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  • Flamingo (plural: flamingos or flamingoes) is the common name for ... extant species is recognized, with four of the species native to the Americas ...
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  • of the actinide series. It is produced synthetically by bombarding ... amounts, making it feasible to study the element's chemical properties ...
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  • The South Korean military has grown from a understaffed and under ... South Korea maintains one of the largest standing armies in the world ...
    22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
  • Biotite is a common phyllosilicate mineral within the mica group. ... In a broader sense, biotite refers to the dark mica series, primarily ...
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  • occurs in association with yttrium. It is the heaviest and hardest of the ... elements. Consequently, it is also one of the most expensive metals, costing ...
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  • a rare, hard, white metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements ... This element is generally found in ores with the other platinum group ...
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  • Liverwort is the common name for any of the small, green, non-vascular ... 10,000 species of liverworts. Some of the more familiar species grow ...
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  • Fire extinguishers have been a major part of fire prevention. The ... The typical steps for operating a fire extinguisher (described by ...
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  • Leucippus or Leukippos (first half of the fifth century b.c.e.) was ... explicitly credited Leucippus with the invention of atomism. His ...
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  • corrosion. It is obtained chiefly from the mineral cassiterite, in which ... lead, and zinc to prevent corrosion. As the most tonally resonant metal ...
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  • drop between its terminals in proportion to the current. Resistors are used ... The mathematical relationship between the electrical resistance (R ...
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  • to do this in order to spawn other incubi. The incubus drains energy from ... such a spirit by either males or females (the female version of the incubus ...
    10 KB (1,633 words) - 19:43, 28 February 2018
  • and fermentation processes, and to set the proper conditions for dyeing ... The main component of a buffer solution, such as a weak acid or weak ...
    12 KB (1,728 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
  • Tinnitus is the perception of sound in one or both ears or in the ... that is prolonged or present much of the time, and 0.5 percent are ...
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  • radioactive metallic element, belonging to the actinide series. It is the ... and the first member of this group to be produced synthetically. Its ...
    11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
  • Shen-hsiu; Japanese: Jinshū) was one of the most influential Chan Buddhist ... of the 'East Mountain Teachings' (Chinese: tung-shan fa ...
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  • by living cells or another organism. The term sometimes is used in ... mechanism, and they can be highly complex (the venom of the cone snail contains ...
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  • :This article is about the astronomical term. [[Image:Solar eclips ... A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or ...
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  • born British entrepreneur and media owner, the founder of Reuters news agency ... An innovator in the field, he still recognized the need to cooperate ...
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  • Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was the site of the American Continental ... The weather began to ease in February and Washington appointed General ...
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