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  • Equilibrioception or sense of balance is one of the physiological senses. Broadly defined, a sense is a mechanism or faculty by which a living ...
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  • A bulldozer is a very powerful crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor) equipped with a blade. The term "bulldozer" is often used to mean ...
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  • In Māori mythology, the primal couple Rangi (Sky-Father) and Papa (Earth Mother), also called Ranginui and Papatuanuku, refer to the first primordial ...
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  • A mid-ocean ridge (or mid-oceanic ridge) is an underwater mountain range, typically having a valley known as a rift running along its axis, formed ...
    10 KB (1,559 words) - 17:32, 9 November 2022
  • Twyla Tharp (born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer and choreographer. She has won Emmy and Tony awards, and currently works as a choreographer ...
    10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
  • A switch is a device that can connect and disconnect an electric circuit. Switches have been built in a wide range of sizes and types, from subminiature ...
    28 KB (4,495 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
  • Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the twentieth century and branched into separate ...
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  • Seoraksan (Mt. Seorak) is the third highest mountain in South Korea, after the Hallasan volcano on Jeju Island and Jirisan in Gyeongsang Province ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology [[File:Human migrations and mitochondrial haplogroups.PNG|400px|right|thumb|Hypothesized ...
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  • The Battle of Kosovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Косовски бој or Бој на Косову was fought on St Vitus' Day (June 15, now celebrated ...
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  • Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. Its official name and the one by which it is usually known ...
    33 KB (5,580 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
  • Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (March 19, 1873 – May 11, 1916) was an extremely prolific German composer, organist, pianist, and teacher ...
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  • The term supersonic is used to define a speed that exceeds the speed of sound—a speed that is referred to as Mach 1. However, supersonic airflow ...
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  • In population genetics, genetic drift is the phenomenon of change in the frequency of alleles (variants of a gene) in a population of organisms ...
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  • The Oligocene epoch is a division of the geologic time scale and the third and final epoch of the Paleogene period. It extends from about 34 ...
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  • Diatomaceous earth (also known as DE, diatomite, diahydro, kieselguhr, kieselgur, and celite) is a soft, chalk-like sedimentary rock. It consists ...
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  • The Battle of Actium was the decisive engagement in the Roman civil war between the forces supporting Octavian and those supporting Mark Antony ...
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  • Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was the first (1848–1856) and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after ...
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  • Sukiyaki (Japanese: 鋤焼 or more commonly すき焼き; スキヤキ) is a Japanese dish in the nabemono ("one-pot") style. It consists ...
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  • Health insurance is a type of insurance that covers costs incurred for unexpected medical expenses. Health insurance is a relatively recent form ...
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