North), Bavaria (East) and Lake Constance (South). A lot of fossils are found here. The highest mountain is the Lemberg (1015 m).
Touris... |
13704 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve | Nerve | A nerve is a group of special nerve cells grouped together in parallel. Another word for nerve cell is neuron. The special neurons grouped together in nerves take information (messages) to and from the human body to the central nervous system. The central nervous system (acronym) CNS is the brain and spinal cord. The s... |
13707 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine | Vaccine | A vaccine is an invented preparation. It is given to prevent a specific infectious disease. It only protects against the particular microorganism which it is prepared for. It is usually given by an injection called vaccination. At its best, It gives immunity to an infectious disease caused by a particular microorganism... |
13712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injury | Injury | Injury means a harm or hurt.
Usually an injury is when the body or a part of the body is damaged by something outside of the body. Another word for injury to a body is trauma.
Injury can be by:
Environmental – Burns from heat or injury from cold
Penetrating injury – when a sharp object like a knife pierces the body
B... |
13722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz () is a brand of cars, trucks, buses and coaches from the Daimler AG company of Germany. The company was once known as Daimler-Benz and is still sometimes called just "Mercedes." Mercedes-Benz is the world's oldest car maker and the cars they make cost a lot of money. The symbol of Mercedes-Benz is very... |
13733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record%20label | Record label | A record label or record company makes and sells audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. The name "record label" is from the paper label at the center of a gramophone record (what is also known as a "phonograph record" in American English).
Most ma... |
13735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipette | Pipette | A pipette is a glass tube used for moving a specific volume of a solution.
A smaller, less accurate version, known as a teat pipette is made of plastic and is filled by squeezing a plastic bubble at the top.
A pipette used for the delivery of small fractions of a milliliter of a liquid is called a micropipette.
Acc... |
13744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle | Muscle | Muscle is a tissue in animal bodies. Their main purpose is to help us to move our body parts. They are one of the major systems of human and animal bodies. When a muscle is activated it contracts, making itself shorter and thicker, thereby pulling its ends closer.
Types of muscles
There are three kinds of muscles:
Sk... |
13745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game%20Boy | Game Boy | The , is an 8-bit handheld video game console, first released in Japan in April 1989. It was later released in North America in July 1989 and then in Europe in September 1990. It is Nintendo's first handheld. The Game Boy is also the first portable console to use game cartridges, meaning the games are interchangeable. ... |
13746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach | Stomach | The stomach is part of the digestive system. It is an internal organ between the esophagus and the small intestines. The stomach is the third stage in the digestive process. It holds food after ingestion. Food in the stomach then passes through to the small intestine where most of the food's nutrition is absorbed.
The... |
13750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain | Pain | Pain is a symptom of being hurt or sick. It is a bad sensation that is physical and emotional.
Most pain starts when part of the body is hurt. Nerves in that part send messages through senses to the brain. Those messages tell the brain that the body is being damaged. Pain is not just the message the nerve sends to the... |
13755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drain | Drain | A drain is found in the ground and lets water go through (usually rainwater) to avoid the street or farmland getting flooded.
Basic English 850 words
Water infrastructure |
13756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Mario%2064 | Super Mario 64 | Super Mario 64 is a 1996 video game created by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. The game was the first in the Mario series that used 3D graphics. Many fans and critics think that it is one of the best video games ever made.
Story
Princess Peach makes a special cake and invites Mario to her castle in Mushroom Kingdom. As ... |
13757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3 | MP3 | MPEG-1 and/or MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) is a lossy data compression format for audio. Using it makes smaller computer files containing digitized music and other sounds.
Overview
The format is a lossy compression format. This means that each time something is compressed with it, some information is lost. This informat... |
13759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Crimson | King Crimson | King Crimson are a progressive rock band. They formed in England in 1969. Their music is usually called progressive rock, but they also have jazz, gamelan, classical music, heavy metal and experimental music in their sound. They are not very popular, but they have a loyal group of fans. Their music has influenced a lot... |
13761 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood%20Mac | Fleetwood Mac | Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band that formed in London, England in 1967. The group was started by Peter Green. The original group included Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer and Bob Brunning. In 1968 Danny Kirwan joined the band. He was then an 18-year-old guitarist and singer. Peter Green left an... |
13762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Yardbirds | The Yardbirds | The Yardbirds are a English blues band. They formed in the 1960s. They are famous for having the guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. Eric Clapton left the band after they turned from a blues band to a pop band, in keeping with the moving trend of music in the 1960s. He suggested Jimmy Page, who had bee... |
13763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful%20Dead | Grateful Dead | The Grateful Dead was a rock band that formed in Palo Alto, California, United States in the 1965. They are known for their concerts, and devoted followers called "Deadheads". The band and their music are sometimes associated with the hippie and drug cultures. Their music style is psychedelic rock combined with other ... |
13764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Winter | Johnny Winter | John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was an American albino blues musician from Beaumont, Texas. His brother, Edgar Winter, is also a famous musician. He also worked as producer and produced two Grammy winning albums of Muddy Waters (Hard again, I´m ready).
He died in his hotel room in Zurich, Sw... |
13765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Winter | Edgar Winter | Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an albino musician and record producer from Beaumont, Texas. He is the brother of Johnny Winter who is also a famous musician. He mostly plays keyboards and the saxophone.
Other websites
http://www.edgarwinter.com/bio.php
Blues musicians
1946 births
Living people |
13767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism | Albinism | Albinism is a condition some people, animals, and plants are born with. This condition is caused by a lack of pigment melanin (colour) in their hair, eyes, and skin. A person or animal with albinism is called an albino. Many albino people prefer to be called a "person with albinism". There are ten different types of a... |
13768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco%20de%20Luc%C3%ADa | Paco de Lucía | Paco de Lucia (real name: Francisco Sanchez Gomez, (21 December 1947 25 February 2014) was a Spanish Flamenco guitar player. He was born in Algeciras, Andalusia. He died in Cancún, Mexico from a heart attack.
1947 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Entertainers from Andalusia
Guitarists
Spanish mus... |
13772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing | Hearing | Hearing is one of the five senses. Ears detect vibrations in the air. These vibrations are sounds. Most animals can hear. Most land vertebrates hear through ears. Fish hear in several different ways. Many use their swim bladder to hear, and many use their lateral line.
In mammals, sound travels through three main part... |
13773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan | Bhutan | Bhutan (officially called Kingdom of Bhutan) is a small landlocked country in the Himalaya mountains of South Asia. It is ruled by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who has been king since 2006. Bhutan was founded in 1644 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel. The Bhutanese people are proud that they have always been an inde... |
13784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian%20race | Caucasian race | Caucasoid was a word for a person from Europe, West Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, North Africa, or the Horn of Africa. The group of these persons was called "Caucasoid race" or Caucasian race. In former times, many people divided human beings into three races. These races were called Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid... |
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