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  • Luciano Pavarotti (October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007) was an Italian tenor and one of the most popular contemporary vocal performers in ...
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  • ( s=甘肃 |t=甘肅 |p=Gānsù |w=Kan-su, Kansu, or Kan-suh ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northwest region ...
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  • Category:Public number=8 | symbol=O | name=oxygen | left=nitrogen | right=fluorine | above=- | below=S | color1=#a0ffa0 | color2=green ...
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  • In electronics, a diode is a component that allows an electric current to flow in one direction but blocks it in the opposite direction. Thus ...
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  • O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910). O. Henry short stories are known for wit ...
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  • Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a multiple Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, dancer ...
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  • Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television ...
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  • Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist and the son of folk musician Tim Buckley. ...
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  • A calculator is a device for performing calculations. Modern calculators often incorporate a general-purpose computing system, but they are often ...
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  • A novel is a longer work of narrative fiction compared to a novella, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English ...
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  • A carburetor (North American spelling), or carburettor (Commonwealth spelling), is a device that blends air and fuel (usually gasoline) for an ...
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  • The panda or giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a mammal native to central-western and southwestern China and Tibet, characterized by woolly ...
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  • Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop" ...
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  • Ethylene (or IUPAC name ethene) is a chemical compound with the formula C2H4. Each molecule contains a double bond between the two carbon atoms ...
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  • Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. The Palace is a setting for state occasions, royal entertaining, and ...
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  • Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in the southern part of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers ...
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  • Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (April 23, 1858 – October 4, 1947) was a German physicist who is widely regarded as one of the most significant ...
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  • The Rolling Stones are an English rock band whose blues and rhythm and blues-infused music propelled them to the heights of popularity during ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations Life is an American magazine that publishes interviews, essays, cartoons, and ...
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  • Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a very pale blue liquid which appears colorless in a dilute solution, slightly more viscous than water. It is a weak ...
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  • Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru ...
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  • Zheng He ( t=鄭和|s=郑和|p=Zhèng Hé|w=Cheng Ho ; Birth name: 馬三寶 / 马三宝; p=Mǎ Sānbǎo ; Islamic name: حجّي محمود شمس ...
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  • A vacuum is a volume of space that is essentially empty of matter, so that gaseous pressure is much less than standard atmospheric pressure. ...
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  • Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE OStJ ( Welch ; March 20, 1917 – June 18, 2020) was an English singer, songwriter, and entertainer whose musical ...
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  • Nanotechnology is a field of applied science and technology covering a broad range of topics. The main unifying theme is the control of matter ...
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  • Greenland, (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning "Land of the Kalaallit (Greenlanders)," the largest island in the world, is located ...
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  • Aluminum (or aluminium) (chemical symbol Al, atomic number is 13) is a soft, lightweight metal with a silvery appearance and the ability to resist ...
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  • Ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, with the formula NH3. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure In this case, ...
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  • The Beatles were a highly influential English rock 'n' roll band from Liverpool. They are the most critically acclaimed and commercially ...
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  • Shoshone National Forest was the first federally protected National Forest established in the United States and covers nearly 2.5 million acres ...
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  • Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah ...
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  • Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer, and ...
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  • Graphene is a one-atom-thick planar sheet of carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. It can be thought of as an ...
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  • Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. Situated in the southern hemisphere and largely south of the Antarctic ...
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  • John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio ...
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  • Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success ...
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  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark June 10, 1921 – April 9, 2021) was a member of the British royal ...
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  • Diamond is the hardest known natural material and the third-hardest known material after aggregated diamond nanorods and ultrahard fullerite ...
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