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27332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw%20Reymont | Władysław Reymont | Władysław Stanisław Reymont, born as Stanisław Władysław Rejment, (May 7, 1867 in Kobielce Wielkie, Poland – December 5, 1925 in Warsaw, Poland) was a well-known Polish writer, who won the Nobel Prize in 1924 for his four-volume epic novel "Chłopi" (The Peasants). This novel was about life of this part of the society. ... |
27333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introversion%20and%20extraversion | Introversion and extraversion | Introversion and extraversion is a personality dimension. It was promoted by Carl Jung in the 1920s. Individual people differ on this scale. According to the theory, introverts get energy from inside themselves (ideas and concepts in their own minds), while extroverts get energy from outside of themselves (interacting ... |
27334 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sartell%2C%20Minnesota | Sartell, Minnesota | Sartell is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The 2000 census said 9,641 live in the city. Newer information says 12,629 people live in the city. Sartell is in both Stearns County and Benton County.
History
Sartell started as a small town near the Mississippi River. It was first named "The Third Rapids" because i... |
27340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/50s%20BC | 50s BC |
Events
Julius Caesar, Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus make the First Triumvirate (ca. 59–53 BC).
Gallic Wars: Julius Caesar conquers much of Gaul, and leads two journeys to Britain (58–49 BC).
Bak Hyeokgeose makes the kingdom of Silla in Korea (57 BC)
Pompey builds Rome's first permanent (made to stay the sam... |
27341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1690s%20BC | 1690s BC |
Events
1700 - 1500 BC Hurrian conquest
1698 BC- King Jie of China kills his minister Guan Longfeng according to Chinese legend.
The Exodus: The Israelites leave Egypt, Thrasyllus of Mendes says this. He was an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer who lived c. 1691 BC.
1691 BC June—Lunar Saros 32 begins.
Signific... |
27343 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1680s%20BC | 1680s BC | Events (things that happened):
The sixteenth dynasty starts in Egypt
People make leavened bread in Egypt.
Important people:
Hammurabi dies in 1686 BC
Heremon dies in 1684 BC, (Irish legend)
17th century BC |
27344 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1670s%20BC | 1670s BC |
Events
The fifteenth dynasty starts in Egypt.
Pharaoh (king) Tutimaios of Egypt dies in 1674 BC.
People write Ipuwer Papyrus in 1674.
Hyksos invade Egypt in 1674.
17th century BC |
27346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080s%20BC | 1080s BC | Events (things that happened):
The nineteenth dynasty ends in Egypt in 1186.
The Trojan War ends on the 24 April 1184 BC
Menestheus (in legends he is the king of Athens) dies. he has ruled for 23 years. His nephew, Demophon, becomes king. (Some people think that Menestheus died before, in the 1190s BC.)
Important ... |
27347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset | Sunset | A sunset, which in some American dialects is called a sundown, is the time where the Sun goes below the horizon to the West. It is not dusk, which is the point when darkness begins, which can be sometime after the Sun sets, this begins twilight. The opposite of the sunset is the sunrise.
Parts of a day
Astronomical ph... |
27361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop%20punk | Pop punk | Pop punk (or punk-pop) is a form of popular music that blends punk rock with pop music and rock music. Pop-punk music has a lighter, happier sound than most punk rock and hardcore punk music. Most punk rock and hardcore punk music sounds angry and harsh, and has lyrics (words) about protest and anger.
Late 1970s and 1... |
27365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl%20Crow | Sheryl Crow | Sheryl Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She can also play guitar and bass guitar.
Many of her songs have charted and are still popular. They include "The First Cut Is the Deepest", "Soak Up the Sun", "If It Makes You Happy" and "All I Wanna Do".
Personal life
Crow has never... |
27366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby%20Checker | Chubby Checker | Ernest Evans (born October 3, 1941) better known as Chubby Checker, is a pop singer from the United States. He is most famous for his dance songs. After his famous appearance on American Bandstand, his cover version of Hank Ballard's "The Twist" hit #1 became a popular dance.
References
Singers from South Carolina
... |
27370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20people | Irish people | The Irish are an ethnic group who come from or came from the island of Ireland. There are two countries on the island of Ireland: the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Historically, the Irish have been primarily a Celtic people. Many countries, especially English-speaking countries, have people with Irish roo... |
27374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20Debussy | Claude Debussy | Achille-Claude Debussy (born St Germain-en-Laye, 22 August 1862; died Paris, 25 March, 1918) was a French composer. He was one of the most important composers of the early 20th century. Most of his compositions are for orchestra or for piano. He also wrote some songs, chamber music and one opera. He made his music very... |
27377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.O.D. | P.O.D. | P.O.D. (which stands for Payable on Death) is a metal band from San Diego, California. Its fans are called "The Warriors", and the band is known for its Christian messages.
Members
The members are Sonny Sandoval (lead singer), Marcos Curiel (guitar player), Wuv Bernardo (drummer) and Traa Daniels (bass player).
Hist... |
27399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential | Differential | Differential can refer to different concepts:
A differential equation in mathematical analysis
A differential (mechanical device), a mechanical device able to transmit power from one axis to another |
27400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird | Blackbird | The blackbird (Turdus merula, or common blackbird) is a thrush. It is a member of the passerine songbird family Turdidae.
It has a huge range across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. It has a number of subspecies across its range. Depending on latitude, the common bl... |
27403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geta%20%28footwear%29 | Geta (footwear) | Geta are traditional Japanese sandals. They are stilted to keep the hem of a kimono above the ground. They are worn with tabi socks. Geta makes the person's feet stay out of the mud.
Usually Japanese people wear them with a casual kimono rather than formal one. It is common to wear them with bare feet when a yukata is... |
27404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabi | Tabi | Tabi are traditional Japanese socks. The sock is divided at the toes that forms them into two groups. Tabi socks are worn with zori or geta sandals. The Tabi is of many different colours mainly white.
Footwear
Japanese clothing |
27417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bydgoszcz | Bydgoszcz | Bydgoszcz (, ) is a city in the north of Poland, capital of Kujavia-Pomerania voivodship, on the Brda and Wisła rivers. As of 2020, 345 000 people live there. Bydgoszcz is one of the biggest cities in Poland - placed in the 8th position. The city was located in 1346 by the king of Poland Casimir III the Great. Patrons... |
27428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mystery%20of%20Edwin%20Drood | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the last novel written by Charles Dickens. The novel was not finished at the time of Dickens's death (9 June 1870) and his ending for it is unknown.
Summary
The story is set in a fictional town called Cloisterham, which is believed to be based on Rochester. It begins as John Jasper is le... |
27439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vientiane | Vientiane | Vientiane () is the capital city of Laos. It is in the Mekong Valley, and over two hundred thousand people live in its central area.
Capital cities in Asia
Laos |
27444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome | Dome | A dome is a feature of architecture that usually looks like the upper half of a sphere on top of a building.
It is a feature that makes many religious and government buildings stand out, because if someone is speaking to others inside or under a dome, the voice sounds louder. Also a dome makes it easier to identify an... |
27447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address | Address | This article is about the kind of address that you find or communicate with someone through. Address can also mean public speaking. It can also be used when someone is working on something, or talking about something.
An address (pronounced AD-dress or ad-DRESS) is a way to find or communicate with someone. It can be ... |
27461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%20cell | T cell | A T cell is a type of lymphocyte, a white blood cell. T-cells plays an important role in the immune system. They attack infected cells, foreign cells, and cancer cells and completely destroy them. This stops viruses or cancer from spreading to healthy cells.
The "T" in T cell stands for thymus. The thymus is where T c... |
27478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit | Biscuit | A biscuit is a type of food. They are small baked breads or cakes.
Biscuits in British usage
In British English, Australian English, Canadian English and New Zealand English, biscuits are usually sweet and can be eaten with tea, milk or coffee. In North America these are called "cookies".
In spite of the difference,... |
27480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnet | Electromagnet | Electromagnets are temporary and artificial magnets. They are magnets that are only magnetic when there is a coil of wire with electricity running through it. The coil of wire is called a solenoid. The strength of the magnet is proportional to the current flowing in the circuit. The electricity running through the wir... |
27481 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau | Palau | Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island nation. It is in the Pacific Ocean. Palau is 300 miles (500 km) east of the Philippines. It got independence from United Nations trusteeship administration (administered by the United States of America) in 1994. It is one of the world's youngest and smallest nations... |
27485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island%20country | Island country | An island country (also sometimes called island nation or borderless country) is a country that is made up only of islands. They are not connected by land to any other nation. Each island only belongs to that country, so there are no borders. Examples of borderless countries are Iceland, Japan and Madagascar.
Many isl... |
27491 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llivia | Llivia | Llívia is a small Catalan town which is an exclave of Spain, being surrounded by France. The Spanish border is about one kilometre away. The town is part of Cerdanya, province of Girona. The French territory surrounding Llivia is the Pyrénées-Orientales département. Llivia had a total population of 1252 in 2005.
Histo... |
27503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%20Island | Monkey Island | Monkey Island is a well-known adventure game series made and published by LucasArts.
The games are known for their humor, and often use parody and clichés, both from pirate stories as well as from films.
The story takes place in the Caribbean. In the different games. The first one involves main character Guybrush Thr... |
27510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Arthur%20massacre | Port Arthur massacre | The Port Arthur massacre was a mass killing that took place at Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia. On Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April 1996 35 people were killed, and 18 people hurt. Martin Bryant used 2 semi-automatic guns to shoot people who were visiting Port Arthur. Port Arthur is a café and, hotel and historic site. ... |
27511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacker%20murders | Backpacker murders | Between 1990 and 1996, a total of seven people were killed in Australia. Since all of the people were backpackers, the events are known as backpacker murders today. All of their bodies were found in Belangalo State Forest, which is close to Sydney. Ivan Milat killed all of these people.
What happened
7 people were fo... |
27512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20of%20Azaria%20Chamberlain | Death of Azaria Chamberlain | Azaria Chamberlain (11 June 1980 – dissapeared on 17 August 1980) was an Australian baby who was born in Mount Isa, Queensland, and went missing in 1980 near Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, Australia. The family were camping in a tent at the base of the rock. Her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, said that she had been taken ... |
27513 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%20of%20Peter%20Falconio | Murder of Peter Falconio | Peter Falconio (20 September 1972 - c. 14 July 2001) was an English tourist who went missing in Northern Territory, Australia in 2001. Falconio was last seen near a place called Barrow Creek. This is one of Australia's greatest murder mysteries. Police say that he is dead. A trial decided that Bradley John Murdoch murd... |
27514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Howard | John Howard | John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is a former Australian politician who was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. John Howard is the second longest serving prime minister of Australia after Robert Menzies. John Howard is a member of the Liberal Party.
John Howard was a lawy... |
27517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish%20language | Swedish language | Swedish () is a language mostly spoken in Sweden and in parts of Finland, typically along the southern and western coasts and on the Åland islands. More than nine million people speak Swedish. It is similar to two of the other Scandinavian languages, Norwegian and Danish, and a person who understands one of these langu... |
27519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Mikac | Walter Mikac | Walter Mikac is an Australian writer and motivational speaker.
Walter Mikac's wife and two small children were killed at the Port Arthur massacre. He has written two books, one called To Have And To Hold and the other is called Circle of Life: Sustenance for the Soul. It is about handling grief and tragedy. He helped... |
27525 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Bryant | Martin Bryant | Martin Bryant (born 7 May 1967) is an Australian criminal who killed 35 people in Tasmania in 1996, in the Port Arthur massacre. He is now in prison for the most murders in Australian recorded history.
Bryant has been given a sentence of life in jail for each of the 35 murders. He is never to be released. He is held i... |
27526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20League | Rugby League | Rugby League is a ball sport. Two teams of thirteen players play against each other. The ball used is oval in shape. The field is a rectangle shape. It is 100 metres long and 70 metres wide. It is played for 80 minutes (40 minutes each half).
A try is scored when a player scores or touches the ball down in the in-goa... |
27528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin%20Hoffman | Dustin Hoffman | Dustin Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor. He has been in many movies.
Early life
Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the younger son of Lillian, a jazz pianist, and Harry Hoffman, who worked as a prop supervisor/set decorator at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furniture salesman. H... |
27529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopper%20Read | Chopper Read | Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (November 17, 1954 – October 9, 2013) was an Australian mobster who was born in Melbourne, Victoria. During his criminal career in the Melbourne mafia scene, he was convicted of many crimes, including armed robbery, assault, attempted murder, arson, impersonating a police officer and kidnapp... |
27530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle%20McFeast | Elle McFeast | Elle McFeast was a fictional character played by Australian comedienne Libbi Gorr, who started off on a show with Andrew Denton about sport in Australia called "Live and Sweaty". Gorr made up her character's name to make fun of Australian model Elle Macpherson. "McFeast" was the name of a hamburger from McDonald's.
... |
27531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle%20Macpherson | Elle Macpherson | Elle Macpherson (born Eleanor Nancy Gow on 29 March 1964, in Killara, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian supermodel and actress. She first became famous because of her advertisements for Coca-Cola where she wore a string bikini. She became a supermodel and became very famous. She is part owner of a cafe in... |
27532 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Denton | Andrew Denton | Andrew Christopher Denton is an Australian comedian and television presenter who likes to make fun of politics. He is famous for his comedy and interviewing technique.
Career
Andrew Denton used to have a television programme about sports in Australia called Live and Sweaty. He now has a programme called Enough Rope w... |
27533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene%20Rivkin | Rene Rivkin | Rene Rivkin (June 6, 1944 – May 1, 2005) was an Australian man, born in Shanghai, who made much money by buying stocks and shares on the Australian stockmarket. Rivkin had his own television show and magazine to help people to make money. Rivkin had cheated to make money from the stock market. Rivkin became depressed. ... |
27534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Bana | Eric Bana | Eric Bana AM (born Eric Banadinović on 9 August 1968) is an Australian actor. He was a comedian for a long time, and he was in a show called The Comedy Company. He then became a serious actor in the movie Chopper which is a biopic of criminal Chopper Read. His careerstarted with the sketch series Full Frontal. He bec... |
27536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American%20Vernacular%20English | African-American Vernacular English | African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is a name for the way that some African-American people talk in English. Linguists named AAVE, which is used by some non-black people. Some of the dialect's pronunciations and grammar are similar to how people talk in West Africa.
AAVE first came about in the 16th and the 17t... |
27538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/60s%20BC | 60s BC |
Things that happened
Philip II Philoromaeus ruled parts of Syris for a short time.
Important people
Pompey, Roman general, lived 106–48 BC
Mithridates VI, King of Pontus, lived 132–62 BC
Philip II Philoromaeus
Gaius Antonius Hybrida, became praetor in 66 BC |
27542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Vialls | Joe Vialls | Joe Vialls ( 1944 – 17 July 2005) was an Australian Internet journalist and conspiracy theorist. He was once a policeman and detective, but became a private investigator. He is most famous for writing many stories on the Internet about famous things that have happened around the world.
On April 17, 1984, a police wom... |
27545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatts%20Group%20Limited | Tatts Group Limited | Tatts Group Limited, formerly known as Tattersalls, is the name of a company in Australia that helps people to bet money. Tattersalls has made lots of money. A woman named Helen Harvey owned Tattersalls and had lots of money. When she died, she gave the money to her friend Martin Bryant. When Bryant went to jail after ... |
27547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukuba%2C%20Ibaraki | Tsukuba, Ibaraki | Tsukuba is a new city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is 50 km northeast of Tokyo and 40 km from Narita International Airport.
It has been recognized as a special city since 2007.
References
Other websites
The Tsukuba Wiki for foreign people
Cities in Japan
Settlements in Ibaraki Prefecture |
27548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narita%20International%20Airport | Narita International Airport | is a Japanese airport that is in Chiba, near Tokyo. It is one of the two primary airports in the Tokyo region.
The airport is east of Tokyo Station and east-southeast of Narita Station in the city of Narita in Chiba Prefecture.
Related pages
List of airports in Japan
References
Other websites
Narita Interna... |
27563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pup | Pup | Pup means the babies of several species of animals, such as:
Dog
Other members of the canine family (a group of animals)
Seal
Shark
Fox
Mouse
Ring-tailed lemur
Rat
Pig
stingray
Pup could also mean:
Sopwith Pup, a biplane fighter aircraft with only one seat. It was used by the British in World War I |
27564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor | Monitor | The word monitor is a Latin word for warner or suggester. The many uses of the word are listed below.
Display technology
A computer monitor (display screen)
A medical monitor, or any other hardware device that measures electrical events, such as a heart rate monitor
A speaker used on stage (facing the musicians) or i... |
27568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest | Chest | The chest is the front part of the torso. It is between the neck and abdomen.
In mammals, the parts that make up the thorax are the sternum, the thoracic vertebrae and the ribs. It starts from the neck and stops at the diaphragm.
In insects and crustaceans, it is the middle of the three main body sections. The walki... |
27585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn | Blackburn | Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England. The town has a population of about 105,000 people.
Blackburn is mentioned in one of the Beatles' songs. The town's football team is Blackburn Rovers F.C.
References
Towns in Lancashire |
27586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield | Springfield | Springfield can be:
Springfield, Illinois, U.S. city
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. city
Rick Springfield, musician and actor
Dusty Springfield, singer |
27589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Security%20Agency | National Security Agency | The National Security Agency (NSA) is part of the US government. The agency was started in 1952, and its main office is in Maryland.
Its stated goal is to protect the US people by
Worldwide "earsdropping," secretly listening to what people are saying in other countries. It monitors, collects, decodes, translates and a... |
27591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Wadlow | Robert Wadlow | Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) was the tallest person who ever lived.
Early life
Robert Pershing Wadlow was born to Addie Johnson and Harold Wadlow in Alton, Illinois on February 22, 1918, and was the oldest of five children. During elementary school, they had to make a special desk for him... |
27592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code | Code | A code is a way of changing information into something else. Sometimes this is done as a way of keeping a message secret. This is called encryption or cryptography.
One source gives this explanation: a code is "a word, number or some other symbol used to represent a word, phrase or syllable in plaintext". It is one o... |
27594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goaltender | Goaltender | For the similar jobs in other sports, see Goalkeeper.
The goaltender (also known colloquially as goalie or netminder) in ice hockey is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus stopping the other team from scoring. They usually stay close to the net.
A... |
27627 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies | Wikispecies | Wikispecies is a sister project of Wikipedia, and so it is a wiki supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is a free directory of species that wants to make a full catalogue of all living things. It tells of how species are classified into groups (taxonomy), and how those groups are similar to one another. It calls it... |
27709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopp%20Lagoon | Lopp Lagoon | Lopp Lagoon is a tidal lake on Cape Prince of Wales (the westernmost tip of the Seward Peninsula) in the U.S. state of Alaska. Many creeks empty into it, but the most water comes from the Mint River. Some salt water from the Pacific Ocean also enters the lagoon through several channels between it and the Bering Strait.... |
27710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20people | Welsh people | The Welsh are people from Wales, a country in the United Kingdom. Welsh people speak two languages, Welsh and English. They can also speak other languages occasionally.
Celtic peoples
Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom |
27711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/League%20of%20Nations | League of Nations | The League of Nations (French: Société des Nations) was the predecessor to the United Nations. The League was founded in 1920, after World War I, but failed to maintain peace and prevent World War II. The League had a Council of the great powers and an Assembly of all of its member countries.
The League of Nations ... |
27713 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiolingual%20method | Audiolingual method | The Audiolingual Method is a method for teaching foreign languages. Linguists at the University of Michigan invented this method in the late 1950s. In the Audiolingual method, students first hear a language. Later, they speak the language, and after that, they read and write in it. This way of language teaching is si... |
27716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro | Montenegro | Montenegro (meaning Black Mountain) is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is on the Adriatic Sea, between Albania (to the South) and Croatia to the North. Inland (to the East and South-East) it also has a common border with Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The country came to exist when its people decided to spli... |
27722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20eclipse | Solar eclipse | As seen from Earth, a solar eclipse /ee-klips/ happens when the Moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun. This makes the Moon fully or partially (partly) cover the sun. Solar eclipses can only happen during a new moon. Every year there are about two solar eclipses. Sometimes there are even five solar eclipses in ... |
27724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Fischer | Kate Fischer | Kate Fischer (born November 30, 1973) is an Australian model and actress. She was a very famous model for a long time. She had a job working on television on a cartoon program with a puppet called "Agro". She was in a movie called Sirens with Elle Macpherson and Sam Neill.
Other websites
Official website
Rotten To... |
27731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton%2C%20Illinois | Alton, Illinois | Alton is a city in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. About 34,500 people lived in Alton as of the year 2006.
References
Other websites
Official Website for the City of Alton
Cities in Illinois |
27733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian | Armenian | Armenian may mean:
Armenia, a country in South Caucasia (Transcaucasus)
Armenians, the Armenian people
Armenian language
Armenian alphabet
historical Armenian Kingdom:
Orontid Dynasty, 6th Century BC to 200 BC
Kingdom of Armenia (Antiquity) also known as Artaxiad or Arsacid Armenia, 190 BC to AD 387/428.
Kingdom... |
27736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minneapolis is a large city in Minnesota next to St. Paul. St. Paul and Minneapolis are known as the Twin Cities because they are right next to each other. Minneapolis is the biggest city in Minnesota with about 392,000 people. The Mississippi River runs through the city.
Etymology
Minneapolis derives from Minne ha-... |
27737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis is a large and major city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is by the Mississippi River. It was founded by the French. It was named after King Louis IX of France, who is also a Saint. It is often called the "Gateway City" because it was important to settlers traveling out west. Its most famous landmark is the... |
27738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Coady%20Wedemeyer | Albert Coady Wedemeyer | General Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897–1989) was an American army officer during World War II.
Wedemeyer was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 9, 1897. He studied at the United States Military Academy in West Point and graduated in 1919. After the start of World War II, he was made a temporary Lieutenant Colonel in 1941.... |
27739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20H.%20Tunner | William H. Tunner | Lt. General William H. Tunner (July 14, 1906 - April 6, 1983) was an American general.
After the Burma Road was cut by the advancing Japanese in early 1942, he organized the Allied logisitical airlift from India in to China over the Hump which was to support Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese forces and the Flying Tigers until... |
27740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota%2C%20Florida | Sarasota, Florida | Sarasota is a city on the West coast of Florida, in the United States. It is the place where the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has its home. In 2000, 52,715 people lived there (US. Census 2000). Many famous people have lived in the city, such as: Tom Cruise (actor), Brian Johnson (band singer), and Paul Re... |
27742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Reubens | Paul Reubens | Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, movie producer, game show host, and comedian, best known for portraying Pee-wee Herman. He is of Jewish descent. He appeared in many movies and television series in the late 1970s and early 1980s and worked with a group called "The Ground... |
27743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekskill%2C%20New%20York | Peekskill, New York | Peekskill is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the birthplace of New York Governor, George Pataki. Other famous people born there include Paul Reubens and Mel Gibson.
Cities in New York |
27750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C5%82kinia%20G%C3%B3rna | Małkinia Górna | Małkinia Górna is a village in Małkinia Dolna Community, Ostrowian County (head town of the county: Ostrów Mazowiecka), Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. There is probably the greatest village in Europe (by population) and one of the greatest places without town status.
Area: 6,97 km²
Population (as of 2006): 6000
Stan... |
27754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20C.%20Calhoun | John C. Calhoun | John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was the vice president of the United States for John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Calhoun was Vice President under two different presidents. George Clinton is the only other vice president to serve under two presidents. Calhoun's father was an Irish immigra... |
27755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvis | Pelvis | The pelvis (plural: pelves) is the part of the vertebrate body to which the legs attach. It has a very ancient history. This article is only about the human pelvis.
Pelvis can mean the lower part of the trunk of the human body, between the abdomen and the thighs. Or it can mean just the bones in that region.
The pelv... |
27757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Wars%20Episode%20I%3A%20The%20Phantom%20Menace | Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace is a science fiction movie released in 1999. This movie is the fourth movie that director George Lucas made in the Star Wars series.
Cast
Ian McDiarmid as Senator Palpatine
Ahemed Best as Jar Jar Binks
Kenny Baker as R2-D2
Frank Oz as Yoda
Story
Two Jedi Knights, Master Q... |
27758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Wars%20Episode%20II%3A%20Attack%20of%20the%20Clones | Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones is an American science fiction movie produced by Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox. This is the fifth movie that George Lucas made in the Star Wars series. It shows the reasons why Anakin Skywalker eventually became Darth Vader.
Premises
It has been 10 years after the events o... |
27760 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus%20Mail | Cyprus Mail | The Cyprus Mail is a newspaper written in English based in Cyprus. It is made every day, except Monday. Some of its news can be found on its website.
Other websites
Official website
English-language newspapers published in Asia
Republic of Cyprus |
27761 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision | Collision | A collision occurs when two objects come in contact with each other. All collisions have the same momentum before and after a collision. Examples of collisions include car crashes, bouncing a ball, and playing pool. Collisions are made from two smaller sections called elastic and inelastic collisions.
Elastic Collisio... |
27762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade | Belgrade | Belgrade is the capital city of the country of Serbia. Before the wars of the 1990s, it was the capital of Yugoslavia.
Belgrade is also one of the most popular travel destinations in Southeastern Europe. It is famous for a very busy nightlife and a lot of entertainment activities.
The main tourist attractions in Belg... |
27763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puncknowle | Puncknowle | Puncknowle is a village in Southwest Dorset, England, United Kingdom. In 2001, 491 people lived in it.
Villages in Dorset |
27775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy | A hydrogen economy is a hypothetical future economy in which the primary energy used for automobiles and other vehicles as well as creating electricity comes from hydrogen and renewable energy sources, like windmills and solar panel.
Purpose
The reason to use this is to replace the use of petroleum. It would also sto... |
27783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus | Brachiosaurus | Brachiosaurus (meaning "Arm lizard") was a herbivorous dinosaur genus that lived in the Upper Jurassic period. The name comes from the fact that the Brachiosaur's front legs were longer than its back legs. Most other dinosaurs had back legs that were longer than their front legs or arms. Brachiosaurus was about 25 m (8... |
27788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle | Barnacle | A barnacle is a cirripede, a kind of crustacean. It is covered with hard plates of calcium carbonate, and lives stuck to hard surfaces.
It does not look like a crustacean, and for many centuries it was thought to be a mollusc. In the 1830s, J.V. Thompson found their larvae, and followed their development through to th... |
27789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20organization | International organization | An international organization is an organization, active in more than one country. These organizations can not command countries and citizens in a way a government can. Many are intergovernmental organizations meaning that rather than having people as members, they have individual countries as members. They make rules ... |
27796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon%20of%20mass%20destruction | Weapon of mass destruction | Weapons of mass destruction are weapons that can cause a lot of damage to many people. In general, people see the following as weapons of mass destruction:
Chemical weapons, like poisonous gases (e.g. nerve gases)
Biological weapons. Those are usually germs, or other small living things that may cause a disease. E.g. S... |
27811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Arthur%2C%20Tasmania | Port Arthur, Tasmania | Port Arthur is a small town on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. It is about 80 km south east of the state capital, Hobart. It was settled as a penal colony (a very large prison for convicts). Port Arthur is now one of Australia's most important historic areas. In 2010 it was included on the UNESCO list of ... |
27859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus | Odysseus | In Greek mythology, Odysseus was the great grandson of the Greek god Hermes. He was the king of the island Ithaca. He was married to Penelope. Odysseus and Penelope had a son called Telemachos. Odysseus is a major character in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
Odysseus fought in the Trojan War. He invented the Trojan Horse, ... |
27860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast%20iron | Cast iron | Cast iron is an alloy of iron. The term is usually used for grey cast iron. There are two main types of cast iron: grey cast iron and white cast iron. The differences between the two are mainly based on the amount of silicon in the alloy. All cast iron has about 95% iron in it. Grey cast iron has 3% silicon and 2% carb... |
27868 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest | Incest | Incest means sexual intercourse between people who are closely related. Usually, this means members of the same family. In many societies, it is forbidden by law and religion. Which relatives it is forbidden to have sex with depends on the law, religion and culture. If pregnancy is a risk, there may be reasons based on... |
27875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Canterbury%20Tales | The Canterbury Tales | The Canterbury Tales is a book of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer. It was written in the 14th century. It was one of the first books to be written in Middle English. The book is about a group of pilgrims travelling from London to Canterbury. As they travel along, each person tells a story to pass the time. Chaucer ... |
27878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat | Sweat | Sweat, or perspiration, is a liquid made by the skin when the body is hot. Sweat is made in sweat glands under the surface of the skin. It comes out of tiny holes in the skin called pores. Sweat is mostly water, but it also contains some salts.
The body makes sweat to cool itself down. It is part of the body's thermo... |
27883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult%20Swim | Adult Swim | Adult Swim (stylized as [adult swim] or shortened to [as]) is an American adult-oriented nighttime programming block of the basic cable network Cartoon Network that is programmed by its in-house production studio, Williams Street. Marketed as a separate network for ratings purposes, Adult Swim broadcasts nightly from 8... |
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