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347446 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347446 | Linearbandkeramic | |
347447 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347447 | LBK | |
347448 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347448 | Notenkopfkeramik | |
347449 | 17988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347449 | Jackeroo | |
347450 | 17988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347450 | Jilleroo | |
347451 | 1649820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347451 | Cimmerians | The Cimmerians or Kimmerians were ancient horse-riding nomads of Iranic origin.
According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the Cimmerians lived in the north of the Caucasus and the Black Sea during the 8th and 7th centuries BC. They lived in what is now Ukraine and Russia. Others have said there is no evidence of Cimm... |
347453 | 68157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347453 | Varangians | The Varangians or Varyags was the name given by Greeks and East Slavs to Vikings. Between the 9th and the 11th centuries they ruled the medieval state of Rus'. They were the personal bodyguards of the Byzantine Emperors, and formed the Byzantine Varangian Guard.
A group of Varangians known as the Rus' settled in Novgor... |
347455 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347455 | Yaroslav I the Wise | |
347457 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347457 | Yaroslav the Wise | Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus', known as Yaroslav the Wise (c. 978 – February 20, 1054) was Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kyiv. He brought together the two principalities for a time under his rule.
A son of the Varangian (Viking) Grand Prince Vladimir the Great, he was vice-regent of Novgorod at the time of his father... |
347459 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347459 | Varangian | |
347460 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347460 | Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
347461 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347461 | Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia | Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic or Litbel was a Soviet republic. It was in the territories of modern Belarus and eastern Lithuania. It existed for about seven months during 1919. It was formed after the merger of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia. The... |
347464 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347464 | Belarusian Democratic Republic | The Belarusian People's Republic, historically called the White Ruthenian Democratic Republic, was a self-declared independent Belarusian state. They said they were independent in 1918. It is also called the "Belarusian Democratic Republic" or the "Belarusian National Republic". This is to be separate from the Communis... |
347466 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347466 | Belorussian SSR | |
347467 | 293183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347467 | William Haines (Australian politician) | William Clark Haines (1810–3 February 1866) was the first Premier of Victoria. He served two terms as premier, the first from 30 November 1855 to 25 August 1856, and a second term from 29 April 1857 to 10 March 1858.
Born in London, Haines attended Charterhouse school, and then Cambridge University where he studied sur... |
347468 | 1566408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347468 | Polish–Soviet War | The Polish–Soviet War (February 1919 – March 1921) was an armed conflict between Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine against the Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic. It was for control of what is now Ukraine and part of Belarus.
A formal peace treaty, the Peace of Riga, was signed on 18 March 1921. ... |
347470 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347470 | West Belarus | West Belarus is the name used to mean to the land of modern Belarus which belonged to the Second Polish Republic between 1919 and 1939.
The land is Hrodna and Brest voblasts. It is also parts of today's Minsk and Vitsebsk oblasts. The historical population of West Belarus included Belarusians, Poles, Lithuanians, Jews,... |
347472 | 8857947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347472 | Neman | Neman or Niemen or Nemunas is a major Eastern European river. It starts in Belarus and flows through Lithuania before draining into the Curonian Lagoon and then into the Baltic Sea at Klaipėda. It is the northern border between Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast in its lower reaches. It also very briefly forms p... |
347474 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347474 | Pripyat (river) | The Pripyat River or Prypiat River is a river in Eastern Europe. It is about long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again. It drains into the Dnieper.
The Pripyat passes through the zone of alienation around the Chernobyl reactor, site of the nuclear disaster. It is polluted with radionuclides. The a... |
347477 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347477 | Dzyarzhynskaya Hara | Dzyarzhynskaya Hara is the highest point in Belarus. The hill is 345 meters (1,130 ft) above sea level. It is west of Minsk, near Dzyarzhynsk, in the village Skirmuntava. The original name of the hill was Svyataya Hara. In 1958 the hill was renamed "Hara Dzyarzhynskaya", after Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the NKVD... |
347479 | 217159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347479 | RG3 | |
347481 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347481 | SMK Jalan Damai | Jalan Damai Secondary School or simply SMK Jalan Damai, is a national secondary school located in Kampung Baru, Penang, Malaysia. It has about 2370 students and 120 teachers.
SMK Jalan Damai, Bukit Mertajam was founded on 5th January 1970. At that time, it was known as Sekolah Menengah Rendah, Bukit Mertajam (the Lower... |
347484 | 10065861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347484 | Governor of Victoria | The Governor of Victoria represents the head of state, Charles III in the Australian state of Victoria. The Governor performs the same tasks at the state level as the Governor-General of Australia at the national level. The Governor's office and official residence is Government House in central Melbourne.
The current G... |
347489 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347489 | Alex Chernov | Alex Chernov AC QC (born 12 May 1938) was the Governor of Victoria from 2011 through 2015.
Early life.
Chernov was born in Lithuania to Russian parents, and moved with his family to Salzburg, Austria where he started school. In 1949 his family moved to Australia and he completed his schooling at Melbourne High School. ... |
347492 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347492 | Yellow-billed magpie | The yellow-billed magpie ("Pica nuttalli") is a species of magpie, a type of songbird. It is a medium-sized member of the crow family with glossy black and white plumage and a yellow beak. The yellow-billed magpie lives only in California where it can be found in dry and warm oak savannah and shady valleys along the Ce... |
347499 | 1673408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347499 | Ealing Broadway station | Ealing Broadway railway station is a station of the London Underground and National Rail in Ealing, in the borough of a same name. |
347500 | 40158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347500 | Zenaida macroura | |
347501 | 4958782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347501 | Hayes & Harlington railway station | Hayes & Harlington railway station is a railway station in London. |
347502 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347502 | Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station | Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 is a station of the London Underground. It is at Heathrow Airport and serves terminals 2 and 3 of the airport. The station used to be called Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 until January 2016 when Heathrow Terminal 1 closed. Although the station has been renamed, the signage and announcements on... |
347503 | 40158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347503 | Heathrow Terminal 1,2,3 station | |
347505 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347505 | William Hogarth | William Hogarth (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist.
He is said to have started Western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraits to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects". His wor... |
347511 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347511 | Andrew Huxley | Sir Andrew Huxley OM FRS (Andrew Fielding Huxley, 22 November 1917 – 30 May 2012) was an English physiologist and biophysicist.
Huxley was born in Hampstead, London. He was the youngest son of writer and editor Leonard Huxley by his second wife Rosalind Bruce. He was the half-brother of writer Aldous Huxley and fellow ... |
347512 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347512 | Shōkyō | , also known as Shōkei, was a of the Northern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Gentoku and before Kemmu. This period started in April 1332 and ended in April 1334. The pretender in Kyoto was . Kōgon's Southern Court rival in Yoshino during this time was . |
347514 | 211734 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347514 | Shokei | |
347515 | 211734 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347515 | Shōkei | |
347517 | 27694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347517 | MTV News | |
347522 | 68157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347522 | Hogarth | |
347523 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347523 | Satyendra Nath Bose | Professor Satyendra Nath Bose laid down the basics for the Bose–Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose–Einstein condensate. The boson, a kind of particle of matter, is named in his honor. He was a member of the Royal Society and was awarded India's second highest civilian award (called the Padma Vibhushan) in 1... |
347524 | 10289601 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347524 | Richard Dawson | Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; 20 November 1932 – 2 June 2012) was an English-American actor and television presenter.
Dawson was born Colin Lionel Emm in Gosport, Hampshire to an American father and English mother. Dawson married Diana Dors in 1959; they lived in California. The couple had two sons, entertain... |
347525 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347525 | Chelsea Bridge | Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London. It connects Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank.
History.
There have been two Chelsea Bridges, on the site of what was an ancient crossing.
The first Chelsea Bridge was called Victoria Bridge. It opened in 1857.
The old bridge was rep... |
347526 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347526 | Swindon | Swindon is a large town in the Borough of Swindon in the county of Wiltshire, South West England. It is the largest settlement in Wiltshire. About 234,000 people live there. It is 81 miles west of London, 40 miles west of Reading, Berkshire, and 40 miles east of Bristol. |
347530 | 238030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347530 | Playstation Network | |
347531 | 238030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347531 | PS Store | |
347540 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347540 | Strusta Lake | Strusta Lake is a lake of Vitebsk Province, Belarus. It is part of the Braslau Lakes national park. |
347542 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347542 | Vitebsk Province | |
347546 | 9181597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347546 | Vitebsk Region | Vitebsk Region, Vitsebsk Voblast, or Vitebsk Oblast is a region (voblast) of Belarus. The administrative center is Vitebsk (Viciebsk). As of a 2009, the region had a population of 1,230,800.
Important cities within the region include Vitebsk, Orsha, and Navapolatsk.
The Vitsebsk Voblast is divided into 21 raions, 5 cit... |
347549 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347549 | Vitebsk | Vitebsk, also known as Viciebsk or Vitsyebsk is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia. It is the capital of the Vitebsk Oblast. In 2004 it had 342,381 people. This makes it the country's fourth largest city. It is served by Vitebsk Vostochny Airport and Vitebsk air base.
The main universities of Vitebsk are Vi... |
347551 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347551 | Vitebsk Oblast | |
347552 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347552 | Litbel | |
347553 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347553 | Vitsebsk Voblast | |
347557 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347557 | Armed Forces of Belarus | The Armed Forces of Belarus are the Ground Forces and the Belarusian Air Force. All are under the command of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. Lieutenant general Yurij Viktorovich Zhadobin is the Minister of Defense since December 4, 2009. Being a landlocked country, Belarus has no navy.
The Ministry ... |
347559 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347559 | Ministry of Defense (Belarus) | |
347560 | 224284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347560 | Depression of 1929 | |
347561 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347561 | Belarusian Ministry of Defense | |
347563 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347563 | Sumida River | The is a Japanese river which flows through Tokyo. It crosses the north part of Tokyo and drains into Tokyo Bay.
Sumida bridges.
The Sumida runs through Tokyo for 27 kilometers. There are 26 bridges across the river, including |
347565 | 217550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347565 | Brest Region | Brest Voblast (Province) or Brest Oblast is a province (voblast) of Belarus. The administrative center is Brest. Important cities in the voblast include: Baranovichi, Brest, and Pinsk.
The region was formed in 1939 after Western Belarus rejoined the Byelorussian SSR. Today it has 16 districts (raions), 225 selsovets, 2... |
347567 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347567 | Byelorussian SSR | |
347568 | 9781837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347568 | Brest, Belarus | Brest is a city in Belarus. It is at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet. It is the capital city of the Brest Region.
There are two universities in Brest: A.S.Pushkin State University and Brest State Technical University. There are some newspapers in Brest... |
347570 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347570 | Rectifier | A rectifier is a device that can convert Alternating current (AC) to Direct current (DC). This is a process called rectification. Many rectifiers in the 20th century were made of metals like copper, iron, and silver. Nowadays most are semiconductors.
"Half-wave rectifiers" only have one side of a waveform, while the "f... |
347571 | 217550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347571 | Gomel Region | Homiel Voblast, Homyel Oblast or Gomel Oblast is a province (voblast) of Belarus. Its administrative center is Gomel.
Important cities in the voblast include: Gomel, Mazyr, Zhlobin, Svetlahorsk, Rechytsia, Kalinkavichy, Rahachow, Dobrush
Homiel Province and Mahilyow Voblast were hurt severely after the Chernobyl nuclea... |
347573 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347573 | Homyel | |
347574 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347574 | Gomel | Gomel (also Homiel, Homel) is the administrative center of Gomel Voblast. It is the second-largest city in Belarus. It has a population of 482,652 (2009 census). Gomel is in the southeastern part of the country, on the right bank of Sozh river. It is to the South-East from Minsk, to the East from Brest, to the South fr... |
347576 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347576 | Gomel Voblast | |
347584 | 1161309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347584 | Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II | The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II was an event to celebrate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II for 60 years since 1952.
River pageant.
A royal on the Thames was one of several events which marked the special anniversary. The Queen and members of her family were on board the "Spirit of Chartwell" royal barge. The barge w... |
347585 | 81948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347585 | George W. Snyder | George W. Snyder (1780-1841) was an American watchmaker and inventor. Snyder invented the fishing reel in the 1820s. |
347587 | 9372437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347587 | The Long Good Friday | The Long Good Friday is a 1980 British crime movie. It is set in London. It was directed by John Mackenzie and written by Barrie Keeffe. It stars Bob Hoskins as gangster Harold Shand and Helen Mirren as Victoria. |
347597 | 9946063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347597 | Grodno Region | Grodno/Hrodna Region is a voblast (province) in northwestern Belarus.
The capital Grodno is the biggest city of the province. It is on the Neman River. Two castles from the 14th - 18th centuries are on the steep right bank of the Nemen. Many say this city is one of the most beautiful in Belarus. The Orthodox "St Boris ... |
347600 | 217550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347600 | Mogilev Region | Mogilev Region, also Mahilyow Voblasts (Province) or Mogilyov Oblast is a province (voblast) of Belarus. The administrative center is Mogilyov (Mahilyow).
Mogilev and Homyel Voblasts suffered severely after the Chernobyl nuclear radioactive reactor catastrophe in April 1986.
Important cities in the voblast are: Mogilyo... |
347602 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347602 | Mogilev | Mogilev (also spelled Mogilyov or Mahilyow) is a city in eastern Belarus. It is about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. As of 2011, 360,918 people lived there. It is the administrative centre of Mahilyow Voblast. It is the third largest city in Belarus. |
347604 | 183741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347604 | Mahilyow Voblast | |
347606 | 209999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347606 | 1863 (band) | |
347608 | 1670911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347608 | Have I Got News for You | Have I Got News for You is a British comedy television panel game shown on the BBC. It began on 28 September 1990. During each episode, two teams compete to win points by answering questions on recent news events. Each team has a captain and two celebrity guests. One captain is Ian Hislop, the other is Paul Merton. The... |
347609 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347609 | One More Night | One More Night is a song performed by American pop rock group Maroon 5 from their fourth studio album "Overexposed." The single was released for digital download and contemporary radio on June 26, 2012. The song was written by frontman Adam Levine, producer Shellback, executive Max Martin and Savan Kotecha and was prod... |
347615 | 1338660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347615 | Terrell, Texas | Terrell is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. It is a southeastern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 17,465. Terrell is east of Dallas.
Terrell is the home of the Terrell State Hospital, a psychiatric inpatient hospital with 316 beds operated under the direction of the Texas ... |
347616 | 109566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347616 | Demitri Martin | |
347620 | 693482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347620 | Minsk Region | Minsk Voblasc (Province) or Minsk Oblast is a province (voblast) of Belarus. The administrative center is Minsk. As of 2019, the voblast's population is 1,503,000, which has 15.3% of the national total.
In the northern part of the oblast is the Lake Narach, the largest lake of the country.
There are 22 districts (raion... |
347624 | 18539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347624 | Belarusian ruble | The ruble is the currency of Belarus. The symbol for the ruble is "Br" and the ISO 4217 code is "BYN".
In 2000, notes were introduced in amounts of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 rublei. In 2001 and 2002, higher amounts of 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 rublei were introduced, followed by 100,000 rublei in 2005... |
347626 | 5899244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347626 | Further-eastern European Time | Further-eastern European Time (FET) also called Moscow Time (MSK) and Turkey Time (TRT) is since September 2011 three hours ahead of UTC (). It was started as the official time for the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast and then followed by Belarus, Northern Cyprus, and Turkey.
Until 2011, Further-eastern European Time was the... |
347629 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347629 | +375 | |
347630 | 33778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347630 | Telephone numbers in Belarus | Country Code: +375<br>
International Call Prefix: 00 (was 8~10)<br>
Trunk Prefix: 8
Belarus began using its own country code +375 in 1995. Before that it was part of the +7 international country code. The local numbering plan came from USSR. It has changed little.
Geographic area codes were made based on pr... |
347635 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347635 | Francysk Skaryna | Francysk Skaryna was a Belarusian famous as one of the first publishers in Eastern Europe. He helped develop the Belarusian language.
He was born in the historical Belarusian city of Polotsk into the family of a rich merchant. The exact dates of birth and death are unknown. It was about 1485–1540 or 1490–1551.
Skaryna ... |
347637 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347637 | 2011–12 Chicago Blackhawks season | The 2011–12 Chicago Blackhawks season was the team's 86th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blackhawks signed goaltender Corey Crawford to a 3-year, 8 million dollar contract. They clinched the playoffs on March 31, 2012 when they defeated the Nashville Predators 5-4. Their win marked the 4th consecutive ... |
347640 | 9630329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347640 | Yanka Kupala | Yanka Kupala ( – June 28, 1942) was the pen name of Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich. He was a Belarusian poet and writer. Kupala is said to be one of the greatest Belarusian-language writers of the 20th century.
Biography.
Early life.
Kupala was born on July 7, 1882 in Viazynka. His family was of Szlachta origins. Both of ... |
347647 | 209999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347647 | Overexposed | |
347648 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347648 | Ryan Sypek | Ryan Sypek (born August 6, 1982) is an American actor. |
347649 | 10454724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347649 | Las Vegas (TV series) | Las Vegas is an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. |
347652 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347652 | Nikki Cox | Nicole Avery "Nikki" Cox (born June 2, 1978) is an American actress. She is famous for her roles on television series Unhappily Ever After, Las Vegas and Nikki. |
347653 | 1570152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347653 | James Lesure | James Lesure (born September 21, 1970) is an American actor. He acted in the television series "Las Vegas". |
347654 | 1025654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347654 | Molly Sims | Molly Sims (born May 25, 1973 ) is an American actress. She acted on the television series "Las Vegas". |
347655 | 361921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347655 | Vanessa Marcil | Vanessa Marcil (born October 15, 1968) is an American actress. She acted on the television series "Las Vegas". |
347656 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347656 | Marsha Thomason | Marsha Thomason (born January 19, 1976 ) is an English actress. She acted on the television series "Las Vegas". |
347658 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347658 | Madame Tussauds | Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. It used to be called "Madame Tussaud's", but the apostrophe is no longer used. Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction in London. It has waxwork displays of historical and royal figur... |
347663 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347663 | Madame Tussaud's | |
347665 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347665 | Caste (biology) | In some eusocial species, individuals of one species live together in colonies. These groups are often called nests or hives. Often there is a division of labour. In Hymenoptera, for example, a hive may have several kinds of females, which by Polyphenism carry out different tasks, and whose bodies are different.
Such ... |
347668 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347668 | Mandaeanism | |
347669 | 1604351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347669 | Corps of Bridges and Roads (France) | The Corps of Bridges ("Corps des Ponts") is a French civil service corps.
People entering the Corps are trained at the '. Most of them are from the '. The rest come from the "".
In 2002, the corps of the engineers of Bridges and Roads ("Ponts et Chaussées"), the engineers of civil aviation, the engineers-geographs and ... |
347670 | 1463824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347670 | Motherwell railway station | Motherwell railway station is a train station in Motherwell, Scotland. It is a big station, with four platforms, making it the biggest station in North Lanarkshire. The station can get you to big places such as London and Glasgow. There is a train every 10 minutes going to Glasgow Central station. It is managed by Scot... |
347676 | 1133926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347676 | Hammersmith | Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. It is about five miles west of Charing Cross. |
347684 | 625332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347684 | Danny Boyle | Daniel Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is a British movie director and producer. He was born in Radcliffe, Lancashire into a working-class Irish Catholic family.
His movies include "Shallow Grave", "Trainspotting", "A Life Less Ordinary", "The Beach", "28 Days Later", "Millions", "28 Weeks Later", "Sunshine", "Slumdog Mil... |
347686 | 62235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347686 | Vasil Bykaŭ | Vasil Uładzimiravič Bykaŭ (June 19, 1924 – June 22, 2003) was an author of many novels and novellas about World War II. He is a big figure in Belarusian literature and civic thought. The writer's talent earned him endorsements for the Nobel Prize nomination from, among others, Nobel Prize laureates Joseph Brodsky and C... |
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