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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...uter-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...[Dulles International Airport]] in Northern Virginia displays an unparalleled array of aerospace tech...
11: ...rth's surface. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ... the first animal in orbit on [[November 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human bein...
15: ... was achieved on [[May 17]], [[2004]] when [[Civilian Space eXploration Team]] launched the [[GoFast R... - Cave (10592 bytes)
10: [[image:Lava tube at Craters of the Moon NM-750px.JPG|thumb|300px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of...
18: ...itself has formed by processes which removes material such as [[solution]] and [[erosion]].
25: ...in [[limestone]], but can also form in other material, including [[chalk]], [[dolomite]], [[marble]], ...
40: ...rctica]], but are found widely in [[Europe]], [[Asia]], and [[North America]].
42: ...t many more systems remain to be discovered, especially in [[China]], which, despite containing around... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
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3: |+<big><big>'''''Romania'''''</big></big>
4: ...959;κρατορία</big></big>
7: ...erved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small> - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...leasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designations, relics of...
12: ...em. This can best be seen in castles such as [[Bodiam Castle]] in [[Kent]], whose defensive look was p...
14: ...ften built castles for offensive reasons: territorial expansion and control of a region. A castle was ...
15: ...ome as they had no refuge.(Hariulf, ''Gesta ecclesiae Centulensis'')
21: ...hen the Laird of the castle had considerable judicial powers over his [[Scottish clan]] and the main h... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: [[Image:coastredwood.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tall...
3: ...and some can live for several [[millennium|millennia]].
8: [[Image:Raunkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
11: ...orsetails are not of tree form. Later, in the [[Triassic]] Period, [[Pinophyta|conifers]], [[ginkgo]]s...
18: ...[palm tree|palms]]), grow by addition of new material inwards. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...a_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small entrance to the trap undernea...
3: especially [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivor...
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock...
6: ...t well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
28: traps are probably those of ''[[Heliamphora]]'', the marsh (or sun) [[pitcher plant]]. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...on, 1st Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[Engla...
4: ...e|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge ...
8: ...er of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Quee...
10: ...e. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there ... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
2: ...ōkrá´Ĥamp;#275;s) was a Greek ([[Athens|Athenian]]) [[philosophy|philosopher]].
5: ...ion and instead encouraged the decoration of Alcibiades. During such campaigns, he also showed his ext...
9: ...king to recover from humiliating defeat, the Athenian public court was induced by three leading public...
13: Socrates is probably the most influential thinker and philosopher of his time. Although no... - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: [[Image:Mars NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region wi...
8: ...gth as it is on earth: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.
11: ...her than Earth's 6 km. The atmosphere on Mars is 95 percent [[carbon dioxide]], 3 percent [[nitrogen]...
18: ...ave helped to protect the planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have also been proposed...
20: [[Image:nasa_mars_opportunity_rock_water_150_eng_02mar04.jpg|thumb|left|Microscopic rock form... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...nd they created colonies with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]...
4: ... Bay]] and the [[Southern Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had...
9: During the [[15th century|15th]] and [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe e...
11: ...n on his famous westward voyage. He sought for Asia, but the lands he came upon were found to belong ...
13: ...entury|17th]] centuries, a new generation of colonial powers arose: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
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2: '''Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is bas...
6: ...k]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" or "of Christ".
8: ... as thousands of diverse beliefs and sects. Christianity is generally grouped into three main branches...
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Orie... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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18: ...d [[bell pepper]]... These Pimientos are the familiar red stuffing found in quality green [[olive]]s.)
22: It reportedly scores between 100 and 500 su on the [[Scoville scale]] of hotness (most o... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
40: ...atesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...[[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1958]] to [[1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_ideologi...
45: ...as a family of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born in ... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...dash; [[October 24]], [[1601]] [[Prague]], [[Bohemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danis...
8: ...y which had produced leading churchmen and politicians.
10: ...rup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1552 his uncle was given the command of Vordingborg C...
12: ...scriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...ver a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brahe, [[1563]] (age 17). - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[H...
2: ...[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...admitted 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 to o...
9: ..., who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice Middleton who wa... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...llate between republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the [[French First Republic|First Rep...
8: ...ve bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of confl...
13: * Resentment of the [[seigneurial system]] by peasants, wage-earners, and, to a le...
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
20: [[Image:Taking of the Bastille.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The storming of the Bastille, July 14 17... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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17: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Lucanidae'''}} - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
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12: {{Taxobox section binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Pelecanus occidentalis | author = [[Carol...
15: ...s'' <small>†</small>) is the smallest (42"-54") member of the [[pelican]] family.
23: ... in the southwest [[United States]] and [[California]] in the early [[1970s]]. - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ...han by a district, serves a six-year term. Senatorial terms are staggered so that approximately one-th...
10: [[Image:Uscapitolindaylight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|United States Capitol]]
15: ...umber is fixed by statute at 435 ([[Public Law 62-5]]).
17: ...ons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 percent of members have law degrees.
19: [[Image:State of the Union.jpg|thumb|250px| [[George W. Bush]] delivered his annual [[Sta... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...ers serve longer terms, allowing for a more collegiate and less partisan atmosphere that is somewhat m...
10: ...he [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]]). For example, [[John Dickinson (lawyer)|Jo...
12: ...ferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from the The House of Represe...
14: ...hnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate f...
18: ...rty leaders, however, would eventually grow, especially during the tenures of skilled leaders such as ...
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