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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico%20Sacco
Federico Sacco
Federico Sacco (February 5, 1864 in Fossano – October 2, 1948 in Trofarello) was an Italian geologist, paleontologist and mycologist. Biography He was the son of Giuseppe Antonio, a doctor, and Faustina Maria Quaglia. After his secondary studies in Fossano, Federico Sacco graduated in 1884 in natural sciences at the U...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20schools%2C%20US%20%28for%20people%20with%20disabilities%29
State schools, US (for people with disabilities)
In addition, new compulsory public school laws required children to attend school. Teachers had more chances to notice people who struggled and recommend them for an institution. Eugenics proponents also taught classes to teachers on identifying the "feeble-minded." Throughout this era, the most popular belief was tha...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada%20Blenkhorn
Ada Blenkhorn
Ada J. Blenkhorn (1858-1927) was a Canadian-American hymnwriter who wrote the lyrics to many well-known Christian hymns including “Let the Sunshine In” and "Keep on the Sunny Side" also known as "Keep on the Sunny Side of Life" in 1899 with music by J. Howard Entwisle (1866–1903). Blenkhorn was born in Cobourg, Ontari...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Turkey%E2%80%93Syria%20earthquakes
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
On 6 February 2023, at 04:17 TRT (01:17 UTC), a  7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was west–northwest of Gaziantep. The earthquake had a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme) around the epicenter and in Antakya. It was followed by a 7.7 earthquake at ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Turkey%E2%80%93Syria%20earthquakes
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
The EAF is subdivided into seven segments, from the northeast; the Karlıova, Ilıca, Palu, Pütürge, Erkenek, Pazarcık and Amanos segments. The Amanos segment is also considered part of the DST by some geologists, or a transitional structure between the EAF and DST by others. A northern strand to the EAF has also been r...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Turkey%E2%80%93Syria%20earthquakes
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
The first and largest earthquake in the sequence struck at 01:17 UTC. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Global Centroid Moment Tensor (GCMT) measured it at 7.8 and 7.8, respectively. GEOSCOPE reported 8.0 and Kandilli Observatory (KOERI) reported 7.7 and 7.4. It had an epicenter west of Gaziantep in Gazia...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Turkey%E2%80%93Syria%20earthquakes
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
The 7.8 earthquake had aftershocks distributed along about of the EAF. A 6.3 aftershock struck near Uzunbağ in Hatay Province on 20 February; the earthquake was the result of oblique-normal faulting. This 6.3 event produced an independent cluster of aftershocks with a similar focal mechanism. Aftershocks from the seq...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Turkey%E2%80%93Syria%20earthquakes
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
The rupture continued northeast onto the Ekernek segment and to the southwest onto the Amanos segment. The northeastern rupture ceased 55 seconds after initiation while the southwestern rupture ceased near Antakya about 80 seconds later. A 6.8 aftershock occurring 11 minutes later and west of the first M>7 epicenter ma...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Turkey%E2%80%93Syria%20earthquakes
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
The extent of surface ruptures associated with the M7.8 and M7.7 earthquakes have been mapped using a mixture of satellite imagery and ground observations. Pixel matching on images captured by Sentinel-1 before and after the earthquakes showed sharp discontinuities in displacement, revealing two separate zones of surfa...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Turkey%E2%80%93Syria%20earthquakes
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
One of the largest landslides occurred near Tepehan village, Hatay Province; a translational slide which detached a block . This landslide occurred in a region comprising marl and clay-rich limestone. It produced a vertical displacement along its scarp. ITV News reported the landslide scarp was up to long and "wider ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamengrad%20Fort
Kamengrad Fort
The Kamengrad Fort is a medieval ruin located on a plateau above the settlement of Donji Kamengrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Geography The remnants of the Kamengrad fort are located above the river Bliha, alongside the communicational line Sanski Most - Bosanska Krupa - Bihać - Prijedor. The foundation of the fort is ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Morello-Frosch
Rachel Morello-Frosch
Rachel A. Morello-Frosch is an American environmental health scientist. She is a professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management & School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2022, Morello-Frosch was elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine for being a "...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Peruvian%20sentiment
Anti-Peruvian sentiment
In Ecuador, anti-Peruvian sentiment is mainly related to irredentism due to the Gran Colombia–Peru War and the border conflict between the two countries. According to former ambassador Eduardo Ponce Vivanco, the violent anti-Peruvianism cultivated in Ecuador is comparable to the anti-Chileanism that subsists in a minor...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel%20Castro%20and%20dairy
Fidel Castro and dairy
During his life, Fidel Castro had a fascination with dairy products that has been described as an obsession. Due to this, he tried to develop the Cuban dairy industry, which failed in the long term. Dairy has been said to be "as integral to Cuban culture as Cohiba cigars". Ice cream Castro was known to eat large quan...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja%20Forsslund
Maja Forsslund
Ingeborg Augusta Maria (Maja) Forsslund (20 November 1878 – 2 November 1967) was a Swedish folklorist and women's rights activist. She is remembered for enthusiastically collecting folk material in and around Kopparberg in central Sweden, paying special attention to religious folk memories. The local educational associ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin%20Arenstein
Justin Arenstein
Justin Arenstein (born 1970) is a South African journalist, media freedom activist and an internationally recognized innovative media expert. He founded and published Mpumalanga's first investigative news agency, the African Eye News Service (AENS), in 1994. He is the co-founder and CEO of Code for Africa. Before his ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskilstunakista
Eskilstunakista
General Early Christian funereal monuments were often constructed near the first churches in Sweden, especially in Götaland. They appear as a Christian funerary custom during the 11th century and consist of limestone slabs with ornamentation and runic inscriptions whose appearance is similar to contemporary rune stone...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20B.%20Moser
Ann B. Moser
Ann Boody Moser (born 1940) is an American biochemist specializing in neurology. She researches the development of therapies for adrenoleukodystrophy. Moser is an associate professor emerita in neurology at the Johns Hopkins University. She is a research associate in neurology and the co-director of the peroxisomal dis...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediglissa
Pediglissa
Pediglissa () is a subclass of phagotrophic protists that inhabit soil or freshwater habitats. They were defined in 2018 according to phylogenetic analyses that showed a clade containing the orders Cercomonadida and Glissomonadida. They're the sister group of Paracercomonadida. Morphology and behavior Pediglissa are b...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel%20of%20Bi%C3%AAn%20H%C3%B2a
Citadel of Biên Hòa
Citadel of Biên Hòa (Vietnamese: Thành cổ Biên Hòa) is a historic site located in Quang Vinh ward, Biên Hòa, Đồng Nai. It is considered the only ancient citadel in the Southern Vietnam that still exists today. The remains of the old citadel is a laterite wall surrounding a 10,816.5 m2 wide campus. Inside the citadel,...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational%20safety%20and%20health%20literacy
Occupational safety and health literacy
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) literacy is the degree to which individuals have the functional capacity to access, process and use the occupational safety and health (OSH) information, services and skills needed to eliminate or reduce risk in the workplace. Overview OSH is the acronym for occupational safety an...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Mounir
Nancy Mounir
For her debut album, Nozhet El Nofous (نزهة النفوس – Promenade of the Souls), released in 2022, Mounir spent years of research on biographies and music of popular female Egyptian singers in the 1920s such as Mounira El Mahdeya, Hayat Sabri and Fatma Serry, who were popular Egyptian musical stars before the era of Umm K...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill%20House%20%28Plymouth%2C%20Massachusetts%29
Churchill House (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Churchill House is a historic seventeenth-century house (circa 1662) located at 250 Sandwich Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts. History According to one source, "[t]he Churchill family arrived in the neighborhood as early as 1643 when John Churchill settled east of Sandwich Street." Churchill House was originally believ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn%20Mendoza
Joaquín Mendoza
Joaquín Mendoza (Pamplona, Navarra, c. 1733–Gerona, 1809) was a Spanish field marshal and military governor of Gerona. Early career Mendoza studied at the Military Academy of Barcelona from 1752 to 1754 and was promoted to second lieutenant of the 1st Artillery Battalion in February 1756. In 1764, he was appointed s...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative%20structure%20of%20The%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings
Narrative structure of The Lord of the Rings
Shippey comments that the work gave the impression, despite "much reworking", that Tolkien had been "initially groping for a story and keeping himself going with a sort of travelogue". In search of material, Tolkien indulged in "a sort of self-plagiarism", repurposing and expanding his own earlier inventions from, for ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2MASS%20J04202144%2B2813491
2MASS J04202144+2813491
2MASS J04202144+2813491 (also known as Tau 042021) is an edge-on protoplanetary disk in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. The star is hidden behind the edge-on disk. Early estimates found that it has a mass of 0.272 ±0.009 , but a later study did find a higher mass of 0.3–0.4 . The object is located on the western edge of t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest%20theatre%20in%20the%20Philippines
Protest theatre in the Philippines
Many of the founders of these groups were graduates of PETA’s three day Basic Integrated Theater Arts Workshop (BITAW) workshop course, whose alumni established theater groups in regions as varied as Davao, Lanao del Norte, Negros, Leyte, and Samar. On the island of Mindanao, these groups wer organized into the Mindana...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siming%20Zhili
Siming Zhili
In 995, Zhili settled at Baoenyuan (保恩院, later renamed Yanqing yuan) on Mt. Siming (四明山), a "public" (shifang zhuchi) monastery which had been reserved for the Tiantai school by imperial decree. Zhili would remain for the rest of his life. Zhili, his co-abbot Yiwen worked to restore the dilapidated temple, making it in...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siming%20Zhili
Siming Zhili
The practical side of Zhili's Pure Land Buddhism manifested in his extensive practice of Pure Land repentance rituals. Furthermore, Zhili, along with his contemporary Ciyun Zunshi (慈云尊师), also promoted lay Buddhist Pure Land practice by founding pure land lay societies. Zhili founded a pure land "lotus society" (liansh...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave%20verdensis
Agave verdensis
Agave verdensis, the Sacred Mountain agave, is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Etymology The scientific name makes reference to Verde Valley, Arizona where the species occurs, while the common name refers to the Sacred Mountain archaeological site, as the species grows nearby and is...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects%20of%20Typhoon%20Yagi%20in%20Vietnam
Effects of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting predicted that Typhoon Yagi would make landfall in Vietnam between the Quảng Ninh and Haiphong areas. In preparation, authorities advised against fishing in dangerous waters, holding outdoor events, and urged people to reinforce home defenses and inspect dykes, p...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects%20of%20Typhoon%20Yagi%20in%20Vietnam
Effects of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam
Elsewhere, downstream regions like Hà Nam (Đáy River) and Ninh Bình (Hoàng Long River) also saw peak flood levels above Level 3 thresholds, leading to severe flooding. In Ninh Bình, provincial authorities issued an evacuation order on the afternoon of 12 September but rescinded it less than a day later. On the Thái Bìn...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects%20of%20Typhoon%20Yagi%20in%20Vietnam
Effects of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam
The media and online communities labeled those who falsified donation records as engaging in "phông bạt" () referring to individuals seeking attention or fabricating charitable contributions. Some apologized and expressed remorse, while others avoided responsibility or shifted blame. Certain individuals even exploited ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop%20H.%20Fairbank
Winthrop H. Fairbank
Winthrop Harvey Fairbank (March 13, 1857–February 13, 1922) was an American farmer and politician from Sudbury, Massachusetts. Fairbank represented the 13th Middlesex district as a Democrat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1910 to 1912. Career In 1857, Fairbank was born in Sudbury to Emily A. Wheeler...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant%20%28sculpture%29
Elephant (sculpture)
The Elephant (; ) is a concrete sculpture in Szczecin, Poland, made in 1934 by Kurt Schwerdtfeger. It is located at the intersection of Poznańska and Szczecińska Streets, in the neighbourhood of Warszewo. The statue depicts a small elephant. History The Elephant was sculptured in 1934 by Kurt Schwerdtfeger as the mai...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave%20yavapaiensis
Agave yavapaiensis
Agave yavapaiensis, the Page Springs agave, is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Etymology The scientific name makes reference to both Yavapai County and the Yavapai people, while the common name refers to the area where it occurs, Page Springs, Arizona. Description Agave yavapaiens...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amastra%20modicella
Amastra modicella
Amastra modicella is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae. Description The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 5.6 mm. (Original description) The shell is openly perforate, dextral, thin, and fragile, with a pale brownish-white appearan...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Sudd%C4%AB
Al-Suddī
Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Suddī (died 745) was a popular preacher and Qurʾānic exegete in Kūfa. His nickname al-Suddī comes from his habit of sitting on the threshold (sudd) of the Great Mosque of Kūfa. His status as a traditionist is unclear, since his presence in isnāds is often inauthentic and he was sometimes a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amastra%20pagodula
Amastra pagodula
Amastra pagodula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae. Description The length of the shell attains 10.9 mm, its diameter 7.4 mm. (Original description) The shell is narrowly umbilicate, dextral, conic, and thin. In its fossilized state, the uppe...
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78769104
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphimerycidae
Amphimerycidae
The earliest history of the Amphimerycidae was in 1804 when the French naturalist Georges Cuvier erected Anoplotherium minimum in 1804, stating that unlike with other species assigned to Anoplotherium (A. commune, A. medium, and A. minus), A. minimum lacked known postcranial fossil evidence. In 1822, he emended A. mini...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphimerycidae
Amphimerycidae
Both amphimerycid genera are best known by the "cubonavicular" bone (fused cuboid bone and navicular bone of the hind legs) recorded in multiple species; the morphology of the astragalus of P. renevieri further attests to anatomical support of the fused bone. This trait has also been recorded in ruminants, suggesting t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary%20Cemetery%20%28St.%20Paul%2C%20Minnesota%29
Calvary Cemetery (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Calvary Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in Saint Paul, Minnesota, established in 1856. History The first Catholic cemetery in St. Paul was next to the log Chapel of Saint Paul. Prior to 1849, eleven people had been buried in it. In 1853, it was abandoned when a new cemetery was built at Marshall and Western streets, t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Hubert%20Oldham
Charles Hubert Oldham
Charles Hubert Oldham (1859–1926) was an Irish economics professor. Early life Born in Monkstown, County Dublin, Oldham was educated at Kingstown Grammar School, and then studied at Trinity College Dublin. His sisters were Edith Best (who married Richard Irvine Best) and Alice Oldham. His elder brother Eldred (seven y...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Weiner
Red Weiner
Albert "Red" Weiner (January 24, 1911 – September 17, 1988) was an American multi-sport professional athlete and coach. He played football as a back in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles for one season and also played several years of minor league baseball. Additionally, he also played with...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Weiner
Red Weiner
Weiner became a top player for the Muhlenberg baseball team; by May 1932, in his second season, he was their leading batter with an average of .500, as well as the team's leader in both hits and home runs. He then opened the 1932 football season as a starting halfback for Muhlenberg, having several key performances in ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326%20New%20Hampshire%20Bulls%20men%27s%20ice%20hockey%20season
1925–26 New Hampshire Bulls men's ice hockey season
The 1925–26 New Hampshire Bulls men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program. The Bulls represented the University of New Hampshire and were coached by Ernest Christensen in his 1st season. Season Before the season, Hank Swasey turned control of the program over to Ernest Christensen. The new coa...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botija%20%28container%29
Botija (container)
Botija is a term used by archaeologists for a style of ceramic vessel produced in Seville, Spain from early in the 16th-century through the middle of the 19th-century. It was radially symmetrical, widest near the top, tapering down to a rounded or nearly pointed bottom. It had a fairly small mouth, and did not have any...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botija%20%28container%29
Botija (container)
In the 16th-century the most common shipping containers on Spanish ships were botijas, but other types of containers generally had larger capacities than did botijas. For instance, most wine was transported in pipas (a wooden cask equivalent to the English pipe), which held 480 litres, equivalent to 22 large botijas. O...
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78771159
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2073344
HD 73344
The planet's orbital periods range from two weeks to a decade and five years. They are all misaligned with each other: Planet b and c have a misalignment of at least 20 degrees, and planet d is misaligned with the inner planets' orbits, in contrast to the Solar System, where the planetary orbits are well aligned. There...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Wilpert
Joseph Wilpert
Joseph Wilpert (22 August 1856 – 13 February 1944) was a German archaeologist, Roman Catholic priest, scholar of iconography and member of the German Archaeological Institute. Life He was born into a rural family in Eiglau near Bauerwitz (then in Upper Silesia in Prussia and now in Poland), the second of five children...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur%20al-Fayha
Nur al-Fayha
Nur al-Fayha ("Light of Damascus"), was a women's rights organization in Syria, active during the Faisal government, between January 1919 and July 1920. The organization was composed of a group of elite women married to male modernist politicians and loyalists of the Faisal government. They spoke in favor of women's ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Town%20City%20Council
George Town City Council
By 1973, the federal government had decided to restructure local governments nationwide to improve efficiency. In 1974, Lim announced the merger of the George Town City Council with the Penang Island Rural District Council, creating a unified management board for all of Penang Island. In 1976, despite the recommendatio...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhagophthalmus
Rhagophthalmus
Rhagophthalmus is the type genus of the Rhagophthalmidae: a family of Asian glow-worm beetles erected by Victor Motschulsky in 1854. Species have been recorded from India, China, Taiwan, Japan and Indochina. Species The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists: Rhagophthalmus angulatus Rhagophthalmus beigan...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav%20Ullrich
Gustav Ullrich
Under his leadership, additional branches were either acquired or newly established. For example, an external galvanizing plant was built in Bellheim, and the Neumühle facility served as a production site for measuring tools. An additional branch for procuring wood was established in Châlons-sur-Marne in France, althou...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samida%20Takarazuka%20Kofun
Samida Takarazuka Kofun
The tumulus was "excavated" by local people in 1881 under the pretext of land reclamation, and many grave goods were unearthed. As a result of a proper archaeological excavation carried out in 1985, it was determined that this was the earliest keyhole-shaped tomb built in the Umami area, and that the excavated artifact...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Riccardo%20Stephens
John Riccardo Stephens
John Riccardo Stephens (11 Oct 1827 – 2 September 1912) was a pioneering teacher, preacher and medical doctor in South Australia. His middle name is frequently rendered as "Ricardo". History Stephens was born in St Agnes, Cornwall, and was taken at an early age by his parents to New Brunswick, Canada, then in 1831 to...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere%20Lodge
Mere Lodge
Mere Waihuka Lodge (née Harrison; born 1944) is a New Zealand Māori artist working in largely in sculpture, a teacher and an advocate for te reo Māori and language revitalisation efforts. Biography Lodge was born Mere Harrison in Ruatoria in 1944, the tenth of 13 children of Raniera Harrison and Erana Nika Horimete, ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl%20of%20grapes%20sign
Bowl of grapes sign
The bowl of grapes sign is a descriptive radiological term used in the context of synovial sarcoma, a malignant soft tissue tumor. This sign refers to the appearance of multiple small, rounded, fluid-containing spaces within a soft tissue mass, which resemble a cluster of grapes. These cystic spaces are typically attri...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn%20Adams%20%28dancer%29
Carolyn Adams (dancer)
Carolyn Adams (born 1943) is an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. In 1965, she joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company (PTDC), being the first and only African-American member at the time, and she remained a dancer there until 1982. She is faculty at the Juilliard School in New York City since 1983. Biography ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effie%20Comstock%20Simmons
Effie Comstock Simmons
Effie Comstock Simmons (1874–1961) was an American suffragist, politician, and the first woman from Multnomah County to serve in the Oregon House of Representatives. She was the fourth woman to serve in the Oregon House. Early life Effie Simmons was born Euphemia Dicken Comstock in Santa Cruz, California in 1874. Her ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Sepulchre%20%28Barletta%29
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Barletta)
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Italian: Basilica del Santo Sepolcro) is a Catholic place of worship located in the territory of the Italian municipality of Barletta, in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in Apulia. History The first document that attests with certainty the existence of the church dates back to ...
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78777494
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia%20literaria
Academia literaria
The academia literaria ('literary academy') was a literary tertulia popular during Spain's Golden Age (Siglo de Oro) of literature and the arts, from the early sixteenth century to the late seventeenth century (c. 1500 – 1681), and especially during the reign of the Spanish Habsburgs and, in particular, that of King Ph...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Asilah%20%281690%E2%80%931691%29
Siege of Asilah (1690–1691)
Between 1690 and 1691, the Moroccans besieged the Spanish-held Asilah for a year before surrendering to the Moroccans. Background In the year 1471, the Portuguese captured the city of Asilah from the Moroccans. The Portuguese built walls that surrounded the city. In 1578, the Portuguese king, Sebastian, chose Asilah a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Kandahar%20%281557%E2%80%931558%29
Siege of Kandahar (1557–1558)
Humayun's Rule and Succession Eventually, Humayun succeeded and became an independent king of Ghazni, Kabul, and Hindustan. However, Kandahar was not within his control, and by the time of his death, it had still not been returned to Qizilbash. He was succeeded in 1556 by his son, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. During th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Jolly
Hugh Jolly
Hugh Reginald Jolly (1918–1986) was a celebrated British paediatrician. A colleague, Bernard Mosely Laurance, wrote that Jolly "was probably better known to the general public than any other living doctor." An obituary in the Midwives Chronicle said he was "the paediatrician who brought common sense to baby care and wh...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Heneage%20Elsley
Charles Heneage Elsley
Charles Heneage Elsley Esq J.P. (14 August 1792 – 3 August 1865) was an English lawyer and author. He was born in Yorkshire, the son of the Reverend Heneage Elsley. He graduated ninth in Tripos in 1813 at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1819 and became a barrister. Main Works Elsley was the author ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerzas%20sutiles
Fuerzas sutiles
Their main advantages were their speed, lightness, versatility and manoeuvrability, for which they mixed Lateen rigs with rowing and hulls of little draught, allowing them to move with little to no wind, go unnoticed easily and move through paths impassable for larger ships. They were characteristically equipped with a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaajanvirta
Vaajanvirta
The Vaajanvirta, also spelled as Vaajavirta, is a long river in the Vaajakoski area of Jyväskylä, Finland. It begins from the lake Leppävesi and discharges into Lake Päijänne. The river's basin has a surface area of , which includes many major Central Finnish lakes, such as Lake Keitele. The river is part of the Keit...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaajanvirta
Vaajanvirta
Traffic The Vaajakoski lock on the northern side of Naissaari is the lowest lock of the long Keitele Canal, which was built between 1990 and 1993. Before that, a smaller boat canal called Kissakanava passed through the island. The lock is long and is open to traffic between May and October. Both the Finnish nationa...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Craigie
Billy Craigie
Billy Craigie (born c. 1953 - August 1998) was an Aboriginal Australian activist. He was one of four co-founders of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972, the longest continuous protest for Indigenous land rights in the world. Craigie grew up in Moree and was believed to be of the Kamilaroi people. Craigie, along with ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJS-1
DJS-1
From February 8-12, 1966, a 103 computer system users' technical exchange meeting was held at the Beijing Suburban Science Hall, with 48 user units attending. Dai Zhongjing, director of the Third Bureau of the State Planning Commission, gave a "Report on Computer Development Trends," indicating that transistor computer...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th%20%28Service%29%20Battalion%2C%20East%20Surrey%20Regiment%20%28Bermondsey%29
12th (Service) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Bermondsey)
Flers–Courcelette On 15 August 12th ESR left Soyer Farm and went by stages to Thieushouck, where it began special training before 41st Division joined in the offensive. It moved on 23 August to Mouflers, where the training included operating in a wood similar to the notorious Delville Wood on the Somme. A Company and ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th%20%28Service%29%20Battalion%2C%20East%20Surrey%20Regiment%20%28Bermondsey%29
12th (Service) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Bermondsey)
Other tanks worked up the east and west sides of the village. After confused fighting, Flers was in British hands by 10.30, and 12th ESR 'mopped up' the dugouts with bombs, sending large numbers of prisoners back. Other Germans fled towards Gueudecourt, while their artillery put down a heavy bombardment on the village....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Lisa%20Lora-Wainwright
Anna Lisa Lora-Wainwright
Anna Lisa Lora-Wainwright is an academic geographer. She is Professor of the Human Geography of China at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford. Education Lora-Wainwright studied a BA (Hons) in Social Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of Lo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrothelium%20xanthosordithecium
Astrothelium xanthosordithecium
Astrothelium xanthosordithecium is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling, crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. The lichen grows in the rainforests of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It contains the chemical lichexanthone, a secondary metabolite that causes it to fluoresce when lit with an ultraviolet light. Taxonomy...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Jews%20in%20Nalchik
History of the Jews in Nalchik
In 1925, the Jewish quarter of Nalchik was separated into a department of the administrative district within the city. That same year, a school for Mountain Jews operated in Nalchik. The director was Kamuil Isaakovich Gilyadov; in 1923, K. I. Gilyadov prepared and published an alphabet book in Nalchik in the language o...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Jews%20in%20Nalchik
History of the Jews in Nalchik
In 1945, the previously closed synagogue at 79 Podgornaya Street in Nalchik resumed operations. On normal days, 35–45 people attended the synagogue, and on holidays, 350 to 450 people. The rabbis were S. R. Shaulov and Shamulya Khazkeevich Amirov (1880–?). The duties of shochet and mohel were performed by Rabbi Nakhams...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20American%20weasel
South American weasel
South American weasels (subgenus Grammogale) are New World weasels endemic to South America. There are two extant species — the Amazon weasel (Neogale africana) and the Colombian weasel (Neogale felipei). Taxonomy The Amazon weasel was the first species of the two which was described, as it was described by Anselme G...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbles%20Danayarri
Hobbles Danayarri
Hobbles Danayarri (c. 1925 – 24 March 1988) was a Mudburra man, born on Wave Hill Station, and he was a stockman, Aboriginal lawman and community leader. Life in the Northern Territory Danayarri's totem was the barramundi and it is said that when his father speared the fish, and his mother ate it, the spirit of the f...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbles%20Danayarri
Hobbles Danayarri
Danayarri was a deep thinker and he told many of his own stories, many of which where formed from historical rather the Dreaming time and, to record these, he worked closely with Deborah Bird Rose and they worked together for three decades. As an example of these he would tell stories of Captain James Cook to show how ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirini
Dirini
Dirini is one of the tribes in the butterfly subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. Consisting of 29 species in 6 genera, the group's members are exclusively found in southern Africa. Initially distinguished by having a forewing cell length shorter than half the length of the forewing, the morphological synapom...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Semitism
Pan-Semitism
Pan-Semitism refers to the idea or advocacy of unity between Semitic-speaking peoples. Most Pan-Semitic efforts have been between Arabs and Jews. History Pan-Semitism was formed as an idealistic movement which advocated for a union between Arabs and Jews, with Semitic identity being the unifying factor. During the 192...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20duct%20sign
Double duct sign
The double duct sign is a radiological finding characterized by the simultaneous dilation of the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct. This sign is significant because it often indicates an obstruction in the distal bile duct and pancreatic duct, frequently caused by serious underlying pathologies such as panc...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah%20H.%20Blount
Josiah H. Blount
Josiah Homer Blount (September 17, 1860 - December 15, 1938) was an American teacher, farmer, businessman, and fraternal order leader who was first African-American to run for Governor of Arkansas. Early Life and Education Blount was born into slavery to farmers Madison Blount and Queen Victoria Isabella Lester Bloun...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous%20diaphragm%20sign
Continuous diaphragm sign
The continuous diaphragm sign is a radiological finding seen on chest X-rays that indicates the presence of gas within the thoracic cavity, specifically in the mediastinum (pneumomediastinum), the peritoneal cavity (pneumoperitoneum) or pericardium (pneumopericardium). This sign is characterized by the uninterrupted vi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway%20Blues%20%28Swanstrom%20and%20Morgan%29
Broadway Blues (Swanstrom and Morgan)
"Broadway Blues", also known as "The Broadway Blues", is a blues song with lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom and music by Carey Morgan. The song was introduced by Lillian Lorraine in Florence Ziegfeld's 1918 Broadway musical revue Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic. The song became a popular hit in 1920 with two top selling recordings ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkland%20Bushwhackers
Kirkland Bushwhackers
The Kirkland Bushwhackers, also known as the Kirkland Raiders, were an irregular military force led by John Jackson Kirkland during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Known for their extreme violence, the group operated in the Southern Appalachian region, particularly in what is now Graham County, North...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkland%20Bushwhackers
Kirkland Bushwhackers
On September 2, 1864, in Ball Play, Tennessee, the gang ambushed Bob Stratton and Jack Roberts. They lured the men with a piece of paper placed in the road. When the men stopped to investigate, the Bushwhackers opened fire, killing Stratton instantly and fatally wounding Roberts. The Kirklands were reportedly after Str...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurutva
Gurutva
Neutralisation The quality of gurutva is eternal existence in the paramanus of the dravyas so it can't be destroyed. But the effect of gurutva can be neutralised by conjunction, effort and faculty (speed form). When gurutva is interrupted by these, it's effect is neutralised. In the text Vaisheshika Sutra, there is a ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muro%20Miyayama%20Kofun
Muro Miyayama Kofun
Several archaeological excavations have been carried out, revealing that there are an estimated six burial facilities in total, two in the circular posterior portion, part, two in the rectangular anterior portion, and one each in the two the protruding parts. The two burials in the rear mound are vertical-entry stone b...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney%20Tilson
Whitney Tilson
Whitney Richard Tilson (born November 1, 1966) is an American former hedge fund manager, and a philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist. He managed a hedge fund for 18 years. In November 2024, Tilson announced his entry into the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City in the 2025 election. He pro...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Bar%20%281649%29
Siege of Bar (1649)
The Siege of Bar took place between the Cossack garrison of Bar and the Polish–Lithuanian forces of the Bar fortress, during which Polish commander Piotr Potocki laid a siege on the fortress, capturing the fortress and defeating its garrison, in February 1649. Prelude Bar fortress was an important defense point of P...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury%20in%20corn%20syrup
Mercury in corn syrup
The third study was led by Karen Rideout at the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health in Canada in 2010. Rideout’s team collected nine Canadian national brand syrup products containing HFCS (known as glucose-fructose) as the first or second ingredient from major chain grocery stores in Vancouver. All o...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian%20National%20Theatre%2C%20Vara%C5%BEdin
Croatian National Theatre, Varaždin
The Croatian National Theatre (), commonly referred to as HNK Varaždin, is a theatre located in Varaždin. History The history of theater in Varaždin dates back to 1637, with the Jesuit school performances held at the local grammar school. These productions were predominantly in Latin and German language. Between 1788...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Saturday%20Night%20Live%20short%20films
List of Saturday Night Live short films
History Origins In 1974, when Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol were developing Saturday Night Live, they asked comedian Albert Brooks to be the permanent host. He turned the job down and instead suggested he make short films for the show, having recently made his first show, called "Albert Brooks' Famous School For Come...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Narol%20%281672%29
Battle of Narol (1672)
The Battle of Narol took place on 6 October 1672, during the Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676). It was part of Jan III Sobieski’s autumn expedition, aimed at destruction of mounted Tatar units, which plundered southeastern provinces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Battle On October 6, 2 Tatar chambuls returning ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravertebral%20block
Paravertebral block
Paravertebral block (often known as PVB) is a technique used in medicine in order to ease chest pain. An analgetic agent, usually Bupivacaine or morphine, is injected into a narrow space that lies next to the spine. A fine tube is left in place in order to re-administer the local anesthetic whenever necessary. Complic...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Hidalgo
Economy of the State of Hidalgo
As of the third quarter of 2016, the Economically Active Population (EAP) amounted to 1,230,173  people, of whom 61.7% are men and 38.3% are women; In total, the EAP represented 57.64% of the working-age population. Of the total EAP, 97.33% is occupied and 2.67% is unoccupied. Of the total, 798,603 are salaried, 290,54...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Hidalgo
Economy of the State of Hidalgo
There are 90 producers working there, generating 2300 direct jobs and 7500 indirect jobs, and a combined production of 500,000 liters of milk. In the 1990s, the ranchers created their own production and marketing company under the name of Leche Real de Tizayuca, but in 2009 it went bankrupt. In 1976, the dairy basin pr...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Hidalgo
Economy of the State of Hidalgo
Pachuca is the most important city in the state. The municipality's tourism infrastructure is as follows: 32 lodging establishments with a capacity of 1,471 rooms, 157 beverage and food preparation establishments and 36 travel agencies, 13 car rental companies, 4 convention centers and 1 golf course. The main tourist ...
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