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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ... is the physical exploration of outer-[[Earth]] objects and generally anything that involves the tech...
4: The idea of sending an object to space was conceived in the minds of many [[...
6: ..., the original [[Apollo program|Apollo]] and [[Project Mercury|Mercury]] space capsule trainers, and ...
15: ...ital flight, the first amateur space flight. On [[June 21]], [[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the fi...
19: ...e most advanced in South America. It suffered a major setback in 2003 due to a [[Brazilian rocket exp... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: [[image:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cav...
10: [[image:Lava tube at Craters of the Moon NM-750px.JPG|thumb|300px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of the ...
22: [[Image:Ice cave.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Ice cave in Big Four Glacier,...
32: ...s in cave formation and the origin of the great majority of all caves on Earth. The reasons for this ...
34: [[Image:HallOfTheMountainKings.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Speleothem]]s in Hall of th... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ... colspan=2 align=center | [[Image:Byzantine eagle.JPG|280px]]<br/><small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]...
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
18: | Justinian builds the church of [[Hagia Sophia]] (&#...
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Ita...
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Manzikert]]. Most o... - Castle (27805 bytes)
4: ...les also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inh...
5: [[Image:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provi...
7: [[Image:Ireland_coast.jpg|280px|thumb|right|Castle found along the coast ...
19: [[Image:Craigievar castle 1991.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Ab...
21: ...ime when the Laird of the castle had considerable judicial powers over his [[Scottish clan]] and the ... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: [[Image:coastredwood.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Re...
8: [[Image:Raunkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]...
18: ...ases. Exogenous trees, which comprise the great majority of modern trees (all [[conifer]]s, and all [...
30: ...f the tallest trees in the world have been the subject of considerable dispute and much (often wild) ...
58: # [[Western Redcedar]] ''Thuja plicata'': '''500 m�''', Quinault Lake Redceda... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: [[image:Darlingtonia_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note th...
57: The second major group of pitcher plants are the [[monkey cup]]s...
61: ''N. rajah'', will also occasionally take small mammals an...
63: that project from the base of the operculum over the entran...
66: [[image:Brocchinea.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[Brocchinia]]'': a carnivor... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: '''Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]...
14: ...h seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives.
16: On June 27, 1576, he and Anthony were entered ''de soc...
23: ... Star Chamber, a valuable appointment, into the enjoyment of which, however, he did not enter until 1... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
2: '''Socrates''' ([[June 4]], c.[[470 BC|470]] – [[May 7]], [[399...
5: ...des]], and probably saved his life; despite the objections of Alcibiades, Socrates refused any sort o...
31: ...questions?" Indeed, the secret of your system has just this instant dawned upon me. I seem to see the...
37: {{commons|Socrates}}
41: * [[Project Gutenberg]] e-texts on Socrates, amongst other... - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]...
2: ...ht|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
15: ...pportunity/20041213a/merb_sol290_clouds-B313R1_br.jpg] of water-ice that were photographed by the Opp...
18: ...gh this has yet to be proven [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02008]. If true, the proces...
20: ...:nasa_mars_opportunity_rock_water_150_eng_02mar04.jpg|thumb|left|Microscopic rock forms indicating pa... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...the gold-hungry settlers of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of ...
20: ...ap.JPG|right|framed|1584 map of Chesapeake Bay by John White]]
25: ...after the recently enthroned [[James I of England|James I]] - very nearly became the next in the stri...
27: ... With that in mind, the company sent [[Jewellery|jewelers]], [[goldsmith]]s, [[aristocrat]]s, and th...
29: ... enigmatic figure named [[John Smith of Jamestown|John Smith]]. Smith made himself the benevolent, if... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ... It is based on the life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]...
6: ...ted in their use of the term "Christ" to describe Jesus, which is derived from the [[Greek language|G...
14: ...od. Christians generally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to...
19: {{Main|Jesus}}
21: ...tled after early persecutions in [[Judea]]. After Jesus' death, early Christian doctrine was taught b... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
2: ...{{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image: Pimenta dioica.jpg|200px| This picture is missing]] | caption = }}...
3: ...e, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
16: '''Allspice''', also called '''Jamaica pepper''', '''Myrtle pepper''', '''Pimento'...
25: ... that. It is still almost exclusively grown in [[Jamaica]], although some other Central American cou...
31: ...jerk seasoning (The wood is used to smoke jerk in Jamaica, although the spice is a good substitute), ... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
7: ...n="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
40:
42: ...eology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics.
47: ..., de Gaulle was introduced by his father to the major [[conservative]] authors. The family was very p... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
1: [[Image:brahe.jpeg|right|]]
3: ...nd [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
10: ...k. Tycho lived with his childless uncle and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle...
12: ...tudied law but also studied a variety of other subjects and became interested in [[astronomy]]. It wa...
14: ...of them disagree. What's needed is a long term project with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...homas More''' ([[7 February]], [[1478]]–[[6 July]], [[1535]]), posthumously known also as '''Sa...
5: ...s School and was later a page in the service of [[John Morton]], the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], wh...
7: ...ing the [[Franciscan]] order. Perhaps because he judged himself incapable of [[celibacy]], More fina...
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almo...
14: ...er]], a position that entailed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosti...
20: ...g|right|350px|thumb|The storming of the Bastille, July 14 1789]]
21: ...roller-General of Finances 1774–1776) and [[Jacques Necker]] (Director-General of Finance 1777&...
31: ...of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] – [[June 17]], [[1789]], see [[Estates-General of 1789]...
37: ...l, as a bare majority of the clergy and a large majority of the nobility continued to support voting ... - 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]].
32: ...ain motionless making them a good photographic subject. Sexually [[dimorphic]] in that the males (who... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox image | image = [[image: Brownpelican77.jpg|Brown Pelican]] | caption = }}
15: [[image:Pelican.cropped.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Brown Pelican]]The '''Brown Pe...
23: ...g|thumb|200px|left|Brown Pelican on the wing in Baja California]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldr...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
10: [[Image:Uscapitolindaylight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|United States Capitol]]
13: ...se terms are staggered, every state will have a ''junior'' and ''senior'' Senator.
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
19: ...n address]] to a [[joint session of Congress]] on January 28, 2003 in the House chamber.]]
26: ...s Congress were televised for the first time on [[January 3]], [[1947]]. Proceedings of the general C... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
10: ...iament]]). For example, [[John Dickinson (lawyer)|John Dickinson]] argued that the second chamber sho...
12: ...e Washington]], in answer to a question by Thomas Jefferson, said "we pour legislation into the senat...
14: ...Senate falling one vote short of the two-thirds majority requisite for conviction.
16: ...er than state legislatures; they achieved their objective in [[1913]] with the ratification of the [[...
18: ...he tenures of skilled leaders such as [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
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