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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
11: ...s) above Earth's surface. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to spa...
28: ...rt being the China Aerospace Corp. China became only the third country on Earth to send a human into ...
47: ...ons on [[October 1]], [[1958]], NASA consisted mainly of the four laboratories and some 8,000 employee...
56: ... instead of being wasted on spacecraft that sometimes don't work. Some examples include the Mars Polar ...
153: ...2]]; However, [[Vostok 3]] and [[Vostok 4]] were only within five kilometers of one another, and were ... - Cave (10592 bytes)
11: ...flows downhill and the surface cools down and becomes hard. The lava now flows inside its crust, until ...
25: ...k which is soluble, and are most prevalent in [[limestone]], but can also form in other material, inclu...
30: Cave formation in limestone occurs because limestone dissolves under the action of rainwater and [...
32: ...ion process. If it were faster, the lifespan of limestone caves would be much shorter and their number ...
35: Limestone caves are often adorned with calcium carbonat... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
46: ...tine Empire''' (Native [[Greek language|Greek]] names: ΡΩΜΑΝΙΑ ''Rom...
49: ''Main article: [[Greek (name)|Names of the Greeks]]''
59: ...ear the borderlands, the [[Armenians]] being the only sizeable one.
78: ...he western half of the empire, but at best could only demand tribute from the eastern half. [[Theodosi... - Castle (27805 bytes)
8: Castles were built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive weapon, bu...
24: ...fortification]] (see also [[siegecraft]]) and [[domestic architecture]].
46: ...ayeux Tapestry]], and was then familiar on the mainland of western [[Europe]].
48: ...motte-and-bailey|bailey]] or basecourt (and sometimes two) of semilunar or [[horseshoe]] shape, so that...
52: ...rtress thus formed was styled a castle, but sometimes more precisely "tower and castle," the former bei... - Tree (23723 bytes)
11: ...rous]] Period; tree ferns still survive, but the only surviving horsetails are not of tree form. Later...
16: ...wig]]s and [[leaf|leaves]]. Tree stems consist mainly of support and transport tissues ([[xylem]] and ...
18: ... immediately under the bark. Endogenous trees, mainly in the [[monocotyledon]]s (e.g. [[palm tree|palm...
20: ...th ring]]s. In temperate climates, these are commonly visible due to changes in the rate of growth wit...
22: ...he branches optimizes exposure of the leaves to sunlight. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
13: ...rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes;
40: ...Sarracenia'' is the pitcher plant genus most commonly encountered in cultivation, and
47: ...erproofing, species of ''Sarracenia'' secrete enzymes such as [[protease]]s and [[phosphatase]]s into t...
48: ...'' relies on bacterial digestion alone. These enzymes digest the [[protein]]s and [[nucleic acid]]s in ...
91: ...papers have evolved independently at least five times. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
18: ... died before doing so, and Francis was left with only a fifth of that money. Having started with insu...
31: ...se of Essex, who had favoured the succession of James. In the course of the uneventful first parliament...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
37: ... the King's favor, and in 1618 was appointed by James to the position of [[Lord Chancellor]]. In his g...
38: ...guilty to bribery charges in order to save King James from a political scandal stated : - Socrates (7975 bytes)
7: ...is time engaged in conversation. However, it is unlikely that Socrates was able to live off of family...
11: ... led Socrates to the conclusion that he was wise only in so far as he ''knew'' he knew nothing and str...
25: :''False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul wit...
27: ... rest of your lives you might continue sleeping, unless the god caring for you should send you another...
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - Mars (27704 bytes)
8: ... a quarter the surface area of the [[Earth]] and only one-tenth the [[mass]] (though its surface area ...
11: ... is thin: the [[air pressure]] on the surface is only 750 [[pascal]]s, about 0.75 percent of the avera...
22: ... mineral [[goethite]], which (unlike hematite) ''only'' forms in the presence of water, along with oth...
27: ...k features were thought to be seas, hence their names [[Mare Erythraeum]], [[Mare Sirenum]] and [[Auror...
31: ...ifferent radii, this means Mars is nearly three times "rougher" than Earth. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...e gold-hungry settlers of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of Geor...
22: ...nd, found no trace of the colonists, discovering only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree....
25: ...ter the recently enthroned [[James I of England|James I]] - very nearly became the next in the string o...
29: ...ts of an enigmatic figure named [[John Smith of Jamestown|John Smith]]. Smith made himself the benevole...
33: ...n [[Nathaniel Bacon]] that succeeded in burning Jamestown to the ground, plantation owners sought a les... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...rom the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means "belonging...
14: ...generally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to enter into [[hea...
23: ...h]] who declared himself to be the long awaited [[Messiah]] ([[Gospel of John|John]] 8:23–24, 14:...
29: ...ve been written eponymously by their respective namesakes.
31: ...aul was the principal missionary of the Christian message to the [[Gentile]] world. - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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28: ... during cooking and then removed before serving. Unlike bay leaves, they lose much flavour when dried ...
31: ...arations and [[curry powder]]s. Allspice is commonly used in Great Britain and appears in many dishes... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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59: At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle was only a [[colonel]], having encountered hostility from...
61: ...n armour to retreat at [[Caumont]]. This was the only significant tactical success the French gained a...
69: ...ure the spirit of de Gaulle's position. Although only few people actually heard the speech that night ...
75: ...his partners in the war. "France has no friends, only interests" is one of his best-remembered stateme... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ...Latinised form Tycho at around age fifteen (sometimes written Tÿcho). He was born at his family's ...
16: ... accuracy obtainable. He was able to improve and enlarge the existing instruments, and construct entir...
27: ...a nobleman and a commoner woman lived together openly as husband and wife, and she wore the keys to th...
53: ...philosophy and Scripture, and could be discussed only as a computational convenience that had no conne...
60: ... about the [[multiplicity]] of interpretative schemes, and increasingly preferred to work on establishi... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
27: ...g controversial political matters freely. It is unlikely that More, a devout and conservative Christi...
36: ...mbrace the Protestant teaching that the Pope was only the [[Bishop of Rome]] and therefore had no auth...
39: ...that the marriage of Henry to Catherine had been unlawful. But as Henry began to deny the authority o...
48: ...d of the church. This testimony was almost certainly false, but on the strength of it the jury voted ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
8: ...d come under the influence of the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as p...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of th...
14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
21: ...nch state, owed considerable debt. During the r駩mes of [[Louis XV of France | Louis XV]] (ruled [[171...
25: ... refused to endorse his measures, insisting that only a truly representative body — preferably t... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
32: ...eem to fly more readily than the females. Adults only live for a few months feeding on [[nectar]] and ... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
7: ...Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Pelican|Pelecaniformes]]}}
17: ...Amazon River]]. Some immature birds may stray to inland freshwater lakes. After nesting, [[North Ameri...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
7: ...f the federal government. The Congress, however, only possesses those powers enumerated in the Constit...
15: ...wo-year terms from [[Congressional district]]s. Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known ...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
33: ...mise acceptable to both sides before the bill becomes the law of the land.
64: ... a judge or court before being imprisoned —unless necessary in time of rebellion or invasion - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
12: ...ative body than the House of Representatives. [[James Madison]] described the Senate's purpose as "A ne...
14: ...re equal. Southern senators could often block schemes passed by the House of Representatives, a body do...
25: ...olutions censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator ...
30: ...ittees, and have more staffers. The prestige commonly associated with the Senate is reflected by the b...
33: ...or representatives. In [[Federalist No. 62]], [[James Madison]] justified this arrangement by arguing t...
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