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32769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamm | Hamm | Hamm (Latin: Hammona) is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the Arnsberg Government Region
It has about 185,000 inhabitants.
References
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Urban districts in Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg |
32771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne%2C%20North%20Rhine-Westphalia | Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia | Herne is a German city, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, belonging to the Ruhr area. It is part of the Arnsberg Government Region
It has about 170,000 inhabitants.
References
Urban districts in Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg |
32773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BClheim | Mülheim | Mülheim an der Ruhr (Low German and Low Franconian: Mölm, Ripuarian: Müllem) is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, belonging to the Ruhr area.
Around 170,000 people live there.
References
Urban districts in Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf |
32776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solingen | Solingen | Solingen is a city in Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is near Düsseldorf and Wuppertal.
Solingen has about 165,000 inhabitants.
In 1993, five Turks were killed in an arson attack.
References |
32783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa%20%28moon%29 | Europa (moon) | Europa is a large moon of the planet Jupiter. It is a little smaller than Earth's Moon and it is the sixth-largest moon in the solar system.
Europa's diameter is about 3000 kilometers. It probably has an iron core, and an atmosphere that's mostly oxygen. The surface is icy and very smooth. There are not a lot of crate... |
32784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keane | Keane | Keane are an English rock band. They started in East Sussex. They are known for using pianos and their little use of guitars in their music. They listen to artists like The Beatles, U2 and Oasis.
Tim Rice-Oxley and Dom Scott composed the songs that the band played from 1997 to 2001. When Dom left in 2001, Tim composed... |
32785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Rice-Oxley | Tim Rice-Oxley | Timothy James Rice-Oxley (born 2 June 1976, in Oxford, England) is an English musician. He is the pianist of rock band Keane. He plays piano and bass. He also writes the songs for the band.
Early life
He took piano lessons which he hated. This because he had to play classic music and he thought it was boring. Later, ... |
32786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Chaplin | Tom Chaplin | Thomas "Tom" Oliver Chaplin (born 8 March 1979) is the singer of the rock band Keane. He comes from Battle, East Sussex.
He went to Tonbridge school with his friend Tim Rice-Oxley. There they met Richard Hughes and Dominic Scott. He was invited to join the band in 1997, when the name "The Lotus Eaters" was changed to ... |
32787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somewhere%20Only%20We%20Know | Somewhere Only We Know | "Somewhere Only We Know" is a song by English band Keane. It is their third single. The song is played using a piano, drums and bass. The song was the first single from the album Hopes and Fears. The single was very popular in the United Kingdom and world wide.
Composition and recording
"Somewhere Only We Know" was c... |
32788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under%20the%20Iron%20Sea | Under the Iron Sea | Under the Iron Sea is the second album by rock band Keane. It was launched in June 2006.
There is a version with a bonus DVD. This includes videos and demo versions of songs.
The title of the album comes from the phrase "I lost my heart. I buried it too deep under the iron sea," of the eighth (8th) song, "Crystal Bal... |
32791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20songs%20by%20Keane | List of songs by Keane | This is a list of songs of Keane. Keane is a rock band from England.
The songs are divided for easy consult.
Unknown songs
These old songs were written by Keane. They have not been heard as there are no recordings from them. They are known because the band had mentioned them.
11th Hour Blues
All I Was
Captain Planet
D... |
32793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s%20Changing | Everybody's Changing | "Everybody's Changing" is the first single by the rock band Keane. It was released two times. It was the first Keane CD to be sold in stores.
Versions
There are two different versions of the song. The song was first composed in 2001 by Tim Rice-Oxley. The first version was recorded at Keane's home. The second one at t... |
32794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic%20Scott | Dominic Scott | Dominic "Dom" Scott (15 May 1979) is an Irish guitarist, known for being the guitarist for the rock band Keane. He is the co-founder of a band named,"The Lotus Eaters" It was founded in 1995 withTim Rice-Oxley. They invited Richard Hughes to play the drums.
In 1997 Rice-Oxley asked Scott and Hughes to let Tom Chaplin ... |
32795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langeoog | Langeoog | Langeoog (Low German: Long Island) is a German Island in the North Sea.
Langeoog is about 10 kilometers long (from east to west), has a 14 kilometer long beach and covers an area of about 20 km². There are about 2000 people living on Langeoog.
Traffic
Cars are not allowed to drive on Langeoog. People on the Island us... |
32801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirt | Shirt | A shirt is a kind of cloth which is made to cover the upper body. In North America, shirts can mean T-shirts, polo shirts, etc. In Britain, a shirt has a collar, sleeves with cuffs and split in half with buttons on one side. (North Americans would call this a "dress shirt", a specific type of "collared shirt"). Some... |
32804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shirt | T-shirt | A T-shirt or tee shirt is a kind of shirt which has short sleeves. These sleeves cover the shoulders and the top of the arm, but they do not cover the elbow or the forearm. T-shirts are usually made from cotton fabric or fabric which contains a mix of cotton and polyester. T-shirts are usually considered a casual type ... |
32805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeve | Sleeve | A sleeve is a piece of material which covers an arm. It is usually a part of a shirt or other garment.
Clothing |
32809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi | Taxi | A taxi (taxicab or cab in the United States) is a car, or other vehicle which is used for public transport. People use them to get to where they want to go. This means there are no stops in between where they get on and where they get off. Many big cities have taxis.
In most other types of public transport, such as a... |
32811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastbourne | Eastbourne | Eastbourne is a large town in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. It is in the county of Sussex. It is a place where people go on holiday and also where non-English speakers go to learn English. It is at the eastern end of the chalk hills called the South Downs, and next to the hig... |
32812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunburn | Sunburn | A sunburn is a kind of burn that happens when skin is exposed to sunlight for too long. The ultraviolet part of sunlight breaks down natural chemicals in the skin. This makes the skin become red. A sunburn can be painful. Sunburns stay for days or weeks.
People with lighter skin have more sunburns than people with dar... |
32821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp | Antwerp | Antwerpen is a city in Antwerp province in the north of Belgium. It is at 51° 12 North, 04° 24 East.
It is the capital of the province with the same name.
In 2007, 466,203 people lived there. The city is divided in 9 zones, called districts:
Antwerp
Berchem
Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo
Borgerhout
Deurne
Ekeren
... |
32823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste | Trieste | Trieste (/triˈɛst/ tree-EST, Italian: [triˈɛste]; Slovene: Trst [tə́ɾst]; German: Triest, German pronunciation: [tʁiˈɛst]) is a city in the north-east of Italy in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Characteristics
Trieste was a Roman city that in the Middle Ages was under the control of the Republic of Venice. Lat... |
32825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offenbach%20am%20Main | Offenbach am Main | Offenbach is a city in the German state of Hesse. It is on the river Main near Frankfurt am Main. The city has about 120,000 people. The Deutscher Wetterdienst (German weather service) is in Offenbach.
Economy
Until the early 1970s the economy of Offenbach was mainly the machine-building and leather industries. The c... |
32826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heilbronn | Heilbronn | Heibronn (German: [haɪlˈbʁɔn]; Alemannic German: Hailbrunn, local dialect: Hallbrunn, Haalbrunn) is a city in Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. With about 117,000 people, Heilbronn is the sixth largest town in Baden-Württemberg.
Heilbronn is also on the river Neckar and is known for the wine which was grown in... |
32827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildesheim | Hildesheim | is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is in the district of Hildesheim and is about 30 km southeast of Hanover. The city is on the banks of the River Innerste, which is a smaller river that flows into the River Leine. It can be reached from Autobahn A7, which links Kassel, Göttingen and Hanover.
It has about 110,0... |
32828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pforzheim | Pforzheim | Pforzheim (Alemannic German: Pforze) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
It has about 116,000 inhabitants.
References
Other websites |
32830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recklinghausen | Recklinghausen | Recklinghausen (Westphalian: Riäkelhusen) is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, belonging to the Ruhr area. It has about 120,000 inhabitants.
References
Recklinghausen Rural District |
32832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony.
It had about 124,000 inhabitants in 2016. The automobile company Volkswagen has its main office in Wolfsburg.
References
Other websites |
32834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergisch%20Gladbach | Bergisch Gladbach | Bergisch Gladbach (; Ripuarian: Jläbbisch Gläbbich) is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
It is near to Cologne and has about 110,016 inhabitants.
Well-known people
Heidi Klum (b. 1973), model, actress and singer
References
Other websites
Rheinisch-Bergische Rural District |
32835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlangen | Erlangen | Erlangen (; East Franconian: Erlang) is a German city in the state of Bavaria.
It has about 105,000 inhabitants.
Erlangen is near to Nuremberg (Nürnberg). Both cities share the University Erlangen-Nürnberg.
References |
32836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gera | Gera | Gera is a city in the east of Germany, in the state of Thuringia.
It has about 100,000 inhabitants.
History
In the beginning, "Gera" was not the name of a village or city, but of a region or district. This district was mentioned in a document for the first time in the year 995. Four years later, in 999, the Holy Rom... |
32838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remscheid | Remscheid | Remscheid is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
It has about 115,000 inhabitants.
References
Urban districts in Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf |
32852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undernet | Undernet | Undernet is an Internet Relay Chat network that was made in 1992. It has many channels, but there are few limits to what kind of channels can be made.
Internet Relay Chat |
32853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20Micro%20Devices | Advanced Micro Devices | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is a large American company from Sunnyvale, California that makes computer hardware components. It makes many different computer parts, but it is most famous for its Central Processing Units (CPUs) and Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Another important product are their motherboard c... |
32858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%20Institute%20of%20Technology | Illinois Institute of Technology | The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is one of the best universities in the United States as U.S. News & World Report, a magazine, puts it at number 108. Most students of this university focus on science or technology as their major, or subject they ... |
32859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Minkowski | Hermann Minkowski | Hermann Minkowski (22 June 1864 in Kaunas – 12 January 1909 in Göttingen) was a German mathematician of Jewish descent. He was one of Albert Einstein's teachers.
Minkowski is perhaps best known for his work in relativity, in which he showed in 1907 that his former student Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity... |
32860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate%20of%20deposit | Certificate of deposit | A certificate of deposit (CD) is a way to store money at a bank or credit union. A CD is written for a period of time: usually between three months and five years. The person who wanted the CD—the consumer—agrees to give the money to the bank for that period of time and may not take the money back until the time has ex... |
32863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousins%20Subs | Cousins Subs | Cousins Subs is a "sub" shop that makes submarine sandwiches. It was created in the 1970s in Wisconsin.
They opened their first restaurant in Milwaukee, at 60th Street and Silver Spring Drive. It closed after several years of success. The oldest Cousins Subs is on the corner of Brady Street and Farwell Avenue in Milw... |
32873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Walpole | Robert Walpole | Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford was a British politician. He is regarded by many as the first de facto Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (then called Great Britain). The position of prime minister was not actually official at that time.
Walpole He was born in Houghton, Norfolk on 26 August 1676. He died on ... |
32876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeuwarden | Leeuwarden | Leeuwarden is a city in the north of the Netherlands.
It has about 110,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of a part of the Netherlands where a lot of people speak Frisian. The name of that province is Friesland. Leeuwarden is called Ljouwert in Frisian.
On 1 January 2014, Boarnsterhim is a part of the municipality of ... |
32877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middelburg%2C%20Netherlands | Middelburg, Netherlands | Middelburg is a town and municipality on the (former) island of Walcheren, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
It is the capital of Zeeland.
About 48,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017.<br/ >
About 40,000 people were living in the town in 2011.
Middelburg received city rights in 1217.
Related page... |
32878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haarlem | Haarlem | Haarlem is a city in the Netherlands and the capital of the province North Holland. It has about 145,000 inhabitants. It has a very old door called Smedestraat 33.
Other websites
Website of the communal administration
pictures from Haarlem
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in North Holland
Provincial capi... |
32879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelystad | Lelystad | Lelystad is a town in the middle of the Netherlands.
It has about 71,000 inhabitants. It is also the capital of Flevoland, one of the provinces of the Netherlands.
Other websites
Lelystad website
Settlements in Flevoland
Municipalities of Flevoland
Provincial capitals of the Netherlands |
32880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assen | Assen | Assen is a town in the north-east of the Netherlands.
It has about 65,000 inhabitants. It's the capital of Drenthe.
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in Drenthe
Municipalities of Drenthe
Provincial capitals of the Netherlands |
32881 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda | Breda | Breda is a city in the south of the Netherlands.
It has about 184,000 inhabitants (2021).
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in North Brabant |
32882 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede | Enschede | Enschede (Low Saxon: Eanske) is a municipality and city in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 160,000 people were living there in 2021.
It is the biggest city in Overijssel and borders Germany.
Enschede is also (informally) the capital of Twente region.
Fireworks accident
On 13 May 2000 there was a... |
32883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort | Amersfoort | Amersfoort is a city in the middle of the Netherlands.
About 140,000 people live there. The city is between the hills of the "Heuvelrug" and the valley of the river Eem.
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in Utrecht (province) |
32884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoetermeer | Zoetermeer | Zoetermeer is a city in South Holland in the Netherlands (it has no city rights).
About 125,000 people are living there in 2017.
It is between Utrecht and Den Haag. It is part of the Randstad.
Cities in the Netherlands
Municipalities of South Holland
Settlements in South Holland |
32885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almere | Almere | Almere is a city in the Netherlands (no city rights).
It is in the province of Flevoland and nearby Amsterdam and has about 215,000 people (2021).
Other websites
Almere website
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in Flevoland
Municipalities of Flevoland |
32886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilversum | Hilversum | Hilversum is a city in North Holland in the Netherlands (no city rights). It lies between Amsterdam and Utrecht. About 85,000 people live there.
Well-known people
Joop den Uyl (1919-1987), Prime Minister
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in North Holland |
32887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roermond | Roermond | Roermond is a town in the province Limburg in the east of the Netherlands. It has about 45,000 people living in it.
Since 2007, Swalmen became a part of the municipality of Roermond.
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in Limburg (Netherlands)
Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) |
32888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venlo | Venlo | Venlo is a city in Limburg in the very east of the Netherlands. It has about 100,000 inhabitants and lives mainly on one-day-trip-tourism from neighbouring Germany and logistics. It used to be a city of the Hanseatic League.
Since 2010, Arcen en Velden became a part of the municipality of Venlo.
Cities in the Nethe... |
32889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft | Delft | Delft is a city in the province South Holland in the Netherlands. It is about halfway between Rotterdam and The Hague. It is famous for its Delft Blue pottery and the Delft University of Technology. It is the place where the royal family, the kings and queens, are buried. It has about 94,000 inhabitants.
Things to see... |
32890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deventer | Deventer | Deventer is a municipality and city in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 101,000 people were living there in 2021. It lies both in Salland and IJsselvallei regions, alongside the eastern bank of the IJssel river.
Deventer was founded by Lebuinus around 768. He built a wooden church there.
A Catholic ... |
32891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ede | Ede | Ede is a city in the Netherlands with 65,000 inhabitants, the communal district (gemeente) of Ede has 107,000 inhabitants.
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in Gelderland
Municipalities of Gelderland |
32893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freud%20Museum | Freud Museum | The Freud Museum was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family after they escaped the Nazi takeover of Austria in 1938. It is at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, London.
After the death of Anna Freud, the youngest daughter, in 1982, the home became a museum. The centrepiece of the museum is Freud's study, preserved ... |
32910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu | Emu | The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is a large flightless bird. It is native to Australia. The emu is the tallest bird from Australia. It is also the second tallest bird in the world, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. The emu is also related to the cassowary which is slightly smaller but heavier. It should also be... |
32911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi | Kiwi | The kiwi is a type of bird from New Zealand. They are the genus Apteryx of the family Apterygidae. There are several species and sub-species of kiwi. The kiwi is a symbol for New Zealand. People from New Zealand are nicknamed "Kiwis".
They have a long beak and brown feathers. The feathers look like fur. Kiwi cannot fl... |
32912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo | Dodo | The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct species of flightless bird from Mauritius.
Like many other island birds, they lost the power of flight because it was no advantage where they lived. Dodos were in the same family as the pigeon. They were endemic to (only lived on) the island of Mauritius. They became extinct... |
32913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolk%C4%81ppiyam | Tolkāppiyam | Tolkaapiyam (தொல்காப்பியம்) is a book on grammar of the Tamil language.
Tol (தொல்) means Old and Kappiyam (காப்பியம்) means a literary work.
The name of the author could not be identified (usually referred as Tholkappiyar) and the work apparently relates to Grammar in Tamil.
It is learnt that the author was one of the... |
32915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20auk | Great auk | The great auk was a large bird, that could not fly. People hunted it for meat and feathers. It grew rare, because it was too easy to kill, and the ones left could not breed fast enough to make up for the lost ones. The last known great auks (there were two auks) were killed on June 3, 1844 in Iceland. It lived mostly ... |
32918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey%20Road%20Studios | Abbey Road Studios | Abbey Road Studios, usually called just "Abbey Road", are the recording studios in EMI's headquarters in St. John's Wood, London, England.
Abbey Road had three different studios for most of its history. Other space was turned into a fourth studio later. Studio One is large, and used to be a ballroom. Symphony orchestr... |
32921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujamaa | Ujamaa | Ujamaa, meaning 'familyhood' is the group of ideas of Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere. They are based on the traditional African society.
Tanzania
Nationalism |
32922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner | Prisoner | A prisoner is a person who is forced to stay in a prison. People who are suspected of a crime, for example, a murder, may be arrested and held in jail so they won't escape before their trial. After conviction a prisoner may be punished. For example, they may be imprisoned for a fixed number of years, or receive a life... |
32948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fachhochschule%20D%C3%BCsseldorf | Fachhochschule Düsseldorf | The Fachhochschule Düsseldorf is a so-called Fachhochschule (university of applied sciences), that means a special kind of college, with technical, design and business subjects in Düsseldorf.
It was founded in 1971.
List of Departments
Architecture
Design
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical and Process Engineering
... |
32949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis | Psychoanalysis | Psychoanalysis is a field of psychology and medical therapy. It is a set of theories and ways of treating mental disorders. It was started in the early 1890s by the Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud, with experience from the clinical work of Josef Breuer and others.
Since then, psychoanalysis has expanded and been r... |
32951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaandam | Zaandam | Zaandam is a city in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It has about 74,000 inhabitants (2014). It makes part of the municipality of Zaanstad.
First settlements in the region were known up from the 11th century.
Czar Peter the Great visited Zaandam in 1697 and 1717.
20th-century disestabl... |
32952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%203.x | Windows 3.x | Windows 3.x was a family of Microsoft Windows operating system, released in 1990-1994. Notable operating systems in this family include Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1. This Windows could run in either Standard or 386 Enhanced memory modes. Both of the modes used a Graphical User Interface (or picture-based), and supported... |
32954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodwind%20instrument | Woodwind instrument | A woodwind instrument is an instrument belonging to the woodwind family. Traditionally they were always made of wood, although some of them are now made of metal or plastic.
In an orchestra there are four main types of woodwind instrument. Each of these also has related instruments of different sizes:
The piccolo i... |
32960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bewitched | Bewitched | Bewitched is a comedy television show that was shown on TV by ABC from 1964 to 1972. It is about a man who is married to a witch.
The lead characters are Darrin and Samantha Stephens. Samantha twitches her nose or moves her hands to make a spell happen. Samantha was played by Elizabeth Montgomery. Darrin was played by... |
32961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbo | Dumbo | Dumbo is a 1941 American animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was first released on October 23, 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, Dumbo is based upon a child's book of the same name by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Perl. The main chara... |
32962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt%20Brecht | Bertolt Brecht | (born ;* 10. February 1898 in Augsburg; † 14. August 1956 in Berlin) was a German poet and dramatist.
Life
Brecht went to school in Augsburg, where his father was the director of a paper factory.
He completed his degree in 1917.
Afterwards he studied sciences, medicine and literature at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Univers... |
32964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beresford%2C%20South%20Dakota | Beresford, South Dakota | Beresford is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. Most of the city is located in Union County, but a small part of it is in Lincoln County. Beresford became a city in 1884, and 2,005 people lived there at the 2010 census.
References
Other websites
City of Beresford website
Cities in Sou... |
32965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold%20Ephraim%20Lessing | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 in Kamenz (Saxony) – 15 February 1781 in Braunschweig) was a German poet and philosopher in the time of the enlightenment.
Life
Lessing was one of twelve children. His father was a Protestant priest. He went to school in Kamenz and got a stipendium for the Higher School in Mei... |
32988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich%20B%C3%B6ll | Heinrich Böll | Heinrich Böll (December 21, 1917 in Cologne – July 16, 1985 in Langenbroich the Eifel, south of Bonn) was a German writer. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.
Life
Böll was born in Cologne. His family were strong Catholics and pacifists.
He went to school from 1922 to 1937. After his abitur, ... |
32989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Seghers | Anna Seghers | Anna Seghers (; born Anna Reiling, 19 November 1900 – 1 June 1983), was a German writer notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the Second World War.
Seghers' parents were orthodox Jews, but also interested in Christianity. Nelly made her abitur in 1920. Before this, she had served as a nurse durin... |
32998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Schiller | Friedrich Schiller | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 in Marbach, Württemberg – May 9, 1805 in Weimar), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist.
Works
Plays
Die Räuber (The Robbers) (1781)
Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) (1784)
Don Carlos, Infant von... |
33004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement%20Attlee | Clement Attlee | Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British politician. Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951, he was the first Labour prime minister with a majority in government, and was very important in the setting up of the welfare state. He was made a member of the House of Lords after he ... |
33005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassoon | Bassoon | The bassoon is the lowest of the four main instrument of the woodwind family. Like the oboe, it has a double reed. The reed is attached to a curved metal mouthpiece called a "crook" or "bocal" which is joined to the main part of the instrument. This consists of two parts called ‘bass joint’ and ‘wing joint’ (or ‘tenor ... |
33009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave | Octave | An octave is the distance between two musical notes that have the same letter name.
If a musician sings or plays a scale (‘do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si-do’) the first and last ‘do’ are an octave apart. It is called an ‘octave’ because there are eight notes in a scale (‘octo’ is Latin for ‘eight’).
If a musician sings or pla... |
33011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinder | Tinder | Tinder is a material that is used to start fires easily when lit with a match.
Some materials commonly used as tinder are:
Dry pine needles, leaves or grass
Birch bark
Dead, standing (usually one season old) goldenrod
Cloth, lint, or frayed rope (if made from plant fibers and not treated with fire retardant)
Char cl... |
33013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Harper | Stephen Harper | Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian economist, entrepreneur, and retired politician. He was the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is a member and the former leader of the Conservative Party, after being elected in 2004. He was elected in February 2006 and replaced Paul Martin as... |
33015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadpole | Tadpole | A tadpole or polliwog is the larva of a frog. It breathes water and lives in the water. Tadpoles hatch from small eggs.
Frog eggs are round and toad eggs are laid in long strings. Like bird eggs, they have nutrients (food) inside them for the young animal to grow before it hatches.
Movement
Tadpoles swim by lateral... |
33016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeulenroda-Triebes | Zeulenroda-Triebes | Zeulenroda-Triebes is a German town in the rural district of Greiz in Thuringia.
It has about 18,000 inhabitants. Most famous sight of the town is the beautiful town hall.
Other websites
Official website of Zeulenroda-Triebes
Landkreis Greiz
Verwaltungsgemeinschaftfrei towns in Thuringia
Greiz Rural District |
33018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Nilsson | Harry Nilsson | Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 - January 15, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter.
Nilsson was born in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City. His paternal grandparents were Swedish.
"Without her" is one of his early hits. This number is nowadays considered one of his standards as Blood, Sweat & Tears did lat... |
33021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic%20guitar | Acoustic guitar | An acoustic guitar is a string instrument. It has six strings which pass from tuning pegs over the instrument's neck which is marked with lines called frets. These marks show where to press a string with the fingers of the left hand, to change the note that string plays. The right hand plucks or strums the strings, eit... |
33023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper | Flipper | A flipper is a special kind of limb that is flattened like a paddle for moving through water. Many animals that live in water, such as whales and seals have flippers. The flipper of a fish is called a fin.
It can also be an item worn on the foot to help people swim more easily.
Animal anatomy |
33024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral%20fungi | Coral fungi | Coral fungi or clavarioid fungi, are mushrooms that are usually shaped like coral, but can also be shaped like forks, worms or clubs. They are rubbery and at times are brightly coloured.
Originally, such fungi were put in the genus Clavaria, and called "clavarioid", which means Clavaria-like. It is now known that clav... |
33026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone%20fruit | Stone fruit | A stone fruit, also called a drupe, is a fruit with a large "stone" inside. The stone is sometimes called the seed, but that is a mistake, as the seed is inside the stone. The stones can also be called a pit. These fruits are edible and used frequently in cooking.
Identification
What makes a fruit?
A fruit is the ma... |
33028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpback%20whale | Humpback whale | A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a large baleen whale with long flippers and a knobbly head. They can be found in every ocean.
They can grow to 15–16 m (49–52 ft) long and weigh up to 40 metric tons.
Life history
Humpback whales can live up to 45 years. They migrate between the places they feed in the wi... |
33030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak%20language | Slovak language | Slovak is the language spoken in Slovakia, a country in Central Europe. It is a language from Slavic language family. It is very similar to Czech, and Czechs and Slovaks understand each other quite well when they speak their own language. Polish and Sorbian are also quite similar. All of them belong to the western bran... |
33031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20Arts | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA Games) is a large company which makes computer and video games all over the world. They made famous games such as The Sims, Madden NFL and Medal of Honor. They also made the Need for Speed series. EAs most popular products are the games which are sold under the EA Sports label.
History
The c... |
33034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap%20%28valve%29 | Tap (valve) | A tap, faucet, or spigot is something that a liquid or gas comes out of. Taps usually have a handle that can be turned to start or stop the liquid coming out.
Many taps give water and are used in homes. They are found in kitchens and bathrooms.
Water that comes out of a tap is called tap water. At many restaurants, a... |
33042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition | Competition | A competition or contest is an event where people get together to see who is the best at something. Someone who takes part in a competition ("enters for a competition") is called a competitor. The competitors compete against one another. The person who wins may get a prize. The prize might be a trophy or money.
Co... |
33054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity | SimCity | SimCity is a computer game where the player has to build a city. They can do whatever they want to their city. It can be built from the ground up or it can be destroyed by a hurricane or a UFO.
History
Sim City was made by game maker Will Wright and first released by the company Maxis. They are now owned by Electronic... |
33071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorstop | Doorstop | A doorstop (or door stop or doorstopper) is a tool.
There are two types. One holds a door open (or stops it from closing), and the other stops the door from hitting a wall.
Doorstops that keep the door from hitting a wall can be put on the door, or on the wall, or on the floor in front of the wall.
Doorstops that ar... |
33072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20rights%20management | Digital rights management | Digital rights management (DRM) is a way to make it difficult to copy music, movies, and computer programs. It is used to make people follow copyright laws. It works by using computer technologies.
Many companies use DRM to protect their properties from copyright infringement, such as Sony, Microsoft and the BBC. Othe... |
33074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement | Cement | Cement is a material that hardens and sticks to other materials to hold them together. Portland cement is a common kind, and made from quicklime (heated limestone) and clay. Cement is used to make concrete and mortar.
Materials |
33075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%20algae | Brown algae | Brown algae are a large group of multicellular algae. All the brown algae are multicellular. Most brown algae have fucoxanthin, a chemical that gives them a brown color. They inlude many seaweeds in colder waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Most brown algae live in marine environments, where they play an important r... |
33077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus | Bacillus | Bacillus is a genus of rod shaped bacteria. They are Gram-positive, meaning they have an extra outside cell layer.
Bacilli are partly or wholly aerobic. They do aerobic respiration. They are everywhere in nature. Bacillus includes both free-living (non-parasitic) and parasitic pathogenic species.
Under stressful cond... |
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