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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
31: ...he ''European Space Research Organisation'', also known as ESRO, was established on [[March 20]], [[19...
38: The [[Indian Space Research Organization]], also known as ISRO, was established on [[August 15]], [[1...
43: ===Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency===
44: ...er of NASDA, the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan and the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Sc...
87: ||[[January 31]] [[1958]] - Cave (10592 bytes)
30: ...ssolution process produces a distinctive landform known as [[karst]] and characterized by [[sinkhole]]...
35: ...precipitation, including the most common and well-known [[stalactite]]s and [[stalagmite]]s. These se...
58: ... most extensive known cave is the [[Optimisticeskaja]] system in the [[Ukraine]], at 214km.
60: [[As of 2005]], the deepest known cave (measured from its highest entrance to it...
76: {{Commons|Cave|Cave}} - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
124: ...n important role in the transmission of classical knowledge to the [[Islamic world]] and to [[Renaissa...
126: ...ic peoples as well as among the Greeks. Less well known is the influence of the Byzantine style of rel...
160: {{commons|Byzantine Empire}} - Castle (27805 bytes)
4: ...les also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inha...
32: Some well known examples include:
44: ...en new to the country, brought in by the Norman [[knight]]s whom [[Edward the Confessor]] had sent for...
50: ...replaced the timber palisade and produced what is known as the shell-keep, the type met with in the ex...
52: ...y]], of which the [[Tower of London]] is the best-known example, though that of Colchester was probabl... - Tree (23723 bytes)
11: ...rs. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typically classified.
20: ...od taken from trees in the past; this practice is known as the science of [[dendrochronology]]. In som...
58: # [[Western Redcedar]] ''Thuja plicata'': '''500 m�''', Quinault Lake Redcedar
72: ...ly over 3000 years) and [[Western Redcedar]] ''Thuja plicata''.
74: ...this is also the oldest human-planted tree with a known planting date. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
41: are usually known as trumpet pitchers. ''S. purpurea'' (the hunt...
61: ''N. rajah'', will also occasionally take small mammals and...
206: ...nt]]s, but of these, only around five hundred are known to be carnivorous. True carnivory has probably...
218: ...trigger hairs - an example of natural selection hijacking preexisting structures for entirely new func... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ..., [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in...
4: ...'[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimenta...
21: ...ervice to his country, and service to the church. Knowing that a prestigious post would aid him toward...
31: ...ughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is known of their married life: modern scholars specula...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ... of Delium]] and the [[Battle of Amphipolis]]. We know from [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']...
7: It is unknown what Socrates did for a living; in Plato's acc...
11: ...ar as he ''knew'' he knew nothing and strived for knowledge. Historical accounts from varied sources,...
31: ...me things which hitherto, as I believed, I had no knowledge of.'' (''[[Oeconomicus]]'' by [[Xenophon]]...
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - Mars (27704 bytes)
22: ...aining forms of sulfur, iron or bromine such as [[jarosite]]. This and other evidence led a group of 5...
44: ...concerning Martians. The linear features are now known to be mostly non-existent or, in some cases, d...
85: ...Union]], the [[United States]], [[Europe]], and [[Japan]] to study the planet's surface, climate, and ...
93: ...([[MER-B]]). Both missions landed successfully in January 2004 and have met or exceeded all their targ...
114: | November 15th, 2007 || December 24th, 2007 || January 30th, 2008 || December 5th, 2008 - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...the gold-hungry settlers of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of G...
25: ...after the recently enthroned [[James I of England|James I]] - very nearly became the next in the strin...
29: ...orts of an enigmatic figure named [[John Smith of Jamestown|John Smith]]. Smith made himself the benev...
33: ...man [[Nathaniel Bacon]] that succeeded in burning Jamestown to the ground, plantation owners sought a ...
47: ...motivated by the Dutch government's alliance with James I. As a result, some of them joined a larger ... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
14: ... reached by the Council of Nicea in [[325]] C.E., known as the [[Nicene Creed]]. This describes the be...
29: ...Seventy Apostles|70]], including [[James the Just|James Adelphos]], Mark, Luke, [[Mary Magdalene]], et...
49: ...hopries as far away as [[India]], [[Java (island)|Java]], and [[China]].
96: ...that is authentic to them. What has thus far been known as the [[Emerging Church]] is a by-product of ...
122: ... Christ, to bring hope and lead mankind into true knowledge of God and His purposes, and help them gro... - 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...
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]]
42: ...logy#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence ...
77: ...blanca Conference (1943)|Casablanca conference]], January 1943. From left to right: General Giraud, Pr...
82: ...ernment from September [[1944]] but resigned on [[January 20]], [[1946]], complaining of conflict betw...
94: ...ty" was created under the presidency of General [[Jacques Massu]], a Gaullist sympathiser. General [[R... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...a [[printing press]] and [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
8: .... He was born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]...
10: ..., Danish nobleman [[J? Brahe]], ''... without the knowledge of my parents took me away with him while ...
23: at the end of 1570, so he returned to [[Knudstrup]], where his father died in May 1571. Soon...
26: ...orgen Hansen, being the [[Lutheran]] clergyman of Knudstrup's village church. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...[1478]]–[[6 July]], [[1535]]), posthumously known also as '''Saint Thomas More''', was an [[Engl...
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almos...
12: ...arles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As se...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
59: ...husiastic persecution of heretics). Biographer [[Jasper Ridley]] goes much further, describing More a... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...roller-General of Finances 1774–1776) and [[Jacques Necker]] (Director-General of Finance 1777&n...
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an...
55: ...ivil)|pr鶴t]] des marchands'' (roughly, mayor) [[Jacques de Flesselles]] of treachery; his assassinat...
57: ...e city's mayor under a new governmental structure known as the ''commune''. The king visited Paris, wh...
63: ...aux]], as part of a general agrarian insurrection known as "la Grande Peur" (the Great Fear). - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
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)
15: .... Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known as [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico|Resi...
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 Co...
31: ...rst ten amendments to the Constitution (popularly known as the [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
12: ...erative body than the House of Representatives. [[James Madison]] described the Senate's purpose as "A...
21: ...senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator," and his or her counte...
33: ... for representatives. In [[Federalist No. 62]], [[James Madison]] justified this arrangement by arguin...
40: ...litical party|party]] with a majority of seats is known as the majority party; if two or more parties ...
73: ...ed standing committees. Such bodies are generally known as [[Select or special committee|select commit...
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