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d5da1e080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The surnames Yi, Ri, or Rhee, and Chu or Joo, are all Romanizations names from what country? | South Korea. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Macau, it is also spelled as Lei. In Indonesia it is commonly spelled as Lie. The common Korean surname, Lee (also romanized as Yi, Ri, or Rhee), and the Vietnamese surname, Lý, are both derived from Li and are historically written with the same Chinese character (李)."
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d5da1e300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a letter used in Old English, Middle English, Icelandic, Faroese, and Elfdalian that is sometimes used in mathematics and engineering textbooks, as a symbol for a spin-weighted partial derivative? | ð. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Eth ( / ɛð /, uppercase: Ð, lowercase: ð; also spelled edh or eð) known as ðæt in Old English, is a letter used in Old English, Middle English, Icelandic, Faroese (in which it is called edd ), and Elfdalian. This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)."
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d5da1ea80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Āstika schools are a part of what in India, that were formalised chiefly between 1000 BCE to the early centuries of the Common Era? | Philosophy. | text | [] | [
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d5da1ed00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country, officially known as the Republic of China, produced rice and sugar to be exported to the Empire of Japan? | Taiwan | text | [] | [
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"text": "Classical Chinese (used in formal or ceremonial occasion, religious or cultural rites, official documents, legal and courts rulings) . Taiwan, officially the Republic of China ( ROC ), is a country in East Asia."
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d5da1f480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Some species in what genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as figworts, contain useful substances, such as iridoids that have been used by herbal medicine practioners? | Scrophularia | text | [] | [
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"text": "The genus Scrophularia of the family Scrophulariaceae comprises about 200 species of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as figworts. Species of Scrophularia all share square stems, opposite leaves and open two-lipped flowers forming clusters at the end of their stems. The genus is found throu... |
d5da1f700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Ottoman Empire developed over the centuries as a despotism with a supreme ruler who would call their chief consort by what title? | Haseki Sultan | text | [] | [
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"text": "Haseki Sultan ( Ottoman Turkish: خاصکى سلطان , Ḫāṣekī Sulṭān; Turkish pronunciation: [haseˈci suɫˈtaːn]) was the title used for the chief consort of an Ottoman Sultan. In later years, the meaning of the title changed to \"imperial consort\"."
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d5da1f980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a country and sovereign state in the southern hemisphere, located in Oceania that Tasmania is an island state of? | Australia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tasmania ( / tæzˈmeɪniə /; abbreviated as Tas, nicknamed Tassie, Bruny Island Tasmanian: Lutruwita; Palawa kani: Lutruwita) is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 km (150 mi) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by Bass Strait."
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d5da1fc00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which animal did Henry Doré document the worshiping of in Anhui, whose cults became outlawed in the Song Dynasty around year 1111? | The fox. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the Song dynasty, fox spirit cults, such as those dedicated to Daji, became outlawed, but their suppression was unsuccessful. For example, in 1111, an imperial edict was issued for the destruction of many spirit shrines within Kaifeng, including those of Daji."
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d5da20380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cleostratus E and the Euler located in the southern half of the Mare Imbrium are both names of what? | Craters. | text | [] | [
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d5da20600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The acid that is used in research as a catalyst for esterification, has an anhydride of what? | Triflic anhydride. | text | [] | [
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d5da20b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Callisto, Blindfold and Banshee are all associated with what? | The X-men | text | [] | [
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d5da20ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The ancient region near the mouths of the Danube extended over what plateau? | The Kras plateau. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Histria or Istros ( Ancient Greek: Ἰστρίη, Thracian river god, Danube ), was a Greek colony or polis (πόλις, city) near the mouths of the Danube (known as Ister in Ancient Greek), on the western coast of the Black Sea."
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d5da21460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The moon rabbit may be found in diverse cultures in China, India, Korea, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar and what country whose martial arts refer to various thrusting techniques as tsuki? | Japan | text | [] | [
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"text": "The moon rabbit legend is popular and part of local folklore throughout Asia. It may be found in diverse cultures in China, Japan, India, Korea, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar."
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d5da216e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The what has been called the "epicenter of the Iron Age" that the Anti-Taurus passes right in the middle of? | The Armenian Plateau | text | [] | [
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d5da21be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Choropleth, distribution and locator can all refer to what? | Maps. | text | [] | [
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d5da22040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which body of water is longer, the Little Minnesota River, or Cass Lake? | The Little Minnesota River is longer | text | [] | [
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d5da222c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the occipital bone and what runs across it? | The occipital bone (/ˌɒkˈsɪpɪtəl/) is a cranial dermal bone and the main bone of the occiput (back and lower part of the skull). Running across the outside of the occipital bone are three curved lines and one line (the medial line) that runs down to the foramen magnum. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Running across the outside of the occipital bone are three curved lines and one line (the medial line) that runs down to the foramen magnum. These are known as the nuchal lines which give attachment to various ligaments and muscles. They are named as the highest, superior and inferior nuchal lines."
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d5da227c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Southern Khoikhoi and Aymara are both names of what? | Languages | text | [] | [
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d5da22e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | At the regional level, the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes can impact the environment in what ways? | Deforestation, pollution, natural disasters, and energy production and use. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes. In general it analyzes how modern societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their local or regional economy, or the global economy."
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d5da23080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What thing, that's based on the observations from a sample, and hence differs from sample to sample, is a type of estimate computed from the statistics of the observed data? | Confidence interval | text | [] | [
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"text": "The confidence interval is based on the observations from a sample, and hence differs from sample to sample. The likelihood that the parameter will be in the interval is called the confidence level, and the end points of the confidence interval are referred to as confidence limits."
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d5da23300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Besides Shuangcheng District, Daowai District and Xiangfang District, how many other districts are in the capital of Heilongjiang Province? | 6 | text | [] | [
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d5da23580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did the Peace of Bautzen take place before or after the Saxon Rebellion against King Henry IV? | It took place before. | text | [] | [
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d5da23760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What group number is the element used to determine the amount of unsaturation in fats, oils and waxes a member of on the periodic table of elements? | Iodine is part of the Group 7 ( halogens) on the periodic table of elements | text | [] | [
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d5da239e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Taversoe Tuick and Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn both contained what? | The dead | text | [] | [
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"text": "Unstan ware is mostly found in tombs, specifically tombs of the Orkney-Cromarty type. These include the Tomb of the Eagles at Isbister on South Ronaldsay, and Taversoe Tuick and Midhowe on Rousay. Unstan ware has been found occasionally at sites in Orkney other than tombs; for example, the farmstead ... |
d5da24160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The TTWG works with what reptiles of the order Testudines characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield? | Turtles. | text | [] | [
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d5da243e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What did the army unit that Monte Cervino is part of do for their first mission? | The first mission of the Alpini was to protect Italy's border with France and Austria-Hungary. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Alpini Paratroopers Battalion \" Monte Cervino \" is the sole battalion of the Italian Army 's 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment, which is one of the Italy's special forces units. The regiment is based in Verona in Veneto and assigned to the Army Special Forces Command."
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d5da24b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Yinzhou and Jiangbei District are both in what province? | Zhejiang Province | text | [] | [
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d5da24de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What statue in Saint Mary's Square is a memorial to girls and women that were sexually enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army? | The San Francisco Comfort Women memorial. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The San Francisco Comfort Women memorial is a monument dedicated to comfort women before and during World War II. It is built in remembrance of the girls and women that were sexually enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army through deceit, coercion, and brutal force."
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d5da25060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Gram-negative proteobacteria that includes Salmonella ferment what to produce lactic acid? | Sugars. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Like other proteobacteria, enterobactericeae have Gram-negative stains, and they are facultative anaerobes, fermenting sugars to produce lactic acid and various other end products. Most also reduce nitrate to nitrite, although exceptions exist."
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d5da252e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Myiothlypis chrysogaster and Phylloscopus griseolus are both species of what? | Warblers. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The golden-bellied warbler ( Myiothlypis chrysogaster) is a South American species of bird in the family Parulidae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest."
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d5da254c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Abraham Lincoln Brigade and Viva la Quinta Brigada are associated with what conficlt? | Spanish Civil War. | text | [] | [
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d5da25740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the giant naked man carved into the side of a steep hill that's the same kind of sculpture as the Long Man of Wilmington? | The Cerne Abbas Giant. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cerne Abbas Giant, also referred to as the \"Rude Man\" or the \"Rude Giant\", is a hill figure of a giant naked man 180 ft (55 m) high, 167 ft (51 m) wide figure is carved into the side of a steep hill, and is best viewed from the opposite side of the valley or from the air."
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d5da259c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The commercial Windows-based ConnectedText software utilizes what type of system that the open-source, Node.js -based application is? | A wiki system. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Wiki.js is an open-source, Node.js -based wiki application using git as the back end storage mechanism and automatically syncs with any git repository. It provides a visual Markdown editor with assets management, authentication system and a built-in search engine."
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d5da25ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ischnura heterosticta uses what tactics to obtain food? | Damselflies use predatory tactics to eat other insects. | text | [] | [
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d5da261e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Short SC.1 and why was it produced? | The Short SC.1 was the first British fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing ( VTOL) jet aircraft.It was designed and produced in response to a Ministry of Supply (MoS) requirement for a suitable aircraft for conducting flight studies into VTOL flight, as well as specifically into the transition between vertical and h... | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Short SC.1 was the first British fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing ( VTOL) jet aircraft. It was developed by Short Brothers. It was powered by an arrangement of five Rolls-Royce RB.108 turbojets, four of which were used for vertical flight and one for conventional horizontal flight."
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d5da26460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Airdrome Nieuport 17, the Dream Classic and the Airdrome Taube are all names of what? | Aircraft | text | [] | [
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d5da266e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Europe's oldest known natural human mummy has been speculated by scientists to have been involved with what profession? | Scientists speculate that Ötzi was involved in copper smelting. | text | [] | [
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"text": "This, along with Ötzi's copper axe blade, which is 99.7% pure copper, has led scientists to speculate that Ötzi was involved in copper smelting. By examining the proportions of Ötzi's tibia, femur and pelvis, Christopher Ruff has determined that Ötzi's lifestyle included long walks over hilly terrain... |
d5da26be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | G-protein, Olfactory and mGluRs are all types of what? | Receptors | text | [] | [
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"text": "The largest class by far is class A, which accounts for nearly 85% of the GPCR genes. Of class A GPCRs, over half of these are predicted to encode olfactory receptors, while the remaining receptors are liganded by known endogenous compounds or are classified as orphan receptors."
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d5da26e60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The native inhabitants of Mizoram in India share a name with the fourth-largest what in the world? | Rodent | text | [] | [
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d5da270e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of computer uses the continuously changeable aspects of physical phenomena such as electricity exemplified by the highly sophisticated Norden bombsight? | An analog computer. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Norden bombsight was a highly sophisticated optical/mechanical analog computer used by the United States Army Air Force during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War to aid the pilot of a bomber aircraft in dropping bombs accurately."
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d5da27360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would someone practicing atheism or relativism believe that religion holds more value? | Those practice relativism would believe religion holds more value. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities."
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d5da275e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Book of another word for orthodoxy is what in Judaism? | Wisdom. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The conventional wisdom or received opinion is the body of ideas or explanations generally accepted by the public and/or by experts in a field. In religion, this is known as orthodoxy."
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d5da27900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the length of the shaft for the thrusting spear developed and used primarily in Germany and Austria? | 1.6 to 1.8 m. | text | [] | [
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d5da27e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Kusarigama and a flail are both what? | Weapons. | text | [] | [
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d5da28080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Largest city in the country besides Pakistan which speaks Balti? | The largest city in India is Mumbai. | text | [] | [
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d5da28300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years after the death of King Olof Skotkonung was Saint Helena born? | She was born 80 years later. | text | [] | [
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"text": "King Olof Skötkonung (ca. 970-1021) is considered the first Christian king of Sweden. In the Middle Ages, continental culture, philosophy and science spread to Sweden through the Catholic Church, which also founded schools, Uppsala University, hospitals as well as monasteries and convents."
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d5da28580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Until 1995, what was the official name of the capital of the second-most populous state in India? | Until 1995 the official name of Mumbai was Bombay. | text | [] | [
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d5da288a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Regarding the type of bats that lack a tail and have triangular-shaped ears that can have pointed or rounded tips, what are they classified as since they eat insects? | Insectivores. | text | [] | [
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d5da28a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In 997 Mahmud succeeded to the throne of a state that was what in nature? | Persianate | text | [] | [
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d5da28f80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The derivative of trichloroacetaldehyde with water can be found in what combination anesthetic agent for horses? | Chloral hydrate. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is a colorless solid. It has limited use as a sedative and hypnotic pharmaceutical drug. It is also a useful laboratory chemical reagent and precursor. It is derived from chloral (trichloroacetaldehyde) by the addition of one equivalent of water."
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d5da292a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Greek, Ionian and Doric are all types of what? | Alphabets | text | [] | [
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d5da29840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Veeragase is a vigorous dance performed by who, who on average, live significantly longer? | Women | text | [] | [
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"text": "Veeragase is a vigorous dance performed by women. Based on Hindu mythology, it involves intense energy-sapping movements and is performed during festivals mainly in the Hindu months of Shravana and Karthika. Hulivesha is a powerful dance form performed by males in the coastal area of Karnataka."
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d5da29ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do the miracles of Gautama Buddha refer to and what do they include? | The miracles of Gautama Buddha refers to supernatural feats and abilities attributed to Gautama Buddha by the Buddhist scriptures. Stories of Gautama Buddha's miracles include miraculous healings, teleportation, creating duplicates of himself, manipulation of the elements, and various other supernatural phenomena. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The miracles of Gautama Buddha refers to supernatural feats and abilities attributed to Gautama Buddha by the Buddhist scriptures. The feats are mostly attributed to supranormal powers gained through meditation, rather than divine miracles."
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d5da29d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | His beloved wife having died during pregnancy, what character, part of the Palliser series, finds Irish society and his modest government position in Ireland dull and unsatisfying after the excitement of his former career as a Member of Parliament? | Phineas Finn | text | [] | [
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d5da29fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the two suborders of the order of arthropod that first developed near the end of the Early Cambrian period and thrived during the Middle Cambrian? | The Agnostida are divided into two suborders: Agnostina and Eodiscina. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Agnostida is an order of arthropod which first developed near the end of the Early Cambrian period and thrived during the Middle Cambrian. They are present in the Lower Cambrian fossil record along with trilobites from the Redlichiida, Corynexochida, and Ptychopariida orders."
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d5da2a2e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cirsium altissimum has leaves characterized by what? | Sharp prickles on the margins | text | [] | [
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"text": "Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the plant – on the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves."
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"text": "Cirsium altissimum is a North Ame... |
d5da2a560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Citrate synthase from a small family of enzymes catalyses what reaction that is important for energy generation and for carbon assimilation? | Krebs' cycle. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Citrate synthase is a member of a small family of enzymes that can directly form a carbon-carbon bond without the presence of metal ion cofactors. It catalyses the first reaction in the Krebs ' cycle, namely the conversion of oxaloacetate and acetyl-coenzyme A into citrate and coenzyme A."
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d5da2a7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The right branch anastomoses with the what, which arises from about the middle of the concavity of the superior mesenteric artery, or from a stem common to it and the ileocolic? | The right colic artery | text | [] | [
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"text": "It arises just below the pancreas. It passes inferiorly and anteriorly between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, and divides into left and right branches. The right branch anastomoses with the right colic artery, and the left anastomoses with the left colic artery, a branch of the inferior mese... |
d5da2a9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Michigan has the most what which one is described as one of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial World? | Lighthouses. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Michigan has the most lights of any state with over 150 past and present lights. Lighthouses that are in former U.S. territories are not listed here."
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"text": "The challenges faced in the building of the lighthouse have led to it being described as one of the Seven Wonders of the Industr... |
d5da2aec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of water might you find both the Sharptail moloa and Oarfish? | Temperate and tropical water oceans | text | [] | [
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"text": "The sharptail mola ( Masturus lanceolatus) is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters. It is similar in appearance to the ocean sunfish ( Mola mola ), but can be distinguished by the projection on its clavus (pseudo-tail). Other common names include sharpfin sunfish, p... |
d5da2b140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Before the city of Messene had a treaty with Carthage in 480, how long ago was the Battle of Messene in Sicily? | 877 years were in between the events. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Battle of Messene took place in 397 BC in Sicily. Carthage, in retaliation for the attack on Motya by Dionysius, had sent an army under Himilco, to Sicily to regain lost territory. Himilco sailed to Panormus, and from there again sailed and marched along the northern coast of Sicily to Cape Pelor... |
d5da2b3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Namely, the local populations of some of what type variety of species, characterized by a species being native to a single defined geographic location, do not have clear biosystematic status? | Endemic | text | [] | [
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"text": "Endemism is the state of a species being native to a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere."
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d5da2b640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which number is larger: The height, in meters, of the Batrachotomus, or how many pairs of fenestrae it had? | The height is a larger number. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Batrachotomus was a heavily built, large quadrupedal reptile reaching 6 metres (20 ft) in length. A trait that characterized Batrachotomus, compared to other crurotarsans, was a series of paired small plates on its back which were attached to each vertebra. These bony deposits forming scales are call... |
d5da2bdc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The verb that is used as a "jussive subjunctive" can be used in what kind of context in proofreading manuscripts? | Disregard the previous mark". | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is a form of the Latin verb sto, stare, steti, statum. This usage of the verb, known as the \" jussive subjunctive \", derives from the active-voiced third-person subjunctive singular present and is typically translated as \"Let it stand\" or \"As you were\"."
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d5da2bfa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Accounts of word learning that argue for innate constraints that limit infants' hypotheses about word meanings flow contrary to the views held by whom? | Empiricists | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Poverty of the Stimulus (PoS) argument proposed by Noam Chomsky takes a nativist view towards language acquisition suggesting that innate, domain-specific knowledge structures help us to navigate tough linguistic environments. This flows contrary to empiricist views that learning and knowledge de... |
d5da2c220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many elementary arithmetic operations did the Babylonians use as early as 2000 BC? | They used all four of the elementary operations of arithmetic. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol ×, by the mid-line dot operator ⋅, by juxtaposition, or, on computers, by an asterisk *) is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition, subtraction and division."
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d5da2c720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the first European to visit the area of Australia whose name is shared with a nation of tribes that are the focus of A Boonwurrung story? | Captain John Septimus Roe is the first to visit the Kulin area. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A Boonwurrung story tells of a time of conflict among the Kulin nations, when people argued and fought with one another, neglecting their families and the land. The mounting chaos and disunity angered the sea, which began to rise until it had covered the plains and threatened to flood the entire coun... |
d5da2ca40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country created kango that had vocabulary originating in the country that the Tuobans called "Tabgach"? | Japan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sino-Japanese vocabulary or kango ( Japanese: 漢語, pronounced [kaŋɡo], \" Han words\") refers to that portion of the Japanese vocabulary that originated in Chinese or has been created from elements borrowed from Chinese. Some grammatical structures and sentence patterns can also be identified as Sino-... |
d5da2cea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what kind of setting is the food invented in Italy and most commonly covered in sauce and topped with cheese and meat served unsliced? | Formal | text | [] | [
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"text": "A person who makes pizza is known as a pizzaiolo . In Italy, pizza served in formal settings, such as at a restaurant, is presented unsliced, and is eaten with the use of a knife and fork. In casual settings, however, it is cut into wedges to be eaten while held in the hand ."
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d5da2d120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What materials used to make bowls could not be used on an induction cooktop? | Glass, ceramic, and wood | text | [] | [
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"text": "Materials used to make bowls vary considerably, and include wood, glass and ceramic materials. A serrated blade made of metal, and long enough to slice across a large loaf of bread. Using a sawing motion, instead of pushing force as with most knives, it is possible to slice the loaf without squashing... |
d5da2d3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Lewis Overthrust and Teton are both what? | Fault. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Lewis Overthrust is a geologic thrust fault structure of the Rocky Mountains found within the bordering national parks of Glacier in Montana, United States and Waterton Lakes in Alberta, Canada."
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"text": "The Teton fault is located in a unique geologic setting. The fault is on the bo... |
d5da2d8a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What color does the rock shrew and the long-tailed forest shrew have in common? | Gray | text | [] | [
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"text": "The long-tailed forest shrew has a head-and-body length of between 73 and 93 mm (2.9 and 3.7 in), with a tail averaging 66 mm (2.6 in). The dorsal fur is mainly dark grey; the individual hairs have grey bases, yellowish or brownish shafts and blackish tips, creating a yellowish, brownish or blackish ... |
d5da2db20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years prior to the events of Tughj dying in prison did Sulayman give refuge to the fugitive and former governor of Khurasan? | 198-199 years. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tughj defected to the invading Abbasids under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib, and was named governor of Aleppo in return; Muhammad al-Katib himself fell victim to court intrigues soon after, and Tughj along with his sons Muhammad and Ubayd Allah were imprisoned in Baghdad. Tughj died in prison in 906... |
d5da2de40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tati and Ossetians belong to what ethnic group? | Iranian | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Tat people (also: Tati, Parsi, Daghli, Lohijon) are an Iranian people, presently living within Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia (mainly Southern Dagestan ). The Tats are part of the indigenous peoples of Iranian origin in the Caucasus."
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d5da2e0c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | RML 497 and Fairmile A were both types of what? | Motor launches | text | [] | [
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"text": "RML 497 (Rescue Motor Launch number 497) is a former Royal Navy Fairmile B motor launch from World War II. She was named Western Lady III on her entry to civilian service, as a passenger motor vessel for Western Lady Ferry Service."
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"text": "The Fairmile A motor launch was a type of moto... |
d5da2e2a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In its solid state, what color is the type of acid that curdles milk and separates it into curds? | This acid is white in its solid state. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The lactic acid produced by the bacterium curdles the milk that then separates to form curds, which are used to produce cheese. Other uses that have been reported for this bacterium include the production of pickled vegetables, beer or wine, some breads, and other fermented foodstuffs, such as soymil... |
d5da2e7a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which type of HSAN that is a disease that inhibits sensation, affects the legs and feet with peripheral neuropathy? | Type 1. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 is a condition characterized by nerve abnormalities in the legs and feet (peripheral neuropathy). Many people with this condition have tingling, weakness, and a reduced ability to feel pain and sense hot and cold."
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"text": "Hereditary sensory and auto... |
d5da2eca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Massachusetts Route 213 is connected to a major highway that connects how many other states? | It connects three states. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Route 213 is a 3.56-mile-long (5.73 km) state highway in Massachusetts. It connects Interstate 93 (I-93) with I-495 in Methuen, Massachusetts, just south of the New Hampshire border. It is a four-lane, controlled access highway along its entire length."
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d5da2ef20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Poitín and Shōchū are both types of what? | Distilled Beverages | text | [] | [
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"text": "Shōchū ( Japanese: 焼酎) is a Japanese distilled beverage. It is typically distilled from rice ( kome ), barley ( mugi ), sweet potatoes ( satsuma-imo ), buckwheat ( soba ), or brown sugar ( kokutō ), though it is sometimes produced from other ingredients such as chestnut, sesame seeds, potatoes or eve... |
d5da2f1a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What French comic book series about Gaulish warriors had a character named Obelix that accompanied the main character? | Asterix. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois [asteʁiks lə ɡolwa]; lit. \"Asterix the Gaul \") is a French comic book series about Gaulish warriors, who have adventures and fight the Roman Republic during the era of Julius Caesar in an ahistorical telling of the time af... |
d5da2f6a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which religious denomination has an ecclesiastical province consisting of an archeparchy and three eparchie and Archidioecesis? | Catholic. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The sui iuris Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the US has an ecclesiastical province consisting of an archeparchy and three eparchies, and the sui iuris Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church has an ecclesiastical province consisting of an archeparchy and three eparchies; the boundaries of these jurisdict... |
d5da2f920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Do County Route's 55 and 28 run the same direction or opposite directions? | They run the same direction. | text | [] | [
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"text": "County Route 55 is a short county road in Suffolk County, New York, located in and around Eastport known as Eastport–Manor Road, and sometimes Eastport–Manorville Road. It runs north and south from CR 80 ( Montauk Highway, formerly NY 27A) to CR 51 north of Eastport ."
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d5da2fec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was proclaimed High King of Ireland in 1315 and crowned in 1316, and was fourth behind Nigel and Alexander? | Edward. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Robert the Bruce was the eldest; in the past there was some dispute over whether Edward was second, or third behind Nigel, but one recent account has him fourth behind Nigel and Alexander."
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"text": "Proclaimed High King of Ireland in 1315 and crowned in 1316, he was eventually defeated a... |
d5da303c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The city that according to the 2005 statistical book issued by the National Bureau of Statistics scored the highest among China's main cities in air quality is the capital of what Chinese province? | Haikou is the capital city of the Chinese province of Hainan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Haikou ( Chinese: 海口; pinyin: Hǎikǒu) is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. It is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is the district of Haidian Island, which is separated from the main part of Hai... |
d5da30960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A stone inscription at the Hledauk Pagoda in Taungbyon says that it was donated by Kyansittha, son of what person who is one of the most famous kings in Burmese history? | Anawrahta | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nonetheless, the chronicles accept that he was a legal son of Anawrahta per Burmese customary law, which says a child born in wedlock is presumed to have been begotten by the husband. At any rate, a stone inscription at the Hledauk Pagoda in Taungbyon says that it was donated by Kyansittha, son of An... |
d5da30be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cucumber mosaic virus and Bean yellow mosaic virus are two versions of what? | a mosaic virus | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bean yellow mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus in the genus Potyvirus and the virus family Potyviridae. Like other members of the Potyvirus genus, it is a monopartite strand of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA surrounded by a capsid made for a single viral encoded protein."
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d5da30e60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Gogukyang invade Baekje closer to the beginning or end of Baekje? | He invaded closer to the end. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Baekje ( 백제; 百濟; [pɛk̚.t͈ɕe] (also Paekche ); 18 BC – 660 AD) was a kingdom located in southwestern Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla . Baekje was founded by Onjo, the third son of Goguryeo's founder Jumong and So Seo-no, at Wiryeseong (present-day sou... |
d5da310e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Apatite is the defining what, which Enamel contains the highest percentage of in the human body, for 5 on the Mohs scale? | Mineral | text | [] | [
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"text": "Apatite is one of a few minerals produced and used by biological micro-environmental systems. Apatite is the defining mineral for 5 on the Mohs scale. Hydroxyapatite, also known as hydroxylapatite, is the major component of tooth enamel and bone mineral."
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"text": "Enamel is the hardest s... |
d5da31860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years after the death of Fredelo was Ermengol IV born? | He was born 204 years later. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ermengol (or Armengol) IV (1056–1092), called el de Gerb or Gerp, was the Count of Urgell from 1066 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol III and Adelaide, whose family is not known, even if some scholars made her daughter of Guillem I, Count of Besalu."
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"text": "Fredelo, Fridolo, or ... |
d5da31d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Robert Cliche served as the head of the Quebec branch of a political party founded in which year? | Robert Cliche served as the head of the Quebec branch of the New Democratic Party, which was founded in 1961. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The southernmost section of the A-73 is named in honour of Robert Cliche. A lawyer, politician, and judge from Quebec's Beauce region, Cliche also served as head of the Quebec branch of the New Democratic Party ."
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"text": "The New Democratic Party (NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique... |
d5da31fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | SSN and the naming convention of a letter of the alphabet indicating the class, followed by a serial number of that class are both means of naming what? | Submarines | text | [] | [
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d5da32260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Frankenstrat is an electric guitar created using the body of a Stratocaster, with components from other guitars, by what musician and songwriter who was in a band with David Lee Roth? | It was created by Eddie Van Halen. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Frankenstrat – also known as The Frankenstein, is an electric guitar created by Eddie Van Halen using the body of a Stratocaster made by Boogie Bodies with components from other guitars. The name is based on Frankenstein's monster, a fictional creature made from parts of different corpses."
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d5da324e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The rifle cartridge fired by the Czech Vz. 52 rifle is also used as a parent case for a modified variant that is not officially registered by what group? | The 7.62x45mm case is not registered with the CIP. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 7.62×45mm (designated as the 7,62 × 45 by the C.I.P.) is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate rifle cartridge developed in Czechoslovakia. It is fired by the Czech Vz. 52 rifle, Vz. 52 light machine gun, and ZB-53 machine gun."
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"text": "The 7.62×45mm case is also used as the parent ca... |
d5da32c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What show did the character who used the double-sided scimitar designed by Dan Curry first become a regular on before continuing with the next series? | The Next Generation | text | [] | [
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"text": "The bat'leth ( Klingon: betleH, rough pronunciation: [ˈbɛtʰlɛx]; plural betleHmey, [ˈbɛtʰlɛxmɛj]) is a double-sided scimitar / hook sword / deer horn knives hybrid-edged weapon with a curved blade, four points, and three handholds on the back."
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"text": "Initially, Worf was not intended t... |
d5da33840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which part of the dermis contains fibers that are synthesized by fibroblasts? | The reticular dermis has fibers that are synthesized by fibroblasts. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The reticular dermis is the lower layer of the dermis, found under the papillary dermis, composed of dense irregular connective tissue featuring densely-packed collagen fibers. It is the primary location of dermal elastic fibers. The reticular region is usually much thicker than the overlying papilla... |
d5da33fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What universe that features Commissioner Gordon also features Metallo? | The DC Comics universe features both. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pictured from left to right: Robin, Batman, Oracle, Commissioner Gordon, and Huntress. Art by Jim Lee. A collective of fictional characters appear in American comic books published by DC Comics featuring the superhero Batman as the main protagonist."
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"text": "Metallo ( / məˈtæloʊ /) is a... |
d5da34c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is software development life cycle and how many stages are in it? | In systems engineering, information systems and software engineering, the software development life cycle (SDLC), also referred to as the application development life-cycle, is a process for planning, creating, testing, and deploying an information system, it contains six stages. | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are usually six stages in this cycle: requirement analysis, design, development and testing, implementation, documentation, and evaluation."
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"text": "In systems engineering, information systems and software engineering, the software development life cycle (SDLC), also referred to a... |
d5da34f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which administrative division is Maharashtra State Highway 9 found in? | Maharashtra Sate Highway 9 is found in Nagpur Division of Maharashtra state. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Maharashtra Major State Highway 9 also MSH 9 is a Major State Highway that runs south through Nagpur, and Chandrapur districts in the state of Maharashtra. This state highway touches numerous cities and villages VIZ."
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"text": "Nagpur district is a district in the Vidarbha region of Mahar... |
d5da351e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The seat of the Samtgemeinde Esens and East Frisia are both near the coast of what? | The North Sea. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The northwestern area of Lower Saxony, which lies on the coast of the North Sea, is called East Frisia and the seven East Frisian Islands offshore are popular with tourists. In the extreme west of Lower Saxony is the Emsland, an economically emerging but rather sparsely populated area, once dominated... |
d5da35460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Culm, boney, or gob are all names for the material left over from the mining of what, whose ash post-combustion can contaminate groundwater or surface waters if there are leaks from an ash pond? | Coal | text | [] | [
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"text": "Coal ash, a product of combustion, concentrates these elements and can contaminate groundwater or surface waters if there are leaks from an ash pond. In the United States, coal ash is a major component of the nation's industrial waste stream."
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"text": "Coal refuse (also described as coal... |
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