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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
6: ...ocket]]s. The [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center|NASM annex]] at [[Dulles International Airport]] in Northe...
13: ...tal launch was of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] unmanned [[Sputnik I]] mission on [[October 4]], [[1957]...
15: ...paceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]].
40: ISRO has capability to build and launch satellites up to 2000 kg into...
41: ISRO has started the work on its first Unmanned Lunar program called [[Chandrayan|Chandrayan-1]... - Cave (10592 bytes)
5: ==Cave types and formation==
11: ...Lava tube]]s''' are formed through volcanic activity. They are the most common primary caves. Lava flo...
15: ...r caves''' are also formed through volcanic activity.
32: ... cave formation and the origin of the great majority of all caves on Earth. The reasons for this abund...
34: ... in Hall of the Mountain Kings, [[Ogof Craig a Ffynnon]], [[South Wales]]]] - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ...lign=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; ...
7: ...x]]<br/><small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumen...
46: ...he emperor in the Greek East sole imperial authority. In any case, the changeover was gradual and by 3...
53: ...ertheless, this was not intended in a demeaning manner since he ascribed his changes to ''historiograp...
55: ==Identity== - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ... ''chau-fort,'' for in French a simple ''chau'' connotes a grand [[country house]] at the center of an...
10: ...place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the typical features of European castles - e.g. portcull...
24: ...a residence, the medieval castle is inseparably connected with the subjects of [[fortification]] (see ...
42: ...ms]] and later [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] and [[cannon]].
44: ...hortly before the [[Norman]] Conquest to denote a type of fortress, then new to the country, brought i... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ..., and some can live for several [[millennium|millennia]].
9: ...ees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics, reproductive s...
11: ...xamples of many well known trees and how they are typically classified.
13: ...or burned over periodically) is called a '''[[savanna]]'''.
18: ...the bark. Endogenous trees, mainly in the [[monocotyledon]]s (e.g. [[palm tree|palms]]), grow by addit... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
58: ...lants of the genus ''[[Nepenthes]]''. In the seventy or so species of this genus,
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131: [[ion channel]]s in the [[membrane]]s of cells at the base of...
139: ...he snapping of the leaves is a case of [[thigmonasty]] (undirected movement in response to touch). Fur... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: .... In the context of his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [...
8: ...zabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. His mother, [[Ann Cooke Bacon]] was the second wife of Sir Nicholas...
10: ...t time, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, l...
16: ...Paris. The disturbed state of government and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry I...
18: ...mself, he took up his residence in law at Gray's Inn in 1579. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...emaining sober even after everyone else in the party had become senselessly drunk; this helped him ob...
9: ...fended the leaders of this time. He was found guilty as charged, and sentenced to drink [[Cicuta viros...
11: ...estioning them about their knowledge of good, beauty, and virtue; finding that they knew nothing yet b...
27: ...is way the god seems to have fastened me on the city, some such one who arousing and persuading and re...
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - Mars (27704 bytes)
6: ...a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the god [[Mars (mythology)...
13: ... gas on the planet. [[volcanism|Volcanic]] activity, [[comet]] impacts and the existence of life in t...
15: ... water-ice that were photographed by the Opportunity rover in 2004.
18: ...crust]] has been magnetized in alternating bands, typically measuring 100 miles wide by 600 miles long...
20: ... of water taken by ''[[Opportunity rover|Opportunity]]'']] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... The [[Quakers]] of [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], the [[Puritans]] of [[New England]], t...
4: ...as of development in colonial America, historians typically recognize four regions in the lands that l...
9: ...erest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Midd...
27: ...dual wealth. A lack of social bonds in the community was further excabarated by the fact that all the ...
29: ...source documents indicate that some turned to [[cannibalism]]. However, the colony survived, in large ... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
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2: '''Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is based o...
8: ...thousands of diverse beliefs and sects. Christianity is generally grouped into three main branches, wh...
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Oriental...
12: When combined, Christianity is the world's largest single [[religion]], with ... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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16: ...ces, such as [[cloves]], [[pepper]], and even [[cinnamon]] and [[nutmeg]].
18: ...entos are the familiar red stuffing found in quality green [[olive]]s.)
21: ...ce]] with a taste similar to a combination of [[cinnamon]] and [[cloves]], but [[hot]]ter and more [[p...
25: ...ound by Spanish explorers in Jamaica near the beginning of the 16th century. It was slowly introduced... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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36: ! align="left" | Party: - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
5: He is universally referred to as "Tycho" rather than by his surname "Brahe". Apparent...
8: ...[[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family w...
10: ...Vordingborg Castle to which they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years ...
12: ...his uncle, he studied law but also studied a variety of other subjects and became interested in [[astr... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
5: ... with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barri...
7: ... at a [[Carthusian]] monastery next to Lincoln's Inn while he considered joining the [[Franciscan]] or...
12: ...of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he earned a reputation as an honest and ...
14: ...ward for the universities of Oxford and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. In [[1525]] he became ...
23: ... authors' allegiance to the reigning [[Tudor dynasty]], which had wrested the throne from Richard at t... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
8: ...e extent the old order succumbed to its own rigidity in the face of a changing world; to some extent, ...
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ... potential creditors of the confidence and stability of France's finances.
23: ...began to make up the difference and allow the beginning of repayment of the debt.
25: ...ing to a near-default, which forced Louis and Brienne to surrender. - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...like a letter "C", feed on rotting wood in a variety of places, tree stumps, old trees and shrubs, rot...
32: ...es to move them, however females can inflict a nasty bite. Capable of a slow awkward lumbering flight ... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
12: ...anus occidentalis | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1766}}
28: *''Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis'' Linnaeus, 1766
33: ... Pelican is protected by the [[Migratory Bird Treaty]] of [[1972]].
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ...embers, regardless of population. As there are fifty states in the Union, the Senate consists of 100 m...
7: .... Important powers of Congress include the authority to regulate interstate and foreign [[commerce]], ...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
19: ...pg|thumb|250px| [[George W. Bush]] delivered his annual [[State of the Union address]] to a [[joint se...
24: ...rted its term in [[Federal Hall]] in [[New York City]] on [[March 4]], [[1789]] and their first action... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
4: ...ral]] Congress was created as a result of the [[Connecticut Compromise]], a compromise made at the [[H...
10: ... for their rank in life and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likeness to the British ...
12: ...er, the Senate could not begin work until a majority of the members assembled on [[April 6]] of the sa...
14: ...te falling one vote short of the two-thirds majority requisite for conviction.
18: ...sh;still held more clout. The influence of the party leaders, however, would eventually grow, especial...
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