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15519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Judge | Mike Judge | Mike Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American animator, actor, writer, and producer. He is most famous for creating and starring in the animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. Judge also wrote, directed, and played a small part in the 1999 movie Office Space, and directed the 2006 movi... |
15520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing%20Persons | Missing Persons | Missing Persons was an American New Wave group. They formed in the 1980s while working with Frank Zappa.
American new wave bands
American punk bands
American rock bands
Musical groups from Los Angeles |
15525 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool | Blackpool | Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, in the north west of England. The town is on the coast of the Irish Sea. Blackpool had a population of 142,283 as of the 2001 census.
Blackpool became important for tourism during the 19th century. It is known for its beaches and amusement parks. It is also the home to a famo... |
15526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20Franco | Francisco Franco | {{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = His Excellency Generalísimo
| name = Francisco Franco
| image = RETRATO DEL GRAL. FRANCISCO FRANCO BAHAMONDE (adjusted levels).jpg
| caption =
| office = Caudillo of Spain
| term_start = 1 October 1936
| term_... |
15528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police%20officer | Police officer | A police officer is a serving member of a police force. Police officers arrest criminals, prevent crime, protect and help the public, and keep public order. Officers have legally authorised powers, which in Britain is called a warrant.
Powers and duties
A police officer's job is to protect the public, make sure peopl... |
15536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Account | Account | Account might mean:
Bank account, a record of the money you have in a bank.
An account on a website records information about what you do at the website.
Related page
Accountancy
Financial accounting
Management accounting
Basic English 850 words |
15538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%20people | Dutch people | The Dutch are the people who live in the Netherlands, or those that come from the Netherlands. Often the Netherlands is called Holland, but this is only part of the Netherlands. The Dutch culture and ethnicity are also found outside of the Netherlands, with large number of Dutch living in the United States of America, ... |
15547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid%20Paper | Liquid Paper | Liquid Paper, also called white out and correction fluid, is used to correct mistakes made in writing on typewriters and with ink. It was originally called Mistake Out and was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951, who was working at a bank in the U.S. state of Texas at time and had trouble when she typed on the typ... |
15548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris%20Day | Doris Day | Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff (April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American singer, actress and animal welfare activist. She is known for her blonde, wholesome image. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. All her grandparents were German immigrants.
Career
Singing
She sang with the big bands. She started with Les Brown & Hi... |
15549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20the%20Ripper | Jack the Ripper | Jack the Ripper is the name given to an unidentified serial killer. He was active during the summer and autumn of 1888 in the Whitechapel district of London, England, which was known for its overpopulation and prostitution.
The main victims thought to be killed by the Ripper were five prostitutes:
Mary Ann Nichols - ... |
15550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Rivers | Johnny Rivers | Johnny Rivers (born John Ramistella on November 7, 1942 in New York City and grew up in Louisiana) is an American rock and roll musician. He was popular in the 1960s and 1970s for his songs like Secret Agent Man, The Poor Side of Town, Baby I Need Your Lovin, The Midnight Special, and Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin'... |
15553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr.%20John | Dr. John | Malcolm John Rebennack (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known as Dr. John, was an American musician from New Orleans. He was known for his singles "I Walk on Guilded Splinters", "Right Place, Wrong Time" and "Down in New Orleans".
Death
Rebennack died on June 6, 2019 from a heart attack at the age of 77.
Aw... |
15554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20metal | Death metal | Death metal is a style of heavy metal that is a very fast, brutal and energetic. It has very harsh singing. Most death metal has very fast guitar and drum beats. Almost every death metal drummer plays with two bass drums (or a type of pedal that has two beaters on one bass drum), so that they can play the bass drum bea... |
15555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk | Suffolk | Suffolk is an East Anglian county in England (UK) The counties around Suffolk are Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea is on the east. The county town is Ipswich and other big towns include Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds. Felixstowe is one of the largest container ports ... |
15556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology | Etymology | Etymology is the study of the origin and meaning of words and names. It tells us how words have changed over time, and what other languages they came from. For example, the etymology of the word etymology is from the Greek words ἔτυμον (étymon, "true meaning", from etymos "true") and λόγος (lógos, "word" or "study").
... |
15557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule | Mule | A mule is a horse-donkey hybrid (a mix of two different animals). It is the child of a female horse and a male donkey.
They are used mostly for pulling carts and transportation. Although it is extremely unlikely for a mule to become pregnant (less than 300 reported cases worldwide), it is possible. They will tend to b... |
15559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead%20Sea | Dead Sea | The Dead Sea is a lake between the West Bank and Jordan. It is below sea level. It is the lowest point on the surface of the Earth.
The Dead Sea is almost nine times as salty as the ocean. That makes it impossible for most life to exist in it. This is the reason for its name. However, it is not completely dead, becau... |
15560 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly%20bear | Grizzly bear | The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a large population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America.
References
Mammals of North America |
15563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20black%20bear | American black bear | The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is North America's smallest and most common species of bear. Black bears are omnivores (eating both meat and plants). Black bears usually live in forested areas, but do leave forests in search of food. Sometimes they become attracted to human activity due to a lack of food. Th... |
15566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fur | Fur | Fur is the hair of mammals. Different species may have quite different styles of hair, making them more or less suitable to the fur trade, but many are as follows:
Fur usually consists of two main layers:
Down hair (known also as undercoat or ground hair) — the bottom layer. They are wool hairs, usually wavy or curly ... |
15567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson%20Pollock | Jackson Pollock | Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter. He became famous for painting in the abstract expressionist style. Pollock's most famous paintings were made by dripping and splashing paint on a large canvas. His nickname was Jack the Dripper. Because of the method, this style is often... |
15569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Struve | Otto Struve | Struve should not be confused with his grandfather, Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819-1905).
Otto Struve (August 12 1897 – April 6 1963) was a Russian astronomer. He was the grandson of Otto Wilhelm von Struve and the great-grandson of Friedrich Wilhelm von Struve.
Struve's education at the University of Kharkov was in... |
15580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamerlane | Tamerlane | Timur or Tamerlane (9 April 1336 – 17 February 1405) was a Turkic conqueror in the 14th century who is regarded as one of history's greatest military leaders and strategists. He founded the Timurid Empire in 1370. The empire was large and included Transoxiana, parts of Turkestan, Afghanistan, Persia, Syria, Qurdistan, ... |
15583 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus | Augustus | Augustus (Latin: Imperator Caesar Dīvī Fīlius Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was the first Roman Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He led Rome in its transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire.
Life
Octavian, as he was originally called, was the adopted son of the compl... |
15585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel | Camel | Camels are a mammal of the Camelidae family. Camels form the genus Camelus. There are three living species of camels. Best-known are the dromedary (one hump) and bactrian (two humps) camels.
The camelids, as a family, include the "New World" camelids: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuña.
The earliest ... |
15589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th%20century | 15th century | The 15th century was the century from 1401 to 1500.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 15th century are in italics. |
15590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th%20century | 14th century | The 14th century was the century from 1301 to 1400.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 14th century are in italics.
Related pages
Italian Renaissance
Wars of Scottish Independence
Japan
Kamakura period
Muromachi period
Nanboku-chō period
Sengoku period |
15591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th%20century | 13th century | The 13th century was the century from 1201 to 1300.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 13th century are in italics.
Related pages
Kamakura period |
15592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th%20century | 12th century | The 12th century was the century from 1101 to 1200.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 12th century are in italics.
Related pages
Heian period
Kamakura period |
15594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalogy | Mammalogy | Mammalogy is the study of the mammals. Mammalogy has also been known as "mastology," "theriology," and "therology."
Mammals are a group of vertebrate animals. There are about 4,200 different species of animals which are considered mammals. The major branches to study in the mammalogy career include:
natural history
t... |
15596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotics | Antibiotics | An antibiotic (or antibacterial) is a chemical compound that kills bacteria or slows their growth. They are used as medicine to treat and cure diseases caused by bacteria. The first antibiotic discovered was Penicillin, a natural antibiotic produced by a fungus. Production of antibiotics first began in 1939, and in the... |
15599 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism | Sexism | Sexism is generally defined as discrimination based on the gender of a person—looking down on people because they are male or female. Sexism may also include stereotyped roles for men and women. International laws, such as Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women or Yogyakarta Principl... |
15600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go%20%28board%20game%29 | Go (board game) | Go is a board game for two players. It is called Wei-k'i (or Wei-chi) in Chinese, Patok or Baduk in Korean and I-go in Japanese.
Go is played on a board with black and white game pieces called stones. Players take turns placing a stone of their color on intersections of a 19x19 square grid. The player with the black ... |
15602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf%20War | Gulf War | The Persian Gulf War, sometimes just called the Gulf War, was a conflict between Iraq and 34 other countries, led by the United States. It started with the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq on August 2, 1990. Iraq had long claimed Kuwait as part of its territory. The war ended the following spring when Iraq's armies were defe... |
15604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point%20of%20view | Point of view | In Wikipedia, a Point of view, or POV, is one way of looking at an issue. Wikipedia seeks a neutral point of view by including all relevant POVs, not just what one person thinks.
A point of view, viewpoint or POV, is the following:
On a topic, a point of view is a perspective
In stories a point of view is the experie... |
15605 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily | Sicily | Sicily[p] is the largest island in the Mediterranean. Along with some smaller islands it is an autonomous region of Italy. The capital city of Sicily is Palermo. The population was about 5,087,000 (over 5 million) in 2004. Sicily is the biggest region in the nation of Italy.
Phoenician and Greek people colonized the i... |
15606 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey | Donkey | A donkey or ass (Equus africanus asinus) is a mammal of the Equidae family.
The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African wild ass, E. africanus. The donkey has been used as a working animal for at least 5000 years. There are a number of other wild asses in different parts of the world.
The name 'donkey' is correct... |
15618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Half-Blood%20Prince | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was written by J. K. Rowling and published on 16 July 2005. The book is the sixth Harry Potter book.
In the sixth book Harry begins his sixth year at the magical school Hogwarts with his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. During the year he has help in his worst class... |
15621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian%20language | Persian language | Persian, also called Farsi, is a Western Iranian language. It is the official language of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It is also spoken by many people in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and other neighbouring countries and by immigrants from Central Asia in Russia. Persian was also taught as a second language in... |
15624 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark. It is also the largest city in Denmark. In 2014, 1,246,611 people lived in the urban area. Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand and the smaller island named Amager.
Founded as a Viking fishing village. Copenhagen was built in the 12th century A.D. and got City rights in 125... |
15627 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali%20language | Nepali language | The Nepali language is the official language of Nepal. Besides Nepal it is spoken in India, Bhutan and parts of Burma. In the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal also it is an official language. This language is also known as Gorkhali Language or Khaskura. It is believed to have originated from the ancient Sanskri... |
15628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu | Kathmandu | Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal. It is the largest city of Nepal. The population of the city is about 1.003 million. It has many Buddhist and Hindu temples and palaces.
Climate
Kathmandu has a humid subtropical climate (Cwa in the Köppen climate classification).
Culture
Kathmandu is home to several internati... |
15629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali | Nepali | Nepali could mean:
Anything related to Nepal
Nepali language or Gorkhali – the official language of modern Nepal as well as parts of India and Bhutan
Nepal Bhasa or Newari – the literary language of the Kathmandu Valley and the old state of Nepal |
15632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th%20century | 11th century | The 11th century was the century from 1001 to 1100.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 11th century are in italics.
Related pages
Heian period |
15634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th%20century | 10th century | The 10th century was the century from 901 to 1000.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 10th century are in italics.
Related pages
Heian period |
15635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th%20century | 9th century | The 9th century was the century from 801 to 900.
Events
An unknown event causes the decline of the Maya Classical Era.
Beowulf might have been written down in this century. It could also have been in the 8th century.
Reign of Charlemagne, and the Carolingian Renaissance in Western Europe.
Large-scale Viking attack... |
15636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th%20century | 8th century | The 8th century was the century from 701 to 800.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 8th century are in italics.
Related pages
Asuka period
Nara period
Heian period
Islamic period of Indus Valley |
15637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th%20century | 7th century | The 7th century was the century from 601 to 700.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 7th century are in italics.
Related pages
Anglo-Saxons
Asuka period |
15638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th%20century | 6th century | The 6th century was the century from 501 to 600.
Decades and years
Note: the 6th century officially started in 501.
Related pages
Kofun period
Asuka period |
15639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th%20century | 5th century | The 5th century was the century from 401 to 500.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 5th century are in italics. |
15640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th%20century | 4th century | The 4th century was the century from 301 to 400.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 4th century are in italics. |
15643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia | Zambia | The Republic of Zambia is a country in southern Africa. It shares its borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. It was called Northern Rhodesia and it is currently name... |
15644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin | Benin | Benin (officially called the Republic of Benin) is a country in Africa. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo. The government is based in Cotonou, the country's largest city. Most people live on the small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin.
Because Benin was colonized by France and is still close to it, the offic... |
15648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican%20Republic | Dominican Republic | The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a country on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola; the other country on the island is Haiti. Its capital, and largest city, is Santo Domingo. The national language is Spanish.
The country was part of the Spanish empire until the late 18th century. In the 19th cen... |
15649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856 | 1856 |
Births
April 5 – Booker T. Washington, American inventor, educator, and writer (d. 1915)
July 10 – Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist (d. 1943)
July 26 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer (d. 1950)
August 3 – Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
December 28 – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of ... |
15652 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navassa%20Island | Navassa Island | Navassa Island, or La Navase in Haitian Creole, is a small island without anyone living on it in the Caribbean Sea. It is located ninety miles south of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The United States government claims the two-square-mile island as a territory of the United States, and it is under control of the U.S. Fish and W... |
15661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1648 | 1648 |
Events
January/October: The Thirty Years' War ended with the Peace of Westphalia.
October 24 – Switzerland is recognized as an independent country by the other countries of Europe.
Saint-Barthélemy was claimed by France.
The Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain ended.
Deaths
March 12 – Tirso ... |
15662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink-182 | Blink-182 | Blink-182 is a popular California pop punk band formed in 1992. Currently, the band members are Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals), Travis Barker (drums), and Matt Skiba (guitar, vocals). The band was originally created by Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Scott Raynor. They quickly became popular for their exciting concerts and immatu... |
15666 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20Who | Doctor Who | Doctor Who is a BBC science fiction television series. The series is about an alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor". In her space-time ship, the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space), the Doctor and her companions travel through space and time.
The television series ran from 1963–1989 and started running ... |
15667 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration%20camp | Concentration camp | A concentration camp (or internment camp) is a place where a government forces people to live without trial. Usually, those people belong to groups the government does not like. The term means to confine (keep in a secure manner) "enemy citizens in wartime or terrorism suspects".
Some governments put people in concen... |
15670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosome | Ribosome | Ribosomes are important cell organelles. They are tiny molecular robots which make proteins. They do RNA translation, building proteins from amino acids using messenger RNA as a template. Ribosomes are found in all living cells, prokaryotes as well as eukaryotes.
A ribosome is a mixture of protein and RNA that starts ... |
15672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Hartnell | William Hartnell | William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor. He best known for playing the First Doctor on Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966.
Biography
He was born in St Pancras, London. In 1932, he was in a movie called Say It With Music. He was in more than sixty movies. He usually played funny characte... |
15674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Troughton | Patrick Troughton | Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was a British actor. He played different sorts of characters and who was in a lot of movies.
He is best known as the Second Doctor on Doctor Who from 1966 to 1969. He also appeared in Jason & the Argonauts (1963) and The Omen (1976). His grandson, Harry Melling... |
15675 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Pertwee | Jon Pertwee | John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of the Third Doctor on Doctor Who from 1970 to 1974 and also the title scarecrow in the television children's comedy series Worzel Gummidge. His son is actor Sean Pertwee.
He ... |
15676 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Baker | Tom Baker | Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934), who is known professionally by his credited stage name as Tom Baker, is an English character actor and writer. He is perhaps best known for his work by playing the Fourth Doctor in the long-running BBC science fiction television programme, Doctor Who.
Early life
Baker was b... |
15678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi%20Germany | Nazi Germany | Nazi Germany is the period when Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party controlled Germany. It is also sometimes called the Third Reich (), which means the 'Third Empire' or 'Third Realm'. The first German empire was the Holy Roman Empire. The second was the German Empire of 1871 - 1918. The Nazis said they were making the third, ev... |
15708 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Reeves | Jim Reeves | James Travis "Jim" Reeves (August 20, 1923 in Galloway, Texas - July 31, 1964 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country singer. He died in a plane crash.
1923 births
1964 deaths
Country musicians from Texas
Aviation deaths in the United States
Singers from Texas |
15709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty%20Springfield | Dusty Springfield | Dusty Springfield (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999) was a English pop singer. Her real name was Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien. Her musical career lasted from the late 1950s to the 1990s. She recorded over 200 songs during this time. She became one of the most successful female singers in Britain. She made soul ... |
15711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Offspring | The Offspring | The Offspring is an American punk group formed in 1984 in Garden Grove, California. Their music has covered both punk rock and pop punk.
Current members
Dexter Holland (singer and guitarist)
Kevin "Noodles" Wassermann (guitarist)
Greg Kriesel (bassist)
Pete Parada (drummer)
History
The band was founded by Dexte... |
15712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha%20Franklin | Aretha Franklin | Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American soul and R&B singer. She was called the "Queen of Soul". She was best known for her songs "Respect", "Think", "Chain of Fools", and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman".
Early life and career: 1942–60
Aretha Louise Franklin was born at a t... |
15717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato | Tomato | The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a culinary vegetable/botanical fruit, or specifically, a berry (but not a fruit as ordinary people use the word).
It is shiny and smooth. It has many small seeds. It is also very good for health. Most tomatoes are red. The tomato is green when it is unripe. It slowly changes color... |
15719 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple | Pineapple | The pineapple is a fruit. It is native to South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The word "pineapple" came from European explorers, who thought the fruit looked similar to a pine cone. The pineapple is also a tropical plant and it must not be kept under 10 degrees. It takes a long time for the pineapple to g... |
15721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pear | Pear | The term pear may refer to a number of fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. Its shape is a teardrop, the flavor of pears is best when they are cool. They are juicy. Pears do not ripen well on trees. They can be soft in the... |
15723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon | Melon | A melon is any kind of edible, fleshy fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family. Many different cultivars have been produced, especially of muskmelons. Botanically speaking, the melon is a fruit, but some kinds are often considered vegetables. Most melons belong to the genus Cucumis, but there are also some that belong to Beni... |
15724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry | Raspberry | A raspberry is an aggregate fruit, meaning it has many parts joined together. It is similar to a blackberry, but the fruit is hollow on the inside. There are many different species of raspberry plants, but only a few of them have fruit that are sold in stores. Leaves of the raspberry plant are also used fresh or dried ... |
15726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum | Plum | A plum is a sweet fruit that grows on a plum tree. The scientific name for the tree is Prunus domestica. When the fruit is dried, it is called a prune. The color "plum" takes its name from the fruit.
Prunus domestica is the European plum. Most of the plums we eat are grown on varieties of this tree. Greengages and dam... |
15727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach | Peach | The peach is a species of the Prunus persica, and is a fruit tree of the rose family Rosaceae. They grow in the warm regions of both the northern and southern hemispheres.
Description
Peach blossoms are small to medium-sized. The tree is sometimes up to 6.5 m (21 feet) in height. When it is grown by people, the heig... |
15729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig | Fig | Fig (genus Ficus) is a soft, sweet fruit. Its skin is very thin and has many small seeds inside of it. There are more than 850 kinds of Ficus, the fig tree.
The fruits can be eaten when ripe and when dried. Figs grow in warm climates. Sometimes, figs are made into jam. Figs are also in a popular snack.
Figs are polli... |
15730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit | Grapefruit | Grapefruit is a citrus fruit grown in sub-tropical places. It is bigger than an orange and is often more sour, but many types of grapefruit have other flavors.
The tree which the grapefruit grows on is normally 5-6 meters tall but can reach up to 15 meters tall. It has dark green leaves that measure up to 150mm and ha... |
15731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape | Grape | Grapes are the fruit of a woody grape vine. Grapes can be eaten raw, or used for making wine, juice, and jelly/jam. Grapes come in different colours; red, purple, white, and green are some examples. Today, grapes can be seedless, by using machines to pit the fruit. Wild grapevines are often considered a nuisance weed, ... |
15732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackberry | Blackberry | The blackberry is a berry made by any of several species in the Rubus genus of the Rosaceae family. The blackberry shrub is called "bramble" in Britain, but in the western U.S. "caneberry" is the term is used for both blackberries and raspberries.
It is a widespread and well known group of over 375 species which repr... |
15733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lychee | Lychee | A lychee (pronounced LIE-chee) is a tropical fruit in the genus Litchi. It is grown in some parts of India like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar apart from southern China. Lychees from India are distinctly different from the ones grown in China- apart from being larger and juicier, their outer shell is reddish unlike the brown ... |
15734 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry | Cherry | A cherry is a fruit that grows on a tree or a bush. It belongs to the genus Prunus. It is red in color, with a seed in the middle. It tastes slightly sour, and is often used to flavour cakes and ice cream, or is baked in a pie or cobbler. Cherries are also a good source of Vitamin B.
In Japan, Yamagata is top producer... |
15736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackcurrant | Blackcurrant | The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) is a small, bitter-tasting fruit. It can be found in central and northern Europe and northern Asia.
Blackcurrant has a lot of vitamin C in it. Blackcurrant gets its name from its dark color. It is also used to make jelly, ice cream, and cordial. Blackcurrant is a popular flavor in the U... |
15739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date | Date | The word date can mean:
A date is a day on a calendar. It is now (UTC) , , . That means that today's date is , .
A date is the fruit of the date palm.
When people talk about a date, they can also mean that they are meeting with another person — dating. That person might be their boyfriend or girlfriend. People might... |
15740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date%20palm | Date palm | The date palm is a tree. It has been cultivated for a very long time because of its fruit. The tree is between high. It has long leaves that look like feathers. Such leaves are called pinnate. The leaves can grow to in length. The leaves have visible spines. There are about 150 leaflets. Each leaflet can be up to i... |
15741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherimoya | Cherimoya | The Cherimoya (Annona cherimola), also called the custard apple, is a sweet fruit that comes mostly from Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia.. The inside of a cherimoya is soft, and it is white in color. The skin of the cherimoya fruit is green when it is ripe, and brown if it becomes too ripe. The cherimoya has large,... |
15742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry | Blueberry | Blueberry refers a wild section of purple or blue berries. It grows in a type of woody plant called a shrub. Many types of blueberries grow in North America and eastern Asia. Blueberries are more common between May and October.
Blueberry has a sweet taste, with a little acidic hint. Wild blueberries have a stronger ta... |
15743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum | Momentum | Linear momentum, translational momentum or simply momentum is the product of a body's mass and its velocity:
where p is the momentum, m is the mass and v is the velocity.
Momentum can be thought of as the "power" when a body is moving, meaning how much force it can have on another body. For example,
a bowling ball... |
15751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6 | Malmö | Malmo (, ) is the third largest city in Sweden. About 333,633 people lived there in 2017. It is in the south west part of Sweden, by the sea. The Öresund bridge goes from Malmö to Copenhagen. In the 15th century, Malmö was one of Denmark's largest cities.
Malmö has the biggest Middle Eastern community in Sweden. It is... |
15752 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull | Skull | A skull, or cranium, is a set of bones that make up the head of a vertebrate and keep in place all body parts in the head. It supports the structures of the face and forms a protective cavity for the brain.
As well as protecting the brain, the skull fixes the distance between the eyes and between the ears. This allows... |
15762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Hoppus | Mark Hoppus | Mark Allan Hoppus (born March 15, 1972) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and former television personality
He was born March 15, 1972 in Ridgecrest, California. He is most famous for being a member of the band Blink 182.
Hoppus played the bass guitar and sang. After Blink 182 broke up, he... |
15769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandstone | Sandstone | Sandstone is a sedimentary rock. It is a rock made of compacted sand. Sand is small grains of rocks and minerals (such as quartz and feldspar). These are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust.
Sandstone which is resistant to weathering is used for building in many countries. It can be a hard rock. For example,... |
15772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonym | Pseudonym | A pseudonym (soo-do-nim) or alias is a fake name a person uses instead of their real name. Many people use pseudonyms, including authors (pen names) and performers (stage names). People use pseudonyms for several different reasons: to hide identity, gender, and/or race. People (such as rappers) also use pseudonyms to m... |
15773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%20name | Pen name | A pen name, also known as a pseudonym, is a name an author uses in the place of their real name, when they write and publish things. For example, the Brontë sisters (Anne, Emily and Charlotte) who were famous authors in the 19th century used them, because they feared that people would make fun of (say bad things about)... |
15775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage%20name | Stage name | A stage name is a name an entertainer like a movie star or a musician takes in the place of their real or birth name, they might like this name better than their real one or it's easier for people to remember. Professional wrestlers use stage names also, in their case it is called a "ring name".
Actors and actresses ch... |
15778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s%20Last%20Theorem | Fermat's Last Theorem | Fermat's Last Theorem is a very famous idea in mathematics. It says that:
If is a whole number larger than 2, then the equation has no solutions when x, y and z are natural numbers.
This means that there are no examples where , and are natural numbers, i.e. whole numbers larger than zero, and where is a whole n... |
15779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewinsky%20scandal | Lewinsky scandal | The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was an American political sex scandal in 1998. United States President Bill Clinton was said to have had oral sex with 22 year old Monica Lewinsky.
Lewinsky said that she had sex with Bill Clinton nine times from November 1995 to March 1997. According to her published schedule, First Lady... |
15780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console | Console | Console can mean:
Video game console
Computer console
Command Line Interface
A console where programs show information using text characters. |
15782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/323 | 323 |
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July 3 – In the Battle of Adrianople, Constantine the Great defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. |
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