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  • concentrations above 5.6 percent. A solution of hydrogen cyanide in water is ... used by the Nazi regime for the mass murder of Jews in the gas chambers of ...
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  • The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation ... (Saint James). However, misinterpretations of maps by subsequent Spanish ...
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  • The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers—Barry, Robin, and Maurice ... The multiple award-winning group was successful for most of its 40 ...
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  • 1973) was the first and third prime minister of Israel. A tough and uncompromising ... His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents of Israel ...
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  • in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a method of synthesizing ammonia using ... him to leave the country in 1933 because of his Jewish background, and ...
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  • Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the ... Brazzaville was founded in 1880, on the site of a village named Nkuna ...
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  • ), is a Chinese transverse flute, usually made of bamboo. It is also ... tissue-like shaving from the inner tube of a bamboo or reed, is made taut ...
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  • somewhat raccoon or bear-like face. A member of the Carnivora order, generally ... They generally are found in the slopes of the south of the Himalayas ...
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  • IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes.] ... Working Group on Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) of the International Astronomical ...
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  • The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western ... the only European country whose bordering countries are also landlocked. The ...
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  • began to withdraw as the possible collapse of North Korea in the wake news ... country, because the People's Republic of China has refused to grant ...
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  • history. The innovative music and style of John Lennon (1940–1980), ... The Beatles popularity led the "British Invasion" of United ...
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  • Surf fishing is the sport of catching fish while standing on the shoreline ... therefore, must have a working knowledge of factors that effect fishing ...
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  • A prisoner of war (POW) is a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy ... In the history of war (which covers basically all of human history ...
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  • The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... Antioch, Alexandria, and other centers of learning to study the Greek ...
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  • arises in children as a complication of strep throat that has been ... One of the most obvious preventive actions is addressing the original ...
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  • Nuclear power is a type of nuclear technology involving the controlled ... The use of nuclear power has also engendered much debate. Critics ...
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  • Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... in the United States with a population of 5.6 million. Houston was ...
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  • Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it has ...
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  • Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... quot; was applied to the Ndebele territory of Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was then ...
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