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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926)
Neuschwanstein Castle
castle in Bavaria, Germany, Europe
fermion
thumb|upright=1.6|Fermions form one of the two fundamental classes of subatomic particle, the other being [[bosons. All subatomic particles must be one or the other. A composite particle (hadron) may fall into either class depending on its composition.]] In particle physics, a fermion is a subatomic particle that follows Fermi–Dirac statistics. Fermions have a half-integer spin (spin , spin , etc.) and obey the Pauli exclusion principle. These particles include all quarks and leptons and all composite particles made of an odd number of these, such as all baryons and many atoms and nuclei. Ferm
taboo
A taboo is a social group's ban, prohibition or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred or allowed only for certain people. Such prohibitions are present in virtually all societies. Taboos may be prohibited explicitly, for example within a legal system or religion, or implicitly, for example by social norms or conventions followed by a particular culture or organization.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
1999 film directed by George Lucas
tongue-twister
phrase that is intentionally difficult to articulate properly
Marshall Plan
American initiative for foreign aid to Western Europe following World War II
dyslexia
Tower of London
castle in central London, United Kingdom
Sápmi
is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia, stretching over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Most of Sápmi lies north of the Arctic Circle, bounded by the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, and White Sea. In the south, Sápmi extends to the counties of Trøndelag in Norway and Jämtland in Sweden.
Pierre Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 (1919–2000)
Evaristus
5th Pope of the Catholic Church from c. 99 to c. 107
M. C. Escher
Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972)
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
bioinformatics
500px|thumbnail|right|Early bioinformatics—computational alignment of experimentally determined sequences of a class of related proteins; see for further information. thumbnail|220px|Map of the human X chromosome (from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website) Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field of science that develops computational methods and software tools for understanding biological data, especially when the data sets are large and complex. Bioinformatics integrates principles from biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, data science, computer p
Yosemite National Park
national park in California, United States
Jack the Ripper
unidentified 19th century serial killer
Laika
Laika ( ; , ; – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology to re-enter the atmosphere had not yet been developed, Laika's survival was never expected. She died of hyperthermia hours into the flight, on the craft's fourth orbit.
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history of Russia
occurrences and people in Russia throughout history
Iron Curtain
term symbolizing the ideological-political conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe during the Cold War
humpback whale
species of mammal
bobcat
The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the wildcat, bay lynx, or red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. Native to North America, it ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2002, due to its wide distribution and large population. Although it has been hunted extensively both for sport and fur, populations have proven stable, though declining in some areas.
Oktoberfest
thumb|right|Oktoberfest logo Oktoberfest (; ) is the world's largest Volksfest. It combines a beer festival with a fun fair and is held annually in Munich on the Theresienwiese from mid-September to the first Sunday in October.
choir
thumb|300px|Evensong rehearsal by Blue Coat CE School Choir, Coventry, in the quire of [[York Minster, showing carved choirstalls]]
Peterborough
Peterborough ( ) is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is north of London, on the River Nene. As of the 2021 census, the Peterborough urban area had a population of 192,178, In 2023, the Peterborough City Council estimated the population of the wider district to be 219,510.
World Economic Forum
Swiss nonprofit foundation
Asperger syndrome
neurodevelopmental disorder; type of autism
Sedna
dwarf planet in the outermost Solar system
Oberon
moon of Uranus
tawny owl
species of bird
Joseph E. Stiglitz
American economist, professor, and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
300
2007 film directed by Zack Snyder
immortality
thumb|The Fountain of Eternal Life in [[Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is described as symbolizing "Man rising above death, reaching upward to God and toward Peace."]]
Iberian lynx
specie of felid native to the Iberian Peninsula
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas
Triceratops
Triceratops ( ; ) is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 to 66 million years ago on the island continent of Laramidia, now forming western North America. It was one of the last-known non-avian dinosaurs and lived until the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. The name Triceratops, which means 'three-horned face', is derived from the Ancient Greek words ('), meaning "three", ('), meaning "horn", and (''''), meaning "face".
Betty White
American actress and comedian (1922–2021)
Castor fiber
species of beaver
hepatitis C
human viral infection
Mimas
Mimas is the seventh-largest natural satellite of Saturn. With a mean diameter of , Mimas is the smallest astronomical body known to be roughly rounded in shape due to its own gravity. Mimas's low density, 1.15&nbsp;g/cm3, indicates that it is composed mostly of water ice with only a small amount of rock, and study of Mimas's motion suggests that it may have a liquid ocean beneath its surface ice. The surface of Mimas is heavily cratered and shows little signs of recent geological activity. A notable feature of Mimas's surface is Herschel, one of the largest craters relative to the size of the
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siege
thumb|upright=1.35|Depiction of 70 AD Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)|siege of Jerusalem by [[Francesco Hayez, 1867]]
Pavo
constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
literary criticism
study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
artificial neural network
computational model used in machine learning, based on connected, hierarchical functions
Song Thrush
species of bird
Rhea
moon of Saturn
Battle of Hastings
battle which occurred on 14 October 1066
vertigo
Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when that is not the case. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspiration, or difficulties walking. It is typically worse when the head is moved. Vertigo is the most common type of dizziness.
Sunderland A.F.C.
association football club in Sunderland, England
Oasis
British rock band
Project Gutenberg
volunteer effort to digitize and archive books
Council of Trent
19th Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church
Dione
moon of Saturn
Anfield
Anfield is a football stadium in the area of Anfield, Liverpool, England, which has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since its formation in 1892. The stadium has a seating capacity of 61,276, making it the fifth-largest football stadium in England. It was originally the home of Everton from 1884 to 1891 before they moved to Goodison Park after a dispute with the club president.
transliteration
Transliteration is the attempt to represent the text of one language in the writing system of another. For instance, for the Greek term , which is usually translated as , the usual transliteration into the Latin script (romanization) is ; and the Russian term , which is usually translated as , can be transliterated either as or alternatively as .
search engine optimization
practice and strategies of increasing online visibility in search engine results pages
sexual dimorphism
condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs
read-only memory
non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices; class of storage medium used in computers and other electronic devices