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  • Butane, also called n-butane (normal butane), is an unbranched alkane with four carbon atoms in each molecule. Its molecular formula may be written ...
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  • Henry Habberley Price (May 17, 1899 – November 26, 1984) was a British philosopher and logician, known for his work on perception and thinking ...
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  • Galliformes is an order of chicken-like birds, characterized by stocky built, small head, strong feet, and often short bills and wings, and adult ...
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  • The Italian colonial empire was created after Italy joined other European powers in establishing colonies overseas during the "scramble ...
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  • Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN) refers to a group of β-lactam antibiotics obtained from fungi of the Penicillium genus and used in the ...
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  • In nuclear physics, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two atomic nuclei or nuclear particles collide to produce products different from ...
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  • Category:Public Zeno of Elea (Greek. Ζήνων)(c. 490 B.C.E. – 430 B.C.E.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of southern Italy and a member ...
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  • John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an influential but controversial director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
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  • A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems branching ...
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  • Propylene glycol, also known by the systematic name propane-1,2-diol, is an organic compound with the chemical formula C3H8O2. Under standard ...
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  • Mustelidae is a diverse family of the order Carnivora, whose extant members typically are characterized by large necks, small heads, short legs ...
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  • Carl August Nielsen (June 9, 1865 – October 3, 1931) was a conductor, violinist, and the most internationally known composer from Denmark. ...
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  • Category:Psychologists Category:Image wanted Gesell, Arnold {{Infobox scientist |name = Arnold Gesell |image = ...
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  • The term concerto (plural is concerti or concertos) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra ...
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  • Feliformia is one of two suborders within the order Carnivora and consists of the "cat-like" carnivores, such as the felids (true cats ...
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  • The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (also called the "European Convention on Human Rights" and ...
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  • An anchor is an object that is used to attach a ship or boat to a specific point at the bottom of a body of water. The anchor prevents the vessel ...
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  • The Battle of Inchon (also Romanized as "Incheon;" 인천 상륙 작전 Incheon Sangryuk Jakjeon; code name: Operation Chromite) was ...
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  • Yonsei University (IPA: / 'jənsɛː /) a private, coeducational university located in Seoul, South Korea, has earned recognition as one ...
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  • The siege of Sparta took place in 272 B.C.E. and was a battle fought between Epirus, led by King Pyrrhus, ( r.|reigned 297–272 B.C.E.) and an ...
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