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78428623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Wing%20%28eagle%29 | One Wing (eagle) | One Wing was a bald eagle injured during the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He ingested crude oil and, during the rescue process, fought his would-be-rescuers and broke his own wing. As a result it was amputated, and he lived out the rest of his life at the Bird Treatment and Learning Center in Anchorage. He served as a blood... | 2.265625 | 0 |
78429401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juna%20Mahal | Juna Mahal | Over the course of several centuries, its walls were richly painted with murals; however, the earliest of these are unsigned. During the reign of Maharawal Udai Singh II, several artistic works were undertaken at Juna Mahal. From 1864 to 1875, an artist named Devji painted murals on its walls. Later, from 1883 to 1886,... | 2.515625 | 0 |
78429492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaillant%27s%20smooth-head | Vaillant's smooth-head | Vaillant's smooth-head (Leptochilichthys pinguis) is a species of deepwater marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. This species is found in the Atlantic Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
Taxonomy
Vaillant's smooth-head was first formally described as Anomalopterus pinguis in... | 2.609375 | 0 |
78429771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20Siau | Kingdom of Siau | Foreign literature discussing the Siau Kingdom includes D. Brilman's work, "Onze Zendingsvelden De Zending op de Sangi- en Talaud-eilanden," translated by GMIST as "Our Missionary Fields, Missionary Work in the Sangihe and Talaud Islands." Other references include Antonio Pigafetta's "Primer Viaje en Torno del Mundo" (... | 2.609375 | 0 |
78429832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Winkler%20%28artist%29 | Thomas Winkler (artist) | Thomas Winkler (born on 25 October 1963) is a Danish multi-artist. With a background in clothing design, he has designed theatre costumes and robes for actors, drag artists and pop stars. He is also active as a writer, painter, sculptor and designer and as the ‘house artist‘ and designer for Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens... | 2.09375 | 0 |
78429897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriano%20Gozzini | Adriano Gozzini | Adriano Gozzini (13 April 1917, in Florence, Kingdom of Italy – 24 September 1994, in Pisa, Italy) was an italian physicist.
Career
He earned his degree in Physics in 1940 from the University of Pisa as a student of the Scuola Normale Superiore, under the mentorship of Luigi Puccianti. After the war, he became Puccia... | 2.28125 | 0 |
78430077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Silistra%20%281773%29 | Siege of Silistra (1773) | With Çerkes Pasha's force scattered, Potemkin chased after them with his cavalry regiments. Most of the Ottoman soldiers escaped through the road leading to Şumnu, which was patrolled by Major . Cut off from the army, Lyubimov made his way through enemy territory with a small force and reached the main Russian army. He... | 2.578125 | 0 |
78430416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Burwell%20Chapin | Helen Burwell Chapin | Helen Burwell Chapin (October 18, 1892 – March 1, 1950) was an American scholar, librarian, art historian, art collector, poet and translator, who studied and traveled in Japan, China, India, Ceylon, and Korea in the 1920s and 1930s.
Early life and education
Chapin was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Geor... | 2.296875 | 0 |
78430426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna%20dei%20Bargellini | Madonna dei Bargellini | The Madonna dei Bargellini, also known as the Pala Bargellini is an oil on canvas altarpiece by Ludovico Carracci, from 1588. It is held in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna.
History and description
This altarpiece, the first known signed and dated work by Ludovico, was commissioned by the senatorial Bargellini fami... | 2.015625 | 0 |
78430691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%20Are%20Utopia | We Are Utopia | We Are Utopia (), published as We Are God's Utopia in the United States, is a 1942 novella by the German writer Stefan Andres.
Plot
The story is set during the Spanish Civil War and takes place in a monastery transformed into a war prison after the monks were killed. One of the prisoners, Paco, had been a monk at the ... | 2.40625 | 0 |
78430715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haga%20Palace%20Ruins | Haga Palace Ruins | The Haga Palace Ruins ( or ) are the remnants of King Gustav III's ambitious vision for a grand and opulent palace in Hagaparken (Haga Park). Known as the Haga Great Palace (), the ruins are located in Solna Municipality, just north of Stockholm, Sweden.
Construction began in 1786 with the laying of the foundation sto... | 2.359375 | 0 |
78430916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%204722 | NGC 4722 | NGC4722 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Corvus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1647 ± 25km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . In addition, two non-redshift measurements give a distance of . It was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel in 1882. It was ... | 2.53125 | 0 |
78431073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia%20P%C3%A9rez%20%28soundtrack%29 | Emilia Pérez (soundtrack) | French composer Clément Ducol and singer-songwriter Camille were involved in the project even before the director Jacques Audiard finished writing the script. They received a 20–30-page treatment of the script, which they got immediately hooked with, and recalled that Audiard wanted "... to basically build the story th... | 1.960938 | 0 |
78431103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan%20Barber | Duncan Barber | Personal life
Barber was educated at Dyffryn Grammar School, Port-Talbot, left with no qualifications, and went on to train as an engineer. As of 2008, his personal fortune was estimated at £28,000,000. Barber is "self-made" by his own admission, washing cars since the age of thirteen. He now lives in Llandough with h... | 1.929688 | 0 |
78431160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotrema%20altispira | Stenotrema altispira | Stenotrema altispira, also known as the highland slitmouth, is a species of pulmonate land snail in the family Polygridae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States.
Physical appearance
The highland slitmouth possesses a brown, domed shell that is slightly taller than other species in the Stenotrema ge... | 2.484375 | 0 |
78431204 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Thibault | James Thibault | James Thibault is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member for the Merrimack 25th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Life and career
Thibault was born in Laconia, New Hampshire. He graduated from Winnisquam Regional High School and attends Saint Anselm College.
Thibault attended ... | 1.90625 | 0 |
78431355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico%20Cornaro%20%28fl.%201419%E2%80%931455%29 | Federico Cornaro (fl. 1419–1455) | Federico Cornaro (fl. 1419–1455) was a Venetian patrician and humanist.
Cornaro was born around 1401. His parents were Giovanni Cornaro and Francesca di Filippo. His grandfather and namesake was Federico Cornaro, the richest man in Venice at the time of his death in 1382. He studied under Facino Ventraria beginning so... | 2.203125 | 0 |
78431428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaleel%20Ahmad | Jaleel Ahmad | Jaleel Ahmad (1941 – 30 November 1996) was an Indian Islamic scholar, educator, and politician from Nagina, Bijnor district. He played a key role in establishing religious institutions and promoting education within his community.
Early life and education
Jaleel Ahmad was born in 1941 in Nagina, Bijnor district. He r... | 2.03125 | 0 |
78432280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charla%20Wise | Charla Wise | Charla Kamm Wise is an American aerospace executive who became vice president of engineering at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Education and career
Wise graduated from the University of Michigan in 1975, with a degree in aeronautical and aerospace e... | 1.976563 | 0 |
78432570 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%20American%20Overture | An American Overture | Premieres
Despite Britten's objections, An American Overture was posthumously published and performed. The world premiere of the work occurred on November 8, 1983, at Birmingham Town Hall in Birmingham, England. It was played by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle. He subsequently also c... | 2.109375 | 0 |
78432972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidd%20Viaduct | Nidd Viaduct | The Nidd Viaduct, also known as the Bilton Viaduct, is a former railway viaduct in Bilton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
In 1845, the Leeds and Thirsk Railway received permission to construct a line north from Leeds Wellington railway station to Thirsk railway station. At Bilton, the line had to cross the... | 2.40625 | 0 |
78433366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20Camard | René Camard | In the late 1900s, Camard was called up to do his military service in the 129th Infantry Regiment of Le Havre, and on 9 January 1910, the football team of the 129th Regiment faced the 39th Regiment of Rouen in the opening match of the 1910 USFSA Military Championship, and Camard, then a corporal, assisted two goals to ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
78433734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syuejia%20Shang%20Baijiao%20and%20harvesting%20incense | Syuejia Shang Baijiao and harvesting incense | Syuejia Shang Baijiao and harvesting incense ancestral ceremony is hosted by Syuejia Tzu Chi Temple, Tainan City, Taiwan. It is called "Shang Baijiao" festival, held on the 11th day of the third lunar month every year. The ceremony was held at Touqian Liao, Jiangjun riverside to worship Baosheng Emperor's ancestral tem... | 2.421875 | 0 |
78433759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20the%202023%20Turkey%E2%80%93Syria%20earthquakes | Aftermath of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes | United States sanctions against Syria relating to the blocking of banks and payment processors led to the banning of international charities and families attempting to send money to people affected in Syria. On 7 February 2023, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent urged Western countries to lift sanctions against Syria, saying... | 2.109375 | 0 |
78434455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul%20Haqq%20Al-Hashemi | Abdul Haqq Al-Hashemi | Abdul Haqq Al Hashemi (1884–1972) was a Islamic scholar, orator and author in the Indian Subcontinent in the 20th Century. Al-Hashemi was a Muhaddith, a scholar of Hadith who was influential in Saudi Arabia and the Indian Subcontinent, in particular the southern region of Punjab, his region of birth. He was a teacher o... | 2.203125 | 0 |
78434455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul%20Haqq%20Al-Hashemi | Abdul Haqq Al-Hashemi | Death and legacy
Al-Hashemi died while he was still a teacher at Darul Hadith school in Makkah in 1972.
He had six sons and three daughters, who all became figures of knowledge. His eldest son was the acclaimed scholar of Hadith, Abdur Razzaq Al-Hashemi. His second son was the scholar, Abu Turab Al-Hashemi, his thir... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78435173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Viti | El Viti | Santiago Martín Sánchez (; born 18 July 1938), known as El Viti (), is a retired Spanish bullfighter. He holds the record for the greatest number of times that any bullfighter has been borne on shoulders out through the Great Gate at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid (the greatest honour in the bullfighting world), nam... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78435465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symplocos%20puberula | Symplocos puberula | Symplocos puberula is a plant in the family Symplocaceae found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a tree up to tall with new growth (i.e. covered in fine soft hairs). The leaves are stiff, widest near the apex and tapered at the base (obovate), and they have a short "drip tip". They measure up to long and ... | 2.65625 | 0 |
78435484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKS%200454-234 | PKS 0454-234 | PKS 0454-234 is a blazar located in the constellation of Lepus. It is classified as a highly polarized quasar with a redshift of (z) 1.003. This object was first discovered in 1970 during a 1415 MHz continuum survey conducted by Ohio State University where it was given the designation, OF -292. The radio spectrum of th... | 1.914063 | 0 |
78435621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamee%20language | Jamee language | The Jamee language (Jamee: Bahaso Jamu, , ), also known as the Aneuk Jamee language, is a dialect of the Minangkabau language that is predominantly spoken by the Aneuk Jamee people in Aceh, Indonesia, who are descendants of Minangkabau migrants who began migrating from present-day West Sumatra to Aceh in the 17th centu... | 2.671875 | 0 |
78435621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamee%20language | Jamee language | Geographical distribution and usage
The Jamee language is predominantly spoken along Aceh's southern coast, with smaller communities found along parts of the west coast. The Aneuk Jamee population is not concentrated in a single area but is dispersed across various districts in South Aceh Regency, including Labuhanhaj... | 2.671875 | 0 |
78435989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Fran%C3%A7ois%20Gosselin | Louis-François Gosselin | Louis-François Gosselin (28 February 1800, in Paris5 February 1860, in Paris) was a French ballet dancer who performed as a premier danseur at the Opéra de Paris and Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.
Early life
Louis-François Gosselin was born on 28 February 1800 in Paris, France.
He was the brother of French ballerin... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78435989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Fran%C3%A7ois%20Gosselin | Louis-François Gosselin | Gosselin made appearances in London, England as a dancer in the Ballet of Her Majesty’s Theatre between 1827 to 1852. In 1830, he danced in a revival of Le Carnaval de Venise at the theatre. He later made an appearance in La Esmeralda on 9 March 1844, playing the role of "Claude Frollo". The 1846 ballet Catarina, or La... | 2.34375 | 0 |
78436022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B4tel%20de%20Ville%2C%20Annemasse | Hôtel de Ville, Annemasse | In November 1921, a local lawyer, Valentino Bellia, donated of land in Rue Aristide Briand at a discounted price for the purposes of building a new primary school. After the new school was completed in 1934, the students and teachers relocated from the town hall into the new school building, which was later renamed th... | 2.296875 | 0 |
78436050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaitol | Phaitol | Phaitol
is a village in Manipur, India. It is at the foothills of the Vangaitang range, close to the National Highway 37.
The village is part of Tamenglong district, Tousem Subdivision, but it is geographically located within the precincts of Jiribam district.
During the 2023–2024 Manipur violence, Phaitol was the sit... | 2.265625 | 0 |
78436069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Volt%20offshore%20wind%20farm | Green Volt offshore wind farm | Green Volt is a proposed offshore wind farm in the North Sea located about off the East Coast of Scotland, which will use floating turbines. When consented in April 2024, it was the world's largest floating offshore wind farm at 560 MW from 35 turbines each rated at 16 MW. It is described as "Europe’s first commercial... | 1.96875 | 0 |
78436080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Kaupas | Julius Kaupas | Julius Viktoras Kaupas (also known by the pen name Coppelius; 6 March 1920 – 1 March 1964) was a Lithuanian émigré writer and psychiatrist.
Biography
Early life
Julius Viktoras Kaupas was born on 6 March 1920 in Kaunas. His father, Julius Kaupas, was a financier and member of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania. Th... | 2.453125 | 0 |
78436080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Kaupas | Julius Kaupas | Emigration to the United States
Kaupas and his wife emigrated to the United States, reaching New York on 18 February 1950. After a few days, they traveled to Chicago. Kaupas was employed as an intern doctor in Loretto Hospital. He then got a job as a psychiatrist in Alton, Illinois, where he lectured on neurology. Kaup... | 2.453125 | 0 |
78436244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieuwertje%20Blok | Dieuwertje Blok | Dieuwer Sarah "Dieuwertje" Blok (born 8 August 1957) is a Dutch actress, writer and radio and television presenter best known for presenting Het Sinterklaasjournaal from 2001 to 2024.
Early life and education
Dieuwer Sarah Blok was born on 8 August 1957 in Nederhorst den Berg, North Holland, which is also where she w... | 2.125 | 0 |
78436783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral%20of%20Saint-Louis-des-Invalides%2C%20Paris | Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, Paris | The Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in the 7th arrondissement of Paris that serves as the seat of the bishop to the members of the French armed forces. It is located within the park of Les Invalides, the home for French army veterans. It was commissioned by King Louis XIV and was ... | 2.515625 | 0 |
78436882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Symphony%20Orchestra%20%28London%29 | New Symphony Orchestra (London) | Recordings
During the acoustic era the orchestra, under both its names, recorded for HMV. That company's catalogues from 1914 to 1918 include the NSO/Albert Hall Orchestra in music by Beethoven (Egmont and Leonore No. 3 overtures); Debussy (Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune); Delibes (excerpts from Coppélia and Sylvia)... | 2.203125 | 0 |
78437095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20King%20of%20Comedy%20Visits%20Shanghai | The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai | The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai was a slapstick comedy that emulated Chaplin's comic stylings. Contemporary advertising material indicated that it contained various gags. Several involved the main character, who flirted with two women while astride their automobiles, engaged in acrobatic fights, and became trapped i... | 1.945313 | 0 |
78437134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irthing%20Gorge | Irthing Gorge | Irthing Gorge is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the border between the counties of Northumberland and Cumbria, in England. It is located on the south-western boundary of Northumberland National Park where the River Irthing flows near the village of Gilsland. This protected has an exceptional mixture of habita... | 2.71875 | 0 |
78437161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phraya%20Nakhon%20Cave | Phraya Nakhon Cave | The Phraya Nakhon cave () is a cave in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand. It features the royal Kuha Karuhas Pavilion, illuminated by natural sunlight through a large skylight. The cave is accessible by a forested hike and has two chambers with rock formations as well as an... | 2.75 | 0 |
78437296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson%2032 | Pearson 32 | The Pearson 32 is a 31.75-foot American sailboat designed by William Shaw and produced by Pearson Yachts between 1979 and 1982. It was developed as a versatile vessel, balancing the needs of club racing enthusiasts and coastal cruising.
Design and development
The Pearson 32 was introduced as a successor to earlier mo... | 1.953125 | 0 |
78437299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taillefer%20massif | Taillefer massif | The Taillefer massif () are a massif in the French Alps located in the Isère department.
Geography
Location
The massif extends southwest of the Belledonne range and is located northwest of the Écrins massif, north of the Dévoluy massif, and east of the Vercors. It is bordered by the Drac, Romanche, Lignarre, and Mal... | 2.546875 | 0 |
78437614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Alexander%20Scott | James Alexander Scott | James Alexander Scott (2 December 1895 – 24 June 1952), was a British member of the Indian Police Force from 1915 to 1947.
In November 1915, Scott joined the Indian Police Force. He then became attached to the 93rd Burma Infantry and completed three years of service with the Indian Army. Subsequently he was posted to... | 2 | 0 |
78437614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Alexander%20Scott | James Alexander Scott | Simon Commission and Lahore Conspiracy Case
On 30 October 1928, when the Simon Commission arrived at Lahore railway station, Scott was the superintendent of police in Lahore, where he ordered the dispersal of a peaceful protest by the charging with batons. One result was severe injuries to the Indian revolutionary Lala... | 1.992188 | 0 |
78437717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedyot%20%28rabbinic%20term%29 | Hedyot (rabbinic term) | Hedyot () is a rabbinic term used in Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash to designate a private, ordinary person. It is based on the Greek 'Iδιότμς.
Description
A hedyot refers to a person who is not among the class of kings, priests, and religious functionaries, as noted in a Talmudic statement "three kings and four hedyoṭ... | 2.71875 | 0 |
78437750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Birbhum%20%281743%29 | Battle of Birbhum (1743) | The Battle of Birbhum occurred in 1743 and took place between the Bengali forces led by Alivardi Khan against the Maratha Confederacy which was led by Raghuji I.
Background
The Battle of Birbhum is regarded as the second Maratha and began early in 1743. Alivardi Khan decided that he would enlist the support of Balaji... | 2.34375 | 0 |
78437847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Warren%20Freer | Frederick Warren Freer | Early life
Frederick Warren Freer was born in Kennicott Grove, near Chicago, Illinois, on June 16, 1849. He was the oldest son of physician Joseph Warren Freer and Katherine Gatter Freer. Joseph Warren Freer served as the president of Rush Medical College from 1872 to 1877, and two of Freer's brothers, Paul and Otto, ... | 2.375 | 0 |
78438004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Hillig | Otto Hillig | Hillig also added to his wealth, at times, by diversifying his business activities. This included, some real estate investments and taking orders in his studio for musical supplies and instruments.
Travel
Once he could afford it, he began to buy—and run through—'motorcars', owning one of the first such vehicles in Su... | 2.0625 | 0 |
78438004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Hillig | Otto Hillig | Hillig claimed he was making that expensive and risky flight "just for the fun of it" or "for the thrill". He was not driven, like other fliers of the era, to be 'the first' to fly the furthest. For example, on June 24, 1931, Hillig and his pilot were on pace to be the first team of that flying season to leave Harbor G... | 2.03125 | 0 |
78438009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Khujand | Siege of Khujand | The siege of Khujand (17–24 May 1866) was part of an unapproved Russian military operation during the Russian conquest of Bukhara and .
The operation was led by Military Governor and aimed to capture several settlements on the Russo-Bukharan border including Khujand. Khujand was a historically autonomous city, and had... | 1.992188 | 0 |
78438373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Dom%C3%ADnguez%20%28politician%29 | Manuel Domínguez (politician) | Manuel Domínguez (5 June 1868 – 29 October 1935) was a Paraguayan politician, diplomat and writer. He was Vice President of Paraguay during colonel Juan Antonio Escurra's government (1902–1904), but fought against his forces during the civil war in 1904. He would thus be one of the few colorados to be politically relev... | 2.171875 | 0 |
78438373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Dom%C3%ADnguez%20%28politician%29 | Manuel Domínguez (politician) | During his vice presidency, he abandoned president Escurra's government in 1904 in favor of a rebellion led by the rival Liberal Party. In a manifesto, he attributed this to Escurra's policy errors and the deviation from the government plan written before their election by Domínguez himself. He closed said manifesto in... | 2.640625 | 0 |
78438624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidson%20Building%20%28Washington%2C%20D.C.%29 | Davidson Building (Washington, D.C.) | The Davidson Building, currently designated as Three McPherson Square, is a historic office building in Washington, D.C., United States at 927 15th Street Northwest, adjacent to McPherson Square, built in 1917. At twelve stories and tall, it was the tallest building in the city from its completion until 1926. Located ... | 2.09375 | 0 |
78438724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhava%20Brahaspati | Bhava Brahaspati | Bhava Brahaspati was a 12th-century ascetic of Pashupata sect of Hinduism. He was the teacher of Paramara kings of Malwa and Chaulukya king Jayasimha Siddharaja.
Born into city of Varanasi in a Kanyakubja Brahmin family, he left his home and migrated to Malwa and temporarily resided in Dhara and in Ujjain. There he su... | 2.765625 | 0 |
78438825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.%20R.%20Goyal | S. R. Goyal | Sri Ram Goyal (known as S. R. Goyal; 1932 – 2015) was an Indian historian and professor known for his work mainly on Gupta history.
Career
S. R. Goyal pursued his academic career in ancient history, completing his Bachelor's degree in 1953 and his Master's degree in 1955 from Allahabad University, where he graduated w... | 2.265625 | 0 |
78438933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaliger%20War | Scaliger War | Hostilities began in July, when the allied army captured Oderzo, only to promptly lose it to a Scaliger counterattack. On 23 October Pietro de' Rossi led his forces across the Piave River into the environs of Treviso, divided into three parts: a vanguard of 1,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry under Marsilio, a rearguard o... | 2.46875 | 0 |
78438933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaliger%20War | Scaliger War | 1337: The defection of Padua
In the early months of 1337, Pietro de' Rossi continued his raids into Scaliger territory, partly in order to provision his own army. The town of Curtarolo and the fortress of were captured from the Scaliger lieutenant Guglielmo Camposampiero and garrisoned. At the same time, the rulers of... | 2.0625 | 0 |
78438933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaliger%20War | Scaliger War | At the same time, a Lombard army under Luchino Visconti took to the field in the west, threatening Verona itself. Mastino was forced to withdraw most of his forces to the defence of his capital. In June, Mastino confronted the joined allied army, under Luchino Visconti and Marsilio de' Rossi, south of Verona. In view o... | 1.929688 | 0 |
78439069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intravitreal%20gene%20therapy | Intravitreal gene therapy | Intravitreal gene therapy represents an approach to treating retinal diseases by delivering therapeutic genes directly into the vitreous humor of the eye. This method uses a viral vector, often an adeno-associated virus (AAV), to carry genetic material into retinal cells. Once inside, the therapeutic genes are expresse... | 2.25 | 0 |
78439552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion%20in%20Mauritius | Abortion in Mauritius | The Criminal Code permits abortion if the pregnancy threatens the life or physical or mental health of the mother. It permits abortion up to a gestational age of fourteen weeks if the pregnancy resulted from rape or from sex with a girl under 16. An amendment to Section 235 criminalizes false claims of these grounds, w... | 2.421875 | 0 |
78439552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion%20in%20Mauritius | Abortion in Mauritius | Prevalence
In 2013, MLF and MFPWA estimated that the country's abortion rate was between 10,000 and 15,000 per year. This was much higher than the Ministry of Health's official abortion statistics, which comprised 3 cases in 2015, 14 in 2016 and 7 in 2017. The annual incidences of abortion complications were over 400.... | 2.65625 | 0 |
78439619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almerin%20C.%20O%27Hara | Almerin C. O'Hara | Later civilian career
After retiring as adjutant general, O'Hara was appointed Commissioner of the New York State Office of General Services, succeeding Cortlandt V. R. Schuyler. As commissioner, one of O'Hara's top priorities was overseeing completion of the Empire State Plaza state office complex. During the Attica P... | 1.914063 | 0 |
68274974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%C3%A9s%20Garc%C3%ADa%20de%20L%C3%B3pez%20de%20Santa%20Anna | Inés García de López de Santa Anna | Inés García de López de Santa Anna, also María Inés de la Paz García y Martínez de Uzcanga (Jan. 21, 1811 in Alvarado, Viceroyalty of New Spain – Aug. 23, 1844) was the First Lady of Mexico as the first wife of Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna.
Biography
She married Santa Anna in a ceremony on September ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
68275074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundiali%20Solar%20Power%20Station | Boundiali Solar Power Station | The Boundiali Solar Power Station, is a solar power plant in Ivory Coast, the largest economy in the Francophone West Africa zone.
Location
The power station is located near the town of Boundiali, in Boundiali Department, Bagoué Region, Savanes District, approximately , by road, west of the city of Korhogo, the distr... | 2.0625 | 0 |
68275446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Conception%20of%20Jacobina | Church of the Conception of Jacobina | The design of the church resembles the 16th-century Chapel of São Brás (Capela de São Brás) in Santo Amaro. The Parish Church of Saint Antony of Jacobina and the Chapel of Our Lord of Glory were built with a similar design. The façade of the church was first restored in 1856, and the modified in a simplified neoclassic... | 2.40625 | 0 |
68275748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Eug%C3%A8ne%20de%20Boisgelin | Charles Eugène de Boisgelin | Charles Eugène, Comte de Boisgelin, Vicomte de Pléhédel (2 August 1726 – 27 October 1791) was a French nobleman who served in the French Royal Navy (Marine Royale) and later became a politician.
Early life
Charles Eugène was born on 2 August 1726 at the Château de Boisgelin in Pléhédel, Brittany as son of René Joseph... | 2.046875 | 0 |
68275873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910%20European%20floods | 1910 European floods | The 1910 European floods were a series of floods that struck Central Europe in mid-June 1910. The flooding was the result of several days of heavy rains, and resulted in severe flooding to the Ahr River in Germany, which killed up to 200 people in the Ahr Valley. The town of Schuld was particularly hard hit where at le... | 2.359375 | 0 |
68276114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatorio%20delle%20Verginelle%20di%20Sant%27Agata | Conservatorio delle Verginelle di Sant'Agata | The Conservatorio delle Verginelle di Sant'Agata (Conservatory of the Young Virgins of St Agatha) is a former orphanage-hostel and church located on via Teatro Greco #82, with the northern facade paralleling Piazza Dante and the Monastery of San Nicolo l'Arena in the center of the city of Catania, region of Sicily, Ita... | 2.109375 | 0 |
68276466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payal%20Kapadia%20%28filmmaker%29 | Payal Kapadia (filmmaker) | Payal Kapadia (born 4 January 1986) is an Indian filmmaker. In 2017, her short film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival. In 2021, she won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 74th Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature A Night of Knowing Nothing.
I... | 2.171875 | 0 |
68276529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion%20of%20Diana%2C%20Princess%20of%20Wales | Fashion of Diana, Princess of Wales | Before her marriage, she was observed sticking to "preppy sweater vests, printed midi-dresses, and equestrian boots". In the early 1980s, Diana preferred to wear dresses with floral collars, pie-crust blouses, and pearls. These items rapidly became fashion trends. Her habit of wearing wide-shouldered gowns and lavish f... | 1.953125 | 0 |
68276569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagagnotti%20Triptych | Pagagnotti Triptych | The Pagagnotti Triptych is an oil-on-wood triptych by Hans Memling produced circa 1480. The original was disassembled and separated, with the center panel held at the Uffizi gallery in Florence and the two wing panels at the National Gallery in London.
The center (Virgin and Child with two angels) features an enthrone... | 2.1875 | 0 |
68276569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagagnotti%20Triptych | Pagagnotti Triptych | Netherlandish motifs are combined and blended with Italiante all'antica motifs. The central panel rear columns are in a barley twisted design and gilded; their capitals supporting sculptures – Samson killing the lion on the left; Cain slaying Abel on the right. The other columns, those supporting the putti and those se... | 2.09375 | 0 |
68276569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagagnotti%20Triptych | Pagagnotti Triptych | The left wing shows St. John the Baptist with his emblem of a Lamb; the right shows St. Lawrence with a book and his instruments of torture. St. John is dressed in a hair shirt and mantle; the saint is almost identical to Memling's St. John in the Donne Triptych and similar to figure in the center panel of the St John ... | 2.296875 | 0 |
68277021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20Jarrell%20tornado | 1997 Jarrell tornado | Tornado summary
The tornado officially touched down within the Williamson County line north of Jarrell as a narrow rope tornado at 3:40 pm CDT (20:40 UTC). The tornado began to undergo a rapid intensification as the rope-shaped funnel began to morph and widen into multi-vortex structure. Traffic along Interstate 35 c... | 2.109375 | 0 |
68277021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20Jarrell%20tornado | 1997 Jarrell tornado | National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
A case study and critique was published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which covered the structural damage caused by the tornado and the track that it left. The NIST also published a detailed critique of the Fujita Scale as a direct result o... | 2.265625 | 0 |
68278075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Ocean%20Observing%20System | Southern Ocean Observing System | Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) is an international initiative of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). It was officially launched in 2011. Its International Project Office is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)... | 2.46875 | 0 |
68278219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesicouterine%20fistula | Vesicouterine fistula | Vesicouterine fistula refers to an abnormal communication between the bladder and uterus. The first case of vesicouterine fistula was reported in 1908. It was however first described in 1957 by Abdel Fattah Youssef, an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Kasr el-Aini hospital, Cairo, Egypt. It is characterized by a vesic... | 2.25 | 0 |
68278385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasrollah%20Sarvari | Nasrollah Sarvari | Nasrollah Sarvari (1942 – 22 December 2017) was an Afghan painter. His works often deal with historical, philosophical, natural landscapes, and the social life of the villagers. He was familiar with the styles of Romanticism, Realism and Classicism and was a follower of Behzad Heravi's style in miniature art.
Life
Sa... | 1.976563 | 0 |
68278690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh%20Greek%20Festival | Edinburgh Greek Festival | The Edinburgh Greek Festival is a festival of Greek film and one of the cultural festivals in Edinburgh. Its organisation involves individuals from Southern Europe. It is an international festival that features mostly Greek films or films about Greece.
History and collaboration
The Edinburgh Greek Film Festival was l... | 2.34375 | 0 |
68278868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doratifera%20vulnerans | Doratifera vulnerans | Doratifera vulnerans, commonly known as the mottled cup moth, Australian cup moth or Chinese Junk (referring to its caterpillar), is a species of cup moth of the family Limacodidae. The species was first described by John Lewin in 1805 and is the type species of the genus Doratifera. It is found in Australia. It is kno... | 2.234375 | 0 |
68278868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doratifera%20vulnerans | Doratifera vulnerans | It was John Lewin who discovered that the sting of these hairs are painful due to the presence of toxins. He described this feature is a defence mechanism against predators. The caterpillars do not expose these spines unless they are stimulated or agitated by other animals. When the spines are in contact, the tips are ... | 2.96875 | 0 |
68278965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Devastation%20%281841%29 | HMS Devastation (1841) | HMS Devastation was a Royal Navy Driver class steam sloop, unusually powered as a paddle steamer designed by Sir William Symonds and launched in 1841. She saw no major action but did have some noteworthy commanders.
Service
She was built at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich and launched on 3 July, 1841 under command of Has... | 2.4375 | 0 |
68279716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo%E2%80%93Tunisia%20relations | Kosovo–Tunisia relations | Kosovar–Tunisian relations are foreign relations between Kosovo and Tunisia. There are no formal diplomatic relations between Tunisia and Kosovo. Tunisia has not recognized Kosovo as a sovereign state.
History
At a meeting on 28 May 2009 with Kosovo's Foreign Minister, Skënder Hyseni, the representative of Tunisia t... | 1.914063 | 0 |
68280535 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20British%20Isles%20heatwave | 2021 British Isles heatwave | The 2021 Britain and Ireland heat wave was a period of unusually hot weather in July 2021 that led to record-breaking temperatures in the UK and Ireland.
On 19 July, the Met Office issued its first ever extreme heat warning for parts of the UK. Temperatures soared across the United Kingdom over a weekend which saw all... | 2.59375 | 0 |
68280694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun%20Davies%20%28activist%29 | Shaun Davies (activist) | Shaun Davies ( ) is an Aboriginal Australian language activist, linguist, radio personality, and actor. He is known for his advocacy work with the Yugambeh language and culture, as well as appearances in various media.
Early and personal life
Shaun is a member of the Yugambeh people, an Australian Aboriginal group wh... | 2.296875 | 0 |
68281179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863%20Manila%20earthquake | 1863 Manila earthquake | The 1863 Manila earthquake struck the Philippines on June 3, 1863.
Overview
The Manila earthquake on June 3, 1863, destroyed Manila Cathedral, the Ayuntamiento (city hall), the Governor's Palace (all three located at the time on Plaza Mayor, now Plaza de Roma) and much of the city. The residence of the governor-gener... | 2.296875 | 0 |
68281432 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Feast%20in%20the%20Time%20of%20Plague%20%28Woolf%20opera%29 | A Feast in the Time of Plague (Woolf opera) | A Feast in the Time of Plague is a 2020 opera by Alex Woolf to a libretto by David Pountney, loosely based on the "little tragedy" of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.
Background
The opera was commissioned by Grange Park Opera during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pountney described how he came to write the libretto whilst ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
68281614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20R.%20Morris | Donald R. Morris | Donald Robert Morris (November 11, 1924 – December 4/5, 2002) was an American naval officer, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, novelist, military historian and foreign affairs writer. He joined the navy in 1942 and after World War Two studied electrical engineering at the United States Naval Academy. Morris ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
68281700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othmar%20K%C3%BChn | Othmar Kühn | Othmar Kühn (5 November 1892 – 26 March 1969) was an Austrian geologist and paleontologist at the University of Vienna who was a member of the Nazi Party, serving in the Wehrmacht as a military geologist during World War II. He worked mainly on Cretaceous stratigraphy and began a catalogue of the fossils of Austria, Fo... | 2.28125 | 0 |
68282223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20L.%20Knox%20II | George L. Knox II | George Levi Knox II ("Skipper" Knox) (December 23, 1916 – November 4, 1964) was a U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force officer, combat fighter pilot and Adjutant with the all-African American 332nd Fighter Group's 100th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen. One of the 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilot... | 2.515625 | 0 |
68282313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude%20Auld%20Thomas | Gertrude Auld Thomas | Gertrude Auld Thomas (May 24, 1872 – December 18, 1959) was an American soprano who sang major operatic roles and also composed operas, usually under the name Gertrude Auld.
Auld was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Mary Ellen Simpton and Ossian Gregory Auld. She married Arthur Benjamin Thomas on May 9, 1895, and t... | 2.171875 | 0 |
68282359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo%20Gravina-Cruyllas | Palazzo Gravina-Cruyllas | The Palazzo Gravina-Cruyllas is a palace located on the corner of Piazza San Francesco and Via Vittorio Emanuele (Il Corso), in the center of the city of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. Vincenzo Bellini was born here, and the site now houses a museum dedicated to the opera composer: the Museo Civico Belliniano. The en... | 2.046875 | 0 |
68282548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo%20volcanic%20field | Navajo volcanic field | The eruptions brought xenoliths, fragments of mantle rock, to the surface. Geologists have studied these for clues to the nature of the lithosphere under the volcanic field. The xenoliths are mostly spinel peridotite with rarer garnet peridotite. These suggest that the Colorado Plateau has a stable, cold, chemically de... | 2.921875 | 0 |
68283201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumeans | Urumeans | The Urumu (also called the Urumeans) were a tribe attested in cuneiform sources in the Bronze Age. They are often considered to be one of the ancestors of the Armenians being one of the tribes which were part of the Armenian Hayasa-Azzi confederation.
History
The Assyrian first mentioned the Urumu in the early 12th ce... | 2.484375 | 0 |
68283280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoralea%20fascicularis | Psoralea fascicularis | Psoralea fascicularis, the large-stipule fountainbush, is a species in the pea or Fabaceae family. It is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa where it has been red listed as endangered (EN) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUC... | 2.171875 | 0 |
68284031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Turley%20%28graphic%20designer%29 | Richard Turley (graphic designer) | Turley co-founded Civilization magazine with Mia Kerin and Lucas Mascatello in 2018. Turley had previously worked with Mascatello at MTV, and approached him with the idea of starting their own newspaper. The magazine was inspired by the decline of print media, and. Civilization is a print-only broadsheet which focuses ... | 1.90625 | 0 |
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