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30724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Japan | History of Japan | The History of Japan in written form dates from the 1st century, but archeologists have found proof of people living in Japan for the last several thousand years from the time when the last Ice Age ended.
Prehistory
The first period of Japan's history is its prehistory, before the written history of Japan. Archeologi... |
30754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Saudi%20Arabia | History of Saudi Arabia | History of Saudi Arabia covers thousands of years with lots of people from different cultures living there. There was a culture called the Dilmun culture among them, which was very old and existed along the Persian Gulf. It was as old as the ancient civilizations of Sumerians and the Egyptians. Saudi Arabia had trading... |
30768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linga | Linga | A linga or a lingam is a very complex symbol of Hinduism. It is associated with Shiva, supreme god in main gods of the Hindus. The Hindu scriptures say that a linga represents energy and strength. In almost all the temples of Shiva, Shiva is shown in the form of a linga.
The Hindu scriptures also say that Shiva took t... |
30773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20National%20Guard | United States National Guard | The United States National Guard is an organization of the United States Army and the United States Air Force. The U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force are both branches of the United States military. The National Guard is a militia (an emergency army) for the United States. Each U.S. State has its own National Guard, usual... |
30774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop%27s%20Stortford | Bishop's Stortford | Bishop's Stortford is a town in Hertfordshire in south-east England, with about 35,000 people living there.
History
People have lived in the area for hundreds of thousands of years but it became a permanent town by the time of the Saxons.
The Domesday Book says there were 120 people living there in the 1100s. The No... |
30781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven | Raven | A raven is a big black bird, (Corvus corax). It may be called the common raven or the northern raven. It is similar to a crow but bigger. It and the thick-billed raven are the two largest birds in the crow family, and perhaps the heaviest perching birds. The raven's feathers are all black, but a crow has feathers that ... |
30782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malnutrition | Malnutrition | Malnutrition is eating a diet which does not supply enough nutrients. There are two broad cateogries of malnutrition:
The amount of food eaten is too little to provide for all the nutrients required. This is usually called undernourishment.
Sometimes, the amount of food is enough, but the quality of the food is su... |
30783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina%20parakeet | Carolina parakeet | The Carolina parakeet is an extinct species of parrot.
It was the last parrot type to have lived before the European conquest in the eastern United States. It was found from the Ohio Valley to the Gulf of Mexico, and lived in old woods along rivers.
The last wild Carolina parakeet was killed in Okeechobee County in ... |
30786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match%20Game | Match Game | Match Game was a game show that ran from 1962 to 1999. Hosted Premierie on 1973 Present CBS GSN & More Premierie June 26 2016 on ABC During $100,000 Pyramid Match Game The Hollywood Squares (1983) Like The Price is Right in Wheel of Fortune October 31 1983 on 1962-2016 Present Finale Until of 1979 in 1980-1982 in 1990 ... |
30812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia | Melanesia | Melanesia is a region of islands in Oceania.
It stretches from the western side of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, to the Arafura Sea, northeast of Australia. Its name was invented in 1832 and means "black islands".
The following islands and groups of islands since the 19th century have been considered part of Melanesia... |
30822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaphragm | Diaphragm | The diaphragm is a muscle that is at the bottom of the ribcage of mammals.
What it does
When breathing in, the diaphragm pulls down so that the size of the lungs increases, allowing air to enter the lungs.
When breathing out, the diaphragm rests and goes up making a dome shape, decreasing the size of the lungs and pus... |
30829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%20theory%20of%20disease | Germ theory of disease | The Germ theory of disease is a theory in biology. It says that small organisms (called germs), also known as microbes, cause some diseases. These diseases are called infectious diseases. The germ theory states that small organisms cause a reaction in the body of those who are infected. The body's reaction to infection... |
30830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor%20Day | Labor Day | Labor Day is a holiday in the United States and Canada on the first Monday of September. This holiday honors workers. It is similar to the May Day holiday in other countries. Many businesses close on Labor Day. Many students start school the day after Labor Day.
In some countries, it is known as International Work... |
30834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20cross | Christian cross | The Christian cross is the main symbol of the Christian religion. These crosses are usually found on Christian churches.
Jesus, who many Christians believe is God the Son and their Messiah, was crucified (nailed to a large wooden cross). This was a commonly used method for killing people in Roman times.
Christians ... |
30835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Luther%20King%2C%20Jr.%20Day | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a US Federal Holiday. It commemorates civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. It is celebrated on the third Monday in January and is one of only four United States Federal holidays to honor an individual person.
President Ronald Reagan signed a bill, proposed by Represe... |
30836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s%20Birthday | Washington's Birthday | Presidents' Day, originally was two separate observances, Abraham Lincoln's birthday, which was February 12, and George Washington's birthday, which was February 22. The two observances were combined in 1971 into a single observance which is held on the third Monday in February.
Presidential birthdays in the United... |
30837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial%20Day | Memorial Day | Memorial Day is a national holiday in the United States. It is also a state holiday in many states. The holiday honors troops who have died in past wars like World War I and the Korean War. Memorial Day was first held in 1865 after the American Civil War. It was called Decoration Day at that time. The holiday was first... |
30838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus%20Day | Columbus Day | Columbus Day is a holiday celebrating the day Columbus landed on San Salvador. It is celebrated in many countries. This holiday is very controversial because of the way Columbus treated the Native Americans at the time. |
30839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans%20Day | Veterans Day | Veterans Day is the American holiday when people who had served in the military during war-time are remembered and thanked. It is both a federal and a state holiday. The holiday is celebrated on the same day as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other countries. These holidays are all November 11. This is the day seen... |
30842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Vaughan%20Williams | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, 12 October 1872; d. London, 26 August 1958) was the most important English composer of his generation.
Vaughan Williams always pronounced his first name “Rafe” - (“Vaughan” rhymes with “born”). His father was a rector. Ralph was very young when his father died. ... |
30844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling | Recycling | Recycling is when you recover scrap or waste and reprocessing the material into useful products. Glass, paper, plastic, and metals such as aluminum and steel are often recycled. Dead plants, fruit and vegetable scraps can be recycled through composting.
It is important not to confuse recycling with reusing, which is... |
30845 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria | Transnistria | Transnistria, Transdniestria, or Pridnestrovie, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR; ), is a partially-recognized state in Eastern Europe.
The country is recognized by three other partially or unrecognized states, Abkhazia, Nargorno-Karabakh Republic, and South Ossetia. The country declared independ... |
30850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli%20intensity%20scale | Mercalli intensity scale | The Mercalli intensity scale (or more precisely the Modified Mercalli intensity scale) is a scale to measure the intensity of earthquakes. Unlike with the Richter scale, the Mercalli scale does not take into account energy of an earthquake directly. Rather, they classify earthquakes by the effects they have (and the de... |
30851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dili | Dili | Dili is the capital of the country East Timor. People from Portugal moved there around 1520. Now, Dili is home to about 150,000 people.
Other websites
Discover Dili
Capital cities in Asia
Cities in East Timor |
30853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly | Holly | Holly is a type of bush with recognisable leaves. The leaves have sharp edges, and are often used to decorate a house on Christmas Day. Some types of holly are used to make tea. The leaves of the Holly don't fall of in the winter because they're very thick and have a waxy layer on them.
Holly bushes produce berries tha... |
30856 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysentery | Dysentery | Dysentery is a disease that involves severe diarrhea. It is caused by a bacterium, which causes the intestines to swell up a lot. The main symptom of dysentery is having blood in the excrement. Some more symptoms are high fever and abdominal pain. It is usually treated with antibiotics. The diarrhea is severe and can b... |
30870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK | NHK | NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan's public broadcaster, like PBS in the United States. Its name is written as or Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai in Japanese.
History
NHK was founded in 1926, based on the BBC radio company in the United Kingdom. They began operating TV broadcasting in 1953. The first color broadca... |
30871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo%2C%20North%20Dakota | Fargo, North Dakota | Fargo is the largest city in the American state of North Dakota. It is in the eastern part of the state, near the Minnesota border. The city was founded in 1871, and it has a population of 105,549 as of the 2010 census. Fargo lies at the intersection of two major highways, Interstate 29 and Interstate 94.
County seats... |
30873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blur%20%28band%29 | Blur (band) | Blur are an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1988 originally under the name Seymour, the group's members are singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's first album Leisure (1991) contained the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. After a change in... |
30874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daft%20Punk | Daft Punk | Daft Punk were an electronic music duo from France. There are two people in the band, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). Daft Punk uses analog synthesizers and other real instruments to make their music. On 22 February 2021 they released the video "Epilogue"... |
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30876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Basketball%20Association | National Basketball Association | The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the world's top men's professional basketball league. It is one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. There are 30 teams in the league. 29 are in the United States and 1 is in Canada. It is a member of USA Basketball (USAB),. The NBA is one of the 4 majo... |
30881 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA%20Women%27s%20World%20Cup | FIFA Women's World Cup | The FIFA Women's World Cup is the most important competition in the sport of Women's association football . The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) organizes the World Cup every four years.
The most successful team has been the United States, with 3 titles.
List of Champions
References
Other we... |
30891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathula | Nathula | Nathula is a mountain pass in the Himalayas. It connects Sikkim in India and Tibet in China. It is at a height of 4,500 metres above sea level.
Himalayas
Mountain passes
Mountain passes of India
Mountains of China
Territorial disputes of India
Sikkim
Tibet |
30911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike%20Gold%20Rush | Klondike Gold Rush | The Klondike Gold Rush happened in the 1890s when many people went to the Klondike region of the Yukon, in Canada. They hoped to find gold there and become rich. Many of these prospectors came from the United States. Gold was first found in Klondike in a creek called Rabbit Creek. Prospectors named the creek "Bonanza C... |
30921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone%20High | Clone High | Clone High is an animated comedy television show about a high school full of clones of famous dead people. It aired on MTV in the USA and Teletoon in Canada. It was produced by Nelvana, Touchstone Pictures, Teletoon Canada, and MTV.
Characters
Main Characters
Abraham Lincoln
Cleopatra
Mahatma Gandhi
Joan of Arc
John ... |
30924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Civil%20War | Chinese Civil War | The Chinese Civil War was a civil war fought from 1927 to 1951 because of differences in thinking between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Kuomintang (KMT, or Chinese Nationalist Party). The war was a fight for legitimacy as the government of China. The war began in April 1927 because of the Northern Expeditio... |
30927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh | Nagorno-Karabakh | Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed region in the South Caucasus. Legally, it is recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but from 1994 to 2020, most of it was militarily controlled by Armenians as the Republic of Artsakh, which is not officially recognized by any other country, including Armenia which supports it. Currently, diff... |
30928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle%20upon%20Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne is a city in north-east England. About 250,000 people live in the city, though more live in the area around it.
Newcastle is one of the biggest cities in England and is mostly famous for the River Tyne, Angel of the North, Newcastle Brown Ale, the Great North Run, and the iconic Millennium Bridge.
... |
30932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Read | James Read | James Christopher Read (born July 31, 1953) is an American actor. He acted in many movies and television series. He is best known for the North and South miniseries (1985, 1986, 1994). He was born in Buffalo, New York.
Filmography
The following is some of the movies and television programms Read has been in.
Other w... |
30939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr%20play | Satyr play | Satyr plays were an ancient Greek form of theatre, similar in spirit to burlesque. They featured choruses of satyrs, were based on Greek mythology, and were rife with mock drunkenness, brazen sexuality (including phallic props), pranks, sight gags, and general merriment.
Theatrical forms
Ancient Greece |
30940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier%20League | Premier League | The Premier League, commonly known as the English Premier League, or the EPL (formerly called the Barclays Premier League due to sponsorship reasons and before 2007 the Premiership) is the top tier of English football. 20 teams compete in the Premier League each season, which is usually played between August and May. E... |
30947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giro%20d%27Italia | Giro d'Italia | The Giro d'Italia, or Tour of Italy, is a famous bicycle race held in Italy, every spring. It is one of the most famous, and best paid bicycle races. The first race was in 1909. It started because the editor of a newspaper called La Gazzetta dello Sport wanted more people to read his newspaper. He planned a race simi... |
30964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalynn%20Carter | Rosalynn Carter | Eleanor Rosalynn Carter (née Smith; August 18, 1927) is an American activist and writer who had served as First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as the wife of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. She had also served as First Lady of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 when her husband was Governor o... |
30966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitopadesha | Hitopadesha | Hitopadesa is a collection of short stories. It was originally written in Sanskrit. It is very similar to another Sanskrit book named Panchatantra. It contains fables with both animal and human characters.
The book was written many centuries before. Its stories are now well known in different parts of the world.
The... |
30968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius | Tiberius | Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD) was the second Roman Emperor. He ruled from 14 to 37 AD. He was the step-son of Caesar Augustus.
Tiberius was one of Ancient Rome's greatest generals, whose campaigns protected the northern frontier. He reigned for 22 years, and the first p... |
30972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/14 | 14 | 14 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pompeius and Appuleius.
Events
Roman Empire
Tacitus reports that the town and port of Nauportus is plundered by a mutinous Roman legion.
Tiberius succeeds his s... |
30973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Bradbury | Ray Bradbury | Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an American writer. His most famous works are The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451. He also wrote big collections of short stories such as "Driving Blind."
He was born in Waukegan, Illinois to a Swedish mother. He graduated from a high school in Los Angele... |
30975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpoise | Porpoise | Porpoises are mammals that live in the ocean. They are in the order Cetacea. They form the family Phocoenidae. There are six species of porpoise.
Taxonomy
Family Phocoenidae:
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena... |
30978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetology | Cetology | Cetology is a type of science. It is the study of the cetaceans. It includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
Cetology is the branch of marine mammal science which studies approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoise in the scientific order Cetacea. The term was created in the mid-19th century from t... |
30979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primatology | Primatology | Primatology is a type of science that is part of zoology, that studies primates (monkeys, apes, lemurs, and humans). Primatology is a part of physical anthropology.
References
Branches of zoology
Anthropology
Physical anthropology |
30980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan | Orangutan | Orangutans (Pongo) are great apes belonging to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. There are two species of orangutan. They are from Southeast Asia. There are very few of them left, because loss of the jungle has reduced their habitat. There are orangutans on view at the Singapore zoo.
The name orangutan comes ... |
30981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeting | Greeting | Greetings are nice things to say when people meet each other. Greetings may be different from culture to culture. These are some greetings used a lot in the English language:
"Hello" Formal, Neutral and Informal
"Hi" Neutral and Informal
"Hey" Informal
Good Bye,greeting used while leaving each other
"Good [morning,... |
30982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight | Sunlight | Sunlight is the light and energy that comes from the Sun. When this energy reaches the earth's surface, it is called insolation. What we experience as sunlight is actually solar radiation. It is the radiation and heat from the Sun in the form of electromagnetic waves.
The atmosphere affects the amount of solar radiati... |
30983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theism | Theism | Theism is the religious belief that at least one god exists while rejecting the existence or importance of polytheistic gods or goddesses. In a broader definition it can also be the belief in God or gods in general, including all types of god-belief. Polytheism is the belief in several gods, while monotheism is the bel... |
30985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiosaur | Plesiosaur | The plesiosaurs were an order of large, carnivorous marine reptiles. They flourished from 245 million years ago (mya) to 65 mya.
In 1719, William Stukeley described the first partial skeleton of a plesiosaur. The great-grandfather of Charles Darwin, Robert Darwin of Elston told him about it.
Mary Anning was the first ... |
30988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland%2C%20Texas | Midland, Texas | Midland is a city in the American state of Texas. It is called Midland, because it is the midway point between two bigger cities in Texas, Fort Worth and El Paso. Oil was discovered in the region in 1923 and is still a larger part of the economy.
Midland is also famous as the hometown of former First Lady Barbara Walk... |
30990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinia | Sardinia | Sardinia (, Sardinian: Sardigna) is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an autonomous region of Italy. It was formerly the Kingdom of Sardinia.
The official name is, in Italian, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna.The capital and largest city is Cagliari.
Geography
The island of Sardinia has an area... |
30991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20reactor | Nuclear reactor | A nuclear reactor is a machine that uses fission to generate heat. There are different designs which use different fuels. Most often, uranium-235 or plutonium-239 are the main components of these fuels.
Most nuclear reactors are used to make electricity. In nuclear power plants heat from the fission reactions in the ... |
31005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samobor | Samobor | Samobor is a city in Zagreb County, Croatia, population 36,206 (2001). It is west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of Samoborsko gorje (Samobor hills, the eastern part of the Žumberak Mountains), in the Sava river valley. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area.
Samobor has been there since 1242, according to ... |
31006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt%20%28Oder%29 | Frankfurt (Oder) | Frankfurt (Oder) or Frankfurt an der Oder (; abbreviated , Polish: Frankfurt nad Odrą, Low Sorbian: Frankobrod nad Odru, Low German: Frankfort an de Oder, Upper Sorbian: Frankobrod nad Wódru, lit. 'Frankfurt at the Oder') is a town in Germany. It lies on the Oder river, which marks the current border between Germany an... |
31008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook%20Islands | Cook Islands | The Cook Islands are a group of islands in the southern Pacific. They form an independent state, but have strong ties with Peter Griffin. The 15 small islands have a total land surface of 240 square kilometers. About 18.000 people live on the islands, most of them from tourism. The largest island, Rarotonga, also holds... |
31012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punishment | Punishment | Punishment is when something is done to a person (or animal) that they do not like. It may be because they broke a rule. There are many kinds of punishment, from a death penalty for very bad crimes, to things that parents may do to punish children, like spanking them or taking away their toys. People are often sent to... |
31015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om | Om | The two letters OM can mean
Order of Merit, a British and Commonwealth ward
Another way of spelling Aum, a sacred Hindu word. |
31022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20whale | Blue whale | The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal of the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti). They grow to be about 30 meters long. The biggest blue whale found was 190 tons and measured 98 feet long. Larger specimens have been measured at 110 feet, but never weighed. This makes blue whales the largest... |
31023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacea | Cetacea | The order Cetacea are marine mammals that live in oceans, seas, and even a few rivers around the world. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are part of this group. These common name refer to size: whales are the largest, porpoises the smallest. How and what they eat is a better guide to their relationships. The study of ce... |
31026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Gaelic%20language | Scottish Gaelic language | Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig, pronounced "Gah-lick") is a Celtic language. It is commonly called just Scots Gaelic in Scottish English. It is a sister language of Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic; all three are Goidelic languages. These are related to the Welsh language, Cornish language and the Breton language (these three a... |
31027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20language | Scottish language | Scottish language can mean:
Scottish Gaelic language - the Celtic language spoken in Scotland today
Scots language - a West Germanic idiom spoken in parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Donegal, Ireland
Scottish English - the group of dialects of the English language currently used in Scotland |
31035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Germanic%20languages | West Germanic languages | The West Germanic Languages are a branch of Germanic languages first spoken in Central Europe and the British Isles. The branch has three parts: the North Sea Germanic languages, the Weser-Rhine Germanic languages, and the Elbe Germanic languages. The most spoken languages in the branch are English, German, and Dutch. ... |
31039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic%20languages | Germanic languages | The Germanic languages are a group of Indo-European languages. They came from one language, Proto-Germanic, which was first spoken in Scandinavia in the Iron Age. Today, the Germanic languages are spoken by around 515 million people as a first language. English is the most spoken Germanic language, with 360-400 million... |
31042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi | Punjabi | Punjabi might mean:
Something related to the Punjab region in Pakistan and India
Punjab (India), a state of India
Punjab (Pakistan), a province of Pakistan
Punjabi language
Punjabi people, an ethnic group from the Punjab region in Pakistan and India
Related pages
Punjab, a disambiguation page |
31043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer%20whale | Killer whale | Killer whales, or Orcas (Orcinus orca) are a form of dolphins that have mostly black skin with white patches. They are found in all the world's oceans, from the cold of the Arctic to the tropical seas. They are easy to identify because of their distinctive white and black colouring. They live in pods.
Lifestyle
Like ... |
31048 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man | Pac-Man | Pac-Man is an arcade video game that was made by Namco and designed by Toru Iwatani. It was released in 1980, and became very popular in the history of games.
In Pac-Man, the player makes a Pac-Man, a yellow disc, move around a maze. The ghosts are Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. The goal is to eat every yellow pellet... |
31051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting%20star | Shooting star | A shooting star is the common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere. A shooting star is also broken pieces of meteors that have become broken off in space.
Shooting star could also mean:
Shooting Star (band), a rock band from Kansas City, MO
Shooting Star (comics), a character from Ma... |
31054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarati | Gujarati | Gujarati might mean:
Anything related to Gujarat, a state in India
Gujarati people
Gujarati language
PATEL family tree: |
31056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot%20Noodle | Pot Noodle | Pot Noodle is a type of cup noodle sold in the United Kingdom. They contain noodles, soya pieces, vegetables, and seasoning powder with a packet of sauce that can be added to taste.
Available products
Pot noodles are available in several varieties:
Beef and Tomato
Bombay Bad Boy
Chicken and Mushroom
Chow Mein
Hot Chi... |
31065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic | Greenlandic | Greenlandic could mean:
Anything relating to Greenland or its people
Greenlandic language, the modern languages of Greenland
Occasionally, the Danish language as spoken in Greenland |
31072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman%20%281978%20movie%29 | Superman (1978 movie) | Superman is a 1978 movie based on the popular Superman superhero comic book. It was directed by Richard Donner, produced by Ilya Salkind, and the music was provided by John Williams. The movie starred Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Phyllis Thaxter, Glenn Ford, and Jackie Coop... |
31075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic%20violence | Domestic violence | Domestic violence means that in a relationship or marriage, one or both of the partners uses physical, sexual or psychological violence to try to get power or control over the other or due to losing their temper. Domestic violence can occur in heterosexual and same-sex relationships. There is often a predictable patter... |
31081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emersons%20Green | Emersons Green | Emersons Green is an area with lots of houses, just to the north of Bristol, in England.
It used to be just farming land between Mangotsfield and Downend, but in the 1990s houses, schools and shops were built.
Emersons Green is in South Gloucestershire.
There is a large shopping area in Emersons Green, including Sai... |
31083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx | Archaeopteryx | Archaeopteryx is one of the most important fossils ever discovered. It is a bird from the Upper Jurassic, about 150 million years ago. It shows the evolutionary link between non-avian theropod dinosaurs and birds, but it is not the ancestor of modern birds.
The first Archaeopteryx was found in 1860 near Solnhofen in ... |
31084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosel-Saar-Ruwer | Mosel-Saar-Ruwer | Mosel-Saar-Ruwer is a German wine-growing-region in the valleys of the rivers Moselle, Saar and Ruwer near Koblenz and Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is famous for its wines of Riesling, Elbling and Müller-Thurgau grapes.
There are the following six sub-regions with 19 large vineyards:
Region Cochem / Untermosel
W... |
31086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail | Snail | A snail is a common name for a kind of mollusc. The term is used for a gastropod with a coiled shell. Their fossil records extends back into the Carboniferous period.
Land snails and slugs breathe with a kind of lung. They used to be put together in a group, the Pulmonata. This was a well-known order in traditional ta... |
31087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruwer%20River | Ruwer River | The Ruwer is a river in Germany with a length of , a tributary of the Mosel River. The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the wine-growing region Mosel-Saar-Ruwer near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is famous for its Riesling wines.
At the lower Ruwer valley are the villages Waldrach, Kasel, Mertesdorf, Eitelsbach a... |
31088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug | Slug | Slug is a general term for a gastropod mollusc which has no shell, or just a small internal shell.
Slugs belong to several different families which also include snails with shells. Snails are gastropods with a coiled shell large enough for the animal to pull back inside. The families of land slugs are not very closel... |
31090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruwer | Ruwer | Ruwer could mean:
Ruwer River, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ruwer (municipality), a convention community (Verbandsgemeinde) in Rhineland-Palatinate
Ruwer (suburb), a suburban part of Trier
Ruwer (region), a part of the German wine-growing region Mosel-Saar-Ruwer near Trier |
31091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruwer%20%28municipality%29 | Ruwer (municipality) | Ruwer is a municipality (a convention community called Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer) on the River Ruwer. The administrative offices are in the town of Waldrach, and it should not be confused with the nearby town of Ruwer, which is for administrative purposes a part of the city of Trier.
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31094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder | Gunpowder | Gunpowder (or gun powder) is a mix of chemical substances (75% saltpeter, 15% charcoal and 10% sulfur). It is used primarily in firearms, burns very quickly, and creates gases. Those gases use up more space than the gunpowder they come from, so they push outward. If the gunpowder is in a small space, the gases will pu... |
31095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor | Mayor | A mayor is a person who is in charge of the administration of a city. Some mayors are elected by the people who live in that city. For other cities, a central government body may choose the mayor. Some large cities have a Lord Mayor.
In federal countries like Germany the mayor can also be head of the government of ... |
31104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churning%20of%20the%20Ocean | Churning of the Ocean | Churning of the Ocean is a mythical story of Hinduism and Hindu mythology. It is described in many Hindu scriptures, especially in the Mahabharata and the Puranas. The story tells about the churning of the ocean by the gods and the demons. From this churning of the ocean, several things came out of the ocean. Some of t... |
31106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Washington | Martha Washington | Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 – May 2, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first President of the United States. Although people only started using the term decades after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States.
Early life
She was born on... |
31107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail%20Adams | Abigail Adams | Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744–October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States. Later on, people started to address the wife of the president as the First Lady. So, she became the second First Lady of the United States. She was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts. She belonge... |
31108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Jefferson%20Randolph | Martha Jefferson Randolph | Martha Washington Jefferson Randolph (September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836) was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. Because her father was a widower, Martha Washington Jefferson Randolph acted as the First Lady of... |
31120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracaju | Aracaju | Aracaju is the modern capital city of the state of Sergipe in the northeastern region of Brazil. It has about 470.000 inhabitants (estimate 2003) and lies between the cities of Salvador and Maceio, also in the northeast of Brazil. It was planned and built to be the state capital in 1855.
Cities in Sergipe
Capitals of ... |
31121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Midsummer%20Night%27s%20Dream | A Midsummer Night's Dream | A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play by William Shakespeare. The exact date the play was written is unknown. It is generally accepted that the play was written in 1595 or 1596. It was first printed in 1600. In 1623, the play was printed in the First Folio, a collection of all of Shakespeare's plays.
Shakespeare's sour... |
31140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka | Vodka | Vodka is a Russian alcoholic drink that is usually about 40% alcohol. It is clear (but can be flavoured), though it is sometimes mixed with other liquids before people drink it. It was first popular in the Slavic countries of Eastern Europe and former republics of the Soviet Union.
Things that are made into vodka
Vo... |
31142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20reproduction | Sexual reproduction | Sexual reproduction is how most animals and plants reproduce. Some protists and fungi also reproduce this way. Organisms that reproduce sexually have two different sexes: male and female.
In sexual reproduction, offspring are produced when sperms fertilise eggs from the female. Various steps are involved in this proce... |
31143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy | Leprosy | Leprosy is a contagious disease. It has been known for a very long time. Today, it is mostly called Hansen's disease, named after the person who discovered the bacterium, Gerhard Armauer Hansen. It is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae. A person with leprosy is called a leper.
As of 2004, the estimated number... |
31150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolley%20Madison | Dolley Madison | Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849) was the wife of US President James Madison. James Madison was president from 1809 to 1817 while Dolley Madison was the First Lady of the United States. She is best known for saving Washington's portrait when the British burned the White House in the War of 1814.... |
31153 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Monroe | Elizabeth Monroe | Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (1768 - September 23, 1830) was the wife of James Monroe. James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States.
Elizabeth Monroe was born in an old family of New York. When she was a girl of 17 years, she married James Monroe. At that time, Monroe was a lawyer. He was aged 27 years. Onc... |
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