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14059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/News | News | News is when people talk about current events (things that are happening right now). News Media is a portrayal of current affairs, perspectives and social influence. The news can be given in newspapers, television, magazines, or radio. There are several news channels on cable television that give news all day long, suc... |
14061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export | Export | An export is a product that is sold to people outside of the country in which the product was made. Canada exports maple syrup to the United States and to many other countries. Tropical areas like the countries in the Caribbean send sugar cane to other countries.
See
Import
International trade
Economics |
14062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatory | Observatory | An observatory is a place for making observations. The term is most used for astronomical observatories, which are places for looking at the sky. A modern astronomical observatory has a large telescope, or several. It is usually high up on mountains or hills, because higher places have cleaner, clearer, dryer air. Obse... |
14066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemic | Epidemic | An epidemic is a disease that spreads over a large area and affects many people at the same time. Epidemics are when a disease spreads from person to person faster than doctors can control. If the disease spreads over the whole world, sometimes it is called a pandemic.
Such diseases must be treated quickly and properl... |
14073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20of%20the%20Jungle | George of the Jungle | George of the Jungle is an animated television series created by Jay Ward Productions in the late 1960s as a parody (pretending to be but in a way that makes fun of) of Tarzan. In 1997, it was made into a live-action movie by Disney, with Brendan Fraser as the main character. There was a sequel George of the Jungle 2 r... |
14075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster%20Abbey | Westminster Abbey | Westminster Abbey is a large and famous Anglican church in Westminster, London. It is the shrine of Edward the Confessor and the burial place of many kings and queens. Since it was built it has been the place where the coronations of Kings and Queens of England have been held. The present structure dates from 1245, whe... |
14076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles%20%28band%29 | Eagles (band) | The Eagles are an American country rock/hard rock band. They formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971. They are known worldwide for their hit songs Hotel California and Take it Easy. In 2006 they held the record for most albums sold, with their Greatest Hits, Volume I
On January 18, 2016, Glenn Frey died of pneumoni... |
14079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas | Himalayas | The Himalayas are a mountain range in South Asia.
The west end is in Pakistan. They run through Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh states in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. The east end is in the south of Tibet. They are divided into 3 parts Himadri, Himachal and Shiwaliks.
The 1... |
14116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihanmumbai%20Electric%20Supply%20and%20Transport | Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport | The BEST or the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport is Mumbai's public transport service and electricity provider. The government owned organisation, which was set up in 1873, operates one of India's largest bus fleets. Originally setup as a tramway company, it branched out into supplying electricity to the c... |
14117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelderland | Gelderland | Gelderland or Guelders is a province in the east of the Netherlands. The capital city is Arnhem, but Nijmegen and Apeldoorn are bigger. Other important cities are Zutphen, Doetinchem, Harderwijk and Tiel. About 2,097,000 people are living in Gelderland (2021).
It is surrounded by the provinces of Limburg, North Braban... |
14127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas | Canvas | Canvas is a thick material usually made of woven cotton. It is used for tents and sails on boats and other places where a sturdy material would be good. It is similar to the material in blue jeans. It is often a white or pale tan color. It can also be used for painting or even making shoes.
Canvas
Painting
Woven fa... |
14130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large%20format%20lens | Large format lens | A large format lens is a lens that can be used on a large format camera. These cameras usually cover an area of 4x5 inches or more. The picture taken is then recorded on photographic film, or as a digital image.
Other websites
http://www.schneideroptics.com/info/vintage_lens_data/large_format_lenses/
http://www.ke... |
14132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramones | Ramones | Ramones were an American punk rock group who formed in New York City in 1974 and broke up in 1996. All the members of the group had stage names which replaced their real last names with "Ramone." They were one of the first punk bands. Some others were The Clash, Sex Pistols, and The Damned. Three of the four founding ... |
14133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia%20Newton-John | Olivia Newton-John | Olivia Newton-John (born 26 September 1948) is an Anglo-Australian singer and actress. Her first successful song was "Let Me Be There". The song made the top 10 on the U.S. pop chart. She has since won four Grammy Awards. Her first big acting role was in Grease. It became the most successful movie of 1978.
Early life ... |
14134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%20%28band%29 | Kansas (band) | Kansas is an American rock band. They formed in Topeka, Kansas in 1970. They are best known for songs including "Carry on Wayward Son" and "Dust in The Wind".
Albums
Kansas (1974)
Song for America (1974)
Masque (1975)
Leftoverture (1976)
Point of Know Return (1977)
Two for the Show (1978)
Monolith (1979)
Audio-Vision... |
14135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx%20%28band%29 | Styx (band) | Styx is an American rock band. They were one of the most popular groups of the 1970s and early 1980s. They formed in Chicago in 1972. They were the first band to have four platinum albums in a row. They continued playing after reuniting in 1995.
Discography
Studio Albums
1972 Styx
1973 Styx II
1973 The Serpent Is ... |
14136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro%20Tull%20%28band%29 | Jethro Tull (band) | Jethro Tull is a rock band. They formed in Blackpool, England in 1967. The singer and leader is Ian Anderson. He also plays flute. This band was highly successful and sung songs such as "Aqualung", "Locomotive Breath", "Living in the Past" and "Thick as a Brick".
Discography
Studio albums
This Was (1968)
Stand Up (1... |
14139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle | Turtle | Turtles are the reptile order Testudines. They have a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield.
The order Testudines includes both living and extinct species. The earliest fossil turtle comes from the early Upper Triassic of China, about 220 million years ago. So turtles are ... |
14143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage%20Against%20the%20Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine, sometimes known as RATM or Rage, is a rock band from Los Angeles, California. Rage Against the Machine are known for their mixing of funk, hip-hop, metal and rock music as well as their openly left wing politics. The band members have been the same since they started in 1991. The band members ... |
14151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product%20%28mathematics%29 | Product (mathematics) | In mathematics, a product is a number or a quantity obtained by multiplying two or more numbers together. For example: 4 × 7 = 28 Here, the number 28 is called the product of 4 and 7. As another example, the product of 6 and 4 is 24, because 6 times 4 is 24. The product of two positive numbers is positive, just as th... |
14155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Declaration%20of%20Human%20Rights | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a declaration (something said in an important way) by the United Nations General Assembly. It talks about basic human rights -- rights that all people have just because they are human. It was adopted (agreed to) by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948.
T... |
14162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin | Dolphin | Dolphins are part of the toothed whales. Generally, they are among the smaller whales. Most live in salt water oceans, but some live in rivers there are oceanic dolphins and river dolphins. Dolphins are from to long, but the largest dolphin, the killer whale (or orca), can be up to long.
All dolphins live in gr... |
14166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea | Guinea | Guinea, or the Republic of Guinea (), is an independent nation in Western Africa. Guinea borders 6 countries: Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone. The national language is French. It is a member of the Economic Community of West African States.
History
Before the Europeans arrived to Afr... |
14167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig | Pig | Pigs or domestic pigs are mammals in the genus Sus. Pigs are in the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates.
Related, but outside the genus, are the babirusa and the warthog. Pigs, like all suids, are native to the Old World. Baby pigs are called piglets or pups. Pigs are omnivores and are very social and intelligent an... |
14168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat | Wheat | Wheat (Genus: Triticum) is a cereal grain. People eat it most often in the form of bread. It is a kind of grass whose fruit is a "head of wheat" with edible seeds. It was first grown in the Levant, a region of the Near East. Now it is cultivated worldwide.
World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combi... |
14169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban | Taliban | The Taliban is a large Sunni Islamic fundamentalist militant group operating in Afghanistan. The group formed the government of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 and took military control of most of Afghanistan again in August 2021. After the Fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021, the Taliban now takes full control of Afghanista... |
14170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw | Screw | Screw can also be a slang word for sexual intercourse.
A screw is a sharp piece of threaded metal similar to a nail. Unlike a nail, a screw has spiral grooves down its spike. A screw is pressed down against wood and turned with a screwdriver. Turning the screw to the right makes it go into the wood. The grooves cut in... |
14171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan | Tajikistan | Tajikistan is a country in Central Asia. It was previously part of the Soviet Union. Tajikistan is a republic. The capital city is Dushanbe. The official language is Tajik,which is a dialect of Farsi (Persian).
Tajikistan is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the CIS. Tajikistan is eighth in size of ... |
14172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear | Fear | Fear is a feeling or an emotion. When a person has fear, they are afraid or scared. A person who fears something does not want it to happen. The fear response comes from sensing danger. It leads to the fight-or-flight response. In extreme cases of fear (horror and terror) there may be a freeze response or paralysis.
I... |
14173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue | Tongue | The tongue is the fleshy muscle inside the mouth. A tongue lets us taste because the top of the tongue is made mostly of taste buds. It also helps the process of mastication by mixing food with saliva. It is very flexible, so it also helps us eat and talk. The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
Tongue r... |
14174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium | Titanium | Titanium is a very strong metal that is used in special applications. The most common isotope has 26 neutrons. Titanium was discovered in 1791 by William Gregor. It is chemical element number 22 on the periodic table. Its symbol is Ti. It has 22 electrons and 22 protons. Its name comes from the name of the strong Gree... |
14175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew%20language | Hebrew language | Hebrew is a Semitic language. It was first spoken in Israel. Many Jewish people also speak Hebrew, as Hebrew is part of Judaism.
It was spoken by Israelites a long time ago, during the time of the Bible. After Judah was conquered by Babylonia, the Jews were taken captive (prisoner) to Babylon and started speaking Aram... |
14179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20of%20Arc | Joan of Arc | Saint Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc, c.1412 – 30 May 1431) is a national heroine of France. She is also a Catholic saint. She was a peasant girl born in the east of France. Joan said that she had visions from God. In these visions, she said that God told her to take back her home, which was then unde... |
14181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Kopp | James Kopp | James Charles Kopp (born August 2, 1954) is an American criminal. He was found guilty in 2005 for shooting Dr. Barnett Slepian to death in 1988. Kopp said the reason he shot the doctor was that he was against the abortions that the doctor did.
Murder of Slepian
On October 23, 1998, Slepian, his wife, and their four ch... |
14182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millet | Millet | Millet is a type of grain that is eaten. There are many types of millet. Millets are of good nutritional value.
Millets also have high fiber content, and poor digestibility of nutrients. This limits their value in nutrition and makes them rather less acceptable to consumers.
References
Grains |
14183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Flowers%20of%20Romance | The Flowers of Romance | The Flowers of Romance might mean:
The Flowers of Romance, an early punk rock group formed in 1976
The Flowers of Romance (album) by Public Image Ltd |
14185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic%20the%20Hedgehog%20%28character%29 | Sonic the Hedgehog (character) | Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game character. He is a 15-year old blue hedgehog who can run at the speed of sound. By curling into a ball and spinning quickly, he can do a helpful "Spin Attack" which he uses to defeat the villains and save the day. He has been in many games made by the company Sega, but also in televis... |
14186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog | Hedgehog | For the fictional character, see Sonic the Hedgehog
A hedgehog, also called a hedgepig or furze-pig, is a small mammal. It has between 5000-7000 spines on its back. There are hedgehogs in Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. When attacked or threatened, it curls up. Hedgehogs eat insects, snails, frogs and toads, sn... |
14187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy | Final Fantasy | is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. It is developed and owned by Square Enix. Final Fantasy is a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games (RPGs). It also includes movies, anime, printed media, and other products.
The first game was published in 1987. The game was a success. It had... |
14188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges%20Brassens | Georges Brassens | Georges Brassens (October 22, 1921 - October 29, 1981) was a French singer and songwriter. He sang La mauvaise réputation (the bad reputation) and Le gorille (the gorilla).
1921 births
1981 deaths
French singers
French songwriters |
14189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display%20resolution | Display resolution | Resolution is what can qualify a monitor in computer science. It is the number of pixels displayed on a given surface.
For example: a "640 by 480 display", which has 640 pixels from side to side and 480 from top to bottom (as in a VGA display), and therefore has a total number of 640 × 480 = 307,200 pixels or 0.3 mega... |
14190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervix | Cervix | The cervix is the part of the uterus which protrudes into the vaginal canal. Its function is like that of a gate to the uterus, or womb, where the fetus develops during a pregnancy. It also allows menstrual blood to escape the uterus during the normal reproductive cycle of the female, and allows sperm to access the ute... |
14191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet | Bullet | Bullets are small metal objects fired from guns. Many kinds of bullets are made from lead covered with copper. They are put into a package called a cartridge. The cartridge is put into a gun. The bullet is at the front of the cartridge (number 1 in the picture). The bullet is pushed out of the gun by hot gases at a ... |
14192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfort%2C%20Kentucky | Frankfort, Kentucky | Frankfort is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It has been the state capital since December 8, 1792. It is the county seat of Franklin County, and has been since 1795. It's located between Lexington and Louisville Kentucky.
Frankfort is beside the Kentucky River. This is how the city earned its name, bec... |
14193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrukh%20Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Shah Rukh Khan (born 2 November 1965), popularly known as SRK, is a Bollywood actor. He is also known as the "Badshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood" and "King Khan". He was born in New Delhi, his grandparents having moved there from Afghanistan and Peshawar. He started his career appearing on television in the lat... |
14195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masashi%20Tashiro | Masashi Tashiro | Masashi Tashiro (田代まさし, born August 31, 1956 in Saga Prefecture) is a former Japanese television performer and member of Japanese musical group Rats & Star. He was brought up in Shinjuku, Tokyo. On December 21, 2001, Tashiro was the first Japanese person chosen by the American magazine Time as "Person of the Year".
Ta... |
14199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Orleans | New Orleans | New Orleans is a city in the state of Louisiana in the United States. It is the largest city in Louisiana, and the 49th-largest city in the U.S. It is the capital of Orleans Parish. It was named in honour of the French Duke of Orléans (then Regent of France).
History
The city began as the capital of Louisiana (New Fr... |
14201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamluk | Mamluk | Mamluks are members of a military caste that controlled Egypt from 1254 to 1811. Other mamluks held power in some other Muslim countries. The word means "slave" in the Arabic language and they began as slaves. In 1517 the Ottoman Empire conquered them, but Mamluks continued to be powerful. Muhammad Ali Pasha defeated t... |
14204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent%20Clerc | Laurent Clerc | Laurent Clerc (born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc December 26, 1785 in France - July 18, 1869) co-founded the first school for the deaf (people who cannot hear) in the United States.
Deaf people in America respected Clerc and call him the "Father of the Deaf" because he founded the first school for the deaf in America in ... |
14207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory | Ivory | Ivory is a hard yellowsh-white material made from the tusks and teeth of animals such as elephants, hippopotamuses and walruses. Ivory is now very rare and expensive since there are restrictions on hunting elephants for ivory. There are also laws against the trade of ivory. Some countries (including Zimbabwe and South ... |
14212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20subdivisions%20of%20Brazil | Political subdivisions of Brazil | Brazil is subdivided into 26 states and 1 Federal District (the capital city Brasília).
Center-West Region
Federal District (capital Brasília)
Goiás (capital Goiânia)
Mato Grosso (capital Cuiabá)
Mato Grosso do Sul (capital Campo Grande)
North Region
Acre (capital Rio Branco)
Amapá (capital Macapá)
Amazon... |
14213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice%20president | Vice president | A vice president is someone who helps a president conduct his or her duties. A vice president also takes over if a president is not available. In business and in government a vice president (VP) is below a president in rank. Vice is comes from Latin meaning 'in place of'. In British English a vice president in business... |
14214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20jump | Triple jump | The triple jump (also known in certain countries as a triple hop, step and jump or hop, skip and jump) is a athletics event. It has been a part of the World Championships since 1995. The event consists of someone running up to a line, jumping and landing on the same foot (a hop), jumping onto the other foot (a skip) an... |
14218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20hold%20%27em | Texas hold 'em | Texas hold'em is a popular version of the card game poker.
How to play
Before any cards are dealt, two players to the left of the dealer make bets which are called the "Small Blind" and "Big Blind". These forced bets must be at least matched by the other players in order to keep their hands. The big blind is twice as... |
14220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creationism | Creationism | Creationism is the religious belief that the universe was created in the way described in religious books. According to Genesis, God directly created life from the nothingness that was before, by fixing the chaos that was. Other religions have different creation myths. The first approach is known as creatio ex nihilo... |
14223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flute | Flute | The Flute is a musical instrument. A person who plays the flute is called a flutist.
There are many kinds of flutes. The most common concert flute is on C tuning. In addition, there are other flutes like piccolos, alto flutes, and bass flutes.
History
Flutes have changed over time. Pan flutes were made for many cent... |
14225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staind | Staind | Staind is an American rock band from Massachusetts, United States. The band was started in 1994. Its first album, Tormented was released in 1996. Staind's newest album, The Illusion of Progress was released on August 19, 2008. Some of its biggest hits have been Outside, It's Been Awhile, and So Far Away.
In 2013, They... |
14226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocarina | Ocarina | An ocarina is a kind of flute that is not made out of a tube. Because the ocarina is in a round or box-like shape, its sound is a little different from other flutes.
History
The ten-hole ocarina was first made by Giuseppe Donati, in Italy, in 1853. Instruments like the ocarina had been made for hundreds of years befo... |
14228 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinet | Clarinet | The clarinet is a woodwind instrument.
The clarinet body is made up of the mouthpiece, barrel, upper joint, pads, keys, ring key, rod, lower joint, and bell. The clarinet has one reed. The reed is made of cane, bamboo or plastic, which varies in thickness. The reed is attached to the mouthpiece with a clamp called a l... |
14230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th%20century | 16th century | The 16th century was the century from 1501 to 1600. In this century, many Europeans visited or moved to the newly-found Americas and some also searched for new routes to Asia. There was much change in Europe, such as the Protestant Reformation.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 16th century are in ita... |
14231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lute | Lute | The lute is a kind of musical instrument with strings.
The first lutes were brought to Spain by the Moors. Others may have been brought to Europe from Arabic lands. The lute is one of the ancestors of the classical guitar.
A lute has an oval-shaped back, made of strips of wood. It has a flat front, with a neck attac... |
14232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence%20Day%20%28United%20States%29 | Independence Day (United States) | In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July or the Fourth, is a holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring the independence of the Thirteen Colonies from the United Kingdom of Great Britain. On Independence Day there are many events ... |
14233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Office | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office or Microsoft Office System is a collection of computer programs made by Microsoft. Microsoft Office is a collection of office-related applications. Each application serves a unique purpose and offers a specific service to its users. The programs are created for all users. There are different versions o... |
14235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans | Afrikaans | Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia. It was originally the dialect that developed among the Afrikaner Protestant settlers, the unfree workers, and slaves brought to the Cape area in southwestern South Africa by the Dutch East India Company ( - VOC) between 1652 and 1705. Mos... |
14237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20Bernstein | Leonard Bernstein | Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer and conductor. He was born Louis Bernstein in Lawrence, Massachusetts to Ukrainian Jewish parents. He is best known for conducting the New York Philharmonic and composing West Side Story and Candide.
Bernstein was gay.
He was a heavy smok... |
14239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans%20Language%20Monument | Afrikaans Language Monument | The Afrikaans Language Monument () is the only monument in the world dedicated to a language. It is on a hill overlooking the Teachers' Training College in Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Completed in 1975, it was built to celebrate the 100 years birthday of Afrikaans being declared as a different language ... |
14264 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC%20Comics | DC Comics | DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book company. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., which itself is owned by Time Warner. Its first well-known comics were such as Action Comics, Detective Comics and All Star Comics. They were essential in introducing thre... |
14265 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder%20Woman | Wonder Woman | Wonder Woman is a superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. She is one of the first female superheroes in American comic books and the most famous, most recognizable female superhero in the world. William Moulton Marston, a psychologist who believed that women could be as strong and powerful as men, ... |
14266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Saget | Bob Saget | Robert Lane "Bob" Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American comedian and actor. He was best known for his appearances on television as Danny Tanner on Full House and the original host of America's Funniest Home Videos. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2014 for a comedy album that he made.
Personal l... |
14268 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington | Wilmington | Wilmington is the name of many places:
In the United States of America
Cities
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington, Will County, Illinois
Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington, Ohio
Towns and villages
Wilmington, Los Angeles, California
Wilmington Manor, Delaware
Wilmington Island, Georgia
South Wilmington, Illinois - Gru... |
14269 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%20Collins | Phil Collins | Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins (born 30 January 1951) is a British drummer, songwriter, actor and singer. He was born in Chiswick, Hounslow, Middlesex. He was the drummer and singer of the band Genesis. He is very well known for his career away from the band, as a solo artist. His most well known album is No Jacke... |
14270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badfinger | Badfinger | Badfinger was a British rock group. They were first called The Iveys, but renamed themselves after a song title, "Badfinger Boogie", the original title of "With a Little Help From My Friends". The band's members were Peter Ham, Tom Evans, Mike Gibbins and Joey Molland. Badfinger recorded for Apple Records, which was a ... |
14285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Nations%20Security%20Council | United Nations Security Council | The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of six main parts of the United Nations. The Security Council deals with maintaining peace and security between nations.
Membership
There are 15 members of the UNSC but only five are permanent members. They are:
China
France
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
T... |
14316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20jump | High jump | The high jump is a track and field athletics event. Without the aid of any devices, athletes jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights. The high jump was first practised in England in the 19th century. It became an Olympic sport in 1896 for men and in 1928 for women. The rules that were made in 1865 still e... |
14317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan | Manhattan | Manhattan is one of the five boroughs that make up New York City, and is the center of the New York metropolitan area. It is also located over the same area as a county of New York state called New York County. Although it is the smallest borough, it is the most densely populated borough. Most of the borough of Manhatt... |
14318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bronx | The Bronx | The Bronx is the northern part of New York City, United States. The name came from Bronck's Farms, owned by a settler called Jonas Bronck. The Bronx was once the southern part of Westchester County, but is now one of the five boroughs of New York City as well as a county in New York State called Bronx County. The Bronx... |
14319 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Denver | Bob Denver | Bob Denver (January 9, 1935 – September 2, 2005) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Gilligan on the 1960s television series Gilligan's Island and Maynard G. Krebs on the earlier Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He appeared on many other shows including The Good Guys, Dusty's Trail, and Far-Out Space ... |
14321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1100 | 1100 | Note that 1100 is the last year of the 11th century. 1101 is the first year of the 12th century.
Events
August 5 – Henry I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey
Births
May 23 – Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst, English conjoined twins (died 1134)
Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of ... |
14322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk | Monk | A monk is a man who devoted part or all of his life to a religion. The word comes from Ancient Greek, and can be translated as solitary. In Greek, the word can apply to women, but in modern English it is mainly used for men. The word nun is usually used for female monastics. Monks practice asceticism. They either live... |
14323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream%20Theater | Dream Theater | Dream Theater (often called DT for short) is a progressive metal and progressive rock band formed in the mid-1980s in the United States.
Band members
Current members
James LaBrie (vocals)
John Myung (electric basses)
John Petrucci (guitar)
Jordan Rudess (keyboards)
Mike Mangini (drums)
Previous members
Chris... |
14332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle | Triangle | A triangle is a shape, or a part of two dimensional space. It has three straight sides and three vertices. The three angles of a triangle always add up to 180° (180 degrees). It is the polygon with the least possible number of sides. A triangle with vertices A, B, C is written as .
Types of triangles
Triangles can b... |
14346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism | Feminism | Feminism is a social, political, and economic movement. Feminism is about changing the way that people see male and female rights (mainly female), and campaigning for equal ones. Somebody who follows feminism is called a feminist.
Feminism began in the 18th century with the Enlightenment. The controversy over the diff... |
14352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiv%C3%B8r%20P%C3%A1lsd%C3%B3ttir | Eivør Pálsdóttir | Eivør Pálsdóttir (born 21 July 1983 in Syðrugøta, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese singer and composer. She sings in Faroese, but also in English, Icelandic, Swedish and Danish.
Eivør Pálsdóttir is one of the most well-known singers from the Faroe Islands.
"Krakan", her second solo album, won the nomination for an Icelan... |
14355 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus | The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, ancient Greek for "river horse" (Ιπποπόταμος), is a large mammal in Africa that usually eats plants. It is one of only two species in the family Hippopotamidae that are still alive. The other is the pygmy hippopotamus.
The hippopotamus is the second largest land ani... |
14356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefecture | Prefecture | A prefecture is a word used by countries such as Greece and Japan (called νομός, nomós in Greece and called 県 ken in Japan). It is a smaller part of a country with its own government. It is a kind of local government.
It is like an American state or a British county.
In France, it is the head of the department (see P... |
14361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010 | 2010 | 2010 (twenty ten) (MMX) was .
The United Nations designated 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity and International Year of Youth.
Pronunciation
There are many debates over how the years are spoken. The year 2010 can be spoken as "twenty-ten" or "two thousand (and) ten".
Events
January
January 1 – Spain... |
14366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris%20%28dwarf%20planet%29 | Eris (dwarf planet) | Eris (symbol ) is a dwarf planet and a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. Eris is slightly smaller than Pluto, but it is more massive (has more mass) than Pluto. It is a "scattered disc object" in the Kuiper belt, further out than Pluto. It is also called a pl... |
14377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Overlord | Operation Overlord | Operation Overlord was the 1944 campaign for the invasion of continental Europe in World War II. It was fought by the Allied forces against German forces. The most critical part was the Normandy landings, which were to get the Allied armies onto the continent of Europe. This might have failed. Heavy casualties were ... |
14380 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Tyson | Mike Tyson | Michael Gerard Tyson (June 30, 1966) is an American retired boxer. In 1986, he had his 28th professional match (or fight) as a professional boxer; Because he won that fight also, the World Boxing Council (WBC) gave him the title "World Champion".
He held the heavyweight championship.
Mike Tyson became a professional... |
14382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland | Cleveland | Cleveland is a city in northern Eastern Ohio, United States. It is home to over 400,000 people. It was named for General Moses Cleaveland in 1796, but according to legend a mistake in a local newspaper left out the first "a" in its name, which is why it is spelt like it is today. Its metropolitan area makes it the larg... |
14383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus | Lexus | Lexus is a luxury car line produced by the Toyota company. Its worldwide motto is "The Pursuit of Perfection '''' slogan in the United States is "The Passionate Pursuit of Perfection"''.
Toyota |
14384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against | Against | Against can mean:
in an opposite direction - walking against the wind
in front, touching, or resting - The man was standing against the tree.
in opposition - against all odds
in competition - The boy played chess against his father.
touching with strong force - Ocean waves crash against the swimmer.
as a protect... |
14385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentition | Dentition | Dentition is the development of teeth and where the teeth are in the mouth. Almost all mammals have up to four different types of teeth: incisors, canines, premolars, and molars. Animals that have different types of teeth are called "heterodont". If they do not, they are called "homodont".
In mammals, the young have a... |
14388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectrum | Plectrum | A plectrum or pick is a small object used to play certain types of string instruments. The plectrum is held in the hand and used to pluck a string. This makes a hard, metallic, "twangy" sound. The instruments most commonly plucked include the guitar, lute and mandolin. The strings of a harpsichord are also plucked, alt... |
14391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Barker | Danny Barker | Danny Barker (January 13, 1909 – March 13, 1994) was a New Orleans jazz singer-songwriter and musician.
References
1909 births
1994 deaths
African-American singers
American guitarists
American jazz musicians
American singer-songwriters
Musicians from New Orleans, Louisiana
Singers from New Orleans, Louisiana |
14392 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Christian | Charlie Christian | Charles Henry "Charlie" Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942) was an American jazz guitarist. Christian is best known as one of the first famous guitarists to play the electric guitar. He is also remembered as one of the first musicians to help create the styles of jazz music known as "bebop" and "cool jazz."
Care... |
14393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco%20Cerri | Franco Cerri | Franco Cerri (January 29, 1926 – October 18, 2021) was an Italian jazz guitar player.
Cerri was seen as the most authoritative Italian guitarist in the jazz field, and his innate sympathy has meant that many viewers, seeing its shares on TV (especially in the 60s), come close to jazz, and studying guitar.
Much apprecia... |
14394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20Condon | Eddie Condon | Albert Edwin "Eddie" Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was a Chicago jazz/big band rhythm guitarist.
American jazz musicians
Musicians from Indiana
1905 births
1973 deaths |
14395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Di%20Meola | Al Di Meola | Al Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is a Jazz fusion guitarist. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
American guitarists
American jazz musicians
Musicians from New Jersey
1954 births
Living people
People from Jersey City, New Jersey |
14396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20House | White House | The White House is the home and main workplace of the president of the United States. The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban and built by slaves. It is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C..
History
The building was built between 1792 and 1800 out of white-painted sandstone from Aquia Creek in V... |
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