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8183 | 7197206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8183 | My Computer | My Computer is seen on the Microsoft Windows computers. My Computer allows the user to access the local drives, such as the local disk, also known as the C: Drive. The user can also access external drives. Examples of an external drive are a floppy disk drive (A: Drive) and the CD Drive (D:). My computer also lets the ... |
8184 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8184 | My Pictures | |
8185 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8185 | My Music | |
8194 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8194 | Trilogy | A trilogy (threelogy)is a set of three dramatic or literary works.. For example, The Godfather series of movies is a trilogy because there are three movies in the series: "The Godfather", "The Godfather Part II", and "The Godfather Part III".
The trilogy was originally a tradition of Ancient Greek theatre, where three ... |
8195 | 1572762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8195 | Series | A series is a group of similar things that are all related to the same topic.
In mathematics, a series is the adding of a sequence, a list of (usually never-ending) mathematical objects (such as numbers). It is sometimes written as formula_1, which is another way of writing formula_2.
For example, the series formula_3 ... |
8196 | 9827525 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8196 | Synesthesia | Synesthesia, or synaesthesia, is a condition where the brain mixes up the senses. People who have synesthesia are called synesthetes.
Synesthesia is usually inherited (called congenital synesthesia), but exactly how people inherit it is unknown.
Synesthesia is sometimes reported by people using psychedelic drugs, after... |
8199 | 1604351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8199 | Moose | A moose ("Alces alces"; called elk in Europe) is a large deer. Some authorities put the American moose in a different species, "Alces americanus".
A male moose is called a "bull", a female moose is called a "cow", and a young moose is called a "calf". A group of moose is called a "herd". The plural form of moose is "mo... |
8200 | 859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8200 | Synaesthesia | |
8204 | 9457539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8204 | Stanley Kubrick | Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American movie director. Kubrick is thought to have been one of the great directors of the 20th century.
He was born in New York City but lived most of his life in England. His movies are respected for their great amount of detail and symbolism. Some of his movies ... |
8206 | 1475779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8206 | Kyoto Protocol | The Kyoto Protocol is a plan created by the United Nations for the "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" that tries to reduce the effects of climate change, such as global warming. The plan says that countries that adopt (follow) the Kyoto Protocol have to try to reduce how much carbon dioxide (and ot... |
8207 | 209999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8207 | Ratify | |
8212 | 177123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8212 | Physical constants | |
8213 | 693482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8213 | Movie director | A movie director is a person who leads the making of a movie (or "film"). They take care of the artistic things in the movie. They give instructions to the actors and direct the people that work on the movie.
Directors give many of their responsibilities to other members of their movie-making team (called a movie crew)... |
8233 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8233 | Jack Nicholson | John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor, director, producer and writer. He started out as a writer and part-time actor. He became a star in 1969 when he had a small part in the movie "Easy Rider". He has won three Oscars, for "As Good as it Gets", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", and ... |
8234 | 1441744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8234 | 1860s | The 1860s was the decade that began on January 1, 1860 and ended on December 31, 1869. It is distinct from the decade known as the 187st decade which began on January 1, 1861 and ended on December 31, 1870.
Sports.
College football is first played in 1869. |
8235 | 248920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8235 | June 20 | |
8236 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8236 | January 4 | |
8248 | 1671614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8248 | Autism spectrum | The autism spectrum, commonly called autism, or also known as autism spectrum disorder is a developmental condition.
Overview.
Autism changes how one thinks, understands the world, moves, communicates, and socializes. Autism may make it hard for someone to make friends, read facial expressions, or effectively socialize... |
8249 | 1662323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8249 | Italian language | The Italian language is a Romance language spoken in Italy. Other countries that use Italian as their "official language" are San Marino, Vatican City and Switzerland. Slovenia, and Croatia also use Italian as an official language, but only in some regions. Italian is spoken by about 70 million people in several countr... |
8250 | 248920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8250 | Namibia | The Republic of Namibia is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic coast. It is bordered by Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. It does not border Zimbabwe, but it is very close to it. It gained independence from South Africa in 1990. Before that it was called South... |
8251 | 18539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8251 | Jubal Early | Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He commanded a corps in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. He invaded the north in 1864. After the war, he was one of the major defenders of the Confederate. |
8253 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8253 | Lewis Carroll | Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Daresbury, Cheshire, 27 January 1832 – Guildford, Surrey, 14 January 1898). Dodgson was an Oxford don, a logician (mathematics expert), a writer, a poet, an Anglican clergyman, and a photographer. He is most famous for his story "Alice's Adventures in Wonderla... |
8260 | 248920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8260 | 1935 | 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. |
8284 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8284 | Belize | Belize () is a country in Central America. It used to be called "British Honduras", but changed its name in 1973. Long before that it was part of the Mayan Empire. Belize is the only English-speaking country in Central America.
Some people in Belize speak Spanish or Kriol, but English is the official language and the ... |
8285 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8285 | Febuary 20 | |
8290 | 687039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8290 | Michael Landon | Michael Landon (October 31, 1936 - July 1, 1991) was an American actor. He is best known for his roles on the TV shows, "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", and "Highway to Heaven". |
8296 | 1677442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8296 | Titanic | The RMS Titanic was a British steam ship. She was built by Harland and Wolff ship builders, in Belfast, for the White Star Line company. Titanic sank during her first trip at sea, after hitting an iceberg. After striking the iceberg, the Titanic sank to the seabed of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Before "Titanic" sailed, ... |
8299 | 1604351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8299 | Steel | Steel is iron mixed with carbon and sometimes other metals. It is harder and stronger than iron. Iron with more than 1.7% percent carbon by weight is named cast iron. Steel is different from wrought iron, which has little or no carbon.
Making steel.
Steel has a long history. People in India and Sri Lanka were making sm... |
8302 | 7629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8302 | Canterbury, England | |
8304 | 16695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8304 | Luftwaffe | The Luftwaffe (pronounced ) is the name for the air force of Nazi Germany. It was the name for the air force of Germany during the Third Reich when Adolf Hitler was in power (between 1933 and 1945) World War II. It has also been the name for the air force since it was re-established in 1955 during the era of the Cold W... |
8307 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8307 | Luftwaffe (German air force) | |
8308 | 10501566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8308 | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground (not bepop) was an American rock band from New York City. It was formed in 1964.
The original line-up was Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker. They were discovered by the famous artist Andy Warhol, who produced and designed the cover for their first album "The Velvet Underg... |
8310 | 1626716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8310 | John F. Kennedy | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963) also commonly known by his initials JFK, was an American politician who was the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963, when he was assassinated. Kennedy was the second-youngest president in U.S. history (William McKinley was younger) and the you... |
8313 | 42658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8313 | German air force | |
8318 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8318 | Jyväskylä | Jyväskylä (; ) is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The Jyväskylä sub-region includes Jyväskylä, Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Muurame,... |
8323 | 881 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8323 | Translate | |
8324 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8324 | Alfred Hitchcock | Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British movie director who later became an American citizen, but still kept his British citizenship. He mostly made mystery and suspense movies. Despite having a successful career, Hitchcock never won an Academy Award.
Career.
Hitchcock started his care... |
8325 | 10249931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8325 | 1659 | |
8327 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8327 | July 1 | |
8329 | 73230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8329 | Black comedy | Black comedy (also known as dark comedy or dark humor) is getting humor (something funny or comical) from something serious. It is known for its use of very sensitive subjects, such as war, tragedy, disease, death and suffering of the innocent. Black comedy is also a form of satire that uses irony and mocking. It may c... |
8330 | 248920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8330 | Elliott Gould | Elliot Gould (born as Elliott Goldstein on August 29, 1938) is an American actor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He is mostly known for his roles in many films including "M*A*S*H" (1970), "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1970), and "Ocean's Eleven" (2001). He has also made guest appearances on many tel... |
8335 | 1542442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8335 | Equation | A mathematical equation is a mathematical object containing two or more expressions connected by equals signs (=). The equals sign says that all of the expressions describe the same mathematical object.
An equation should not be confused with an expression. An expression is one piece of an equation, and does not have t... |
8336 | 248920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8336 | 1961 | 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar.
Its rendering using the Hindu-Arabic numeral system creates a numeral which looks the same when put upside down. The next such year will be 6009. |
8337 | 10249787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8337 | 1783 | |
8338 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8338 | 1809 | |
8340 | 10343531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8340 | 1968 | 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar. |
8341 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8341 | October 31 | |
8342 | 293183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8342 | Canteen | A canteen can be: |
8343 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8343 | Beadle | A beadle is someone who works at a church or a Jewish synagogue and helps the clergy. A beadle's main job is to show people to their seats and to keep order during church services. In the past they were important in running workhouses.
Like many words that describe a person's job, the word beadle can also be used as a ... |
8345 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8345 | Men | |
8353 | 680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8353 | Pharoahs | |
8355 | 10343503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8355 | 1947 | 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar. |
8356 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8356 | July 17 | |
8364 | 10501746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8364 | Vegetable | Vegetables are a healthiness food that are eaten by humans as food as part of a meal. This meaning is often used: it is applied to plants to mean all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds.
Carrots and potatoes are parts of the root of the plants, but since they are eaten by... |
8365 | 1542442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8365 | Olivine | Olivine (or chrysolite) is a silicate mineral made of magnesium iron silicate with the formula .
It ranges in colour from chartreuse green to pale olive. In its gem form, it is called peridot.
Dunite contains (or has) over 90%+ olivine in it. Dunite and other peridotite rocks are major constituents of the Earth's mantl... |
8374 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8374 | May 18 | |
8375 | 10249115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8375 | 30 BC | The year 30 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or a leap year starting on Thursday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Crassus. |
8376 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8376 | January 29 | |
8377 | 16695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8377 | Economy | An economy is a system of making and trading things of value. It is usually divided into goods (materials and objects) and services (things people do). An economy assumes that there is a medium of exchange, which, in the modern world, is called 'finance'. This makes trade possible. The alternative systems of barter – e... |
8378 | 248920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8378 | March 7 | |
8379 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8379 | September 19 | |
8380 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8380 | September 9 | |
8382 | 1475779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8382 | Engine | An engine, or motor, is a machine used to change energy into movement that can be used. The energy can be in any form. Common forms of energy used in engines are chemical energy (such as petrol or diesel), or heat. When a chemical is used to produce energy it is known as "fuel".
Terminology.
In past centuries "motor" a... |
8384 | 1618275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8384 | Belarus | Belarus (officially called Republic of Belarus) is a country in Eastern Europe. About nine million people live there. Its capital is Minsk. It was part of the Soviet Union until 1991. The president of Belarus has been Alexander Lukashenko since 1994. It is bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Over... |
8385 | 581219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8385 | Rivers | |
8386 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8386 | Steam | Steam is the name given to water when it is in a gas form. Steam is sometimes thought of as a cloud of translucent mist, however that is only the result of the steam condensing in the air, forming water vapor. Actual hot steam is invisible.
Introduction.
When the pressure of the atmosphere is 1013 mbar – average pressu... |
8389 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8389 | 1834 | |
8390 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8390 | August 29 | |
8393 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8393 | July 20 | |
8395 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8395 | Steering wheel | A steering wheel is a circular object used by the driver of a car or boat to change the direction it is moving.
The earliest known use of a steering wheel can be traced back to 1894 when Alfred Vacheron used one on his custom four-horsepower Panhard to participate in the Paris-Rouen race. That race in France in 1894 i... |
8398 | 1659231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8398 | East Germany | The German Democratic Republic (GDR) ( ("DDR")), commonly called East Germany (), was founded on 7 October 1949, after World War II in 1945 when Nazi Germany got defeated by the USSR . It was formed from part of the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, including part of the city of Berlin. It is no longer a nation by its... |
8402 | 40117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8402 | Nazi | |
8403 | 40158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8403 | Gdr | |
8404 | 10166091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8404 | Netball | Netball is a sport played in two teams of seven. It is like basketball except that bouncing the ball is not allowed. The player cannot step with the ball either, nor hold it for more than three seconds. The game proceeds by players throwing (passing) the ball to each other until one attempts to throw it through the hoo... |
8407 | 1604351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8407 | Atomic number | The atomic number (symbol: Z) of an atom is the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom. The atomic number of an atom identifies which element it is. In a neutral atom, the atomic number is equal to the number of electrons orbiting the nucleus. The elements of the periodic table are listed in order of increasing a... |
8408 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8408 | Periodic chart | |
8412 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8412 | June 21 | |
8413 | 10284722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8413 | 1920 | 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. |
8414 | 906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8414 | Ordinal Number | |
8415 | 16695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8415 | Cardinal number | Cardinal numbers (or cardinals) are numbers that say "how many" of something there are, for example: one, two, three, four, five, six. They are sometimes called counting numbers.
The cardinality of a set is the cardinal number that tells us, roughly speaking, the size of the set.
In mathematics, people also study infin... |
8426 | 1174782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8426 | 1960 | 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar. |
8427 | 10343514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8427 | 1956 | 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar. |
8428 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8428 | March 4 | |
8429 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8429 | Merchant marine | Merchant marine is a term used in many places to talk about commercial ships and crews. A country's merchant marine is made up of all the ships owned by companies or individuals in that country which are used to make money. Most of a country's merchant marine is usually made of ships that carry things from place to pla... |
8431 | 1110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8431 | 14 May | |
8432 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8432 | Cats | Cats might refer to: |
8434 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8434 | FreeBSD | FreeBSD is an operating system for many different kinds of computers. This means that if the user has a computer around the house and want to run FreeBSD on it, the user probably can. Computers that run Microsoft Windows will also run FreeBSD. It is based on BSD, the version of UNIX developed at the University of Calif... |
8435 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8435 | Garry Marshall | Garry Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American writer, producer, director and actor.
Career.
Marshall wrote for comedians Joey Bishop and Phil Foster. Soon he moved on to writing for television series, including "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Tonight Show". In 1970, he adapted the Neil Simon pla... |
8436 | 1664975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8436 | 1934 | 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar. |
8437 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8437 | November 1 | |
8438 | 1611993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8438 | Johnny Weissmuller | Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Austrian-American swimmer and actor. He was born in Timisoara, Austria-Hungary to German parents.
He was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s. He won five gold medals and set five then-Olympic records in swimming competitions at the Olympics in 1924 an... |
8442 | 10249817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8442 | 1756 | |
8443 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8443 | 1715 | |
8444 | 1041406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8444 | Priscilla Presley |
Priscilla Presley (née Wagner) is an American actress. She is the former wife of Elvis Presley and is the mother of Lisa Marie Presley. Presley is probably most famous for her roles in the television primetime soap opera "Dallas", and "The Naked Gun" movies with Leslie Nielson. She is also a member of Scientology.
Ea... |
8445 | 10343542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8445 | 1973 | 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar. |
8446 | 16695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8446 | Drunkenness | Drunkenness means being intoxicated by alcohol. This means a person's brain and body are not working normally, because of the alcohol they have had. A person who is intoxicated is usually called "drunk".
The effects of being drunk depend on how much alcohol a person has had to drink.
Effects.
Alcohol causes the mind a... |
8447 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8447 | Canada Dry | Canada Dry is a brand name belonging to a company that produces beverages. Canada Dry makes ginger ale, club soda, and tonic water. Ginger ale is flavored with ginger root. Club soda is a clear drink sometimes used to remove stains from clothing. Tonic water is often used to make an alcoholic beverage known as "gin and... |
8448 | 7362276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8448 | Ginger ale | Ginger ale is a soft drink flavored with the root of a plant known as ginger. It has a sweet yet spicy flavor. Even though it has the name "ale", which can be another word for beer, it is not beer. It is enjoyed by all ages. Canada Dry is a well known maker of ginger ale. Most ginger ales come in a green can.
Related b... |
8449 | 656019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8449 | Shaving | Shaving is removing hair from the face or other body part with a razor.
"Shaving" often refers to men who cut their facial hair with a razor or clipper. Sometimes they just trim their facial hair while other men completely shave it. Some people do not shave the chin, this is called a goatee beard. Other men do not sha... |
8450 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8450 | Hygiene | Hygiene is the act of being clean. Washing the body to remove dirt and germs, brushing the teeth to keep them clean, shaving, using the toilet properly, and dressing correctly are some examples. Proper hygiene is often taught to children at a young age, and it becomes a habit. People who do not have good hygiene might ... |
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