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1. Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
   5: ...ole of the wise-cracking brewery worker [[Laverne DeFazio]] in the popular [[television|TV]] [[situati...
   16: ...[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted)
   17: *''[[How Come Nobody's on Our Side?]]'' (1975)
   24: *''[[Special Delivery (1999 film)|Special Delivery]]'' (1999)
   25: *''[[Stateside]]'' (2004)
2. Greek language (35285 bytes)
   9:    '''Modern Greek'''
   13: ...story of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical periods:
   17: ...n the armies and conquered territories of [[Alexander the Great]], but after the [[Hellenistic]] colon...
   21: ...poken by approximately 15 million speakers worldwide, most of whom live in [[Greece]].
   32: ... since the [[2nd millennium BC]]. The earliest evidence of this is found in the [[Linear B]] tablets d...
3. Utah (29154 bytes)
   23: DensityRank = 41^st |
   24: 2000Density = 10.50 |
   25: AdmittanceOrder = 45^th |
   28: Longitude = 109?W to 114?W |
   29: Latitude = 37?N to 42?N |
4. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
   3: ...s ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
   60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
   66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
   74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
   83: * [[9th century|800s]]: [[Black powder|Gunpowder]] in [[History of China|China]]
5. Desert (21206 bytes)
   1: ...humb|right|Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
   2: ...mb|right|Man and Camel, Desert, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
   4: ... of the world's deserts, http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/what/world.html)
   6: ...nd-driven) processes are major factors in shaping desert landscapes.
   8: ...ed by erosion. Because deserts are dry, they are ideal places for human artifacts and fossils to be pr...
6. Sun (20830 bytes)
   2: ...="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align="right" width=280px
   13: ! align="left" | [[Apparent magnitude|Visual brightness]] (''V'')
   16: ! align="left" | [[Absolute magnitude]]
   48: ! align="left" | Density
   76: | 7.25[[degree (angle)|?]] <br>(to the [[ecliptic]]) <br>67....
7. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
   2: ... [[Johannes Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Arist...
   7: ...610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
   10: ...ion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
   12: ...00s]]. According to Koyr鬠the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustr...
   14: ... rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precisi...
8. January 1 (18244 bytes)
   1: ... which the months are displayed, [[January]] to [[December]]. The first day of the medieval Julian yea...
   12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
   15: ...|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
   22: ...[[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published.
   25: ... The first claim under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]]....
9. Morse code (33777 bytes)
   1: ...b|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
   2: ...orse code is the only digital [[modulation]] mode designed to be easily read by humans without a compu...
   4: ...rly form of a digital code. International Morse code is composed of six elements:
   11: ...by more regular formats, including the [[Baudot code]] and [[ASCII]].
   13: ...s, became known as Railroad or [[American Morse code]], and is now very rarely used.
10. Metronome (3057 bytes)
    2: A '''metronome''' is a device that produces a regular [[pulse (music)|pulse...
    4: ...y fast markings he put on some pieces lead some modern scholars to suspect his metronome was quite ina...
    6: ...d to give an indication of the general tempo intended by the composer. Many pieces give a tempo indica...
    8: ...rod swings back and forth in tempo; mechanics inside the metronome produce a clicking sound on each sw...
    10: ... button forms range from simple credit-card sized devices to the complicated "Dr. Beat", manufactured ...
11. Lightning (33113 bytes)
    2: ...ning strokes are observed during a night-time thunderstorm.]]
    6: ...e air, producing lightning's characteristic [[thunder]] sound.
    10: ...but while waiting for its completion, he got the idea of using a flying object, such as a [[kite]] ins...
    12: ...fallen during the storm had soaked the line and made it conductive.
    14: ...ted the original high-object-with-some-spark-gap idea that they used, so he usually gets the credit.
12. Flood (7770 bytes)
    1: ...er", the word is applied to the inflow of the [[tide]], as opposed to the outflow or "ebb".
    2: ... history is treated badly as [[Deluge (mythology)|Deluge in mythology]].
    5: ...ood of water filling dry streambeds known as a "[[flash flood]]".
    7: ...e rich farmlands and can result in their eventual depletion. The annual cycle of flood and farming was...
    10: ...ntries, such as [[Bangladesh]], due to their extended periods of [[rainfall]].
13. Drama (12658 bytes)
    1: ...eant to be read rather than staged; examples include the plays of [[Seneca]], ''[[Manfred]]'' by [[Geo...
    3: ...dians applied it to the plays they wrote; [[Euripides]] is portrayed in the [[Acharnians]] of [[Aristo...
    7: ... drama as an umbrella, with all of its subforms underneath it.
    13: ... another character or situation gives a greater understanding of what is happening around us.
    15: ...about how hard it must be to live alone. They broadened their own perceptions of the world. This all o...
14. Helicopter (20080 bytes)
    1: ...b>fixed-wing aircraft</b>. The word helicopter is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''he...
    3: ...] Company (USA) [[Robinson R44|R44]], a four seat development of the [[Robinson R22|R22]].]]
    5: ...ject only to refuelling facilities and load/altitude limitations, a helicopter can travel to any locat...
    9: ...ransportation, casualty evacuation (including [[MEDEVAC]], and [[search and rescue|air/sea/mountain re...
    13: ...ry AD]] book in China that described some of the ideas in a rotary wing aircraft.
15. Photography (18493 bytes)
    2: ...rough [[mechanical]], [[chemical]] or [[digital]] devices commonly known as [[camera]]s.
    4: ==Image forming devices==
    5: ...mera]] or [[camera obscura]] is the image forming device and [[photographic film]] or a digital storag...
    9: The controls include:
    14: ... [[Macro photography|macro]], [[Wide-angle lens|wide angle]], or [[Zoom lens|zoom]])
16. Digital photography (33923 bytes)
    4: ...ther devices, such as [[mobile phone]]s, now include digital photography features.
    10: * [[charge-coupled device]] (CCD)
    18: ...onsumer digital cameras became available for considerably lower prices. (The [[Ritz Dakota Digital]] i...
    22: ...owest-end, a [[digital memory]] device (usually [[flash memory]]; [[floppy disk]]s and [[CD-RW]]s are les...
    24: ...hotographs, and store them on [[videotape]] or on flash memory cards.
17. American comic book (14771 bytes)
    8: ...on of [[Rodolphe T?er|Rodolphe T?er's]] "Histoire de M. Vieux Bois".
    10: ==[[Golden Age of comic books|The Golden Age]]==
    13: Comic books developed from earlier [[comic strip]]s that had beg...
    15: ...mic books had begun appearing in the previous decade. The [[Belgium|Belgian]] comic book "[[Tintin]] ...
    17: ... and the content was heavy on [[adventure]] and [[detective fiction]].
18. Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
    1: ... Bush]], [[Bighorn Sheep]], [[Coyote]], and the [[Death Valley Pupfish]] - a survivor of much wetter t...
    3: ...ational Park, as well as being substantially expanded.
    5: ...1700 million years old. Ancient warm-shallow seas deposited marine sediments until rifting opened the ...
    6: ...|A slice through the highest and lowest points in Death Valley National Park.]]
    8: ...age:Wpdms shdrlfi020l death valley.jpg|frame|left|Death Valley and environs]]
19. Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
    2: ...the town of [[Bayeux]] in [[Normandy]]. It was made in [[England]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] of [...
    5: ... the scenes. (Setton 207) This work of art includes 623 humans, 202 horses, 41 ships, 2000 Latin wor...
    7: ...of Bayeux, who were fighting for the Republic, needed cloth to cover their wagons. As such, the tapes...
    9: ...Mathilde" (Tapestry of Queen Mathilda). The embroiderers used wool which had been tinted with vegetabl...
    11: ...unknown whether they were done in chronological order. (Crack 1)
20. Wildfire (23185 bytes)
    8: ...; the word got its present meaning by people misunderstanding the expression "spread like wildfire". [...
    14: ...anization of wildlands, these fires often involve destruction of suburban homes located in the wildlan...
    16: ...al [[butenolide]]. Most native animals, too, are adept at surviving wildfires.
    18: ...ge communities, destroying many homes and causing deaths.
    20: ...logging]]) has historically provided the fuel for devastating fires such as the fires in [[Michigan]] ...

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