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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
3: ==From fiction to fact==
6: ...space capsule trainers, and the original [[Apollo 16]] space capsule.
8: See also: [[The Blue Marble]], a [[1972]] image taken during the [[Apollo program]]
11: ...nition of space usually used is that space begins 100 km (62 miles) above Earth's surface. The United...
13: ...], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]] [[1961]]. - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...caveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
22: ...ier, [[Big Four Mountain]], [[Washington]], ca. [[1920]]]]
26: ... between layers of less soluble rock. These rocks fracture and collapse in blocks.
37: ...us fumes, rather than by acidic water percolating from the surface.
40: Caves are sparse in [[South America]], [[Africa]], and [[Antarctica]], but are found widely in... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ...in: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-...
2: ...ig><big>'''ΡΩΜΑΝΙΑ'''</big></big>
4: ...965;τοκρατορία</big></big>
18: ...of [[Hagia Sophia]] (Αγία Σοφία/Holy Wisdom)
21: ...inian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]]. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''ca...
2: ...pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designations, relics o...
10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
14: ... [[Hugh of Abbeville]] in the last decades of the 10th century illustrates this: - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...es are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for several [[millenn...
20: ...e tree, and used to date cores or even wood taken from trees in the past; this practice is known as th...
22: ...biomass and absorbing [[water]] and [[nutrients]] from the [[soil]]. Above ground, the trunk gives hei...
30: ...ly disregarded as unreliable, fantasy or outright fraud. The following are now accepted as the top fiv...
31: # [[Coast Redwood]] ''Sequoia sempervirens'': '''112.83 m''', Humboldt Redwoods State Park, [[Califor... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
6: ...irst well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
29: ...e leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple
46: rolled-leaf tube, and protects it from rain. Possibly because of this improved
52: pitted with areolae, which are [[chlorophyll]]-free patches through which light can penetrate.
54: ...once inside, tire themselves out trying to escape from these false - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...8]], and created '''Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his ...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
10: ...inity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older bro... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...elium]] and the [[Battle of Amphipolis]]. We know from [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']] tha...
7: ...hanes, he managed a scientific institute with his friend Chaerophon; Plato has Socrates tell us that h...
9: ... At a time when [[Athens]] was seeking to recover from humiliating defeat, the Athenian public court w...
11: ...g and strived for knowledge. Historical accounts from varied sources, while questionable, suggest tha...
25: ...t they infect the soul with evil.'' (''Phaedo'', 91) - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: [[Image:Mars NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with ic...
4: '''Mars''' is the fourth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in the [[solar system]]. It is name...
6: ...#x2642; (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the...
11: ...nts state a average methane concetration of about 10 [[Parts per million|ppb]] (see [[#references|ref...
15: ...ess/opportunity/20041213a/merb_sol290_clouds-B313R1_br.jpg] of water-ice that were photographed by th... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: Starting in the late [[16th century]], the [[England|English]] began to co...
4: ...hat sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different colonies found them...
9: ...d [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe emerged from the [[Middle Ages]] and entered the [[Renaissan...
13: ... as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking.
16: ...[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...term "Christ" to describe Jesus, which is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "M...
8: ...lly grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
14: ... but not [[Restorationism]]) derive their beliefs from the conclusions reached by the Council of Nicea...
21: ...rding to [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 11:19 and 11:26 in the [[New Testament]], Jesus' followers wer...
23: ...[[Pontius Pilate]] (John 19:19–22; see Luke 16:8) on the [[INRI|''titulus crucis'']] or stateme... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
16: ...pice''', is a [[spice]] which is the dried unripe fruit of the [[Pimenta dioica]] plant. The name "al...
22: It reportedly scores between 100 and 500 su on the [[Scoville scale]] of hotness...
25: ...sh explorers in Jamaica near the beginning of the 16th century. It was slowly introduced into Europe...
28: ... aromatic product when freshly ground before use. Fresh leaves are also used where available: they are... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ''This article refers to the former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris...
4: ...margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-siz...
7: ...enter" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
10: | [[President of France]]
13: ...om [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]] - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...strup]], [[Denmark]] – [[October 24]], [[1601]] [[Prague]], [[Bohemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]]...
8: ...court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced leading ...
10: ... where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...r, the [[eclipse]] which occurred on August 21, [[1560]], particularly the fact that it had been pred...
14: ...d of several years.'' -Tycho Brahe, [[1563]] (age 17). - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...itor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which h...
5: ...mitted 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 t...
9: ...en by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich wi...
12: ...More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal advisor to King Hen... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ...]]'', and eclipses both subsequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It downplays the ...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflic...
20: ...350px|thumb|The storming of the Bastille, July 14 1789]] - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
11: {{Taxobox_infraclassis_entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
15: {{Taxobox_infraordo_entry | taxon = [[Scarabaeiformia]]}}
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...with other larvae. The name [[cervus]] is derived from the mandibles of the male, which look like the ... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
12: ...| author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1766}}
17: ... River]]. Some immature birds may stray to inland freshwater lakes. After nesting, [[North America]]n ...
19: ...om the air, as opposed to [[cooperative fishing]] from the surface. It dines mostly on [[herring]]-lik...
21: The nest location varies from a simple scrape on the ground on an island to a...
23: ...United States]] and [[California]] in the early [[1970s]]. - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
1: [[Image:Uscongress.gif|right|frame|Seal of the Congress.]]
5: ...fifty states in the Union, the Senate consists of 100 members. Each Senator, who is elected by the wh...
13: ... renewed every two years; two members are elected from each [[U.S. state]] by popular vote to serve si...
15: ...sional district]]s. Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known as [[Resident Commissioner o...
17: ...mons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 percent of members have law degrees. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Us senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of th...
2: ...rtisan atmosphere that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate has s...
10: ...litical meeting)|Constitutional Convention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed t...
12: ...egislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from the The House of Representatives)". <!--Sources...
14: ...ty|Democratic]] President [[Andrew Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately...
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