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414617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anachronox | Anachronox | Anachronox is a 2001 role-playing video game produced by Tom Hall and the Dallas Ion Storm games studio. The game is centered on Sylvester "Sly Boots" Bucelli, a down-and-out private investigator who looks for work in the slums of Anachronox, a once-abandoned planet near the galaxy's jumpgate hub. He travels to other p... |
414632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Bercow | John Bercow | John Simon Bercow (; born 19 January 1963) is a British former politician who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. A member of the Conservative Party prior to becoming Speaker, he was the first MP since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971 to be elec... |
414674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Rhein%C3%BCbung | Operation Rheinübung | Operation Rheinübung ("Exercise Rhine") was the last sortie into the Atlantic by the new German battleship and heavy cruiser on 18–27 May 1941, during World War II. This operation aimed to block Allied shipping to the United Kingdom as the previously successful Operation Berlin had done. After Bismarck sunk HMS Hood ... |
414694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light%20Years%20%28Kylie%20Minogue%20album%29 | Light Years (Kylie Minogue album) | Light Years is the seventh studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Mushroom Records released it on 22 September 2000 in Australia; Parlophone released it on 25 September 2000 in the United Kingdom. Following the commercial failure of Impossible Princess (1997), Minogue left Deconstruction Records and took a hi... |
414738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surge%20protector | Surge protector | A surge protector (or spike suppressor, surge suppressor, surge diverter, surge protection device (SPD) or transient voltage surge suppressor (TVSS) is an appliance or device intended to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes in alternating current (AC) circuits. A voltage spike is a transient event, typically ... |
414744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey%20Taylor | Corey Taylor | Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, and sole continuous member of the rock band Stone Sour.
Taylor co-founded Stone Sou... |
414818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Burnham | Andy Burnham | Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. He served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2007 to 2008, Culture Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Health Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party... |
414848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Clarkson | Kelly Clarkson | Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA Records. Her debut single, "A Moment Like This", topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and beca... |
414890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad%20TV | Mad TV | Mad TV (stylized as MADtv) is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Salzman, Fax Bahr, and Adam Small. Loosely based on the humor magazine Mad, Mad TV'''s pre-taped satirical sketches were primarily parodies of popular culture and occasionally politics. Many of its sketches featured the show's ca... |
414897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s%20Funniest%20Home%20Videos | America's Funniest Home Videos | America's Funniest Home Videos, also called America's Funniest Videos (abbreviated as AFV), is an American video clip television series on ABC, based on the Japanese variety show Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan (1986–1992). The show features humorous homemade videos that are submitted by viewers. The most common vid... |
414904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menzoberranzan | Menzoberranzan | Menzoberranzan, the "City of Spiders", is a fictional city-state in the world of the Forgotten Realms, a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. The city is located in the Upper Northdark, about two miles below the Surbrin Vale, between the Moonwood and the Frost Hills (north of the Evermoors and under the River Surbin). ... |
414908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever%20%28Kylie%20Minogue%20album%29 | Fever (Kylie Minogue album) | Fever is the eighth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released on 1 October 2001 internationally by Parlophone and later launched in the United States on 26 February 2002 by Capitol Records. Minogue worked with writers and producers such as Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagh... |
414916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince%20Cable | Vince Cable | Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019. He also served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2015.
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414931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Maude | Francis Maude | Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham, (born 4 July 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2010 to 2015. He also served in several posts while the Conservatives were in opposition, notably as Shadow Chancellor of the Exch... |
414942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician%20language | Phoenician language | Phoenician ( ) is an extinct Canaanite Semitic language originally spoken in the region surrounding the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Extensive Tyro-Sidonian trade and commercial dominance led to Phoenician becoming a lingua franca of the maritime Mediterranean during the Iron Age. The Phoenician alphabet spread to Greece ... |
414951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley%20Motor | Riley Motor | Riley
was a British motorcar and bicycle manufacturer from 1890. Riley became part of the Nuffield Organization in 1938 and was merged into the British Leyland Motor Corporation in 1968. In July 1969 British Leyland announced the immediate end of Riley production, although 1969 was a difficult year for the UK automotiv... |
414967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia | Pre-eclampsia | Pre-eclampsia is a multi-system disorder specific to pregnancy, characterized by the onset of high blood pressure and often a significant amount of protein in the urine. When it arises, the condition begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy. In severe cases of the disease there may be red blood cell breakdown, a low blood pl... |
414989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathyrsi | Agathyrsi | The Agathyrsi were an ancient people belonging to the Scythian cultures who lived in the Transylvanian Plateau, in the region that later became Dacia. The Agathyrsi are largely known from Herodotus of Halicarnassus's description of them in the 5th century BC.
Name
The name is the Latinisation of the Ancient Greek na... |
414999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Dream%20of%20Jeannie | I Dream of Jeannie | I Dream of Jeannie is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon that starred Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman, as an astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems, the show originally aired for 139 episodes over five se... |
415000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Drinker%20Cope | Edward Drinker Cope | Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, he distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science, publishing his first scientific paper at the age of 19. Though his ... |
415034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body%20Language%20%28Kylie%20Minogue%20album%29 | Body Language (Kylie Minogue album) | Body Language is the ninth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released on 10 November 2003 by Parlophone. Following the commercial success of her eighth studio album Fever (2001), Minogue enlisted a diverse group of writers and producers to aid in creating a new album, including Cathy Dennis, Dan C... |
415036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy%20Corbyn | Jeremy Corbyn | Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. Corbyn sit... |
415045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty%20White | Betty White | Betty Marion White (January 17, 1922December 31, 2021) was an American actress, comedian and producer. A pioneer of early television with a career spanning almost seven decades, she was noted for her vast television appearances acting in sitcoms, sketch comedy, and game shows. She produced and starred in the series Lif... |
415056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic%20RISC%20pipeline | Classic RISC pipeline | In the history of computer hardware, some early reduced instruction set computer central processing units (RISC CPUs) used a very similar architectural solution, now called a classic RISC pipeline. Those CPUs were: MIPS, SPARC, Motorola 88000, and later the notional CPU DLX invented for education.
Each of these classi... |
415060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist%20Campaign%20Group | Socialist Campaign Group | The Socialist Campaign Group is a grouping of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The group also includes some MPs who formerly represented Labour in Parliament, but have had the whip withdrawn or been expelled from the party.
The group was formed in 1982 following the... |
415063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Dee%2C%20Wales | River Dee, Wales | The River Dee (, ) is a river in the United Kingdom. The length of the main section from Bala to Chester is and it is largely located in Wales. The stretch between Aldford and Chester is within England, and two other sections form the border between the two countries.
The river rises on Dduallt in Snowdonia and flows... |
415067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie%20Minogue%20%28album%29 | Kylie Minogue (album) | Kylie Minogue is the fifth studio album recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Deconstruction released it in the United Kingdom on 19 September 1994, while a release was issued through Mushroom Records in Australia on the same date. After leaving Pete Waterman Entertainment, Minogue wanted to establish her credib... |
415070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20herbology | Chinese herbology | Chinese herbology () is the theory of traditional Chinese herbal therapy, which accounts for the majority of treatments in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). A Nature editorial described TCM as "fraught with pseudoscience", and said that the most obvious reason why it has not delivered many cures is that the majority ... |
415074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20and%20the%20Magic%20Railroad | Thomas and the Magic Railroad | Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 children's fantasy adventure film written and directed by Britt Allcroft and produced by Allcroft and Phil Fehrle. It is the only theatrical live-action/animated Thomas & Friends film in the franchise. The film stars Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi C... |
415076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester%20Canal | Chester Canal | The Chester Canal was an English canal linking the south Cheshire town of Nantwich with the River Dee at Chester. It was intended to link Chester to Middlewich, with a branch to Nantwich, but the Trent and Mersey Canal were unco-operative about a junction at Middlewich, and so the route to Nantwich was opened in 1779. ... |
415098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie%20Piper | Billie Piper | Billie Paul Piper (born Leian Paul Piper; 22 September 1982) is an English actress and former singer. She initially gained recognition as a singer after releasing her debut single "Because We Want To" at age 15, which made her the youngest female singer to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one; her follow-up single ... |
415103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott%20Abrams | Elliott Abrams | Elliott Abrams (born January 24, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer, who has served in foreign policy positions for presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Abrams is considered to be a neoconservative. He is currently a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relat... |
415109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%20Stafford | Jo Stafford | Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular m... |
415113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune%20%28magazine%29 | Tribune (magazine) | Tribune is a democratic socialist political magazine founded in 1937 and published in London, initially as a newspaper, then converting to a magazine in 2001. While it is independent, it has usually supported the Labour Party from the left. Previous editors at the magazine have included Aneurin Bevan, the Minister of H... |
415133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20McDonnell | John McDonnell | John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997.
McDonnell served as chair of the Socialist Campaign Group in Parliament and ... |
415167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitone | Semitone | A semitone, also called a half step or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered the most dissonant when sounded harmonically.
It is defined as the interval between two adjacent notes in a 12-tone scale. For example, C is adjacent to C; the interval between... |
415200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20Island%2C%20Bronx | City Island, Bronx | City Island is a neighborhood in the northeastern Bronx in New York City, located on an island of the same name approximately long by wide. City Island is located at the extreme western end of Long Island Sound, south of Pelham Bay Park, and east of Eastchester Bay.
At one time the island was incorporated within the... |
415217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Economic%20Affairs | Institute of Economic Affairs | The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a right-wing, free market think tank registered as a UK charity. Associated with the New Right, the IEA describes itself as an "educational research institute" and says that it seeks to "further the dissemination of free-market thinking" by "analysing and expounding the role o... |
415250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Eight%20Conference | Big Eight Conference | The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, Univers... |
415264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoids | Zoids | , also referred to as simply , is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Tomy that feature giant robots (or "mecha") called Technozoidaryans, otherwise known as Technozoids, Zoidaryans or Zoids for short. A Zoid is essentially a large mechanical animal, with designs being based on animals; including dino... |
415293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptorchidism | Cryptorchidism | Cryptorchidism, also known as undescended testis, is the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum. The word is from Greek () 'hidden' and () 'testicle'. It is the most common birth defect of the male genital tract. About 3% of full-term and 30% of premature infant boys are born with at least one unde... |
415349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Whale%20%28SS-239%29 | USS Whale (SS-239) | , a Gato-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for a whale, an extremely large, aquatic mammal that is fishlike in form. The USS Cachalot (SS-170) (Cachalot, another name for a Sperm Whale) commissioned on 1 December 1933 preceded the Whale.
Her keel was laid down on 28 June 1941 b... |
415357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytham%20St%20Annes | Lytham St Annes | Lytham St Annes () is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. It is on the Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary. The population of the built-up area at the 2021 census was 42,695. The town is made up of the four areas of Lytham, Ansdell, Fairhaven and St Annes-on-the-Sea... |
415385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%20Stadium | Angel Stadium | Angel Stadium of Anaheim, better known simply as Angel Stadium, is a baseball stadium located in Anaheim, California, United States. Since its opening in 1966, it has served as the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels. It served as the home stadium of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football Lea... |
415405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preity%20Zinta | Preity Zinta | Preity G Zinta (pronounced ; born 31 January 1975) is an Indian entrepreneur and former actress primarily known for her work in Hindi films. After graduating with degrees in English honours and criminal psychology, Zinta made her acting debut in Dil Se.. in 1998, followed by a role in Soldier in the same year. These pe... |
415406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20as%20a%20second%20or%20foreign%20language | English as a second or foreign language | English as a second or foreign language is the use of English by speakers with different native languages. Language education for people learning English may be known as English as a foreign language (EFL), English as a second language (ESL), English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), English as an additional lang... |
415412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Asian%20Association%20for%20Regional%20Cooperation | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia. Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. SAARC comprises 3% of the world's land area, 21% of the worl... |
415418 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20French%20Revolution | Causes of the French Revolution | There is significant disagreement among historians of the French Revolution as to its causes. Usually, they acknowledge the presence of several interlinked factors, but vary in the weight they attribute to each one. These factors include cultural changes, normally associated with the Enlightenment; social change and fi... |
415475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Australian%20Imperial%20Force | First Australian Imperial Force | The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during the First World War. It was formed as the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) following Britain's declaration of war on Germany on 15 August 1914, with an initial strength of one infantry division and one light hors... |
415546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie%20Eisenhower | Mamie Eisenhower | Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Born in Boone, Iowa, she was raised in a wealthy household in Colorado. She married Eisenhower, then a lieutenant in the United States Army, in... |
415556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess%20Truman | Bess Truman | Elizabeth Virginia Truman (; February 13, 1885October 18, 1982) was the wife of President Harry S. Truman and the first lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She also served as the second lady of the United States from January to April 1945. She currently holds the record of longest-lived first lady and longest-... |
415569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence%20Harding | Florence Harding | Florence Mabel Harding (née Kling; August 15, 1860 – November 21, 1924) was the first lady of the United States from 1921 until her husband's death in 1923 as the wife of President Warren G. Harding.
In 1880, Florence married Henry De Wolfe and they had a son, Marshall. After divorcing DeWolfe in 1886, she married Har... |
415574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus%20Martius | Campus Martius | The Campus Martius (Latin for the "Field of Mars", Italian Campo Marzio) was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about in extent. In the Middle Ages, it was the most populous area of Rome. The IV rione of Rome, Campo Marzio, which covers a smaller section of the original area, bears the same name.
Antiquity
Accordi... |
415575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith%20Wilson | Edith Wilson | Edith Wilson ( Bolling, formerly Galt; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was the first lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 and the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She married the widower Wilson in December 1915, during his first term as president. Edith Wilson played an influential role in Presiden... |
415576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Gate%20Park | Golden Gate Park | Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts of San Francisco, United States. It is the largest park in the city, containing , and the third-most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 24 million visitors annually.
The creation of a large park in San Francisco was fir... |
415582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monemvasia | Monemvasia | Monemvasia (, or ) is a town and municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located on a tied island off the east coast of the Peloponnese, surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea. The island is connected to the mainland by a tombolo in length. Its area consists mostly of a large plateau some above sea level, up to wide and... |
415584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Herron%20Taft | Helen Herron Taft | Helen Louise Taft (née Herron; June 2, 1861 – May 22, 1943), known as Nellie, was the First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913 as the wife of President William Howard Taft. Born to a politically well-connected Ohio family, she took an early interest in political life, deciding at the age of 17 that she wished ... |
415586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith%20Roosevelt | Edith Roosevelt | Edith Kermit Roosevelt (née Carow; August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948) was the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and the first lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909. She also was the second lady of the United States prior to that in 1901. Roosevelt was the first First Lady to employ a full-time, salari... |
415642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20Cleveland | Frances Cleveland | Frances Clara Cleveland Preston (, christened Frank Clara; July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was the First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 until 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She is the sole first lady in U.S. history to have served in the role during two non-consecuti... |
415675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Robinson%20%28Northern%20Ireland%20politician%29 | Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician) | Peter David Robinson (born 29 December 1948) is a retired Northern Irish politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2008 until 2015. Until his retirement in 2016, Robinson was involved in Northern Irish politics for over 40 yea... |
415700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel%20Farage | Nigel Farage | Nigel Paul Farage (; born 3 April 1964) is a British broadcaster and former politician who was Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Brexit Party (renamed Reform UK in 2021) from 2019 to 2021. He served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East E... |
415702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline%20Lucas | Caroline Lucas | Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician who has twice led the Green Party of England and Wales and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since the 2010 general election. She was re-elected in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections, increasing her majority each t... |
415767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953%20Iranian%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat | 1953 Iranian coup d'état | The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état (), was the U.S.- and British-instigated, Iranian army-led overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, on 19 August 1953. It was aided... |
415781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa%20Adams | Louisa Adams | Louisa Catherine Adams (née Johnson; February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852) was the first lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. She was born in England and raised in France. Her father was an influential American merchant, and she was regularly introduced to prominent Americ... |
415810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector%27s%20dolphin | Hector's dolphin | Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) is one of four dolphin species belonging to the genus Cephalorhynchus. Hector's dolphin is the only cetacean endemic to New Zealand, and comprises two subspecies: C. h. hectori, the more numerous subspecies, also referred to as South Island Hector's dolphin; and the critically... |
415870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberians | Iberians | The Iberians (, from , Iberes) were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC. They are described in Greek and Roman sources (among others, by Hecataeus of Miletus, Avienius, Herodotus and Strabo). Roman sources also use the term Hispani to r... |
415904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Slovak%20language | History of the Slovak language | The Slovak language is a West Slavic language. Historically, it forms a dialect continuum with Czech. The written standard is based on the work of Ľudovít Štúr, published in the 1840s and codified in July 1843 in Hlboké.
Theories about the origin
Older hypotheses and theories
Centrist hypothesis
The centrist hypothe... |
415907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20College%20of%20Florida | New College of Florida | New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded in 1960 as a private institution known as New College. In 1975, it merged with University of South Florida as a separate "upper division campus" within the public university. In 2001 became an autonomous college, the eleventh i... |
415928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen%20criteria | Copenhagen criteria | The Copenhagen criteria are the rules that define whether a country is eligible to join the European Union. The criteria require that a state has the institutions to preserve democratic governance and human rights, has a functioning market economy, and accepts the obligations and intent of the European Union.
These me... |
415946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Pueblo%20%28AGER-2%29 | USS Pueblo (AGER-2) | USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a , placed into service during World War II, then converted to a spy ship in 1967 by the United States Navy. She gathered intelligence and oceanographic information, monitoring electronic and radio signals from North Korea. On 23 January 1968, the ship was attacked and captured by a North Korean ... |
415961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve%20banking | Fractional-reserve banking | Fractional-reserve banking is the system of banking operating in almost all countries worldwide, under which banks that take deposits from the public are required to hold a proportion of their deposit liabilities in liquid assets as a reserve, and are at liberty to lend the remainder to borrowers. Bank reserves are hel... |
415982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Portland | University of Portland | The University of Portland (UP) is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1901 and is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross, which also founded UP's sister school the University of Notre Dame. The university enrolls approximately 3,730 students.
The campus is located in the Unive... |
416005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indeterminism | Indeterminism | Indeterminism is the idea that events (or certain events, or events of certain types) are not caused, or are not caused deterministically.
It is the opposite of determinism and related to chance. It is highly relevant to the philosophical problem of free will, particularly in the form of libertarianism. In science, mo... |
416095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic%20detective | Psychic detective | A psychic detective is a person who investigates crimes by using purported paranormal psychic abilities. Examples have included postcognition (the paranormal perception of the past), psychometry (information psychically gained from objects), telepathy, dowsing, clairvoyance, and remote viewing. In murder cases, psychic... |
416103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki%20Metro | Helsinki Metro | The Helsinki Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving Greater Helsinki, Finland. It is the world's northernmost metro system. It was opened to the general public on 2 August 1982 after 27 years of planning. It is operated by Helsinki City Transport and Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd for Helsinki Regional Transport... |
416115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Cruz%20Island | Santa Cruz Island | Santa Cruz Island (Spanish: Isla Santa Cruz, Chumash: Limuw) is located off the southwestern coast of Ventura, California, United States. It is the largest island in California and largest of the eight islands in the Channel Islands archipelago and Channel Islands National Park. Forming part of the northern group of th... |
416117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress%20Dowager%20Ci%27an | Empress Dowager Ci'an | Empress Xiaozhenxian (12 August 1837 – 8 April 1881), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and empress consort of Yizhu, the Xianfeng Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1852 until her husband's death in 1861, after which she was honoured as Empress Dow... |
416129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch%20predictor | Branch predictor | In computer architecture, a branch predictor is a digital circuit that tries to guess which way a branch (e.g., an if–then–else structure) will go before this is known definitively. The purpose of the branch predictor is to improve the flow in the instruction pipeline. Branch predictors play a critical role in achievin... |
416163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel%20RAK.1 | Opel RAK.1 | The Opel RAK.1 (also known as the Opel RAK.3) was the world's first purpose-built rocket-powered aircraft. It was designed and built by Julius Hatry under commission from Fritz von Opel, who flew it on September 30, 1929 in front of a large crowd at Rebstock airport near Frankfurt am Main. The RAK.1 plane was part of a... |
416195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20compositions%20by%20Ludwig%20van%20Beethoven | List of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven | The compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consist of 722 works written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until his last work just before his death in Vienna in 1827. Beethoven composed w... |
416229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%20Islands%20National%20Marine%20Sanctuary | Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary | The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is a sanctuary off the Pacific coast in Southern California that provides protection of its natural and cultural resources through education, conservation, science, and stewardship programs. It is part of the National Marine Sanctuary program under the administration of the... |
416235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa%2067%27s | Ottawa 67's | The Ottawa 67's are a major junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that plays in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Established during Canada's centennial year of 1967 and named in honour of this, the 67's currently play their home games at TD Place Arena. The 67's are three-time OHL champions, and have... |
416276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn%20Graham | Shawn Graham | Shawn Michael Graham (born February 22, 1968) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 31st premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010. He was elected leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party in 2002 and became premier after his party captured a majority of seats in the 2006 election. After being elected, Graham in... |
416313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline%20Harrison | Caroline Harrison | Caroline Lavinia Harrison (née Scott; October 1, 1832 – October 25, 1892) was an American music teacher and the first lady of the United States from 1889 until her death. She was married to President Benjamin Harrison, and she was the second first lady to die while serving in that role.
The daughter of a college profe... |
416314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lij%20Iyasu | Lij Iyasu | Lij Iyasu (; 4 February 1895 – 25 November 1935) was the designated Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1916. His baptismal name was Kifle Yaqob (ክፍለ ያዕቆብ kəflä y’aqob). Ethiopian emperors traditionally chose their regnal name on the day they were crowned, and since he was never crowned, he is usually referred to as Lij I... |
416328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Alabama | List of United States senators from Alabama | Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. The state elects U.S. senators to class 2 and class 3. Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant from March 1861 to July 1868 due to its secession from the Union during the American Civil War. Richard Shelby is Alabama's longest serving senator (served 1... |
416334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Connecticut | List of United States senators from Connecticut | This is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Connecticut.
United States senators are popularly elected, for a six-year term, beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms ... |
416336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Delaware | List of United States senators from Delaware | Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Delaware. U.S. senators were originally elected by the Delaware General Assembly for designated six-year terms beginning March 4. Frequently portions of the term would remain only upon a U.S. senator's death or resignation. From 1914 and the enforcemen... |
416339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Sharpe%20Shaver | Richard Sharpe Shaver | Richard Sharpe Shaver (October 8, 1907 – November 5, 1975) was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories that were printed in science fiction magazines (primarily Amazing Stories). In Shaver's story, he claimed that he had had persona... |
416355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Georgia | List of United States senators from Georgia | Georgia was admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788. The state has had senators since the 1st Congress. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in Mar 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from February 1871.
United States senators are popularly elected to six-year terms that begin on Janua... |
416356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia%20Gardiner%20Tyler | Julia Gardiner Tyler | Julia Tyler ( Gardiner; May 4, 1820 – July 10, 1889) was the first lady of the United States from June 26, 1844, to March 4, 1845, as the second wife of President John Tyler. A member of the influential Gardiner family, she became a prominent socialite early in life who received many notable figures as suitors. She met... |
416365 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Indiana | List of United States senators from Indiana | Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816. Since then, the state has been represented in the United States Senate by 44 different men in class 1 and 3; David Turpie served non-consecutive terms in class 1, Dan Coats served non-consecutive terms in class 3, and William E. Jenner served in both classes. Unti... |
416367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Illinois | List of United States senators from Illinois | Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, and has been represented in the United States Senate by 47 senators. Senators from Illinois are elected to class 2 and class 3.
The Senate twice refused to seat Frank L. Smith, in December 1926 for an appointed term and in March 1927 for an elected one, due to co... |
416380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Kentucky | List of United States senators from Kentucky | This is a list of United States senators from Kentucky. The state's senators belong to classes 2 and 3. Kentucky is currently represented in the U.S. Senate by Republicans Mitch McConnell (serving since 1985) and Rand Paul (serving since 2011). Currently, on his seventh term in office, McConnell has been the Senate Rep... |
416385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Louisiana | List of United States senators from Louisiana | Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, and elects senators to class 2 and class 3. Its current senators are Republicans Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy. Russell Long was the state's longest serving senator, served 1948–1987.
List of senators
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416394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Maryland | List of United States senators from Maryland | This is a list of United States senators from Maryland, which ratified the United States Constitution April 28, 1788, becoming the seventh state to do so. To provide for continuity of government, the framers divided senators into staggered classes that serve six-year terms, and Maryland's senators are in the first and ... |
416406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Massachusetts | List of United States senators from Massachusetts | Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. According to the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution adopted in 1913, U.S. senators are popularly elected for a six-year term. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1, and terms begin... |
416410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Mississippi | List of United States senators from Mississippi | Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, and elects senators to class 1 and class 2. Its current senators are Republicans Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker. As of February 2022, 51 people have served as U.S. senators from Mississippi. John C. Stennis was Mississippi's longest-serving senator (1947–1... |
416413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20Missouri | List of United States senators from Missouri | Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821. Its current U.S. senators are Republicans Josh Hawley (class 1, serving since 2019) and Eric Schmitt (class 3, serving since 2023). Francis Cockrell was Missouri's longest-serving senator (1875–1905).
List of senators
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416423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20senators%20from%20New%20Jersey | List of United States senators from New Jersey | This is a chronological listing of the United States senators from New Jersey. Since the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, U.S. senators are popularly elected for a six-year term beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were ... |
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