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8451 | 1522289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8451 | Spork | A spork is a combination of a spoon and a fork to create a special tool for eating. Most sporks are made from plastic. Many fast food chains use the spork, including Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco John's, and Taco Bueno. Many dislike the spork because it cannot poke food as well as a fork nor hold liquids as w... |
8452 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8452 | French langauge | |
8454 | 145452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8454 | Vauxhall Astra | Vauxhall Astra is a car produced by Vauxhall since 1980. It was first just branded as a Vauxhall, since 1991 it has also been sold as a Opel, a Holden and a Chevrolet. From 2007 to 2009 it was sold as a Saturn. |
8455 | 10065185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8455 | Ford Ka | The Ford Ka is a car made by the Ford in Spain, Poland and Brazil. It has three doors and was first made in 1996. The Ka is very popular in Europe, about 1.5 million cars have been sold. A new model has been released in Brazil in 2008, in Europe a new model has been introduced in 2009.
Engine data.
4 cylinders in line;... |
8456 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8456 | Tower Bridge | Tower Bridge is a drawbridge in London. It crosses the River Thames near the Tower of London. It allows ships through the bridge deck when is raised at an angle in the centre.
The north side of the bridge is Tower Hill, and the south side of the bridge comes down into Bermondsey, an area in Southwark. Tower Bridge is f... |
8457 | 8618712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8457 | Waiter | A waiter is a person who serves people often at a restaurant or at a café. They are usually called a waiter because they wait for the order. A female waiter is called a waitress. They will take orders and deliver food to customers. A good waiter can also help the customers by recommending the best food in the restauran... |
8459 | 1621988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8459 | Steven Spielberg | Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American movie director, movie producer and screenwriter. Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest movie directors of all time and is the most commercially successful director in movie history.
He was born at The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health in Cincinnati... |
8460 | 1069165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8460 | Variable | A variable is a special type of amount or quantity with an unknown value. The opposite of a variable (that is, a known value) is called a constant.
Variables in math.
In mathematics, a variable is usually given a letter, such as "x" or "y". Other letters are often used for particular kinds of variable:
Most letters are... |
8462 | 10473391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8462 | Salvador Allende | Salvador Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was a physician, senator, minister of health and the 28th President of Chile from November 3, 1970 until his death on September 11, 1973. He was a socialist and the first Marxist president elected democratically (voted for by people) in South America.
Salvad... |
8463 | 499883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8463 | Authority | Authority is the ability of a person or an organization to conduct a certain lifestyle for another person or a group. Authority is known as one of the bases of society and stands against cooperation. Adopting lifestyle patterns as a result of authority is called obedience and authority as a concept includes most leader... |
8467 | 10390731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8467 | Musical instrument | Musical instruments are things used to make music. Anything that somehow produces sound can be considered a musical instrument, but the term generally means items that are specifically for making music.
Musical instruments can be divided by type into:
An orchestra has instruments from four families:
Some people think ... |
8468 | 891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8468 | Predict | |
8470 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8470 | Pupil | There are different types of pupils: |
8471 | 1618275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8471 | Winston Churchill | Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English politician. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, once during World War II, and again in the early 1950s.
Churchill was the only person to have been a member of the British Government during both World Wars, and the l... |
8473 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8473 | Iron man | |
8474 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8474 | Marvel comics | |
8475 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8475 | Trojan war | |
8477 | 1463501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8477 | Golan Heights | The Golan Heights is a plateau and a disputed land between Syria and Israel, which captured the area in the Six Day War of 1967. The United Nations has voted to ask Israel to pull its troops out of the Golan Heights. Syria and Israel still have not signed a peace treaty from that war, mostly because of the issue of the... |
8481 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8481 | Golan Plateau | |
8482 | 10249940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8482 | 1650 | |
8488 | 9409590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8488 | Pupil (eye) |
The pupil is the opening in the centre of the eye. Light enters through the pupil and goes through the lens, which focuses the image on the retina.
The size of the pupil is controlled by muscles. There is a circular group, which squeezes the iris smaller, and another group which pulls the iris wider. When more light ... |
8489 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8489 | Translator | A translator works with different languages. They may read something written in one language and speak it or write it in another language or vice versa. For example, they might read a book in French and then "translate" it into English. See translation for more information.
In order to convert meanings from one languag... |
8493 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8493 | Cambodia | Cambodia or Kampuchea (officially called Kingdom of Cambodia) is a country in Southeast Asia. It is near Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. About 13 million people live in Cambodia. The people of Cambodia are called "Cambodians" or "Khmer". Khmer is the official language. The country has recently emerged from a long civil wa... |
8494 | 10250159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8494 | 1466 | |
8495 | 10250117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8495 | 1502 | 1502 (MDII) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar. |
8496 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8496 | Teenager |
A teenager, or teen, is someone who is 13 to 19 years old. They can also be called "adolescents". The laws on what teenagers may do vary between countries.
The term “teenager” became widely used for people who are old enough to have their own money to spend, but are not yet adults (legally, not biologically), after ... |
8497 | 10250074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8497 | 1533 | |
8498 | 10124035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8498 | Age | Age might mean: |
8499 | 10250058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8499 | 1546 | |
8500 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8500 | 1598 | |
8501 | 10284735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8501 | 1600 | 1600 (MDC) was a century leap year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar. It was the last year of the 16th century.
1600 was also the last century leap year until the year 2000. |
8502 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8502 | Adult | Adult may mean different things. In law and social norms, an adult is a human who has reached the age of majority. The age of majority is the age at which an individual will be legally considered an adult. That age varies: in most countries, an adult is a person who is 18 years old or older. Once someone is adult, they... |
8503 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8503 | Colony | A colony is a piece of land controlled by another country. The metropolitan state is the country that owns the colony. The phrase "dependent territory" is now used instead of "colony". Colony can also refer to a commune or a currently hypothetical human settlement in the sea (ocean colony) or outer space (space colony)... |
8506 | 1604351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8506 | Sonic boom | A sonic boom is created when an object travels faster than the speed of sound. When an airplane reaches the speed of sound, it makes a bang sound or an explosive noise. This is often called "breaking the sound barrier." The visible part of a sonic boom is actually air that becomes squashed by sound waves, which is know... |
8511 | 487619 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8511 | Sikkim |
Sikkim () has been a state in India since 1975. It has the smallest number of people and second smallest land size () of any major divisions in the Republic of India. The third highest mountain in the world, Mt. Kanchenjunga ( above sea level), is in Sikkim. Its neighbours are Bhutan to the east, Nepal to the west, t... |
8512 | 146951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8512 | Medieval | |
8515 | 9882289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8515 | Spelling bee | A spelling bee is a spoken spelling competition. In a spelling bee, children are asked to spell words. The child who spells the most words correctly is the winner. Schools hold spelling bee competitions to encourage children how to read. As well, spelling bees encourage children to learn about spelling words and improv... |
8517 | 1161309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8517 | Birth control | Birth control, also known as contraception or family planning, is a way for a man and woman to have sexual intercourse without the woman getting pregnant. Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth control only became available in the 20th century. Planning, making availabl... |
8518 | 1458798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8518 | Role-playing game | A role-playing game (also called an RPG) is a game in which one plays the role of one or several characters (people), either verbally (traditional RPGS), in a computer or video game, or alone (gamebooks). Often the characters gain experience (EXP) during the game, which makes them stronger.
Traditional RPGs.
A traditio... |
8519 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8519 | Butterflies | |
8520 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8520 | Birth Control | |
8521 | 823563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8521 | Arabs | |
8522 | 1677895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8522 | Arabic language | Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, "al-ʿarabiyyah") is a Central Semitic language that first appeared in the mid-ninth century BCE in Northern Arabia and Sahara southern Levant. It is related to other Semitic languages like Hebrew and Aramaic. Unlike the latter two, where the former derives from the other, however, Arabic is its... |
8524 | 1483031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8524 | Dresden | Dresden () is the capital of the Free State of Saxony. It is in the southeast of Germany, on the River Elbe near the border with the Czech Republic. It has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).
History.
Dresden was already settled in the Neolithic part of the Stone Age, but the first written re... |
8525 | 1161309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8525 | Free will | Free will is being able to choose between different actions. If we judge an action (for example, as good or bad) it only makes sense if the action is freely chosen.
Things like advice, persuasion, and prohibition, are pointless unless people have some kind of free will. Free will means people can do different things. D... |
8526 | 9157031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8526 | Arabic | |
8527 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8527 | Spelling Bees | |
8528 | 1398040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8528 | March 3 | |
8532 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8532 | September 3 | |
8534 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8534 | Amanda Show | |
8538 | 1319663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8538 | Irrigation | Irrigation is when people add water to plants, to help them grow when there is not enough rain. Irrigation water can be pumped from rivers, natural lakes or lakes created by dams, from wells or allowed to flow to the fields by or open canals.
Types of Irrigation.
There are many different types of irrigation methods. Th... |
8539 | 9306426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8539 | Glastonbury Festival | The Glastonbury Festival is a very big music festival. It is held at Worthy Farm near Glastonbury, Somerset, England, most years, during the last weekend in June. About 100,000 people come to the festival every time. The festival is hosted and organized by local farmer Michael Eavis. It is a widely known festival with ... |
8540 | 1161309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8540 | Detroit | Detroit ( , ; , ) is the most populous city in the state of Michigan in the United States. In 1950, Detroit was the fifth most populous city in the United States, with 1.8 million people. It was the 10th most populous city in the United States at the time of the 2000 census, with 950,000 people. By the 2020 census, Det... |
8548 | 1398040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8548 | War communism | War communism is the name for the economic policies that introduced to Russia in 1918 by Vladimir Lenin, leader of Russia from 1917 to 1924. The policy was ended in 1921 because it was not successful. Instead, he introduced the New Economic Policy in 1921.
War Communism was introduced for many reasons. However, the mos... |
8551 | 70336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8551 | New Economic Policy | New Economic Policy (NEP) was an economic policy introduced by Lenin after the failed methods of War communism. These New Economic Policies were to revive the Russian economy. The new policy was a combination of private enterprise and state socialism. This is because the people did not believe in War communism.
The New... |
8554 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8554 | Foreign aid | Foreign aid is one country helps another country, usually a poorer country, by giving money, supplies, or sending people to help during a disaster.
Some aid is for supporting economic development and help those in need, especially in places where wealthy countries and companies often shape trade, rules, and spread of ... |
8556 | 24306 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8556 | Hydroelectricity | Hydroelectricity is electricity made by generators that are turned by the movement of water. It is usually made with dams that partly block a river to make a reservoir of water. Water is released, and the pressure of the dam (potential energy stored in the dam) forces the water down pipes that lead to a turbine. This c... |
8557 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8557 | Mallaig | Mallaig is a small town in Scotland. It is also a port. Ferries link Mallaig, which is on the mainland, to some islands. About 797 lived there in 2001. |
8559 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8559 | Cramlington | Cramlington is a town in the county of Northumberland, in the north-east of England.
Cramlington is about five miles from the coast. The nearest beach is at Blyth, which is to the east. The county town of Morpeth is rather nearby.
Newcastle city is also close, which people of Cramlington can go and enjoy.
Cramlington i... |
8561 | 8309552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8561 | Belfast | Belfast (Irish: "Béal Feirste") is the capital of Northern Ireland. It is the second largest city in Ireland, after Dublin. About 270,000 people live in the city. It became capital of Northern Ireland when Northern Ireland was created in 1921. A lot of famous ships were built by the Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff. ... |
8564 | 9753578 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8564 | Dungeness | Dungeness is a place on the coast in Kent, England. There are two power stations there called Dungeness Nuclear Power Station. There are also two lighthouses. |
8565 | 16695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8565 | Power station | A power station (or power plant) is a place where electricity is produced. Most do this by a big spinning electrical generator. In big powers stations the spinning is usually driven by a steam turbine. The steam may come from:
Some do not use steam engines to spin the generator. Rather they use:
A few power stations u... |
8566 | 42848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8566 | World War Two | |
8568 | 1649829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8568 | Mind | The mind is a general term for the way a person thinks, reasons, perceives, wills, has ideas, and has emotion. For science, what others call the mind is "entirely" caused by workings of the brain. The philosopher Gilbert Ryle called mind the "Ghost in the Machine". He said the idea that it was separate from the brain w... |
8569 | 1291270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8569 | Puppy | |
8570 | 1498485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8570 | Reality | Reality means anything that exists. An event that has actually happened, or a thing which really exists is said to have "reality." Something close to reality is "realistic".
Reality is the state of things as they are, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everythin... |
8572 | 1291270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8572 | Kitten | |
8573 | 1604351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8573 | Mary Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English writer. She is best known for writing the novel "Frankenstein". She was in her teens when she wrote the book. She later edited the poems of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Early life.
After her mother's death, Shelley lived with her older ... |
8574 | 1570152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8574 | Sum | The sum of two numbers is their value added together. This operation is called additive summation or addition. There are many ways of writing sums, including:
Sigma notation.
Sigma notation is a mathematical notation to write long sums in a short way. Sigma notation uses the Greek letter Sigma (formula_3), and takes up... |
8575 | 1662581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8575 | Nelson Mandela | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African politician and activist. On 27 April 1994, he became the first President of South Africa, elected in a fully represented democratic election. He was also the first black President of his country, South Africa.
Mandela was born in Mvezo, Sout... |
8577 | 1611993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8577 | Mario Party 6 | Mario Party 6 is a party board video game for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the sixth game in the "Mario Party" series. It was released in Japan on November 18, 2004, in North America on December 6, 2004, and in Europe on March 18, 2005. It is the first "Mario Party" game to use the Nintendo GameCube's microphone add-on... |
8578 | 499883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8578 | Don Quixote | Don Quixote is a novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The book was published in two parts (1605 and 1615). It was first written in Spanish. Soon afterwards it was translated to English by Thomas Shelton. It is considered by many scholars to be the first modern novel. The main character, Don Quixote, is very good at chivalry b... |
8579 | 435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8579 | Coca Cola | |
8580 | 693482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8580 | Swim |
For living creatures, a swim or swimming is a way of moving in water. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational. Its primary uses are bathing, cooling, fishing, recreation, exercise, and sport.
Human swimming.
Swimming has been known amongst humans since prehistoric times; the earliest record ... |
8583 | 10396914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8583 | Archimedes | Archimedes of Syracuse () was a Greek scientist. He was an inventor, an astronomer, and a mathematician. He was born in the town of Syracuse in Sicily.
His father was Phidias, an astronomer, and he may have been in the family of a king of Syracuse. Syracuse was a rich Greek city, on the seashore in Sicily. When Archime... |
8584 | 70336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8584 | Radio | Radio is a way to send electromagnetic signals over a long distance. It is mainly used to deliver information from one place to another. A machine that sends radio waves is called a transmitter, while a machine that "picks up" the signals is called a receiver or antenna. A machine that does both jobs is a "transceiver"... |
8585 | 1618275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8585 | Vandalism | Vandalism is a crime that is done by destroying or damaging the property of someone else. This can include graffiti and website damage.
A person that does this is called a vandal. The name comes from the Vandals, a tribe that attacked and damaged the city of Rome in 455 CE.
Examples.
Examples of physical vandalism incl... |
8586 | 1673561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8586 | Monopoly (game) | Monopoly is a board game that is played with two to eight players. In the game, players move around the spaces of the board, buying and selling land and buildings to try to become the richest player. When all the other players run out of money, you win the game.
Many books give advice on how to win the game. An early b... |
8587 | 10390620 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8587 | Still Standing | Still Standing is a CBS sitcom starring Mark Addy. It is about a working-class couple who live in Chicago, Illinois. Addy's character is a father of three with a wife named Judy (Jami Gertz). Judy and Addy's character, Bill Miller, deal with having an annoying relative, Aunt Linda (Jennifer Irwin), and with having chil... |
8588 | 805501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8588 | IGN | IGN is a gaming website that was first launched in 2000. It has FAQ's, guides, and walkthroughs about many of the games on GameCube, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and the PlayStation 4, as well as older systems. IGN's main competitor is GameSpot, another gaming website.
IGN also featu... |
8589 | 1035196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8589 | Sock | Socks are often worn on a person's feet. They absorb sweat and help to keep the foot dry. Socks also give comfort to people's feet and keep them warm in cold weather.
Overview.
Socks are usually made of cotton or wool. Some socks can cover only the foot and ankle, and others may be long enough to cover the entire lower... |
8590 | 10384710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8590 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television series. It stars Ray Romano. The series was a popular sitcom on the CBS network.
Overview.
Ray Romano plays Ray Barone, a sports writer in Lynbrook, New York. Patricia Heaton plays his wife, Debra. Ray and Deborah have a fun set of neighbors: Ray's parents. Robert, Ray'... |
8591 | 8821834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8591 | Lighthouse | A lighthouse is a tall building that sends out light for use in navigation. Lighthouses are built on the coast of an ocean or lake. The lighthouse protects ships from crashing into shore, by sending the light out towards the sea. When sailors see the light, they know to avoid hitting the shore. The light usually turns ... |
8592 | 1668422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8592 | Joan of Arcadia | Joan of Arcadia was a CBS drama television series. It starred Amber Tamblyn. Tamblyn's character was Joan Girardi, a teenager with the ability to talk to God.
In its second season, the show had 8.5 million viewers per episode. However, after declining ratings the show was canceled. A third season was never made. |
8593 | 937699 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8593 | Lunchbox | A lunchbox is used to carry a person's lunch. They can come in many shapes and sizes and by a number of manufacturers. They can also be in the form of a brown paper bag.
The first aluminium lunch box was created in 1954 by a man by the name of Leo May when he happened to crush his tin lunch box. |
8594 | 1458798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8594 | The Game of Life | The Game of Life is a popular board game. Players spin a spinner, which tells them where to go next. They then go through an imaginary "life," getting married and having children. The object of the game is to have more money than the other players by the end of the game. |
8595 | 888555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8595 | Poster | A poster is a large piece of printed paper that has a message, usually with picture of something. Posters are made to be shown in public on a wall or other flat surfaces. They were the main form of public advertising before the web, and they are still used.
Posters are used for advertising, education, propaganda, and d... |
8596 | 10471777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8596 | Gretchen Wilson | Gretchen Wilson (born June 26, 1973) is a country music singer.
In 2004 she had her first number one album on Billboard's Hot Country Songs music chart. As late 2013 she had a song on Billboard's Country Airplay music chart.
Career.
Wilson got a contract with Epic Records in 2003. |
8597 | 515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8597 | Know | |
8598 | 693482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8598 | Blue Balliett | Elizabeth "Blue" Balliett Klein (born in 1955) is an American writer. Her first book is "Chasing Vermeer". "Chasing Vermeer" made the Children's bestseller list in 2004. In the story, two sixth graders help solve a mystery involving a Vermeer painting. The story has to do with pentominoes, patterns, and coincidences. T... |
8604 | 1340369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8604 | Eyelash | An eyelash is a hair that grows at the edge of the eyelids. They protect the eye from small things like dust. The average person has hundreds of eyelashes. They have a life span of about 3 months. |
8607 | 9565646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8607 | Prague | Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and the largest city of the Czech Republic. 1.4 million people live there.
Prague has been known as one of the most beautiful European cities since the Middle Ages. It is often called the "City of 100 Towers", the "Rooftop of Europe" or the "Heart of Europe." Prague was a place wh... |
8608 | 1367976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8608 | Wallet | A wallet is a small flat container, mostly of leather or fabric, that a person uses to hold cash, credit cards, identification cards, etc. Most men usually keep their wallets in their pockets, while women usually keep them in larger bags called purses.
Wallets, particularly in Europe, where larger coins are prevalent, ... |
8609 | 1652218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8609 | Memory card | A memory card is a form of flash memory that is used in a range of electronic devices, such as a digital camera or video game console. The memory card stores data, like images, music, saved games or other computer files.
Flash memory devices like this contain no moving parts so they are not easily damaged. This means ... |
8610 | 1652218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8610 | Computer printer | A computer printer is a piece of hardware for a computer. It allows a user to print items on paper, such as letters and pictures. Usually, a printer prints under the control of a computer. Many can also work as a photocopier and fax machine, or with a digital camera to print directly without using a computer.
Types of ... |
8613 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8613 | Chasing Vermeer | Chasing Vermeer is a children's novel. It is about two children noticing strange coincidences relating to art. The book was written by Blue Balliett and published (printed) by Scholastic in 2003. It says many things about the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
The sequel to the book is "The Wright 3". |
8614 | 1566408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8614 | Great Wall of China | The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand "li" long wall") is a series of fortifications in China. Chinese emperors and dynasties built the wall (and joined together existing walls) to protect the north of their empire from enemy attacks. In total, the wall stretches .
The first walls were built in the 7th ce... |
8615 | 248920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8615 | Amazon River | The Amazon River (also called "Rio Amazonas" in Portuguese and Spanish) is the largest river in the world by the amount or volume of water it carries. It flows through the tropical forests of South America, mainly in Brazil. Its headwaters are in the Andes Mountains in Peru, on the western edge of South America and flo... |
8616 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8616 | Pyramid | A pyramid is a structure, usually made of stone, built in the shape of a pyramid. From ancient to modern times people in many different parts of the world have built such structures.
The word "pyramid" comes from the Greek word "pyramis" which meant "wheat cake." The ancient Egyptian word for them was something like "M... |
8617 | 1666553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8617 | Care Bears | The Care Bears are a very successful toy franchise from the 1980s. Over forty million of these stuffed teddy bears, made with a variety of colours, were sold from 1983 to 1987. Each Bear had a name, a job, and a symbol tied to it. For example, Funshine Bear makes sure people have a good time, no matter what they are do... |
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