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14398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Carlin | George Carlin | George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American actor, author, comedian and writer. He was known for his dark comedy and jokes about politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and taboo.
Early life
Carlin was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City. Carlin said that he started... |
14400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese%20language | Portuguese language | Portuguese () is a Romance language. It came from Galician-Portuguese, which was first spoken in Northwestern Iberia. It then spread south and split. During the colonial era, Portuguese was also spread to Brazil and other parts of the world.
Where it is spoken
The Portuguese language is the third-most spoken western ... |
14402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Katrina | Hurricane Katrina | Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States and the second Category 5 hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
Storm history
The storm formed over the Bahamas on August 23, where it moved west and hit south Florida as a Category 1 hurricane two days ... |
14404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Fuentes | Carlos Fuentes | Carlos Fuentes (11 November 1928 – 15 May 2012) was a Mexican novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and diplomat.
Fuentes was born in Panama City, Panama. His father was a Mexican diplomat, and while Fuentes was growing up, the family moved to different countries in South America and then to the United States.
He got a... |
14408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%20guitar | Bass guitar | A bass guitar (also called an electric bass or bass) is a string instrument which is related to the electric guitar. The bass guitar is shaped like an electric guitar, but it is longer than an electric guitar. The electric bass has many of the same parts as an electric guitar. However, the bass guitar produces lower to... |
14410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Anna | Saint Anna | Saint Anna is the mother of Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus. Her husband is Saint Joachim. Her name is a version of the Hebrew name Hanna. Anna means grace.
According to tradition, Joachim went to a temple to pray, but was not allowed in because he did not have a child. Anna heard, prayed, and sacrificed. She... |
14411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal | Nepal | Nepal () is a country in South Asia between India and China. Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, and the Himalaya Mountains are in Nepal. 12 of the world's highest mountain peaks are in Nepal. It is also the birthplace of Buddha. It has recently become a secular country, but before it was the only Hindu ... |
14412 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb | Zagreb | Zagreb is the capital city and the largest city of the country of Croatia. It has a population of 792.000 people and its metropolitan area (Zagreb County, Krapina-Zagorje County and Sisak-Moslavina County) has a population of 1.2 million (2005).
The first mention of the name Zagreb appeared in 1094.
Sister cities
Z... |
14415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish | Swedish | Swedish might mean:
Anything related to the country Sweden
Swedish language, the language spoken in Sweden.
Swedish people, who are nationals or citizens of Sweden
Swedish Empire, which existed from 1611 to 1718
Hoffish is a dialect of swedish |
14416 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish%20krona | Swedish krona | The Swedish krona is the currency of Sweden. The country of Sweden has used this money since 1873. In the English language, the Swedish krona means the Swedish Crown. The Swedish crowns consist of:
1 öre (coin) *1991
2 öre (coin) *1991
5 öre (coins) *1991
10 öre (coins) *1991
25 öre (coin) *1991
50 öre (coin) *2010
1... |
14417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant | Giant | In mythology, a giant is a type of very large human-like creature. The mythology and legends of many different cultures have mythological animals or monsters that look like very big, very strong humans. One example of a giant is the gigantes of Greek mythology.
Legendary creatures |
14421 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont | Piedmont | Piedmont ( ; , ; Piedmontese, Occitan and , ) is a region in the northern part of Italy. The name means "foot of mountain" (Alps). The capital is Turin. Piedmont has 8 provinces within it.
In the north of Piedmont there is the country of Switzerland and the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta, in the east there are the r... |
14423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Fox | Terry Fox | Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete and activist. He moved to Surrey, British Columbia in 1966 and to Port Coquitlam, British Columbia in 1968. He lost one of his legs due to bone cancer when he was 18. He is best known for his run, called The Marathon of Hope, which began on Apr... |
14424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick%20Hansen | Rick Hansen | Rick Hansen, CC, OBC (born August 26, 1957 in Port Alberni, British Columbia) is a Canadian athlete and activist. He was paralyzed in an accident at the age of 15. Inspired by his friend Terry Fox, who tried to run across Canada after losing a leg to cancer, he set out on a trip to travel around the world, in his wheel... |
14432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin | Fin | A fin is a surface used to produce lift and thrust or to steer while traveling in water, air, or other fluid media. The word was first used for the limbs of fish, but it is now also used to mean other animal limbs and human-made devices.
The fins of fish are called:
Dorsal fin on the back. These fins keep the fish fro... |
14435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method | Method | Method may mean:
How to do or make something
Scientific method, a series of steps taken to get knowledge
Method (computer science), a piece of code linked with a class or object to perform a task
Method (music), a kind of textbook to help students learning to play a musical instrument
Methodology, the collection, ... |
14436 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region | Region | Region is a geographic term used in many ways in the different types of geography. In general, a region is a medium-scale area of land or water. It is smaller than the whole area of something (which could be, for example, the world, a nation, a mountain range, and so on). A climate zone is one kind of region.
A regio... |
14437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1514 | 1514 |
Births
March 8 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord
Deaths
January 2 – William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (born 1460)
January 9 – Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (born 1477)
February 11 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, third son of Henry VIII of England
March 11 – Donato Bramant... |
14438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothache | Toothache | A toothache is a pain felt in a person's tooth, normally when the tooth is hurt. A tooth can be hurt by tooth decay caused by plaque or by an injury.
Teeth
Pain |
14439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icing%20%28food%29 | Icing (food) | Icing is a paste that is usually made from sugar. It is also called "frosting". It is put on cakes to add flavour. Many kinds of cake have icing, especially cakes made for special occasions like birthday cakes, wedding cakes and Christmas cake.
Food ingredients |
14442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdish | Kurdish | Kurdish might mean:
Anything related to Kurdistan, an area in the Middle East
Kurdish people, an ethnic group
Kurdish language |
14443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romford | Romford | Romford is a town in east London. It is in the London Borough of Havering, England. It was first recorded as a town in 1153 in the Red Book of the Exchequer. The name "Romford" means "wide ford". The stream that flows through it was only later called "the Rom River" after the town.
In medieval times, this town was gr... |
14446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltose | Maltose | Maltose (known as malt sugar) is a disaccharide (sometimes called di-glucose). It is formed from two glucose molecules joined at carbons 1 and 4. It is found in germinating seeds such as barley as they break down their starch stores to use for food.
Sweeteners
Carbohydrates |
14447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolbox | Toolbox | A toolbox or toolkit is a box where a person stores tools. You can find them where people work with tools, like houses that are being built.
Some computer programs used to make other computer programs are also called toolboxes or toolkits (this is a metaphor).
Tools |
14449 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone | Stone | A stone is a piece of rock. It is a mass of hard, compacted mineral. The word is often used to mean a small piece of rock.
The word "stone" also refers to natural rock as a material, especially a building material. Natural stones used as building material include granite, marble and sandstone. Manufactured, artificial... |
14450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot%20%28computers%29 | Hotspot (computers) | A hotspot is a place where computers with the ability for wireless connections can connect to the Internet. Wi-Fi hot spots can be found in some public areas, sometimes for free. Some local libraries, coffee shops, and restaurants offer hotspots. Some passenger vehicles have a traveling hotspot for their customers. Som... |
14459 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg | Winnipeg | Winnipeg () is the largest city of Manitoba, Canada. It is in the eastern prairie region of western Canada. It is often called the "Gateway to the West". Winnipeg is the seventh biggest city in Canada with a population of 705,244 people.
The name "Winnipeg" comes from the Cree word for "muddy waters." Winnipeg is at t... |
14470 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte | Kilobyte | A kilobyte (kB) is a number used to measure storage space on computer hard drives or computer memory. A kilobyte originally meant 1000 bytes. Over time the meaning changed and today it is often used to mean 1024 bytes. This created some confusion as a "kilo" normally means 1000. The International Electrotechnical Com... |
14471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte | Byte | A byte is a unit of measurement of the size of information on a computer or other electronic device. A single byte is usually eight bits. Some early computers used six bits for each byte. Bits are the smallest unit of storage on a computer, a single on/off value. Bytes are often represented by the capital letter B, bit... |
14472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subatomic%20particle | Subatomic particle | A subatomic particle is a particle smaller than an atom. This means it is very, very small. Like atoms and molecules, a subatomic particle is far too small to be seen with the eye. They are also very interesting to physicists who study atoms. The subatomic particles that make atoms: protons, neutrons, and electrons ... |
14473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen | Screen | A screen can be:
Window screen, a plastic or wire mesh that covers a window opening
A partition or room divider
A movie screen where movies are shown.
Another name for a computer monitor
Something that stops things passing through like the grid on a roadside drain
Screen (ice hockey), when a player stops a goaltender... |
14474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathing | Breathing | Breathing is moving air in and out of the lungs. The air going in and out is called breath. If a person cannot breathe, they will die.
Breathing helps people do two very important things:
Get oxygen into the body. Every part of the body needs oxygen to survive. The only way humans can get oxygen is to breathe it ... |
14475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Bush | Laura Bush | Laura Lane Bush (née Welch; born November 4, 1946) is an American teacher, librarian, memoirist and author. She was the First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 as the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. She was also the First Lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000 when her husband was Go... |
14477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijon | Dijon | Dijon is a commune in France. It is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region; it is also the prefecture (regional capital) of the region but the council of the region meets in Besançon.
It is the main city of the department and also the largest city of the region.
History
Dijo... |
14478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Rodia | Simon Rodia | Sabato "Simon" Rodia (1879–1965) was an Italian immigrant who lived in the United States in the district of Los Angeles, California, called Watts. Starting in 1921 and until 1954, he built the Watts Towers, from junk and things he found. Many people made fun of him and tried to vandalize (damage) the "towers". He did ... |
14479 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Southern | Terry Southern | Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American writer. He was part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s. He was a friend to Beat writers in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. In the 1970s he made changes to the way movies were written. In the 1980s he wrote for Saturday Night Live and t... |
14488 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1615 | 1615 |
New books
Don Quixote part 2 by Miguel De Cervantes |
14489 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeril%20Lagasse | Emeril Lagasse | Emeril Lagasse (born October 15, 1959) is an American celebrity chef. He is best known for his television program Emeril Live, which airs on the Food Network. He hosts a Cooking Channel show named Emeril's Florida. He also has several restaurants and wrote some cookbooks. He is also famous for his catchphrases "Bam!" ... |
14500 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Rita | Hurricane Rita | Hurricane Rita was a powerful hurricane in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It hit the United States' Gulf Coast. At its peak intensity, it was a strong Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 175 miles per hour. It made landfall as a Category 3 storm, and caused more flooding in New Orleans, which already had weak... |
14502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%20767 | Boeing 767 | The Boeing 767 is a wide-body aircraft made and built by Boeing. The arcraft was developed on July 14, 1978, as apart of the 7X7 project. The first prototype flew on September 26, 1981. The aircraft was certified on July 30, 1982.
The aircraft started flying the 767-200 commerically on September 8, 1982 with United Ai... |
14503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1557 | 1557 |
Events
Start of the Italian War of 1551–59
End of the Great Russian War 1553-1557
Deaths
September 1 – Jacques Cartier |
14504 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20King | Stephen King | Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer from Maine. He wrote scary horror novels. His books and stories have sold more than 300 million copies. He has written more than fifty novels, two hundred short stories, and nine collections of short fiction.
Works
King's first novel, Carrie, was publ... |
14506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby | Baby | A baby is a human younger than about 1 or 2 years old.
Other terms can be used to describe the baby's stage of development. These terms do not follow clear rules and are used differently by different people, and in different regions. For example, infant may be used until the baby can walk, while some use "infant" unt... |
14508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus | Cactus | A cactus is a kind of a plant adapted to hot, dry climates. Plants which live this kind of life-style are called xerophytes. Most are succulents, which store water.
Cacti are members of the plant family Cactaceae, in the order Caryophyllales. There are about 127 genera, with over 1750 known species. Almost all of the... |
14509 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert | Desert | A desert is an arid (very dry) biome. They get less than of rainfall a year. Another source defines it as "any region that can have a moisture deficit over the course of a year. In other words, they can have less rainfall in a year than they give up through evaporation".
These kinds of areas can cover about 33% of th... |
14510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert | Dessert | For the area of dry land see desert.
A dessert is a type of food that is eaten after lunch or dinner, and sometimes after a light meal or snack. It is usually a sweet food, like ice cream, cookies, and cakes. In some countries, cheeses such as Brie cheese and fruit are served as dessert. Some desserts are made from na... |
14512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Henry%20Harrison | William Henry Harrison | William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the 9th president of the United States. His nickname was "Old Tippecanoe " and he was a well-respected war veteran. Harrison served the shortest term of any United States president. His term lasted for exactly one month.
He was elected president in 1840, ... |
14515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom | Viacom | Viacom (short for Video & Audio Communications) was an American entertainment company. It started in 1970 as Viacom International, the syndication division of CBS TV (which they once owned). In 2005, Viacom split into two companies: the original company was renamed CBS Corporation, and a new company keeping the Viacom ... |
14516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform%20Resource%20Locator | Uniform Resource Locator | Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is another name for a web address. URLs are made of letters, numbers and other symbols in a standard form. People use them on computers, to make the computer fetch and show some specific resource (usually a web page) from another computer (web server) on the Internet. They do this by typi... |
14527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo%20clock | Cuckoo clock | A cuckoo clock is a kind of clock. Cuckoo clocks have a case made of wood that looks like a small house. It gets its name because at the start of every hour, a small door on the clock open up and a little wooden bird comes out. The clock then makes a noise which sounds like a bird call ( "Koo-Koo" or "cuckoo").
The c... |
14528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador%20Retriever | Labrador Retriever | The Labrador Retriever (or Lab and Labrador for short) is a breed of dog. It is a kind of gun dog. Labrador Retrievers are very gentle dogs with family-friendly personalities. They are the most popular breed of dogs for pets in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. They enjoy attent... |
14529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Thatcher | Margaret Thatcher | Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman. She served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) from 1979 until her resignation in 1990, longer than any other British prime minister in the 20th century. She led the UK's Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. T... |
14530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighter | Firefighter | Firefighters are people whose job is to extinguish fires and rescue people. Besides fighting fires, firefighters rescue people and animals from vehicle accidents, collapsed buildings, hazardous atmospheres, entrapment, disabled elevators and many other types of emergencies. Firefighters also typically respond to HazMat... |
14534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random | Random | Random is a term used in mathematics (and less formally) to mean that there is no way to reliably predict an outcome (to know what will happen before it happens) or sense a pattern. Something that is chosen at random is not chosen for any conscious reason, and therefore thought to be purely by chance. An example of a r... |
14535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20status%20of%20Taiwan | Political status of Taiwan | The political status of Taiwan is a difficult situation that many people disagree about. There are two countries in the world that call themselves China. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is the country most people think of when they hear the name China. The Republic of China (ROC) also calls itself China. It is bet... |
14536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular%20respiration | Cellular respiration | Cellular respiration is what cells do to break up sugars to get energy they can use. Cellular respiration takes in food and uses it to create ATP, a chemical which the cell uses for energy.
Usually, this process uses oxygen, and is called aerobic respiration. It has four stages known as glycolysis, Link reaction, the... |
14546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho | Lesotho | Lesotho is a small country in southern Africa, it is an enclave of South Africa. Its population is about 1,800,000.
The capital of Lesotho is called Maseru.
Lesotho has the highest suicide rate in Africa.
Geography
Lesotho has no coast on the sea nor on a lake. This type of country is called landlocked, meaning it i... |
14551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 – July 12, 1804) was a statesman, a political theorist and an economist. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Hamilton was the United States' first Secretary of the Treasury. He was known for the creation of a national bank. Born on the island of Nevis in the Car... |
14568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6bes | Köbes | A Köbes (pronounced like 'kur-bess') is a waiter in traditional pubs in the Rhineland part of Germany, especially in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Krefeld.
A Köbes wears a blue apron and blue jacket and has a big leather belt with a leather purse. He serves beer and food to guests and replaces empty beer glasses with full o... |
14571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-motion | Stop-motion | Stop motion is a way of animation which makes it look like still objects are moving. Clay animation is a good example of how stop motion is used.
Stop-motion requires any camera that can make single frames (or photos). It works by shooting a single frame, moving the object a little bit, and capturing a frame again. Ca... |
14582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C.%20United | D.C. United | D.C. United is a Major League Soccer league soccer (or football) team that plays in Washington, D.C. in the United States. Its nickname is "the Black-and-Red".
League title
Major League Soccer : 4
1996, 1997, 1999, 2004
League position
References
American soccer teams
Major League Soccer teams
1995 establishmen... |
14588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%20Carlos | Wendy Carlos | Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American composer and musician. She was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She is known as one of the first people to use electric instruments to make music. In 1968, she released her music album "Switched on Bach". This album used many new electric instruments i... |
14599 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean%20algebra | Boolean algebra | In mathematics, Boolean algebra is an algebra for binary digits (where 0 means false and 1 means true). It is equipped with three operators: conjunction (AND), disjunction (OR) and negation (NOT). It uses normal math symbols, but it does not work in the same way. It is named for George Boole, who invented it in the mid... |
14604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Philosopher%27s%20Stone | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (published in the US under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is the first book in the Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling. It was published in 1997 and a movie version was shown in theaters in 2001.
Plot Summarization
This is the first book in a seri... |
14606 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin%20Timberlake | Justin Timberlake | Justin Randall Timberlake' (born January 31, 1981) is an American pop musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and dancer. Timberlake first became famous when he appeared in the television series Mickey Mouse Club. He later became of part of the Grammy Award-winning boy band *NSYNC. He started his own caree... |
14612 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic%20language | Aramaic language | Aramaic is a Semitic language. It has been written for 3100 years and has been spoken for longer than that.
It is one of the Northwest Semitic languages. The Semitic languages include Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic and many other languages.
Aramaic is the language of long parts of the two Bible books of Daniel and Ezra. It ... |
14617 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya | Libya | Libya ( , Berber: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ Libya), officially the State of Libya, is a country in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. It covers an area of almost . Libya is the 17th largest country ... |
14618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population%20density | Population density | The population density of a country or city or other place is a number showing how crowded that place is. It is got by dividing the population by the area. For example, France has a population of 60,561,200, and an area of 551,695 square kilometres, so its population density is about 109.8 persons per square kilometre.... |
14619 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey | Joey | Joey has the following meanings:
Joey is a common nickname for Joseph, Joe, Joanne, Joan, or Jo.
A joey (marsupial) is a baby kangaroo, or a baby of other marsupials (animals that are like kangaroos).
Joey is a television sitcom (a comedy set in a situation) starring Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, his character fr... |
14621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday%20Night%20Fever | Saturday Night Fever | Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American drama movie. It stars John Travolta as a 19 year old working-class Italian American man named Tony Manero. Manero lives with his parents and works in a dead-end job at a small hardware store. He tries to escape his problem-filled life in Brooklyn by dancing at a nightclub in New ... |
14622 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound | Greyhound | A Greyhound is a dog breed that is skinny, has long legs, and runs faster than any other breed of dog. It is one of the oldest breeds of dogs. For centuries, people have raced them in some parts of the world. Greyhound racing is a bit like horse racing in many ways. In recent years, many Greyhounds have been mistreated... |
14623 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20unification%20theory | Grand unification theory | Grand unification theory or GUT is a model that tries to describe the universe. It says that three forces - electromagnetic, weak and strong forces - were once combined into a single force. These are three of the fundamental four forces of nature, which are responsible for all of the pushes and pulls in the universe.... |
14624 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory | Factory | A factory is a building where workers use machines to make things for sale. It usually means a building where companies use mass production to make different things. Many of the same thing are made in a short amount of time.
People who work in factories are losing their jobs because machines can do their work more e... |
14627 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Declaration%20of%20Independence | United States Declaration of Independence | United States Declaration of Independence is an important document in the history of the United States of America. It was ratified on July 4, 1776. It says that the Americans were no longer under British rule. Instead, the thirteen British colonies came together to become a union of free and independent states. In the... |
14629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan | Jordan | Jordan (Official name is the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) is an Arab country located in southwest Asia, within the Middle East, located in the southern part of the Levant region, and the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Palestine and Israel to the west, Iraq to the east,... |
14653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice | Prejudice | Prejudice means preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. The word comes from the Latin "pre" (before) and "judge". People may prejudge any question, but the word is often used for an opinion about a person or group of people. English understanding of the Latin has changed in past centur... |
14655 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation | Inflation | Inflation means that the general level of prices is going up, the opposite of deflation. More money will need to be paid for goods (like a loaf of bread) and services (like getting a haircut at the hairdresser's). Economists measure inflation regularly to know an economy's state. Inflation changes the ratio of money to... |
14657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive%20disorder | Obsessive–compulsive disorder | Obsessive–compulsive disorder (often shortened to OCD) is a mental disorder that causes repeated and unwanted thoughts and/or feelings (obsessions) and actions (compulsions). Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms and can lead the person to believe that if a task is not completed, something bad will happen. Such a ... |
14701 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial%20Revolution | Industrial Revolution | The Industrial Revolution is the name historians have given to the period in history when there was a large and fast change in the way things were made. This meant that instead of things being hand made in small workshops, they were made more cheaply in large quantities by machines in factories. Products being made in ... |
14712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana | Botswana | Botswana (officially called the Republic of Botswana) is a country in southern Africa. The capital of Botswana is Gaborone.
History
The first people in Botswana's territory were the Khoe and San people. Botswana was first formed as the Bechuanaland Protectorate by the British Empire in 1885.
Geography
The countrie... |
14713 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferry | Ferry | Ferry is a boat or ship that is used to take people, vehicles or goods across large bodies of water, such as seas, lakes and rivers.
In many places around the world, ferries are very important for public transport. Some of these places can only be reached by ferry, because they have no roads or railways with bridge o... |
14718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapa | Rapa | Rapa or Oparo is an island in French Polynesia. It is sometimes called Rapa Iti to distinguish it from Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
History
The first European, who visited the island, was the captain George Vancouver. He visited the island in 1791. The island had an estimated population of about 2000 inhabitants. Four t... |
14724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%20Whiley | Jo Whiley | Johanne "Jo" Whiley (born 4 July, 1965 in Northampton) is an English radio DJ on BBC Radio 1, and television presenter. She had a weekday lunchtime show, called The Jo Whiley Show and later The Lunchtime Social. When Simon Mayo left Radio 1 for Radio Five Live in February 2001, Whiley's show was moved to mid-morning.
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14725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Vista | Windows Vista | Windows Vista is the 6th version of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Microsoft. It is the successor to Windows XP. While it was being made, it was called Longhorn. On July 28, 2005, Microsoft gave out its real name, which was Windows Vista. Microsoft stopped supporting Windows Vista on April 11, 2017.
Mic... |
14726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gambia | The Gambia | The Gambia is officially called the Republic of the Gambia. This country is also known as Gambia. It is a country in West Africa. It is surrounded by Senegal. It is the smallest country on mainland Africa.
Banjul is the capital city. The largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama.
Geography
The geography of Gambia is ... |
14739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonderry | Londonderry | Derry is the second largest city in Northern Ireland (after Belfast) and the fourth largest city on the island of Ireland (after Dublin, Belfast and Cork. The population is about 100,000. The city was founded in 542. It has old city walls which are still complete. The city is in County Londonderry, near the border wit... |
14740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point | Point | Point can refer to:
Point and counterpoint, meaning or purpose, especially in a discussion or dispute
Point of order, a matter raised during a debate concerning the rules of debating themselves
Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or a plane but no extent
Point man, the lead soldier or vehicle i... |
14781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal%20Reserve | Federal Reserve | The Federal Reserve (sometimes called "The Fed") is a large central bank in Washington, D.C. that was founded in 1913. It lends money to other, smaller banks. The Federal Reserve Board is a group of financial leaders who work for the Federal Reserve and decide how much to charge these banks for borrowing money (this ch... |
14787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent%20Reznor | Trent Reznor | Trent Reznor (born Michael Trent Reznor) (May 17, 1965) is an American singer and musician. He is the creator of the band Nine Inch Nails. For a long time, he was the only member of Nine Inch Nails. That changed in 2016, when Atticus Ross became an official member of the band. He sings and plays most of the music himse... |
14788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Oklahoma () is a state that is in the southern part of the Central United States. It had a population of about 3,751,351 people in 2010. The state has a land area of about . Oklahoma is the 28th largest state by population and the 20th largest state by area. The name of the state comes from the Choctaw words okla and h... |
14793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Jacks | Terry Jacks | Terry Jacks (born March 29, 1944) is a Canadian musician. He was born and raised in Winnipeg. He now works as an environmental activist.
Jacks is most famous for his song "Seasons in the Sun". The song was ranked number one in multiple countries in 1974. It is one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold ... |
14794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sark | Sark | Sark is one of the Channel Islands. Around 600 people live on Sark. Sark also has its own language called "Sercquiais." Only 400 people speak it. No cars are allowed on Sark, anyone on the island that want to go somewhere must either walk, go on a bicycle, or go by horse and cart. It became a democracy in 2008.
Island... |
14798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Crumb | Robert Crumb | Robert Crumb (born August 30, 1943) is a famous American cartoonist and musician. He founded the underground comics movement in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is most famous for the album cover for Big Brother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills, the catchphrase "Keep on Truckin'" and Fritz the Cat, which was made i... |
14800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e%20Zellweger | Renée Zellweger | Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress, producer and voice artist. She won two Academy Awards for her role in the movie Cold Mountain and as Judy Garland in Judy. She has acted in many movies, including Jerry Maguire, Bridget Jones's Diary, Chicago and Cinderella Man.
Early life
Zellwege... |
14801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryl%20Streep | Meryl Streep | Meryl Streep (born Mary Louise Streep; June 22, 1949) is an American actress. She has appeared in many movies, including Falling in Love, The Bridges of Madison County, and The House of Spirits. She was born in New Jersey. Streep is considered one of the best actresses of her time. She has won three Academy Awards and ... |
14805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bench | Bench | A bench is a kind of chair, a place where people can sit. Benches are long and often found outside, and more than one person can sit on them. Benches are usually made of wood, metal, stone, and other synthetic things. Many benches have no back.
Furniture
Street furniture |
14807 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20national%20anthems | List of national anthems | This is a list of national anthems.
This list shows the country on the left, the national anthem in the middle, and the meaning in English on the right. The names of states that do not exist anymore, or that are not independent nations, or the names of state organisations are italicized. There are many countries over t... |
14808 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius | Celsius | Celsius (more precisely, a degree Celsius), sometimes called centigrade, is a unit of measurement used in many countries to measure temperature. This unit was created by Anders Celsius (1701–1744), a Swedish astronomer.
0 degrees (°) Celsius is the melting point of pure water at sea level (normal pressure).
100° Cels... |
14811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit | Fahrenheit | Fahrenheit (more precisely, a degree Fahrenheit) is a unit of measurement used to measure temperature. The conversion rate to Celsius is C= 5/9 x (F − 32). The degree Fahrenheit is abbreviated °F.
History
This temperature scale was made in 1724 by a German scientist named Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. In the twentieth ... |
14815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent | Agent | An agent is a person who acts on behalf of another person, or a representative of an agency.
an FBI agent is an official representative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
literary agent, a person who represents a writer
sports agent, a professional who represents an athlete
talent agent, a person who finds job... |
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