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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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  • Luis de Góngora y Argote (July 11, 1561 – May 24, 1627) was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo ...
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  • Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823 - January 15, 1896), was a celebrated American photographer whose rise to prominence occurred largely in the years ...
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  • Mongolia (Mongolian: Монгол Улс) is a landlocked country located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia is ...
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  • Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (April 9, 1898 – June 1, 1965) was a founder, a player, and the first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional ...
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  • Water polo is a team water sport that combines elements of swimming and handball. A team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The ...
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  • Nairobi National Park is a national park in south-central Kenya. Established in 1946, it was a project of Mervyn Cowie, a conservationist who ...
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  • Camphor is a waxy, white or transparent solid with a strong, aromatic odor. J. Mann, et al., Natural Products: Their Chemistry and Biological ...
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  • Du Fu (712–770 C.E.) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Bai (Li Bo), he is frequently called the greatest of the ...
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  • Category:Psychologists Category:Biography Jones, Ernest [[Image:Hall Freud Jung in front of Clark 1909.jpg|thumb|Jones, middle of the back row ...
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  • Chrysanthemum is the common name and genus name for a group of erect, herbaceous perennial plants in the flowering plant family Asteraceae (aster ...
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  • Aihole (Kannada ಐಹೊಳೆ) is a town in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. Ancient inscriptions reveal the earlier names "Ayyavole ...
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  • Alpaca is the common name for a domesticated, gregarious, high-altitude South American ungulate, Vicugna pacos (syn. Lama pacos), of the camel ...
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  • James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was a member of the U.S. Continental Congress, minister to France and Great Britain, governor ...
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  • The Battle of Verdun was one of the most important battles in World War I on the Western Front, fought between the German and French armies from ...
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  • Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed earthenware on a delicate pale buff body. The invention of a pottery ...
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  • Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) was an American horticulturist, botanist, and co-founder of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Born ...
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  • Lake Baikal ( о́зеро Байка́л Ozero Baykal , ˈozʲɪrə bʌjˈkɑl , Байгал нуур Baygal nuur ) sits in Southern Siberia ...
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  • Helena Petrovna Hahn (also Hélène) (July 31, 1831 (O.S.) (August 12, 1831 (N.S.)) - May 8, 1891 London), better known as Helena Blavatsky ( ...
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  • The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg , Grand-Duché de Luxembourg , Großherzogtum Luxemburg ), archaically spelled Luxemburg ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Counterculture is a term used to describe a group whose values and norms of behavior ...
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  • Category:Public [[Image:Piano keyboard.JPG|thumb|right|350px|A grand piano]] The piano encompasses one of the broadest and most diverse ranges ...
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  • Germanium (chemical symbol Ge, atomic number 32) is a lustrous, hard, grayish-white chemical element. It is classified as a metalloid—that ...
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  • Sufism (from Arabic (صوف), Suf meaning "wool") is a mystical tradition of Islam dedicated to experiencing Allah/God as the epitome ...
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  • Tofu, also tōfu (the Japanese Romaji spelling), doufu (the Chinese Pinyin spelling often used in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (the literal ...
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  • Category:Public [[Image:George_Gershwin_1937.jpg|thumb|right|250px|George Gershwin in 1937.]] George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11 ...
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