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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...he first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]...
4: ...c breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...one Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a full-size replica of the [[Apollo...
13: ...]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[Ap...
15: ...er milestone was achieved on [[May 17]], [[2004]] when [[Civilian Space eXploration Team]] launched t... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: ...t some portion of it will not receive daylight; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller ...
11: ...face cools down and becomes hard. The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends.
12: ...lava inside the crust flows out and leaves a hollow tube.
13: ...ilo]] is the longest and deepest lava tube of the world and also the eighth longest cave of the Unite... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; backgroun...
7: | colspan=2 align=center | [[Image:Byzantine eagle.JPG|280px]]<br/><small>Emblem of the [[Palaeolog...
13: ...ently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
18: ...;ία Σοφία/Holy Wisdom)
27: ...most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...ory|prehistoric]] [[earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Cast...
2: ...ism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles an...
4: ...inently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
8: ...r owners for specific purposes, or evolved into new purposes over time:
10: ...n castles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges. - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: ...g|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth]]
3: ..., trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for several [[mi...
5: ... Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[Tree (myth...
9: ...] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics...
11: ...low gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typically classified. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...te the small entrance to the trap underneath the swollen 'balloon', and the colourless patches that c...
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
13: *Pitfall traps ([[pitcher plant]]s), which trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a po...
14: *Flypaper traps, which trap prey using a sticky mucilage; - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...an]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam'...
4: ... context of his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchem...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ...ughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of...
10: ...73 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]]. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
2: ...8049;της}} Sōkrá´Ĥamp;#275;s) was a Greek ([[Athens|Athenian]]) [[philosophy|phil...
5: ...ry hardiness, walking without shoes and a coat in winter.
7: ...en he came to see that it was ''philosophy'' that was truly important for study.
9: ...and sentenced to drink [[Cicuta virosa|hemlock]], which cost him his life.
11: ...wledge. Historical accounts from varied sources, while questionable, suggest that Socrates had been ... - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: ...IA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
4: ...bos (moon)|Phobos]] and [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]]) which are both small and oddly-shaped, possibly bei...
6: Its symbol, ♂ (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized repre...
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance i... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...stly different reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]], [[religion|religiou...
4: ...ves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] gover...
9: ...hnologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...n effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South Amer...
13: ..., so as far as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ...of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]].
6: ...k language|Greek]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" ...
8: ...ty is generally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctr...
9: ...n Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
11: ...denominations & schools of thought, including [[Anglicanism]], [[Calvinism]], [[Lutheranism]], and [[M... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
6: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
16: .... The name "allspice" was coined by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of several spic...
18: ... pimiento -- the Spanish word for "pepper" -- is sweet, succulent and more aromatic than that of the ...
21: ...a]], hence its name. It is an aromatic [[spice]] with a taste similar to a combination of [[cinnamon... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: ...es|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French p...
45: ...nders]]. Born in [[Lille]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]]. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...ss]] and [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
8: ...ycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced leading churchmen and politician...
10: ... and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ... that so impressed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the profe...
14: ...he aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years.'' -Tych... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...ch he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ... London, where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In ...
7: ...actices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellat...
9: ... classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men.
12: ...e king and his Lord Chancellor: [[Thomas Cardinal Wolsey]], [[Archbishop of York]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...lutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of c...
8: ...icting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of conflict and bloodshed.
10: ...es of the revolution must include all of the following:
13: ...ntment of the [[seigneurial system]] by peasants, wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoi...
21: ...ely dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], who became Controller-General of the Finances in [... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ...ichmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...dger]]s, [[fox]]es, [[hedgehog]]s, [[cat]]s and [[woodpecker]]s.
32: ...eadily than the females. Adults only live for a few months feeding on [[nectar]] and tree [[sap]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Brown Pelican}}
2: ...ox image | image = [[image: Brownpelican77.jpg|Brown Pelican]] | caption = }}
15: ...ped.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Brown Pelican]]The '''Brown Pelican''' (''Pelecanus occidentalis'' <small>&d...
17: ... coasts in flocks, returning to warmer waters for winter.
19: ... often travel in single file, flying low over the water's surface. - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...resentatives|House of Representatives]] (the "[[Lower House]]") and the [[United States Senate|Senate...
5: ...pproximately one-third of the terms expire every two years.
7: ...is not a mere "chamber of review," as is the case with the upper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislat...
9: ...eet in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C]].
13: ...ngress. Because terms are staggered, every state will have a ''junior'' and ''senior'' Senator. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate" ([[Artic...
4: ...n those of the House of Representatives (the "[[lower house]]").
6: ...he House of Representatives convenes in the south wing of the same building.
10: ...s, distinguished for their rank in life and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likenes...
12: ...n answer to a question by Thomas Jefferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to c...
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