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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
11: ...rth's surface. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ...[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]] [[1961]].
27: ... China|PRC flags]] in orbit during the [[Shenzhou 5]] mission.]]
28: ...send a human into space independently on October 15, 2003 when Yang Liwei piloted the Shenzhou V miss...
38: ... also known as ISRO, was established on [[August 15]], [[1969]] under the [[Department of Atomic Ener... - Cave (10592 bytes)
10: [[image:Lava tube at Craters of the Moon NM-750px.JPG|thumb|300px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of...
43: [[Image:Seneca_Caverns.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fracture blocks in Seneca Caverns, Ohio, USA]]
58: ...h Cave]] ([[Kentucky]], [[United States|USA]]) at 579km in length. This record is unlikely to be surp...
60: [[As of 2005]], the deepest known cave (measured from its high...
62: ... followed by [[Velebit caves|Patkov Gušt]] (553m) in the [[Velebit]] mountain, [[Croatia]]. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
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15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor. - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...leasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designations, relics of...
31: [[Image:Burg Eltz 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Burg Eltz]], [[Germany]]]]
52: ...gs rather to the more settled conditions of the [[12th century]] when haste was not a necessity, and i...
53: [[image:Tarascon Castle.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Front of [[Tarascon]] Castle, [[France]]]]
57: ...re built in the Holy Land by the crusaders of the 12th century, and it has been shown (Oman, ''Art of ... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: [[Image:coastredwood.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tall...
8: [[Image:Raunkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
30: ...claims of trees of 114 m, 117 m, 130 m, and even 150 m, are now largely disregarded as unreliable, fa...
31: # [[Coast Redwood]] ''Sequoia sempervirens'': '''112.83 m''', Humboldt Redwoods State Park, [[Californ...
35: ...as.com.au/forestrytas/tasfor/tasforests_12/tasfor_12_09.pdf Forestry Tasmania] [pdf file]) - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
6: ...t well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
226: ... widespread but rather rare: there are only about 500 species,
227: out of about 250, 000 flowering plants. They are almost entirely ...
232: ...mmonium]], and its pH is an extremely acidic 4 to 5. Ammonium can be used as a source of nitrogen by ...
244: ...ogen rich) [[enzyme]] [[Rubisco]] ([[ribulose]]-1,5-''bis''-phosphate [[carboxylase]]/[[oxygenase]]),... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...on, 1st Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[Engla...
10: ...e. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there ...
16: On June 27, 1576, he and Anthony were entered ''de societate mag...
18: ...he took up his residence in law at Gray's Inn in 1579. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
2: ...ho;άτης}} Sōkrá´Ĥamp;#275;s) was a Greek ([[Athens|Athenian]]) [[philosophy...
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43: ...ww.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/authrec?fk_authors=543 The writings of Xenophon], such as the ''Memora...
44: ....gutenberg.org/catalog/world/authrec?fk_authors=965 The satirical plays by Aristophanes] - Mars (27704 bytes)
8: ...gth as it is on earth: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.
11: ...her than Earth's 6 km. The atmosphere on Mars is 95 percent [[carbon dioxide]], 3 percent [[nitrogen]...
15: ...rovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20041213a/merb_sol290_clouds-B313R1_br.jpg] of water-ice...
20: [[Image:nasa_mars_opportunity_rock_water_150_eng_02mar04.jpg|thumb|left|Microscopic rock form...
22: ...arosite]]. This and other evidence led a group of 50 scientists to conclude in the December 9, 2004 e... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
9: During the [[15th century|15th]] and [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe e...
20: [[Image:ronokmap.JPG|right|framed|1584 map of Chesapeake Bay by John White]]
22: ...e "Lost" [[Colony of Roanoke]], established in [[1586]] off the coast of today's [[North Carolina]] b...
31: ...t. Gold was nowhere to be found. Finally, in [[1612]], [[John Rolfe]] hit upon the cultivation of [[t...
47: ...anor]], [[England]], whose members sailed in [[1605]] for the [[Netherlands]]. At this time the Neth... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
14: ...onclusions reached by the Council of Nicea in [[325]] C.E., known as the [[Nicene Creed]]. This descr...
23: ...g a rebellion ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 23:1–5): he was called the "King of the Jews" by [[Ponti...
27: ...]] 14:65; Luke 23:63–64), whipping (Isa. 53:5; John 19:1; Matt. 27:26) and general humiliation ...
31: ...leading figure amongst the Jewish Sanhedrin (Acts 5:34–40) and a noteworthy authority in his ow...
47: ...e I (emperor)|Constantine I]] was converted in [[312]] and with his [[Edict of Milan]] ([[313]]) made ... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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22: It reportedly scores between 100 and 500 su on the [[Scoville scale]] of hotness (most o... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
42: ...[[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1958]] to [[1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_ideologi...
44: ==1890–1912: Formative years==
49: ==1912–1940: Military career== - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: '''Tycho Brahe''' ([[December 14]], [[1546]] [[Knudstrup]], [[Denmark]] – [[October ...
8: ...in which was printed as his first publication in 1572). He also had two sisters, one older ([[Kirstin...
10: ... where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ..., the [[eclipse]] which occurred on August 21, [[1560]], particularly the fact that it had been predi...
14: ...ver a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brahe, [[1563]] (age 17). - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[H...
2: ...r]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he b...
5: ...admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his life he continued to o...
9: ...dren by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...llate between republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the [[French First Republic|First Rep...
20: [[Image:Taking of the Bastille.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The storming of the Bastille, July 14 17...
21: ... of [[Louis XV of France | Louis XV]] (ruled [[1715]]–[[1774]]) and Louis XVI several different...
27: ...me since [[1614]]. Brienne resigned on [[August 25]], [[1788]], and Necker again took charge of the ...
37: ...tates-General convened in [[Versailles]] on [[May 5]] [[1789]], lengthy speeches by Necker and Lamoig... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
15: ...s'' <small>†</small>) is the smallest (42"-54") member of the [[pelican]] family.
23: [[Image:Brown pelican Baja 2005.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Brown Pelican on the wing in...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: The House of Representatives consists of 435 members, each of whom is elected by a [[congressi...
10: [[Image:Uscapitolindaylight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|United States Capitol]]
15: ...umber is fixed by statute at 435 ([[Public Law 62-5]]).
17: ...ons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 percent of members have law degrees.
19: [[Image:State of the Union.jpg|thumb|250px| [[George W. Bush]] delivered his annual [[Sta... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
14: ...erican Civil War|Civil War]] ([[1861]]–[[1865]]). The war, which began soon after several south...
18: ...ublicans followed with [[Charles Curtis]] in [[1925]]. Initially, the powers of the leaders were very...
21: ...led to any representation. As there are presently 50 states, the Senate comprises 100 members. The se...
25: ...ceedings (most recently, [[Bob Packwood]] in [[1995]]). The Senate has also passed several resolution...
30: ...tes Senators|salary]] of each senator, as of [[2005]], is $162,100<!--http://www.senate.gov/artandhis...
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