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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ... the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
31: ...he ''European Space Research Organisation'', also known as ESRO, was established on [[March 20]], [[1964...
38: The [[Indian Space Research Organization]], also known as ISRO, was established on [[August 15]], [[196...
41: ...st Unmanned Lunar program called [[Chandrayan|Chandrayan-1]] (Moon-Ship-1) which is slated to be launc...
194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}} - Cave (10592 bytes)
30: ...inkhole]]s, [[sinking stream]]s, and underground drainage.
35: ...precipitation, including the most common and well-known [[stalactite]]s and [[stalagmite]]s. These seco...
58: ...sed in the near future as the next most extensive known cave is the [[Optimisticeskaja]] system in the [...
60: [[As of 2005]], the deepest known cave (measured from its highest entrance to its ...
62: ...vidual [[pitch (vertical space)|pitch]] (vertical drop) within a cave is 603m in the [[Vrtoglavica]] c... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
51: ...ancient Roman from medieval Greek history without drawing attention to their ancient presecessors. Sta...
70: ...on of the Empire began with the [[Tetrarchy]] (quadrumvirate) in the late [[3rd century]] with [[Roman...
74: ...e was the [[Battle of Adrianople (378)|Battle of Adrianople]] in [[378]]. This defeat, along with the ...
94: ...ization, that of the [[Seljuk Turks]], to finally drive the imperial forces out of eastern and central...
100: ...tinople|Photios]], and gained control over the [[Adriatic Sea]], parts of Italy, and much of the land ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
10: ...pean castles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges.
32: Some well known examples include:
40: ... angular direction changes of walls, [[moats]], [[drawbridge]]s, [[battlements]], [[portcullis]]es, et...
46: ...ype was a circular mound of earth surrounded by a dry ditch and flattened at the top. Around the crest...
50: ...replaced the timber palisade and produced what is known as the shell-keep, the type met with in the exta... - Tree (23723 bytes)
11: ...rs. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typically classified.
20: ...st; this practice is known as the science of [[dendrochronology]]. In some tropical regions with const...
30: ...nt with [[laser]] rangefinders combined with tape drop measurements made by tree climbers, carried out...
34: # [[Giant Sequoia]] ''Sequoiadendron giganteum'': '''93.6 m''', Redwood Mountain Gro...
45: ...nd of the rainy season, minimum at the end of the dry season. Although baobabs have some of the highes... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
41: are usually known as trumpet pitchers. ''S. purpurea'' (the huntma...
59: ...a tendril, which grows as an extension to the [[midrib]]
101: The [[sundew]] genus (''[[Drosera]]'') consists of over 100 species of active ...
110: ...d to [[Drosera]] is the Portuguese dewy pine, ''[[Drosophyllum]]'', which differs from - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...'[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentati...
21: ...ervice to his country, and service to the church. Knowing that a prestigious post would aid him toward t...
31: ...ughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is known of their married life: modern scholars speculate...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
40: ... have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart. I know I have clean hands and a clean heart. I am as inn... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ... of Delium]] and the [[Battle of Amphipolis]]. We know from [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']] ...
7: It is unknown what Socrates did for a living; in Plato's accou...
9: ... He was found guilty as charged, and sentenced to drink [[Cicuta virosa|hemlock]], which cost him his ...
11: ...ar as he ''knew'' he knew nothing and strived for knowledge. Historical accounts from varied sources, w...
31: ...me things which hitherto, as I believed, I had no knowledge of.'' (''[[Oeconomicus]]'' by [[Xenophon]], ... - Mars (27704 bytes)
8: ...rea is approximately equal to that of the Earth's dry land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar...
13: ...here must be (or have been within the last few hundred years) a source of the gas on the planet. [[vo...
44: ...nown to be mostly non-existent or, in some cases, dry ancient watercourses. The color changes have bee...
122: A handful of objects are known that are surely [[meteorite]]s and may be [[Mart...
126: ...[[April 14]], [[2004]], NASA revealed that a rock known as "Bounce", studied by the Mars Exploration Rov... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
22: ...ved on a tree. Over a hundred men, women, and children had apparently disappeared in the middle of the...
27: ...tional colonists, were male. Without wives or children to protect, the colonists had little incentive ...
29: ...ion was, at the time, struck by the most severe [[drought]] in centuries. [[American Indians]] were no...
47: ...sfied with the heavy Dutch influence on their children and with poor economic conditions. They also e...
49: ...of Lower [[Cape Cod]]. Before disembarking, they drew up the [[Mayflower Compact]], by which they gav... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
14: ... reached by the Council of Nicea in [[325]] C.E., known as the [[Nicene Creed]]. This describes the beli...
31: ...s 22:3), a leading figure amongst the Jewish Sanhedrin (Acts 5:34–40) and a noteworthy authority...
34: ...nd if the other person shared the faith, he would draw another arc completing this [[ichthys]], a symb...
41: ...y, [[Tertullian]], sums this up in a rhetorical address to a Roman governor with the fact that, as for...
45: ...rarchy emerged: the [[Bishop|Bishops]] of [[Alexandria]], Antioch and Rome assumed the title [[Patriar... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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16: ...', or '''Newspice''', is a [[spice]] which is the dried unripe fruit of the [[Pimenta dioica]] plant. ...
28: ...g. Unlike bay leaves, they lose much flavour when dried and stored. The leaves and wood are often used... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: ...logy#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence in...
47: ...rvative natonalist circles and supported [[Alfred Dreyfus]].
82: ...en the political parties, and disapproving of the draft constitution for the [[French Fourth Republic|... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...a [[printing press]] and [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
10: ..., Danish nobleman [[J? Brahe]], ''... without the knowledge of my parents took me away with him while I ...
18: ...tmas]] season of [[1566]], after a fair amount of drinking, while the just turned 20-year-old Tycho wa...
22: ...k, then on to Augsburg, where he built a great quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about hi...
28: ...ivileges; the wife remained a commoner. Their children were legitimate in the eyes of the law, but the... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...[1478]]–[[6 July]], [[1535]]), posthumously known also as '''Saint Thomas More''', was an [[Englan...
9: ...l years his senior. His new wife bore him no children, but More raised as his own her daughter by her...
12: ...l in the government, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as a liaiso...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
50: ... He was sentenced to be [[drawing and quartering|drawn and quartered]], but the king commuted this to... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...sters were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], who became Controller-General of ...
25: ...nded to maintain its day to day operations to withdraw their loans, leading to a near-default, which f...
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an...
57: ...e city's mayor under a new governmental structure known as the ''commune''. The king visited Paris, wher...
63: ...aux]], as part of a general agrarian insurrection known as "la Grande Peur" (the Great Fear). - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
23: ...aja California]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldrin]] threatened its future in the southwest [[Unit...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
15: .... Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known as [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico|Reside...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
19: ...ush]] delivered his annual [[State of the Union address]] to a [[joint session of Congress]] on Januar...
31: ...rst ten amendments to the Constitution (popularly known as the [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Ri...
127: ...orris Udall of Arizona could joke that he could address any Democrat whose name he had forgotten, "Goo... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
12: ...ntation for the states. Eventually, a compromise, known as the [[Connecticut Compromise]] or the Great C...
14: ...tates Democratic Party|Democratic]] President [[Andrew Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; t...
21: ...senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator," and his or her counterp...
40: ...litical party|party]] with a majority of seats is known as the majority party; if two or more parties in...
50: ...ais is used by clerks and other officials. One hundred desks are arranged in the Chamber in a semicirc...
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