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The Zodiac settle is a piece of painted furniture designed by the English architect and designer William Burges and made between 1869 and 1871 . A wooden settle designed with Zodiac themes , it was made for Burges ' rooms at Buckingham Street , and later moved to the drawing room of The Tower House , the home that he d...
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The 95th Boat Race took place on 26 March 1949 . Held annually , the Boat Race is a side by side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames in London . The race , umpired by the former Oxford rower Guy Oliver Nickalls , was notable as the commentator for the BBC , J...
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M 19 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan . The trunkline begins northeast of Detroit at a junction with Interstate 94 ( I 94 ) near New Haven and runs northward to a junction with M 142 just east of Bad Axe in The Thumb region of the Lower Peninsula . The highway runs through mostly rural and ag...
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Pennsylvania Route 663 ( PA 663 ) is a 22 . 98 mile long ( 36 . 98 km ) state highway in Bucks and Montgomery counties in southeast Pennsylvania . Its northern terminus is at PA 309 and PA 313 in Quakertown , where it continues eastward as PA 313 , and its southern terminus is at PA 100 in Pottstown . Along the way ,...
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My Hands is a song recorded by British singer songwriter Leona Lewis for her second studio album Echo ( 2009 ) . It was written by Arnthor Birgisson and Ina Wroldsen and produced by the former . Alongside Birgisson , Lewis was involved with the song 's vocal production . Lyrically , it is about life after the end of...
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Douglas Park is a large Chicago Park District park that also serves as a cultural and community center on the West Side of Chicago , Illinois . It is named after the U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas , who died in 1861 . Originally named South Park , its 173 acres ( 0 . 70 km2 ) are in the North Lawndale community area o...
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The Yugoslav submarine Hrabri was the first of the Hrabri class diesel electric submarines built by the Vickers Armstrong Naval Yard on the River Tyne in the United Kingdom , for the Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes ( later Yugoslavia ) . Launched in 1927 , her design was based on that of the British L class ...
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Jade Etherington ( born 9 March 1991 ) is a British former alpine skier who , with her sighted guide Caroline Powell , won silver in the women 's downhill skiing , combined and slalom , and bronze medals in the Super G at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi . Their three silvers and a bronze at the Winter Paraly...
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State Route 195 ( SR 195 ) was a state highway in the U.S. state of California , branching westward from SR 111 to SR 86 near the town of Mecca and the Salton Sea . The route formerly extended east to Interstate 10 ( I 10 ) near Joshua Tree National Park as a longer route extending to Blythe and points further east . ...
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The Medico of Painted Springs ( also known as Doctor 's Alibi ) is a 1941 American western film produced by Columbia Pictures . Based on the novel of the same name by James Lyon Rubel , the film stars Charles Starrett , Terry Walker , Ben Taggart , Wheeler Oakman , and the Simp Phonies in a cameo appearance . It was d...
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Million Dollar Challenge ( also referred to as the PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge and unk Million Dollar Challenge ) is the most watched poker show in television history . It is sponsored by PokerStars . The show , which airs on the Fox Broadcasting Company , debuted on October 11 , 2009 . The show is hosted by Ch...
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German submarine U 39 was a Type IXA U boat of the Kriegsmarine that operated from 1938 to the first few days of World War II . She was ordered by the Kriegsmarine on 29 July 1936 as part of the re armament program ( unk ) in Germany , which was illegal under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles . The keel for U ...
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Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis is an extinct rodent from northwestern Madagascar . It is known from nine isolated molars found in several sites during field work that started in 2001 . First described in 2010 , it is placed in the genus Brachytarsomys together with two larger living species , which may differ in some de...
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Show Your Hand is a song by Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals and was the first single from their 2007 album , Hey Venus . The single was made available for download on 16 July 2007 as an iTunes exclusive and was later released in physical formats on 13 August in the UK . The track failed to penetrate the UK singl...
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M 38 is an east west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula ( UP ) of the U.S. state of Michigan . Its west end starts in Ontonagon and runs east to Baraga , some 42 . 225 miles ( 67 . 955 km ) apart . The highway crosses streams and rivers in forest lands and provides access to a casino . The east end is loc...
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The Hudson County Courthouse or Justice William J. Brennan Jr . Courthouse is located in Jersey City , Hudson County , New Jersey , United States . The six story structure was originally built between 1906 and 1910 at a cost of 3 , 328 , 016 . 56 . It is considered to be an outstanding example of the Beaux Arts arch...
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Still Into You is a song by the American rock band Paramore . It was released on March 14 , 2013 , as the second single from their self titled fourth studio album , Paramore . Recorded in 2012 in Los Angeles , California , Still Into You is a departure from the sound of their previous single , Now , and incorpor...
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Otra Nota ( English Another Note ) is the debut album by American singer Marc Anthony that was released on January 26 , 1993 , by RMM Records . Produced by Sergio George , it was the first album by Anthony to record in salsa after starting his career as a freestyle musician . Recording of the album began after Anthony...
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Arp2 3 complex is a seven subunit protein complex that plays a major role in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton . It is a major component of the actin cytoskeleton and is found in most actin cytoskeleton containing eukaryotic cells . Two of its subunits , the Actin Related Proteins unk and unk closely resembl...
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Tropical Storm Ignacio was a weak tropical cyclone affected parts of the western United States in August 1997 . The 12th tropical cyclone and 9th named storm of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season , Ignacio formed west of Mexico from a weather disturbance embedded within a more broad system . It was classified as a tropi...
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Buxbaumia ( Bug moss , Bug on a stick , unk elves , or Elf cap moss ) is a genus of twelve species of moss ( Bryophyta ) . It was first named in 1742 by Albrecht von Haller and later brought into modern botanical nomenclature in 1801 by Johann Hedwig to commemorate Johann Christian unk , a German physician and bota...
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X Flight is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee , Illinois . Designed and built by Bolliger Mabillard , the ride opened as the fourth Wing Coaster in the world and the second in the United States on May 16 , 2012 . It replaced both the Splashwater Falls and Great American Raceway attra...
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Nobody Sees is a song by Powderfinger from their sixth album Dream Days at the Hotel Existence . It is the third single from the album and was released in Australia on 1 December 2007 . The announcement that it would be released as a single came at the same time as releasing the music video to the internet on the off...
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USS West Corum ( ID 3982 ) was a cargo ship for the United States Navy in 1919 . The ship was built as SS West Corum and reverted to that name at the end of her Navy service . During World War II , the ship was United States Army transport ship USAT West Corum , later renamed to Will H. Point ( sometimes listed as Wil...
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The 1874 FA Cup final was a football match between Oxford University and Royal Engineers on 14 March 1874 at Kennington Oval in London . It was the third final of the world 's oldest football competition , the Football Association Challenge Cup ( known in the modern era as the FA Cup ) . Both teams had previously reach...
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Miami Vice is an action video game developed by Canvas and published by Ocean Software . It was first released in the United Kingdom for the Amstrad CPC , Commodore 64 , and ZX Spectrum in 1986 . It was later re released in Germany and Italy for the Commodore 64 in 1989 . The game is based on the television series of ...
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The Battle of Gythium was fought in 195 BC between Sparta and the coalition of Rome , Rhodes , the Achaean League and Pergamum . As the port of Gythium was an important Spartan base the allies decided to capture it before they advanced inland to Sparta . The Romans and the Achaeans were joined outside the city by the P...
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Pennsylvania Route 666 ( PA 666 ) is an east west state route located in northwest Pennsylvania . The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 62 ( US 62 ) in the Hickory Township municipality of East Hickory , and its eastern terminus is at US 6 in the hamlet of Sheffield in the township of the same name . It c...
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The 2011 Guerrero earthquake struck with a moment magnitude of 5 . 7 in southern Mexico at 08 24 local time on Thursday , 5 May . It was positioned west of Ometepec , Guerrero , with a focal depth of 24 km ( 14 . 9 mi ) , and was lightly felt in many adjacent areas . Buildings swayed with the tremor in Mexico City , ...
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Severe Tropical Storm Cyprien ( JTWC designation 08S ) was a short lived tropical cyclone that caused minor damage in Madagascar . Forming on December 30 , 2001 , Cyprien quickly strengthened in a slightly favorable environment . By January 2 , the storm attained its peak intensity with winds of 100 km h ( 65 mph ) ...
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Aretusa was a torpedo cruiser of the Partenope class built for the Italian Regia Marina ( Royal Navy ) in the 1880s . Laid down in June 1889 at the Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando shipyard , she was launched in March 1891 and was commissioned in September 1892 . Her main armament were her six torpedo tubes , which wer...
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Tropical Storm Arthur caused minimal flooding in the Carolinas in mid June 1996 . The first tropical cyclone and named storm of the annual Atlantic hurricane season , Arthur originated from an area of increased convection east of the Bahamas on June 16 . Gradually , the system increased in organization , and was desig...
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War at the Warfield is a concert video by Slayer which was released on July 29 , 2003 , through American Recordings . Recorded at Warfield Theatre in San Francisco , California , on December 7 , 2001 , it is the band 's second video album . The DVD 's contents were announced by MTV on July 25 , 2003 . It is the last re...
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Job Fair is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office , and the show 's seventieth episode overall . Written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and directed by Tucker Gates , the episode first aired in the United States on May 8 , 2008 on NBC . The episode feat...
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The 1991 FA Charity Shield ( also known as the Tennent 's Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons ) was the 69th FA Charity Shield , the annual football match contested by the reigning champions of the Football League First Division and the holders of the FA Cup . It was held at Wembley Stadium , on 10 August 1991 . The...
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One Voice is the debut album by British boy soprano Andrew Johnston , who rose to fame in 2008 after his appearance on the second series of Britain 's Got Talent . The album was released on 29 September 2008 by Syco Music , Britain 's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell 's record label . Recorded in London , the album featur...
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New York State Route 221 ( NY 221 ) is a state highway in Cortland County , New York , in the United States . Its western terminus is at an intersection with NY 38 in the town of Harford . The eastern terminus is at a junction with NY 26 and NY 41 in the town of Willet . Near its western end , NY 221 intersects New Yor...
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Maryland Route 228 ( MD 228 ) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland . Known as Berry Road , the state highway runs 6 . 88 miles ( 11 . 07 km ) from MD 210 in Accokeek east to U.S. Route 301 ( US 301 ) and MD 5 Business in Waldorf . MD 228 , which is a four lane divided highway for its entire length , is a m...
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Antrodia serialiformis is a species of polypore fungus in the family unk . The fungus is resupinate , consisting of a fertile spore bearing pore surface lying flat on the underside of decaying wood , although one or more fan shaped overlapping caps may also be formed . Although quite common in the eastern United Stat...
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Hurricane Tara , also known as Cyclone Tara , was one of the deadliest Pacific hurricanes on record . The final tropical cyclone of the 1961 Pacific hurricane season , Tara formed on November 10 about 230 mi ( 365 km ) off the coast of Mexico . It strengthened to reach maximum sustained winds of 85 mph ( 140 km h ) be...
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Skarnsund Bridge ( Norwegian Skarnsundet unk or unk ) is a 1 , 010 metre ( 3 , 310 ft ) long concrete cable stayed bridge that crosses the Skarnsundet sound , in Indery , Norway . When finished in 1991 , it replaced the Vangshylla Kjerringvik Ferry and it gives the communities in Mosvik and Leksvik easier access to...
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Hurricane Norbert marked the first time a core of a hurricane was fully mapped in three dimensions . First forming on September 14 , 1984 west of the Mexican coast , Norbert gradually intensified , reaching hurricane intensity two days after formation . On September 22 , Norbert peaked in strength as a Category 4 hurr...
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Trading Places is a song by American recording artist Usher . Released on October 17 , 2008 as the fifth and final single from his fifth studio album Here I Stand , Usher wrote the song with The Dream and Carlos Los Da Mystro McKinney . Produced by McKinney , it is a slow tempo R B number with hip hop influences...
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The M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage , also known as the M16 Half track , was an American self propelled anti aircraft weapon built during World War II . It was equipped with four 0 . 5 inch ( 12 . 7 mm ) M2 Browning machine guns in a M45 Quadmount . 2700 were produced by White Motor Company from May 1943 to March 19...
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Fragile is a song by American hip hop recording artist Tech N9ne , taken from his thirteenth studio album Something Else ( 2013 ) . Fragile was released on July 17 , 2013 as the album 's second single . It was produced by Mayday , Daniel Keys Perez and unk unk Valencia . The song features a guest verse from f...
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BabyFirst is a media company that produces and distributes content for babies through television , the internet and mobile apps . The content is intended to develop a baby 's skills , such as color recognition , counting and vocabulary . There are about 90 BabyFirst TV shows and 41 apps for mobile devices . As of 2014 ...
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The Tay Whale , known locally as The Monster , was a humpback whale that swam into the Firth of Tay of eastern Scotland in 1883 . It was harpooned in a hunt , but escaped , and was found floating dead off Stonehaven a week later . It was towed into Dundee by a showman , John Woods , and exhibited on a train tour of Sco...
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Jaime I was the third and final member of the Espaa class of dreadnought battleships of the Spanish Navy . She had two sister ships , Espaa and Alfonso XIII . Jaime I was built by the SECN shipyard she was laid down in February 1912 , launched in September 1914 , and completed in December 1921 . She was armed with a m...
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Cyclone Cilla ( RSMC Nadi designation 10F , JTWC designation 13P ) was a tropical cyclone that brought minor damage several islands in the South Pacific in January 2003 . The fifth cyclone of the 2002 03 South Pacific cyclone season , Cyclone Cilla developed from a monsoon trough on January 26 northwest of Fiji . In...
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Fool in Love is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna , from the deluxe edition of her sixth studio album Talk That Talk ( 2011 ) . The song was written by Ester Dean , Lukasz Gottwald , Henry Walter . Production was helmed by Lukasz Gottwald , Cirkut and Dean . Musically , Fool in Love is a rhapsodic ballad...
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King 's Highway 60 , commonly referred to as Highway 60 , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The 255 . 8 kilometre ( 158 . 9 mi ) highway serves as the primary corridor through Algonquin Provincial Park , where it is dedicated as the Frank McDougall Parkway . East of Algonquin P...
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Yes I Am a Long Way from Home is the opening track on the Scottish post rock band Mogwai 's 1997 debut album , Mogwai Young Team . It was primarily composed by the band 's bassist , Dominic Aitchison , prior to the 1997 Mogwai Young Team recording sessions . The song features electric guitar , bass guitar , drum k...
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Tropical Storm Ana was the only tropical cyclone on record in the North Atlantic basin to exist in the month of April . The first tropical cyclone of the 2003 season , it developed as a subtropical cyclone from a non tropical low on April 20 to the west of Bermuda . It tracked east southeastward and organized , and o...
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Triaenops goodmani is an extinct bat from Madagascar in the genus Triaenops . It is known from three lower jaws collected in a cave at Anjohibe in 1996 , and described as a new species in 2007 . The material is at most 10 , 000 years old . A bat humerus ( upper arm bone ) from the same site could not be identified as e...
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Minnesota State Highway 610 ( MN 610 ) is an east west freeway in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota . The freeway connects County Road 81 ( CR 81 ) and CR 130 in northern Hennepin County to U.S. Highway 10 ( US 10 ) in southern Anoka County . MN 610 crosses the Mississippi River on the Richard P. Braun Bridge betwee...
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HMS Grenade ( unk ) was a G class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s . She was transferred from the Mediterranean Fleet shortly after the beginning of World War II for service in home waters . The ship participated in the early stages of the Norwegian Campaign in April 1940 . German Junkers Ju 87 Stuk...
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Navy SEALS is a shoot ' em up platform video game developed and published by Ocean Software . It was first released in the United Kingdom for the Amstrad CPC , Amstrad GX4000 and Commodore 64 in 1990 . It was later re released in the rest of Europe for the ZX Spectrum , Atari ST and Amiga home computers in the followi...
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Showdown is the fourth single and first track from the album In Silico by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum . It has been remixed by several artists , including DJ unk ( who is also Red Light ) and Excision . It is also the first single taken from In Silico not to use the album logo prominently on its cover . T...
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The Grumman XTSF was a proposed twin engine torpedo scout aircraft , designed by Grumman for the United States Navy towards the end of World War II . Based on the design of the Grumman F7F Tigercat fighter , enlarged and with the addition of a bomb bay , the XTSF was deemed too large for carrier operations , and the p...
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A Meeting by the River is an album recorded by Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt it was recorded in September 1992 and released in April 1993 through the record label Water Lily Acoustics . This improvised , collaborative album features Cooder on slide guitar and Bhatt on the Mohan veena , a stringed instrument created...
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The Tewkesbury Medieval Festival is a medieval fair held over the second weekend of every July near the town of Tewkesbury , United Kingdom . Its main feature is the re enactment of the Battle of Tewkesbury , which was fought in 1471 . Located on parts of the ground where the original battle was fought , the festival ...
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The Millionaire Milkman is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company . The film focus on Jack Cass , a young millionaire , who has affections for a society girl named Clara Moore . Jack receives a letter of warning about Clara 's real interest , his money . Jack decides to decides to test hi...
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The Trouble with Trillions is the twentieth episode in the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 5 , 1998 . It was written by Ian Maxtone Graham and directed by Swinton O. Scott III . The episode sees Homer being se...
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Xavier ( RSMC Nadi Designation 01F , JTWC Designation 01P ) was a strong pre season cyclone that formed on October 20 , 2006 to the north of the Santa Cruz Islands . During the next day it rapidly developed and was designated as Tropical Depression 01F later that day , before being designated...
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Washington Square , also known as Washington Square Park , is a park in Chicago , Illinois . A registered historic landmark that is better known by its nickname Bughouse Square ( derived from the slang of bughouse referring to mental health facilities ) , it was the most celebrated open air free speech center in the c...
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Nydalen is a rapid transit station on the Ring Line of the Oslo Metro . It is located at Nydalen in the Nordre Aker borough of Oslo , Norway . The station opened on 20 August 2003 , as part of the first section of the Ring Line to Storo . The station is served by lines 4 , 5 and 6 of the metro , as well as several loca...
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The Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge was a two lane cantilevered truss bridge carrying U.S. Route 82 U.S. Route 278 across the Mississippi River between Lake Village , Arkansas and Greenville , Mississippi . It was the first bridge to connect the two towns . The bridge was named for Benjamin G. Humphreys II , a former Un...
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Hurricane Sergio was the third strongest Pacific hurricane in the month of November on record . The nineteenth named storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season , Sergio developed from a tropical wave on November 13 about 460 miles ( 740 km ) south of Manzanillo , Mexico , and steadily intensified...
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India competed at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games ( officially known as the IV Commonwealth Youth Games ) held in the Isle of Man from 7 to 13 September 2011 . India has participated in all the editions of the Commonwealth Youth Games . The nation was represented by the Indian Olympic Association , which is responsib...
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Hurricane Arlene was the first tropical cyclone of the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the wettest storms ever recorded in Bermuda . Originating from a tropical depression on July 31 , Arlene quickly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane on August 2 . After attaining this intensity , the storm quickly weake...
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Tropical Storm Brenda was the second named storm of the 1960 Atlantic hurricane season . It developed in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico on July 28 , and after moving ashore over the Florida Peninsula , it attained tropical storm status . Brenda accelerated northeast along the U.S. East Coast , ultimately peaking as a ...
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Voalavo antsahabensis , also known as the eastern voalavo , is a rodent in the family Nesomyidae which occurs in the Anjozorobe forest of eastern Madagascar . Although surveys before 2002 failed to record the species , it is common in some places . However , it is threatened by habitat loss because of slash and burn ...
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Tora Lian Juin Harris ( born September 21 , 1978 ) is an American high jumper . He is a Princeton University engineer of Taiwanese and African American descent . Harris is an Olympian , a four time national champion and two time bronze medalist in international competition . He represented Team USA twice in the IAA...
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Supergirl is a pop song by American recording artist and actress Miley Cyrus , performing as Hannah Montana the alter ego of Miley Stewart a character she played on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana . The song was written by Kara DioGuardi , in collaboration with Daniel James , and produced by Dre...
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The Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording was an award presented at the 22nd Grammy Awards in 1980 . The Grammy Awards , an annual ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards , are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to honor artis...
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Ben Mark Starosta ( born 7 January 1987 ) is a footballer who last played for Nuneaton Town . Born in Sheffield , England he started his career at his hometown club Sheffield United , although he never broke through into the first team . He was loaned to a number of clubs , both in England and Poland , while at United ...
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Ethnic Cleansing is a first person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows computers , created by the American White nationalist organization National Alliance ( and published by its record label Resistance Records on January 21 , 2002 . As part of a Race War , the player controls a neo Nazi or a Klansman and is t...
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State Route 409 ( SR 409 ) is a short Washington state highway in Wahkiakum County . The highway runs north from the Wahkiakum County Ferry on Puget Island to SR 4 in the county seat of Cathlamet over a distance of 3 . 84 miles ( 6 . 18 km ) . The route connects Westport , Oregon , which is served by the county ferry ,...
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M 96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall . Its termini are both on business loops of Interstate 94 ( I 94 ) the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I 69 . Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock , Galesburg , Augusta , and B...
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Two Complete Science Adventure Books was a pulp science fiction magazine , published by Fiction House , which lasted for eleven issues between 1950 and 1954 as a companion to Planet Stories . Each issue carried two novels or long novellas . It was initially intended to carry only reprints , but soon began to publish o...
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The Albums 2000 2010 is a box set by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue . It was released by Parlophone Records on 12 July 2011 . The five disc box set was released in Europe , and Australasia , and included all of Minogue 's studio albums from the years 2000 to 2010 Light Years ( 2000 ) , Fever ( 2001 ) , Bo...
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The Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse is a horse breed from the US state of Kentucky . Developed as an all around farm and riding horse in eastern Kentucky , they are related to the Tennessee Walking Horse and other gaited breeds . In 1989 the Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse Association ( KMSHA ) was formed , and in 2002 ...
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We 'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again is a song by Jeffrey Comanor from the album A Rumor in His Own Time , which debuted in September 1976 . Written by Comanor , the song describes a couple who spend a night together , one which the narrator wishes would never end . Both the song , which Epic Records released as ...
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Pegasus Bridge is a turn based strategy video game developed and published by Personal Software Services . It was released exclusively in the United Kingdom for the ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 in 1987 . It is the ninth instalment of the Strategic Wargames series . The game is set during the landings in ...
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Bart Star is the sixth episode in the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 9 , 1997 . Written by Donick Cary and directed by Dominic Polcino , the episode guest starred Joe Namath , Roy Firestone , and Mike Judge...
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The 1st Special Air Service Brigade ( 1st SAS ) was a fictional brigade during the Second World War . It was first formed in Cairo in 1941 , as part of a deception by Brigadier Dudley Clarke , to play on Italian fears of airborne attacks . Clarke used documents , photographs , news reports and even fake SAS soldiers to...
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Tropical Depression One was the first tropical cyclone to develop during the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season . Upon being declared a tropical depression on May 28 , it marked the third time that a pre season storm formed in three consecutive years . Originating from a disorganized area of low pressure off the coast of ...
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The 1977 Oman cyclone was the deadliest tropical cyclone on record to strike Oman . The storm formed off the west coast of India in the Arabian Sea , and curved westward to reach peak winds of 110 km h ( 70 mph ) . The storm struck Masirah Island and later southern Oman on June 13 , before dissipating the next day ove...
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Entombed is an action adventure video game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game for the Commodore 64 in 1985 . It is the second instalment of the Pendragon series and is a sequel to The Staff of Karnath . The game features series protagonist and aristocrat adventurer , Sir Arthur Pendragon , as he attempt...
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Robert Foliot ( died 1186 ) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford in England . He was a relative of a number of English ecclesiastics , including Gilbert Foliot , one of his predecessors at Hereford . After serving Alexander , Bishop of Lincoln as a clerk , he became a clerk of Henry of Blois , the Bishop of Winchester and...
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The Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo , Llanwenllwyfo is a medieval ruined church near Dulas , in Anglesey , north Wales , perhaps built in the 15th century to replace another church from which only the 12th century font survived . Dedicated to Gwenllwyfo , a 7th century female saint about whom nothing else is known , it w...
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The Lyon class was a proposed type of battleship which was planned for the French Navy in 1913 , with construction scheduled to begin in 1915 . The class was to have comprised four ships Lyon , Lille , Duquesne , and Tourville . The first two were named for cities in France , while the rest honored French admirals Abr...
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PRR 4876 is a GG1 class electric locomotive located at the B O Railroad Museum in Baltimore , Maryland , United States . It was built in 1939 and was involved in the only accident to befall a GG1 . In 1953 , the locomotive overran the buffer stop and crashed into Union Station in Washington , D.C. after its brakes fa...
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Kylie Gauci ( born 1 January 1985 ) is an Australian Paralympic 2 point wheelchair basketball player . She participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens , where she won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , where she won a bronze medal , and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London , where s...
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Rock Bottom is the 17th episode of the first season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants . It originally was produced in 1999 and aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on March 15 , 2000 . The series follows the adventures of the title character in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom ...
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The Land of Lost Content the Biography of Anthony Chenevix Trench is a biographical book about the life of British headmaster Anthony Chenevix Trench , written by Mark Peel . Chenevix Trench had been a widely acclaimed teacher at Shrewsbury School , and subsequently headmaster at Bradfield College , Eton College an...
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Soeara Berbisa ( unk unk Perfected Spelling Suara Berbisa Indonesian for Venomous Voice ) is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies . Produced by Ang Hock Liem for Union Films and directed by R Hu , this black and white film starred Raden Soekarno , Ratna Djoewita , Oedjang , and Soehaena . The story , written b...
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Guttorm Sigurdsson ( Old Norse unk Sigurarson 1199 11 August 1204 ) was the King of Norway from January to August 1204 , during the Norwegian civil war era . As a grandson of King Sverre , he was proclaimed king by the Birkebeiner party when he was just four years old . Although obviously not in control of the event...
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The Battle of Ohrid took place on 14 or 15 September 1464 between the Ottoman Empire 's forces and Skanderbeg 's Albania . A crusade against Sultan Mehmed II had been planned by Pope Pius II with Skanderbeg as one of its main leaders . The battle near Ohrid occurred as a result of an Albanian incursion into Ottoman ter...
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Typhoon Helen was the most destructive tropical cyclone to strike Japan during the 1972 Pacific typhoon season . Originating from a tropical disturbance on September 11 near the Northern Mariana Islands , Helen gradually intensified as it moved northwestward . By September 14 , it reached typhoon strength and soon turn...