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423779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Davis | Steve Davis | Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a commentator, DJ, electronic musician, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he reached eight World Snooker Championship finals in nine years, won six world titles, an... |
423830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konica%20Minolta | Konica Minolta | is a Japanese multinational technology company headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide. The company manufactures business and industrial imaging products, including copiers, laser printers, multi-functional peripherals (MFPs) and digital print systems for the production print... |
423849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport%20terminal | Airport terminal | An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from an aircraft.
Within the terminal; passengers purchase tickets; transfer their luggage; go through security. The buildings that provide access to the air... |
423882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie%20Cole | Natalie Cole | Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the mid-1970s, with the release of her debut album Inseparable (1975), along with the song "This Will Be (An Everlasting Lov... |
423941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Justiciary | High Court of Justiciary | The High Court of Justiciary () is the supreme criminal court in Scotland. The High Court is both a trial court and a court of appeal. As a trial court, the High Court sits on circuit at Parliament House or in the adjacent former Sheriff Court building in the Old Town in Edinburgh, or in dedicated buildings in Glasgow ... |
423943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhesus%20macaque | Rhesus macaque | The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies that are split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived. Generally brown or grey in colour, it is in length with a tail and weighs . It is nativ... |
423951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Badr | Battle of Badr | The Battle of Badr ( ), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (, ) in the Qur'an and by Muslims, took place on 15 March 624 CE (Ramadan 19, 2 AH), near the present-day city of Badr, Al Madinah Province in Saudi Arabia. Muhammad, commanding an army of his Sahaba, defeated an army of the Quraysh led by Amr ibn His... |
423976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0-4-0 | 0-4-0 | Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven. The wheels on the earliest four-coupled locomotives were connected by a single gear wheel, but from 1825 the wheels were usually con... |
423998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20structure%20of%20Communist%20Czechoslovakia | Government structure of Communist Czechoslovakia | The government of Czechoslovakia under Marxism–Leninism was in theory a dictatorship of the proletariat. In practice, it was a one-party dictatorship run by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, the KSC.
In the 1970s and 1980s the government structure was based on the amended 1960 Constitution of Czechoslovakia, whic... |
424008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0-6-0 | 0-6-0 | is the Whyte notation designation for steam locomotives with a wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. Historically, this was the most common wheel arrangement used on both tender and tank locomotives in versions with both inside and outside... |
424072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okhrana | Okhrana | The Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order (), usually called the Guard Department () and commonly abbreviated in modern English sources as the Okhrana () was a secret-police force of the Russian Empire and part of the police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) in the late 19th centur... |
424093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s%20in%20music | 1990s in music | Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Furthermore, hip hop grew and continued to be highly successful in the decade, with the continuation of the genre's golden age. Aside from rap, reggae, contemporary R&B, and urban music in general... |
424096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s%20in%20music | 2000s in music | For music from a year in the 2000s, go to 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09
This article is an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 2000s.
In American culture, various styles of the late 20th century remained popular, such as rock, pop, metal, hip hop, R&B, EDM, country and in... |
424150 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian%20Embassy%20siege | Iranian Embassy siege | The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy on Prince's Gate in South Kensington, London. The gunmen, Iranian Arabs campaigning for sovereignty of Khuzestan Province, took 26 people hostage, including embassy staff, several visitors, and a... |
424153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo%20Salas | Marcelo Salas | José Marcelo Salas Melinao (; born 24 December 1974), nicknamed Matador (due to his goalscoring celebrations), El Fenómeno and Shileno, is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker. Salas is considered the best striker in the history of Chile. He stood out during the 1990s and 2000s in clubs such as Universid... |
424158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Czechoslovakia | History of Czechoslovakia | With the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy at the end of World War I, the independent country of Czechoslovakia (Czech, Slovak: Československo) was formed as a result of the critical intervention of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, among others.
The Czechs and Slovaks were not at the same level of economic and technolog... |
424214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligures | Ligures | The Ligures or Ligurians were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day north-western Italy, is named.
In pre-Roman times, the Ligurians occupied the present-day Italian region of Liguria, Piedmont, northern Tuscany, western Lombardy, western Emilia-Romagna and northern Sardinia, reaching also Elb... |
424218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production%20function | Production function | In economics, a production function gives the technological relation between quantities of physical inputs and quantities of output of goods. The production function is one of the key concepts of mainstream neoclassical theories, used to define marginal product and to distinguish allocative efficiency, a key focus of ... |
424225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Democracy%20%28Greece%29 | New Democracy (Greece) | New Democracy (ND; , ) is a liberal-conservative political party in Greece. In contemporary Greek politics, New Democracy has been the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties along with its historic rival, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). New Democracy and PASOK were created in the... |
424253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand | GarageBand | GarageBand is a line of digital audio workstations developed by Apple for macOS, iPadOS, and iOS devices that allows users to create music or podcasts. GarageBand was originally released for macOS in 2004 and brought to iOS in 2011. The app's music and podcast creation system enables users to create multiple tracks wit... |
424279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution%20of%20the%20Czech%20Republic | Constitution of the Czech Republic | The Constitution of the Czech Republic () is the supreme law of the Czech Republic. The current constitution was adopted by the Czech National Council on 16 December 1992. It entered into force on 1 January 1993, replacing the 1960 Constitution of Czechoslovakia and the constitutional act No. 143/1968 Col., when Czecho... |
424296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Cade%27s%20Rebellion | Jack Cade's Rebellion | Jack Cade's Rebellion was a popular revolt in 1450 against the government of England, which took place in the south-east of the country between the months of April and July. It stemmed from local grievances regarding the corruption, maladministration and abuse of power of the king's closest advisors and local officials... |
424312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emporia%20State%20University | Emporia State University | Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. Emporia State is one of six public universities governed by the Kansas Board ... |
424342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperdine%20University | Pepperdine University | Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu, California. Founded by entrepreneur Ge... |
424348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac%20muscle | Cardiac muscle | Cardiac muscle (also called heart muscle or myocardium) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues, with the other two being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle. It is an involuntary, striated muscle that constitutes the main tissue of the wall of the heart. The cardiac muscle (myocardium) forms a thick middle la... |
424358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan%20Motor%20Company | Morgan Motor Company | The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer owned by Italian investment group Investindustrial. It was founded in 1910 by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan. Morgan is based in Malvern Link, an area of Malvern, and employs approximately 220 people. Morgan produce 850 cars per year, all assembled by hand. T... |
424365 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Lee | Martin Lee | Martin Lee Chu-ming (; born 8 June 1938) is a Hong Kong politician and barrister. He is the founding chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and its successor, the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's flagship pro-democracy party. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1997 and from 1... |
424402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-market%20environmentalism | Free-market environmentalism | Free-market environmentalism argues that the free market, property rights, and tort law provide the best means of preserving the environment, internalizing pollution costs, and conserving resources.
Free-market environmentalists therefore argue that the best way to protect the environment is to clarify and protect pro... |
424408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Services%20Administration | General Services Administration | The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employee... |
424409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Huttleston%20Rogers | Henry Huttleston Rogers | Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29, 1840 – May 19, 1909) was an American industrialist and financier. He made his fortune in the oil refining business, becoming a leader at Standard Oil. He also played a major role in numerous corporations and business enterprises in the gas industry, copper, and railroads. He became... |
424417 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20Irvine | Eddie Irvine | Edmund Irvine Jr. (; born 10 November 1965) is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One between 1993 and 2002, and finished runner-up in the 1999 World Drivers' Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari.
He began his career at the age of seventeen when he entered the Formula Ford Champ... |
424421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/160th%20Special%20Operations%20Aviation%20Regiment%20%28Airborne%29 | 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) | The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), abbreviated as 160th SOAR (A), is a special operations force of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for special operations forces. Its missions have included attack, assault, and reconnaissance, and these missions are usually conduc... |
424440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-theorem | H-theorem | In classical statistical mechanics, the H-theorem, introduced by Ludwig Boltzmann in 1872, describes the tendency to decrease in the quantity H (defined below) in a nearly-ideal gas of molecules. As this quantity H was meant to represent the entropy of thermodynamics, the H-theorem was an early demonstration of the po... |
424464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linezolid | Linezolid | Linezolid is an antibiotic used for the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics. Linezolid is active against most Gram-positive bacteria that cause disease, including streptococci, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus a... |
424499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douay%E2%80%93Rheims%20Bible | Douay–Rheims Bible | The Douay–Rheims Bible (, ), also known as the Douay–Rheims Version, Rheims–Douai Bible or Douai Bible, and abbreviated as D–R, DRB, and DRV, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English made by members of the English College, Douai, in the service of the Catholic Church. The New Testament portion ... |
424511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Wiesenthal%20Center | Simon Wiesenthal Center | The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is a Jewish human rights organization established in 1977 by Rabbi Marvin Hier. The center is known for Holocaust research and remembrance, hunting Nazi war criminals, combating anti-Semitism, tolerance education, defending Israel, and its Museum of Tolerance.
The center publishes a s... |
424531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illyrians | Illyrians | The Illyrians (, Illyrioi; ) were a group of Indo-European-speaking peoples who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times. They constituted one of the three main Paleo-Balkan populations, along with the Thracians and Greeks.
The territory the Illyrians inhabited came to be known as Illyria to later Greek... |
424537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GKN | GKN | GKN Ltd is a British multinational automotive and aerospace components business headquartered in Redditch, England. It is a long-running business known for many decades as Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds. It can trace its origins back to 1759 and the birth of the Industrial Revolution.
Throughout the majority of the twent... |
424542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising%20in%20video%20games | Advertising in video games | Advertising in video games is the integration of advertising into video games to promote products, organizations, or viewpoints.
There are two major categories of advertising in video games: in-game advertising and advergames. In-game advertising shows the player advertisements while playing the game, whereas advergam... |
424547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal%20Alchemist | Fullmetal Alchemist | is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga anthology magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected the individual chapters in 27 tankōbon volumes. The steampunk world of Fullmetal Alchemist is prim... |
424580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumbling%20Hearts | Rumbling Hearts | , or Kiminozo for short, is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Âge and released on August 3, 2001, for Windows. It was later ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2. The gameplay in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses... |
424589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype | Skype | Skype () is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also has instant messaging, file transfer, debit-based calls to landline and mobile telephones (over traditional telephone net... |
424618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic%20Democratic%20Party%20%28Czech%20Republic%29 | Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) | The Civic Democratic Party (, ODS) is a conservative and soft Eurosceptic political party in the Czech Republic. The party generally sits centre-right to right-wing on the political spectrum, and holds 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and is the second strongest party by number of seats following the 2021 election.... |
424627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMRO-DPMNE | VMRO-DPMNE | The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (, simplified as VMRO-DPMNE; ) is a political party in North Macedonia and one of the two major parties in the country, the other being the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia.
The party has presented itself as Christi... |
424637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon%20the%20Interruption | Pardon the Interruption | Pardon the Interruption (abbreviated PTI) is an American sports talk television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stories of the day in "sports... and other stuff" (as Kornheiser put it in the show's o... |
424673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20House%20Fellows | White House Fellows | The White House Fellows program is a non-partisan federal fellowship established via executive order by President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. The fellowship is one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service, offering exceptional Americans first-hand experience working at the highest... |
424675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Democratic%20Party%20of%20Germany | National Democratic Party of Germany | The Homeland (), previously known as the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD; ), is a Neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany.
The party was founded in 1964 as successor to the German Reich Party (, DRP). Party statements also self-identify the party as Germany's "only significant patriotic for... |
424684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20aviation%20shootdowns%20and%20accidents%20during%20the%20Iraq%20War | List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War | This list of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War includes incidents with Coalition and civilian aircraft during the Iraq War.
According to media reports, 129 helicopters and 24 fixed-wing aircraft were lost in Iraq between the 2003 invasion and February 2009. Of these incidents, 46 have been attribut... |
424726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Park%20Police | United States Park Police | The United States Park Police (USPP) is the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agency in the United States. It functions as a full-service law enforcement agency with responsibilities and jurisdiction in those National Park Service areas primarily located in the Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and New York City ... |
424727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic%20Party%20%28Serbia%29 | Democratic Party (Serbia) | The Democratic Party (; , abbr. DS) is a social democratic political party in Serbia. Zoran Lutovac has led the party as its president since 2018.
DS was founded in 1990 by a group of intellectuals who sought to revive the Democratic Party, which was active in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Dragoljub Mićunović was the fir... |
424730 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20zebra%20finch | Australian zebra finch | The Australian zebra finch or chestnut-eared finch (Taeniopygia castanotis) is the most common estrildid finch of Central Australia. It ranges over most of the continent, avoiding only the cool humid south and some areas of the tropical far north. The bird has been introduced to Puerto Rico and Portugal. Due to the eas... |
424739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse | Abuse | Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of a thing, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices, crimes, or other types of aggression. To these descriptions, one can also add the Kantian notion ... |
424756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Tyrolean%20People%27s%20Party | South Tyrolean People's Party | The South Tyrolean People's Party (, SVP) is a regionalist political party in South Tyrol, an autonomous province with a German-speaking majority in northern Italy.
Founded on 8 May 1945, the SVP has roots in the Deutscher Verband, a confederation of German-speaking parties formed in 1919 after the annexation of South... |
424775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician%20Nationalist%20Bloc | Galician Nationalist Bloc | The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( ) is a political alliance of left-wing Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic front".
Formed in 1982, under the guidance of historical leader Xosé Manuel Beiras, the BNG calls for further devolution of powers to the Parliament of Galicia and the official and un... |
424778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Jericho | Chris Jericho | Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho is an American-Canadian professional wrestler and rock musician. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he was the leader of the Jericho Appreciation Society and the Inner Circle stable. Noted for his over-... |
424790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braga | Braga | Braga ( , ; ) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality had a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in 2021), representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal by population. Its area is 183.... |
424795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seijun%20Suzuki | Seijun Suzuki | , born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predominately B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically in th... |
424797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20Party%20of%20Ukraine | Communist Party of Ukraine | The Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU or KPU) is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993. It was claiming to be the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine, which had been banned in 1991. In 2002 it held a "unification" congress when both "old and new" parties merged. The party is a mem... |
424806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20Quebec%20referendum | 1995 Quebec referendum | The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should proclaim sovereignty and become an independent country, with the condition precedent of offering a political and economic agreement to Canada.
The culmination of mul... |
424825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20Democrats | English Democrats | The English Democrats is a right-wing to far-right, English nationalist political party active in England. Being a minor party, it currently has no elected representatives at any level of UK government.
The English Democrats were established in 2002 by members of the Campaign for an English Parliament pressure group. ... |
424847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20Chaplains | Four Chaplains | The Four Chaplains, also referred to as the Immortal Chaplains or the Dorchester Chaplains, were four World War II chaplains who died rescuing civilian and military personnel as the American troop ship sank on February 3, 1943, in what has been referred to as the second-worst sea disaster of World War II. The Dorchest... |
424878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%20Roosters | Sydney Roosters | The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs and parts of inner Sydney including the CBD. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and National Rugby League titles, a... |
424899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity | Productivity | Productivity is the efficiency of production of goods or services expressed by some measure. Measurements of productivity are often expressed as a ratio of an aggregate output to a single input or an aggregate input used in a production process, i.e. output per unit of input, typically over a specific period of time. T... |
424901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Michigan | List of people from Michigan | This is a list of notable people from the US state of Michigan. People from Michigan are sometimes referred to as Michiganders, Michiganians, or, more rarely, Michiganites. This list includes people who were born, have lived, or worked in Michigan.
Actors, entertainers, and filmmakers
Actors
Directors, filmmakers, a... |
424928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-6-4 | 4-6-4 | Under the Whyte notation for the classification of locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels. In France where the type was first used, it is known as the Baltic while it became known as the Hudson in most of North America.
Ove... |
424948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist%20architecture | Brutalist architecture | Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era but commonly known for its presence in post-war communist nations. Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building... |
424956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume%20%28novel%29 | Perfume (novel) | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer ( ) is a 1985 literary historical fantasy novel by German writer Patrick Süskind. The novel explores the sense of smell and its relationship with the emotional meanings that scents may have.
The story follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an unloved orphan in 18th-century France who is bor... |
424964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20clock | Water clock | A water clock or clepsydra (; ; ) is a timepiece by which time is measured by the regulated flow of liquid into (inflow type) or out from (outflow type) a vessel, and where the amount is then measured.
Water clocks are one of the oldest time-measuring instruments. The bowl-shaped outflow is the simplest form of a wat... |
425061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Francis%20Dam | St. Francis Dam | The St. Francis Dam was a concrete gravity dam located in San Francisquito Canyon in northern Los Angeles County, California that was built between 1924 and 1926 to serve the city of Los Angeles's growing water needs. It failed catastrophically in 1928 due to a defective soil foundation and design flaws, unleashing a f... |
425087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle%20Tupelo | Uncle Tupelo | Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college. The trio recorded three albums for Rockville Records, before signin... |
425107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merengue%20music | Merengue music | Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States with Latino communities. Merengue was inscribed on November 30, 2016 in the representative list of the Intangible Cultural He... |
425134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Clay%20Frick | Henry Clay Frick | Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern. He had ext... |
425140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da%20Nang | Da Nang | Da Nang or Danang ( ; , ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important port cities. As one of the country's five direct-controlled municipalities, it falls u... |
425158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbicides%20for%20sexually%20transmitted%20diseases | Microbicides for sexually transmitted diseases | Microbicides for sexually transmitted diseases are pharmacologic agents and chemical substances that are capable of killing or destroying certain microorganisms that commonly cause human infection (for example, the human immunodeficiency virus).
Microbicides are a diverse group of chemical compounds that exert their... |
425212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Mulholland | William Mulholland | William Mulholland (September 11, 1855 – July 22, 1935) was an Irish American self-taught civil engineer who was responsible for building the infrastructure to provide a water supply that allowed Los Angeles to grow into the largest city in California. As the head of a predecessor to the Los Angeles Department of Water... |
425220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickie%20Lee%20Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and author. Over the course of a career that spans five decades, she has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, pop, soul, and jazz. A two-time Grammy Award winner (from seven nominations), Jones was listed at No. 30 ... |
425221 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Angeles%20Department%20of%20Water%20and%20Power | Los Angeles Department of Water and Power | The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States with 8,100 megawatts of electric generating capacity (2021-2022) and delivering an average of 435 million gallons of water per day (487,000 acre-ft per year) to more than four million residents and local business... |
425225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Angeles%20Aqueduct | Los Angeles Aqueduct | The Los Angeles Aqueduct system, comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct) and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system, built and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The Owens Valley aqueduct was designed and built by the city's water department, at the tim... |
425260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take%20the%20High%20Road | Take the High Road | Take the High Road (renamed High Road from 1994 to 2003) was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, which started in February 1980 as an ITV daytime programme, and was broadcast until 2003. It was set in the fictional village of Glendarroch, and exteriors were filmed in the real-life village of Luss on ... |
425279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containment | Containment | Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II. The name was loosely related to the term cordon sanitaire, which was containment of the Soviet Union in the interwar period.
As a component of the C... |
425280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown%20Los%20Angeles | Downtown Los Angeles | Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) contains the central business district of Los Angeles. In addition, it contains a diverse residential area of some 85,000 people, and covers . A 2013 study found that the district is home to over 500,000 jobs. It is also part of Central Los Angeles.
Downtown Los Angeles is divided into neig... |
425305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Monica%20Mountains | Santa Monica Mountains | The Santa Monica Mountains is a coastal mountain range in Southern California, next to the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Transverse Ranges. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area encompasses this mountain range. Because of its proximity to densely populated regions, it is one of the most visited natural... |
425329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers%20Motel%20incident | Algiers Motel incident | The Algiers Motel incident (also called the Algiers Motel Murders) occurred in Detroit, Michigan, United States, throughout the night of July 25–26, 1967, during the racially charged 12th Street Riot. At the Algiers Motel, approximately one mile east of where the riot began, three civilians were killed and nine others ... |
425334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon%20de%2075%20mod%C3%A8le%201897 | Canon de 75 modèle 1897 | The French 75 mm field gun is a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75 mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze (French for "seventy-five"). The French 75 was designed as an anti-personnel weapon system ... |
425351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan%20Edwards | Duncan Edwards | Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a left-half for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s, playing 177 matches for the club. He was noted for his physic... |
425355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley%2C%20Flintshire | Buckley, Flintshire | Buckley ( ) is a town and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales, from the county town of Mold and contiguous with the villages of Ewloe, Alltami and Mynydd Isa. It is on the A549 road, with the larger A55 road passing nearby.
Buckley is the second-largest town in Flintshire in terms of population. At the 2011 Cen... |
425368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20College%2C%20Madurai | American College, Madurai | The American College, often referred to as American College, is one of the oldest colleges in India, located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 1881 by American Christian missionaries. The red-brick buildings, in the Saracenic style, blend with the natural surroundings constructed by British architect Henry Irwi... |
425448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o%20Miguel%20Island | São Miguel Island | São Miguel Island (; Portuguese for "Saint Michael"), nicknamed "The Green Island" (Ilha Verde), is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants, with 45,000 people residing in Ponta Delgada, the archipelago's largest city.
Hist... |
425457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Models%20%28band%29 | Models (band) | Models (also sometimes known as The Models) are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne, Victoria in August 1978. They went into hiatus in 1988, but re-formed in 2000, 2006 and 2008 to perform reunion concerts. The band began regularly performing again from 2010 onwards. "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", their only No. ... |
425483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Kenseth | Matt Kenseth | Matthew Roy Kenseth (born March 10, 1972) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who currently serves as the competition advisor for Legacy Motor Club in the NASCAR Cup Series. He competes part-time in the Superstar Racing Experience. (SRX), driving the No. 8 car. He also currently competes often in... |
425492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Movement | British Movement | The British Movement (BM), later called the British National Socialist Movement (BNSM), is a British neo-Nazi organisation founded by Colin Jordan in 1968. It grew out of the National Socialist Movement (NSM), which was founded in 1962. Frequently on the margins of the British far-right, the BM has had a long and chequ... |
425514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%20theft | Art theft | Art theft, sometimes called artnapping, is the stealing of paintings, sculptures, or other forms of visual art from galleries, museums or other public and private locations. Stolen art is often resold or used by criminals as collateral to secure loans. Only a small percentage of stolen art is recovered—an estimated 10... |
425527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20mythology | Japanese mythology | Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. The history of thousands of years of contact with Chinese and Indian myths are also key influences in Japanese religiou... |
425528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Goldhagen | Daniel Goldhagen | Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (born June 30, 1959) is an American author, and former associate professor of government and social studies at Harvard University. Goldhagen reached international attention and broad criticism as the author of two controversial books about the Holocaust: Hitler's Willing Executioners (1996), and ... |
425530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers%20with%20Candy | Strangers with Candy | Strangers with Candy is an American television series created by Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris and Mitch Rouse that originally aired on Comedy Central from April 7, 1999, to October 2, 2000. Its timeslot was Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (ET). The series, inspired by after school specials, follows Jerri Blank (Sed... |
425533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukihime | Tsukihime | {{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Related media
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Kagetsu Tohya
Melty Blood
Melty Blood: Type Lumina
talk. and PreludeTsuki no SangoThe Garden of SinnersCarnival Phantasm}}
is a Japanese adult visual novel created by Type-Moon, who first released it at the Winter Comiket in December 2000... |
425558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larne | Larne | Larne (, , the name of a Gaelic territory) is a town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of 18,853 at the 2021 census. It is a major passenger and freight roll-on roll-off port. Larne is administered by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Together with parts of the neighbouring dist... |
425568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectorate%20of%20Bohemia%20and%20Moravia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed territory of Nazi Germany that was established on 16 March 1939 after the German occupation of the Czech lands. The protectorate's population was mostly ethnic Czech.
After the Munich Agreement of September 1938, Germany had annexed the German-majority S... |
425614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratroopers%20Brigade | Paratroopers Brigade | The 35th "Paratroopers" Brigade (, Hativat HaTzanhanim) is a brigade of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) consisting of airborne infantry. It forms a major part of the Israeli Ground Forces' Infantry Corps, and has a history of carrying out special operations from the 1950s onwards. Soldiers of the brigade wear maroon be... |
425671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist%20Party%20of%20Ukraine | Socialist Party of Ukraine | The Socialist Party of Ukraine (, Sotsialistychna Partiya Ukrainy, SPU) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Ukraine. It was one of the oldest parties in Ukraine and was created by former members of the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991, when the Communist Party was banne... |
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