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42732 | 527152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42732 | Quality | Quality is how good something is. If the quality of a product is high then that means that it is fit for its purpose. If the quality of an item is low that means that the product may break easily or not work properly. When people say something is a quality product that means that the product is of good quality. Usually... |
42733 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42733 | Gargoyle | A gargoyle is a grotesque statue that is attached to a building. It is carved out of stone, usually granite. It is used to get water away from the building when it rains. Gargoyles are often made to look like animals or people. The collected water comes out of their mouths. Most gargoyles were made a long time ago. Peo... |
42735 | 10408232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42735 | Oostende | Ostend (, ; ; ; , literally "East End") is a city in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
In 2007, 69115 people lived there.
It is at 51° 13 North, 02° 54 East. |
42736 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42736 | Ostend | |
42737 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42737 | Ostende | |
42739 | 859018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42739 | Windows 2.0 | |
42740 | 1035196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42740 | List of UEFA European Championship finals | The list of UEFA European Championship champions:
The number of times each country has won the UEFA European Championship including finals and semi-finals results: |
42741 | 935234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42741 | Abuja | Abuja () is a city in Nigeria. It is the national capital of Nigeria. Around 2.5 million people live there. Abuja is in the middle of the country, in the center of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. It replaced Lagos, the country's most populous city but very small in size, as the capital on 12 December 1991.
Abuj... |
42742 | 114482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42742 | Quang Ngai City | |
42743 | 642202 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42743 | Irony |
Irony is a term for a figure of speech. Irony is when something happens that is opposite from what is expected. It can often be funny, but it is also used in tragedies. There are many types of irony, including those listed below: |
42744 | 1604351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42744 | Assault rifle | An assault rifle is a rifle that has a removable magazine, automatic-fire and semi-automatic modes, and uses intermediate cartridges. These cartridges include the 5.56 NATO and 7.62x39mm cartridges. Intermediate cartridges have more power and penetration than pistol cartridges fired by submachine guns, and less than th... |
42745 | 3164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42745 | Assault Rifle | |
42748 | 877214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42748 | Salvador Dalí | Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish painter who became famous for the unusual images he used in his paintings. He was born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. He was a key figure in surrealist art.
His most famous work was "The Pe... |
42749 | 3164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42749 | Salvador Dali | |
42754 | 9411537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42754 | Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk | Anne de Mowbray, "Baroness Mowbray" (10 December 1472 - 19 November 1481) was the daughter of John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Talbot. She was born in 1472 in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England. She also became Baroness Segrave.
When Anne's father died in 1476 Anne became very rich. She also became Cou... |
42755 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42755 | Framlingham Castle | Framlingham Castle is a castle in Framlingham, Suffolk, England. It was once the home of the Dukes of Norfolk, and was where Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk was born in 1472. |
42759 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42759 | Warwick Castle | Warwick Castle (pronounced 'Worrick') is a large castle in Warwickshire, England. It is near the town of Warwick. The castle was once the family home of the Earls of Warwick.
There are many rooms in the castle. Some of the rooms have mannequins in them that look like real people. These are dressed in costume. They are... |
42760 | 1555874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42760 | Edinburgh Castle | Edinburgh Castle is a castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is built on the volcanic Castle Rock in the centre of Edinburgh, and is easy to see from the main shopping streets. In 1103, Edinburgh Castle was built which makes the Castle over 900 years old. The castle has a military display every year, called a "tattoo", wher... |
42765 | 1508758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42765 | Alfred Kinsey | Alfred Charles Kinsey (June 23, 1894 August 25, 1956) was an American biologist. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey.
In the first part of his career he was an entomologist specializing in gall wasps of the family Cynipidae. Later, he became famous for the research he did on human sexuality. His research had a great inf... |
42766 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42766 | Alfred Charles Kinsey | |
42767 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42767 | Charles Kinsey | |
42769 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42769 | Kinsey Reports | The Kinsey Reports are two books, published in 1948 and 1953 by Alfred Kinsey and his co-workers. The books "Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male" and "Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female", were based on thousands of interviews by Kinsey and his team.
The books were shocking when they came out, as they talked about sub... |
42770 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42770 | Kinsey Report | |
42771 | 126147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42771 | Kinsey Scale | |
42772 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42772 | Ruthenium | Ruthenium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Ru. It has the atomic number 44. It is a rare metal. It is silver white. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals. It is also part of the platinum group. Ruthenium is found in platinum ores.
Ruthenium is used as a cata... |
42773 | 986092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42773 | Niobium | Niobium is a chemical element. It is sometimes named columbium. It has the chemical symbol Nb. It has the atomic number 41. It is a rare metal. Niobium is hard and grey. It is ductile. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals. Niobium was discovered in a variety of a mineral ca... |
42777 | 70336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42777 | Explosion | An explosion is a fast increase in volume and increase in energy made available. It normally makes high temperatures and makes gases. Many natural events can make explosions, such as lightning, volcanic eruptions, meteors, and supernovae. People make explosions mostly by using chemical explosive materials.
A chemical ... |
42781 | 1161309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42781 | Rhodium | Rhodium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Rh. It has the atomic number 45. It is a rare metal. It is silver white and hard. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals. It is also part of the platinum group. Rhodium is found in platinum ores.
Rhodium is used as a c... |
42782 | 1542442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42782 | Tellurium | Tellurium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Te and the atomic number 52. It has 52 protons and 52 electrons. Its mass number is 127.6. It has 8 natural isotopes. 4 are stable and 4 are radioactive. One of the radioactive ones lasts longer than any other isotope. It has a half life of 2.2 x 1024 years (2... |
42786 | 576341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42786 | Indium | Indium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol In. It has the atomic number 49. It is a rare metal which is soft, malleable, and poor (post-transition). Indium looks like zinc. Pieces of indium can easily be joined by pushing one piece into another. The chemistry of indium is quite like aluminium or gallium. ... |
42787 | 16695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42787 | Francium | Francium is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Fr and an atomic number of 87. It is a metal. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the alkali metals. Francium is very radioactive. It is in very small amounts in uranium and thorium ores. It has the lowest electronegativity and electron af... |
42791 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42791 | Rhenium | Rhenium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Re. It has the atomic number 75. It is a rare noble metal. It is silver white. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements called the transition metals. The chemistry of rhenium is similar to manganese. Discovered in 1908, rhenium was the second-last ... |
42793 | 1407066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42793 | Thallium | Thallium is at chemical element, it has symbol Tl and atomic number 81. Its standard atomic weight is 204.4. It is found in Group 15 of the periodic table. Thallium is a soft, heavy and gray metal, but can look red due to oxidation. Thallium and its compounds are extremely toxic, even more than cyanide and arsenic.
Pro... |
42799 | 248920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42799 | Néstor Kirchner | Néstor Kirchner (born Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić, 25 February 1950 – 27 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who was the 54th President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. Previously, he was the acting president of Argentina from May to December 2003. After his presidency, Kirchner became the First Gentl... |
42805 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42805 | The Cunning Little Vixen | The Cunning Little Vixen (original title: "Příhody lišky bystroušky", literally translates to "The Adventures of Vixen Sharp-Ears") is an opera by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Janáček loved animals, and in this opera some of the characters are humans but some are animals. Some of the little animals, (like the grass... |
42806 | 9000475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42806 | Guaraní alphabet | The Guaraní alphabet is a system used to write the Guaraní language. The Guaraní language is used in Paraguay and some countries near it. The alphabet has 35 letters. These are:
"A", "E", "I", "O", "U", "Y" are vowels, just like English. Those letters with tildes on top make the same sound, except more nasal sounding. ... |
42807 | 581219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42807 | Consonants | |
42810 | 16695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42810 | Lake Victoria | Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nnalubaale) is a lake in Africa. It is bordered and governed by the countries of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The lake is in the western part of Africa's Great Rift Valley.
Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres (26,560 mi²) in size. It is Africa's largest ... |
42819 | 209999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42819 | Tonsillitis | Tonsillitis is a disease. It is also known as pharyngitis, laryngitis and Tonsillar infection. Tonsillitis is caused by either a virus or bacteria. It is the inflammation and infection of the tonsils. The tonsils are in the back of the throat. The tonsils get inflamed and red. Other symptoms include headaches, fevers, ... |
42821 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42821 | Encephalitis | Encephalitis is sudden inflammation (swelling) in the brain. It is usually caused by viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens. As the brain swells, it can get damaged when it gets crushed against the skull. Encephalitis can cause serious symptoms, like seizures and strokes, and can be fatal. In 2013, encephalitis killed a... |
42824 | 10250939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42824 | Mitosis | Mitosis is part of the cycle of cell division. During this process, the chromosomes of a cell are copied to produce two identical sets of chromosomes, and the cell's nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei.
Before mitosis begins, the cell creates an identical copy of its genetic material — a process known as repli... |
42825 | 9037159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42825 | Inflammation | Inflammation is the first reaction of the immune system to an infection or irritation. It is an attempt of the immune system to dispel invaders and repair the body. It can happen in many parts of the body and often involves the following five steps:
The first four of these reactions have been known for a long time, sin... |
42827 | 1678019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42827 | Car rental | Car hire is the act or procedure of hiring (renting) a car, usually for a fee.
The business that provides the car becomes the car hire service provider, and the party who hires the car becomes the car hirer.
A car hire company is usually the business that hires out automobiles for fixed periods of time (ranging from as... |
42828 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42828 | Mechanical engineering | Mechanical engineering is a branch of engineering that applies the principles of Mechanics and Materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the design, production, and operation of machines and tools. ... |
42829 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42829 | Paul Newman | Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, movie director, race car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His mother was a Slovak; his father was a Jew who had one parent from Hungary and the other from Poland. He considered himself Jew... |
42835 | 1241374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42835 | IRA | IRA may mean: |
42836 | 735934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42836 | Piccadilly line | The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground. It is coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the fifth busiest line on the Underground network judged by the number of passengers transported per year. It is mainly a deep-level line, running from the north to the west of London via all different 6 zones on th... |
42846 | 114482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42846 | European Football Championship | |
42847 | 24139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42847 | List of Ligue 1 champions | |
42848 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42848 | Olympiastadion Berlin | The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was built for the 1936 Olympic Games. |
42849 | 3609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42849 | Olympic Stadium (Berlin) | |
42850 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42850 | Olympic Stadium (Athens) | The Athens Olympic Stadium () is a sports stadium in Athens, Greece. |
42851 | 1403860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42851 | 2000 Summer Olympics | The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, took place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from September 15, 2000 until October 1, 2000.
199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) were in the Sydney Games. Four were in the Olympics for the first time. These were Timor-Leste, Eritrea, M... |
42852 | 8975375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42852 | 2002 Winter Olympics | The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States from February 8 2002 to February 24 2002. There were about 2,400 athletes from 77 nations. They were in 78 events. Utah was the fifth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games.
78 Nati... |
42853 | 196884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42853 | Stradivarius | A Stradivarius is a string instrument (such as a violin) built by the 17th century Italian luthier Stradivari family (especially by Antonio Stradivari) that was famous for making them.
Violins have been sold (at auction) for as high as US dollars [11 million] or 11.25 million; That violin is from 1714; It is called the... |
42854 | 40117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42854 | Gadolinium | Gadolinium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Gd. It has the atomic number 64. It is part of a group of chemical elements in the periodic table named the Lanthanides. It is a rare earth element. It is silvery white, malleable and ductile.
Its main uses are as chemical compounds in color televisions and n... |
42858 | 8153171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42858 | Grand coalition | The "Grand coalition" refers to if the two biggest political parties in Germany (the CDU, CSU and the SPD) join forces together ("form a coalition"). |
42859 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42859 | Persephone | Persephone (, "Persephonē") is the goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld in ancient Greek religion and myth. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter and is married to the god Hades, with whom she rules over the souls of the dead. As a vegetation goddess, she presided over the bounty of the harvest as it emerg... |
42860 | 1456026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42860 | German Bundestag | The German Bundestag (commonly referred to as "Bundestag") is the legislature of Germany. It meets in Berlin, in the Reichstag building, which was specially rebuilt ready for the Bundestag to move from Bonn.
The Bundestag has at least 598 members. Every 4 years the German people vote. After the 2017 election there were... |
42861 | 10129518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42861 | 1. FC Nuremberg | The 1. F.C Nürnberg is a football club from Nuremberg, Germany. It was founded on May 4, 1900.
The manager are Andreas Bornemann (Sports) and Michael Meeske (Finance). The coach is Miroslav Klose.
The players in the season 2012/13.
Goalkeepers:
Defenders:
Midfielders:
Forwards: |
42874 | 693482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42874 | Human history | Human history is the study of what the entire human race did in the past. It includes the time from prehistory to the present day. It is different from natural history.
Development of the human species.
Modern human beings are called "Homo sapiens" ('wise man'). They have existed for about 250,000 years. Biologists bel... |
42875 | 1570152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42875 | Ur | Ur was the one of the world's first cities, in Mesopotamia. It was a Sumerian city-state, founded around 3,800 BC. There are written records dating from the 26th century. Ur was once a coastal city near the mouth of the River Euphrates on the Persian Gulf. It is now well inland, south of the Euphrates on its right bank... |
42880 | 983938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42880 | Odenwald | The Odenwald is a mountain chain in the south of Hesse, in the north of Bavaria and the north of Baden-Württemberg.
Geography.
In the south of the Odenwald there is the Neckar River. In the east there is the Main River . In the west there is the valley of the Rhine River. The highest mountain is the Katzenbuckel (lite... |
42885 | 40158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42885 | The Worlds History | |
42886 | 233259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42886 | Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev | Sviatoslav I was an early ruler of the Kievan Rus', a nation that evolved into modern Ukraine. He was the son of Igor I of Kiev and Olga of Kiev. He ruled from 962 until 972. During his reign he destroyed the Khazar Empire and for a short time conquered what is now Bulgaria. |
42889 | 9854147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42889 | List of citrus fruits | Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. It originated in tropical and subtropical southeast Asia. The name comes from the citron.
Citrus fruits usually have a sour taste but farmers grow more of the sweet ones. There are many types of citrus fruits in the world. |
42895 | 111904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42895 | Citrus fruits | |
42899 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42899 | Daylight saving time | Daylight saving time (DST) or summer time (ST) is a time to keep during summer. During the summer months, the sun stays visible for a longer time, and sunset happens late in the day. For this reason, certain countries advance the time by one hour near the start of summer, and put it back one hour during autumn.
DST hel... |
42910 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42910 | Lanthanum | Lanthanum is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol La. It has the atomic number 57. It is part of a group of chemical elements in the periodic table named the Lanthanides. It is a rare earth element. It is silvery white, malleable and ductile. It is soft and can be cut with a knife. |
42914 | 373511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42914 | Rowing | Rowing is about moving a boat on water using human muscle power. It can be a sport. The goal in rowing is to move as fast as possible on top of the water. The athletes use a boat. They move the boat forward by using two sculls or one oar. There are different types of rowing. The types depend on how many people are in t... |
42916 | 1301336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42916 | Inkjet printer | An Inkjet printer is a printer for computers. It uses special ink to print on the paper. Another type of printing technology is the Laser printer. Inkjet printers are preferred for printing photos and graphics due to their high-quality color output, whereas laser printers are preferred for printing text due to their hi... |
42917 | 844779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42917 | Laser printer | A laser printer is a printer for computers. It uses laser or LED-technology to get small particles of toner from a cartridge onto paper. Very often, this costs less to use than the ink of inkjet printers. Laser printers often print text more neatly than inkjet printers, but print photos less clearly. Printing on photo ... |
42919 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42919 | Lawrencium | Lawrencium is a chemical element. Before being officially named, it was known as eka-lutetium and unniltrium. It has the symbol Lr. It has the atomic number 103. It is a group 3 element and transition metal, but is also often counted as an actinide.
It is a radioactive element that does not exist in nature. It has to b... |
42921 | 11487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42921 | Grat Coalition | |
42928 | 242253 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42928 | Savannah | |
42937 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42937 | Darmstadtium | Darmstadtium is a chemical element. It has been named ununnilium (Uun) or eka-platinum but is now named darmstadtium. It has the symbol Ds. It has the atomic number 110. It is a transuranium element.
The element is named in honor of German city Darmstadt.
Darmstadtium is a radioactive element that does not exist in nat... |
42939 | 8435176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42939 | Wampanoag | The Wampanoag were a Native American tribe. They lived in what is now the American region of New England. This is part of the Northeastern Woodlands. They are part of the Northeast Woodlands. The Wampanoag tribe helped the English settlers to survive after they arrived in the "Mayflower".
They caught a bacterial infect... |
42940 | 9999862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42940 | Mandir | Hindu temple or Mandir is referred to a place where Hindus go to worship gods in the form of various deities. Many Hindu temples are filled with wooden and stone arts like pashupatinath temple. A mandir is a spiritual place for Hindus. It is the landmarks around which ancient arts, community celebrations and economy we... |
42941 | 21928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42941 | Babes in Toyland | |
42948 | 1572824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42948 | Kitchener, Ontario | Kitchener is a city in Ontario, Canada. Kitchener is in Southwestern Ontario and is near Toronto, Hamilton, Mississauga and London. It is in Waterloo Region. Other cities in Waterloo Region include Waterloo and Cambridge. Sometimes Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge are known as the "technology triangle". It is on the ... |
42949 | 1070632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42949 | Spring (water) | A spring is a place where groundwater flows out of the ground. A spring may flow the whole year or only sometimes. This depends on the water getting into the ground all of the time (rain) or only once in a while (snow melting).
Water from a spring often flows downhill, along the land. This is how rivers start.
Some spr... |
42951 | 103847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42951 | Thorium | Thorium is a chemical element in actinide group. It is a weakly radioactive metal. It has a shiny, silvery white color. It has the chemical symbol Th and the atomic number 90. Natural thorium has an atomic weight of 232. Thorium is named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder. Its ores are found in nature (that is, on Ea... |
42952 | 9238206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42952 | River source | The source of a river or stream is the original point from which the river flows. It may be a lake, a marsh, a spring or a glacier. This is where the stream starts.
The source is the farthest point of the river stream from its estuary or its confluence with another river or stream. Rivers are usually fed by many tribut... |
42953 | 1618275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42953 | Laserdisc | A Laserdisc, like a DVD, can play video of a higher quality than VHS. A Laserdisc is much larger than a DVD. To play Laserdisc movies, a LaserDisc player is needed. LaserDisc was also known by the names DiscoVision and LaserVision.
Laserdisc was first produced by MCA in 1978, and became well known in the 1980s. Movie c... |
42956 | 935234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42956 | Californium | Californium is a chemical element. It is a radioactive metal. It has the chemical symbol Cf. It has the atomic number 98. Californium is a transuranium element. Californium does not have many uses. It was discovered by bombarding a curium target with alpha particles (helium ions). Californium is named after the US Stat... |
42959 | 10495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42959 | Menuetos | |
42960 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42960 | Torgau | Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. The town is well known as the place where during the Second World War, United States Army forces met with forces of the Soviet Union during the invasion of Germany on April 25, 1945.
This marked the beginning of the line of contact between Sovie... |
42963 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42963 | Chemical bond | A chemical bond is a type of attraction force which holds together different chemical species. Atoms bonded stay together unless the needed amount of energy is transferred to the bond.
In general, strong chemical bonding comes with the sharing or transfer of electrons between the participating atoms. The atoms in mole... |
42965 | 1555593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42965 | Physical property | A physical property is a property, quality or way that an object is. A physical property can always be measured without changing or making the object chemically different or different in a way that would effect its chemical or atomic structure. There are two types of physical properties: "intensive" and "extensive". |
42967 | 1161309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42967 | Concept | A concept is an idea that is applied to all objects in a group. It is the way people see and understand something. The name used to identify a concept (the concept's label) is a "term". For example, the word "Dog" is the term to identify the concept of what a dog is. Everything that a person knows about a dog is the co... |
42968 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42968 | Kenpo | Kenpo or kempo is the descriptive name of various Japanese martial arts with Chinese origins, and also of hybrid martial arts: the Japanese ones and the Chinese ones. Kenpo is similar to karate and includes more punches and kicks than holds or joint locks of wrestling.
More known styles of Kenpo.
Kempo is a Japanese M... |
42971 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42971 | Kempo | |
42977 | 86802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42977 | Edge | Edge can mean: |
42979 | 9169154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42979 | Tyr | Tyr is the god of war, heroic endeavor and justice in Norse mythology. In the Eddas, he is either the son of Odin or Hymir. He is the god of single (man-to-man) combat. Tyr only has one hand.
How Tyr lost his hand.
At one point in time, the gods decided that the wolf Fenrir (also called "Fenriswolf") could no longer go... |
42981 | 1626716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42981 | Loki | Loki (, ) is a god in Norse mythology. Loki is the son of Fárbauti and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Loki is married to Sigyn. They have a son, Narfi (Nari). Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. While in the form of a horse, Loki was impregnated by Svaðilfari and gave ... |
42983 | 103847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42983 | Freyja | Freyja (Old Norse: “[the] Lady”) is the goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility, seiðr, war, and death in Norse mythology. A member of the Vanir, Freyja is the daughter of Njörðr, and twin sister of Freyr. The most beautiful and refined of the goddesses, she owns the necklace Brísingamen, and rides in a chariot pulled ... |
42984 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42984 | Freya | |
42985 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42985 | Freja | |
42986 | 1555593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42986 | Frigg |
Frigg (or Frigga) is the goddess of marriage, family, and motherhood in Norse mythology. She is the wife of Odin (chief of the Æsir), by whom she is the mother of Baldr and Höðr, and stepmother of Thor (Odin's eldest son) and Víðarr. Ruling Asgard as queen alongside the All-Father, Frigg often dwells in the dense, fo... |
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