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  • An Lushan ( t=安祿山|s=安禄山|p=Ān Lùshān ) (703 - 757) was a military leader of Turkic-Sogdian origin during the Tang Dynasty in China ...
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  • Ahn Jung-Geun or An Jung-Geun (September 2, 1879 - March 26, 1910) (Baptismal name: Thomas) was a Korean independence activist. In 1909, during ...
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  • General relativity (GR) is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. According to general relativity ...
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  • Special relativity is a fundamental physics theory about space and time that was developed by Albert Einstein in 1905 Einstein, Albert, [http://www ...
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  • category:image wanted National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (U.S.) The National Digital Information Infrastructure ...
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  • A polygraph (commonly referred to as a lie detector) is an instrument that measures and records several physiological responses such as blood ...
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  • Poker is a popular card game, or group of card games, in which players compete against one another by gambling on the values of each player& ...
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  • Anatidae is the biological family of medium to very large-sized birds in the order Anseriformes that includes the ducks, geese and swans, with ...
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  • The Arabic word Surah (or "Sura" ar|سورة sūrah , plural "Surahs" ar|سور ) is used in Islam to mean a "chapter ...
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  • Fluorine (chemical symbol F, atomic number 9) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as halogens. Chemically, it is ...
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  • Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a chemical compound with the formula (CH3)2SO. This colorless liquid is an important polar aprotic solvent that ...
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  • Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer and astrochemist and a highly successful popularizer of ...
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  • Tzitzit or tzitzis (Ashkenazi) (Biblical Hebrew language: ציצת, Modern ציצית) are "fringes" or "tassels" worn by ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Shawnee |image = [[Image:Shawnee ...
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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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  • Sanskrit ( sa|संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk , for short sa|संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam ) is an ancient ...
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  • The Florida Keys are an archipelago of about 1,700 islands in the southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida ...
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  • John Knox (1514?–1572) was a Scottish religious reformer who took the lead in reforming the Church in Scotland along Calvinist lines following ...
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  • In science and technology, a battery is a device that stores chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical form. Batteries consist ...
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  • A space elevator is a proposed structure intended to transport material from the surface of a celestial body, particularly Earth, into space ...
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  • Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The main goals ...
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  • In biology, evidence of evolution or evidence for evolution is generally any of an available body of facts or information that supports the theory ...
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  • Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name. These components ...
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  • NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), was the United States government's manned launch vehicle ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University-Jen |image= [[Image:Reynoldsclub ...
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  • Ladakh ( t=ལ་དྭགས་|script=yes|w=la-dwags , Ladakhi lad̪ɑks , Hindi: लद्दाख़, Hindi ləd̪.d̪ɑːx , Urdu: لدّاخ; ...
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  • Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to ...
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  • The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike on the United States Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan ...
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  • For the bird, see Turkey (bird) native_name = {{native name|tr|Türkiye Cumhuriyeti|icon=no |conventional_long_name = Republic of Turkey ...
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  • Unified Silla (668 – 935) refers to the unification of the Three Kingdoms of southern Korea: Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla. The fall of Baekje ...
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  • Modern Philosophy refers to an especially vibrant period in Western European philosophy spanning the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Most ...
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  • New Brunswick (French: Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces, and the only constitutionally bilingual province ...
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  • A forest is a type of ecosystem in which there is high density of trees occupying a relatively large area of land. An ecosystem is an ecological ...
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  • Sita (Sanskrit: meaning "furrow") is one of the principal figures of the Ramayana, a famous Hindu scripture of epic proportions, which ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs) to a number ...
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  • Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was an English biographer, who is best known for The Compleat Angler, a classic guide to the ...
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  • The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans with strong cultural and political ties ...
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  • Exorcism (from Late Latin exorcismus—to adjure) is the practice of evicting demons or other evil spiritual entities from a person or place ...
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  • Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891) was one of the most notable symbolist poets of mid-to-late nineteenth century ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first ...
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  • Jōdo shū (浄土宗 "The Pure Land School"), also known as Jodo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism, derived from the teachings ...
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  • The Río de la Plata (Spanish: "Silver River") — which is often referred to in English-speaking countries as the River Plate, or ...
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  • The Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) was a peace treaty signed in Lausanne, Switzerland, that settled the Anatolian and East Thracian parts ...
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  • Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was a prominent American suffragist, vocal advocate of gender equality, the wife of abolitionist ...
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  • Category:Politicians and reformers Ovington, Mary White [[Image:W.E.B. DuBois Mary White Ovington (168549224).jpg|thumb|right|250 px| Mary White ...
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  • Rosemary is the common name for a woody, perennial herbaceous plant, Rosmarinus officinalis, characterized by fragrant, evergreen needle-like ...
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  • A business plan is a formal, written statement of a set of business goals, the financial background and nature of the business, and the strategy ...
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  • In particle physics, a hadron (from the Greek word ἁδρός , hadros, meaning "thick") is a subatomic particle formed by the binding ...
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  • Chloral hydrate is a colorless, solid chemical compound with the formula C2H3Cl3O2. It is soluble in both water and alcohol, readily forming ...
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  • In the discussions of ethics, courage is considered to be a moral virtue. In the history of philosophy, the concept of courage as a moral virtue ...
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  • Knowledge is evaluated and organized information with implications of being true, justified, and believed. Knowledge is often distinguished from ...
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  • The Árpáds or Arpads was the ruling dynasty of the federation of the Magyar tribes (ninth-tenth centuries) and of the Kingdom of Hungary (1000/1001 ...
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  • Angioplasty is the mechanical widening of blood vessel that is abnormally narrowed (stenosis) or totally obstructed (occlusion). Angioplasty ...
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  • "Apathy" or apatheia (Greek απάθεια, "absence of feeling"), is a philosophical term originally used by the Stoics ...
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