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- Glass (26176 bytes)
20: ...an 400 [[nanometre|nm]], also known as [[ultraviolet]] light or UV, to pass. This is due to the additi...
22: ...f glass can be made so pure that hundreds of kilometres of glass are transparent at [[infrared]] wavel...
26: Glass is sometimes created naturally from volcanic [[magma]]. T...
35: ...llic additives in the glass mix can produce a variety of colors. Here [[cobalt]] has been added to pro...
37: ...roduces a less intense red, often [[marketing|marketed]] as "[[cranberry]]". [[Uranium]] (0.1 to 2%) c... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
5: ...Great Sphinx faces due east, with a small temple between its paws.
9: ...nd the body of a [[lion]]. It is 57 metres (260 feet) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide, and has a height of 20 m...
11: ... uncovered the Sphinx' chest completely. The entirety of the Sphinx was finally dug out in [[1925]], t...
18: ...he world's largest statue and one of its oldest, yet basic facts about it are unknown, such as the rea...
29: ...re inserted at the base of the nose to remove it between the [[10th century|10th]] and [[15th century|... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
24: ...t for [[daylight saving time]], a face needs two sets of numerals or a correction table, and must be a...
41: In common speech, sometimes ''style'' refers to the entire gnomon.
49: ...e face. The gnomon should be sturdy, preferably metal, because gnomons are usually thin, and can brea...
67: ...t keeps time all year, and its face is never completely shaded in the daytime (as vertical sundials ar...
74: ...he wall, and construct the gnomon as a tripod of metal bars. Fancy sundials used to have faces of inl... - Golf (35905 bytes)
8: ...The INTERNATIONAL]], a tournament that uses this method. In match play, every hole is played as a sepa...
16: ...ass, and ''water hazards'' (lakes, ponds, rivers, etc). Special rules apply to playing balls that come...
18: ...alled the ''grain''. The ''hole'' must have a diameter of 108 mm and a depth of at least 100 mm. Its p...
22: ...ar (''in regulation'') and then use two putts to get the ball into the hole. Many 18-hole courses hav...
27: ...onsists of 18 holes that are played in the order determined by the course layout. On a nine-hole cours... - Halloween (18290 bytes)
4: ...an pagan holidays) and given a Christian reinterpretation. Halloween is also known as the [[Day of the...
10: Halloween is sometimes associated with the [[occult]]. Many European...
24: ...tep on Halloween night for fun. Traditionally, something like this was done in order to scare evil spi...
29: ...s use [[sound effects]] and fog machines to help set a spooky mood. Other house decoration themes (tha...
33: ...s soaping windows, egging houses or stringing toilet paper through trees. Before indoor plumbing was ... - Yellowstone National Park (23738 bytes)
25: ...perate zone]] [[ecosystems]] remaining on the planet.
27: ...ount St. Helens]] in 1980 and left a huge 70 kilometer long, 30 km wide [[caldera]] sitting over a hug...
34: ...dicate that a regular [[obsidian trade]] existed between Yellowstone Native Americans and tribes furth...
39: ...dger was known for being a "spinner of yarns." Nonetheless his stories did arouse the interest of expl...
42: ...me known as "National Park" Langford and an Army detachment commanded by Lt. [[Gustavus Doane]]. The e... - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ... into effect on [[November 1]] of that year. It met with great resistance in the colonies and was nev...
6: ...me was 26 shillings whilst citizens of [[Massachusetts]] paid only around 1 shilling a year back to Lo...
8: ...f these taxes ranged from a half penny on a pamphlet or one-page newspaper to fifty pounds on a major ...
13: ...attacked by the French, [[Spain|Spanish]], and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] at various times, and they had be...
15: ...the stamps, was burned. The mob even went on to [[vandalism|vandalise]] Lieutenant Governor [[Thomas Hutchins... - Desert Tortoise (5389 bytes)
22: ...s an [[herbivore]]. Grasses for the bulk of its diet, but also eats [[herb]]s, annual [[wildflower]]s,...
30: ... They range from near sea level to around 3,500 feet in elevation. It is believed that, in their entir...
34: ...vandalism by humans, habitat destruction, and competition with cattle for forage plants.
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