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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...ter-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...Space & Rocket Center]] museum in [[Huntsville, Alabama]] next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displays many a...
11: ...ually used is that space begins 100 km (62 miles) above Earth's surface. The United States sometimes u...
15: ...unched into space were fruit flies and corn seeds aboard a U.S.-launched V2 rocket in July, [[1946]]. ...
24: It was established in March 1989 by the Canadian Space Agency ... - Cave (10592 bytes)
32: ...ority of all caves on Earth. The reasons for this abundance are the facts that limestone is so common ...
45: Cave inhabiting animals can be categorized as [[troglobite]]...
47: ...caves, and by the feces of bats and other cave inhabitants.
49: ...loxenes, as they roost in caves by day and forage above ground at night.
58: ... most extensive known cave is the [[Optimisticeskaja]] system in the [[Ukraine]], at 214km. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
27: | Arab armies conquer the Levant and Egypt. In the foll...
46: ...tern emperor, [[Romulus Augustus]], was forced to abdicate, thus leaving to the emperor in the Greek E...
51: ...ts contemporaries. The term was invented in 1557, about a century after the [[fall of Constantinople]]...
59: ...borderlands, the [[Armenians]] being the only sizeable one.
78: ...s of [[Constantinople]], leaving the city impenetrable to attacks. [[Zeno of the Byzantine Empire|Zeno... - Castle (27805 bytes)
4: ...apanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
12: ...astle]] in [[Kent]], whose defensive look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle ...
14: ...rol surrounding territory. The story of [[Hugh of Abbeville]] in the last decades of the 10th century ...
15: :Because [Hugh of Abbeville's peers] were not all lords of castles, [h...
19: ....jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 1626.]] - Tree (23723 bytes)
13: ...otope]]s are defined largely by the trees that inhabit them; examples are [[rainforest]] and [[taiga]]...
22: ...ng [[water]] and [[nutrients]] from the [[soil]]. Above ground, the trunk gives height to the leaf-bea...
24: ...rees have all the plant organs or parts mentioned above. For example, most palm trees are not branched...
30: ...wing are now accepted as the top five tallest reliably measured species:
31: ...ni-bonn.de/conifers/cu/se/index.htm Gymnosperm Database]) - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
28: traps are probably those of ''[[Heliamphora]]'', the marsh (or sun...
48: ...amino acid]]s and phosphate ions, which the plant absorbs.
61: ''N. rajah'', will also occasionally take small mammals and...
76: toxic alkaloid, which probably increases the efficiency of the traps by intoxi...
81: may provide habitats for [[frog]]s, [[insect]]s and (more usefull... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: '''Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]...
4: ...er of the [[scientific revolution]]. His works establish and popularize an inductive methodology for [...
8: ...l, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
16: ...[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: ...insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took up hi... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...ed with his wounded lover [[Alcibiades]], and probably saved his life; despite the objections of Alcib...
7: ...ation. However, it is unlikely that Socrates was able to live off of family inheritance, given his fa...
11: ...rical accounts from varied sources, while questionable, suggest that Socrates had been studying philos...
13: Socrates is probably the most influential thinker and philosopher of...
15: ...rial of Socrates]] for more detail and background about Socrates' trial and execution. - Mars (27704 bytes)
11: ...surements state a average methane concetration of about 10 [[Parts per million|ppb]] (see [[#reference...
13: ... it is being rapidly broken down (and so is presumably also continually being released to the atmosphe...
22: ... infer conditions at Meridiani may have been habitable for some period of time in Martian history". O...
27: ...nd given names like [[Arabia Terra]] (''land of Arabia'') or [[Amazonis Planitia]] (''Amazonian plain'...
35: ...raphic map of Mars, courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. Notable features include the Tharsis volcanoes in the w... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...the gold-hungry settlers of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of G...
9: ...st in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Middle ...
13: ...as an attractive place for these new powers to establish colonies. Though these northerly lands were ...
16: ...nd the founding of colonies was piecemeal and variable. Practical considerations such as [[business|co...
22: ...of these was the "Lost" [[Colony of Roanoke]], established in [[1586]] off the coast of today's [[Nort... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...ian Love]]). Most Christians ( not all see [[Jonadabs]] ) believe Jesus to be the [[Son of God]] and t...
12: ...ion]], with an estimated 2.0 billion followers or about 33% of the world's population.
29: ...Seventy Apostles|70]], including [[James the Just|James Adelphos]], Mark, Luke, [[Mary Magdalene]], et...
39: ...ietary restrictions and the concept of purity, [[sabbath]], [[quartodecimanism]]) pejoratively called ...
47: ...was later made the officially favored religion in about [[382]] by Emperor Theodotius. Similar events ... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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16: '''Allspice''', also called '''Jamaica pepper''', '''Myrtle pepper''', '''Pimento''...
25: ... that. It is still almost exclusively grown in [[Jamaica]], although some other Central American coun...
28: ...before use. Fresh leaves are also used where available: they are similar in texture to [[bay leaves]] ...
31: ...jerk seasoning (The wood is used to smoke jerk in Jamaica, although the spice is a good substitute), i... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
45: ... [[Burgundy]] which had been settled in Paris for about a century, whereas his mother's side was a fam...
56: ...s also dismissed de Gaulle's theories with the notable exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later p...
63: ... with the [[United Kingdom]]. As a member of the cabinet he resisted proposals to surrender. He served...
65: ... decided to reject French capitulation and to set about building a movement which would appeal to over... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
14: ''I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars and none of the...
16: ...uments of the highest accuracy obtainable. He was able to improve and enlarge the existing instruments...
22: ...at quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about his father's illness
23: ...observatory and alchemical laboratory at Herrevad Abbey.
33: ...f the [[Aristotelian]] world view, celestial immutability), other observers held that the phenomenon w... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
7: ...]] order. Perhaps because he judged himself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry ...
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almos...
12: ...iffs of the city of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he earned a reputation ...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
17: ...nd of Utopia, whose layout is schematically shown above him.]] - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...r imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the ...
12: * Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
15: ...y and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
21: ...ncing potential creditors of the confidence and stability of France's finances.
23: ...show of support from a hand-picked Assembly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances, a... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...s. At this point it buries itself in the soil for about 3 months, then during the warm summer months i...
32: ...hem, however females can inflict a nasty bite. Capable of a slow awkward lumbering flight usually at d... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
19: ...erican White Pelican]] by its brown body and its habit of diving for [[fish]] from the air, as opposed...
23: ...g|thumb|200px|left|Brown Pelican on the wing in Baja California]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldri...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...nited States|United States of America]]. It is established by [[Article One of the United States Const...
7: ...nd foreign [[commerce]], to levy [[tax]]es, to establish [[court]]s inferior to the [[Supreme Court of...
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: ...nternet, on the legislative database [[THOMAS (database)|THOMAS]]. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
12: ...erative body than the House of Representatives. [[James Madison]] described the Senate's purpose as "A...
14: ...nion, culminated in the South's defeat and in the abolition of slavery. The ensuing years of [[Reconst...
18: ...ate leadership structure developed, with [[Henry Cabot Lodge]] and [[John Worth Kern]] becoming the un...
23: ...with a [[plurality]] of votes (not necessarily an absolute majority) wins. The sole exception is [[Lou...
30: ...are entitled to prefix "[[The Honourable|The Honorable]]" to their names. The annual [[Salaries of Uni...
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