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14175 | 814900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14175 | Hebrew language | The Hebrew language, also referred to as the Hebraic language, is a Northwest Semitic language.
Hebrew was spoken by Israelites a long time ago, during the time of the Bible. After Judah was conquered by Babylonia, the Jews were taken captive (prisoner) to Babylon and started speaking Aramaic. Hebrew was no longer used... |
14179 | 1665148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14179 | Joan of Arc | Saint Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc, 6 January 141230 May 1431) was a national heroine of France. She is also a Catholic saint. She was a peasant girl born in the east of France. Joan said that she had visions from God. In these visions, she said that God told her to take back her home, which was the... |
14181 | 5295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14181 | James Kopp | James Charles Kopp (born August 2, 1954) is an American criminal. He was found guilty of murder in 2005 for shooting Dr. Barnett Slepian to death in 1988. Kopp said the reason he shot the doctor was that he was against the abortions that the doctor did.
Murder of Slepian.
On October 23, 1998, Slepian, his wife, and the... |
14182 | 1163787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14182 | Millet | Millet is a type of grain that is eaten. There are many types of millet. Millets are of good nutritional value.
Millets also have high fiber content, and poor digestibility of nutrients. This limits their value in nutrition and makes them rather less acceptable to consumers. |
14183 | 5738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14183 | The Flowers of Romance | The Flowers of Romance might mean: |
14185 | 1316943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14185 | Sonic the Hedgehog (character) | Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game character. He is a 15-year old anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who can run at the speed of sound. By curling into a ball and spinning quickly, he can do a helpful "Spin Attack" which he uses to defeat the villains and save the day. He has been in many games made by the company Sega, but... |
14186 | 10431044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14186 | Hedgehog | A hedgehog, also called a hedgepig or furze-pig also known as a needle mouse, is a small mammal. It has between 5000 and 7000 spines on its back. There are hedgehogs in Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. When attacked or threatened, it curls up. Hedgehogs eat insects, snails, frogs and toads, snakes, bird eggs, car... |
14187 | 1611993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14187 | Final Fantasy |
is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. It is developed and owned by Square Enix. Final Fantasy is a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games (RPGs). It also includes movies, anime, printed media, and other products.
The first game was published in 1987. The game was a success. It h... |
14188 | 10283499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14188 | Georges Brassens | Georges Brassens (October 22, 1921 - October 29, 1981) was a French singer and songwriter. He sang "La mauvaise réputation" (the bad reputation) and "Le gorille" (the gorilla). |
14189 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14189 | Display resolution | Display resolution is the number of pixels displayed on a given surface. This is one of the numbers that say the capability of a computer monitor.
For example: a "640 by 480 display", which has 640 pixels from side to side and 480 from top to bottom (as in a VGA display), and therefore has a total number of 640 × 480 ... |
14190 | 974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14190 | Cervix | The cervix is the bottom part of the womb (uterus) of the female reproductive system. The cervix is about 1 inch long. It is in the shape of a cylinder. The shape changes during pregnancy. There is a thin, central cervical canal that runs through its length. This canal connects the womb and the vagina.
Anatomy.
The op... |
14191 | 1306278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14191 | Bullet | Bullets are small metal objects fired from guns. Many kinds of bullets are made from lead covered with copper. They are put into a package called a cartridge, which is put into a gun. The bullet is at the front of the cartridge (number 1 in the picture). The bullet is pushed out of the gun by hot gases at a high pressu... |
14192 | 1335156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14192 | Frankfort, Kentucky | Frankfort is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It has been the state capital since December 8, 1792. It is the county seat of Franklin County, and has been since 1795. It's located between Lexington and Louisville.
Frankfort is beside the Kentucky River. This is how the city earned its name, because the l... |
14193 | 121204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14193 | Shah Rukh Khan | Shah Rukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. He is also known as the ""Badshah of Bollywood"," "King of Bollywood" and "King Khan". He was born in New Delhi; his grandparents moved there from Peshawar. His parents used to speak Hindko language, a widely spoken l... |
14195 | 1096394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14195 | Masashi Tashiro | Masashi Tashiro (田代まさし, born August 31, 1956 in Saga Prefecture) is a former Japanese television performer and member of Japanese musical group Rats & Star. He was brought up in Shinjuku, Tokyo. On December 21, 2001, Tashiro was the first Japanese person chosen by the American magazine "Time" as "Person of the Year... |
14198 | 1289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14198 | Bombing | |
14199 | 1464674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14199 | New Orleans | New Orleans is a city in Louisiana, which is a state in the United States. It is a major port city, at the mouth of the Mississippi river. It is the biggest city in Louisiana.
History.
The city began as the capital of Louisiana (New France), part of the first French colonial empire at the mouth of the Mississippi River... |
14201 | 70336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14201 | Mamluk | The Mamluks were members of a military caste that began as slaves and controlled Egypt from 1254 to 1811. Other Mamluks held power in some other Muslim countries such as Delhi Sultanate India. The word means "slave" in Arabic. In 1517, the Ottoman Empire conquered the Mamluks of Egypt, but they continued to be powerful... |
14204 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14204 | Laurent Clerc | Laurent Clerc (born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc 26 December 1788 in Isère - 18 July 1869) co-founded the first school for the deaf (people who cannot hear) in the United States.
Deaf people in America respected Clerc and call him the "Father of the Deaf" because he founded the first school for the deaf in America in Hart... |
14207 | 1370242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14207 | Ivory | Ivory is a hard yellowish-white material made from the tusks and teeth of animals such as elephants, hippopotamuses and walruses. Ivory is now very rare and expensive since there are restrictions on hunting elephants for ivory. There are also laws against the trade of ivory. Some countries (including Zimbabwe and South... |
14208 | 1530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14208 | True jesus church | |
14212 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14212 | Political subdivisions of Brazil | Brazil is subdivided into 26 states and 1 Federal District (the capital city Brasília). |
14213 | 9587916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14213 | Vice president | A vice president is someone who helps a president conduct his or her duties. A vice president also takes over if a president is not available. In business and in government a vice president (VP) is below a president in rank. Vice is comes from Latin meaning 'in place of'. In British English a vice president in business... |
14214 | 10240348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14214 | Triple jump | The triple jump (also known in certain countries as a triple hop, step and jump or hop, skip and jump) is a athletics event. It has been a part of the World Championships since 1995. The event consists of someone running up to a line, jumping and landing on the same foot (a hop), jumping onto the other foot (a skip) an... |
14218 | 111904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14218 | Texas hold 'em | Texas hold'em is a popular version of the card game poker.
How to play.
Before any cards are dealt, two players to the left of the dealer make bets which are called the "Small Blind" and "Big Blind". These forced bets must be at least matched by the other players in order to keep their hands. The big blind is twice as ... |
14220 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14220 | Creationism | Creationism is the belief that the universe was created in the way that religious books or creation myths describe. The Christian creation myth, expressed in Genesis, says that God created life from nothingness by fixing the chaos that existed. (This belief is known as "creatio ex nihilo", which is the Latin name for "... |
14223 | 1452189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14223 | Flute | The flute is a musical instrument. A person who plays the flute is called a "flautist".
There are many kinds of flutes. The most common concert flute is on C tuning. In addition, there are other flutes like piccolos, alto flutes, and bass flutes.
Flutes have changed over time. Pan flutes were made for many centuries. L... |
14225 | 10291522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14225 | Staind | Staind is an American rock band from Massachusetts, United States. The band was started in 1994. Its first album, "Tormented" was released in 1996. Staind's newest album, "The Illusion of Progress" was released on August 19, 2008. Some of its biggest hits have been "Outside", "It's Been Awhile", and "So Far Away".
In 2... |
14226 | 844779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14226 | Ocarina | An ocarina is a kind of flute that is not made out of a tube. Because the ocarina is in a round or box-like shape, its sound is a little different from other flutes.
History.
The ten-hole ocarina was first made by Giuseppe Donati, in Italy, in 1853. Instruments like the ocarina had been made for hundreds of years befor... |
14228 | 1494737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14228 | Clarinet | The clarinet is a woodwind instrument.
The clarinet body is made up of the mouthpiece, barrel, upper joint, pads, keys, ring key, rod, lower joint, and bell. The clarinet has one reed. The reed is made of cane, bamboo or plastic, which varies in thickness. The reed is attached to the mouthpiece with a clamp called a "... |
14230 | 10251177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14230 | 16th century | The 16th century was the century from 1501 to 1600. In this century, many Europeans visited or moved to the newly-found Americas and some also searched for new routes to Asia. There was much change in Europe at the time, such as the Protestant Reformation and the Renaissance.
Decades and years.
Note: years before or af... |
14231 | 1477024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14231 | Lute | The lute is a kind of musical instrument with strings.
The first lutes were brought to Spain by the Moors. Others may have been brought to Europe from Arabic lands. The lute is one of the ancestors of the classical guitar.
A lute has an oval-shaped back, made of strips of wood. It has a flat front, with a neck attached... |
14232 | 1161309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14232 | Independence Day (United States) | In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July or the Fourth, is a holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring the independence of the Thirteen Colonies from the United Kingdom of Great Britain. On Independence Day there are many events ... |
14233 | 1104831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14233 | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office (MSO) or Microsoft Office System is a collection of computer programs made by Microsoft. MSO is a software suite of office-related applications. Each application serves a unique purpose and offers a specific service to its users. The programs are created for all users. There are different versions of t... |
14235 | 1650850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14235 | Afrikaans | Afrikaans is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia. It was originally the dialect that developed among the Afrikaner Protestant settlers, the unfree workers and the slaves who were brought to the Cape area in what is now south-western South Africa by the Dutch East India Company ( -... |
14237 | 10260017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14237 | Leonard Bernstein | Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, pianist, teacher, and writer. He is known as one of the most important conductors of the 1900's. Music critic Donal Henahan called him "one of the most talented and successful musicians in American history." Bernstein won a lot ... |
14239 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14239 | Afrikaans Language Monument | The Afrikaans Language Monument () is the only monument in the world dedicated to a language. It is on a hill overlooking the Teachers' Training College in Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Completed in 1975, it was built to celebrate the 100 years birthday of Afrikaans being declared as a different language ... |
14264 | 808564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14264 | DC Comics | DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book company. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery., which itself is owned by Time Warner. Its first well-known comics were such as "Action Comics", "Detective Comics", "All Star Com... |
14265 | 1660669 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14265 | Wonder Woman | Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is one of the first female superheroes in American comic books, and the most famous female superhero in the world. William Moulton Marston, a psychologist who believed that women could be as strong and powerful as men, create... |
14266 | 9501213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14266 | Bob Saget | Robert Lane "Bob" Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American comedian and actor. He was best known for his appearances on television as Danny Tanner on "Full House" and the original host of "America's Funniest Home Videos". He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2014 for a comedy album that he made.
Persona... |
14268 | 293183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14268 | Wilmington | Wilmington is the name of many places: |
14269 | 121204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14269 | Phil Collins | Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins (born 30 January 1951) is a British drummer, songwriter, actor and singer. He was born in Chiswick, Hounslow, Middlesex. He was the drummer and singer of the band Genesis. He is very well known for his career away from the band, as a solo artist. His most well known album is "No Jack... |
14270 | 9542834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14270 | Badfinger | Badfinger was a British rock group. They were first called The Iveys, but renamed themselves after a song title, "Badfinger Boogie", the original title of "With a Little Help From My Friends". The band's members were Peter Ham, Tom Evans, Mike Gibbins and Joey Molland. Badfinger recorded for Apple Records, which was a ... |
14277 | 581219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14277 | 16th Century | |
14281 | 36199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14281 | Independence Day | |
14285 | 1391867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14285 | United Nations Security Council | The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of six main parts of the United Nations. The Security Council deals with maintaining peace and security between nations.
Membership.
There are 15 members of the UNSC but only five are permanent members. They are:
The ten temporary seats are held for two years with memb... |
14292 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14292 | 3 January | |
14293 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14293 | 22 October | |
14294 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14294 | 24 October | |
14295 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14295 | 6 November | |
14296 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14296 | 23 December | |
14297 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14297 | 26 December | |
14298 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14298 | 2 January | |
14299 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14299 | 6 January | |
14300 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14300 | 17 January | |
14301 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14301 | 5 February | |
14302 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14302 | 19 February | |
14303 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14303 | 4 March | |
14304 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14304 | O.S. | |
14316 | 805501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14316 | High jump | The high jump is a track and field athletics event. Without the aid of any devices, athletes jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights. The high jump was first practised in England in the 19th century. It became an Olympic sport in 1896 for men and in 1928 for women. The rules that were made in 1865 still e... |
14317 | 314538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14317 | Manhattan | Manhattan is one of the five boroughs that make up New York City, and is the center of the New York metropolitan area. It is also located over the same area as a county of New York state called New York County. Although it is the smallest borough, it is the most densely populated borough and the heart of New York City.... |
14318 | 10333225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14318 | The Bronx | The Bronx is the northern part of New York City, United States. It is the only borough of New York City not on an island. The name came from Bronck's Farms, owned by a settler called Jonas Bronck. The Bronx was once the southern part of Westchester County, but is now one of the five boroughs of New York City as well as... |
14319 | 9899713 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14319 | Bob Denver | Bob Denver (January 9, 1935 – September 2, 2005) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Gilligan on the 1960s television series "Gilligan's Island" and Maynard G. Krebs on the earlier "Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". He appeared on many other shows including "The Good Guys", "Dusty's Trail", and "Far-Ou... |
14321 | 10346752 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14321 | 1100 | 1100 (MC) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar. It was the last year of the 11th century. In the proleptic Gregorian calendar, it was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. |
14322 | 646833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14322 | Monk | A monk is a man who devoted part or all of his life to a religion. The word comes from Ancient Greek, and can be translated as "solitary". In Greek, the word can apply to women, but in modern English it is mainly used for men. The word nun is usually used for female monastics. Monks practice asceticism. They either liv... |
14323 | 10183722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14323 | Dream Theater | Dream Theater (often called DT for short) is an American progressive metal band formed in the mid-1980s in the United States.
Biography.
The band was founded by John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy, and as of 2024, they are all members of the band. They changed their singer twice in the late 1980s when Chris Coll... |
14332 | 1677333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14332 | Triangle | A triangle is a shape, or a part of two dimensional space. It has three straight sides and three vertices. The three angles of a triangle always add up to 180° (180 degrees). It is the polygon with the least possible number of sides. A triangle with vertices "A", "B", "C" is written as formula_1. The study of geometry ... |
14333 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14333 | Encyclopedia of Computer Terms | |
14336 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14336 | Triangle (geometry) | |
14346 | 10476798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14346 | Feminism | Feminism is a social, political, and economic movement. It is about changing the way that people see male and female rights and campaigning for equal rights. A feminist is someone who follows feminism.
Feminism began in the 18th century with the Enlightenment. The controversy over gender differences led to the discussi... |
14352 | 679012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14352 | Eivør Pálsdóttir | Eivør Pálsdóttir (born 21 July 1983 in Syðrugøta, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese singer and composer. She sings in Faroese, but also in English, Icelandic, Swedish and Danish.
Eivør Pálsdóttir is one of the most well-known singers from the Faroe Islands.
"Krakan", her second solo album, won the nomination for an Icelandi... |
14355 | 1626716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14355 | Hippopotamus | The hippopotamus ("Hippopotamus amphibius"), or hippo, ancient Greek for "river horse" ("Ιπποπόταμος"), also known as the Nile hippopotamus, Common hippopotamus, or River hippopotamus, is a large mammal from Africa that usually eats plants. It is one of only two species in the family Hippopotamidae that are still alive... |
14356 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14356 | Prefecture | A prefecture is a word used in Greece and Japan (called "νομός", "nomós" in Greece and called 県 "ken" in Japan) for a
part of a country with its own government. It is a kind of local government.
It is like an American state or a British county.
In France, it is the head of the department ("see" Prefectures in France "... |
14358 | 58158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14358 | Foetus | |
14361 | 10436302 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14361 | 2010 | 2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar. |
14366 | 1665555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14366 | Eris (dwarf planet) | Eris (symbol ) is a dwarf planet and a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. Eris is slightly smaller than Pluto, but it has more mass than Pluto, making it the most massive dwarf planet.
It is a "scattered disc object" in the Kuiper belt, further out than Pluto... |
14377 | 1570152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14377 | Operation Overlord | Operation Overlord was the 1944 campaign for the invasion of continental Europe in World War II. It was fought by the Allied forces against German forces. The most critical part was the Normandy landings, which were to get the Allied armies onto the mainland of Europe. That might have failed, and heavy casualties were ... |
14380 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14380 | Mike Tyson | Michael Gerard Tyson (born 30 June 1966) is an American boxer. In 1986, he had his 28th professional match (or fight) as a professional boxer; Because he won that fight also, the World Boxing Council (WBC) gave him the title "World Champion". Tyson is regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time due to his domina... |
14382 | 1143533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14382 | Cleveland | Cleveland is a city in northern Eastern Ohio, United States. It is home to over 400,000 people. It was named for General Moses Cleaveland in 1796, but according to legend a mistake in a local newspaper left out the first "a" in its name, which is why it is spelt like it is today. Its metropolitan area makes it the larg... |
14383 | 10411931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14383 | Lexus | is a luxury car line produced by the Toyota company. Its worldwide motto is ""The Pursuit of Perfection "" slogan in the United States is "The Passionate Pursuit of Perfection". 1989 |
14384 | 618241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14384 | Against | Against can mean: |
14385 | 1072068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14385 | Dentition | Dentition is the development of teeth and where the teeth are in the mouth. Almost all mammals have up to four different types of teeth: incisors, canines, premolars, and molars. Animals that have different types of teeth are called "heterodont". If they do not, they are called "homodont".
In mammals, the young have a ... |
14388 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14388 | Plectrum | A plectrum or pick is a small object used to play certain types of string instruments. The plectrum is held in the hand and used to pluck a string. This makes a hard, metallic, "twangy" sound. The instruments most commonly plucked include the guitar, lute and mandolin. The strings of a harpsichord are also plucked, alt... |
14391 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14391 | Danny Barker | Danny Barker (January 13, 1909 – March 13, 1994) was a New Orleans jazz singer-songwriter and musician. |
14392 | 1464674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14392 | Charlie Christian | Charles Henry "Charlie" Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942) was an American jazz guitarist. Christian is best known as one of the first famous guitarists to play the electric guitar. He is also remembered as one of the first musicians to help create the styles of jazz music known as "bebop" and "cool jazz."
Care... |
14393 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14393 | Franco Cerri | Franco Cerri (January 29, 1926 – October 18, 2021) was an Italian jazz guitar player.
Cerri was seen as the most authoritative Italian guitarist in the jazz field, and his innate sympathy has meant that many viewers, seeing its shares on TV (especially in the 60s), come close to jazz, and studying guitar.
Much apprecia... |
14394 | 373511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14394 | Eddie Condon | Albert Edwin "Eddie" Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was a Chicago jazz/big band rhythm guitarist. |
14395 | 248920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14395 | Al Di Meola | Al Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is a Jazz fusion guitarist. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. |
14396 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14396 | White House | The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States and the first family. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., and it has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800.
Early History (1789-1800).
President George Washington occupi... |
14398 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14398 | George Carlin | George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was known for his dark comedy and jokes about politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and taboo.
Early life.
Carlin was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City. Carlin said that he started to app... |
14400 | 1663000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14400 | Portuguese language | Portuguese () is a Romance language. It originated from Galician-Portuguese, which was first spoken in Northwestern Iberia. It then spread south and split. During the colonial era, Portuguese also spread to Brazil and other parts of the world.
Where it is spoken.
The Portuguese language is the third-most spoken western... |
14402 | 1599253 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14402 | Hurricane Katrina | Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States and the second Category 5 hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
Storm history.
The storm formed over the Bahamas on August 23, where it moved west and hit south Florida as a Category 1 hurricane two days late... |
14404 | 486439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14404 | Carlos Fuentes | Carlos Fuentes (11 November 1928 – 15 May 2012) was a Mexican novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and diplomat.
Fuentes was born in Panama City, Panama. His father was a Mexican diplomat, and while Fuentes was growing up, the family moved to different countries in South America and then to the United States.
He got a d... |
14408 | 10183968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14408 | Bass guitar | A bass guitar (also called an electric bass or bass) is a string instrument which is related to the electric guitar. The bass guitar is shaped like an electric guitar, but it is bigger and longer than an electric guitar. The bass guitar has many of the same parts as a normal electric guitar. However, the bass guitar pr... |
14410 | 9252371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14410 | Saint Anna | Saint Anna is the mother of Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus. Her husband is Saint Joachim. Her name is a version of the Hebrew name Hanna. Anna means grace. Her contribution to Christianity and devotion to God is what makes her stand out.
According to tradition, Joachim went to a temple to pray, but was not al... |
14411 | 1660433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14411 | Nepal | Nepal is a country in South Asia between India and China. Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, and the central Himalaya Mountains are in Nepal. 12 of the world's highest mountain peaks are in Nepal. It is also the birthplace of Buddha. It has recently become a secular country, but before it was the only Hi... |
14412 | 1530422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14412 | Zagreb | Zagreb is the capital city and the largest city of the country of Croatia. It has a population of 792.000 people and its metropolitan area (Zagreb County, Krapina-Zagorje County and Sisak-Moslavina County) has a population of 1.2 million (2005).
The first mention of the name Zagreb appeared in 1094.
Sister cities.
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14415 | 1582584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14415 | Swedish | Swedish might mean: |
14416 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14416 | Swedish krona | The Swedish krona is the currency of Sweden. The country of Sweden has used this money since 1873. In the English language, the Swedish krona means the Swedish Crown. The Swedish crowns consist of:
This is all the Swedish money there is.
Current changes.
On December 18 2008, the Swedish Riksbank asked to phase out the ... |
14417 | 16695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14417 | Giant | In mythology, a giant is a type of very large human-like creature. The mythology and legends of many different cultures have mythological animals or monsters that look like very big, very strong humans. One example of a giant is the "gigantes" of Greek mythology. |
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