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17933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Nobel | Alfred Nobel | Alfred Nobel () (October 21, 1833 – December 10, 1896) was a Swedish scientist, engineer, and weapons manufacturer. He is well known for the invention of dynamite and for creating the Nobel Prize.
He left instructions in his will that his money should create the Nobel Prize after reading an article in a French newspa... |
17936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacy | Pharmacy | A pharmacy is a shop where therapeutic drugs are sold. Sometimes a pharmacy is also called a drug store or chemist and druggist store. The people working in a pharmacy are called pharmacists, druggist or chemists (British English). These people can recognise simple diseases and formulate or dispense drugs for some of ... |
17937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss | Kiss | People kiss each other, usually by using their lips and mouth to touch each other. However, there are many different types of kiss, with different meanings. Also, the meaning of kissing may be different in different cultures. Most often, people kiss to show love or affection for each other. Sometimes, people kiss as a ... |
17938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothel | Brothel | A brothel is a bar, nightclub or hotel where sex workers are found. People go there to buy sex for money. Different countries have different regulations as to sex work.
Legality
Some countries where prostitution is legal allow it to happen in a brothel, others allow it to happen "on the street", still others allow bot... |
17940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude | Latitude | The latitude of the Earth gives the distance north or south of the equator. It is measured in degrees. Latitude is represented by the Greek letter phi, . It is usually used along with a measurement of longitude in order to pinpoint a location on Earth.
The equator is numbered 0 degrees. Everything north or south of th... |
17943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaleel%20White | Jaleel White | Jaleel White (born November 27, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for playing of Steve Urkel in the television series Family Matters and the first English voice of Sonic the Hedgehog.
1976 births
Living people
African-American voice actors
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice acto... |
17948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20substance | Chemical substance | A chemical substance is any material with a known chemical composition. For example, water has the same properties and the same ratio of hydrogen to oxygen whether it came from a river or was made in a laboratory. Typical chemical substances found in the home include water, salt (sodium chloride) and bleach. Generally,... |
17956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20China%20tiger | South China tiger | The South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) is an almost extinct subspecies of the tiger. There are now 20-30 of them left in the wild and 60 left in captivity. It is one of the world's ten most endangered animals and the most endangered of the six surviving tiger subspecies. The South Chinae tiger is also known ... |
17961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20XP | Windows XP | Windows XP is a version of the Microsoft Windows operating system for personal computers. The letters "XP" stand for eXPerience. Microsoft released Windows XP on October 25, 2001. Windows XP replaced Windows 2000 and Windows ME, which helped bring the NT and 9x versions of Windows together. It was replaced by Windows V... |
17965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotram | Crotram | CROTRAM is a group of Croatian companies that make trams. They make a tram called TMK 2200.
Crotram is a consortium (a group of companies that cooperate) made of three companies: Elektroindustrija Koncar(cro. Končar) and Gredelj, both from city of Zagreb, and Duro Dakovic (cro. Đuro Đaković), from Slavonski Brod.
Cr... |
18018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Wars%20Episode%20IV%3A%20A%20New%20Hope | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (initially named Star Wars) is a science fiction movie. It is the first film in the Star Wars saga. The movie was released in 1977 and also incorporates adventure, action and drama.
Plot
Princess Leia Organa is a prisoner of the evil Empire. She was captured by Darth Vader, who is he... |
18021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis | Saint Kitts and Nevis | The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (, also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis), is a federal nation made up of two small islands in the Caribbean Sea. It is the smallest independent country in the Western Hemisphere.
The capital city is Basseterre. It is on the main island of St Kitts, also ca... |
18022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%20language | Danish language | Danish is the Germanic language spoken in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and parts of Greenland and Germany (Southern Schleswig). Around 5.5 million people speak Danish. It is used as a second language in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Danish people, or Danes, call their language dansk.
Here are some simple words... |
18023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger | Niger | Niger or the Niger ( or ; ), officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in western Africa. The capital is Niamey, and the official language is French. It is surrounded by Algeria and Libya to the north, Chad to the east, Nigeria and Benin to the south, and Burkina Faso and Mali to the west. Niger is landlocked,... |
18026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand | Zealand | Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) is an island in the eastern part of Denmark. It is just west of Sweden and a strait called the Øresund lies between the two. It has an area of 7,031 km² and is the largest island in the country.
About 2,268,000 people were living in Zealand as of 2016. Most of these people live in and around... |
18029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei | Brunei | Brunei (officially called the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace) is a country in Southeast Asia. It is north of Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The country is rather landlocked by Malaysia. To the north is the South China Sea and the Philippines to the northeast. The capital of Brunei is Bandar Seri Begawan. The c... |
18031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taka | Taka | The Taka is the currency of Bangladesh. The most commonly used symbol for the Taka is Tk and ৳. This is used on receipts while purchasing goods and services. One taka is divided into 100 poisha.
In Bengali, the word taka is also used to mean any money, currency, or notes.
Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the co... |
18032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1 | Bogotá | Bogota is the capital (city) of Colombia. As of 2009, more than 7 million people live in Bogota, which makes it the largest city in Colombia. It is about 2,640 meters above sea level, on top a plateau (a mountain with a flat top). This makes it the third highest capital in the world. With many universities and librarie... |
18033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymara%20people | Aymara people | The Aymara are members of a tribe of Native Americans that live in Bolivia and Peru. They are native to the area around Lake Titicaca. They speak the Aymara language. They call themselves Aymaras.
The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, is Aymara.
The many-colored flag of the tribe is called the Wiphala.
South Am... |
18034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perihelion | Perihelion | The perihelion is the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid or comet that is nearest to the sun. It is the opposite of aphelion, which is the point farthest from the sun.
The word perihelion stems from the Greek words "peri," meaning near, and "Helios," meaning the Greek god of the sun. So it referred to as perihel... |
18035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston%20Atoll | Johnston Atoll | Johnston Atoll is an island in the Pacific Ocean. It is a property of the United States. The military used the Island for many things including a re-fueling location for planes going overseas, a chemical weapons ammunition storage facility, and a test launch location for nuclear testing. It was inhabited by all forces ... |
18036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama | Llama | A Llama (Lama glama) is a mammal of the Camelidae family. It is from South America, the Andes Mountains of Peru and Ecuador.
Sometimes the name llama is used for all four South American camelids.
Llama and humans
The llama was domesticated about 5000 years ago. It was and is used for carrying things, and for wool. T... |
18039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1840s | 1840s |
Events
Treaty of Nanking between China and the United Kingdom(1842)
Irish Potato Famine(1845–1848)
Mexican-American War (1846–1848)
The Communist Manifesto (1848)is published
European Revolutions of 1848 (1848)
California Gold Rush (1849)
World leaders
Emperor Ferdinand I (Austria)
Chancellor Klemens Wenze... |
18041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American%20War | Mexican–American War | The Mexican–American War took place between 1846 and 1848 between United States and Mexico.
Causes
When Mexico got independence from Spain in 1821, Texas was part of Mexico. Americans and other settlers came into Texas when Mexico allowed non-Spanish settlers to settle there.
After many settlers came to Texas, dis... |
18042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions%20of%201848 | Revolutions of 1848 | The European Revolutions of 1848 were a series of revolts in Europe. In some places they are called Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution.
These revolutions started in January with a Palermo republican uprising. The larger French Revolution of 1848 in February was followed in March by several other revolutions a... |
18043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard%20Grieg | Edvard Grieg | Edvard Grieg (born 15 June 1843 Bergen, Norway; died 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the Romantic period. He is Norway’s most famous composer. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor and for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, which includes movements... |
18044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra%20Atoll | Palmyra Atoll | Palmyra Atoll is an island in the North Pacific Ocean. No one lives there, but 4 to 20 people use this island, mainly scientists. It is managed as a nature reserve by the United States. It is known as the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
In 2005, a team of scientists from around the world started to build a res... |
18045 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingman%20Reef | Kingman Reef | Kingman Reef is a coral reef in the North Pacific Ocean, owned by the United States.
It is the farthest north of the Northern Line Islands. It is only sometimes above water.
Palmyra Atoll is the other U.S. territory in the Northern Line Islands.
Gallery
References
Other websites
K5K Amateur Radio Expedition ... |
18046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis%20Island | Jarvis Island | Jarvis Island (; formerly known as Bunker Island) is an uninhabited island owned by the United States. The small island is a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, a group of mostly uninhabited islands.
Jarvis Island was officially made part of the United States in 1858. People used to mine guano there, bu... |
18047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20E.%20Lee | Robert E. Lee | Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a colonel in the United States Army. He became the General-in-chief of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He led the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. He started out as an engineer but then move... |
18048 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830s | 1830s |
Events
Ayya Vaikundar appeared after the incarnation, above the sea of Thiruchendur.
Croquet invented in Ireland.
Mormon religion founded in New York.
Belgium founded.
Ecuador declares independence.
Queen Victoria becomes ruler of Great Britain.
World leaders
Emperor Francis II (Austria)
Emperor Ferdinan... |
18049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820s | 1820s |
Events
Greek War for Independence
Much of South America declares independence from Spain.
World leaders
Emir Dost Mohammad Khan (Afghanistan)
Supreme director José Rondeau (Argentina)
Acting supreme director Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López de Anaya (Argentina)
President Bernardino Rivadavia (Argentina)
Pr... |
18050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819 | 1819 |
Events
Simon Bolivar finds Gran Colombia.
The United States buys Florida from Spain.
The U.S. State of Alabama got its statehood.
Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles.
Births
May 24 – Queen Victoria, British royal (d. 1901)
August 26 – Albert, Prince Consort, Husband of Queen Victoria (d. 1861)
da... |
18052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah | Isaiah | Isaiah was a prophet of God in Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Bahá'í. He lived from about 740 to 681 BC. The name Isaiah means "the Lord is salvation" in the Hebrew language.
Isaiah is also the name of a book in the Old Testament of the Bible, which tells the story of the Israelites in Isaiah's time. According to ... |
18056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold%20Poetsch | Leopold Poetsch | Leopold Poetsch was a German antiSemitic professor and a high school teacher of Adolf Hitler who influenced the future leader's later views.
Poetsch came from the southern German border area. There, political fights between Slavs and ethnic Germans angered him and made him one who was for the Pan-German movement. He ... |
18059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20Genocide | Armenian Genocide | The Armenian Genocide was the forced deportation and the killings of most Armenians from 1915 to 1917 in the Ottoman Empire, which was ruled by the Young Turks.
Planning
In November 1914, the Ottoman Empire joined World War I on the side of the Central Powers. İsmail Enver, the Minister of War, launched a disastrous ... |
18060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Minister%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | The prime minister of the United Kingdom or British prime minister is the head of government in the United Kingdom. The prime minister controls the Government of the United Kingdom through the cabinet. The prime minister is the chairman of the British cabinet and a member of the Privy Council. It is normal for the prim... |
18061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Forth | River Forth | The River Forth is a river in Scotland.
The source is Loch Ard, in Kinlochard. The river flows through the city of Stirling, and the city of Edinburgh is on the south of the Firth of Forth estuary.
Rivers of Scotland |
18062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro%20Toledo | Alejandro Toledo | Alejandro Toledo is a former president of Peru. He won the 2001 election for president. He gained international prominence after leading the opposition against president Alberto Fujimori, who held the presidency from 1990 to 2000.
Early life
He pursued his undergraduate and graduate education at the University of San ... |
18063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut | Inuktitut | Inuktitut is a language of the Arctic, spoken by Inuits in Canada and in Greenland. Inuktitut is a very complex language. It is an official language in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
The Inuit write Inuktitut in two ways. One way to write Inuktitut is by using the Roman alphabet. The other way to write Inukt... |
18064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall%20Out%20Boy | Fall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy (often shortened to FOB) is an alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois, USA. The members are Pete Wentz (bassist), Patrick Stump (vocals), Andy Hurley (drums), and Joe Trohman (guitar). They have written successful songs, including "Thnks fr the Mmrs", "Sugar, We're Goin Down" and "Dance, Dance".
Ove... |
18065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20alphabet | Greek alphabet | The modern Greek alphabet has 24 letters. It is used to write the Greek language. The Greek alphabet is also frequently used in science and mathematics to represent various values or variables. Most letters in the Greek alphabet have an equivalent in the English language.
The twenty-four letters (each in uppercase and... |
18068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good%20Charlotte | Good Charlotte | Good Charlotte is an American punk music band. They are from Waldorf, Maryland. They have many popular songs, including "The Anthem", "Girls and Boys", and "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous".
Their third album is unique. The Chronicles of Life and Death came in two different versions: the Life version, and the Deat... |
18069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20Creek%2C%20Michigan | Battle Creek, Michigan | Battle Creek is a city in western Michigan, USA. The headquarters of the Kellogg's cereal company is located in this city.
Other websites
Official website
Cities in Michigan |
18072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Rapids%2C%20Michigan | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Grand Rapids is a large city in western Michigan, United States. About 200,000 people were living here in 2018.
Former American president Gerald Ford grew up in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids is also the birthplace of Amway and the Meijer store chain.
Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County. It is the second large... |
18073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo%20Morales | Evo Morales | Juan Evo Morales Aima (born October 26, 1959) was the President of Bolivia from 2006 through 2019. He is an Aymara Native American, and is politically a leftist. He is the founder and leader of the Movement toward Socialism (or MAS) political party. Movimiento al Socialismo is its Spanish name.
Presidency
On January 2... |
18076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Titicaca | Lake Titicaca | Lake Titicaca (, "Titiqaqa Lake") is a large, deep lake in the Andes mountains. The eastern part is in Bolivia and the western part of it is in Peru. It is the largest lake in South America.
Lake Titicaca is at above sea level. It is often called the "highest navigable lake" in the world. It means that it is the highe... |
18078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howland%20Island | Howland Island | Howland Island is a small island in the north Pacific Ocean, just north of the Equator. It is owned by the United States.
Weather
Howland island is a very hot and sunny island with wind blowing almost all the time. It only rains every once in a while.
Location
Howland Island is located at 0 48 N, 176 38 W.
Gallery... |
18088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 2005 Atlantic hurricane season | The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the time from June 1 to November 30, 2005 when hurricanes officially formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Storms sometimes form before and after these dates but most storms form during the season. Tropical Storm Zeta formed on December 30 and dissipated on January 6, which is after the N... |
18089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20calendar | Christian calendar | A Christian calendar can be any calendar used by various Christian Churches for the Church year, called "liturgical year". For example, it can be used to find out what day Easter will be on, even though it is not the same in every Church.
The church year is divided into seasons like Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Advent an... |
18090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty | Puberty | Puberty is what happens in children's bodies that changes them into adults. After puberty, people are able to make children. A girl who has gone through puberty can become pregnant and have a baby. At puberty, a boy's body begins making sperm, and he starts to be able to ejaculate, which is semen coming out from his pe... |
18091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford%20Bridge | Stamford Bridge | Stamford Bridge could be
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire
The Battle of Stamford Bridge, a battle in England on 25 September 1066
Stamford Bridge (stadium), a stadium in London
Chelsea F.C., who are based in that stadium |
18094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali%20tiger | Bali tiger | The Bali tiger, or Balinese tiger (Panthera tigris balica) is one of the three extinct sub-species of the tiger. They became extinct in 1937. They lived on Bali. This was the first sub-species of tiger to become extinct.
The Bali was also the smallest tiger sub-species. There is no record of a Balinese tiger ever bein... |
18095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1507 | 1507 | Year 1507 (MDVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
July 4 – Martin Luther is ordained a priest of the Catholic Church.
August 20 – Guru Nanak Dev becomes the first guru and leader of the Sikh religion.
Births
Anne Boleyn |
18096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/479%20BC | 479 BC | 479 BC was a year in the 5th century BC.
Events
The Persian Wars end.
Deaths
Confucius (born 551 BC). |
18097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/192 | 192 |
Deaths
December 31 – Commodus, Roman Emperor (b. 161) |
18099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1202 | 1202 | 1202 (MCCII) was .
Events
August 1 – Arthur of Brittany captured in Mirebeau, north of Poitiers
The chronicle of Roger of Wendover is of original value as of this year.
Founding of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword
Founding of Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda, Aragon Province, Spain
Leonardo Fibonacci... |
18102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting%20Bull | Sitting Bull | Sitting Bull (about 1831 – December 15, 1890), real name Tatanka Yotanka, was the chief of a Native American tribe called Hunkpapa-Lakota-Sioux. At the age of about 14, Slow participated in a war party against the Crow (warriors).
At the age of 10, however, he killed his first buffalo.
He was a very important chief and... |
18103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1632 | 1632 |
Events
The Swedish king Adolft Gustav II started a university at Tartu, Estonia.
Births
October 31 – Johannes Vermeer, painter
Deaths
April 30 – Sigismund III, Vasa king of Polen
September 3 – Carlo Bonone, Italian painter |
18106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Kwan | Michelle Kwan | Michelle Kwan (born July 7, 1980) is a retired American figure skater. She has won five world championships and nine U.S. championships.
Birth and childhood
Michelle Kwan was born on July 7, 1980, in Torrance, California. Kwan showed interest in figure stating when she followed Ron and Karen, her brother and sister... |
18107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Jack%20Fletcher | Frank Jack Fletcher | Frank Jack Fletcher (29 April 1885 - 25 April 1973) was an Admiral in the United States Navy. He was born at Marshalltown, Iowa, of the same family line as Captain Frank "Pat" Fletcher and of Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, noted men in the Navy. He attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and had jobs on ... |
18108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina%20Slutskaya | Irina Slutskaya | Irina Slutskaya (ru: Ирина Слуцкая) (born February 9, 1979 in Moscow), is a Russian figure skater. She has won two world championships and six European championships.
Irina began skating when she was four years old. She has had the same coach, Zhanna Gromova, since she was six years old. By 1996, she was European c... |
18109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%20Chen | Lu Chen | Lu Chen (Simplified Chinese: 陈露, Traditional Chinese: 陳露, Chen Lu in Chinese) (born November 24, 1976, in Changchun) is a Chinese figure skater. She was world champion in 1995.
Chen's mother played table tennis and her father coached ice hockey. She started skating at the age of five in Jilin, and also took ballet dan... |
18111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oksana%20Baiul | Oksana Baiul | Oksana Baiul (born November 16, 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian figure skater. She came first at the 1993 world championships and at the 1994 winter olympics.
Baiul's grandfather gave her first skates to her when she was three years old. When her mother died, she became an orphan (had no parents). But she kept ... |
18113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo | Hobo | Hobo is a word for a homeless person who travels to different cities and towns to look for work. Hobos usually travel by train "hopping" (riding in empty train freight railcars without paying for a ticket), or sometimes "riding the rods" (lying dangerously near the train wheels, underneath the cars).
Hobos stay in ver... |
18118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca | Wicca | Wicca is a neo-pagan (meaning "new pagan") religion that was created by a British man named Gerald Gardner in the mid-to-late 1940s. Gardner popularized the new religion through books of his that were printed in 1949, 1954, and 1959. Those three books are High Magic's Aid, Witchcraft Today, and The Meaning of Witchcraf... |
18120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indochinese%20tiger | Indochinese tiger | The Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) is one of the six living tiger subspecies, and is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and southwestern China. The Indochinese tiger is also known as the Corbett's tiger, named after Jim Corbett. It has been listed as Endangered by the International Union... |
18121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office | Office | An office is generally a room or other area where administrative work is done. It may also be a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it. For example, the office of treasurer. An office is a design phenomenon. It can be a small office such as a bench in the corner of a very small business. It... |
18125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenon | Phenomenon | A phenomenon (Greek: , pl. ) is an observable event or, quite literally, something that can be seen.
It comes from the noun (phainomenon, df. appearance) and is also related to the verb (phainein, df. to show). Its plural is phenomena. Its antonym is lathomenon, meaning "something lying beneath the surface".
Pheno... |
18126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin%20Chernenko | Konstantin Chernenko | Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (Russian language: Константи́н Усти́нович Черне́нко September 24, 1911 – March 10, 1985) was the leader of the Soviet Union for a short time. He became the leader in 1984. He had emphysema, hepatitis and cirrhosis. He ruled for 13 months until his death in from heart failure in Moscow in... |
18127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland%20Sheepdog | Shetland Sheepdog | A Shetland Sheepdog is a kind of small dog whose ancestors came from the Shetland Islands. Many people call them "Shelties". They are popular pets in many countries. Shelties have the same origins with Rough Collie and Border Collie. Shelties are a working dog and are sometimes used for herding.
A Sheltie can have a... |
18135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief | Belief | A belief is a firm thought that something is true, often based on revelation. Belief is usually a part of belonging to a religion. It is different to scientific knowledge that can be tested, but belief is not able to be tested. For example, a person may believe in God or gods.
The word is also used to describe what a p... |
18136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20Shepherd | German Shepherd | The German Shepherd (), also known as the Alsatian, is a breed of medium-large dog. It was first developed in Germany. They are often used as police dogs, but they have many other uses. They have been used as herding dogs, guard dogs, military dogs, eyes for the blind and as pets between others. Because of their intell... |
18138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Wars%20Episode%20V%3A%20The%20Empire%20Strikes%20Back | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back is a science fiction movie and the second film in the Star Wars saga. The movie was released in 1980. It includes action, romance and drama.
Cast
James Earl Jones as Darth Vader
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
Kenny Baker as R2-D2
Frank Oz as Yoda... |
18139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20SubGenius | Church of the SubGenius | The Church of the SubGenius is a religion founded by Ivan Stang and Philo Drummond. Originally based in Dallas, Texas, it is now based in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In 2009, Stang said that The Church of the Subgenius has 40,000 followers, but the real number of followers is not known.
The church's beliefs are said to b... |
18173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Bradshaw | Terry Bradshaw | Terry Bradshaw is a former American athlete. He is also a sports presenter. He was born September 2, 1948 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Bradshaw is a former quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League, and a television and American football host. Over six years, he won four Super Bowl titles wi... |
18176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid | Squid | thumb|right|A Caribbean reef squid
Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida. They are the sister group to the octopods. Squid are carnivores, but they are also hunted as prey. The largest squid, the giant squid and colossal squid, are eaten by sperm whales and sleeper sharks.
There are about 300 species of squid... |
18177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20squid | Giant squid | The giant squid (Architeuthis dux) is a genus of deep-ocean dwelling squid. Giant squid can grow to a tremendous size: recent estimates put the maximum size at 12 metres (39 ft) or 13 metres (43 ft) for females and 10 metres (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles.
There is a larger squi... |
18178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol | Googol | Googol officially known as ten-duotrigintillion or ten thousand sexdecillion is the number 10100 (or Ten duotrigintillion) (10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).
A 9-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of U.S. mathematician... |
18180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Football%20League | National Football League | The National Football League (NFL) is an American football league. There are 32 teams in the league. The league is one of the major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada. The players are among the highest-paid athletes in the world. A league is a competition between a number of teams. The teams pl... |
18181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Bowl | Super Bowl | The Super Bowl is a special American football game played every year to decide the winner of that National Football League (NFL) season. The best team from the National Football Conference plays the best team from the American Football Conference to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which was named after the first coach t... |
18187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%20Will%20Rock%20You | We Will Rock You | "We Will Rock You" is a song by Queen. It is one of their most famous songs. It is used at a lot of sports events. The main song has the band stamping their feet twice, and clapping once. At the end, a short guitar part is played.
Musicians:
Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, handclaps, footstamps
Brian May ... |
18190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos | Lagos | Lagos is the second largest city in Africa and the most populous city in Nigeria and in West Africa. There are about 12.5 million to 18 million people living in Lagos, which makes it one of the biggest cities in Africa. Lagos is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. The city is made of several local government areas. Some ... |
18194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinitive | Infinitive | The infinitive is a verb form. It has no person, number, mood, or tense.
The infinitive in English
In English, there are two main forms of the infinitive:
the full infinitive (to-infinitive) has the word to at the beginning. For example: I want to run
the bare infinitive does not have the word to. For example: I ... |
18195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartridge | Cartridge | Cartridge can mean:
Cartridge (electronics), an object that is used in a larger piece of equipment
4-track cartridge, a music storage format popular from the late 1950s to the early 1970s
8-track cartridge, a music storage format popular from the late 1960s to the early 1980s
Cartridge (firearms), a round of charge-and... |
18196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20number | Real number | A real number is a rational or irrational number, and is a number which can be expressed using decimal expansion. Usually when people say "number", they usually mean "real number". The official symbol for real numbers is a bold R, or a blackboard bold .
Some real numbers are called positive. A positive number is "bigg... |
18198 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis%20Stojko | Elvis Stojko | Elvis Stojko (born March 22, 1972 in Newmarket, Ontario ) is a Canadian figure skater. He was world champion three times, and Canadian champion seven times.
Stojko was named after Elvis Presley, and sometimes skates to Presley's music. He grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He started skating when he was four years ... |
18202 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album | Album | An album is a collection of sound recordings. It is usually made by a musician, and is sold in stores. Albums were originally a collection of gramophone records, each having one or two songs. Today an album is usually in the form of a compact disc, although many artists also release their albums on vinyl records.
Type... |
18204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Nobel%20Prize%20winners%20in%20Chemistry | List of Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry | The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It awards people who have made progress in the scientific area of chemistry, those who have worked hard to learn more and have succeeded.
The Prize is given every year. It is just one of many Nobel Prizes. A famous winner of this prize w... |
18205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%20Island | Baker Island | Baker Island is a small coral island, or atoll, in the North Pacific Ocean. It is just above the equator. It belongs to the United States. The United States Department of the Interior is in charge of the island. It is called the Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge.
The island has no trees. The island is surrounded ... |
18206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodite | Hermaphrodite | Hermaphrodite is a term which comes from Hermaphroditus, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. It is used as a scientific term in biology.
In zoology, an animal which can produce both sperm and ova is a hermaphrodite. As an example, most earthworms are hermaphrodites. A simultaneous hermaphrodite has both sets of sex orga... |
18207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymis | Epididymis | The epididymis is the part of the human male reproductive system. It is the tube that holds the testicles in place. It stretches from the back of each testicle to the van deferens.
Parts
The dinges is made up of three parts:
The head (Caput)
The body (Corpus)
The tail (Cauda)
Uses
Sperm made in the testis go in... |
18208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1810s | 1810s |
Events
The War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States.
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo in Belgium. (1815)
Denmark lets Norway go; Norway declares independence.
Congress of Vienna changes Europe.
Volcano Mount Tambora explodes in the Dutch East Indies (1815)
Year without a Summer (1816)
Births
Ja... |
18209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammary%20gland | Mammary gland | Mammary glands are the part of the female body designed for the making milk for baby mammals to drink. In humans they are in the breasts.
Integumentary system
Glands
Breasts |
18214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt%20Browning | Kurt Browning | Kurt Browning (born June 18, 1966 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta) is a Canadian figure skater. He won four world championships and four Canadian championships.
Browning did the first ever quadruple jump (four turns) in competition. He is well known for his footwork. As a professional, he has skated for Stars on Ice ... |
18216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus | Airbus | Airbus SE (, , , ) is a company which makes aircraft. It is owned by EADS, a European aerospace company. Airbus has its headquarters in Blagnac, France.
Airbus began as a consortium (a group) of aircraft makers called Airbus Industrie. Later, in 2001, it became a joint-stock company. It was owned by EADS (80%) and BAE... |
18218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid%20City%2C%20South%20Dakota | Rapid City, South Dakota | Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is in the western part of the state on the eastern edge of the Black Hills. Rapid City is the county seat of Pennington County.
It is a good starting point for the area around it, which is a tourist area. Local tourist sites include Mount Rush... |
18219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year%20without%20a%20Summer | Year without a Summer | The Year without a Summer was 1816. The year before that, in 1815, a volcano had erupted in the Dutch East Indies. The volcano's name was Mount Tambora. The volcanic ash from the eruption spread across the world. It darkened the sky, and made the Earth's surface colder.
In much of Europe and northern North Ameri... |
18220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol%20building | Capitol building | A capitol building (or just capitol) is a building in a capital city. People who control government work there to make laws. The building may have many offices.
Some offices are for legislators, the people who make the laws.
Some offices are for people who enforce laws, for example a president or governor. The... |
18222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolve | Dissolve | The word dissolve can mean:
In chemistry, it is the act of solvation, when a solid is mixed into a liquid, creating a solution. Mixing salt into water is an example. Upon evaporation, the dissolved parts usually come out of solution and reform the solid.
In film and video editing, it is one way of changing the vie... |
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