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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ...
69: ... vast interior of the North and South American mainlands would of course be largely mapped with the le...
91: ...ft with six ships from [[Sanlúcar de Barrameda|Sanlúcar, Spain]] for his third trip to the New World... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
12: ...enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into ...
28: *''[[Fermats Enigma|Fermat's Enigma]]'' by [[Simon Singh]] - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
42: Only a tiny percentage of animals are ever fossilized...
51: ...re are bigger dinosaurs, but they are known from only a small handful of bones. The current record hol...
53: ...[[mammoth]] were dwarfed by the giant sauropods. Only a small handful of aquatic animals approach it i...
64: ...[[Animal communication|Communication]] is also an enigma, but the hollow crests of the lambeosaurines may ...
91: ...ds and most reptiles are diapsids; mammals, with only one temporal fenestra, are called [[synapsid]]s;... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
10: ...bsorbed matter is excreted in the [[feces]]. But only a minimal amount of digestive juice is eliminate...
14: ...ate and the post-digestion state. The effect may only be discernible after an extended period of time ...
24: ===Antiquity through Enlightenment===
35: ... [[François Magendie]] discovers that dogs fed only [[carbohydrates]] and [[fat]] lost their body [[...
79: ...cagon and other hormones to varying degrees, not only the amount of omega-3 versus omega-6 eaten but a... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
40: ... the traditionally [[conservative]] state. After only one term, Clinton was defeated by [[United State...
48: ...oray into national politics occurred when he was enlisted to speak at the [[1988 Democratic National C...
65: ...campaign promise relating to the acceptance of openly [[gay]] members of the [[military]] garnered cri...
264: ... rather than appealing his suspension. [http://conlaw.usatoday.findlaw.com/supreme_court/orders/2001/...
308: ...pport of "unlimited scientific discovery, and... unlimited applications" [http://www.rand.org/scitech/... - Puzzle (1711 bytes)
2: A '''puzzle''' is a [[problem]] or enigma presented as [[entertainment]]; that is written d... - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
11: ...t. The decipherment in the 1950s of [[Linear B]] unlocked the meaning of this script, but an earlier s...
15: ...he goldsmiths' and painters' work of the Greek mainland ([[Mycenae]], [[Vaphio]], [[Tiryns]]).
29: In the absence of written records, only a summary history can be derived from monuments ...
67: ...] came into use early in this Minoan period, but only a few documents made of durable material have su...
69: ...illed both these ends: [[Zakro]] must have had mainly a commercial purpose, as the starting-point for ... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...alled a ''timpani stick'' or ''timpani mallet''. Unlike most drums, they produce a [[definite pitch]] ...
43: ...essional timpanists use are Dresden timpani, commonly with a ratchet-clutch or friction clutch pedal. ...
59: ... relatively inexpensive. Thus, they are more commonly used than calfskin heads. However, many professi...
66: Although it is not commonly written in the music, timpanists will change sti...
75: ...sp;cm (23 in) drums. Its range extends down only to the F below bass clef. - Giant Squids (7570 bytes)
24: ...wo long tentacles. The mantle length, though, is only about 2 m (7 ft) in length (more for females, le...
29: ...rms could be a vital clue in the solution of this enigma.
31: ... attempted to feed – upon giant squid. The only other known predator of the giant squid is the [...
39: ...nd. It is an inhabitant of Antarctic waters, and unlike the giant squid, relies upon both claw-like ho... - Echidna (6296 bytes)
20: ... their common name of "spiny anteaters", are the only surviving [[monotreme]]s apart from the [[Platyp...
25: ...he [[mating season]] (midwinter in most areas, mainly [[July]] and [[August]]) they are solitary, occu...
27: ...g pace, remaining horizontal all the while until only a few spines on the uppermost portion of the bac...
34: ...tinct species known only from [[fossil]]s; while only one species of the ''Tachyglossus'' genus is kno...
44: * ''[[Zaglossus robustus]]'', known only from [[fossil]]s.
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