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277011 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277011 | Fat (song) | "Fat" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson. It was released for the album "Even Worse" in 1988. It describes the obesity of the singer and the situations it causes. |
277012 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277012 | Lasagna (song) | "Lasagna" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "La Bamba", a traditional song popularized by Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos. It was released in 1988 for the album "Even Worse". |
277013 | 1150185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277013 | The Dilemma | The Dilemma is a 2011 American comedy-drama movie. It was produced by Ron Howard, Vince Vaughn and Brian Grazer. It was directed by Howard.
Plot.
Ronny Valentine (Vince Vaughn) who catches his best friend's wife, Geneva (Winona Ryder) cheating on him with another man, Zip (Channing Tatum) and does not know whether he s... |
277014 | 618792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277014 | Alaska Railroad | The Alaska Railroad is the main railroad in Alaska. It is owned by the state government of Alaska. It connects Alaska's two largest cities, Anchorage and Fairbanks. It also goes to Denali National Park, home of the tallest mountain in North America. There are short spur lines that go to North Pole, military bases, and ... |
277015 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277015 | I Think I'm a Clone Now | "I Think I'm a Clone Now" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "I Think We're Alone Now", which was originally recorded by Tommy James & The Shondells. Yankovic's parody seems to have been based more on the 1987 cover by Tiffany. It was released on the 1988 album "Even Worse". |
277016 | 1502318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277016 | UHF (song) | "UHF" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a style parody of The Jacksons song State of Shock written by Michael Jackson and Randy Hansen, combined with a style parody of themes that are played to advertise television stations. It was the theme of the movie "UHF". |
277017 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277017 | Telephone numbering plan | A telephone numbering plan is a system used in telecommunications to give telephone numbers to customers and to route telephone calls in a telephone network. A closed numbering plan imposes a fixed length to numbers, such as in North America (10-digit). An open numbering plan may have telephone numbers that vary in len... |
277018 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277018 | Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies* | "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits and a cover of "The Beverly Hillbillies" theme song. It was featured in the movie "UHF". |
277019 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277019 | Isle Thing | "Isle Thing" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Wild Thing" by Tone Lōc. It appeared in the movie "UHF". |
277020 | 1333217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277020 | Smells Like Nirvana | "Smells Like Nirvana" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. It was released on the album "Off the Deep End" in 1992. It pokes fun at how people often cannot understand Nirvana's lyrics. |
277021 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277021 | You Don't Love Me Anymore ("Weird Al" Yankovic song) | "You Don't Love Me Anymore" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was released for the album "Off the Deep End" in 1992. It is written as a soft ballad. It describes Yankovic and an unnamed girl's relationship. The couple were in love, but the girl has tried to kill Yankovic many times. She had done things lik... |
277022 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277022 | Taco Grande | "Taco Grande" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of Gerardo's song "Rico Suave". It is about the singer wanting Mexican food and his visit to a fake Mexican restaurant. It was released in the 1992 album "Off the Deep End". |
277023 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277023 | Royal Canadian Air Force | The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), formerly Air Command (AIRCOM), is the air force of Canada and is often called the Canadian Air Force. It is part of the Canadian Forces. Canada also has an army and a navy.
The air force operates all aircraft of the Canadian Forces, including the helicopters of the army and the navy... |
277024 | 18539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277024 | Canadian Forces Maritime Command | |
277025 | 132818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277025 | Canadian Army | The Land Force Command (LFC) is the army of Canada and is often called the Canadian Army. It is part of the Canadian Forces. It is made of 19,500 full-time soldiers and 16,000 part-time soldiers. Canada also has an navy and an air force.
The army has infantry, artillery and tanks. |
277026 | 86802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277026 | Canadian Air Force | |
277028 | 114482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277028 | Canadian Navy | |
277029 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277029 | Jurassic Park (song) | "Jurassic Park" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "MacArthur Park" by Jimmy Webb (as performed by Richard Harris). It is a humorous retelling of the plot in the novel and movie "Jurassic Park". It is on the album "Alaplooza" released in 1993. |
277031 | 585618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277031 | Homer, Alaska | Homer is a city on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It is known for being "the end of the road." There are signs that Native American people lived in the area as early as 6000 BC. In 2020, 5,522 people lived in Homer. The most notable feature of Homer is the Homer Spit, a peninsula that sticks out into Kachemak Bay. The ... |
277032 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277032 | Bedrock Anthem | "Bedrock Anthem" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Under the Bridge" and "Give it Away" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is about the narrator who desires to live in Bedrock, the setting of the cartoon "The Flintstones". It states several reasons referring to the show. It was released on the 1993 alb... |
277033 | 1477024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277033 | David Johnston | David Lloyd Johnston, CC CMM COM CD FRSC("hon") (born June 28, 1941) is a Canadian academic and author. He was the Governor General of Canada from October 1, 2010 to October 2, 2017.
Style and titles.
The Governor General's style and title in full is, in , and in .
Career.
Before becoming he Governor General of Canada ... |
277034 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277034 | Achy Breaky Song | "Achy Breaky Song" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus. It described how the singer was fed up with listening to the original song and things he would rather do. It was released on the 1993 album "Alapalooza". |
277036 | 1662670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277036 | Conservative Party of Canada | The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti Conservateur du Canada) is a political party in Canada. The party is considered to be on the center-right to right-wing of the political spectrum. It is to the right of the Liberal Party of Canada, Bloc Québécois or the New Democratic Party. The party is the successor to ... |
277037 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277037 | Headline News ("Weird Al" Yankovic song) | "Headline News" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the Crash Test Dummies's song "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm". It describes current events at the time in a humorous way. It was released on the 1994 album "". |
277038 | 1161309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277038 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | "Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a very popular song about teddy bears. The tune was composed by John Walter Bratton in 1907. The words were added by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy in 1932. Since then it has always been extremely popular as a children's song. Many musicians have made recordings of it. A particularly famous rec... |
277040 | 37281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277040 | Manhattan Island | |
277041 | 1508758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277041 | Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, author and talk show host. She made her movie debut in "The Color Purple" which she won a Golden Globe Award. Goldberg was partners with Frank Langella from 1996 until they separated in 2001. She is currently a co-host on... |
277042 | 209999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277042 | Jett Lucas | |
277045 | 10315954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277045 | Eddie (movie) | Eddie is a 1996 sports comedy movie that was produced by Mark Burg and David Permut and was directed by Steve Rash.
Plot.
The plot of the movie is about Edwina "Eddie" Franklin (Whoopi Goldberg) who wins a chance to be an honorary head coach of the New York Knicks and trys to turn around a struggling Knicks team. |
277047 | 1604351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277047 | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf DBE (9 December 1915 in Jarotschin in Prussia - 3 August 2006 in Schruns, Austria) was a German-British soprano. She was one of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century as well as a famous recitalist. She was particularly known for singing the music of Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, and ... |
277048 | 196884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277048 | New York and New Jersey campaign | The New York and New Jersey campaign was a series of battles between the British forces and the Continental Army that decided who would take control of New York City and the U.S. state of New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War and were mostly British victories. One British purpose was to finish smashing the Rebel... |
277049 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277049 | Amish Paradise | "Amish Paradise" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio. It was released in 1996 on the album "Bad Hair Day". |
277050 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277050 | Gump (song) | "Gump" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Lump" by The Presidents of the United States of America. It was released on the album "Bad Hair Day" in 1996. The song is a humorous retelling of the movie "Forrest Gump". |
277051 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277051 | Spy Hard (song) | "Spy Hard" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a comedic song in the style of spy songs such as James Bond. It was used in the movie of the same name. |
277052 | 40158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277052 | New York Campaign | |
277053 | 40158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277053 | New Jersey Campaign | |
277054 | 8575611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277054 | Malt | Malt is cereal grain that is sprouted and then dried by hot air. It is sometimes used in brewing and the manufacture of malt vinegar. Malt is high in sugar because when the grain sprouts, much of its starch changes to sugar. If the malt is dried with fire, it can have a smoky flavor. The sugar from the malt can be ferm... |
277055 | 159814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277055 | Homer Spit | |
277067 | 1663164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277067 | Liberal Party of Canada | The Liberal Party of Canada () is a political party in Canada. The party is considered to be centre to centre-left. The party was the Official Opposition after it lost the 2006 election, until the NDP became the Official Opposition in 2011. They won the election in 2015. The current party leader is the Canadian Prime M... |
277073 | 10140266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277073 | Christogram IHS | The Christogram IHS is a monogram symbolizing Jesus Christ.
From Greek it is an abbreviation of the name ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (Jesus).
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Christogram is composed of the letters "X" and "P", or "I" and "X". They are the first two letters of the words "Christ" and "Jesus Christ" in the Greek language. ... |
277074 | 2581953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277074 | IHS | |
277075 | 217550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277075 | The Color Purple (1985 movie) | The Color Purple is a 1985 American period drama movie directed by Steven Spielberg with a screenplay by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg's eighth movie as a director, and marked a change from the summer blockbusters for which he had become ... |
277078 | 1150185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277078 | Meet the Parents | Meet the Parents is a 2000 American comedy movie. It was produced by Robert De Niro, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal and Nancy Tenenbaum and was directed by Jay Roach. "Meet the Parents" is a remake of the 1992 movie of the same name. There were two sequels to "Meet the Parents". The first sequel was "Meet the Fockers", whic... |
277080 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277080 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy movie set in Chicago, Illinois. It was produced by John Hughes and Tom Jacobson and was directed by Hughes. It was very successful at the box office and has since become a cult classic.
TV show.
There was a TV show on NBC in 1990 called "Ferris Bueller", which was... |
277085 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277085 | Alfred Sisley | Alfred Sisley (30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) was an English Impressionist landscape painter. He was a British citizen, but was born, and spent most of his life, in France. Sisley is known for his Impressionist landscapes painted "en plein air", that is, outdoors. He never went into portrait painting and continued ... |
277087 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277087 | Anthoxanthum | Anthoxanthum, the "vernal grasses", is a large genus of true grass with a wide distribution. "A. odoratum" is a common species of acidic grassland and bogs in northern Europe.
The genus "Hierochloe" is included in "Anthoxanthum" by some. "Hierochloe" is a genus or subgenus known generally as "sweetgrass". These are per... |
277088 | 68157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277088 | Hierochloe | |
277090 | 935234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277090 | The Juice | |
277091 | 139034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277091 | O.J. Simpson | |
277093 | 68157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277093 | Inflorescence | An inflorescence is a flowering stem. The term is most used for a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem. An inflorescence is the reproductive portion of a plant; each plant bears its flowers in a specific pattern.
Whereas gymnosperms are mostly wind-pollinated, flowering plants are mostly pollinated by insects... |
277094 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277094 | Donald Adamson | Donald Adamson (born 30 March 1939 at Culcheth, Lancashire) is a British historian, philosophical writer and literary critic.
He is the author of "Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker about God" (1995), a book detailing the concept of the existence of God and a study of Pascal’s "Wager".
Adamson has writ... |
277096 | 124208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277096 | Water bear | |
277097 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277097 | Hesperornis | Hesperornis is an extinct genus of flightless aquatic birds that lived during the Upper Cretaceous (89–65 million years ago).
"Hesperornis" was an important early find in the history of avian paleontology. It was discovered by the paleontologist O.C. Marsh in the late 19th century Bone Wars.
Famous locations for "Hesp... |
277104 | 1548198 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277104 | Nissan Primera | The Nissan Primera was an automobile produced by Nissan. It replaced the Nissan Bluebird in 1990 and was produced in three generations produced until 2006. The first generation was made from 1990 to 1996. The second generation was made from late 1996 to early 2002 with a facelift in 1999 for European markets. The third... |
277105 | 62069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277105 | Charles M. Schulz | Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip "Peanuts" proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.
Schulz died of colorectal cancer in Santa Rosa, California. |
277106 | 10452216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277106 | The Littlest Hobo | The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian children's television series directed by Charles R. Rondeau. It was based on a movie and is about a German Shepherd that wanders from town to town, helping people in need. The TV series ran from 1963 to 1965 and was later revived by CTV from October 11, 1979 to March 7, 1985. |
277109 | 86802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277109 | Luke Ridnour | Lucas Robin "Luke" Ridnour (born February 13, 1981 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) is an American basketball player that currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. He went to University of Oregon for college where he played for the Oregon Ducks basketball team. Ridnour has also played with the Seattle SuperSon... |
277110 | 18539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277110 | Binge eating | Binge eatingis a disease characterized by episodes of compulsive overeating.
It has the following characteristics:
The vicious cycle of binge eating
It can make people feel satisfied for a while, but after that, they will feel guilty and they will regret eating so much. People overeat to feel better, but they actually... |
277114 | 86802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277114 | Conway Twitty | Conway Twitty (born Harold Lloyd Jenkins; September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993) was an American country music singer.
Twitty held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until 2006 when George Strait broke his record.
Twitty is a former member of the Grand Ole Opry and was... |
277126 | 1530097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277126 | Matchbox | A matchbox is a container or case made of cardboard or thin wood and designed to place matches. It usually has a special surface on one edge to light the matches contained inside. Usually, is a box that contains safety matches. made of wooden sticks or cardboard stripes. It usually has a coarse striking surface on one ... |
277127 | 2897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277127 | Canadian Special Operations Forces Command | The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) (french:Commandement des forces d'opérations spéciales du Canada) is the branch of the Canadian Forces responsible for special operations.
The command is composed of four units : |
277128 | 1582584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277128 | Deaths in 2011 | The following is a list of notable deaths in 2011. |
277129 | 2897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277129 | Joint Task Force 2 | Joint Task Force 2 (JTF 2) (French: Deuxième Force opérationnelle interarmées) is the main counter-terrorism and special forces unit of Canada. JTF2 is part of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command of the Canadian Forces. |
277130 | 2897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277130 | Canadian Special Operations Regiment | The Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) (french:Régiment des opérations spéciales du Canada) is one of the two special forces unit of Canada. CSOR was created in 2005. Its role is to support the Joint Task Force 2, but it is also capable of conducting its own operations. The regiment is part of the Canadian Spe... |
277131 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277131 | 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron | The Special Operations Aviation Squadron ("427SOAS"') (french:427e Escadron d'opérations spéciales d'aviation) is a helicopter squadron of Canada responsible to provide support to the Joint Task Force 2 and the Canadian Special Operations Regiment. It operates the CH-146 Griffon. The squadron is part of the Canadian Sp... |
277132 | 805501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277132 | Logistics | Logistics is the term which generally means the management of transportation of information or goods from one place to another. Logistics involves things like transportation, inventory, packaging, supplies and sometimes, social security and warehousing.
There are many types of logistics, for example : military logistic... |
277133 | 1672574 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277133 | Canadian Expeditionary Force Command | The Canadian Expeditionary Force Command was the branch of the Canadian Forces responsible for military deployments and operations outside Canada. It was formed in 2006. In 2012, it was joined with Canadian Joint Operations Command.
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277134 | 2897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277134 | Canada Command | Canada Command is the branch of the Canadian Forces responsible for national security, emergency management and domestic operations inside Canada. |
277135 | 4599014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277135 | Oath of office | An oath of office is an oath a person gains a higher position, usually in government or within a religious body. There are other positions in which people are supposed to take oaths as well, like in the military. When someone makes an oath, they make a promise to follow certain rules and guidelines of the position that... |
277136 | 2897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277136 | Canadian Operational Support Command | The Canadian Operational Support Command is the branch of the Canadian Forces responsible for logistics, engineering and health services. |
277137 | 146083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277137 | Frigates | |
277138 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277138 | Duke of York | The Duke of York (sometimes shortened to DOY) is a title of nobility and royalty in the United Kingdom. Dukedom is the highest ranking of royalty before monarch. The wife of the Duke of York is the Duchess of York. The current Duke is Prince Andrew, Duke of York. The first one was Edmund of Langley, who founded the Hou... |
277141 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277141 | Lamborghini Gallardo | The Lamborghini Gallardo is a sportscar that has been built by Lamborghini from 2003 to 2013 and is Lamborghini's most-produced model to date. The Gallardo is named after a type of fighting bull. Later, at the Geneva Motor Show 2014, the Gallardo was replaced by the Lamborghini Huracán. There are also police car models... |
277142 | 86802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277142 | Brian Boucher | Brian Boucher (born January 2, 1977) is an American analyst and former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played a total of thirteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, San Jose Sharks, and Ca... |
277144 | 9449178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277144 | Sauerkraut | Sauerkraut ("sour herb") directly translated from German or "sour cabbage", is finely shredded cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including "Leuconostoc", "Lactobacillus", and "Pediococcus". It has a long shelf-life and a distinctive sour flavor, both of which result from the lactic acid t... |
277151 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277151 | Federal Hall | Federal Hall was the first capitol building of the United States, and was the site where George Washington was inaugurated as America's first president in 1789. In 1700, it was built on Wall Street and named New York City Hall. It was renamed to Federal Hall when it became the capitol under the new United States Consti... |
277162 | 16695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277162 | Cline | In biology, a cline, or 'ecocline', describes a series of connected populations in a species. These populations show a continuous gradient of traits and genetics. The term was coined by the English evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley in 1938. He defined a cline as a species whose members fall into a series of sub-spec... |
277177 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277177 | Precancerous condition | A precancerous (or premalignant) condition is not malignant. However, it has the potential to become cancer if proper treatment is not taken in time.
A premalignant lesion is a visually (morphologically) altered tissue in which cancer is more likely to occur than its normal counterpart.
The condition was named in 1875 ... |
277180 | 148096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277180 | Premalignant | |
277181 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277181 | Nasi lemak | Nasi lemak is a commonly found food in Malaysia and Singapore. It is also an official national food in Malaysia. It is traditionally wrapped up in banana leaves. The rice is usually cooked in coconut cream. Sometimes spices such as ginger are added for their aroma (good smell).
Nasi lemak is sold in hawker centres in S... |
277189 | 18539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277189 | New York Provincial Congress | The New York Provincial Congress was an organization that was started by rebels in 1775 during the American Revolution as a replacement for the Province of New York Assembly. It was a replacement for the Committee of One Hundred. There were three provincial congresses until the first Constitutional Convention was found... |
277196 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277196 | Battle of Fort Washington | The Battle of Fort Washington was one of the early battles fought in the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. It took place on 16 November 1776. The British won the battle.
After winning against the Continental Army (commanded by George Washington), the British army (commanded by Will... |
277198 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277198 | Great Fire of New York (1776) | The Great Fire of New York was a large fire in New York City. It burned through the night of September 21, 1776 on the west side of the former boundaries of New York City at the southern end of the island of Manhattan. It started when the British Army took control of the city during the American Revolutionary War. Many... |
277202 | 1458798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277202 | Cinematography | Cinematography is the recording of photographic images for cinema. Like still photography, it includes making lighting and camera choices. However, the pictures move. A person who specializes in cinematography is called a cinematographer.
Etymology.
The word cinemetography come from the Greek words "kinema - κίνημα", m... |
277206 | 1069315 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277206 | Ferenc Fricsay | Ferenc Fricsay (born Budapest, 9 August 1914; died Basel, 20 February 1963) (pronounced "Ferr-'ens 'Frich-sye") was a Hungarian conductor. From 1960 until his death, he was an Austrian citizen.
Fricsay was born in Budapest in 1914. His music teachers were Hungary's most famous composers: Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály and ... |
277207 | 1582584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277207 | Irmgard Seefried | Irmgard Seefried (born Köngetried, Bavaria, 9 October 1919; died Vienna, 24 November 1988) was a famous German soprano who sang opera and lieder.
Irmgard Seefried was born in Köngetried, near Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany. She studied at Augsburg University. Her first appearance in opera was in Aachen where she sang the... |
277222 | 1542442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277222 | Mica | The mica group of minerals are aluminosilicates with various metals. They split into fine sheets, which puts them in the phyllosilicate group of silicate minerals.
Mica includes several closely related materials having perfect basal cleavage.
All are monoclinic which means their crystals are shaped like one kind of pr... |
277226 | 1542442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277226 | Talc | Talc (from the Arabic "talk") is a silicate mineral, a type of clay. It is the standard for grade 1 in the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. A fingernail can easily scratch it. Talc is composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. Talc and pyrophyllite are very similar, but pyrophyllit... |
277233 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277233 | Upper East Side | |
277234 | 2584656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277234 | Tisch School of the Arts | |
277236 | 40158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277236 | MTV Networks | |
277249 | 172028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277249 | Gulf of Iran | |
277256 | 1161309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277256 | Vugar Gashimov | Vugar Gashimov (24 July 1986 – 11 January 2014) was a leading chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan who died from a brain tumour.
Gashimov was a noted player of bullet chess (2/3 minutes a side), and three times Azerbaijani national chess champion (1995, 1996 and 1998).
He won at Athens 2005 (Acropolis International). He w... |
277258 | 1638024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277258 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Ian Nepomniachtchi (born 14 July 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former Russian chess champion.
He won the European Youth Chess Championship three times, in 2000 in the U10 class and in 2001 and 2002 in the U12 class. In 2002 he also won the World Youth Chess Championship in the U12 class. By winning the Aero... |
277259 | 9481799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277259 | Hao Wang | Hao Wang (), born 4 August 1989 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, is a Chinese chess grandmaster.
In November 2009, Wang became the fourth ever Chinese player to cross the 2700 rating mark.
He was the 2010 Chinese chess champion, and was ranked #1 in China and #15 in the world in July 2012. |
277263 | 1477024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277263 | Lee Hae-chan | Lee Hae-chan (, born July 10 1957) is a Korean politician, journalist and writer. In 2004, he became the 36th Prime minister of South Korea. He was the 38th education minister from March 3, 1998, to May 24, 1999. He became deputy mayor of Seoul in 1995.
Life.
Lee started his political career as an liberal activist. In ... |
277264 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277264 | Gata Kamsky | Gata Kamsky (born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. Kamsky won the 2010 Grenke Open World Rapid Chess Championship. He is rated #2 in the United States.
Kamsky was a prodigy who reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 at the age of 22, and reached a ranking of fourth in the ... |
277267 | 62235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277267 | Radosław Wojtaszek | Radosław Wojtaszek (born 13 January 1987 in Elbląg, Poland) is a Polish chess Grandmaster. In 2004 he won the European Youth Chess Championship (U-18), the World Youth Chess Championships (U-18) and the Cracovia Open with 7.5/9.
Wojtaszek won the Polish Chess Championship in 2005.
In 2006 he played for the Polish team ... |
277272 | 1499070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277272 | Nissan Maxima | The Nissan Maxima is an automobile produced by Nissan in eight generations from 1981 to 2023. It is a 4-door sedan with a 6-cylinder petrol engine. |
277288 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277288 | Violeta Chamorro | Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (18 October 1929 – 14 June 2025) was a Nicaraguan politician. She and was President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1996. Her husband, Pedro Chamorro, was a newspaper editor. He was assassinated in 1978. She took over as editor of the paper, La Prensa.
Early life.
Violeta Barrios Torres was... |
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