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Great Langton
Great Langton is a small village in the English county of North Yorkshire. It is 1.2 square miles in area and 116 people live there.
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Leonid Hurwicz
Leonid Hurwicz (August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was an American economist and mathematician. He won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics. Hurwicz invented the economic sciences of incentive compatibility and mechanism design. International economy and trade is studied using the ideas Professor Hurwicz had. Hurwicz worked...
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Virtual private network
A virtual private network, or VPN is a set of technologies which are used to link computers to create a private network. Another network is used to carry the data, which is encrypted. The carrier network will see the packets of data which it routes. To the users of the VPN, it will look like the computers were directly...
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Dial-up
Dial-up internet access, usually called Dial-up, is a way of connecting to the Internet with a telephone line. Mechanism. A modem is connected between a computer and a telephone line and then the modem is instructed to dial the phone number of an Internet service provider (ISP) to connect to the Internet. The ISP must...
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Dial-up internet access
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IPass
iPass Inc is an American multinational company headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. iPass provides Internet access on wireless-enabled devices. iPass was first incorporated in California in July 1996 and later reincorporated in Delaware in June 2000. The company’s stock was added to the NASDAQ on July 24, 2003....
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Shai Hulud (band)
Shai Hulud is a hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences formed in Pompano Beach, Florida in 1995.
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Broadband
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Lloyds Bank
Lloyds TSB is one of world's largest banks. It is based on Gresham Street in the city of London and has business all over the world including the US, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Lloyds Banking Group is a British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009. It is o...
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Gresham Street
Gresham Street is a street in the City of London, it is named after Thomas Gresham and runs from St. Martin's Le Grand near St Paul's Cathedral in the west, past Guildhall, to Lothbury in the east.
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Thomas Gresham
Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant who worked for King Edward VI of England and for Edward's half-sister Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was born in London in an old Norfolk family, he was the son of Sir Richard Gresham and had one brother and two sisters. Gresham's law was named a...
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List of Renaissance artists
Renaissance artists are artists from the Renaissance period of Europe, which started in the late 14th century (~1370). This list includes famous painters and sculptors. Each artist is listed with their dates, place of birth, some places that they worked, their media (the type of artwork that they made), one or two most...
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VPN
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America Online
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Rose Bowl Game
The Rose Bowl Game is an American college football bowl game at the Rose Bowl (stadium) in Pasadena, California. It is known as the "granddaddy of them all" because it has been played every year since 1916. It is almost always played on January 1 after Pasadena's Rose Parade. For many years, the two teams who played we...
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New Orleans Privateers Football
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Rose Bowl
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Fiesta Bowl
The Fiesta Bowl is an American college football bowl game at the University of Phoenix Stadium near Phoenix, Arizona. It is the newest of the BCS games, as it was first played in 1971. It has usually matched a team from the Western Athletic Conference or the Big 12 against a very good team from another conference.
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Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an American college football bowl game at the Louisiana Superdome.
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Uffizi
The Uffizi Gallery (Italian: "Galleria degli Uffizi"), is one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world. It is housed in the Palazzo degli Uffizi which means the "Palace of Offices" in Florence, Italy. The museum and its history. In 1560, Cosimo I de' Medici, the Duke of Tuscany, ordered a design of new o...
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Theater
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Whitehall
Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main street running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I, which is often regarded as the heart of London. The name "Whitehall" is often used for ...
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Whitehall (disambiguation)
Whitehall is a street in London. It may also refer to: Whitehall is also the name of several places. In the United Kingdom: In Ireland: In the United States of America:
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Dawlish Warren
Dawlish Warren is a small seaside resort. It is near Dawlish on the south coast of Devon, England. It is at the mouth of the Exe Estuary, and has a beach, a National Nature Reserve spanning 505 acres (2 km²) and a golf course. There is also one of Europe's largest spits in Dawlish Warren measuring over 1.5miles long an...
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Fuchsia
Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants. They are often purplish-red, which is where we get the colour " fuchsia". Fuchsia belongs to the Onagraceae family of flowering plants. Fuchsia has 110 species. It consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, "Fuchsia triphylla", was discovered on the Caribbean island o...
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Joseba Sarrionandia
Joseba Sarrionandia Uribelarrea (born April 13, 1958 in Iurreta, Biscay, Basque Country) is a Basque writer. He has written many poetry books, short stories, and novels. In 1985, Sarrionandia escaped from prison after he was put in for being a member of the Basque armed group ETA. Since then, he has lived in secret but...
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James II
James II can mean:
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SpongeBob SquarePants (character)
SpongeBob SquarePants is the main protagonist of the Nickelodeon cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants". He is a yellow sea sponge who loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail Gary. SpongeBob was first seen on May 1, 1999 in the show's television pilot ("Help Wanted"). ...
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Science fiction films
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Science fiction movies
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Jedis
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Jedi Knight
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Jedi Knights
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Lorenzo Milani
Fr Lorenzo Milani Comparetti (27 May 1923 – 26 June 1967) was a priest of the Catholic Church in Italy. He is best known as an educator of poor children, and being for conscientious objection.
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Ariel Rubinstein
Ariel Rubinstein (born April 13, 1951 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli economist. He is a professor of economics at Tel Aviv University and New York University. Rubinstein writes about game theory. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2012.
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Mosaic
Mosaic is the art of decorating a surface with pictures and patterns made of little pieces of stone, glass or tiles of different colours. Mosaics can be used indoors on walls, floors and ceilings. Mosaics are sometimes used outdoors on pavements. Making mosaics. Mosaics are made by setting coloured pieces, called tess...
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Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon (April 22, 1840 – July 6, 1916) was a Symbolist painter and printmaker, born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Redon started drawing as a young child, and at the age of 10 he was given a drawing prize at school. At age 15, he began official study in drawing but he later on switched to architecture because hi...
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List of artists of Western Europe
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List of Renaissance Artists
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Pinniped
Pinnipeds are the seals and their relatives, a group of semi-aquatic marine mammals. The Pinnipedia is in the Order Carnivora. There are three seal families: Odobenidae (walruses), Otariidae (eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (true seals). Seals are sleek-bodied and barrel-shaped. Their bo...
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Pinnipeds
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Pinnipedia
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Mephitidae
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Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place is a 2007 Disney Channel television series. It is about a family of wizards. The children are Alex Russo, Justin Russo, and Max Russo. They are training as wizards. Only the best wizard in the family gets to keep their powers. Their dad is Jerry Russo. Their mom is Theresa Russo. Alex's best fr...
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Cory in the House
Cory in the House is a 2007 Disney Channel television series. The series is a spin off of "That's So Raven". It is about a boy named Cory Baxter who lives in the White House, the residence of the President of the United States. Cory lives in the White House because his dad is the chef. Cory's best friends are Newt and ...
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John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first and third Prime Minister of Canada. He was an important influence on the Canadian Confederation, July 1, 1867. Macdonald was in office from 1867 to 1873 and again from 1878 to 1891, making him the second longest-serving Prime Minister of Canad...
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Justice League
The Justice League is a fictional DC Comics superhero team. It is sometimes called the Justice League of America (JLA). The Justice League first appeared in the comic book "The Brave and the Bold #28" in 1960. The first members were Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunte...
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Even Stevens
Even Stevens is an American television series about an American family. It is mostly about the fights between a girl named Ren and her brother, Louis. Ren likes doing everything right. Louis likes having fun, even if it means breaking rules and getting in trouble. Episodes. Season 1. 1. Swap.com 2. Stevens Genes 3. Tak...
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Trojan asteroid
Trojan objects orbit 60° ahead (L4) or behind (L5) a more massive object. Both are in orbit around an even more massive central object. The best known example are the asteroids that orbit ahead or behind Jupiter around the Sun. Trojan objects do not orbit exactly at one of either Lagrange points, but do remain close to...
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Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd, who is known professionally as Chris Lloyd or Christopher Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in theater productions, films, stage, television and video game work since 1961 and is most known for the movies "Back to the Future" (as Doctor Emmett Brown) and "The A...
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The Buzz on Maggie
The Buzz on Maggie is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Bardel Entertainment. It is about the daily life of a fly named Maggie Pesky. The show takes place in a city called Stickyfeet, found in a dump. Most of the characters in the show are talking insects. The show ...
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TFT
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Green Arrow
Green Arrow is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Green Arrow was created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp and first appeared in "More Fun Comics" #73 in 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Jonas Queen and his friends call him Ollie. He is a billionaire and once was a mayor...
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Aquaman
Aquaman is a fictional comic book superhero published by DC Comics. The character was created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger and first appeared in "More Fun Comics" #72 in November, 1941. During the Silver Age of Comic Books, Aquaman was a founding member of the Justice League of America. Aquaman's comic books are f...
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Justice League of America
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Green Lantern
Green Lantern is the name of several fictional superheroes that appear in comic books published by DC Comics. The first was Alan Scott and was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in "All-American Comics" #16 in July 1940. The most famous is Hal Jordan and was created by John Broome and Gil Kane in "S...
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August Kopff
August Kopff (5 February 1882 – 25 April 1960) was a German astronomer who found many comets and asteroids. He found some comets, such as the periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the non-periodic C/1906 E1. He found many asteroids, such as the notable Trojan asteroids 617 Patroclus and 624 Hektor. A crater on the Moon is named...
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Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in Norfolk. It is at the mouth of the River Yare.
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Peas
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Carrots
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Spices
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S/2004 S 3
is the designation of an object seen orbiting Saturn just beyond the farther part of the F ring on 21 June, 2004. It was first seen by Carl Murray of the Cassini Imaging Science Team in pictures taken by the Cassini-Huygens probe on June 21, 2004, and announced on September 9, 2004. Even though later astronomers tried...
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S/2004 S 4
is the designation of an object that astronomers do not know for sure if it exists seen orbiting Saturn within the closer part of the F ring on 21 June, 2004. It was seen while J. N. Spitale was trying to confirm the orbit of another object, that was seen 5 hours earlier just on the farther edge of the F ring. The ann...
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S/2004 S 6
is the designation of a dusty object seen orbiting Saturn very close to the F ring. It is not clear whether it is only a clump of dust, or if there is a solid small moon at its core. It was first seen by scientists in pictures taken by the Cassini-Huygens probe on October 28, 2004, and announced on 8 November that yea...
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Joel Hastings Metcalf
Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866–February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer. Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. He served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and then later in Taunton, Massachusetts, Winchester, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine. He found or co-found many comets...
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Gräfendorf
Gräfendorf is a community in Main-Spessart in the "Regierungsbezirk" of Lower Franconia ("Unterfranken") in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft" (Administrative Community) of Gemünden am Main. Geography. Location. Gräfendorf is in the Würzburg Region near Gemünden am Main. Constituent communit...
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Imaginary number
Imaginary numbers are numbers that are made from combining a real number with the imaginary unit, called "i", where "i" is defined as formula_1. They are defined separately from the negative real numbers in that they are a square root of a negative real number (instead of a positive real number). This is not possible w...
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Eric Maskin
Eric Stark Maskin (born December 12, 1950) is an American economist. In 2007, he won the Nobel Prize in Economics with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson. He is the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, and a visiting Professor at Princeton University. Life story. Maskin was...
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PhD
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Roger Myerson
Roger Bruce Myerson (born 29 March 1951) is an American economist and co-winner, with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin, of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." He has made contributions as an economist, as an applied mathematician, and as a political scientist. B...
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Roger B Myerson
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Mario Capecchi
Mario Renato Capecchi (born 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist. He won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies. Capecchi is Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, which he joined in 1...
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Mario R Capecchi
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Indigenous Australian
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The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
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Wizard
A wizard, magician, sorcerer or sorceress is a fictional or mythical person who uses magic. This ability to use magic may be due to innate ability, training, or both. Wizards are often depicted as having a special connection to supernatural beings, such as gods or fairies, or as such supernatural beings themselves. Mer...
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Kaunas
Kaunas, also known by several other names, is the second biggest city in Lithuania and used to be a temporary capital. Kaunas is found at the point where the two biggest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, meet. It is also near the Kaunas Lagoon, the largest body of water in Lithuania. History. In 1361, Kauna...
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Warp technology
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Warp drive
Warp drive (also called warp technology) is a hypothetical technology created in science fiction. As far as we know, it does nor exist. Its invention allowed writing books and making television and film media. If it takes centuries or thousands of years to get anywhere in space, then the limitations of human life beco...
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Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 – July 18, 1890) was a German-American astronomer, and one of the first to find asteroids. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein, then part of Denmark but later part of Germany, and later studied under Carl Friedrich Gauss. He spoke many languages and spent time in I...
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Soest, Germany
Soest (pronounced ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Soest district. Geography. Soest is along the "Hellweg" road, about 50 kilometres east of Dortmund and about west of Paderborn. History. Due to the fertile soil the area around Soest was used long before 836 when the village is f...
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History of Europe
The history of Europe means all the time since the beginning of written records in the European continent up to the present day. It is traditionally divided into ancient (before the fall of the Western Roman Empire) medieval, and modern (after the fall of Constantinople). Europe's antiquity dates from the Minoan civili...
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World Games
The World Games are an international multi-sport event. The sports played at The World Games are sports which are not played in the Olympic Games. They are governed by the International World Games Association. The first World Games were held in 1981 in Santa Clara, California. Since then, they are held every four year...
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Russian Revolution (1917)
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia refers to the pair of peace treaties, the Treaty of Osnabrück and the Treaty of Münster, signed on May 15 and October 24 of 1648, which ended both the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. The treaties involved Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, the other German princes, Spain, France, Swe...
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Gryffindor
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Flanimals
Flanimals is a children's and adults' book written by comedian Ricky Gervais. The book was illustrated by Rob Steen. It has 35 different characters described as species of animal which form an imaginary world.
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American Roulette
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Ronald Weasley
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Trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or simply trolley) is a bus which runs on electricity. It gets its power for the electric motors that drive the wheels from a pair of power lines above the street. On the roof of the bus are two "trolley poles" from which electric...
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Exxon Valdez disaster
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Van Hool
Van Hool is a Belgian company, which builds buses. It was founded in 1947 by Bernard Van Hool. The headquarters are in Koningshooikt (Antwerp). They have got 15 different buses for the city. 9 of them have got a normal engine, 4 have got an engine that works with gas, and 2 buses have got an electric engine, they are c...
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Imaginary numbers
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Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was an important battle in the American Civil War. It is also called the Battle of Sharpsburg by South historians. The battle was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It was also considered the bloodiest battle in the Civil war. It was the first major battle in the Civil War t...
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Haripur
Haripur can be any of the following:
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Spirited Away
is a 2001 anime movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was first released in Japan. The movie was a success, and went on to win an Academy Award for animation. Based on 153 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, it is the second-best animated movie, having a 97% rating on the site. The movie occupies the rank of #60 on the IMDb To...
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Rachel Weisz
Rachel Hannah Weisz (born 7 March 1970) is an Academy Award-winning English actress. She is also a former fashion model. She became famous after her roles in the Hollywood movies "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns", and has since continued appearing in major movie roles. Weisz is of Jewish descent.
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Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 1000 to 1300. It was then known as the langue d'oïl. This was different from the langue d'oc (Occitan language, also then called Provençal), whose territory bordered that of ...
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Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson was a woman who dressed as a man, so that she could join the American soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War was a war between Great Britain and the thirteen original colonies. Deborah Sampson came from a poor family. She worked as an indentured servant from the age of eight to the age...