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21731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001 | 1001 | 1001 (MI) was .
Events
Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Silvester II.
Canonisation of Edward the Martyr, King of England.
Robert II, King of France marries for the third time to Constance Taillefer d'Arles.
Khmer king Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I and/... |
21732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1009 | 1009 | 1009 (MIX) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the ninth year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.
Events
February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
October 18: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is destroyed by Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr A... |
21733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1024 | 1024 | 1024 (MXXIV) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the twenty-fourth year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.
Events
The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire is founded by Conrad II.
John XIX succeeds his brother as Pope
Battle of Lemnos: Kievan Viking raiders (800 men) sail throu... |
21734 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin%20Tarantino | Quentin Tarantino | Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born May 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tarantino is an independent movie maker. He wrote, directed, and acted in Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill among others. His movies have become famous for violence and humor. He won Academy Awards for B... |
21735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander-class%20frigate | Leander-class frigate | The Leander-class frigate or Type 12M is a type of ship that was used by the Royal Navy.
The class became well known through the Warship BBC television drama series.
Other websites
Leander (Type 12) class frigate website
Hazegray.org on the Leander class
An unofficial Leander Class Frigate Site
British warships |
21736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft | Spacecraft | A spacecraft is a vehicle that can carry people and cargo beyond the Earth's atmosphere, through space to other planetary bodies, space stations, or orbits and back home again. Spacecraft which are launched from the surface of a planet are called launch vehicles and usually take-off from launch pads at spaceports.
Mo... |
21739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustics | Acoustics | Acoustics is a science. It studies the mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids. These waves can make echo, vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound.
A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician. Someone who works with acoustics technology may be called an acoustical engineer.
Sound |
21740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20finance | Public finance | Public finance is the study of how the government raises funds and spends its money, and their economic effect.
Economics |
21741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget | Budget | Budget is the money to be spent on a project, or by a person or organization in a time period. It usually lists the various things that are to be done, and how much to spend on each. For example, a construction budget may list the various kinds of material and labor and the money to spend on each. A budget may also lis... |
21742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indirect%20tax | Indirect tax | An indirect tax is a tax that is paid as part of a product. Many countries tax gasoline or cigarettes, but they do so indirectly. Because of the tax, the product will be more expensive. In turn, the shops will then pay the tax for the number of packets of cigarettes they sold, or for the amount of gasoline. This is opp... |
21745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erode | Erode | Erode is a city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is the capital of the Erode district. About 500,000 people live in the city.
Erode District in Tamil Nadu State is very important market centre for Turmeric. Turmeric is received, not only from Erode district, but also from the other parts of Tamil Nadu and adjoining district li... |
21753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky%20Sports | Sky Sports | Sky Sports is a group of ten channels. The channels are owned by a major company named British Sky Broadcasting. It is the most powerful sports television company in the United Kingdom.
Sky Sports is known for its major football coverage and helped launch the FA Premier League in 1992.
Sky Sports has a series of well... |
21758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric | Rhetoric | Rhetoric is the art of convincing and persuading people by language through public speaking or writing. The root of the word is from Greek ῥητορικὴ [τέχνη] roughly meaning 'the art of speech'.
Webster’s dictionary defines it as “the art or science of using words effectively in speaking or writing, especially the art o... |
21759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill | Skill | A skill or technique is a learned ability to do something.
It could be playing a musical instrument or playing a kind of sport or even doing something simple like using a corkscrew. Someone who is trying to do something but not succeeding may be using the wrong technique. Skill does not always have to be something ... |
21763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas | Hamas | Hamas (, acronym of Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya, , literally "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist terrorist group. It was started in 1987 during the First Intifada by Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi as the Gaza branch of the Muslim Brotherhood organization in Egypt. In the 2006 Pa... |
21765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide%20attack | Suicide attack | A suicide attack is an attack where the attacker (either one person or a group of people) plans on killing people and/or destroying property while also dying in the process. In a suicide attack, the attacker dies as a result of the attack, for example in an explosion or a crash.
Nowadays, suicide attacks are often don... |
21768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser | Laser | A laser is a machine that makes an amplified, single-colour source of light. It uses special gases or crystals to make the light with only a single color. The gases are energized to make them emit light. Then mirrors are used to amplify (make stronger) the light. In many lasers all the light travels in one directio... |
21771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC | NBC | NBC, whose letters stand for National Broadcasting Company, is an American television network that started in 1926 as a radio company. NBC started airing Its first television programs in 1944. NBC is owned by Comcast, and was previously owned by General Electric and Universal Studios. NBC owns the cable news channels C... |
21772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram | Thiruvananthapuram | Thiruvananthapuram () is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. The city used to be known by the name of Trivandrum. It is on the west coast of India near the far south of the mainland.
With 889,191 people as of 2001, it is the biggest city in Kerala in terms of size and number of people.
The city is the stat... |
21776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20Farm | Animal Farm | Animal Farm is a short novel by George Orwell. It was written during World War II and published in 1945. It is about a group of farm animals who rebel against their farmer. They hope to create a place where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. In the end, however, they are betrayed and the farm ends up as bad it ... |
21786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso | Miso | Miso (味噌 or みそ) is a thick or solid paste. It is a traditional Japanese seasoning.
Miso is similar to the Korean doenjang. It is made by fermenting soy beans with sea salt or salt and kōji. Kōji is the product of fermenting rice, barley, or soybeans with a mold culture, Kōji-kin (Aspergillus oryzae). Often, grains suc... |
21787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso%20soup | Miso soup | in Japanese) is a traditional Japanese soup. It is made from a kind of broth or stock, called "dashi" into which miso paste is dissolved. Various solid ingredients like wakame, seaweed, tofu from soybeans, and sometimes mushrooms, potatos, and eggplants are added to make the finished soup. The soup is usually served i... |
21789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakame | Wakame | Wakame (Japanese: わかめ or 若布) is a type of kelp. People eat it. Its scientific name is Undaria pinnatifida.
It is sold either dried or salted. It is often used in miso soup and salads. In Korea it is called miyeok. It is used in salads, or as the main ingredient in miyeok soup. In China it is called qundaicai. Chinese ... |
21791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelp | Kelp | Kelp is a type of marine seaweed. It is a brown algae. There are many different kinds of kelp. Kelp grow in large forests, usually near the surface of the water. It grows in nutrient rich saltwater. Some kelps grow very fast (up to 30 cm a day). Kelp can reach a length of up to 60 metres. The blades are kept afloat by ... |
21794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu | Tofu | Tofu (豆腐), sometimes also called doufu (usually used in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (literal translation), is a food made from soybeans. In fact, it is a very complex process. Tofu is made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. The making of tofu from soy milk is similar to the te... |
21795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy%20milk | Soy milk | Soy milk (also called soymilk, soya milk, soybean milk, soy bean milk, soy drink, or soy beverage) is a milk-like product made from soybeans.
Soy milk originated in China where the soybean was native. Later on, the soybean and soybean foods came to Japan.
Related pages
Soy milk maker
Plant milks |
21800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashi | Dashi | Dashi (出汁、だし) is a kind of stock or broth mainly used for soup or dishes in Japanese cooking. The most common form of dashi is a simple broth or stock made by kombu (edible kelp) or katsuobushi (flakes of dried skipjack tuna) in boiling water. niboshi (煮干し) is also used, too. It is not always necessary to strain the re... |
21803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiitake%20mushroom | Shiitake mushroom | The shiitake mushroom, or simply called "shiitake"(椎茸) (Lentinus edodes or Lentinula edodes) is also known as Chinese black mushroom or black forest mushroom. It is also called "black mushroom". It is an edible mushroom, which is typically grown on the tree, such as shii, kunugi and oak.
There are two variant names. F... |
21811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy%20sauce | Soy sauce | Soy sauce (US) or soya sauce is a fermented sauce made from soy beans (soya beans), roasted grain, water and salt. It is commonly used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean cuisine. It appears in some Western cuisine dishes, especially as an ingredient in Worcestershire sauce. Real soy sauces are fermented with kōji (麹, the ... |
21815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl | Bowl | A bowl is a container for food. It can hold liquids, such as soups and solids, like popcorn. People also prepare salads in it. A bowl is like a ball cut in half. Bowls are usually made from glass, ceramic, wood or plastic. There is a lot of history regarding bowls, but they are known to first be found in China, 20,000 ... |
21816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest | Oktoberfest | The Oktoberfest (also called Wiesn) is a German festival that takes place on the Theresienwiese, a public place in the center of Munich, Bavaria. It is every year, in late September and early October. It is a big social event. There is lots of eating and drinking. It is on for sixteen days ending on the first Sunday in... |
21818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb%20Raider | Tomb Raider | Tomb Raider is a computer and video game series. Originally the games were made by Core Design. Now they are being made by Crystal Dynamics. The first game was sold in 1996 for PC, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
The main character of the game is a woman called Lara Croft. She is an archeologist and explores ancient plac... |
21820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20dog | Hot dog | A hot dog (or hotdog) is an American fast food. It was first created in Germany. In the United States, hot dogs are very popular in areas with large numbers of European immigrants, such as Chicago, Brooklyn and Detroit. The word "hot dog" refers to the belief that many people thought hot dogs had actual dog meat. In a ... |
21825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constipation | Constipation | Constipation is when it is very hard to pass stool (defecate): that is, get rid of digested food waste (feces). Constipation can be caused by many things. One is eating or drinking too much dairy products that use cow milk. To solve this problem many people use a laxative or eat defecation-inducing foods such as plums.... |
21869 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel%20%28computer%20science%29 | Kernel (computer science) | A kernel is the central part of an operating system. It manages the operations of the computer and the hardware, most notably memory and CPU time. Kernels also provide services which programs can use through system calls.
There are five types of kernels:
A micro kernel - A kernel which only contains the basic functi... |
21870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm | Ulm | Ulm is a city in Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. It was started in about 850 AD.
It is on the left side of the river Danube. Across the river on the right side is Neu-Ulm in Bavaria. Together they have more than 170,000 inhabitants. Ulm alone has about 120,000 inhabitants.
The university of Ulm was starte... |
21873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landlocked%20country | Landlocked country | A country is landlocked if it has no access to any oceans or seas.
As an example, Austria is landlocked. France is not landlocked because it has access to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean. A sea is also landlocked if does not have access to an ocean. This is also called an endorheic basin. As an example, the Ca... |
21874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. The country is landlocked (has no coast) and mountainous. It has borders with China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Its capital is Bishkek. It was a socialist republic of the Soviet Union, but became independent in 1991. The country was ... |
21875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebab | Kebab | Kebab (kebap in Turkish, kabab in Iran, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, also spelled kebob, kabob; ) means "grilled (or broiled) meat" in Persian and Turkish. Kebab is usually made of lamb and beef. Sometimes chicken and fish are used for some styles. Pork is never used by Muslims but is sometimes used by non-Muslim ... |
21880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halal | Halal | Halal (حلال, halāl, halaal) is an Islamic Arabic term meaning "permissible".
Muslims have strict rules of what they can and cannot eat:
Animals need to be killed in a special way. (The animal should be slaughtered by hand so that all the blood could be drained from the slaughtered {dead} animal before they can eat t... |
21883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat | Surat | Surat is a city in the State of Gujarat, India. It is on the banks of the Tapti river. Surat used to be a large seaport. It is the eighth largest city in India. According to the 2020 reports on the ‘cleanest cities of India’, Surat ranked second out of 4,242 cities in India.
References
Cities in India
Settlements in ... |
21884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur | Kanpur | Kanpur is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. Almost three million people live in Kanpur.
It was called the Manchester of India.
References
Cities and towns in Uttar Pradesh
Towns in India |
21900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20portal | Web portal | An internet portal or web portal is a website used to enter the Internet. It can also be used to describe a website to enter certain parts of the Internet, like Wikipedia's Community Portal. A web portal can be used to provide the user with personalised information such as employee training, safety manuals or a custome... |
21906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism | Humanism | Humanism is a philosophy or a way of thinking about the world. Humanism is a set of ethics or ideas about how people should live and act. People who hold this set of ethics are called humanists. Humanists prefer critical thinking and evidence (rationalism and empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition.
In m... |
21910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Guardian | The Guardian | The Guardian is a British newspaper. It is published every day, except on Sunday. It is owned by the same company as The Observer, which only publishes on Sunday. The Guardian is edited by Katharine Viner.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1821. It was founded by textile traders and merchants. The Guardian was se... |
21914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae | Algae | Algae (one alga, but several algae) are a type of plant-like living things that can make food from sunlight by photosynthesis. The study of algae is called phycology or algology.
The term covers a range of photosynthetic organisms, and many are not closely related. They are a polyphyletic group.
The term lumps toget... |
21915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alga%20%28Korday%20district%29 | Alga (Korday district) | Alga (; ) is a hamlet in the Korday District of Kazakhstan. It is one of several communities in Kazakhstan with this name. The A-2 highway from Bishkek to Almaty runs through the town. A significant architectural feature is its mosque.
Hamlets
Settlements in Kazakhstan |
21916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelp%20forest | Kelp forest | Kelp forests are a type of marine ecosystem that is present around colonies of kelp; they contain rich biodiversity. Kelp can stretch 2-30 meters or more (up to 60 m in Macrocystis pyrifera) from their anchors on the sea floor to the surface. It provides a vertical infrastructure that is home to many fish and invertebr... |
21917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiosis | Symbiosis | Symbiosis (pl. symbioses) means living together. It describes close and long-term relationships between different species. The term was
used by Anton de Bary in 1879, as "the living together of unlike organisms".
A symbiont is an organism living in a relationship with another species in which one or both get benefits... |
21926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Ain | Al Ain | Al Ain (Arabic: العين) is a city in the United Arab Emirates. The city name literally means "the spring" or "the eye" in Arabic. This name come from the water sources in the area. The city is in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, right next to the border with Oman. It is often called the 'Garden City of the Persian Gulf' becaus... |
21928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutland | Jutland | Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe. It forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany. It separates the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. Its terrain is relatively flat, with low hills and peat bogs. It has an area of 29,775 km² (11,496 square miles), and a popu... |
21929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebiscite | Plebiscite | A plebiscite or referendum is a type of voting, or of proposing laws. Some definitions of 'plebiscite' suggest that it is a type of vote to change the constitution or government of a country. Others define it as the opposite. Australia defines 'referendum' as a vote to change the constitution and 'plebiscite' as a vote... |
21931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai | Dubai | The city of Dubai is the largest and most populated city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital city of the emirate of Dubai, UAE. The city is sometimes called "Dubai City" to prevent it from being mixed up with the emirate.
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates known for luxury shopping, ... |
21932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclave | Exclave | An exclave is strip of land that belongs to an entity (like a country or a region) but that is not connected to it by land (islands are not counted). The strip of land is surrounded by other political entities. A good example is Kaliningrad Oblast (the region around the Russian city Kaliningrad). It belongs to the Russ... |
21933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclave | Enclave | In general use, an enclave can be any special area of a bigger area of land, such as a part of a city that has different taxes than the rest of the city.
In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land which has a different country totally around it. If another country has sovereignty over it, it is also called ... |
21934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhandle | Panhandle | A panhandle is a word used in geography. What people mean when they talk about panhandles is a narrow strip of land, that is surrounded on all sides except one, by one or more countries or regions. The strip of land is connected to the country or region it belongs to on one side only. This looks like the handle of a fr... |
21942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20town | New town | A new town, planned community, or planned city is a kind of city that is designed by architects and engineers before it is built. Most cities and towns just develop over the years, without a clear plan. Urban planning is only used for later expansion.
Planned communities are designed with separate districts of the ci... |
21945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park | Park | A park is an open place in a city or town for nature. There are often trees, benches, statues, and ponds in a park. Some parks built in big cities are very large. These can have fountains or picnic areas.
A park is an open area,often found with trees,benches,statues,etc.
There is also lots of nature around, such as... |
21949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pond | Pond | A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake. Ponds support wide range of wildlife: ducks, turtles, swans, small fish, and frogs can live in a pond. Usually, in most ponds sunlight can reach to bottom. In some cases ponds do not last all year round. This type of pond is called a vernal pond, or ephemeral, seasonal, ... |
21955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan | Swan | A swan (Cygnini) is a kind of water bird, from the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba. They are in the subfamily Anserinae, in the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks.
Many swans live in colder places, such as northern Europe, Asia and North America. They live on water. They swim on top of the water and eat ... |
21957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupa | Pupa | A pupa (plural: pupae or pupas) is part of becoming an adult for some insects, like some butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, and bees. The pupal stage comes after being a larva; the next stage is adulthood.
The pupa stage of a butterfly, called a chrysalis (plural "chrysalids"), is a well-known example of a pupa becau... |
21962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul | Paul | Paul might mean:
People
Paul the Apostle
Paul of Russia, a Russian Tsar
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia ("Pavle"), a prince of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the 1930s
Other
Paul (movie), a 2011 movie
Paul, Idaho, a city in the U.S. state of Idaho
Paul the Octopus, an octopus who seemed able to say who would win football ma... |
21963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose | Goose | Goose (plural geese, genus Anser) is a genus containing 11 species within the swan subfamily.
This family also includes the swans, which are mostly larger than geese, and the ducks, which are smaller and have short necks.
Geese are famously gregarious: they like to stick together. They can be moved in large herds bec... |
21966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovary | Ovary | Ovaries (Singular: Ovary) are organs found in female organisms. Ovaries are part of the reproductive system needed to reproduce sexually.
Most vertebrates have ovaries. Usually animals have two ovaries. Birds usually have only one working ovary; snakes have one ovary in front of the other. The ovaries are similar to ... |
21973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe | Axe | An axe (or ax) is an ancient tool. It is used to shape, split and cut wood.
The hand axe was probably the first tool in the Stone Age. It did not have a handle.
In the past, axes were used as weapons by soldiers. Today, axes are usually related to woodcutters and firemen.
Axes are simple machines. They are in the ca... |
21975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros | Rhinoceros | A rhinoceros (rhino for short) is any animal in the family Rhinocerotidae. They are in the order Perissodactyla, or odd-toed ungulates. There are five living species. Two of these species are native to Africa. Three of these species are also native to Southern parts of Asia.
Taxonomy
Family Rhinocerotidae
Black r... |
21976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic%20proof | Alcoholic proof | Alcoholic proof is a measure of how much ethanol there is in an alcoholic drink. It is commonly used the world over, on the basis that 100 degrees proof is the equivalent of 50 % alcohol by volume (ABV or Alc/Vol). In the United States, it is double the percentage of ABV.
Where it comes from
This system was introdu... |
21977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetobacter | Acetobacter | Acetobacter is a kind of bacteria. These bacteria are
known by their ability to change alcohol to acetic acid in the presence of air. There are several species within this genus, and there are other bacteria that can form acetic acid under different conditions; but all of the Acetobacter are known by this ability.
Wh... |
21978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop%20of%20Canterbury | Archbishop of Canterbury | The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader of the Church of England and in the Anglican Communion the leader of its mother church. He is the head of the Church, and lives in the English city of Canterbury. The Archbishop is chosen by the English monarch (the church's "supreme governor"), under guidance from s... |
21979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol | Ethanol | Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol or just alcohol, is a flammable, colorless chemical compound. Its chemical formula is C2H5OH, also written as C2H6O. It is the active part of alcoholic drinks, which are drunk in most cultures worldwide. It is also used as a solvent because it can dissolve many other ... |
21982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling%20point | Boiling point | The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which the substance boils, or enters a state of rapid evaporation. For pure water this is 100° Celsius or 212° Fahrenheit. This is measured at one atmosphere, that is, the air pressure at sea level
Boiling points can be changed in several ways. The addition of sol... |
21986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic%20solid | Platonic solid | A platonic solid is a kind of polyhedron. It has the following characteristics:
Each face is built from the same type of polygons
There are the same number of polygons meeting at every corner of the shape.
The platonic solids
The following Platonic solids exist; there are only 5:
Tetrahedron, has 4 sides, is made... |
21987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean%20algorithm | Euclidean algorithm | The Euclidean algorithm is an algorithm. It can be used to find the biggest number that divides two other numbers (the greatest common divisor of two numbers).
What the algorithm looks like in words
Euclid solved the problem graphically. He said
If you have two distances, AB and CD, and you always take away the small... |
21991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote | Eukaryote | An eukaryote is an organism with complex cells, or a single cell with complex structures. In these cells the genetic material is organized into chromosomes in the cell nucleus.
Animals, plants, algae and fungi are all eukaryotes. There are also eukaryotes amongst single-celled protists. In contrast, simpler organisms,... |
21992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicellular%20organism | Unicellular organism | Unicellular organisms are organisms that have one cell. They are divided into two quite different types, from different classification kingdoms.
The prokaryotes, bacteria and archaea, have cells with no nucleus and a simple cell structure.
Eukaryotes have a nucleus, and a more complex cell structure.
The differenc... |
21995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicellular%20organism | Multicellular organism | Multi-cellular organisms are organisms with more than one cell. This is the case for animals, plants and most fungi. In such organisms, cells are usually specialised. All the cells with the same function work together. Such a group of cells is then called a tissue.
Multi-cellular organisms have a set of cells that s... |
21996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexahedron | Hexahedron | A hexahedron (plural: hexahedra) is any polyhedron with six faces. A cube, for example, is a regular hexahedron with all its faces square, and three squares around each vertex.
There are seven topologically distinct convex hexahedra, one of which exists in two mirror image forms. (Two polyhedra are "topologically dist... |
22000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan%20State%20University | Kazan State University | Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (, Kazanskiy (Privolzhskiy) federalnyy universitet; ) is a university in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It was founded in 1804. The famous Russian mathematician Lobachevsky was its headmaster from 1827 till 1846. The post is now being held by Myakzyum Salakhov (Mäğzüm Säläxev).
Kazan... |
22002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20World | New World | The New World is a name used for the Western Hemisphere. It specifically refers to the Americas. It can also refer to certain Atlantic and Pacific islands (like Bermuda) and sometimes Oceania, (Australasia). The name started in the early 16th century, shortly after America was colonized. The people of the European Midd... |
22016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit | Rabbit | Rabbits are mammals of the order Lagomorpha. There are about fifty different species of rabbits and hares. The order Lagomorpha is made of rabbits, pikas and hares. Rabbits can be found in many parts of the world. They live in families and eat vegetables and hay. In the wild, rabbits live in burrows, that they dig them... |
22032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Pasteur | Louis Pasteur | Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French microbiologist and chemist.
He and his wife, Marie, are best known for their experiments supporting the germ theory of disease, and he is also known for his vaccinations, most notably the first vaccine against rabies.
Career
He made many discoveries ... |
22036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri%20and%20Dhekelia | Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two British overseas territories that borders the Republic of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. They are used as military bases by the United Kingdom. The bases were kept by the UK after Cyprus changed from being a colony in the British Empire, to being an independent republic. The United Kingdom k... |
22037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcontinental%20country | Transcontinental country | A transcontinental country is a nation that is in more than one continent. Examples:
Africa and Asia
Egypt
Asia and Europe
Cyprus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Russia
Turkey
Most of the other examples are contentious, based on the possession of small islands in another region. For example, Spain controlling the Canary Isla... |
22044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kur%C3%B3w | Kurów | For the place of similar name in New Zealand see: Kurow
Kurów is a village in south-eastern Poland, near Puławy and Lublin, on the Kurówka River. It is the main village of a gmina within the Lublin Voivodship and has 2826 people living there (as of 2010). The village was built before 1185 and made bigger between 1431 ... |
22045 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion | Scorpion | Scorpions are eight legged venomous arachnids. They have a long body with an extended tail with a sting. The average adult scorpion is about 3 inches in length. The longest scorpion is the African scorpion, which can be 9 inches long. There are about 1,750 species of scorpions worldwide.
The evolutionary history of sc... |
22055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1216 | 1216 | 1216 was a leap year starting on a Friday in the Julian calendar.
Events
April 10 – Eric X of Sweden dies. He is succeeded by Johan Sverkersson.
April – Prince Louis of France, the future King Louis VIII, invades England in the First Barons' War
July 24 – Ascension of Pope Honorius III; in the same year, he offic... |
22056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Schlesinger | John Schlesinger | John Richard Schlesinger, CBE (16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was a British movie director. He was born into a Jewish family in London. He was openly gay. He died of a stroke in Palm Springs, California, United States.
Schlesinger's acting career began in the 1950s. He started to direct in 1956. By the 1960s he was ... |
22057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landj%C3%A4ger | Landjäger | Landjäger (or Landjaeger) is a type of German sausage. The name stands for "hunter's sausage". It is smoked, so it does not need refrigeration. Usually, some of the water has also been taken out (they are dehydrated).
Sausage |
22059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20and%20Ellice%20Islands | Gilbert and Ellice Islands | The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916. They are formed from two groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean. On 1 January 1976 the islands were split into two different colonies that became independent states. The Gilbert Islands have been the biggest part of the nation of... |
22060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca | Casablanca | Casablanca (classical Arabic name: الدار البيضاء, "the white house"; Spanish:Casablanca, "whitehouse") is a city in western Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean.
With 2.95 million people (September 2004 census), Casablanca is Morocco's biggest city.
Casablanca has a Mediterranean Climate with hot dry summers and wet rainy... |
22076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulence | Flatulence | Flatulence or farting is when intestinal gas leaves the anus. This often happens with a sound that can be embarrassing to some people, but in some cultures it is treated like humor. The word flatuence comes from the Latin word flatus, which means blowing or breath, but people today usually call it farting.
In mammals ... |
22078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computability%20theory | Computability theory | Computability theory is part of computer science. Scientists want to know what can be computed, and what can not.
There is a model of a computer that is used for this. It is called the Turing machine. A Turing machine basically is a special typewriter with an endless ribbon. The machine is named after the mathematici... |
22079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman%20%28city%29 | Batman (city) | Batman is a city in southeast Turkey. It is the capital (city) of the province with the same name. In 2010, 325,000 people lived there. There are many Kurds in that area. The area has much oil and gas.
There is a railway track at Kurtalan, near this city. The track runs all the way to Istanbul. There is also an airpor... |
22081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter | Typewriter | A typewriter is a machine that is for typing on a piece of paper instead of writing by hand. It has keys for typing letters, numerals, and symbols one at a time. Typewriters were created in 1829. Typewriters were originally invented to make writing faster and printing. The earliest typing was done on stone, clay, o... |
22082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnal%20animals | Nocturnal animals | Nocturnal (Latin: nox - night, darkness) animals are animals that are mainly active during the night. They hunt or feed during the night, and sleep during the day. Diurnal animals do it the other way around.
Crepuscular animals are mostly active near dawn, dusk, and sometimes when the full moon throws light. Domestic ... |
22087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship | Censorship | Censorship is when an authority (such as a government or religion) cuts out or suppresses communication.
This has been done widely. All countries, religions and societies have their limits as to what can be said, or written or communication by art or nowadays by computer.
Certain facts are changed or removed on purp... |
22088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czestochowa | Czestochowa | Częstochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta River. It has 248,894 residents. It has been in the Silesian Voivodeship (administrative division) since 1999, and was once the capital of Częstochowa Voivodship (1975-1998).
The town is known for the famous monastery of Jasna Góra Monastery, which is the home of the ... |
22091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voivodeships%20of%20Poland | Voivodeships of Poland | A Voivodeship is one of 16 different divisions of land in Poland. The word comes from the Polish "wojewoda" meaning a governor. |
22095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/50s | 50s | This is an article about the years 50 AD to 59 AD. Sometimes, the 50s is used for the 1950s.
Events and trends
The Roman emperor Claudius is murdered in (54). Nero be comes emperor.
Buddhism comes to China through the Emperor Ming of Han China
Significant people
Claudius, Roman Emperor (41–54).
Nero, Roman Emperor ... |
22096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball | Volleyball | Volleyball is a team sport. The teams are separated by a large net. It has six players on each side of the net. Each team is allowed twelve substitution players. The game starts when the captain from each team decides which side of the court they will play on, by the toss of a coin, which also determines who will serv... |
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