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  1. Canna lily (3803 bytes)
    15: ... five feet tall but are most often around three feet tall; they often bloom red, yellow, orange, or an...
    19: ...flower]]s attract [[hummingbird]]s. The plants sometimes fall victim to [[Canna leaf roller]]s, or [[B...
    24: ...on. When cooked they have a taste resembling [[sweet potato]].
    26: ...uman consumption in the [[Andes]] and also in [[Vietnam]] and southern [[China]], where the starch is ...
    29: == Canna Varieties ==
  2. Ivory (4783 bytes)
    1: ...ant]], [[hippopotamus]], [[walrus]], [[mammoth]], etc. Prior to the introduction of [[plastics]], it w...
    5: ...can correctly be used to describe any mammalian teeth or tusks of commercial interest which is large e...
    7: ==Teeth and tusks==
    9: ... certain species an evolutionary advantage. The teeth of most mammals consists of a root and the tusk ...
    11: Teeth and tusks have the same physical structures: [[p...
  3. Mountain (4538 bytes)
    3: ...ctivity. Mountain creation tends to occur in discrete periods, referred to as orogenies (orogeny). Two...
    9: ...es'' and the downfolds are ''synclines''; in asymmetric folding there may also be recumbent and overtu...
    14: ...[[Earth]] is [[Mount Chimborazo|Chimborazo]] in [[Ecuador]]. At 6,272 m above sea level it is not even...
    16: ... system]] is Olympus Mons, located on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].
  4. South America (5078 bytes)
    5: ...e Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the [[Pacific Ocean]] and the [[Atlantic Ocea...
    55: | style="text-align:left;" | [[Ecuador]]
  5. United States (58223 bytes)
    2: (poetically) '''Columbia'''—is a [[democracy|demo...
    35: ...Constitution|'''Constitution''']]<br>&nbsp;- completed<br>&nbsp;- ratified<br>&nbsp;- effective|
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    43: utc_offset_DST = |
    60: ...everal federal laws were passed in an attempt to settle the dispute, including the [[Missouri Compromi...
  6. List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
    1: ...n also browse countries [[List of countries|alphabetically]], [[List of national capitals|by capital c...
    3: ...n state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
    27: *[[Ethiopia]] (Itiopia) - [[Addis Ababa]]
    54: *[[Sierra Leone]] - [[Freetown]]
    123: * [[Vietnam]] - [[Hanoi]]
  7. List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
    1: ...al (politics)|capital]]s''' of the world in alphabetical order.
    14: ...r><td>[[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia|Addis Ababa]] <td>[[Ethiopia]]
    17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
    35: <tr><td>[[Basseterre]] <td>[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
    49: <tr><td>[[Bridgetown]] <td>[[Barbados]]
  8. Brazil (12581 bytes)
    1: ... &mdash; every South American nation except for [[Ecuador]] and [[Chile]]. Named after [[brazilwood]], a lo...
    8: ...united to Portugal's Crown. Then prince-regent [[Peter I of Brazil|Dom Pedro I]] declared independence...
    10: ...ash;[[1934]] and [[1937]]&ndash;[[1945]] under [[Get?Vargas]], and [[1964]]&ndash;[[1985]] under a suc...
    15: ... he also appoints the [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]].
    35: *[[List of major cities in Brazil]] (metropolitan areas and major regional cities)
  9. Bolivia (30115 bytes)
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    59: ...La Paz]] also developed advanced agricultural societies that had dissipated by the 13th century A.D. I...
    67: ...st, and the adjoining rich [[nitrate]] fields, together with the port of [[Antofagasta]], to [[Chile]]...
    76: ...a]] overthrew President Paz Estenssoro at the outset of his third term. The [[1969]] death of Presiden...
  10. Peru (12264 bytes)
    2: ...country in western [[South America]], bordering [[Ecuador]] and [[Colombia]] to the north, [[Brazil]] to th...
    38: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.pe]]
    48: ...rmy as an important political force. Once again, between [[1879]] and [[1883]], Peru and Bolivia made ...
    55: ..., which is also known as ''Lima Metropolitana'' (Metropolitan Lima).
    57: ...rring to today's regions, although it is now obsolete.
  11. Time zone (34024 bytes)
    2: ...d. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region to the same mean solar...
    6: ...s atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly ca...
    8: ...ncidentally, local time at Greenwich itself only between 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in October and 0...
    31: ... Mean Time]] (GMT) being hand carried on [[chronometer]]s. About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals...
    35: ... mean time]], and Eastern Standard Time until it settled on EST by ordinance May [[1915]], ratified by...
  12. List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
    22: ...ics of Estonia|Estonia]] - [[Politics of Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]
    50: ...lands]] - [[Politics of the Netherlands Antilles|Netherlands Antilles]] - [[Politics of New Zealand|Ne...
    74: ...f Venezuela|Venezuela]] - [[Politics of Vietnam|Vietnam]]
  13. Mango (12190 bytes)
    17: ''M. foetida''<br>
    39: ... white [[flower]]s emerge they give off a mild sweet odour suggestive of [[lily of the valley]]. After...
    41: ...us]] or hairless on the surface, depending on variety. Inside the shell, which is 1-2&nbsp;mm thick, i...
    43: ... material. Mangoes are a very juicy fruit; the sweet taste and high water content make them refreshing...
    45: ...], though much less than poison ivy. Some people get dermatitis from touching mango peel or sap. Perso...
  14. Condor (7828 bytes)
    20: ...eak to the extremity of the tail and 3 m (10 ft) between the tips of its wings, and can weigh over 13 ...
    24: ... to emotional state, which serves to communicate between individuals.
    26: ... toes are comparatively straight and blunt. The feet are thus more adapted to walking as in their rela...
    32: ...nguage, competitive play behavior, and a wide variety of vocalizations, even though the condor has no ...
    38: ... gorging themselves on several pounds at once, sometimes to the point of being unable to lift off the ...
  15. Tsunami (29462 bytes)
    2: ...andslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have the potential to generat...
    4: ... very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoti...
    10: ...[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. However, the most common cause is...
    14: Sub-marine landslides; which are sometimes triggered by large earthquakes; as well as co...
    21: ...ushika Hokusai|Hokusai]]). In fact, a tsunami is better understood as a new and suddenly higher sea le...
  16. Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
    12: area = 21.1 [[square kilometer|km&sup2;]] (8.1 [[square mile|mi&sup2;]]) |
    17: metro pop = |
    25: ...[[Delaware Valley]] than it does with [[New York metropolitan area|New York]] It is the [[county seat...
    29: ...ton and its immediate suburbs are often lumped together and referred to as "Greater Trenton" by locals...
    32: The first settlement which would become Trenton was established...
  17. July 24 (8660 bytes)
    6: *[[1701]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]] founded.
    13: ...lishes first account of [[Paul Bunyan]] in the [[Detroit News]].
    16: *[[1923]] - The [[Treaty of Lausanne]], settling the boundaries of modern [[Turkey]], is sign...
    23: ...rry Lewis]] perform their last [[comedy show]] together which started on [[July 25]], [[1946]].
    25: ...orting a bombing raid at [[Kang Chi]] are the targets of [[antiaircraft missile]]s in the first such a...
  18. Equator (3944 bytes)
    3: ...rth]]'s equator is about [[1 E7 m|40,070]] [[kilometre|km]], or 24,898 [[mile|miles]].
    8: Between the March and September equinox, the Earth's ...
    10: ...ear, although seasons can vary depending on a variety of factors including elevation and proximity to ...
    12: ... does not qualify for the letter ''i'', no third letter is added to its climate designation.
    14: ...time of lowest sun and shortest days. Often, the wettest time of year will be coolest, due to its havi...
  19. Ocelot (4489 bytes)
    19: ... hollow tree, or a dense (preferably thorny) thicket. The gestation period is estimated to be 70-80 da...
    21: ...uipped for an [[arboreal]] lifestyle, and will sometimes take to the trees, they are mostly terrestria...
    25: ...w range only in several small areas of dense thicket in South Texas. The ocelot's continued presence ...
    38: *''Leopardus pardalis puseaus'', [[Ecuador]]
    44: * [http://www.kenanderson.net/ocelots/index.html Ocelots Index, by Ken Anderson...
  20. List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
    1: ..., in the top few in doubles, quarterfinalists or better in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tourna...
    6: *[[Pieter Aldrich]] - [[:Category:South African tennis pl...
    33: *[[Arnaud Boetsch]] ([[1968]]-) - (France)
    36: ...898]]-[[1994]]) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
    38: ...895]]-[[1978]]) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"

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