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  1. Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
    33: The species is commonly known for its friendly character and curiosity. ...
    40: Their diet consists mainly of small fish, occasionally also [[squid]], [[cr...
    52: ...almost exclusively shown by females. This is the only known case of tool use in marine mammals. An ela...
    57: ...t and is inserted into the vagina. The act lasts only 10-30 seconds, but is repeated numerous times, w...
    88: ...much easier to spot than the tuna, fishermen commonly encircle dolphins to catch tuna, sometimes resul...
  2. Milwaukee Brewers (8926 bytes)
    21: Much of the story of the Seattle Pilots' only year in existence is told in [[Jim Bouton]]'s cl...
    29: ...dent [[Mandy Block]] with a bat. Block suffered only a scraped [[knee]]. Simon was arrested, charged...
    31: ... Brewers are featured prominently in the [[2004]] film ''[[Mr. 3000]]''.
    141: ...982]], he managed the Milwaukee Brewers to their only [[World Series]] appearance.
  3. Earth Day (8264 bytes)
    3: ::"''May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for ...
    12: ...h 21]], [[1971]], U Thant said: “May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for ...
    31: ...s targeting him during the filming of the actor's film The Beach in 1999.
    61: ...in.com/games/earthday.html Kids Domain Earth Day Online Games]
  4. Halloween (18290 bytes)
    2: ...n much of the [[Western world]], though most commonly in the [[United States]], [[Ireland]], [[Scotlan...
    20: ...al)|black magic]], or mythical [[monster]]s. Commonly-associated Halloween characters include [[ghost]...
    35: ...ressing up as a character from a [[TV show]] or [[film|movie]]. In [[2001]], after the [[September 11 at...
    53: ... to be hoaxes, and the few that were real caused only minor injuries, but many parents were under the ...
    68: ...tinguished all other fires. Each family then solemnly lit their hearth from the common flame, thus bon...
  5. Culture of Italy (11004 bytes)
    8: ...mportant element of the Italian lifestyle, and mainly reflects the rural culture and history of the ma...
    27: ...fricans, mostly of Berber or Arab origin, came mainly from heavily Islamic [[Morocco]], though they ha...
    36: ...the Lumi貥 brothers had discovered it. The first film was a few seconds was Pope Leo XIII giving a bles...
    37: ...opaganda during [[World War II]]. The blockbuster film [[The Passion of the Christ]] was recently made ...
    60: ... than that from the north [1][http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/MIE/Part2_chapter08.html].
  6. Tyrannosaurus rex (20653 bytes)
    15: ...y 30 specimens had been found{{fn|1}}, including only three complete skulls. The first specimens found...
    22: ...n worn or broken at the tips from heavy use but, unlike [[mammals]], were continually grown and shed t...
    35: ...hair density of an elephant as it grows, or were only feathered on parts of their bodies. In general, ...
    60: ...ey first. An animal the size of ''T. rex'' could unlikely hunt in this manner, although ''T. rex'' is ...
    62: ...lls]] from smaller predators. While this is certainly a possibility, because (obviously) few animals w...
  7. Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
    20: ... in Munich lodgings to finish school, completing only one term before leaving school in spring 1895, w...
    24: ...ched to the same section as Einstein, and as the only woman that year, to study for the same diploma. ...
    33: ...for Einstein Studies at Boston University, Joffe only ascribed authorship to Einstein, as he believed ...
    37: ...one. This is [[irony#irony of fate|ironic]], not only because Einstein is far better-known for relativ...
    39: ...s to the "''Annalen der Physik''". They are commonly referred to as the "''[[Annus Mirabilis Papers]]...
  8. George Eastman (2821 bytes)
    5: ...[[film stock|motion picture film]], used by early filmmakers [[Thomas Edison]], the [[Lumiere Brothers]]...
    9: ...eived a patent for his [[camera]] which used roll film. He coined the phrase "You Press The Button and W...
    15: ...man House International Museum of Photography and Film]] in 1947. On the 100th anniversary of his birth...
  9. Philo Farnsworth (6489 bytes)
    25: ...gned by Farnsworth to create [[nuclear fusion]]. Unlike most controlled fusion systems, which slowly h...
    35: ... life and work is currenty under production. The film is being written by [[West Wing]] director [[Aaro...
  10. Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
    23: Messages often were encoded so that only those active in the Railroad would fully underst...
    33: ...within the constellation [[Ursa Major]] that commonly was called then, as it is today, the "Big Dipper...
    73: ... Of the 20,000 who emigrated to [[Upper Canada]] only 20% returned to the United States.<sup>2</sup>
    75: ... United States, a large number of black refugees enlisted in the Union Army and, while some later retu...
    82: ...abolitionists who assisted the railway. In the [[film]] ''[[Batman Begins]]'', [[Bruce Wayne]] learns t...
  11. Choreography (872 bytes)
    3: Although mainly used in relation to [[dance]] the term '''''chor...
    9: * [[Martial arts film]]
  12. Ice skating (4786 bytes)
    1: ...ut boots, tied to regular [[footwear]]). It is mainly done for [[recreation]] and as a [[sport]].
    16: ...that a small child can skate on the ice as frictionlessly as a much heavier adult ice skater. The pres...
    18: ...film]] of liquid water ranging in thickness from only a few molecules to thousands of molecules on top...
    32: ...oonrijden or "fancy skating" (schoonrijden.rinkes.nl)]
  13. Florence (11538 bytes)
    28: ...nd Dukes of Tuscany]], ruling for two centuries. Only [[Republic of Lucca]] (later a [[Duchy of Lucca|...
    51: ...Etruscans]] in ancient times, this bridge is the only one in the city to have survived [[World War II]...
    76: ... and [[film|movie]]s, including the [[novel]] and film ''[[Hannibal (movie)|Hannibal]]''.
  14. Italy (17022 bytes)
    60: ...apacy]], and became part of the Kingdom of Italy only on [[September 20]], [[1870]], the final date of...
    82: ...es has officially 630 members (''de facto'', 619 only after the 2001 elections). In addition to 315 se...
    147: ...[[automobile]]s, visual [[art]] and [[design]], [[film|cinema]], [[theatre]], [[literature]], [[poetry]]...
    152: Contemporary Italian artists, writers, filmmakers, architects, composers, and designers conti...
    186: ...ite of the Italian parliament (Senate in Italian only)
  15. Venice (22017 bytes)
    10: ...dship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as [[Berga...
    12: ...ist|Winged Lion of St. Mark]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the m...
    14: ...self. The ''[[Cavalieri di San Marco]]'' was the only order of [[chivalry]] ever instituted in Venice,...
    35: Early in the [[15th century]], as new mainland territories were expanded, the first standing ...
    37: ... often experienced. A civilian commissioner (not unlike a [[commissar]]) accompanied each army to keep...
  16. Drama (12658 bytes)
    1: ...formed in a variety of media: live performance, [[film]], or [[television]]. "[[Closet drama]]s" are wo...
    13: ...ons with others--this allows participants to not only learn facts as they would from a book or in a cl...
    40: D.I.E. (Drama in Education). Unlike Theatre in education, D.I.E. is based more upo...
    52: ...or wrong way of doing. As a result, its effects, unlike theater performances, are often unique and unr...
  17. Elephant (13277 bytes)
    21: '''Elephantidae''' (the '''elephants''') is the only extant [[family (biology)|family]] in the [[orde...
    44: ... of fruits, seeds and flowers. Because elephants only use 40% of what they eat they have to make up fo...
    48: ...ngers" at the tip of their trunks, as opposed to only one.
    55: ...atomy as well. African ivory hunters, by killing only tusked elephants, have given a much larger chanc...
    56: It is possible, if unlikely, that continued selection pressure could bri...
  18. Gorilla (6336 bytes)
    35: ...[Koko (gorilla)|Koko]], also known for being the only animal known to keep one of another species as a...
    54: * The giant gorilla is a recurring theme in film, especially in the various incarnations of ''[[Ki...
    58: * film [[Planet of the Apes]]
    59: ...h State University in Pittsburgh, Kansas, is the only public college in the United States to have a go...
    67: .../homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/gorillas/ Gorillas Online] - Natural history, genetics, conservation and...
  19. Olympia (2033 bytes)
    16: *''[[Olympia (film)|Olympia]]'', a [[1938]] film by [[Leni Riefenstahl]] documenting the Berlin-ho...
  20. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    31: ...tion. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) situated at the northern tip ...
    62: ... it rats infected with [[bubonic plague]]. Mistakenly believing that interred corpses contributed to t...
    66: ... remain, whose 30,000 deceased residents are the only permitted within the city to this day.
    71: ... [[World War II]], San Francisco was the major mainland supply point and port of embarkation for the w...
    85: ... [[Dan White]], murdered San Francisco's first openly gay elected official, Supervisor [[Harvey Milk]]...

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