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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...f the first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union...
4: ...ed various descriptions of exactly how that would be done. During the [[20th century]], with the devel...
11: ...he definition of space usually used is that space begins 100 km (62 miles) above Earth's surface. The ...
13: ...[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on...
15: ...light. On [[June 21]], [[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraf... - Cave (10592 bytes)
3: ... to enter. Some scientists stipulate that it must be large enough that some portion of it will not rec...
10: ...aters of the Moon NM-750px.JPG|thumb|300px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of the Moon National Monument|C...
11: ...ava flows downhill and the surface cools down and becomes hard. The lava now flows inside its crust, u...
12: ... inside the crust flows out and leaves a hollow tube.
13: ...] near [[Hilo]] is the longest and deepest lava tube of the world and also the eighth longest cave of ... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
41: | Constantinople is liberated by the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Mich...
46: ...ntium'') is the term conventionally used to describe the [[Greek language|Greek]]-speaking [[Roman Emp...
51: ...ced by the rift caused by the 9th century dispute between Romans (Byzantines as we render them today) ...
53: ... not intended in a demeaning manner since he ascribed his changes to ''historiography'' and not ''hist... - Castle (27805 bytes)
4: ...les also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inha...
10: ...m an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the typical features of European ...
12: ...the monarch or lord who built them. This can best be seen in castles such as [[Bodiam Castle]] in [[Ke...
14: ...l surrounding territory. The story of [[Hugh of Abbeville]] in the last decades of the 10th century il...
15: ...ille's peers] were not all lords of castles, [he] became more powerful than the rest of his peers. For... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: A '''tree''' can be defined as a large, [[perennial]], woody [[plant]...
11: ...re [[flowering plant]]s and conifers. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees and ho...
18: Trees may be broadly grouped into ''exogenous'' and ''endogeno...
20: ...e variation over an annual cycle. These rings can be counted to determine the age of the tree, and use...
22: ... Above ground, the trunk gives height to the leaf-bearing branches, aiding in competition with other p... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
19: These traps may also be classified as active or passive. For example, the...
30: rolled leaf, whose margins have been sealed together. These plants live in areas of
36: ''Heliamphora'' is a member of the [[Sarraceniaceae]], a [[New World]] famil...
46: ...ed-leaf tube, and protects it from rain. Possibly because of this improved
51: ...ls the opening to the tube. This balloon-like chamber is - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...unt St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ... professional life as a lawyer, but he has become best known as an philosophical advocate and defender...
8: ..., Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: Biographers believe that Bacon received an education at home in ...
16: ...let]], the English ambassador at Paris. The disturbed state of government and society in [[France]] un... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...g sober even after everyone else in the party had become senselessly drunk; this helped him obtain hi...
9: ...rupting the youth of Athens. According to Dr Will Beldam he was the first person to question everythin...
11: ...es, while questionable, suggest that Socrates had been studying philosophy for much longer than this a...
13: ...lthough no written accounts of his real life have been located, he is idolized by his disciples and th...
27: ... like the sleeping who are awakened, striking me, believing Anytus, you might easily kill, then the re... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...) which are both small and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-'''...
6: ...2; (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the god ...
8: ...proximately equal to that of the Earth's dry land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on...
13: ...h's oceans biological methane production tends to be accompanied by [[ethane]], while volcanic methane...
15: ...moving from one pole to the other with the change between summer and winter, giving rise to Earth-like... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...the gold-hungry settlers of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of G...
4: ...es found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|...
11: ...or Asia, but the lands he came upon were found to belong to an entirely different landmass. [[Spain]]...
16: ... create a colonial empire. Rather, the motivation behind the founding of colonies was piecemeal and va...
22: The English made a number of failed ventures in the closing decades of the... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ... and teachings of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]].
4: ==Beliefs ==
6: ... for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" or "of Christ".
8: ... vary by culture, as well as thousands of diverse beliefs and sects. Christianity is generally grouped...
14: ... of" (become one with) God. Christians generally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to a... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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16: '''Allspice''', also called '''Jamaica pepper''', '''Myrtle pepper''', '''Pimento''...
18: ...ucculent and more aromatic than that of the red [[bell pepper]]... These Pimientos are the familiar re... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
22: | [[November 22]], [[1890]]
28: | [[November 9]], [[1970]]
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40: ...ulle''' ([[November 22]], [[1890]] – [[November 9]], [[1970]]), in [[France]] commonly referred ... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...wned a [[printing press]] and [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
8: ... figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an imp...
10: ...gborg Castle to which they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...had been predicted, that so impressed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by...
16: ...ccurate to the [[arcminute]]. (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's d... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: ...mb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]]]]
2: ...5]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, a...
5: ... [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...idered joining the [[Franciscan]] order. Perhaps because he judged himself incapable of [[celibacy]],...
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almos... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...l restructuring. While [[France]] would oscillate between republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years ...
8: ... interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of conflict and bloodshed.
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ...dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], who became Controller-General of the Finances in [[1783...
23: ...tax began to make up the difference and allow the beginning of repayment of the debt. - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
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15: ...ll>†</small>) is the smallest (42"-54") member of the [[pelican]] family.
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)
5: ...tates in the Union, the Senate consists of 100 members. Each Senator, who is elected by the whole stat...
7: ...of Representatives. The Senate is not a mere "chamber of review," as is the case with the upper houses...
13: ...an equal vote in at least one house of Congress. Because terms are staggered, every state will have a...
15: ...to the population of each state, but the total number is fixed by statute at 435 ([[Public Law 62-5]])...
17: ...man [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 percent of members have law degrees. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...Representatives; the Senate is smaller and its members serve longer terms, allowing for a more collegi...
4: ...lation in the House of Representatives, but would be equally represented in the Senate. The Constituti...
6: ...named after the ancient [[Roman Senate]]. The chamber of the United States Senate is located in the no...
10: ...ir rank in life and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likeness to the British House of...
12: ...House of Representatives. [[James Madison]] described the Senate's purpose as "A necessary fence again...
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