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18527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20root | Square root | In mathematics, a square root of a number x is another number that, when multiplied by itself (squared), becomes x. When it is non-negative, it is represented by the symbol , and called the principal square root of x. For example, 2 is the square root of 4, because 2×2=4. Only numbers bigger than or equal to zero have ... |
18528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative%20number | Negative number | A negative number is a number that indicates an opposite. For example:
If a positive number is distance up, then a negative number is distance down.
If a positive number is distance to the right, then a negative number is distance to the left.
If a positive number is a deposit to a bank account, then a negativ... |
18530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hailstone | Hailstone | A hailstone is a round ball of ice which falls out of a storm cloud. About 5,000 hailstorms a year in the United States of America make hail 3/4 of an inch or larger.
The beginning of a hailstorm
A hailstone begins as a small water drop or a round snow pellet in a cloud. The drop grows by collecting many cloud drops.... |
18531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy%20Award | Academy Award | The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are the best-known movie awards in the United States. The awards have been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1929. The awards ceremony takes place each year in late February or early March in Los Angeles, California.
History
At the end of t... |
18533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake | Brake | A brake is a device for slowing or stopping a moving machine part. The most common brakes are for wheels, such as those on cars and bicycles.
Related pages
Railway brake
References
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18534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket | Bucket | A bucket is a container with a wide open top and a handle that is mainly used for carrying liquids. In some cases, solids may also be carried in a bucket (like sand which is hard to carry in your hands).
Some buckets are used for work, and some more for leisure, as seen here . A bucket used for work is often made of... |
18536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light%20bulb | Light bulb | A light-bulb produce
light from electricity. In addition to lighting is a dark space, they can be used to show an electronic device is on, to direct traffic, for heat, and for many other purposes. Billions are in use, some even in outer space.
Early people used candles and oil lamps for light. Crude incandescent ligh... |
18537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy%20Award | Grammy Award | The Grammy Awards (first named the Gramophone Awards and often called just Grammys), are awards given yearly by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding work in the music and spoken recording industry. The Grammys have 128 categories with... |
18540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy%20Award | Emmy Award | The Emmy Awards are United States television production awards which are given out each year. They are the television version of the Academy Awards. The first Emmy Awards were given out on January 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club. Shirley Dinsdale was the very first person to be given an Emmy in the first awards... |
18544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie%20Simpson | Maggie Simpson | Margaret "Maggie" Simpson is a fictional character shown in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is a baby.
Character
Like most babies, Maggie copies what she sees around her. She once hit Homer on the head with a mallet, shot a suction dart at his picture and attacked him with a pencil in imitation of It... |
18545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge%20Simpson | Marge Simpson | Marjorie "Marge" Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons. The character is voiced by Julie Kavner. Marge is the wife of Homer Simpson and the mother of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson. She is famous for her very tall blue hair, that is shaped into a beehive. She also is proud to have never ... |
18546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin | Pin | A pin is an object used to attach something to a surface. It is usually metal or plastic. Pins are usually sharp and are cheap to buy.
Types of pins
Bobby pin
Hairpin
Push pin
Cotter pin
Clevis pin
Safety pin
Tools |
18547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining%20room | Dining room | A dining room is a room used for eating and is usually near the kitchen. This is to make serving food easier.
Usually a dining room will contain a table with a set of chairs, normally positioned at the sides and end of a table. People often only use their dining rooms now for formal occasions and eating in the kitchen... |
18549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown | Crown | A crown is a type of headdress worn by a monarch. They are usually worn when they are crowned or at important occasions. Also, crowns are now used as a symbol of the monarchy. They are also won by beauty pageant winners.
"Crown" is also a synonym for prize or reward. Crowns are awarded or won at contests. Beauty cont... |
18551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf%20Hess | Rudolf Hess | Walter Richard Rudolf Hess (Heß in German) (26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a high ranking Nazi leader, and one of Adolf Hitler's closest men. He was the third man after Hermann Göring in the Third Reich from 1933 to 1941.
Early life
Rudolf Hess was born in Alexandria, Egypt, but moved back to Germany in 1908.
H... |
18552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s | 1780s |
Events
American Revolutionary War ends
George Washington becomes first President of the United States.
United States Constitution
French Revolution begins
World leaders
King Louis XVI (France)
King George III (Great Britain)
Emperor Joseph II (Holy Roman Empire)
Frederick II of Prussia, King of Prussia
Fr... |
18553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1510s | 1510s |
Events
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church, starting the Reformation.
Protestant Reformation
Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire conquers Palestine and Egypt, and declares himself Caliph.
Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico.
Ferdinand Magellan leaves Europe to go around the wo... |
18554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20entanglement | Quantum entanglement | Quantum entanglement is the name given to a special connection between pairs or groups of quantum systems, or any objects described by quantum mechanics. Quantum entanglement is one of the biggest parts of quantum mechanics that makes it hard to understand in terms of the everyday world.
Explanation
When we look at p... |
18555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin%20Maalouf | Amin Maalouf | Amin Maalouf (; ; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese author. He studied sociology at the French University in Beirut. He was the director of the Beirut daily newspaper an-Nahar. But, he left the country 1975 at the start of the Lebanese Civil War. He moved to Paris and still lives there today.
Maalouf writes in Fren... |
18556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulb | Bulb | For the electrical device that produces light, see Lightbulb.
A bulb is the part of some plants, mostly under the dirt, that stores food while the plant is resting from growing (a storage organ).
Some well-known bulbs people grow to use as food are onions and garlic. Some bulbs grown for the decorative flowers are th... |
18561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520s | 1520s |
Events
Aztecs surrender to the Spanish conquistadors.
Ferdinand Magellan takes a trip around the world, and discovers the Philippines and Guam.
Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
Births
Anne Askew, English Protestant martyr (1521)
Taqi al-Din, Muslim scientist (1526)
Deaths
Ferdinand Magellan, Spanish ... |
18563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave | Wave | A wave is a kind of oscillation (disturbance) that travels through space and matter. Wave motions transfer energy from one place to another.
Waves play an important role in our daily life. This is because waves are a carrier of energy and information over large distances. Waves require some oscillating or vibrating s... |
18565 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon | Gluon | Gluons are what hold quarks together to make bigger particles. Gluons carry the strong force between other quarks, so it is considered a force carrying particle. Photons do the same thing, but for the electromagnetic force. Also, like photons, gluons are spin-1 particles, and when a particle has spin-1 it is considered... |
18567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry%20Davy | Humphry Davy | Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) (born 17 December 1778 in Penzance, Cornwall, England; died 29 May 1829 in Geneva City, Switzerland), was a Cornish chemist. His study of chemistry led to the first pure forms of some of the chemical elements such as water and sodium.
References
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18569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxobolus%20cerebralis | Myxobolus cerebralis | Myxobolus cerebralis is a small Myxozoan parasite that eats the insides of fish like salmon and trout, causing whirling disease.
This is a problem in fish farming and also in natural fish populations. In the last 100 years, it has spread to most of Europe (including Russia), the United States, South Africa, and other... |
18575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aamir%20Khan | Aamir Khan | Aamir Khan (born March 14, 1965 in Mumbai) is a Bollywood actor. Khan first appeared in Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973) as a child actor. His first big starring role was in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988).
Another of his best-known adult roles was starring in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), which was nominated for an... |
18576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD%20Faith | Bahá'í Faith | The Bahá'í Faith is an Abrahamic religion started in the 1800s by an Iranian person called Bahá'u'lláh who was born in Tehran, Iran. Followers of this religion call themselves Bahá'ís. The name Bahá'u'lláh is Arabic for "The Glory of God". "Glory" is a word that means "importance", "power", and "beauty". Bahá'ís believ... |
18577 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical%20economics | Neoclassical economics | Neoclassical economics is an economic theory that argues for markets to be free. This means governments should generally not make rules about types of businesses, businesses' behaviour, who may make things, who may sell things, who may buy things, prices, quantities or types of things sold and bought. The theory argu... |
18589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile | Nile | The Nile () is a river in Africa. It is the longest river on Earth (about 6,650 km or 4,132 miles), though other rivers carry more water. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria. It gets its name from the Greek word "Νεῖλος" (Neil's).
The White Nile flows from Lake Victoria in Uganda, and through Sudan to... |
18592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue | Statue | A statue is a model of somebody or something, usually of a person or sometimes an animal. It is a sculpture. Several kinds of material can be used to make a statue, e.g. stone, bronze, clay, or wood. Statues are often at least life-size (the same size as the real person), but often they are much bigger, especially stat... |
18600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Retriever | Golden Retriever | Golden Retrievers are a very popular kind of dog. When the breed was first created, they were used for hunting. Now, they are sometimes used for hunting, but a lot of people like to have them as pets because they are very friendly. People also like them because their face looks like they are smiling all the time. Becau... |
18603 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea | Idea | When a person thinks of something, that which they think about is called an "idea". Ideas are concepts created in the mind. Nobody really knows how this works. Ideas are a mental product.
One idea can change the whole world. If someone has a better idea, they can sell it to others.
Related pages
Idealism
Ideolog... |
18605 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection | Connection | A connection is when two things are put together. This can either be a 'real' connection, like a chain linking two objects, or you can use the word in a figurative way. You might talk about a train connection between two cities, and mean the trains running between them.
Basic English 850 words |
18609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo%20Uematsu | Nobuo Uematsu | Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫; Uematsu Nobuo, born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese video game music composer. He composed music for each role-playing games for Square Enix, including Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger.
Other websites
Nobuo Uematsu's official Japanese website
Nobuo Uematsu's official English website
Smile Ple... |
18613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma | Dharma | Dharma (or dhamma) is part of many religions or spiritual beliefs that began in India. Hinduism, Buddhism, Ayyavazhi, Jainism, and Sikhism believe in that idea. It means the law of spiritual growth of believers.
In Buddhism
In Buddhism, the word "Dharma" also means the very old teachings of the Buddha. For example, T... |
18619 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus | Columbus | Columbus usually refers to:
Christopher Columbus, the explorer
Columbus, Ohio
It might also mean:
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Indiana
Columbus, Kentucky
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus, Wisconsin |
18629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleus | Nucleus | Nucleus (plural: nuclei) means the center of something. It might mean:
Cell nucleus, which is the part that controls the cell, or the very center
Atomic nucleus, the center of an atom
Comet nucleus, the solid, central part of a comet
Nucleus (brain) |
18630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Sisulu | Walter Sisulu | Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (18 May 1912 – 5 May 2003) was a South African activist and politician. He fought against apartheid. Sisulu was the Secretary-General of the African National Congress from 1949 to 1954. Over the next 10 years he was put in prison seven times.
He was one of many people, including Nelson Mandel... |
18635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20U.S.%20state%20capitals | List of U.S. state capitals | This is a list of United States state capital cities. Each city is the center of government for a state in the United States, in the capitol building. The capital city with the fewest people is Montpelier, Vermont, while the capital city with the most people is Phoenix, Arizona.
The dates listed in the following tab... |
18636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneau%2C%20Alaska | Juneau, Alaska | The City and Borough of Juneau is the capital city of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906. It is one of 2 capital cities that cannot be reached by road, the other being Honolulu, Hawaii.
The government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka by the decision of the U.S. Congress. The munic... |
18637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix%2C%20Arizona | Phoenix, Arizona | Phoenix is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona. The city is the county seat of Maricopa County. It is the largest capital city in the United States and the only capital with over more than million people. The city is along the normally dry Salt River. It became a city on February 25 1881. Peop... |
18638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Rock%2C%20Arkansas | Little Rock, Arkansas | Little Rock is the capital city and largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Billy Joel mentions it in "We Didn't Start the Fire".
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1821 establishments in the United States
1820s establishments in Arkansas Territory
County seats in Arkansas |
18639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford%2C%20Connecticut | Hartford, Connecticut | Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is on the Connecticut River and only 24 miles from Springfield, Massachusetts. Hartford has the third most people in the state behind Bridgeport and New Haven. It is an important center of Insurance. Airline service is provided from Bradley International... |
18640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover%2C%20Delaware | Dover, Delaware | Dover is the capital city of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is the county seat of Kent County, which is in the middle of the state. Dover had 36,047 people in 2010.
History
William Penn founded Dover as the court town for newly established Kent County in 1683. Penn was the proprietor of the territory generally known a... |
18641 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boise%2C%20Idaho | Boise, Idaho | Boise is the capital city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is also the county seat of Ada County.
The Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial is in Boise. It is the only human rights memorial in the US.
Origin of name
Although different people believe different stories about the origin of the name, it is generally accepted t... |
18642 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield%2C%20Illinois | Springfield, Illinois | Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County, Illinois. It is close to the center of the state. In the 2000 census, Springfield had more than 110,000 people living in it.
Capitol
The state Capitol, in the middle of Springfield, is where the Ge... |
18643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Indianapolis is the capital city and largest city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. In the 2000 census, it had more than 790,000 people living in it, making it one of the 15 largest cities in the country. It is the home of the Indianapolis Colts football team and the Indiana Pacers basketball team. Each... |
18644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des%20Moines%2C%20Iowa | Des Moines, Iowa | Des Moines is a city in Iowa. It is the capital city of Iowa. The city had a population of 203,433 in the 2010 United States Census. It is the home of the Des Moines Art Center, a regional art museum, and the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, an outdoor scultpure garden.
References
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State capitals in... |
18645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topeka%2C%20Kansas | Topeka, Kansas | Topeka () is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas. Topeka is the county seat of Shawnee County, and it is in the northeast part of the state. In 2010, 127,473 people lived there.
Topeka was established in 1854 when nine white men founded the Topeka Town Association. At an election in November 1861, the people ... |
18647 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton%20Rouge%2C%20Louisiana | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Baton Rouge is the capital and second-largest city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification).
Notes
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State capitals in the United States
1699 establishments
1690s establishments in North America |
18648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta%2C%20Maine | Augusta, Maine | Augusta is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maine. 18,560 people live in Augusta.
State capitals in the United States
Cities in Maine
County seats in Maine
1754 establishments
1750s establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
18th-century establishments in Maine |
18649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Paul%2C%20Minnesota | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Saint Paul is the capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is across the Mississippi River from Minneapolis. When people talk about both cities, they call them the Twin Cities.
Well-known people from Saint Paul
F. Scott Fitzgerald, author
Darnella Frazier, civil rights activist
References
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18650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson%2C%20Mississippi | Jackson, Mississippi | Jackson is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Mississippi.
References
State capitals in the United States
County seats in Mississippi
1822 establishments in the United States
1820s establishments in Mississippi |
18651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson%20City%2C%20Missouri | Jefferson City, Missouri | Jefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is also county seat of Cole County. (The Jefferson City metropolitan area includes all of Callaway and Cole counties.) As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079. Jefferson City was named after Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United St... |
18652 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena%2C%20Montana | Helena, Montana | Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana. It is also the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. About 28,000 people lived there in 2010.
Surrounding features include Spring Meadow Lake State Park, Lake Helena, Helena National Forest, the Big Belt Mountains, the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, the Mis... |
18653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson%20City%2C%20Nevada | Carson City, Nevada | Carson City is the capital city of the American state of Nevada. At the 2010 United States Census, Carson City had a population of 55,274.
History
Settlers who lived present-day Carson City named the area "Washoe", after the Washoe Native Americans who lived there. John C. Frémont and his party of explorers were the f... |
18654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%2C%20Texas | Austin, Texas | Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Travis County. Austin is the 11th-largest city in the United States, and the 4th-largest in Texas. Its population in 2016 was 931,830. The University of Texas at Austin is located there.
Austin is frequently called the "Live Music Capital ... |
18655 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montpelier%2C%20Vermont | Montpelier, Vermont | Montpelier
is a city in the U.S. state of Vermont that serves as the state capital. It is also the shire town (county seat) of Washington County. As the capital of Vermont, Montpelier is the site of the Vermont State House, the seat of the legislative branch of Vermont government. The Vermont State House has a golden ... |
18656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord%2C%20New%20Hampshire | Concord, New Hampshire | Concord is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The land which Concord now occupies along the banks of the Merrimack River was settled thousands of years ago by Native Americans. The broad sweeps of the river valley, good soil for farming, and easy transportation on the Merrimack made the site of Concor... |
18657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton%2C%20New%20Jersey | Trenton, New Jersey | Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the county seat of Mercer County. Trenton is in the middle part of New Jersey, along the Delaware River.
References
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County seats in New Jersey
State capitals in the United States
1719 establishments
1710s establishments in the Thirte... |
18658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Fe%2C%20New%20Mexico | Santa Fe, New Mexico | Santa Fe (; Tewa: Ogha Po'oge, ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state. It is the seat of Santa Fe County. Santa Fe (literally 'holy faith' in Spanish) had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan S... |
18659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany%2C%20New%20York | Albany, New York | Albany ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River.
Prior to the recession of the 1990s, Alb... |
18660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh%2C%20North%20Carolina | Raleigh, North Carolina | Raleigh (pronounced , ) is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the county seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. The area is also nicknamed "The Triangle".
Raleigh is part of the Research Triangle area, together with Durham and... |
18661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck%2C%20North%20Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is also the county seat of Burleigh County. As of the census held in the year 2010, its population was 61,272. The population of its metropolitan area was 108,779.
Bismarck was founded in 1872. It has been North Dakota's capital since it gained stateho... |
18662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus%2C%20Ohio | Columbus, Ohio | Columbus is the capital city and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is in the middle of the state. The Ohio State Buckeyes and Columbus Blue Jackets play there. In 2010 there were 787,033 people.
Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city in the United States of ... |
18663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%20City | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City is the capital city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and the largest city in the state. As of 2006, the population of the city was about 537,734. In 1995, 168 people were killed by a truck bomb. Oklahoma City has an NBA team called the Oklahoma City Thunder. It is the county seat of Oklahoma County. The cit... |
18671 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca%20%28disambiguation%29 | Casablanca (disambiguation) | Casablanca can mean:
Casablanca, a city in Morocco
Casablanca (movie), a 1942 movie starring Humphrey Bogart, set in the city |
18674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita%2C%20Kansas | Wichita, Kansas | Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas. It is the county seat of Sedgwick County. It is the 50th largest city in the United States. In 2020, 397,532 people lived there. Wichita is the main city of the Wichita metropolitan area; it had an estimated 644,888 people living there in 2018. It is in Sedgwick... |
18675 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca%20%28movie%29 | Casablanca (movie) | Casablanca is a 1942 American movie set in the eponymous city of Morocco during World War II. It stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. From the time of its debut, it has been called one of the greatest movies ever made.
Other websites
Casablanca at the Movie Wiki
1942 movies
1940s drama movies
1940s romance ... |
18680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Godfather | The Godfather | The Godfather is a 1972 American movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, and stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. The story of the movie takes place from 1945 to 1955.
It has been considered one of the best movies about the Mafia. In addition, many have called it the b... |
18690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus%20flytrap | Venus flytrap | The Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant (a plant that eats small animals, such as insects). Carnivorous plants
grow in soil that has little nitrogen. They get nitrogen from the insects they trap. This nitrogen is used to make intravenous food like proteins and fats.
The Venus flytrap is one of a ... |
18701 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20number | Prime number | A prime number is a natural number of a particular kind. Any natural number is equal to 1 times itself. If the number is equal to any other natural numbers multiplied, then the number is called a composite number. The smallest composite number is 4, because 2 x 2 = 4. 1 is not a composite number. Every other number is ... |
18703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igloo | Igloo | An igloo (or iglu) is a shelter (a place for people to stay warm and dry) made from blocks of snow placed on top of each other, often in the shape of a dome (like half of a hollow ball). They were used in winter as temporary shelters by hunters when they were away from their regular homes.
They were most often built i... |
18708 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust%20%28disambiguation%29 | Dust (disambiguation) | Dust is fine, solid particles of matter.
Dust may also mean:
Dust (band), a 70s hard rock group
Dust (His Dark Materials), a fictional form of matter in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials
Dust (novel), by Charles Pellegrino
Dust (comics), a Marvel Comics character
Dust (1985 movie), based on J. M. Coetzee's In the H... |
18710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Phantom%20of%20the%20Opera | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom of the Opera () is a French novel by Gaston Leroux. It was published in 1910. An English edition came out a year later.
The book was adapted to a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1986. The musical was made into a movie in 2004.
Movie versions include one starring Lon Chaney in 1925, one from 1943 with Cl... |
18712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet%2C%20Hampshire | Fleet, Hampshire | Fleet is a town in Hampshire, United Kingdom and tends to be a dormitory town serving London and Reading.
Fleet has one shopping center, and a music shop just off the High Street and many small, fun attractions.
There are a number of pubs there with some character, and even two small nightclubs. It has a lot of green... |
18715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentai | Hentai | Hentai is a Japanese word that literally means "strange appearance", but also means "perverted". Hentai, because of this, is a word used by countries outside of Japan to show porn and sex-related anime, manga and video games. The word is not used to mean this in Japan. In Japan, terms such as ecchi are used.
The word ... |
18728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping | Rapping | Rapping is a type of vocals, like singing. It is different to singing because it is more like talking, but timed with rhythm over music. Someone who raps is called a rapper, or sometimes an MC. That stands for Master of Ceremonies.
Rapping can be done over music of many types (or genres), including jazz, house, reggae... |
18730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowboarding | Snowboarding | Snowboarding is a sport that is much like skiing. A person stands on a snowboard and rides down a mountain covered with snow. A snowboard is a flat board with bindings that hold your feet in place while gliding down the mountain. It is different from skiing because both feet are on one board - like surfing.
Some snowb... |
18735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquamarine | Aquamarine | Aquamarine is a gemstone, named for its blue-green color, which looks like some shallow seas. It is a type of beryl. The color aquamarine is named for the gemstone. It is considered as a birthstone of March.
Other websites
Gemstones
Birthstones |
18736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitrotoluene | Trinitrotoluene | TNT (Trinitrotoluene, also called Trotyl, Tritol, Tolite and Tol) is a powerful, shattering (brisant) nitroaromatic explosive, somewhat similar to dynamite (which is based on the nitric acid ester nitroglycerin, however).
Sometimes TNT is used to mean dynamite, or dynamite is used to mean TNT, because they can both be... |
18744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore | Spore | Spores are the way fungi and some non-seed plants (ferns and mosses) reproduce. They are also made by bacteria for long-term survival. Some protozoa also make long-term survival spores.
The spores of seed plants are single cells that grow into a pollen grain or the gametophyte inside the ovule. The structure of seeds ... |
18746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead | Radiohead | Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The lead singer and lyrics writer of the band is Thom Yorke, who also plays guitar and piano. Thom is known for his high voiced singing style and the band is known for their different style of rock music.
The band has five members, and three of them play g... |
18747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladino%20language | Ladino language | Ladino (also called Judeo-Spanish) is a Jewish Romance language that is very close to the Spanish language. It has many old Spanish words and Hebrew words.
History
During the Middle Ages, many Jews lived in Spain. They were called Sephardic Jews or Sephardim (in Hebrew). Forced to leave Spain after the country was ta... |
18750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns%20N%27%20Roses | Guns N' Roses | Guns N' Roses is a popular American hard rock band. The band was formed in Los Angeles, California, USA. The five original members of the band were Axl Rose (lead vocals), Slash (lead guitar), Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals), and Steven Adler (drums). The band's most k... |
18756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1839 | 1839 |
Events
January 19 – British East India Company captures Aden
January 20 – In the Battle of Yungay, Peruvian and Bolivian soldiers lose to Chilean soldiers.
February 24 – William Otis patents for the steam shovel
March 23 – First known use of "OK" oll korrect in the Boston Morning Post
March 26 – The first Henley Roy... |
18759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Chaubunagungamaug | Lake Chaubunagungamaug | Lake Chaubunagungamaug, or Lake Webster is a lake in the United States. It is in the state of Massachusetts. The lake is also known by the much shorter name of Webster Lake, but some people prefer the long name Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which is the Native American name for the lake. The name is th... |
18764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Enoksen | Hans Enoksen | Hans Enoksen (born 1956) was the Prime Minister of Greenland. He was the Prime Minister of Greenland from 2002-2009.
1956 births
Prime Ministers of Greenland
Living people |
18765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunarput%20utoqqarsuanngoravit | Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit | Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit (You Our Ancient Land; ) is the national anthem of Greenland. It was written by Henrik Lund, and it became the national anthem in 1916.
Greenlandic
Nunarput, utoqqarsuanngoravit niaqqut ulissimavoqq qiinik.
Qitornatit kissumiaannarpatit tunillugit sineriavit piinik.
Akullequtaastut merle... |
18768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DodgeBall%3A%20A%20True%20Underdog%20Story | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a 2004 American comedy movie, released by 20th Century Fox. It is set in Las Vegas, Nevada and stars Ben Stiller, Rip Torn and Vince Vaughn.
Plot
A little-known gym, Average Joe's, tries not to go out of business by playing a game of dodgeball against a more expensive rival, Globo'... |
18769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Stiller | Ben Stiller | Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, screenwriter, movie director, and producer. He is best known for his roles in There's Something About Mary, Zoolander (2001), Meet the Parents (2001) (and its 2004 sequel Meet the Fockers).
Stiller has also starred in Fl... |
18772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve%20of%20Eratosthenes | Sieve of Eratosthenes | The Sieve of Eratosthenes is a simple way to find all the prime numbers up to some number n:
Write all the numbers from 2 up to n onto a piece of paper, in order. We will perform the following steps so that all the non-prime numbers will be crossed out, and what's left will be the primes.
Choose the first, i.e. the ... |
18773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Franklin | Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was an American statesman and scientist. He has also been known as "the First American". He was a very important person in the American Revolution and helped make the Thirteen Colonies one nation. As a leader of the Enlightenment, he influenced European scientists. ... |
18781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble%20Eightfold%20Path | Noble Eightfold Path | In Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path (Pali: ariya atthangika magga) is the path to the end of suffering. It is the fourth part of the Four Noble Truths. It can be summed up in three categories: wisdom (pañña), virtue (sila), and concentration (samadhi). It asks for the Right view and the right intention, as well as ot... |
18785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone%20with%20the%20Wind | Gone with the Wind | Gone with the Wind is a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. It tells the story of a family woman in the American South (and in the plantation of Tara) during the Civil War. She falls in love with a city gentleman. It is one of the most famous books of its time, and was made into a movie of the same name.
The title takes ... |
18792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s%20100%20Years...%20100%20Movies | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies is a list of the top one hundred movies in American cinema. It was made by the American Film Institute in 1998. The television station CBS aired the list's special.
Movies that were on the list:
had to be made in the United States;
must have English as their language;
must run over sixty ... |
18798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Greenland | Flag of Greenland | The Flag of Greenland was designed by Greenlander Thue Christiansen. It features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk at the center. The top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white.
Its local name in the Greenlandic language is Erfalasorput, which means "our flag", but Aappalaa... |
18799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic%20language | Greenlandic language | Greenlandic can be divided into three dialects:
Kalaallisut or, in English, Greenlandic, is the standard dialect and official language of Greenland. This standard national language is now taught to all Greenlanders in school, regardless of their native dialect. It is related to Inuktitut. It reflects almost exclusivel... |
18802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm | Earthworm | An earthworm is an invertebrate animal with a long, stretchy body and no legs. It is a type of annelid.
There are 5,500 known species of earthworms in 21 families. They are found everywhere, except in polar or dry climates. Their sizes vary: they can be between two centimeters and about three meters in length. The big... |
18803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire | Wire | Wire is a long, thin and flexible piece of metal. Wires are made in many different metals and sizes, and are used for many purposes. Wire rope has been used for centuries.
Electrical wire is wire used to carry electricity. When people touch wire that is carrying electricity, they get shocked, which is bad, so the out... |
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