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75816218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zavalska%20Planina | Zavalska Planina | Zavalska Planina () is a mountain range in Pernik Province, western Bulgaria, forming the westernmost part of the Zavalska–Plana chain of the Srednogorie mountain range system.
The mountain range spans in direction northwest–southeast for about 20 km; the width is 4 to 5 km. To the northeast the Yaroslavska Valley (... | 2.203125 | 0 |
75816414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddebostan | Caddebostan | In the Ottoman times, Caddebostan was referred to as Cadı Bostanı ("witch garden"), as outlaws commonly hid in the neighborhood. In 1906, the Ragıp Pasha Mansion was built by August Jasmund who also constructed the Sirkeci railway station. In the Republic era of Turkey, when the neighborhood became more developed, with... | 2.28125 | 0 |
75816431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shailesh%20Kumar%20%28para-athlete%29 | Shailesh Kumar (para-athlete) | Shialesh Kumar (born 8 August 2000) is a para jumper from Bihar. He represented India in the men's high jump at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China. He won a gold medal in the men's T63 high jump event clearing 1.82 meters on 23 October 2023. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Pa... | 2.109375 | 0 |
75816458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois%20Pogatscher | Alois Pogatscher | Alois Pogatscher (born April 17, 1852, in Graz, died December 14, 1935, in the same place) was an Austrian philologist of English. His doctoral thesis was described in 2000 as "Die bislang umfassendste Arbeit zum Lehnwortschatz des Altenglishen" ('the most comprehensive work to date on the loan-vocabulary of Old Englis... | 1.945313 | 0 |
75816754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparsh%20Ahuja | Sparsh Ahuja | Sparsh Ahuja is an Indian-Australian peace activist and documentary filmmaker. He founded Project Dastaan along with Sam Dalrymple and Saadia Gardezi.
Early life and education
Ahuja was born in India and grew up in Australia. He graduated from University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in philosophy, p... | 2.234375 | 0 |
75816908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%27b%20Dhu%20Marathid | Sa'b Dhu Marathid | Ṣaʿb Dhu Marāthid (also al-Ṣaʿb b. Dhī Marāthid) was a mythical world-conqueror figure described in the medieval Islamic tradition as the tenth South Arabian king of the Himyarite Kingdom. Early in life, Sa'b repeatedly receives prophetic dreams that foreshadow his future as the ruler of the world. To understand these ... | 2.625 | 0 |
75816948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962%20East%20Pakistan%20Provincial%20Assembly%20election | 1962 East Pakistan Provincial Assembly election | Provincial Assembly elections were held in East Pakistan in May 1962 as part of the wider provincial elections.
Background
The East Pakistan Provincial Assembly had been suspended in 1958 after President Iskandar Ali Mirza introduced martial law. A new constitution was adopted in 1962, which provided for an indirectly... | 2.3125 | 0 |
75817077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji%20streaked%20fantail | Fiji streaked fantail | The Fiji streaked fantail (Rhipidura layardi) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the islands of Fiji. It was formerly considered to be subspecies of the streaked fantail (now the New Caledonian streaked fantail). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxo... | 2.40625 | 0 |
75818597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20V%C3%A9laz%20de%20Medrano%20IV | Juan Vélaz de Medrano IV | On the 14th of June, 1412, in Pamplona, the court document reads:
The court of the Crown condemns the jurors, foremen and council of Orendáin and former neighbors of Artazu, Soracoiz and Guirguilaño, for rebelling against Juan Velaz de Medrano, lord of Orendain, gentleman, whom they wanted to kill, for the payment of ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
75818597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20V%C3%A9laz%20de%20Medrano%20IV | Juan Vélaz de Medrano IV | During her time, she devoted herself to a deeply spiritual life, undertaking numerous acts of religious charity. She founded chaplaincies, hermitages, and religious brotherhoods. For example, a chaplaincy in Ujué provided meals for five impoverished individuals, while she also supported the hermits of Santa Brígida nea... | 2.1875 | 0 |
75818811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser%20Creek | Kaiser Creek | Kaiser Creek is an approximately 3 mile (4.8 km) long perennial creek in western Contra Costa and Alameda Counties, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a tributary of the Upper San Leandro Reservoir, part of the larger San Leandro Creek system.
Course
Kaiser Creek begins as a number of springs and seeps ... | 2.484375 | 0 |
75818811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser%20Creek | Kaiser Creek | Geography
Kaiser Creek has its source on Rocky Ridge in the Inner Coast Ranges, one of the highest and most prominent points in Contra Costa County, California. It soon crosses into Alameda County towards the rest of the San Leandro Creek watershed. Its catchment exhibits a character typical of many other headwater st... | 2.90625 | 0 |
75818811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser%20Creek | Kaiser Creek | Kaiser Creek flows through a steep canyon flanked by rounded hills covered in chaparral and woodlands. Dense forests of Coast live oak, Valley oak, California bay and California buckeye cover the shaded areas in the Kaiser Creek watershed while open grasslands predominate on exposed slopes. The creek and its tributarie... | 2.984375 | 0 |
75819421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meristem%20%28school%29 | Meristem (school) | Curriculum
Students are encouraged to work with their hands and are given the needed time to complete tasks at their own pace. This is to enable the student to acquire confidence to solve problems in the real world, learning how to overcome obstacles and embrace challenges. To learn transferable professional skills, t... | 3 | 0 |
75819492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre%20Dame%20de%20Roscudon%20Church | Notre Dame de Roscudon Church | The southern front
The north elevation is relatively poorly treated. The southern front, on the other hand, is richly decorated with several different elements: the southern porch; the baptismal font chapel; the transept gable; the window in the south aisle of the choir, and finally the large southern apse chapel. The... | 2.109375 | 0 |
75819989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Marcus | Helen Marcus | Helen Mae Marcus (October 28, 1925 – October 1, 2023) was an American photographer.
Early life and education
Marcus was born in 1925 to Augusta (Hittleman) Marcus, a Russian immigrant, and Joseph Marcus, a shoe store owner. She completed her education at A.B. Davis High School, Mount Vernon, New York, and later obtain... | 2.3125 | 0 |
75820315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Dietloff%20von%20Arnim-Boitzenburg | Georg Dietloff von Arnim-Boitzenburg | Georg Dietloff von Arnim-Boitzenburg (18 September 1679 – 20 October 1753) was a Prussian statesman and senior minister under Frederick the Great.
Early life
Arnim was born on 18 September 1679 in Haus Necheln in the Uckermark into the Prussian noble von Arnim family. He was the son of Euphemia von Blankenburg (1644–1... | 1.984375 | 0 |
75820454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Wilhelm%20von%20Arnim-Boitzenburg | Friedrich Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg | Friedrich Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg (31 December 1739 – 21 January 1801) was a Prussian civil servant and Minister of War.
Early life
Arnim was born 31 December 1739 in Berlin into the noble Arnim family. He was the only child of Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1712–1761), and Anna Elisabeth von der Schulen... | 2.140625 | 0 |
75820461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20students%20in%20the%20United%20States | International students in the United States | As per Opendoor's’ 2021 report, India is the second most common place of origin for international students in the United States while ranking at 22 as a study abroad destination for U.S. students. According to a report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, these international students in 2020 had an economic impact of ap... | 2.3125 | 0 |
75820477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro%20Barsanti | Pietro Barsanti | Pietro Barsanti (30 July 1849 – 27 August 1870) was an Italian military soldier. A supporter of republicanism and soldier in the Royal Italian Army with the rank of corporal, he was sentenced to death and shot for having favored an insurrectional attempt against the Savoy monarchy, and is therefore considered the first... | 1.96875 | 0 |
75820544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Hilda%27s%20Church%2C%20Ampleforth | St Hilda's Church, Ampleforth | St Hilda's Church is the parish church of Ampleforth, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The church was first built in mid 12th century, although only the tower arch and reset north doorway survive from this period. The south doorway dates from the early 13th century, and the chancel was rebuilt later in the c... | 2.25 | 0 |
75820689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commemorative%20Medal%20of%20the%20African%20Campaigns | Commemorative Medal of the African Campaigns | King Victor Emmanuel III modified the original legislation establishing the medal with Royal Decree Number 562 of 5 October 1906 and then again with Royal Decree Number 2067 of 27 August 1923. Given the lack of combat actions in Eritrea and Italian Somaliland in the years since the original decree and the involvement o... | 2.09375 | 0 |
75821031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Big%20Piece | The Big Piece | The Big Piece is a large section of the Titanics starboard hull extracted from its wreck. Recovered in 1998, it is the largest piece of the wreck to be recovered and weighs . It is currently located at the Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at Luxor Las Vegas.
History
Recovery
First spotted in 1994, The Big Piece was r... | 2.5 | 0 |
75821031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Big%20Piece | The Big Piece | Conservation
The hull ended up being stored in Boston and broken into two parts, due to some concerns about its size during transportation and exhibiting. The second piece was not very large as it was just an extending part. Before being cleaned, it had many rusticles. Many of the bronze parts of the hull, such as the ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
75821592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Gobnait%27s%20well | St Gobnait's well | St Gobnait's well is a religious complex built on the site of a 6th or 7th century nunnery near Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland. Consisting of a holy well, two churches and a graveyard, it dates to the Middle Ages. The site is associated with the 8th century saint Gobnait, and today it is a place of veneration and p... | 2.625 | 0 |
75821656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu%20Creswell | Elihu Creswell | Creswell's slave depot
Historians researching slavery in New Orleans have been able to determine some details about Creswell's treatment of the people he owned: He had a separate room in his pen where he could confine the sick separate from the healthy; and he made payments to medical care providers to have "slaves' t... | 2.6875 | 0 |
75821831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadnagar%20archaeological%20site | Vadnagar archaeological site | Vadnagar archaeological site is located in Vadnagar in Gujarat, India; it is known for its significant findings of a continuing settlement since ancient or pre-Mauryan times.
Project
Excavations at the archaeological site commenced in 2016 as a collaborative effort that includes archaeologists and experts from IIT Kha... | 2.71875 | 0 |
75822005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatannuaq | Tatannuaq | Soon after, the expedition encountered a group of eight Inuit who approached them in shallow water off the Arctic coast, requesting to speak with Tatannuaq. Franklin, initially disapproving, eventually allowed him to go to shore unarmed. Tatannuaq spoke to a group of around forty Inuit, scolding them for the raid on th... | 2.625 | 0 |
75822223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cove%20Bay%20%28Saba%29 | Cove Bay (Saba) | In 1963, Saba's airport officially began service, built on the flat stretch of land just above Cove Bay. In the 1990s, there was a leather factory between Cove Bay and the airport; in 2012, Saba Comprehensive School's Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) moved in to the former leather factory building. In... | 2.25 | 0 |
75822266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Num%20kreab | Num kreab | Num kreab () is a Khmer thin, round and flat rice cracker that is sold as street food in Cambodia.
History
Unlike num ansorm, which is made for Cambodian New Year, num krieb is not prepared for any specific occasions. Num krieb is frequently made from leftover rice, often by poor farmers who sell it to earn extra inco... | 2.015625 | 0 |
75822553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%20Public%20Safety%20Academy | Philippine Public Safety Academy | The Philippine Public Safety Academy or PPSA, is a public safety school whose graduates are assigned as officers of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).
History
The PPSA was created by signing Department Circular No. 2022-009 "Creation and Operationalization of Ph... | 2.09375 | 0 |
75822683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1038%20Dingxiang%20earthquake | 1038 Dingxiang earthquake | The 1038 Dingxiang earthquake devastated present-day Shanxi Province, northern China on 9 January. At least 32,300 people died across the province when the 7.25 earthquake struck Dingxiang and Xinxian counties. In Xinzhou, about 19,742 people died and 5,655 were injured. More than 50,000 livestock also perished. About... | 2.15625 | 0 |
75823044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Waldenstr%C3%B6m | Daniel Waldenström | Daniel Anders Måns Waldenström is a Swedish economist, economic historian, and professor. He is professor of economics and program manager for the research program Taxes and society at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm.
Biography
Waldenström completed his doctorate in economics at the Stockho... | 2.09375 | 0 |
75823305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya%20in%20Belgium | Ahmadiyya in Belgium | The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was founded in Belgium in 1981, with an approximate 2000 adherents and over 15 branches within Belgium as of 2024.
History
The first Ahmadi missionary to Belgium was Malik Ataur Rahman who arrived in Belgium in 1948 for a prospect of establishing a mission. However, in February 1981, Mi... | 2.0625 | 0 |
75823758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincial%20Hospital%20Bhadrapur | Provincial Hospital Bhadrapur | Provincial Hospital Bhadrapur, formally known as Mechi Provincial Hospital is a government hospital located in Bhadrapur Municipality, in Koshi Province of Nepal. It is providing health services focusing to the poor and under-privileged people of Jhapa District of Koshi Province.
History
It was established as a 25 be... | 1.9375 | 0 |
75823880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertramp%20fantail | Supertramp fantail | The supertramp fantail (Rhipidura semicollaris) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is found on the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku Islands, Kai Islands and Aru Islands. It was formerly considered to be subspecies of the Arafura fantail (Rhipidura dryas). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moi... | 2.453125 | 0 |
75824292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrotinae | Centrotinae | Centrotinae is a subfamily within the treehoppers (Membracidae) and is the largest and only subfamily with a worldwide distribution of species. There are nearly 1350 species placed in 216 genera. Species in the genus make use of a wide range of host plants belonging to 105 plant families with dominant ones being Legumi... | 2.84375 | 0 |
75824298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Campbell%20Norman | Helen Campbell Norman | Helen Campbell Norman, RRC (27 January 1856 – 31 July 1913) was a leading British military nurse who was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her role in the Anglo-Egyptian War. She was later in charge of nursing at Netley Hospital in Southampton.
Nursing career
Norman was born in Peshawar in the British Raj on 27 January ... | 1.953125 | 0 |
75824591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Farrer | Keith Farrer | Keith Thomas Henry Farrer (28 March 1916 – 6 June 2012) was a chemist, food scientist and historian who was the Chief Scientist of Kraft Foods Limited in Melbourne between 1976 and 1981.
Early life and education
Farrer was born in Footscray in Melbourne but soon left to live in Hobart in Tasmania.
He was first educat... | 2.078125 | 0 |
75824945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Murray%20Trotter | Frederick Murray Trotter | Frederick Murray Trotter (19 April 1897 – 24 July 1968) was a British geologist, who worked for his whole career with the British Geological Survey. He became best known for his geological field studies of industrial minerals – coal, salt and iron ores – and was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
75825270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%20Yeatman | Pope Yeatman | Pope Yeatman (August 3, 1861 – December 5, 1953) was an American mining engineer and consultant. He was known for his work in mining in South Africa, Chile, and Alaska. He was a member of the War Industries Board during World War I.
Early life
Pope Yeatman was born on August 3, 1861, in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduat... | 2.390625 | 0 |
75825352 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvania%20aequisculpta | Alvania aequisculpta | The very elongate-conic shell is light yellow. The protoconch contains two, moderately well rounded whorls. They are marked by six spiral threads, which are about as wide as the spaces that separate them, and numerous slender, closely spaced, axial threads, which are about one-fourth as strong as the spiral threads bet... | 2.40625 | 0 |
75825481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene%20Lauridsen | Magdalene Lauridsen | Magdalene Lauridsen (25 April 1873, Holsted—5 July 1957, Copenhagen) was a Danish schoolteacher and headmistress. In 1895, she founded Sorø Husholdningsskole, Denmark's first home economics school, followed in 1902 by Ankerhus Seminarium, the country's first teacher training college to specialize in home economics and ... | 2.375 | 0 |
75826328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Abraham%20Wilhelm%20von%20Arnim | Friedrich Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim | Friedrich Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg (13 June 1767 – 31 January 1812), was a Prussian politician and diplomat who served as Envoy to Saxony and Denmark).
Early life
Arnim was born in Berlin on 13 June 1767 into the prominent and wealthy Arnim family. He was the only surviving child of Count Friedrich Wilhel... | 2.34375 | 0 |
75826427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulayman%20al-Ghazzi | Sulayman al-Ghazzi | Sulayman Ibn Hassan al-Ghazzi (also Solomon of Gaza or Samunas, ca. 940 - 1027) was an Arab Christian poet and bishop of Gaza in Fatimid Palestine. His work provides insights into the life of Melkite Christians in the Holy Land during the persecutions of caliph al-Hakim and his diwan is the earliest known collection of... | 2.609375 | 0 |
75826515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihtiman%20Valley | Ihtiman Valley | Ihtiman Valley () is situated in western Bulgaria. It is named after its main settlement, the town of Ihtiman.
Geography
The valley has the shape of an isosceles triangle, turned with its apex to the southeast. It has a length of 16 km and a width of up to 10 km. It spans a territory of 106 km2 with an altitude of 62... | 2.34375 | 0 |
75826729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former%20State%20Treasury%20Building%20of%20Mato%20Grosso | Former State Treasury Building of Mato Grosso | The Former State Treasury Building of Mato Grosso () is a historic building in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. It sits on the Praça da República, a public square that was once the center of Portuguese colonial power. It was built in 1896 to house first the state treasury, and later numerous state government agencies. It w... | 1.960938 | 0 |
75826737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea%20petersiana | Nymphaea petersiana | Nymphaea petersiana is a species of the genus Nymphaea native to the region spanning from Tanzania to South Africa.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Nymphaea petersiana is an aquatic, rhizomatous, perennial plant with a tuberous rhizome. The suborbicular to elliptic, 17–40 cm long, and 16–32 cm wide leaves have... | 2.359375 | 0 |
75826902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barking%20Sands%20Beach | Barking Sands Beach | Scientific explanation
Dr. James Blake, a scientist of the California Academy of Sciences, who examined a sand sample in 1875, explained the phenomenon that the grains of sand all have more or less small holes that end in cavities and enlarge inwards. They communicated with the surface by a small opening.
The structure... | 3 | 0 |
75827041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20St.%20Germain | Pierre St. Germain | Pierre St. Germain ( – ) was a Métis interpreter and fur trader, notable for his service in John Franklin's Coppermine expedition. Born , possibly to a family of North West Company (NWC) interpreters, he was first employed with the NWC in 1812, before transferring to the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). He served for severa... | 2.09375 | 0 |
75827100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egerton%20Hours | Egerton Hours | Subsequently, the manuscript found itself in the hands of George Strangways, archdeacon of Coventry, who donated it to Henry VII of England (1457-1509); there is a dedication mentioning this on folio 154. The book was then given to the Jesuits of Kraków. In the 19th century, it was in the possession of the Grand Duch... | 2.15625 | 0 |
75827588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis%20and%20Futuna%20in%20World%20War%20II | Wallis and Futuna in World War II | The Second World War in Wallis and Futuna was a period of significant upheaval for this French protectorate territory in the Pacific.
The islands were not the scene of fighting, but suffered complete isolation for seventeen months, from January 1, 1941 to May 27, 1942. Following France's surrender to Germany on June 2... | 2.859375 | 0 |
75827588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis%20and%20Futuna%20in%20World%20War%20II | Wallis and Futuna in World War II | Following the declaration of war in 1939, French resident Lamy left Wallis. His successor, Léon Vrignaud, arrived in Wallis in July 1940 and sought above all to preserve the territory's interests. A former resident of Port-Vila, he had witnessed the rallying of the New Hebrides and initially adopted a wait-and-see atti... | 2.265625 | 0 |
75827685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef%20Napoleon%20Hutten-Czapski | Józef Napoleon Hutten-Czapski | Stanisław Hutten-Czapski (1779-1844)
Stanisław Hutten-Czapski was born in 1779 in Nieśwież (in present day Belarus). He spent his childhood in Nieśwież and went to school in Vilnius. In 1811, he received the Ordynacja of Kejdany (today's Kėdainiai in Lithuania) from his cousin Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł, as part of his... | 2.0625 | 0 |
75827843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsolved%21 | Unsolved! | Unsolved! The History and Mystery of the World’s Greatest Ciphers from Ancient Egypt to Online Secret Societies is a 2017 book by American mathematician and cryptologist Craig P. Bauer. The book explores the history and challenges of various unsolved ciphers, ranging from ancient scripts to modern codes and puzzles. Th... | 2.390625 | 0 |
75827997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20zu%20Hohenlohe-%C3%96hringen | Hans zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen | Hans Heinrich Georg Herzog, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, Duke of Ujest (24 April 1858 – 24 April 1945) was a German nobleman and diplomat.
Early life
A hereditary prince of the House of Hohenlohe, he was born at Sławięcice Palace in Slawentzitz in the Kingdom of Prussia on 24 April 1858. He was a younger son of Pri... | 1.976563 | 0 |
75828357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppurg%20Castle | Oppurg Castle | In 1745, the castle was acquired by Count Julius Gebhard von Hoym, who had it redesigned into the current stucco façades made by Christian Wilhelm Müller. Hoym was the nephew of Count Adolf Magnus von Hoym, the chamber president of the Elector of Saxony Augustus II the Strong and husband of Anna Constantia von Brockdor... | 2.3125 | 0 |
75828403 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea%20nouchali%20var.%20ovalifolia | Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia | Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia is a variety of the water lily species Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. native to the region spanning from West Tanzania to South Africa.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia is an annual or perennial, aquatic herb with narrowly elliptic, 25 cm long, and ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
75828824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza%20Strip%20famine | Gaza Strip famine | On 9 July 2024, a group of UN experts released a statement that Israel's "targeted starvation campaign" had caused the death of children in Gaza and that famine had spread from the North to the rest of Gaza. The statement cited the deaths of 3 children who had recently died of malnutrition in Gaza, saying: "When the fi... | 2.015625 | 0 |
75828824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza%20Strip%20famine | Gaza Strip famine | On 16 November 2024 armed gangs captured and looted 98 trucks carrying aid. The convoy, which had been organized by UNRWA and the World Food Programme, consisted of 109 trucks and was attacked shortly after crossing into Gaza from Kerem Shalom. A UNRWA spokesperson said that "We’re back at a stage where we’re seeing pe... | 2.1875 | 0 |
75828824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza%20Strip%20famine | Gaza Strip famine | The UN World Food Programme warned of a real prospect of famine by May 2024, for half a million people.
March 2024
A man in Rafah spoke to Al Jazeera, stating, "From the moment we wake up until the moment we sleep, we are battling to survive. We are fighting to get our hands on some water, to get hold of a loaf of bre... | 1.945313 | 0 |
75829482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell%20Dehaila | Tell Dehaila | Tell Dehaila () is an ancient tell, or archaeological site in Iraq. Remains at the site range from the Isin-Larsa/Old-Babylonian to Neo-Babylonian periods.
Location
It is located in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, about 30 kilometers west of the ancient city of Ur. The settlement is in the bend of an ancient branch of th... | 2.46875 | 0 |
75829789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Krick | Nicolas Krick | After extensive preparation, Nicolas Krick set out to explore northern India in search of a route to Tibet. He started looking for carriers with a guide (Tchôking). Despite the fear of the Mishmi tribes, who had a reputation for slavery, Nicolas and Tchöking managed to recruit 17 carriers, and the expedition began on D... | 2.421875 | 0 |
75829789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Krick | Nicolas Krick | Illness and convalescence
Back at the Abors, Krick falls seriously ill. His fever is accompanied by a severe weakness or depression, and his strength diminishes. He returns to Saikhoa, hoping to see the new missionary Augustin Bourry. His health worsened and he decided to return to Nowgong in May for medical treatment... | 2.140625 | 0 |
75829981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandpiper%20Hill%20House%20Windmill | Sandpiper Hill House Windmill | The narrative takes a tragic turn with McCaffray, who, like many others, suffered greatly after the stock market crash of 1929, some accounts suggesting he jumped to his death. This history paints a vivid picture of the estate's cultural significance, its personal connections to broader historical events, and the drama... | 1.929688 | 0 |
75829981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandpiper%20Hill%20House%20Windmill | Sandpiper Hill House Windmill | In 1972, renowned photographer Peter Beard bought land for a ranch in Montauk, New York, and acquired the windmill from the Sandpiper Hill House in Ditch Plains. He relocated it eight and a half miles to his property. During its renovation, the windmill was hit by lightning, an event which inspired the name Thunderbolt... | 2.171875 | 0 |
75830299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle%20of%20Pontevico | Castle of Pontevico | Thus it was that, at night, Visconti and his troops managed to sneak inside the fortress through the drawbridges. By day, the army broke out of the fortress and attacked the League, who responded in large numbers with the support of the people of Pontevico, armed with stones and spears. Despite initial resistance, the ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
75830299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle%20of%20Pontevico | Castle of Pontevico | Despite an initial advance into enemy territory with the capture of Pagazzano Castle, the defeat at Agnadello sent the Venetian army into such a crisis that it seemed that the Venetian Republic was destined to subjugate. As the French troops entered Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona, Pontevico Castle, to show its dedication... | 2.359375 | 0 |
75830299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle%20of%20Pontevico | Castle of Pontevico | At that time the peninsula was under the control of Napoleon, who crowned himself in 1805 in Milan, creating the Kingdom of Italy. For that very occasion, on May 5, 1805, an iron plate was produced in the Pontevico foundry surmounted by a medal depicting the Emperor with his head girded with laurel and around it the in... | 2.390625 | 0 |
75830335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horns%20of%20Alexander | Horns of Alexander | Classical antiquity
According to legend, Alexander went on pilgrimage to the Siwa Oasis, the sanctuary of the Greco-Egyptian deity Zeus Ammon in 331 BC. There, he was pronounced by the Oracle to be the son of Zeus Ammon, allowing him to therefore have the Horns of Ammon, which themselves followed from Egyptian iconogr... | 3 | 0 |
75830335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horns%20of%20Alexander | Horns of Alexander | Quran
In Surah Al-Kahf (18) in the Quran, a figure by the name of Dhu al-Qarnayn appears, which literally means "The Two Horned One". Islamic commentators most commonly associated Dhu al-Qarnayn with Alexander the Great. Second most frequently tied to Dhu al-Qarnayn was a figure named Sa'b Dhu Marathid, a fictional Hi... | 2.234375 | 0 |
75830516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elga%20Meta%20Shearer | Elga Meta Shearer | Elga Meta Shearer (February 19, 1883 – October 11, 1967) was an American educator, school administrator, and textbook author.
Early life and education
Shearer was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the daughter of Peter Tait Shearer and Margaret Brotchie Shearer. Her parents were both born in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
75830642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bev%20Dovey | Bev Dovey | Beverley Alfred Dovey (24 October 1938 – 12 January 2024) was an English rugby union international.
Born in the Forest of Dean, Dovey was a prop and made his debut for Lydney while a Lydney Grammar student. After school, he attended Leeds University and played his rugby for Roundhay, during which time he was a Yorkshi... | 2.015625 | 0 |
75830696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Ruffin%20Bridgeforth | George Ruffin Bridgeforth | Career
After graduation, Bridgeforth forged a career as an instructor and administrator at historically Black colleges in the South. He taught briefly at the State Normal School in Atlanta, Georgia, and in 1902 he became a professor of agriculture at the Tuskegee Institute, where he served under principal Booker T. Wa... | 2.6875 | 0 |
75831319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plisnesk%20archaeological%20complex | Plisnesk archaeological complex | Plisnesk archaeological complex is a group of archaeological sites located near the khutir of Plisnesk (now part of Pidhirtsi, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast), at the source of the Buzhok river.
The early medieval settlement had a big area of 400-450 ha which could inhabit tens of thousands of people, surrounded by sever... | 2.0625 | 0 |
75832052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye%20Huacheng | Ye Huacheng | Ye Huacheng (born in 1800, or 1812 ?), also known as Donggu, was a native of Haicheng County in Fujian Province, Qing Dynasty, and later moved to Jingshan in Xiamen. In 1853 (the 15th year of the Daoguang Emperor's reign), he passed the imperial examination and became a juren. He was active during the reigns of the Dao... | 2.15625 | 0 |
75832266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel%20Mary%20McCutcheon | Mabel Mary McCutcheon | Mabel Mary McCutcheon MBE born Mabel Woolgar aka Mabel Mary Franks (13 April 1886 – 30 December 1942) was a British born Australian nurse who established health facilities at the Port Adelaide Central Methodist Mission which is now called UnitingSA.
Life
McCutcheon was born in Sussex at Hangleton in 1885. Her parents... | 1.992188 | 0 |
75832527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena%20Braj%C5%A1a | Jelena Brajša | Abandoned children
From July 6, 1969, when she took care of the first abandoned child, until her death in 2021, Zagreb's Caritas took care of more than 5,000 abandoned children. After Glas Koncila published about the case of the first received child, from July to December 1969 Zagreb's Caritas received 70 unwanted or a... | 2.234375 | 0 |
75833051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Bateson | Anna Bateson | Anna Bateson (née Aikin or Aiken, c. 1830 – 1918) was an English suffragist who aided with the foundation of Newnham College, Cambridge.
Early life and family
Born about 1830 to James Aikin of Liverpool, she married William Henry Bateson, Master of St John’s College, Cambridge. Four of her children – botanist Anna Ba... | 2.59375 | 0 |
75833059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuanshanzia | Tuanshanzia | Tuanshanzia is a genus of Proterozoic eukaryote, known from several locations across China and India, including the Gaoyuzhuang and Chuanlinggou formations, the eponymous Tuanshanzi Formation, as well as the Vindhya Basin. It is probably an alga, although its exact classification is currently unclear. Tuanshanzia seem... | 2.40625 | 0 |
75833857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Punapargi | Battle of Punapargi | The Battle of Punapargi (Estonian: Punapargi lahing) was a skirmish during the Estonian Independence War between Estonian soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment and the retreating Imperial German forces near in Pärnu County on 23 December 1918.
Background
In October 1917, the German Imperial Army occupied the West Es... | 1.914063 | 0 |
75834427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Page%20%28footballer%29 | William Page (footballer) | William Robert Page (12 December 1858 - 1 July 1884) was an association footballer who won the FA Cup as a player for Old Carthusians.
Early life
Page was the son of William Emmanuel Page, a doctor at St George's Hospital in London, and Julia Catherine (née Keate). He attended Charterhouse School and showed an aptit... | 2.21875 | 0 |
75834909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20de%20Aquino%20Correia | Francisco de Aquino Correia | Aquino Correia was born in the former Murtinho family home on the Fazenda Bela Vista, a plantation on the banks of the Cuiabá River. The house is nicknamed "Predestination House" (Casa Predetinada) by historians for producing two of the most important figures in the modern history of Mato Grosso: Joaquim Murtinho and D... | 2.15625 | 0 |
75835026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie%20Dybisz | Natalie Dybisz | Natalie Aniela Dybisz (born 1986), known professionally as Miss Aniela, is a British fine-art fashion and surrealist photographer. Selvedge describes her work as a "fus[ion of] traditional photography with digitally enhanced motifs and surrealism."
Early life
Dybisz was born in 1986 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... | 1.914063 | 0 |
75835217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20S.%20L.%20Farquharson | A. S. L. Farquharson | Meditations
Farquharson worked on the translation of Meditations of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius for many years. The edition was of two volumes. First volume contained translation and Greek text on opposite pages, and the second one was a lengthy commentaries on the text. The book was published during the World W... | 1.96875 | 0 |
78944632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20H.%20Munro | William H. Munro | William Hilliard Munro (August 7, 1860 – January 17, 1918) was a Canadian politician who was the first mayor of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
He was born August 7, 1860 in Appleton, Ontario (today, Mississippi Mills) the third son of John and Sarah Munro, Lanark County farmers.
A machinist, he moved to Saul... | 2 | 0 |
78944703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait%20of%20Madeleine%20Bernard | Portrait of Madeleine Bernard | Portrait of Madeleine Bernard is an August 1888 oil on canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, now in the Museum of Grenoble, which bought it for 20,000 francs in 1923. It shows Madeleine Bernard, sister of the French painter Émile Bernard (1868-1941) (they both visited Gauguin around that time) and is painted on the other si... | 2.015625 | 0 |
78944906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiocephalus%20altavelensis | Leiocephalus altavelensis | Leiocephalus altavelensis, also known as the Alto Velo curlytail lizard, is a species of lizard belonging to the family Leiocephalidae. It is endemic to Isla Alto Velo, an island located off the southern coast of the Dominican Republic. The species was first described by George K. Noble and William G. Hassler in 1933.
... | 2.328125 | 0 |
78945008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef%20K%C3%A1rolyi | József Károlyi | Count József Hilarius Sergius Marius Franz Anton Johann Nepomucen Károlyi de Nagykároly (7 October 1768 – 4 April 1803), was a Hungarian nobleman and soldier.
Early life
Károlyi was born in Vienna, the capital of the Archduchy of Austria on 7 October 1768. He was a son of Antal Károlyi de Nagykároly (1732–1791) and J... | 2.390625 | 0 |
78945538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Polish%20local%20elections | 1990 Polish local elections | The campaign played out primarily at the local level. The programmes of the electoral committees were created on the basis of the investment priorities of individual settlements and villages. In addition, they included criticism of the previous local authorities and communist governments (also on a general scale), dema... | 2.171875 | 0 |
78945538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Polish%20local%20elections | 1990 Polish local elections | The election result confirmed the dominant role of the Solidarity and citizen movements on the Polish political scene. In Warsaw, out of 345 councillors, 301 came from the Solidarity-associated citizen movements. In Gdańsk, out of 60 seats, they won 59. In Kraków, out of 75 seats, 72 went to these candidates and 3 to C... | 2 | 0 |
78945538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Polish%20local%20elections | 1990 Polish local elections | The Polish government was concerned with the disappointingly low turnout, considered ‘a defeat of engagement of local communities’. Later investigation identified two main issues that contributed to the decreased turnout - firstly, voting places were opened until 20:00, which constituted a difficulty for those living o... | 2.0625 | 0 |
78945560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishore%20Chandra | Kishore Chandra | Kishore Chandra Birabar Harichandan was the Raja of Talcher from 1891 until his death in 1945.
Early life
He was born on 9 July 1880 to Ramchandra Birabar. He was educated at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack.
Succession
He succeeded his father as the Raja of Talcher on 18 December 1891. Owing to his minority on the occa... | 2.46875 | 0 |
78945736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Reformatory | The Reformatory | The same review commented that the novel explores the corruption of the American justice system and the town of Gracetown itself. Lyle McCormack, the teenager whom Robert kicked to protect Gloria, is a member of a powerful local white family which has become wealthy due to slavery. The McCormack family has "monetized t... | 2.296875 | 0 |
78946118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasamax%20DM139 | Nasamax DM139 | The Nasamax DM139 is a Le Mans Prototype (LMP) racing car built by KW Motorsport. It was modified from a Reynard 2KQ-LM chassis and converted to 2004 Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) LMP1 specifications. The name is a reference to one of the public roads (D139) that forms part of the Circuit de la Sarthe. The car is fa... | 2.109375 | 0 |
78946396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govindachetty%20Rangaswami | Govindachetty Rangaswami | Govindachetty Rangaswami (10 May 1925 – 7 September 2005), commonly referred to as G. Rangaswami, was an Indian agricultural scientist and administrator known for his contributions to agricultural microbiology, plant pathology, and sericulture. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University from... | 2.09375 | 0 |
78947837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Roemer | Walter Roemer | Walter Roemer was a German jurist who played significant roles in both Nazi Germany and post-war West Germany. His career spanned two contrasting periods of German history, highlighting the complex issue of continuity in the German legal system after World War II.
Nazi era
During the Third Reich Roemer held the posit... | 2.421875 | 0 |
78948933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20in%20Euripides | Women in Euripides | This reduction of the prevailing misogyny to its most primal expression was likely a deliberate choice by Euripides to critique the hubris of his society and the ideology that suggested an ideal polis could be experienced without the presence of women. The drama no longer targeted merely the hubris of individual charac... | 2.1875 | 0 |
78948933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20in%20Euripides | Women in Euripides | Euripides, feminist?
In reality, the fact that Euripides is the only tragic playwright whose ancient sources note and discuss his treatment of women indicates that he is the only one who treated women as such. He is the only tragic figure to grant them a "deliberate treatment" and, in a certain way, nearly created the... | 2.8125 | 0 |
78949369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col%20James%20%28architect%29 | Col James (architect) | He lived in Redfern, where in the late 1960s he established a collaborative called Archanon which aimed "to empower communities for social equity and environmental sustainability". In Redfern, a suburb with a large population of Aboriginal people, James worked with Father Ted Kennedy, Mum Shirl, Dick Blair, and Bob Bel... | 2.671875 | 0 |
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