text stringlengths 32 2.45k |
|---|
Johann Friedrich Horner (27 March 1831 – 20 December 1886) was an ophthalmologist based at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. |
Jake found a rabbit in his backyard. He asked his mom is he could keep it. She said that having a pet is a lot of work. Jake agreed to take special care of it. She agreed and Jake was extremely happy. |
The man was in pursuit. He lost his target. He radioed for help. Nearby units joined the pursuit. The target was captured. |
The 14th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 10 December 1988 and given on 24 January 1989. |
Neil Mullarkey is an English actor, writer and comedian. |
Literaturnaya ( or simply ) is a serif typeface, created in the USSR. Designed at Poligraphmash () at the end of the 1930s by Anatolii Shchukin (), the font was based on Hermann Berthold's Latinskaya (St. Petersburg, 1901), a version of Lateinisch for Russia, also developed at the Berthold foundry (Berlin, 1899). The d... |
Jan Hanuš (May 2, 1915 – July 30, 2004) was a prolific Czech composer of the 20th century. Almost every category of composition is represented among his works, many of which are overtly political, expressing anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist and anti-Communist sentiments. |
This is a list of airports in Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean. It is an overseas department of France comprising five main islands: Basse-Terre Island, Grande-Terre, La Désirade, Les Saintes and Marie-Galante. CAO location identifiers are linked to each airport's Aeronautical I... |
The 1998 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. |
Jackal, in comics, may refer to: |
Haggerston is a station on the East London line in Haggerston within the London Borough of Hackney, Greater London. The station is located on the Kingsland Viaduct at the junction of Arbutus Street and Frederick Terrace, near Kingsland Road. The main entrance is in Lee Street. The station was built as part of the East ... |
John saw a fire in his neighbor's house. He called the authorities. John heard a child screaming. John wanted to save the child since the authorities would be too late. John managed to save the child but his skin got burned as a result. |
Clea Lake or Lough Clea is situated just outside Keady in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It provides water for the Keady area and is a popular fishing location in south Armagh. |
The Shaker family decided to do spring cleaning one weekend. Jon found a family of roaches in the basement. They sprayed them and then sprayed the perimeter of the house. There were no more roaches after that. Jon was very glad of that. |
Jenny loves thunderstorms. Last Tuesday it rained all night long. Jenny stayed up all night watching the storm. She was so tired the next morning that she slept through her alarm! Even though she woke up late, she was happy to have watched the storm. |
Zabalaza is the first solo release from the South African musical performer, Thandiswa Mazwai. Before this album, Thandiswa was most famously known as the lead singer for the kwaito group Bongo Maffin. Zabalaza (which means Rebellion in the Xhosa language) incorporates elements of kwaito, traditional Xhosa music, mbaqa... |
Daniel Anthony Olivas is an American author and attorney. |
The Invisible Thread is an autobiography written by Yoshiko Uchida and published in 1991. The book is a memoir of her childhood during World War II. |
This is a selected list of notable massively multiplayer online games which are free-to-play in some form without ever requiring a subscription or other payment. These are commonly MMORPGs or MMOFPSs, but could be of any genre. |
Every year me and my mom take a family trip. Last year we went to Vegas and this year we decided to go to miami. We thought we could save a few bucks and drive, without a tune up. By the time we got to Georgia our car was a lemon. Smoke was coming out the hood and we drove on two flat tires. |
Ladbergen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the Dortmund-Ems Canal, approximately 25 km south-west of Osnabrück and 20 km north-east of Münster. |
The Sitnica (; ) is a river in Kosovo. It flows into the Ibar at Mitrovica, and it is the longest river that flows completely within Kosovo. |
Florena Budwin (or Florina Budwin) ( – January 25, 1865) was a Union Army soldier from Philadelphia who, disguised as a man, enlisted with her husband, an artillery captain, in the Civil War in order to stay with him. After being captured, she died of complications of pneumonia. She was buried in Florence National Ceme... |
Brian Viloria (born November 24, 1980) is a retired American professional boxer of Filipino descent. He is a former unified WBA and WBO flyweight champion, as well as a former WBC and IBF light flyweight champion. His nickname of "The Hawaiian Punch" was first given to him by Jesus Salud, a fellow Hawaiian of Filipino... |
British NorthWest Airlines was an airline based at Blackpool International Airport. |
Nicole decided to kiss another man behind her boyfriend's back. One night she snuck outside the bar to meet her lover. The second Nicole's lover gave her a kiss her boyfriend drove by. Nicole's boyfriend squealed into the parking lot in front of the two. The boyfriend broke up with Nicole on the spot. |
A rippling tornado tore through the trailer park. Dorothy clung to her plumbing fixture for dear life. After the storm subsided, she took stock of her surroundings. Dorothy was relieved to be alive and still have most her stuff. Her relief was cut short when the insurance company denied her claim. |
You can plant gardenias by transplanting a branch. My dad got a branch from his parents. It is supposed to be in the shade. He planted it at the edge of the woods. But it grew slowly. |
Choi Kyoung-hwan (born June 22, 1955) is a South Korean politician who was a member of the National Assembly of South Korea in the Hannara Party. He represented the Gyeongsan-Cheongdo region of Gyeongsangbuk-do. Choi has promised to work for the extension of Daegu Subway Line 1 beyond the borders of Daegu to Gyeongsan... |
Teterboro is a commuter railroad station for NJ Transit in the borough of Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station is located on the Pascack Valley Line near U.S. Route 46 (US 46) and Teterboro Airport between Wood-Ridge and Essex Street. Teterboro station consists of one low-level platf... |
Ali Shariatmadari (6 January 1924 – 9 January 2017) was an Iranian academic and educationist who was minister of culture in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979. He was president of the Iranian Academy of Sciences from 1990 until 1998. He was also a professor of education at the Teacher Training University ... |
The Rochester and Southern Railroad , a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., is a class III shortline that runs from the city of Rochester in Monroe County to Silver Springs, NY. The RSR started in 1986, when the B&O sold off its Buffalo and Rochester branches. The trackage was purchased by Genesee & Wyoming Inc., and... |
Louis Siciliano (born in Naples, Italy - March 19, 1975) is a Jazz and World-Music composer, piano and synth performer, sound engineer and music producer. |
Evan is a Sailor in the Navy. He is on a ship that travels around the world. He went to visit Spain and came home with sea shells from the beach. He gave those sea shells to a pretty girl named April. She liked them so much they decided to get married. |
Brandon railway station is on the Breckland Line in the East of England, serving the town of Brandon, Suffolk, although the station is actually situated across the county boundary in Norfolk. The line runs between in the west and in the east. |
Knitting abbreviations are often used for brevity in describing knitting patterns. |
Johnny loved playing basketball. He loved it so much that he wanted to do it professionally. In order to achieve this, he practiced every day for years. When he got older, he got scouted at his team's game. Johnny later managed to join the national under 18s team. |
The United States presidential state car (nicknamed "the Beast", "Cadillac One", "First Car"; code named "Stagecoach") is the official state car of the president of the United States. |
Quentin went to buy donuts this morning. But he didn't see the wet sign on the floor and fell down. He ended up in the hospital with a broken hip. The problem was that he was still hungry. So he was very pleased when the nurse brought him his food. |
"(Baby) Hully Gully" is a song written by Fred Sledge Smith and Cliff Goldsmith and recorded by The Olympics. Released in 1959, it peaked at number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1960 and sparked the Hully Gully dance craze. |
Alexandra Michel Orlando (born January 19, 1987) is a retired Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She represented Canada at the 2008 Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games. |
Miami Grill, formerly Miami Subs Grill, is a privately held restaurant chain, based in the US state of Florida. The chain has approximately 30 locations, the majority of which are in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County Florida. The company's menu consists of such items as wings, philly cheesesteak sandwiches, an... |
Faisalabad Division is an administrative division of Punjab, Pakistan. The reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government but was restored again in 2008. |
The following lists events that happened during 1922 in Southern Rhodesia. |
Rachel Christine Proctor (born August 11, 1974) is an American country music artist. Before signing to a record deal, she co-wrote Martina McBride's 2002 single "Where Would You Be". By 2003, Proctor had signed to BNA Records, releasing her debut single "Days Like This" that year. This song, which peaked at number 24 o... |
Larry Martin Goodpaster (born April 23, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2000. |
Luka Bonačić (; born 21 March 1955) is a Croatian football coach and former professional player. |
1st Battalion 11th Marines (1/11) is an artillery battalion comprising four firing batteries and a Headquarters battery. The battalion is stationed at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Its primary weapon system is the M777 lightweight howitzer. The battalion is under the command of the 11th Marine Reg... |
Sustainability advertising is communications geared towards promoting social, economic and environmental benefits (sustainability) of products, services or actions through paid advertising in media in order to encourage responsible behavior of consumers. |
Warren Edward Bolster (June 11, 1947 in Arlington, Virginia – September 6, 2006 in Mokuleia, Hawaii) was an American skateboard photographer during the mid-1970s rebirth of skateboarding. |
The Chief Statistician of Canada () is the senior public servant responsible for Statistics Canada (StatCan), an agency of the Government of Canada. The office is equivalent to that of a deputy minister and as a member of the public service, the position is nonpartisan. |
Camp Nawaka was a non-profit co-ed residential summer camp located in the Berkshires, East Otis, Massachusetts. The property was formerly a boys' swimming camp known as Camp Aquatic, which operated during the 1940s and closed in the mid-1950s. Nawaka opened in 1967 and closed following the summer of 2009. Nawaka offere... |
Leira is a small village in the municipality of Volda, in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies between the villages of Bjørke and Viddal, at the end of Hjørundfjorden. The village is located in the Sunnmørsalpene mountains, about from the mountains Skårasalen (to the northwest), Jakta (to the northeast), Kvitegga (... |
A spider bite, also known as arachnidism, is an injury resulting from the bite of a spider. The effects of most bites are not serious. Most bites result in mild symptoms around the area of the bite. Rarely they may produce a necrotic skin wound or severe pain. |
The Nubian Swell is a geologic structural uplift in northern Africa that trends east to west and separates the lower Nile of Egypt from the Sudan basin. The Nubian Swell has been geologically active since early Mesozoic times, and portions of it are still active. The Nile traverses the uplift through geologic fractures... |
Smallville follows the life of Clark Kent (Tom Welling), beginning when he is a teenager in the town of Smallville, Kansas, and continuing through high school, college, and his start at the Daily Planet before he adopts the "Superman" persona. As the series progresses, Clark Kent copes with his emerging superpowers (x-... |
Vancouver General Hospital (locally known as VGH, or Vancouver General) is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the largest facility in the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (VHHSC) group of medical facilities. VGH is Canada's third largest hospital by bed count, after Hamilton G... |
The Joe Gqabi District Municipality (; ) is one of the seven districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Barkly East. As of 2011, the majority of its 349,768 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa. |
Kate constantly worried about everything. But drawing helped reduce her stress. So she tried to draw whenever she could. But she realized art wouldn't help her earn enough money. Kate's financial worries eventually stopped her from drawing. |
Triton Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bellmawr, Gloucester Township and Runnemede, three communities in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as one of three secondary schools of the Black Horse Pike... |
Tuli is a village in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about 90 km west of Beitbridge on the eastern bank of the Shashe River. The village grew around Fort Tuli, which was the first settlement built by the Pioneer Column in July 1890 at the place known as Selous Camp and used by Frederick Selo... |
Jake always watched late night television. He grew up with all the hosts. All of a sudden they were all replaced. Jake couldn't get into the new ones. He stopped watching late night television all together. |
My father was a cook in Chinese restaurants. He was temperamental and changed jobs often. Luckily he was a good cook and could get work easily. One day he quit and was unable to find work. He retired on social security. |
The Homer News is a weekly newspaper published in Homer, Alaska since 1964. |
Paul was walking home from work. And he saw a bicyclist with a nice road bike. Paul decided to buy a similar bike and use it for transportation. He spent over a thousand dollars on a bike and loved it. But within a week, his bike was stolen. |
"Date Rape" is a song by American ska punk band Sublime, originally recorded for their 1992 debut album, 40 Oz. to Freedom. It was first released as a single in 1991, but did not become a hit until four years later, when the Los Angeles radio station KROQ began adding it into their playlists and it quickly became one o... |
12 Days of Terror is a 2004 television film directed by Jack Sholder and starring Colin Egglesfield, Mark Dexter, Jenna Harrison and John Rhys-Davies. Based on a true story, it revolves around the 1916 Jersey shark attacks, as recounted in the book of the same name by Richard Fernicola, in which a juvenile great white ... |
The International Journal of Kurdish Studies () is an academic journal published by the Kurdish Library, and was edited by Vera Beaudin Saeedpour. It publishes scholarly articles about Kurdish culture, literature, and history. It was founded in 1986 as Kurdish Times before getting its current title after volume 4. |
John and Susan visited the Pacific Ocean for the first time in years. It was beautiful to see the waves crashing on the beach. They took off their shoes and waded into the surf. It was so much colder than it looked like it would have been! They replaced their shoes, got in the car, and drove back home. |
Ulrich had a research paper due in a week. But he procrastinated the paper all semester. He decided to work on the paper as much as he could all week. But he ended up procrastinating that too. Thankfully, his teacher allowed him more time to finish. |
The Jean Rougeau Trophy is awarded annually to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team that records the most points in the regular season. The trophy was named for former league president Jean Rougeau. |
Jacqueline Pascarl (born 5 July 1963), formerly known as Jacqueline Gillespie and Jacqueline Pascarl-Gillespie, is an Australian author, TV personality and parents' rights advocate and humanitarian aid worker. Pascarl came to public attention in 1992, when her children were covertly removed from Australia, illegally u... |
The British finches are made up of several species of finch which were formerly very popular as cage birds in Great Britain. They are not currently commonplace, but are still kept by a few dedicated fanciers. |
Fantasy comics have been around as long as comics. The classification "fantasy comics" broadly encompasses illustrated books set in an other-worldly universe or involving elements or actors outside our reality. Fantasy has been a mainstay of fiction for centuries, but burgeoned in the late 1930s and early 1940s, spurre... |
The 1915 Galveston hurricane was a tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in the Galveston area in August 1915. Widespread damage was also documented throughout its path across the Caribbean Sea and the interior of the United States. Due to similarities in strength and trajectory, the storm drew comparisons with... |
The serrano pepper (Capsicum annuum) is a type of chili pepper that originated in the mountainous regions of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo. The Scoville rating of the serrano pepper is 10,000 to 25,000. The name of the pepper is a reference to the mountains (sierras) of these regions. The pepper is commonly ... |
"Grand Old Team" or "It's a Grand Old Team" may refer to one of two football songs: |
Osric was king of Northumbria from the death of Coenred in 718 until his death on 9 May 729. Symeon of Durham calls him a son of Aldfrith of Northumbria, which would make him a brother, or perhaps a half-brother, of Osred. Alternatively, he may have been a son of King Eahlfrith of Deira, and thus a first cousin of Osre... |
Augustus Peabody Gardner (November 5, 1865 – January 14, 1918) was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of Representatives in the early 20th century. Through his marriage to Constance Lo... |
In relativity, rapidity is commonly used as a measure for relativistic velocity. Mathematically, rapidity can be defined as the hyperbolic angle that differentiates two frames of reference in relative motion, each frame being associated with distance and time coordinates. |
Brother Odd is a novel by Dean Koontz, published in 2006. The novel is the third book in Koontz's series focusing on a young man named Odd Thomas. |
I was so happy when my parents gave me my very first car. I drove it to school and showed it to my friends. After school I was challenged to a race. I took up the challenge and we sped down the road away from school. I lost control and hit a pole, totaling the brand new car! |
Criteria is an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed in 2003 when ex-Cursive founding member Steve Pedersen returned to his hometown after graduating from the Duke University School of Law. He spent six months in a friend's basement where he wrote all ten songs for his new project's debut album. He recruited the... |
The Sierra de Collserola (catalan. Serra de Collserola, ), or simply Collserola, is a mountain range between the rivers Besòs and Llobregat. It is part of the Catalan Coastal Range. |
DaShon Lamor Polk (born March 13, 1977) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played professionally for the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans. |
The Union of the Independent Trade Unions of Albania (BSPSH), is a National Confederation of Trade unions in Albania. It was established in 1991 and held its first national conference in February, 1992. It has an estimated membership of 85,000. |
M. A. Mansoor (1881–1968) was an antiquarian who compiled an exquisite collection of Amarna Period sculptures. |
Chase really wanted a laptop for his birthday. Chase told all his family and friends what he wanted. Chases brother and sister saved up to get him a laptop. When chase received the laptop for his birthday he was very happy. Chase uses the laptop every day now. |
Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control is a directive of the European Union. It replaces the Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 on the same subject matter; both are commonly referred to as IPPC Directive. |
Huntingtons are a punk band from Baltimore, Maryland which formed in 1993 in the Maryland and Delaware area by Cliff Powell (a.k.a. Cliffy Huntington), Mike Holt (a.k.a. Mikey Huntington) and Mike Pierce (a.k.a. Mikee Huntington). The band is heavily influenced by the Ramones. |
Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, in the northern part of Costa Rica twenty kilometers south of Los Chiles near the border with Nicaragua in the Alajuela province. The refuge is a wetlands site that is home to many migratory waterfowl during part of the ... |
Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 is a compilation album by Northern Irish rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Gary Moore. Released in 1994, the album encompasses the softer, romantic ballads and blues songs Moore had recorded since 1982. It contains three previously unreleased tracks; of these, the song "One Day" is actuall... |
Biff needed some dirt for his yard. While ordering dirt to be delivered he mixed up the amounts he wanted. Next week, a big dump truck dumped tons of dirt in a pile in his yard. Biff did everything he could to spread the dirt and use it up. Five months later, he has a nice dirt sculpture in his yard. |
Jasa is a municipality in Spain. |
Study in Consciousness is a book by Annie Besant that was written in ca. 1904. |
Spectrum is the debut solo album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham. |
NSS-6 is a communications satellite owned by SES WORLD SKIES. |
USS Eldorado (AGC-11) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, named after a mountain range in Nevada. The ship was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces comman... |
was a Japanese scholar and noble during the Nara period. Also known as . |
William Rogers is an American voice actor who primarily worked in the New York area for several years before moving to Los Angeles in 2015. |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.