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19357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvados%20%28drink%29 | Calvados (drink) | Calvados is an alcoholic drink. It is made from distilling cider in Normandy, one of the oldest Provinces of France (created in 911). It got its name from the place called Calvados which is famous for making it (sometimes called 'le Pays d'Auge'). It is also made in the other places in Normandy including la Manche (Co... |
19358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still | Still | A still is a tool used to clean a liquid. It does this by first boiling the liquid and turning it into a gas. This gas is then cooled, changing it back into liquid. Stills get their name from the word distillation. Distillation is the process of boiling and cooling a liquid to purify it. Stills are most often used to c... |
19360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravioli | Ravioli | Ravioli is a type of Italian food pasta dish. It is usually two layers of pasta dough with a filling between the two layers. There are many different recipes, with different kinds of fillings. The most common fillings are meat, vegetables or blackboard cheese. People eat this kind of food with a sauce or melted butter.... |
19361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bridge%20on%20the%20River%20Kwai | The Bridge on the River Kwai | The Bridge on the River Kwai is a British 1957 movie from Columbia Pictures, based on Pierre Boulle's 1952 book The Bridge over the River Kwai (). The movie was mainly filmed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and also in England.
In 1941 the Japanese Army invaded Thailand. They built a railway to link Bangkok to Rangoon. Th... |
19362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannin | Tannin | Tannins are bitter-tasting chemical compounds that bind proteins.
Tannins are present in the following:
Wine
Tea
Cannabis
Tannins are also used in the treatment of leather, to make it more durable. Natural tannins for this purpose come from oak trees, but synthetic tannins are more used.
chemical compounds |
19363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine | Cuisine | Cuisine refers to any style of cooking, including its practices, traditions and recipes. A cuisine is usually associated with a specific culture. It is mainly influenced by the ingredients that are available to that culture. Cooking methods, customs and ingredients together form meals that are unique to a particular re... |
19364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel | Hotel | A hotel or a guest-house is a large building with many rooms, where people can sleep when they are not at home. A motel is a hotel especially for motorists - people who drive cars - where the room door usually opens into the parking lot. Inn is sometimes used to mean a smaller hotel.
These places will rent a room for ... |
19365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some%20Like%20It%20Hot | Some Like It Hot | Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American comedy movie starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Pat O'Brien, Jack Lemmon and George Raft, and directed by Billy Wilder. It is seen by some as a remake of the 1951 German movie, Fanfaren der Liebe. (Michael Logan wrote the story for the version) The movie is set in 1929. It has bee... |
19370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale%20University | Yale University | Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. It is in the Ivy League and considered by many people to be one of the best universities in the world. Yale is the third oldest university in the United States.
Yale was founded in 1701 in a town near New Haven by a group of church ministers. At first ... |
19371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg | Salzburg | Salzburg (; ; literally "Salt Fortress"; ) is the capital and also a district of the Austrian state of Salzburg or Salzburgerland. The population is about 150,000 and is the 4th largest city of Austria.
Its most famous citizen was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Another famous inhabitant of Salzburg was the physicist Christi... |
19372 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt%20%28disambiguation%29 | Salt (disambiguation) | Salt could mean:
Salt, a chemical compound
Table salt (sodium chloride), the salt that people eat |
19373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque%20language | Basque language | Basque (Basque: ) is the language spoken by the Basque people in the Basque Country and its diaspora. Although most other Europeans speak Indo-European languages, Basque is a language isolate and is not related to them or to any other language in the world.
History and classification
The ancestors of Basques are amon... |
19374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz%20Fischer | Heinz Fischer | Heinz Fischer (born 9 October 1938) is the former president of Austria. His wife is Margit Fischer.
1938 births
Living people
People from Graz
Presidents of Austria
Recipients of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria |
19375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine | Chlorine | Chlorine (chemical symbol Cl) is a chemical element. Its atomic number (which is the number of protons in it) is 17, and its atomic mass is 35.45. It is part of the 7th column (halogens) on the periodic table of elements.
Properties
Physical properties
Chlorine is a very irritating and greenish-yellow gas. It has a s... |
19377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogen | Halogen | The halogens are chemical elements under the second-to-right column in the periodic table, also known as Group 17. The elements in the group are fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine, and tennessine. Halogen literally means "salt becomer", but it is often cited to mean "salt producer". They are very reactive, s... |
19379 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin | Vitamin | A "vitamin" is also a pill that contains vitamins, eaten regularly to keep one healthy.
A vitamin is a chemical compound that is needed in small amounts for the human body to work correctly. They include Vitamin A, many B vitamins (like B1, B2, B3, B6, and B12), Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, and Vitamin K. For exam... |
19383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery | Adultery | Adultery is a word used in religious texts like Exodus 20:14. Adultery applies to a married person sleeping with someone other than the person who they are married to. In countries where religion is important, adultery often comes with a heavy punishment. Some Muslim countries punish it with death by stoning. In most c... |
19384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perjury | Perjury | Perjury is the word used for a person that tells a lie while they are under oath (in a courtroom). Committing perjury is against the law, and can be punished with a jail or prison sentence.
Perjury is a serious crime because it might be used to take away the power of a court, which can lead to punishment for the wrong... |
19386 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust | Lust | Lust is a term for a strong desire or wanting, or maybe even needing, often for sexual acts, although it is also commonly used to talk of a lust for life or a lust for power or for other goals.
As a sexual desire, it is considered a sin (a failing) by Christianity, which lists it as one of the seven deadly sins.
"Lus... |
19387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven%20deadly%20sins | Seven deadly sins | The seven deadly sins, also known as cardinal sins, are a classification of sins within Christian teachings, although they are not mentioned in the Bible. Behaviors or habits are grouped into this category if they directly form other wickedness. According to the standard list, they are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, ... |
19391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromine | Bromine | Bromine (Br) is a chemical element. Its atomic number (which is the number of protons in it) is 35, and its atomic weight is 80. It is part of the Group 7 elements (halogens) on the periodic table. It is diatomic, which means that two atoms are stuck together to make a molecule in any bromine sample.
Properties
Physi... |
19392 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorine | Fluorine | Fluorine (symbol F) is a chemical element that is very poisonous. Its atomic number (which is the number of protons in it) is 9, and its atomic mass is 19. It is part of the Group 7 (halogens) on the periodic table of elements.
Properties
Fluorine is a light yellow diatomic gas. It is very reactive gas, which exists ... |
19394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine | Iodine | Iodine is a chemical element. Its atomic number (which is the number of protons in it) is 53, and its atomic mass (the number of protons plus neutrons) is 127. It is part of the Group 7 (halogens) on the periodic table of elements and its electronic configuration is 2,8,8,18,17. It is a nonmetal.
Properties
Physical ... |
19395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astatine | Astatine | Astatine is a radioactive, chemical element. Its atomic number is 85, and its atomic weight is 210. It is part of the Group 17 (halogens) on the periodic table of elements. All of astatine's isotopes are short-lived; the most stable is astatine-210, with a half-life of 8.3 hours.
History
The first creation of the ele... |
19398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20House%20of%20Representatives | United States House of Representatives | The United States House of Representatives is a part of the United States (U. S.) Congress. Congress is the legislature of the U. S. government and makes federal laws. The other part of Congress is the U. S. Senate. There are maximum 435 members in the United States House of Representatives. These members are called U.... |
19400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourdes%20Flores%20Nano | Lourdes Flores Nano | Dr.Lourdes Celmira Flores Nano (born October 7 1959) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. She is the leader of the Christian People's Party. She tried to become the mayor of Lima in 2010.
Flores Nano was born in Lima in 1959. She studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She studied for a Phd in Law f... |
19401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel | Novel | Novels are books which have one long story written in them. They are works of prose fiction. They are longer than short stories and novellas. There are many kinds. For example, some are adventure stories, like Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. There are horror (scary) stories like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. ... |
19403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction | Fiction | Fiction is any story made up by an author. It is a creation of the author's imagination. It is not based strictly on history or facts.
The opposite of fiction is non-fiction, writing that deals with facts and true events. Often in a library, part of the library is for fiction books and another part of the library is f... |
19405 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1095 | 1095 |
Events
The county of Portugal is established for the second time.
Pembroke Castle is built in Wales.
The cathedral in Valence, France is consecrated.
Coloman becomes King of Hungary.
March – Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus sends ambassadors to Pope Urban II at the Council of Piacenza, to discuss sending me... |
19408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak%20Lawn%2C%20Illinois | Oak Lawn, Illinois | Oak Lawn is a village in Cook County, Illinois, USA. It is a suburb of Chicago.
Villages in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois |
19409 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1607 | 1607 |
Births
January 10 – Isaac Jogues, Jesuit missionary to Native Americans (died 1646)
March 20 – Lady Alice Boyle, Irish noblewoman (died 1667)
March 24 – Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (died 1676)
July 13 – Václav Hollar, Bohemian etcher (died 1677)
November 1 – Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (died 1658... |
19411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/500s%20BC | 500s BC |
Events
509 BC -the Roman Republic starts.
509 BC, September 13 - The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides (15th) of September.
508 BC - Office of pontifex maximus made in Rome
507 BC - Cleisthenes, Greek reformer, takes power and increases democracy
506 BC - Battle of Bai ju: Forc... |
19412 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil%20fuel | Fossil fuel | Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels are fuels that come from old life forms that decomposed over a long period of time. The three most important fossil fuels are coal, petroleum, and natural gas.
Oil and gas are hydrocarbons (molecules that have only hydrogen and carbon in them). Coal is mostly carbon. These fuels a... |
19418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20Bruins | Boston Bruins | The Boston Bruins are an ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL). They were the first American team in the NHL, in 1924. They have won six Stanley Cup championships, and they lost against the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals after winning in 2011.
History
Early years
In their early yea... |
19427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Morrow | George Morrow | George Morrow (c. 1934 - May 7, 2003) was part of the early microcomputer industry in the United States. Morrow promoted (make popular) and improved the S-100 bus used in many early microcomputers. Morrow was also a member of the Homebrew Computer Club.
Starting in 1976, he designed and sold computers, computer parts... |
19431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary%20mineral | Dietary mineral | A dietary mineral is a chemical element that a living thing needs to be part of what they eat, other from the four elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen which are already very common in living things.
One example of a dietary mineral is calcium, which humans and many other animals need to build strong bones ... |
19433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland%2C%20England | Cleveland, England | Cleveland was a non-metropolitan county that existed between 1 April 1974 and 31 March 1996. It was in North East England. The districts which made up the county are now all unitary authorities.
References
1974 establishments in England
1996 disestablishments in England
Historic counties of England
North East Englan... |
19434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian%20language | Hungarian language | Hungarian is a Uralic language. The Hungarian name for the language is Magyar.
The Finno-Ugric languages also include Finnish, Estonian, Lappic (Sámi) and some other languages spoken in Russia: Khanty and Mansi are the most closely related to Hungarian. The Hungarian name for the language is Magyar.
Although Hungaria... |
19435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian | Hungarian | Hungarian can mean:
Anything related to Hungary
Hungarian language
Hungarians, the people of Hungary |
19444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester%2C%20New%20York | Rochester, New York | Rochester is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of New York. It has a little over 200,000 people living in it and over a million people living in the metropolitan area. It is on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. It is between the cities of Buffalo and Syracuse.
Media
WHEC NBC
WROC CBS
WXXI PBS
WOKR Americ... |
19445 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%20%28disambiguation%29 | Dragon (disambiguation) | A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with reptile-like traits.
Dragon might also mean:
Komodo dragon
Dragonfly, an insect
Snapdragon, a flower
Dracaena (plant), a genus of plants.
Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh!) |
19446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shop | Shop | A shop or store is a place where people can go to buy items that they need or want. People might go to a shop to buy food, clothes, furniture, jewelry, or many other things. There are loads of shops in the world people can buy their things from.
People might also go to a repair shop if something is broken, and they wa... |
19447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Flew%20Over%20the%20Cuckoo%27s%20Nest%20%28movie%29 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie) | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama movie based on Ken Kesey's novel of the same name, directed by Milos Forman and starring Jack Nicholson. It is set on a locked psychiatric ward in 1963 Oregon. It was the first movie to win all five main Academy Awards since It Happened One Night. These awards in... |
19448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr.%20Strangelove | Dr. Strangelove | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (better known as only Dr. Strangelove) is a 1964 British-American black comedy movie directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick, and starring Peter Sellers.
The story concerns an unhinged United States Air Force general, George C. Scott as General Buck... |
19450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20husbandry | Animal husbandry | Animal husbandry is the care and breeding of animals, particularly livestock. People have done this for a very long time; it is much older than agriculture. Nomadic people and people In rural areas often teach their children how to care for their animals. 4-H is an organization that also teaches children in the United ... |
19455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt%20Disney%20World%20Resort | Walt Disney World Resort | The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment complex near Orlando, Florida. It opened on October 1, 1971 with only the Magic Kingdom theme park. It has since added Epcot (October 1, 1982), Disney's Hollywood Studios (May 1, 1989) and Disney's Animal Kingdom (April 22,... |
19456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp | Harp | The harp is a musical instrument. It is the second biggest string instrument in an orchestra. It dates back to 4000 BC when the Egyptians used them in holy places. Christian artists often draw angels playing harps in Heaven.
How harps work
Parts of a harp
Harps have strings that are tied to the frame, which is usual... |
19457 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1472 | 1472 |
Events
February 20 – The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland
Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) and João Vaz Corte-Real.
Beginning of extensive slave trade in modern Cameroon, as the Portuguese sail up the Wuori River.
Fernão do Po claims the central-Afric... |
19458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassam%20Stadium | Kassam Stadium | Kassam Staudium is an arena in Oxford, England. It is where Oxford United F.C. plays. It is the biggest arena in the blue square premier league conference national
Football stadiums in England |
19460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleotide | Nucleotide | A nucleotide is an organic molecule. Nucleotides are the building blocks of the nucleic acids RNA and DNA. These two types of nucleic acid are essential biomolecules in all forms of life on Earth.
A nucleotide is composed of a nucleobase (nitrogenous base), a five-carbon sugar (either ribose or 2-deoxyribose), and one... |
19465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting | Voting | Voting is when a group of people decide something by saying what they want. It can be for electing a leader or representative, passing a law, and other things. When people are done voting, the votes are counted (often by machines) and the winner is determined.
Voting can be done in small groups (friends deciding what ... |
19466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule | Joule | A joule ( or sometimes ) is a unit in the SI system. It measures energy; usually in scientific or electrical appliances . It is named after James Prescott Joule.
A joule refers to the amount of energy transferred to an object when a force of 1 newton is applied on it over a distance of 1 metre (1J = 1N × 1m). It is r... |
19467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Friedrich%20Gauss | Carl Friedrich Gauss | Carl Friedrich Gauss (pronunciation: , Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss) (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a famous mathematician from Göttingen, Germany. Gauss contributed to many areas of learning. Most of his work was about number theory and astronomy.
Childhood
He was born in Braunschweig. That city was then ... |
19468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Canyon | Grand Canyon | The Grand Canyon is a famous canyon in Arizona, formed by the Colorado River. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a National Park of the United States. It is also one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and is over a mile (1.83 km) (6... |
19469 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1490s | 1490s |
Events
Christopher Columbus finds the American continent while looking for India. This leads to much exploring of the New World.
Moors driven out of Spain.
Births
Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer
King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1479–1516)
Queen Isabella of Castile (1474–1504)
King Henry VII of Eng... |
19471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy%20product | Dairy product | Dairy products are foods that are made from animal milk. Usually, they are made from the milk of cows and goats, but they can be made from the milk of other animals as well.
Dairy products include milk, cheese, butter, yogurt,ice cream...etc |
19472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto%20Fujimori | Alberto Fujimori | Alberto Fujimori (born July 28, 1938) was the President of Peru from 1990-2000. A controversial figure in Peruvian politics, his government is credited with the creation of Fujimorism, defeating the Shining Path insurgency and restoring Peru's macroeconomic stability. He is still remembered in Peru for defeating Shini... |
19477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20presidents%20of%20Peru | List of presidents of Peru | This is a list of presidents of Peru.
Republic of Peru (1839–present)
The Republic of Peru was reestablished on August 25, 1839.
References
Lists of politicians |
19478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Rangers | New York Rangers | The New York Rangers are an ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL). They play in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The team began in 1926, and has won four Stanley Cup championships.
History
Early years
The Rangers were started by a promoter named Tex Rickard. Newspapers began calling the new te... |
19480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headstone | Headstone | A headstone, gravestone or tombstone is a marker, normally made from stone, that is used to identify a person who is buried beneath it (in the grave).
These markers can be plain or beautifully carved with writing (epitaph or inscriptions) and pictures, but at times some gravestones can be unmarked, leaving a dead pers... |
19481 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma | Plasma | Plasma could mean:
Plasma (physics), a state of matter
Blood plasma
Cytoplasm
Plasma display |
19483 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%20plasma | Blood plasma | Blood plasma is the yellow liquid part of blood. In normal blood, the blood cells are suspended in the plasma.
Plasma makes up about 55% of the total blood volume. It is mostly water (90% by volume) and contains dissolved proteins, glucose, clotting factors, mineral ions, hormones and carbon dioxide. Plasma is the tra... |
19484 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%20Canucks | Vancouver Canucks | The Vancouver Canucks are an ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL). They started to play in the NHL in 1970. They play in Vancouver, British Columbia at Rogers Arena.
History
Early games
The Canucks were first a team in the Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL), winning the championship in 1946 and 1948. ... |
19492 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding | Folding | Fold or folding could mean:
fold (geology)
folding, in poker, is the act of withdrawing or forfeiting from a hand rather than meeting the bet
folding ingredients together is a cooking technique
protein folding
origami, the art of paper folding
pattern welding, the folding of metal |
19499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%20Reflejo | Mi Reflejo | Mi Reflejo is the first Spanish-language album by American pop singer Christina Aguilera. It was released on 2000. There are 11 songs in this album. Six of them are new songs. Five of them are from her first album Christina Aguilera but in Spanish.
This album was nominated Grammy Award as Best Latin Pop Album in 2001.... |
19502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviour | Behaviour | Behaviour (or behavior) is what an animal does or how it acts. Behaviours may be conscious or unconscious. They may be inherited or learnt. The term is also used for systems and for machines which interact with their environment. The term is not well-defined.
In experiments, behaviour is the observed reaction which oc... |
19503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankle | Ankle | In anatomy, the ankle is the joint that links the foot to the leg.
Joints |
19507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangsudo | Tangsudo | Tangsudo, dangsudo or tang soo do () is a Korean martial art. It is considered as Korean karate.
History of tangsudo
The name "tangsudo" means "the way of Chinese hands". In the Korean peninsula several schools of martial arts had been prohibited by Japanese invaders for 35 years, and they went out from secret at the... |
19514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie%20Hall | Annie Hall | {| class="infobox" style="width: 23em; font-size: 85%;"
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| 2. Best Director, Woody Allen
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| 3. Best Picture, Charles H. Joffe
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| 4. Best Original Screenplay, Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
... |
19517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao%20Miyazaki | Hayao Miyazaki | is a leader in the area of anime, or Japanese animation. His name is pronounced "Ha-ya-oh Me-ya-za-key". He worked with Isao Takahata.
His company made the animated movies Spirited Away (2001), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Porco Rosso (1992) and Princess Mononoke (1997).
His company is n... |
19520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline | Gasoline | Gasoline , or petrol , is a toxic, clear liquid that is mostly used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It is made by boiling petroleum, a fossil fuel. In a distillation process, petroleum is heated to a very high temperature, then it separates into its components, one of them is gasoline. This is an expensive pr... |
19521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20cyclone | Tropical cyclone | A tropical cyclone is a circular air movement that starts over the warm ocean waters in the warm part of Earth near the Equator. Most tropical cyclones create fast winds and great rains. While some tropical cyclones stay out in the sea, others pass over land. They can be dangerous because of flooding and because the wi... |
19524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymara%20language | Aymara language | The Aymara language is spoken by the Aymara tribe in Bolivia, Peru, and north of Chile. In Chile, only a third of thribe say that they speak it well. An inflected language, it is one of the few Native American languages that has over one million speakers.
Sources
Currency and Displacement of the Aymara Language in Ch... |
19525 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Bachelet | Michelle Bachelet | Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria AC (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician. She served as the President of Chile from 11 March 2014 to 11 March 2018. She was also President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of Chile.
In 2010, Bachelet became the president of UN... |
19528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou | Zhou | Zhou is a Chinese name that refers to:
one of two dynasties in 1122 BC - 256 BC and 690 AD - 705 AD;
a political division in the modern-day country.
It is also the Chinese word for "U. S. state".
Zhou (周) is also a common Chinese surname. Famous people with that name include:
Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and directo... |
19530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician | Politician | A politician (from Classical Greek πόλις, "polis") is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government. In democratic countries, politicians seek elective positions within a government through elections or, at times, temporary appointment to replace politicians who have died, resi... |
19531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendero%20Luminoso | Sendero Luminoso | Sendero Luminoso, (English: Shining Path, official complete name: Partido Comunista del Perú-Sendero Luminoso, PCP-SL), is a Peruvian Maoist group which is based on communist ideology. Their leader, Abimael Guzmán, and several important members of the group were captured on September 12, 1992. Since then, the group has... |
19532 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat | Fat | Fat is one of the three main types of macronutrients. Fats are found in many foods. They are made of macromolecules called lipids. Lipids are based on long-chain fatty acids. Some of these are essential because the body cannot make them.
Types and functions
There are three different types of fats: Unsaturated fat... |
19533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated%20fat | Saturated fat | Saturated fat is a kind of fat. It has no double bonds. It has carbon atoms that are fully saturated with hydrogen. Saturated fats are usually solid at room temperature. They have no double bonds, while unsaturated fat has one or two. Due to no double bonds, their oxidation process is slow.
Health
Is saturated fat a ... |
19534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackinac%20Bridge | Mackinac Bridge | The Mackinac Bridge is a 5-mile-long (8-km.-long) bridge that carries a four-lane interstate highway, Interstate 75. It was built by the U.S. state of Michigan and connects that state's Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula together.
The Mackinac Bridge passes over a strait of water that connects two Great Lakes, Lake ... |
19535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsaturated%20fat | Unsaturated fat | Unsaturated fat is a kind of fat. It is different from saturated fat in that it is liquid at room temperature while saturated fat is more solid. Its molecules contains double bonds whose carbon atoms that are not fully saturated with hydrogen. There are two types:
Monounsaturated; or those with one double bond
Poly... |
19539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20fusion | Cold fusion | Cold fusion is nuclear fusion at room temperature and normal pressure. Nuclear fusion is how many nuclei, the center of an atom, containing protons and neutrons, are forced together to form a heavier nucleus (singular of nuclei) and during that process, energy is released. Some scientists hope that this may be Earth's ... |
19540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco | Cusco | Cusco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Huatanay Valley (Sacred Valley) in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of Cusco Region. The city has a population of about 300 000, triple the population it contained just 20 years ago. Alternate spellings include Qusqu (in old Quechua), Cusco, (after the Spanish a... |
19541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco%20Region | Cusco Region | Cusco is a region in Peru. The capital is the city of Cusco.
Cusco Region is home to Machu Picchu, one of the most famous landmarks in South America.
Regions of Peru |
19542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%20Cowboy | Midnight Cowboy | Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama movie, released by United Artists. John Schlesinger directed it, and Waldo Salt wrote the screenplay based on the James Leo Herlihy novel. It stars Dustin Hoffman (in his first starring role after The Graduate), along with Jon Voight in the title role.
It is the only X-rated mo... |
19543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age%20of%20consent | Age of consent | The age of consent is the age at which a person can legally consent to have sexual intercourse. This is also the minimum age of the other person legally permitted to engage in sexual activity. Having sex with a person who is younger than the age of consent (but who agrees to have sex) is called statutory rape. The pers... |
19545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Richter | Andy Richter | Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his former role as Conan O'Brien's sidekick on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Richter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the second of four children. He was raised in Yorkville, Illinois. While attending Co... |
19546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Granholm | Jennifer Granholm | Jennifer Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian born American politician. Granholm is the 16th United States Secretary of Energy since 2021 under the Joe Biden administration. She was the Governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011. Granholm was born in Canada and raised in California. She ran for governor of Mich... |
19547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra%20Day%20O%27Connor | Sandra Day O'Connor | Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was the first woman to serve as justice on the Supreme Court, as well as the first from Arizona.
One of her ideas on the Supreme Court was the endorsement test. It was a way to check if the government was supp... |
19548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Paul%20Stevens | John Paul Stevens | John Paul Stevens (April 20, 1920 – July 16, 2019) was an American lawyer. He was a United States Supreme Court justice. He was nominated by President Gerald Ford in 1975. He voted with minority in Bush v. Gore case (2000). He also voted with majority in Furman v. Georgia case (1976), but later became against the death... |
19549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin%20Scalia | Antonin Scalia | Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was a Conservative jurist on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was an Associate Justice. Scalia was put on the Court in 1986 by Ronald Reagan and was the longest-serving justice on the Court. Before becoming a justice, he was on the District of Columb... |
19550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Kennedy | Anthony Kennedy | Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 11, 1987, and took the oath of office on February 18, 1988, serving until July 31, 2018.
Kennedy became the most senior Associate Justice on the c... |
19551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Souter | David Souter | David Hackett Souter (; born September 17, 1939) is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served from October 1990 until his retirement in June 2009. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat left by William J. Brennan, Jr., Souter sat on both the Rehnquist and Robert... |
19552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20Thomas | Clarence Thomas | Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Thomas has been a Justice since 1991. He is the only African-American currently on the court. He is also the second African American to ever serve on the court. The only other African American was Thurgood Marshall. During his ... |
19553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Breyer | Stephen Breyer | Stephen Gerald Breyer (; born August 15, 1938) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994. Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court.
In January 2022, Breyer announced that he would be retiring from the Supreme Cour... |
19554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20Bader%20Ginsburg | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an American jurist. She was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton. She was known as a feminist icon and was nicknamed "The Notorious R.B.G.".
Ginsburg died ... |
19555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Roberts | John Roberts | John Glover Roberts, Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is the seventeenth and current Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Roberts is generally considered a member of the more conservative wing of the court. However since the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, he has be... |
19556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacna%20Region | Tacna Region | Tacna Region is the most southern region in Peru. The capital city is Tacna.
Regions of Peru |
19557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacna | Tacna | Tacna is a city in Peru. It is the capital of Tacna Region.
Cities in Peru
Capitals of regions of Peru |
19559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20Kafka | Franz Kafka | Franz Kafka (born Prague July 3, 1883 – died near Vienna June 3, 1924) was a Czech-born, German-speaking writer. His best known works are The Metamorphosis and the novels The Trial and The Castle. Not much of his work was published during his lifetime. He asked his friend to make sure that all his writings which were n... |
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