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  • Acetic acid, also known as ethanoic acid, is an organic chemical compound best recognized for giving vinegar its sour taste and pungent smell ...
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  • Opal is a mineraloid A mineraloid is a mineral-like material that does not have a definite chemical formula or crystal form. that can form or ...
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  • Mário Raul de Morais Andrade (October 9, 1893 – February 25, 1945) was a Brazilian poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic ...
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  • The golden calf (עגל הזהב), in Jewish tradition, was an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites during Moses' absence on Mount Sinai ...
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  • Wicca (Old English for "male witch"; feminine wicce), also known as the "Old Religion," is a Neopagan religion characterized ...
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  • Gurū Nānak Dēv ( ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ) (October 20, 1469 – September 22, 1539) was the founder of the Sikh religion whose ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Geopolitics attempts to explain international politics in terms of geography—that ...
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  • Category:Image wanted Otto Neurath (December 10, 1882 – December 22, 1945) was an Austrian sociologist and philosopher of science and one of ...
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  • Sir Philip Sidney (November 30, 1554 – October 17, 1586) was one of the most prominent poets of the Elizabethan era. Like his close friend ...
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  • DEET is a chemical, N, N-Diethyl-m-toluamide, that acts as an insect repellent to prevent bites from mosquitoes, fleas, biting flies, and other ...
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  • In philosophy, metaethics—sometimes known as analytic ethics—is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties ...
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  • The principle of sufficient reason is the principle which is presupposed in philosophical arguments in general, which states that anything that ...
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  • Praseodymium Praseodymium is frequently misspelled as praseodynium. (chemical symbol Pr, atomic number 59) is a soft silvery metallic element ...
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  • A sapphire (from the Latin sapphirus and Greek sappheiros, perhaps derived from the Hebrew word ספּיר, sapir) is a gemstone belonging to ...
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  • Francium (chemical symbol Fr, atomic number 87) is a radioactive metal found in minute amounts in uranium and thorium ores. Although many isotopes ...
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  • Zeolites are an extremely useful group of minerals characterized by a microporous structure—that is, a structure with minute pores. Chemically ...
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  • Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid-liquid, solid-gas ...
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  • Crown ethers are heterocyclic chemical compounds that consist of a ring containing several ether groups. The most common crown ethers are oligomers ...
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  • Diphtheria is a highly-contagious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, an aerobic Gram-positive bacterium. It is generally an upper ...
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  • Category:Economists Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro [[Image:Edgeworth.jpeg|right|225px|thumb|Francis Y. Edgeworth]] Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (February ...
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