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372305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot%20whale | Pilot whale | Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. The two extant species are the long-finned pilot whale (G. melas) and the short-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus). The two are not readily distinguishable at sea, and analysis of the skulls is the best way to distinguish between the species. Between th... |
372312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Siskel | Gene Siskel | Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune. He is best known for co-hosting various movie review television series with colleague Roger Ebert.
Siskel started writing for the Chicago Tribune in 1969, becoming its film critic soon after. In... |
372314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Laser | Ford Laser | The Ford Laser is a compact car, originally a subcompact car in the first three generations, which was sold by Ford in Asia, Oceania, and parts of South America and Africa. It has generally been available as a sedan or hatchback, although convertible, wagon and pick-up versions have also been available in different mar... |
372315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%20Oblast | Moscow Oblast | Moscow Oblast (, ), also known as Podmoskovye (, ), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (2021 Census) living in an area of , it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and is the second most populous federal subject. The oblast has no official administrative ce... |
372316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tver | Tver | Tver (, ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa rivers. Tver is located northwest of Moscow. Population:
The city is situated where three rivers meet, splitting the town into northern and southern parts by the Volga, and divided agai... |
372336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell%20Douglas%20CF-18%20Hornet | McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet | The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet (official military designation CF-188) is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) variant of the American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft. In 1980, the F/A-18 was selected as the winner of the New Fighter Aircraft Project competition and awarded a production order; deliveri... |
372340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell%20Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947) is an American motorsports analyst, author as well as a former national television broadcaster and stock car driver. He raced from 1972 to 2000 in the NASCAR Cup Series (known as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series during his time as a driver), most notably driving the No. 11 Chevr... |
372347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonian%20democracy | Jacksonian democracy | Jacksonian democracy was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21 and restructured a number of federal institutions. Originating with the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson and his supporters, it became the nation's dominant political world... |
372377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe%20railway%20station | Crewe railway station | Crewe railway station serves the railway town of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. It opened in 1837 and is one of the most historically significant railway stations in the world.
Crewe station is a major junction on the West Coast Main Line and serves as a rail gateway for North West England. It is 158 miles north of Lond... |
372417 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960%20Valdivia%20earthquake | 1960 Valdivia earthquake | {{Infobox earthquake
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372434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epping%20Forest | Epping Forest | Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the London built-up area. South of Chingford the forest narrows, and forms a green corrid... |
372467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic%20hypercube | Magic hypercube | In mathematics, a magic hypercube is the k-dimensional generalization of magic squares and magic cubes, that is, an n × n × n × ... × n array of integers such that the sums of the numbers on each pillar (along any axis) as well as on the main space diagonals are all the same. The common sum is called the magic constan... |
372478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20game%20industry | Video game industry | The video game industry is the tertiary and quaternary sectors of the entertainment industry that specialize in the development, marketing, distribution, monetization and consumer feedback of video games. The industry encompasses dozens of job disciplines and thousands of jobs worldwide.
The video game industry has gr... |
372481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20S.%20McCain%20Jr. | John S. McCain Jr. | John Sidney "Jack" McCain Jr. (January 17, 1911 – March 22, 1981) was a United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, United States Pacific Command.
The son of a naval officer, McCain grew up in Washington, D.C., and graduated from the U.S. Naval Acade... |
372509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pori | Pori | Pori (; ; ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-west of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Pori was established in 1558 by Duke John, who later became King John III... |
372522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid%20Snake | Solid Snake | is a fictional character from the Metal Gear series created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. He is depicted as a former Green Beret and highly skilled special operations soldier engaged in solo stealth and espionage missions who is often tasked with destroying models of the bipedal nuclear weapon-... |
372532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Rodney | Walter Rodney | Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, first published in 1972. Rodney was assassinated in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1980.
Early career
Walter Rodney was born in 1942 into a working-class f... |
372542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyker%20Heights%2C%20Brooklyn | Dyker Heights, Brooklyn | Dyker Heights is a predominantly residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is on a hill between Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, and Gravesend Bay. The neighborhood is bounded by 7th and 14th Avenues, 65th Street, and the Belt Parkway on the west, east, north,... |
372605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20America | Spanish America | Spanish America refers to the Spanish territories in the Americas during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The term "Spanish America" was specifically used during the territories' imperial era between 15th and 19th centuries. To the end of its imperial rule, Spain called its overseas possessions in the America... |
372608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch%20cycles | Milankovitch cycles | Milankovitch cycles describe the collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years. The term was coined and named after Serbian geophysicist and astronomer Milutin Milanković. In the 1920s, he hypothesized that variations in eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession combined t... |
372646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Idol | Australian Idol | Australian Idol is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller. Australian Idol was ... |
372685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaik%C5%8Dura | Kaikōura | Kaikōura () is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1, 180 km north of Christchurch. The town has an estimated permanent resident population of (as of ).
The town is the governmental seat of the territorial authority of the Kaikōura District, which is politically... |
372723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Thomas%20%28designated%20hitter%29 | Frank Thomas (designated hitter) | Frank Edward Thomas Jr. (born May 27, 1968), nicknamed "the Big Hurt", is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for three American League (AL) teams from 1990 to 2008, all but the last three years with the Chicago White Sox. A five-time Al... |
372769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20K%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCk%20Kaynarca | Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca | The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (; ), formerly often written Kuchuk-Kainarji, was a peace treaty signed on 21 July 1774, in Küçük Kaynarca (today Kaynardzha, Bulgaria) between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74 with many concessions to Russia. The concessions to Russia are ... |
372770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA%20Euro%202004 | UEFA Euro 2004 | The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Portugal, from 12 June to 4... |
372799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%20Theater | Apollo Theater | The Apollo Theater (formerly the Hurtig & Seamon's New Theatre; also Apollo Theatre or 125th Street Apollo Theatre) is a multi-use theater at 253 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is a popular venue for black American performers and is the home of the TV show Showtime ... |
372801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Naruto%20characters | List of Naruto characters | The manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a fictional universe where countries vie for power by employing ninja who can use superhuman abilities in combat. The storyline is divided into two parts, simply named Part I and Part II, with th... |
372810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Canadian%20Mint | Royal Canadian Mint | The Royal Canadian Mint () is the mint of Canada and a Crown corporation, operating under the Royal Canadian Mint Act. The shares of the Mint are held in trust for the Crown in right of Canada.
The Mint produces all of Canada's circulation coins, and manufactures circulation coins on behalf of other nations. The Mint ... |
372836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20power | Great power | A great power is a sovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global scale. Great powers characteristically possess military and economic strength, as well as diplomatic and soft power influence, which may cause middle or small powers to consider the great powers'... |
372857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde%20Drexler | Clyde Drexler | Clyde Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player and the commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league. Nicknamed "Clyde the Glide", he played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), spending a majority of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers befo... |
372862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charan%20Singh | Charan Singh | Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987) was an Indian politician and served as the 5th prime minister of India between 28 July 1979 and 14 January 1980. Historians and people alike frequently refer to him as the Champion of India's peasants.
Early life
Charan Singh was born on 23 December 1902 in a ru... |
372874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%20Communications | Rogers Communications | Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet, with significant additional telecommunications and mass media assets. Rogers has its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario.
The company traces its... |
372894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20of%20Lithuania | Music of Lithuania | Music of Lithuania refers to all forms of music associated with Lithuania, which has a long history of the folk, popular and classical musical development. Music was an important part of polytheistic, pre-Christian Lithuania – rituals were accompanied by music instruments and singing, deeds of the heroes and those who ... |
372899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Food%20and%20Commercial%20Workers | United Food and Commercial Workers | The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpacking, food processing and manufacturing; hospitality; agriculture; cannabis; chemical trades; security; textile, and he... |
372916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Savage | Dan Savage | Daniel Keenan Savage (born October 7, 1964) is an American author, media pundit, journalist, and LGBT community activist. He writes Savage Love, an internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column. In 2010, Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, began the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide among... |
372920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20horseshoe%20crab | Atlantic horseshoe crab | The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), also known as the American horseshoe crab, is a species of horseshoe crab, a kind of marine and brackish chelicerate arthropod. It is found in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic coast of North America. The main area of annual migration is Delaware Bay along the S... |
372962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal%20attitudes%20toward%20homosexuality | Societal attitudes toward homosexuality | Societal attitudes toward homosexuality vary greatly across different cultures and historical periods, as do attitudes toward sexual desire, activity and relationships in general. All cultures have their own values regarding appropriate and inappropriate sexuality; some sanction same-sex love and sexuality, while other... |
372972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy%20laws%20in%20the%20United%20States | Sodomy laws in the United States | Sodomy laws in the United States, which outlawed a variety of sexual acts, were inherited from colonial laws in the 17th century. While they often targeted sexual acts between persons of the same sex, many statutes employed definitions broad enough to outlaw certain sexual acts between persons of different sexes, in so... |
372988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20literature | Tamil literature | Tamil literature has a rich and long literary tradition spanning more than two thousand years. The oldest extant works show signs of maturity indicating an even longer period of evolution. Contributors to the Tamil literature are mainly from Tamil people from south India, including the land now comprising Tamil Nadu, K... |
373047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem%20Royal%20Hospital | Bethlem Royal Hospital | Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St. Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and TV series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff.
The hospital is closely associated with King's College ... |
373065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial%20ring | Polynomial ring | In mathematics, especially in the field of algebra, a polynomial ring or polynomial algebra is a ring (which is also a commutative algebra) formed from the set of polynomials in one or more indeterminates (traditionally also called variables) with coefficients in another ring, often a field.
Often, the term "polynomia... |
373076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannyasa | Sannyasa | Sannyasa (Sanskrit: संन्यास; IAST: ), sometimes spelled Sanyasa or Sanyasi (for the person), is life of renunciation and the fourth stage within the Hindu system of four life stages known as Ashramas, with the first three being Brahmacharya (bachelor student), Grihastha (householder) and Vanaprastha (forest dweller, re... |
373116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyles%20%28TV%20series%29 | Gargoyles (TV series) | Gargoyles (also known as Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles for season 3) is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, in collaboration with Jade Animation and Tama Productions for its first two seasons and Nelvana for its final, and originally aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15... |
373118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Science%20Association | British Science Association | The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science. Until 2009 it was known as the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA). The current Chief Executive is Katherine Mathieson. The BSA's mission is to get more people e... |
373154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rameswaram | Rameswaram | Rameswaram (; also transliterated as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a municipality in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is on Pamban Island separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel and is about 40 kilometres from Mannar Island, Sri Lanka. It is in the Gulf of Mannar, at the tip o... |
373172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winemaking | Winemaking | Winemaking (also wine making) or vinification is the production of wine, starting with the selection of the fruit, its fermentation into alcohol, and the bottling of the finished liquid. The history of wine-making stretches over millennia. The science of wine and winemaking is known as oenology. A winemaker may also be... |
373210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20Northern%20War | Second Northern War | The Second Northern War (1655–60), (also First or Little Northern War) was fought between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1655–60), the Tsardom of Russia (1656–58), Brandenburg-Prussia (1657–60), the Habsburg monarchy (1657–60) and Denmark–Norway (1657–58 and 1658–60). The Dutch Republic ... |
373301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic%20X | Sonic X | is a Japanese anime television series based on Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. Produced by TMS Entertainment under partnership with Sega and Sonic Team, and directed by Hajime Kamegaki, Sonic X initially ran for 52 episodes, broadcasting on TV Tokyo from April 2003 to March 2004. A further 26 episodes aire... |
373363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omura%27s%20whale | Omura's whale | Omura's whale or the dwarf fin whale (Balaenoptera omurai) is a species of rorqual about which very little is known. Before its formal description, it was referred to as a small, dwarf or pygmy form of Bryde's whale by various sources. The common name and specific epithet commemorate Japanese cetologist .
The scientif... |
373371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static%20single-assignment%20form | Static single-assignment form | In compiler design, static single assignment form (often abbreviated as SSA form or simply SSA) is a property of an intermediate representation (IR) that requires each variable to be assigned exactly once and defined before it is used. Existing variables in the original IR are split into versions, new variables typical... |
373382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semikhah | Semikhah | Semikhah () is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination.
The original semikhah was the formal "transmission of authority" from Moses through the generations. This form of semikhah ceased between 360 and 425 CE. Since then semikhah has continued in a less formal way. Throughout history there have been severa... |
373394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevedon | Clevedon | Clevedon (, ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. It recorded a parish population of 21,281 in the United Kingdom Census 2011, estimated at 21,442 in 2019. It lies along the Severn Estuary, among small hills that include Church Hill, Wain's Hill (topped by the remains... |
373405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastwood%2C%20Nottinghamshire | Eastwood, Nottinghamshire | Eastwood is a former coal mining town in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England, northwest of Nottingham and northeast of Derby on the border between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Mentioned in Domesday Book, it expanded rapidly during the Industrial Revolution. The Midland Railway was formed here and it... |
373409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exmouth | Exmouth | Exmouth is a port town, civil parish and seaside resort, sited on the east bank of the mouth of the River Exe and southeast of Exeter.
In 2011 it had a population of 34,432, making Exmouth the 5th most populous settlement in Devon.
History
Byzantine coins with the mark of Anastasius I, dating back to c. 498–518, we... |
373445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephanta%20Caves | Elephanta Caves | The Elephanta Caves are a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, which have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. They are on Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri (literally meaning "the city of caves"), in Mumbai Harbour, east of Mumbai in the Indian state of Mahārāshtra. The isl... |
373579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department%20of%20Health%20and%20Social%20Care | Department of Health and Social Care | The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England, along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Irelan... |
373601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey%20castle | Motte-and-bailey castle | A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to build with unskilled labour, but still militarily formidable, these castle... |
373615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Angeles%20County%20Museum%20of%20Art | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum).
LACMA was founded in 1961, splitting from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art. Four y... |
373641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Cross | New Cross | New Cross is an area in south-east London, England, south-east of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham and the SE14 postcode district. New Cross is near St Johns, Telegraph Hill, Nunhead, Peckham, Brockley, Deptford and Greenwich, and home to Goldsmiths, University of London, Haberdashers' Hatcham College ... |
373733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.%20P.%20Singh | V. P. Singh | Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda. He is India's only prime minister to have been former royalty.
He was educated at the Allahabad University and Ferg... |
373738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Falcon%20%28Australia%29 | Ford Falcon (Australia) | The Ford Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by Ford Australia from 1960 to 2016. From the XA series of 1972 onward, each Falcon and range of derivates have been designed, developed, and built in Australia, following the phasing out of the American-influenced Falcon of 1960 to 1971, which had been re-engine... |
373750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inder%20Kumar%20Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian diplomat, politician and freedom activist who served as the 12th prime minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998.
Born in Punjab, he was influenced by nationalistic ideas as a student, and joined the All India Students Federation and the Commu... |
373793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen%20Polo | Volkswagen Polo | The Volkswagen Polo is a supermini car (B-segment) produced by the German car manufacturer Volkswagen since 1975. It is sold in Europe and other markets worldwide in hatchback, saloon, and estate variants throughout its production run.
History
As of 2018, six separate generations of the Polo have been produced, usuall... |
373810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassmannian | Grassmannian | In mathematics, the Grassmannian is a differentiable manifold that parameterizes the set of all -dimensional linear subspaces of an -dimensional vector space over a field .
For example, the Grassmannian is the space of lines through the origin in , so it is the same as the projective space of one dimension lower ... |
373814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property%20tax | Property tax | A property tax (whose rate is expressed as a percentage or per mille, also called millage) is an ad valorem tax on the value of a property.
The tax is levied by the governing authority of the jurisdiction in which the property is located. This can be a national government, a federated state, a county or other geograph... |
373835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica%20Savitch | Jessica Savitch | Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone, following in the footst... |
373849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20of%20Bulgaria | Music of Bulgaria | The music of Bulgaria refers to all forms of music associated with the country of Bulgaria, including classical, folk, popular music, and other forms.
Classical music, opera, and ballet are represented by composers Emanuil Manolov, Pancho Vladigerov and Georgi Atanasov and singers Ghena Dimitrova, Mariana Paunova, Bor... |
373870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel%20Astra | Opel Astra | The Opel Astra is a compact car/small family car (C-segment) developed and produced by the German automaker Opel since 1991, currently at its sixth generation. It was first launched in September 1991 as a direct replacement to the Opel Kadett. , the car slots between the smaller Corsa supermini and the larger Insignia ... |
373888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-fives | Forty-fives | Forty-fives (also known as Auction Forty-Fives, Auction 120s, 120, and Growl) is a trick-taking card game that originated in Ireland. The game is popular in many communities throughout Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) as well as the Gaspé Coast in Québec. Forty-fives is ... |
373899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden%20Astra | Holden Astra | The Holden Astra is a small car formerly marketed by Holden. The first couple of generations of Astra were made only for Australia, and was a derivative of the locally produced Nissan Pulsar. With the Button car plan coming into effect, it was replaced by the Holden Nova, a rebadged Toyota Corolla.
In 1995, Holden com... |
373900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy%20Adu | Freddy Adu | Fredua Koranteng Adu (born June 2, 1989) is an American former professional soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder. The last club he played for was Ettan Fotboll club Österlen FF in 2021.
From before the time of his signing with D.C. United at the age of 14, Adu was spoken of as "the next Pelé." However, ... |
373929 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20spike | Golden spike | The golden spike (also known as The Last Spike) is the ceremonial 17.6-karat gold final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento and the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha on May 10, 1869, at ... |
373930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Dream | American Dream | The American Dream is the national ethos of the United States, a set of ideals including representative democracy, rights, liberty, and equality, in which freedom is interpreted as the opportunity for individual prosperity and success, as well as upward social mobility for oneself and their children, achieved through h... |
373955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynal%20Bolling | Raynal Bolling | Raynal Cawthorne Bolling (September 1, 1877 – March 26, 1918) was the first high-ranking officer of the United States Army to be killed in combat in World War I. A corporate lawyer by vocation, he became an early Army aviator and the organizer of both of the first units in what ultimately became the Air National Guard ... |
373975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse%20%28character%29 | Apocalypse (character) | Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is one of the world's first mutants, and was a principal villain for the original X-Factor team and later the X-Men and related spin-off teams. Created by writer Louise Simonson and artist Jackson Guice, Apocaly... |
373986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbs%20phenomenon | Gibbs phenomenon | In mathematics, the Gibbs phenomenon is the oscillatory behavior of the Fourier series of a piecewise continuously differentiable periodic function around a jump discontinuity. The th partial Fourier series of the function (formed by summing the lowest constituent sinusoids of the Fourier series of the function) produ... |
374012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz%20Sharif | Nawaz Sharif | Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pakistan, having served a total of more than 9 years across three tenures. Each term... |
374022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzimat | Tanzimat | The (; , see nizam) was a period of reform in the Ottoman Empire that began with the Gülhane Hatt-ı Şerif in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876. The Tanzimat era began with the purpose not of radical transformation, but of modernization, desiring to consolidate the social and political foundation... |
374054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20rhinoceros | Black rhinoceros | The black rhinoceros, black rhino or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern and southern Africa including Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the species is referred to as black, its colou... |
374055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood%2C%20Los%20Angeles | Westwood, Los Angeles | Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Bordering the campus on the south is Westwood Village, a major regional district for shopping, dining, movie theate... |
374100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20of%20Denmark | Music of Denmark | The earliest traces of Danish music go back to the many twisting Bronze-Age horns or lurs which some experts have identified as musical instruments. They have been discovered in various parts of Scandinavia, mostly Denmark, since the end of the 18th century. Denmark's most famous classical composer is Carl Nielsen, esp... |
374178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor%20Powell | Eleanor Powell | Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982) was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her tap dance numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's top dancing stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Powell appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and ... |
374183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Schuman | Robert Schuman | Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (; 29 June 18864 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democrat (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist. Twice Prime Minister of France, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, he was instrumental in buil... |
374214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa%20John%27s | Papa John's | Papa John's International, Inc., d/b/a Papa Johns, is an American pizza restaurant chain. It is the fourth largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States, with headquarters in the Louisville, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan areas.
Papa John's global presence has reached over 5,500 locations in... |
374215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmed%20cell%20death | Programmed cell death | Programmed cell death (PCD; sometimes referred to as cellular suicide) is the death of a cell as a result of events inside of a cell, such as apoptosis or autophagy. PCD is carried out in a biological process, which usually confers advantage during an organism's lifecycle. For example, the differentiation of fingers an... |
374220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse%20trigonometric%20functions | Inverse trigonometric functions | In mathematics, the inverse trigonometric functions (occasionally also called arcus functions, antitrigonometric functions or cyclometric functions) are the inverse functions of the trigonometric functions (with suitably restricted domains). Specifically, they are the inverses of the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, s... |
374248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seibal | Seibal | Seibal (), known as El Ceibal in Spanish, is a Classic Period archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the northern Petén Department of Guatemala, about 100 km SW of Tikal. It was the largest city in the Pasión River region.
The site was occupied from the Preclassic Period through to the Terminal Classi... |
374261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Adventures%20of%20Pete%20%26%20Pete | The Adventures of Pete & Pete | The Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American sitcom created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi for Nickelodeon. It focuses on two brothers, both named Pete Wrigley, and their humorous and surreal adventures in suburbia among their equally eccentric friends, enemies, and neighbors.
The Adventures of Pete & Pete began on... |
374278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%20Monarchy | July Monarchy | The July Monarchy (), officially the Kingdom of France (), was a liberal constitutional monarchy in France under , starting on 26 July 1830, with the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 23 February 1848, with the Revolution of 1848. It marks the end of the Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830). It began with the overthrow of... |
374298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%20factor%20%28psychometrics%29 | G factor (psychometrics) | The g factor (also known as general intelligence, general mental ability or general intelligence factor) is a construct developed in psychometric investigations of cognitive abilities and human intelligence. It is a variable that summarizes positive correlations among different cognitive tasks, reflecting the fact that... |
374327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%20Institute | Hudson Institute | Hudson Institute is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation.
Kahn was a physicist and military consultant known for envisioning nuclear war scenarios. The institute's research ... |
374328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBlue | JetBlue | JetBlue Airways Corporation, stylized as jetBlue, is a United States low-cost airline headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. It also maintains corporate offices in Utah and Florida.
JetBlue operates over 1,000 flights daily and serves 100 domestic and international n... |
374335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPA%20receptor | AMPA receptor | The α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (also known as AMPA receptor, AMPAR, or quisqualate receptor) is an ionotropic transmembrane receptor for glutamate (iGluR) that mediates fast synaptic transmission in the central nervous system (CNS). It has been traditionally classified as a non-NMDA-t... |
374338 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMDA%20receptor | NMDA receptor | The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (also known as the NMDA receptor or NMDAR), is a glutamate receptor and ion channel found in neurons. The NMDA receptor is one of three types of ionotropic glutamate receptors, the other two being AMPA and kainate receptors. Depending on its subunit composition, its ligands are glutama... |
374370 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20MacDiarmid | Hugh MacDiarmid | Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 – 9 September 1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid (; ), was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics. He w... |
374390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene | Anthropocene | The Anthropocene ( ) is a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth's geology and ecosystems, including, but not limited to, human-caused climate change. The nature of the effects of humans on Earth can be seen for example in biodiversity loss, climate change, biogeogra... |
374440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankety%20Blank | Blankety Blank | Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show which started in 1979 and is still running today, albeit with some sizeable gaps.
The original series ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC1, hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983, then by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990.
A revival hosted by Paul O'Gr... |
374488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%20Wine | April Wine | April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Led by singer-guitarist-songwriter Myles Goodwyn from its inception in 1969 until his retirement in 2023, April Wine first experienced success with their second album, On Record (1972), which reached the top 40 in Canada and yielded tw... |
374489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enonteki%C3%B6 | Enontekiö | Enontekiö (; ; ; ; ) is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland with approx. inhabitants. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very sparsely populated area of about between the Swedish and Norwegian border. Finland's highest point, the Halti fell with a height of a... |
374494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079.
History
Bridgnorth is named after a bridge over the River Severn, whi... |
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