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  • Ellen Gould White (née Harmon) (November 26, 1827 - July 16, 1915) was co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, prolific writer, lecturer ...
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  • In zoology, ray is the common name for cartilaginous fish comprising the order Rajiformes (or Batoidea), characterized by enlarged and flat pectoral ...
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  • A polymer (from the Greek words polys, meaning "many," and meros, meaning "parts") is a chemical compound consisting of large ...
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  • Ichneumonidae is a diverse family of wasps, typically characterized by a parasitic component to the life cycle, antennae with 16 or more segments ...
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  • Chloral hydrate is a colorless, solid chemical compound with the formula C2H3Cl3O2. It is soluble in both water and alcohol, readily forming ...
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  • Artichoke, or globe artichoke, is a perennial thistle, Cynara cardunculus (or C. scolymus) of the Asteraceae family, characterized by pinnately ...
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  • Seismology (from the Greek seismos ( grc|σεισμός ), meaning "earthquake," and -logia ( grc|-λογία ), meaning "study ...
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  • Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (November 8, 1848, Wismar – July 26,925, Bad Kleinen) was a German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher ...
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  • Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English author of science fiction novels such ...
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  • Classical mechanics is used for describing the motion of macroscopic objects, from projectiles to parts of machinery, as well as astronomical ...
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  • Purine is a heterocyclic, aromatic, organic compound, consisting of a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. Heterocyclic compounds are ...
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  • Hominidae is a taxonomic family of primates that today is commonly considered to include extant (living) and extinct humans, chimpanzees, gorillas ...
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  • Category:Economists Schmoller, Gustav von [[Image:Gustav von Schmoller by Nicola Perscheid c1908.jpg|thumb|Gustav von Schmoller]] Gustav von Schmoller ...
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  • Fluorescein (chemical formula C20H12O5) is a highly fluorescent substance, absorbing light mainly in the blue range and emitting light mainly ...
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  • Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (/ˈjeɪɡər/ YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 - December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer ...
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  • Genome is one complete set of hereditary information that characterizes an organism, as encoded in the DNA (or, for some viruses, RNA). That ...
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  • The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta, Georgia ...
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  • Oligarchy (Greek Ὀλιγαρχία, Oligarkhía, from óligon, “few,” and arkho, “rule” ) is a form of government in which political ...
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  • Squash (plural squash or squashes) is the common name used for four species in the genus Cucurbita of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae: C. pepo ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Archaeology Category:Linguistics [[Image:BehistunInscriptionSketch.jpg|thumb ...
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