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  • The walrus is a large, semi-aquatic mammal that lives in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere and is the only non-seal pinniped (Pinnipedia ...
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  • Chromium (chemical symbol Cr, atomic number 24) is a hard, shiny, steel-gray metal that takes a high polish and does not tarnish. It is therefore ...
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  • Spencer Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor who appeared in 74 films from ...
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  • Cao Yu ( c=曹禺|p=Cáo Yǔ|w=Ts'ao Yü ) (September 24, 1910 - December 13, 1996), born as Wan Jiabao (萬家寶), was a renowned Chinese ...
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  • Tammuz (also known as Dumuzi) was the name of an ancient Near Eastern deity who was best known for his patronage of herdsmen and his romantic ...
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  • Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917), originally named Lydia Kamakaeha, also known as Lydia Kamakaeha Paki ...
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  • Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, carbinol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, or wood spirits, is the simplest alcohol. Its chemical formula ...
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  • Mica is an important group of rock-forming silicate minerals, belonging to the subgroup called phyllosilicates. The group consists of more than ...
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  • The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is situated in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean, about a ...
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  • The Oregon boundary dispute (often called the Oregon question) arose as a result of competing British and American claims to the Oregon Country ...
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  • Chief Joseph (March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904) was the chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Native Americans during ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology The term Attitude as well as the concepts "attitude formation" and "attitude ...
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  • The term acid rain is commonly used to mean the deposition of acidic components in rain, snow, fog, dew, or dry particles. The more accurate ...
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  • A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single ...
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  • Barite (British spelling Baryte), also called heavy spar, is a mineral that is widely distributed around the globe. Chemically, it consists of ...
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  • Bāguàzhǎng is one of the major internal (Nèijiā) Chinese martial arts. Bāguà zhǎng literally means "eight trigram palm," referring ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education [[Image:Tee-ball wity Peace Corps volunteer, Honduras.jpg|thumb|250 px|A volunteer teaches ...
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  • Biochemistry (once known as physiological chemistry or biological chemistry) is the study of chemicals and chemical processes that occur in living ...
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  • Category:Public [[Image:Weatheringcartoon.jpg|thumb|right|400px|This illustration shows various components of space weathering]] Space weathering ...
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  • Jöns Jakob Berzelius (August 20, 1779 – August 7, 1848) was a Swedish chemist. Adversity in childhood fostered within Berzelius an independent ...
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