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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...s of exactly how that would be done. During the [[20th century]], with the development of adequate pr...
6: ...e Shuttle Enterprise]], a Concorde and scores of aircraft. The [[U.S. Space & Rocket Center]] museum in...
8: See also: [[The Blue Marble]], a [[1972]] image taken during the [[Apollo program]]
11: ... space usually used is that space begins 100 km (62 miles) above Earth's surface. The United States s...
13: ...Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]] [[1961]]. - Cave (10592 bytes)
22: ...r, [[Big Four Mountain]], [[Washington]], ca. [[1920]]]]
30: ...rainwater and [[groundwater]] charged with CO<sub>2</sub> ([[carbonic acid]]) and naturally occurring...
42: ...'s exposed limestone - more than 1,000,000 km<sup>2</sup> - has hardly been explored underground.
43: [[Image:Seneca_Caverns.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fracture blocks in Seneca Caverns, Ohio, USA]...
58: ...[Optimisticeskaja]] system in the [[Ukraine]], at 214km. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''ΡΩΜΑΝΙΑ'''</big></big>
4: ...914;υζαντινή Αυτοκρατ...
7: ...span=2 align=center | [[Image:Byzantine eagle.JPG|280px]]<br/><small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dy...
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
17: | [[532]]-[[537]]<br> - Castle (27805 bytes)
5: [[Image:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://c...
7: [[Image:Ireland_coast.jpg|280px|thumb|right|Castle found along the coast of I...
19: ...var Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 1626.]]
31: [[Image:Burg Eltz 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Burg Eltz]], [[Germany]]]]
46: ...crob]]. The essential feature of this type was a circular mound of earth surrounded by a dry ditch and ... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: [[Image:coastredwood.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tal...
3: ...he term generally applies to plants at least 6 m (20 ft) high at maturity and, more importantly, havi...
8: [[Image:Raunkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
31: ... [[Coast Redwood]] ''Sequoia sempervirens'': '''112.83 m''', Humboldt Redwoods State Park, [[Californ...
32: ...//www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/pi/ps/menziesii2.htm Gymnosperm Database]) - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: [[image:Darlingtonia_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small en...
66: [[image:Brocchinea.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[Brocchinia]]'': a carnivorous bromel...
162: [[image:Genlisearepens1web.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Genlisea]]'': carnivorous plants st...
182: [[image:Roridula_gorgonias.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[Roridula]]'': a borderline carnivore...
227: out of about 250, 000 flowering plants. They are almost entirely... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...18]], and created '''Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his...
16: On June 27, 1576, he and Anthony were entered ''de societat...
21: ...w, until admitted as an [[outer barrister]] in 1582. In 1584 he took his seat in [[parliament]] for [...
25: ...d Bacon became acquainted with [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]] (1567-1601), [[Elizabeth I of E... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
2: ...ράτης}} Sōkrá´Ĥamp;#275;s) was a Greek ([[Athens|Athenian]]) [[philosop...
37: {{commons|Socrates}}
45: ...ww.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/authrec?fk_authors=2747 Aristotle's writings]
47: ...' dialogue with Meno in which the boy proves root 2 is irrational (by an anonymous author)] - Mars (27704 bytes)
6: Its symbol, ♂ (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it)...
8: ...h as it is on earth: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.
11: ...[[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbiter]], present mea...
15: ...hat were photographed by the Opportunity rover in 2004.
18: ...ven [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02008]. If true, the processes involved may have hel... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
22: ...cond resupply ship, delayed for several years by circumstances in England, found no trace of the coloni...
31: .... Gold was nowhere to be found. Finally, in [[1612]], [[John Rolfe]] hit upon the cultivation of [[t...
49: ...ablishing that settlement on [[December 21]], [[1620]].
51: ...]] was chosen to replace him in the spring of [[1621]]. Later that year, the colonists enlisted the ...
54: ...ts Bay Company]]. Within two years, an additional 2,000 had arrived in America in waves of emigration... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
12: ...'s largest single [[religion]], with an estimated 2.0 billion followers or about 33% of the world's p...
14: ...conclusions reached by the Council of Nicea in [[325]] C.E., known as the [[Nicene Creed]]. This desc...
21: ...ing to [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 11:19 and 11:26 in the [[New Testament]], Jesus' followers were ...
23: ...he Jews" by [[Pontius Pilate]] (John 19:19–22; see Luke 16:8) on the [[INRI|''titulus crucis'']...
27: ...ash;64), whipping (Isa. 53:5; John 19:1; Matt. 27:26) and general humiliation that is centred on the ... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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18: ...sweet pepper that measures 3 to 4 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide. The flesh of this pimiento -- t... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
7: ...yle="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
22: | [[November 22]], [[1890]]
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44: ==1890–1912: Formative years== - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...46]] [[Knudstrup]], [[Denmark]] – [[October 24]], [[1601]] [[Prague]], [[Bohemia]] (now [[Czech...
8: ... which was printed as his first publication in 1572). He also had two sisters, one older ([[Kirstine ...
10: ...where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...however, the [[eclipse]] which occurred on August 21, [[1560]], particularly the fact that it had bee...
18: ... a fair amount of drinking, while the just turned 20-year-old Tycho was studying at the [[University ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[...
2: ...that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the word "[[utopia]]", a name he ...
12: ... More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal advisor to King He...
14: ...nd [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. In [[1525]] he became chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancast...
31: ... "Defender of the Faith" from the [[Pope]] in [[1521]]. After [[Martin Luther]] responded, More publ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...f France|Louis XVI]] (reigned [[1774]]–[[1792]]) faced a crisis in the royal finances. The Fren...
27: ...ime since [[1614]]. Brienne resigned on [[August 25]], [[1788]], and Necker again took charge of the...
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an...
44: ...id forty-seven members of the nobility. By [[June 27]] the royal party had overtly given in, although...
57: ...mmune''. The king visited Paris, where, on [[July 27]], he accepted a [[tricolore]] [[cockade]], as c... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Vacalloria.jpeg|200px|Stag beetle]] | caption = }}
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
15: ...alis'' <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 Baja Califo...
33: ...rotected by the [[Migratory Bird Treaty]] of [[1972]].
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
15: ... number is fixed by statute at 435 ([[Public Law 62-5]]).
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
19: ...to a [[joint session of Congress]] on January 28, 2003 in the House chamber.]]
129: ...committee to the floor requires the signatures of 218 members; in the Senate, a majority of all membe...
137: [[Image:US House Committee.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The House Committee on Financial Service... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
10: ...use of Lords as possible."<!--Harpers, May 2004, 42-->
18: ...publicans followed with [[Charles Curtis]] in [[1925]]. Initially, the powers of the leaders were ver...
25: ...ate; 14 of them were removed in [[1861]] and [[1862]] for supporting the [[Confederate States of Amer...
30: ...senators were millionaires.<!--http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/13/senators.finances/--> In gen...
33: ...n those for representatives. In [[Federalist No. 62]], [[James Madison]] justified this arrangement b...
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