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  • Wayne Douglas Gretzky (January 26, 1961 - ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Nicknamed "The Great One," he is ...
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  • Category:Psychologists Rhine, J. B. Joseph Banks Rhine (September 29, 1895 – February 20, 1980) was a pioneer in parapsychological research ...
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  • The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, also known as Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians or simply 2 Thessalonians, is a short book ...
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  • Starfish, or sea stars (a less confusing designation, since they are only very distantly related to fish), are marine invertebrates belonging ...
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  • Gondwana (originally Gondwanaland) is an hypothesized ancient southern supercontinent comprising most of the landmasses in today's southern ...
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  • Francis Marion (February 26, 1732–February 27, 1795) was a military leader during the French and Indian War, who distinguished himself as a ...
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  • Hades (from Greek ᾍδης , Haidēs, originally Ἅιδης , Haidēs or Ἀΐδης , Aidēs) refers to both the ancient Greek underworld and ...
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  • Buckwheat is the common name for plants in two genera of the dicot family Polygonaceae: The Eurasian genus, Fagopyrum, and the North American ...
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  • Cao Dai (Cao Đài) is an Asian new religious movement that emerged in Vietnam in 1926 and was founded by Ngô Văn Chiêu (1878 – 1932). Caodaiists ...
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  • category:image wanted César Estrada Chávez (March 31,1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist ...
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  • Fairy shrimp is the common name for aquatic crustaceans in the branchiopod order Anostraca, characterized by elongated bodies, paired compound ...
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  • Baleen whales comprise the Mysticeti, one of two suborders of the mammalian order Cetacea, the other suborder being the Odontoceti, or toothed ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Educators and Educational theorists Parrish, Celestia Susannah Celestia (Celeste) Susannah Parrish ...
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  • The Battle for Henderson Field, also known as the Battle of Henderson Field or Lunga Point by the Japanese, took place October 23 – October ...
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  • In physics, Compton scattering or the Compton effect is the decrease in energy (increase in wavelength) of an X-ray or gamma ray photon when ...
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  • The arts of Africa constitute one of the most diverse legacies on earth. While many observers tend to generalize "traditional" African ...
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  • A hookworm is any of a number of small, parasitic nematodes (roundworms) of the order Strongiloidae and family Ancylostomatidae that have hooked ...
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  • The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1 – July 3 1863), fought in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the bloodiest Gettysburg was the battle ...
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  • In Greek mythology, Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδών ; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of both the sea and earthquakes. In sculpture, he was instantly ...
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  • Red Jacket (c. 1750 - January 20, 1830), known as Otetiani in his youth and Sagoyewatha after 1780, was a Native American of the Seneca tribe ...
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