Aarushhh/wikipedia-simple-splitted huggingface dataset:
Pre-Buddhist Era 
Most Sinhalese in the island claim that Sri Lanka was ruled by nagas and yakkas before Vijaya( a prince from India ) came to Sri Lanka. The most famous of these legendary kings is Ravana. Most people in the country believe that Ravana is still alive but in deep sleep. But most prominent historians regard Vijaya as Sri lanka's first king. Vijaya is an Indian prince who because of misbehavior was put in a boat with his 700 friends was sent off. He was the son of king Sinhabahu who was in fact the son of a Lion. Hence most Sinhalse claim to be descending from the Lion's blood.

There were several kings who ruled Sri Lanka after Vijaya but the most important after that was Pandukabaya because he chose Anuradhapura as the country's capital.

Colonial Era 
The first Portuguese arrived at Sri Lanka in 1505.
Civil War 
Sri Lanka experienced the Civil war through years 1983 to 2009. Racial discrimination after the post colonial era was the main reason for civil war as such. The sinhala only act which was passed in 1953 was one of the main reasons for a war as such. This act led to about 1/3 of the population facing difficulties when performing daily tasks. It also gave superior status to the Sinhalese component of the population.

Even though most people criticize the Act, it can be argued as a healthy decision as previously Lanka used colonial English to handle work at courts which limited amout of people understood. So it was really a choice between making more people understand or making the population literate in English.
The war was between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan army. Due to careful planning and expert battling techniques of Sarath Fonseka under the guidance of former president Mahinda Rajapakse and former defence secreatariat Gotabaya Rajapakse, the brutal civil war ended in May 2009 as the LTTE admitted defeat.

Post-War Era 
Sri Lanka had to gain international confidence after the war.

References

Further Reading 
 (PDF) Producing and using the Historical Relation of Ceylon: Robert Knox, the East India Company and the Royal Society An historical relation of Sri Lanka
 Road to Nandikadal (Sinhala Translation): Kamal Gunaratne: 9789554323711: Amazon.com: Books

 https://www.sarasavi.lk/Book/Sinhalayo-9559170120  Sinhalayo By Senarath Paranavithana

History of Asia by country
History of Sri Lanka
The Jew's harp (also known as jaw harp or mouth harp) is a small musical instrument. It is held on the mouth and plucked. The person playing the harp changes the pitch and tone of the sound created by changing the shape of their mouth.

Musical instruments
The Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic information of mathematicians. It contains information on many mathematical scientists who contributed to research-level mathematics (Mathematics higher than graduate level). The project entry includes PhD course graduation year, PhD thesis title, alma mater, doctoral advisor, and doctoral students.

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Lucy Joan Slater (5 January 1922 – 6 June 2008) was a British mathematician who studied mathematical functions. Many mathematical identities have been named after her. For example, there is the Jackson-Slater identity and the Rogers-Ramanujan-Slater identity. She is also known for her books about special functions and Fortran.

Related pages
 Timeline of women in mathematics

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Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France (2 October 1666 – 3 May 1739) was the eldest legitimised daughter (fille légitimée de France) of King Louis XIV of France and his first well known mistress Louise de La Vallière.

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in India may face difficulties from the law and the society. Non-LGBT persons do not commonly face these difficulties. India has removed laws that treated gay sex and transgender people unfairly. But, Indian laws do not completely protect from unfair treatment or allow same-sex marriage.

Since 2014, transgender people in India may change their gender without surgery. The constitution also gives them a right to name themselves under a third gender. Some states also protect hijras, who are traditional third gender people in South Asia, through housing programmes, welfare benefits, pension schemes, and free operations in government hospitals. There are about 4.8 million transgender people in India.
In 2018, the Supreme Court of India said that homosexuality was not a crime. It declared that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code did not follow the constitution when adults had consensual homosexual sex. Homosexuality was never illegal in ancient Indian and traditional codes. It was made a crime by the British during their rule in India.

Though LGBT rights have been spoken for in recent political movements, much homophobia is still present among the people. A poll from 2019 says that around half of Indians object to same-sex relationships. Hindu respondents accept the LGBT community the highest. In 2010s, LGBT people in India gained tolerance and acceptance, especially in large cities. Still, most LGBT people in India remain hidden because they fear unfair treatment from their families who might see homosexuality as shameful.

Allowing same-sex relationships
Marriages between people of the same sex are not allowed in India by law. Same-sex couples are also not given rights of civil union or a household partnership. In 2011, a Haryana court marked a same-sex marriage involving two women as lawful. After marrying, the couple got threats from friends and relatives in their village. Their family finally accepted their marriage.

In October 2017, a group of citizens advised that a new Uniform Civil Code be created. This code would make the same-sex marriage lawful before the Law Commission of India.

There are now many same-sex marriage applications still waiting to be judged by the courts.

Protection from unfair treatment
Article 15 of the Indian Constitution protects Indian citizens from unfair treatment

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that unfair treatment because of sexual orientation and gender identity did not follow the Constitution.
Even after this, no clear law bans unfair treatment based on both sexual orientation and gender identity. India does not have detailed laws which protect against most unfair treatment and harassment in private jobs. (Such laws exist for sexual harassment though.) Article 15 only covers unfair treatment by government bodies.

In 2019, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 was accepted. The law bans unfair treatment against transgender people in private jobs, education and healthcare.

LGBT activists are reaching out to people who have faced unfair treatment (because of their sexual orientation or gender identity) in private jobs or other non-governmental areas. They are asking such people to question the two rulings in court. They are also fighting for a clear law against unfair treatment. Such a law would also cover private unfair treatment.
In the military
LGBT people are banned from working in the Indian military. In December 2018, Member of Parliament Jagdambika Pal (BJP) asked the Indian Parliament to change the Army Act, 1950, the Navy Act, 1957 and the Air Force Act, 1950. His advised change would allow LGBT people to work in the military.

Events
Actor Kamal Rashid Khan was booked by the police on December 9, 2018 for making rude comments against LGBT people.

Treatments for conversion
In February 2014, the Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) said that homosexuality is not unnatural. It also said that neither science nor rules for psychiatry could prove that homosexuality is a mental illness or a disease. 

In June 2018, the IPS repeated its stand on the issue. It said that we should not disapprove of people who are not heterosexual, punish them, or remove them from the society.
Even after this, conversion treatments still happen in India. They usually carry out electroshock treatment (which may cause memory loss), hypnosis, drugs causing nausea, or talk therapy. In talk therapy, the person is told that homosexuality happens because they are "not asserting enough" or have "an uncaring father and a strict mother". Conversion treatments can cause depression, anxiety, seizures, drug use and suicidal tendencies.

Sexual violence
In July 2019, lawmaker K. T. S. Tulsi introduced the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 in the Rajya Sabha to amend the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 in order to make sexual crimes gender-neutral by including men and transgender people in addition to women. If passed the bill allows for recognition of not only transgender persons defined as the "other" gender under Indian law, but would potentially leave the door open for the recognition of other gender identities.

Rights of intersex people
Problems of intersex people in India are seen as problems of third gender people. The most well-known third gender groups in India are the hijras. After talking to hijras for many years, Serena Nanda wrote a book called Neither Man Nor Woman: The hijras of India. In the book, she wrote that people in India believed that hijras were born as intersex persons and were taken away by the hijra community at birth or in childhood. However, she found no proof for this belief among the hijras whom she met. They had all joined the group on their own whenthey were teenagers. Sangam literature uses the word pedi for people who are born intersex. Other groups in India call intersex people as mabedi usili and give them special names.

Control over one's body 
Intersex persons are not protected from attacks on to their bodies.
Cases where small intersex children have been killed have been reported.  Medical reports say that parents in India usually think of small intersex children to be male. Parents choose to have surgery done on children if they can pay for it.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India, answered a letter from an activist for intersex rights, Gopi Shankar Madurai. In the answer, they wrote that any surgery, even operations to change sex, are done only after testing the patient completely, designing a proper treatment asking the patient/guardian".

Indian passports are available with an "O" option (for "Other") to name one's sex, apart from Male and Female options.
Protection from unfair treatment
Many Indian sports-persons have been shamed and treated unfairly after their sex was checked. They have also lost work and their medals. Santhi Soundarajan was a runner who won the silver medal in the 800 metres race  at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Her medal was taken away from her  and she tried to kill herself later. Another runner, Pinki Pramanik, was blamed by a female roommate of rape. She was later tested and named male, though she and other medical experts do not agree. Yet another Indian runner, Dutee Chand, won a case against the IAAF in 2015. This case helped women runners with more testosterone in their bodies to participate as women because there is no clear proof that testosterone benefits performance. In 2016, some sports doctors said that runners born with a problem of sex development who were raised as females should be allowed to participate as women.
Intersex people in Indian politics
Gopi Shankar Madurai was one of the youngest candidate to run in an Indian election. He was also the first openly intersex and genderqueer candidate. He ran for a seat in the 2016 Tamil Nadu elections.

What people think 
What people think about LGBT rights in India is difficult to answer. According to a 2016 poll by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, 35% of Indian people wanted to make same-sex marriage legal. 35% id not want same-sex marriage to be legal. A survey by the Varkey Foundation found that 18-21 year olds supported same-sex marriage more than others.
According to a 2017 poll carried out by ILGA, 58% of Indians agreed that gay, lesbian and bisexual people should have the same rights as straight people. 30% Indians disagreed. Additionally, 59% agreed that they should be protected from unfair treatment at the workplace. But 39% of Indians said that people who are in same-sex relationships should be considered criminals (44% people disagreed with this). 66% people agreed that transgender people should have the same rights as others, 62% believed they should be protected from unfair treatment at work and 60% believed they should be allowed to change their gender before law.

Top government institutes, such as IITs, accept LGBT people more. According to a poll conducted at IIT Delhi in 2015, 72% of respondents agreed that "being homosexual is normal as being heterosexual". Many IITs have their own LGBT clubs, like "Saathi" (English: Friend) at IIT Bombay, "Indradhanu" at IIT Delhi, "Ambar" at IIT Kharagpur, "Unmukt" at IIT Kanpur and more.
According to a 2019 survey, the Indian states/union territories which accepted the LGBT community most were Uttar Pradesh (36%), followed by Tamil Nadu (30%) and Delhi (30%). The states which showed accepted same-sex relationships least were Mizoram (87%), followed by Nagaland (63%), Jammu and Kashmir (63%) and Kerala (58%). The states with the most undecided respondents were West Bengal (60%), followed by Assam (40%), Punjab (39%) and Tripura (37%). The Hindu community accepted same-sex relationships the most. Christian respondents opposed same sex-relationships most(70%), followed by Muslims (50%) and both Hindus and Sikhs at 40%.

Famous Indian activists for LGBTI rights

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India
She  is an Indian crime drama based web television series created and written by Imtiaz Ali & author Divya Johry. She is directed by Arif Ali and Avinash Das and Window Seat Films production house. This series is starring Aaditi Pohankar, Vijay Varma and Vishwas Kini. It is a story of female constable who goes undercover to bust an underworld gang . She was premiered on Netflix on 20 March, 2020 .

It is a story of female constable (Bhumika Pardeshi) from Indian Police who has been inducted in the Anti Narcotics Group to fight a major drug lord.

Episodes

The Pickup : 
Police officer Bhumi goes undercover as a prostitute to bust a drug cartel leader, but when the operation goes awry, she makes an unexpected discovery.

The Proposal : 
A visit from Bhumi's estranged husband angers her rebellious sister. Sasya agrees to cooperate in a police interrogation - on one condition.
Devil's Share : 
In the wake of an unexpected complication, Fernandez doubts Sasya's loyalty. Caught off guard by a suspicious Nayak, Bhumi drops her own bombshell.

The Promise : 
With Nayak now in Mumbai, Bhumi is moved to a hotel under police surveillance, but her first encounter with the kingpin takes the team by surprise.

Night Walk : 
After going to dangerous lengths to prove herself, Bhumi is recruited into Fernandez's department, and begins to prepare for her risky new role.

The Pawn's Move : 
The team doubts Bhumi's mettle after Sasya manages to rattle her. Fernandez pushes to keep her as an undercover agent in a plan to nab Sasya's boss.

It's Time  
Newly emboldened, Bhumi seduces an unlikely target. Ahead of Nayak's arrival in Mumbai, Sasya attempts to gain police trust as an informant.

Series Cast
Series Cast 

 Aaditi Pohankar as Bhumika Pardeshi
 Vijay Varma as Sasya
 Vishwas Kini as Jason Fernandez
 Dhruv Thukral as Hemant
 Sandeep Sridhar Dhabale
 Paritosh Sand as DCP Shishir Mathur
 Shivani Rangole as Rupa
 Suhita Thatte as Bhumika's Mother
 Kishore Kumar G as Nayak
 Sandeep Dhabale as Lokhande

Related pages
https://www.netflix.com/title/81183494

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Andrew Christopher Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American movie director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor. He began working at Pixar in 1990.

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American animators
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Movie directors from Massachusetts
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Anse la Raye is a Quarter on the west coast of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean Sea. The capital is Anse-la-Raye.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Castries is a Quarter in Saint Lucia. The capital is Castries.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Choiseul is a Quarter in Saint Lucia. It is on the southwestern side of the Caribbean island. The capital is Choiseul.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Dauphin is a Quarter on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. The capital is Dauphin.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Dennery is a Quarter in Saint Lucia. The capital is Dennery.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Gros Islet is a Quarter in Saint Lucia. The capital is Gros Islet.

It is the location of the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium where both One Day International and Test Cricket is played. Parts of the 2007 Cricket World Cup and 2010 ICC World Twenty20 were played there.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Laborie is a Quarter in Saint Lucia. The capital is Laborie.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Micoud is a Quarter in Saint Lucia. The capital is Micoud.

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Praslin is a Quarter in Saint Lucia. It is in the eastern part of the Caribbean Sea. The capital is Praslin.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Soufrière is a Quarter in Saint Lucia. The capital is Soufrière.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Delano is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of .

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Vieux Fort is a Quarter in the southern part of St. Lucia. The capital is Vieux Fort. Hewanorra International Airport is in Vieux Fort Quarter.

Quarters of Saint Lucia
Atauro in an island of East Timor. It is about 25 km long and 9 km wide, about 140.1 km2 in area. It had 9,274 people living there at the 2015 Census. The nearest island is the Indonesian island of Liran, 12 km to the northeast.

At 999 m above sea level, Mount Manucoco is the island's highest point.

The island is administratively divided into five sucos, each surrounding a village: 
Biqueli 
Beloi
Macadade (formerly Anartutu) 
Maquili 
Vila Maumeta 

Geography of East Timor
Jaco may refer to:

Places
Jaco Island, island of East Timor
Jacó, Costa Rica, a town in Western Costa Rica
Jaco, West Virginia

Animals
 Usual name for the grey parrot in many languages

Arts and entertainment
Jaco, a 2014 American documentary movie about Jaco Pastorius
Jaco, a 1974 life jazz album by Jaco Pastorius et al.
Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, Japanese manga series

People

Nickname
Jaco (born 1932), Jacob Azafrani Beliti, Moroccan footballer
Jacó (born 1996), Carlos Alberto Guimaraes Filho, Brazilian footballer
Given name
"Jaco" is a common Afrikaans form of Jacob and James. Some of the better known people with this name include:
Jaco Ahlers (born 1987), South African golfer
Jaco Engelbrecht (born 1987), South African shot putter
Jaco Erasmus (born 1979), South African-born Italian rugby player
Jaco Kriel (born 1989), South African rugby player
Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987), American jazz musician
Jaco Peyper (born 1980), South African rugby referee
Jaco Van Dormael (born 1957), Belgian movie director, screenwriter and playwright
Jaco Venter (born 1987), South African racing cyclist
Jaco van der Westhuyzen (born 1978), South African rugby player
Jaco van Zyl (born 1971),  South African golfer

Surname
Charles Jaco (born 1950), American newscaster and radio personality
David Jaco (born 1954), American boxer
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born 1982), Chicago rapper better known as "Lupe Fiasco"
William Jaco (born 1940), American mathematician
Jaco Island is an island in East Timor. No people live there. It is within Nino Konis Santana National Park. The Banda Sea and Timor Sea meet at the island.

Uninhabited islands
Geography of East Timor
Jaco is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.

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Ali Fethi Ben Mohamed Ben Brahim Riahi (, March 30, 1912 Tunis – March 17, 1970), was a Tunisian singer and composer. He is the grandson of Sidi Brahim Riahi.

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Singers from Tunis
Oecusse is a Special Administrative Region of East Timor. The capital is Pante Macassar. Oecusse is separated from the rest of East Timor by West Timor.

The province of Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia surrounds Oecusse in all directions except the north, where it borders the Savu Sea.

Administrative posts

Oecusse is divided into four administrative posts (formerly sub-districts):
 Nitibe
 Oesilo
 Pante Macassar (with capital Pante Macassar)
 Passabe

The administrative posts are divided into 18 sucos ("villages") in total.

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Municipalities of East Timor
Habiba Msika, also spelled Messika (حبيبة مسيكة), (born 1903 Testour – February 21, 1930 Tunis), was a Tunisian singer, dancer and actress. Born Marguerite Msika, she was the niece of singer Leïla Sfez.

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East Timor is divided into 13 municipalities (former districts), and one Special Administrative Region (Oecusse). The municipalities are divided into administrative posts (former subdistricts), and further subdivided into sucos.

The borders of the municipalities have been changed several times. The municipality of Atauro was founded on 1 January 2022.

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East Timor
Camano Island  is a large island in Possession Sound, a section of Puget Sound. It is part of Island County, Washington, and is located between Whidbey Island and the mainland (Snohomish County).

The island has a total area of , making it one of the largest in the state of Washington. It has a year-round population of 15,661 as of the 2010 census. It is an unincorporated area with several small communities.

Camano Island is home to two state parks, Cama Beach and Camano Island State Park, and several county and local parks.

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Island County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census, its population was 78,506. Its county seat is Coupeville, while its largest city is Oak Harbor.

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Coupeville is a town on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington, United States. It is the county seat of Island County. The population was 1,831 at the 2010 census.

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Oak Harbor is a city located on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, United States. The population was 22,075 at the 2010 census.

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Alojz Uran or Alojzij Uran (22 January 1945 – 11 April 2020) was a Slovenian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Ljubljana from 4 December 2004 till 28 November 2009. He resigned because of health problems. He was born in Ljubljana.

On 16 December 1992, Uran was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana and Titular Bishop of Abula. 

Uran died on 11 April 2020 in Ljubljana at the age of 75.

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Kristin Diane Jacobs (October 17, 1959 – April 11, 2020) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 until her death in 2020. She represented the 96th District. She was Mayor of Broward County from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2012 to 2013. Jacobs was born in San Diego, California.

Jacobs died on April 11, 2020 in Coconut Creek, Florida of colon cancer at the age of 60.

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Colby Cave (December 26, 1994 – April 11, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He played for the Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). His career lasted from 2015 until his death in 2020. He was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Cave had a brain bleed caused by a cyst on April 6–7, 2020. He had emergency surgery on April 7 in Toronto. He died while under a medically induced coma in the early hours of April 11, aged 25.

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Dunfermline is a village in Illinois in the United States.

Villages in Illinois
Jymie Merritt (May 3, 1926 – April 10, 2020) was an American jazz bassist, bandleader and composer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

In the early 1950s he toured with rock and roll musicians Bullmoose Jackson and Chris Powell moving on to work with bluesman BB King from 1955 to 1957. From 1965 to 1968, Merritt worked with the drummer, composer and activist Max Roach. In 1962, Merritt formed and fronted the Forerunners in Philadelphia.

Merritt died on April 10, 2020 of liver cancer in Philadelphia, aged 93.

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Grantsville is a town in and the county seat of Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. As of 2010, 561 people live in Grantsville.

Towns in West Virginia
County seats in West Virginia
Garfield County is a county in Washington in the United States. The county seat is Pomeroy. At the 2020 census, 2,286 people lived there, which makes it the least populous county in Washington; with about , it is also the least densely populated county in Washington.

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Mateur ( ) is a town in northern Tunisia, located 66 kilometers northwest of Tunis. Located in the southwest of the governorate of Bizerte, Mateur is the capital of a delegation with 47,562 inhabitants while the city itself had 34,010 inhabitants in 2014.

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Rifat Chadirji ( Rifa’a al-Khādarjī, also Romanized Rifa'at Al Chaderchi; December 6, 1926 – April 10, 2020) was an Iraqi architect, photographer, author and activist. He was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He was often seen as the father of modern Iraqi architecture. He designed more than 100 buildings across the country. His best known work was the The Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Baghdad.

Chadriji died from COVID-19 in London on April 10, 2020, at the age of 93.

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Gribbohm is a municipality of the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
Steinburg (district)
Palling is a municipality  in Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany.

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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or the Tomb of the Unknowns is a monument dedicated to dead U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States.

The World War I "Unknown" is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the Victoria Cross, and several other foreign nations' highest service awards. The U.S. Unknowns who were buried are also recipients of the Medal of Honor, presented by U.S. Presidents who went to their funerals.

The monument has no officially designated name.

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The Monument to the Unknown Soldier () is a monument in central Baghdad built by Italian architect, Marcello D'Olivo, based on a concept by Iraqi sculptor, Khaled al-Rahal. It was constructed between 1979 and 1982. 

It was dedicated to the martyrs of the Iran–Iraq War. 

In 1986 the national square of Iraq, Great Celebrations square, was built near the monument, and two other monuments were built close to the square in memory of the matyrs. 

In 1983, the Al-Shaheed Monument on the River, was opened and in 1989 the newly built Victory Arch became the entrances to the square. The monument also has an underground museum.

Other websites
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Monuments and memorials
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Tunisian Arabic, or simply Tunisian, is a set of dialects of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in Tunisia. It is known among its over 11 million speakers Tounsi , "Tunisian" or  "everyday language" to distinguish it from Modern Standard Arabic, the official language of Tunisia.

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Other websites 

 Tunisian Arabic Arabizi Dictionary
 McNeil Tunisian Arabic Corpus
 Tunisian Arabic Overview
 Tunisian Arabic Swadesh list (from Wiktionary's Swadesh-list appendix)

Tunisia
Languages of Africa
Arabic language
Bell is a municipality of the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. As of 31 December 2018, 1,309 people lived there.

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Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Peter Ecklund (September 27, 1945 – April 8, 2020) was an American jazz cornetist. He was born in Woodbridge, Connecticut. In 1967, Ecklund received a degree from Yale University. He went on tour with singer Paula Lockheart. He started a jazz band and worked with many pop and rock bands in the 1970s and 1980s. He became a substitute for the Nighthawks Orchestra led by Vince Giordano. He was a member of the Orphan Newboys led by Marty Grosz.

Ecklund died on April 8, 2020 from Parkinson's disease-related problems at the age of 74.

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Woodbridge is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,087 at the 2020 census.

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Lars-Eric Lundvall (3 April 1934 – 8 April 2020) was a Swedish ice hockey player and coach. Between 1956 and 1965 he played 195 international matches and scored 79 goals. He played for the national team and for Frölunda. He won the world championship in 1962 and a silver medal during the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Lundvall died on 8 April 2020 at the age of 86.

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Francesco La Rosa (; 9 December 1926 – 8 April 2020) was an Italian footballer. He played as a forward. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He played for the national team in 1952.

Rosa was born in Messina, Italy. died on 8 April 2020 in Milan of COVID-19 at the age of 93.

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2020 deaths
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James Cyril Bolger (February 23, 1932 - April 9, 2020) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He appeared in 312 games over all or parts of seven Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons. He played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies. 

Bolger died on April 9, 2020 at the age of 88.

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Lawson, Inc is a chain of convenience stores that is in Japan. It can also be found in other Asian countries, like Thailand, China, the Philippines, South Korea and Indonesia. There are only two stores in the United States. Both of these stores are in Hawaii. Lawson is the third biggest chain of convenience stores in Japan. 7-Eleven is the biggest chain and FamilyMart is the second biggest. Lawson has more than 11,000 stores.

History 
Lawson was started in the United States in 1939 in the state of Ohio.

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Japanese shops
Local extinction, or extirpation, is when a species or other taxon becomes extinct in a certain area. This is different from being extinct across the world (global extinction) because these species still exist outside of that area. Sometimes when this happens, it can have a very large effect on how the ecosystem works. This might be because that species was important in the food web. The species disappearing might cause more species to go locally extinct or the balance of biomass to change.

There have been many cases when species have been added back, or reintroduced, to that area after going locally extinct. If a species is reintroduced after a long amount of time, this might mean there will be larger effects on the ecology of that area. An example of a species being reintroduced are grey wolves in Yellowstone National Park.

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Extinction
Liu Dehai (; 13 August 1937 – 11 April 2020) was a Chinese pipa player. He was born in Shanghai. 

Liu studied and began played at the Central Conservatory of Music. He became a professor there in 1957. In 1964 he was transferred to the China Conservatory of Music. He also performed for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His works include Little Sisters on the Grassland (, pipa concerto), Music at Sunset Time (, symphonic poem for a pipa player and a symphony orchestra) and other pieces.

Liu died on 11 April 2020 in Beijing at the age of 82.

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1937 births
2020 deaths
Chinese musicians
People from Shanghai
Peeps are marshmallows sold in the United States and Canada. They are shaped like ducks, bunnies, and other animals. There are also different shapes used for many holidays. 

Peeps are used to fill Easter baskets. In recent years, they have been advertised as "Peeps - Always in Season". They are now used to celebrate Halloween, Christmas and Valentine's Day. 

They are made from sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, various food dyes (never blue dye), and a pinch of salt.

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Candy
Charlotte Le Bon (born 4 September 1986) is a Canadian actress and artist. She is known for her work in the Canal+ talk show Le Grand Journal, and the movies Yves Saint Laurent, The Hundred-Foot Journey, and The Walk.

References

Other websites
Official website 
 

1986 births
Living people
Canadian movie actors
Canadian television actors
Canadian models
Canadian television presenters
Actors from Montreal
Caitlin Beverly Gerard (born July 26, 1988) is an American actress. She had a leading role in the first season of the drama series American Crime (2015). She starred as Ashleigh in the 2010 drama The Social Network and as Ashley in 2012 horror movie Smiley.

Gerard was born in Los Angeles, California.

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Other websites

1988 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Actors from Los Angeles
Aileu is a municipality of East Timor. The municipality's capital is also named Aileu.

Administrative posts

The municipality's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:
Aileu Vila (place of capital)
Laulara
Lequido
Remexio

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Municipalities of East Timor
Ainaro is a municipality of East Timor. Its capital is the city of Ainaro.

Ainaro has the highest point in East Timor, Mount Ramelau (2,960 m).

Administrative posts
The municipality's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:
Ainaro Administrative Post (place of capital)
Hato-Udo Administrative Post
Hatu-Builico Administrative Post
Maubisse Administrative Post

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Municipalities of East Timor
Bobonaro Municipality is a municipality in East Timor. The capital city is Maliana.

The Savu Sea is to the north of Bobonaro.

Administrative posts
The municipality's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:
Atabae
Balibó
Bobonaro
Cailaco
Lolotoi (also spelled Lolotoe); and
Maliana.

The administrative posts are divided into 50 sucos ("villages") in total.

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Municipalities of East Timor
Cova Lima is a municipality in East Timor. The capital of the municipality is Suai.

Cova Lima borders the Timor Sea to the south.

The administrative posts of Cova Lima are:
 Fatululic
 Fatumean
 Fohorem
 Zumalai
 Maucatar
 Suai
 Tilomar

Municipalities of East Timor
Ermera is one of the municipalities of East Timor. Its capital is Gleno.

Administrative posts
The municipality's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:
 Atsabe Administrative Post
 Ermera Administrative Post
 Hatulia Administrative Post
 Letefoho Administrative Post
 Railaco Administrative Post

The administrative posts are divided into 52 sucos ("villages") in total.

Municipalities of East Timor
Lautém is one of the municipalities of East Timor. Its capital is Lospalos.

To the north lies the Banda Sea, and to the south the Timor Sea. Lautém includes the small island of Jaco.

Administrative posts
The municipality's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:
Iliomar
Lautém
Lospalos
Luro
Tutuala

Municipalities of East Timor
Liquiçá is one of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor. Its capital is also named Liquiçá.

Administrative posts
The municipality's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:
Bazartete
Maubara
Liquiçá

The administrative posts are divided into 23 sucos ("villages") in total.

Municipalities of East Timor
Chynna Marie Rogers (August 19, 1994 – April 8, 2020), known mononymously as Chynna, was an American rapper, disc jockey, and model. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rogers was signed by Ford Modeling Agency at the age of 14 and worked with the ASAP Mob.

Rogers released the singles "Selfie" (2013) and "Glen Coco" (2014). These were followed by her first EP 'I'm not Here. This isn't happening' (2015), Music 2 die 2 (2016). Her final EP 'In case I die first' was released in 2019.

Rogers was found dead on April 8, 2020, of an accidental drug overdose in Philadelphia, aged 25.

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1994 births
2020 deaths
Drug-related accidental deaths in the United States
Rappers from Pennsylvania
Models from Pennsylvania
American hip hop musicians
Musicians from Philadelphia
Amroha is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Amroha is located north-west of Moradabad city. As per Census 2011 India, the population of the city is 198,471 out of 103,097 are males and 95,374 are females.

Amroha is known for the production of different types of mangoes. Some of the industries in Amroha includes sugar milling, cotton & textiles, hand-loom weaving and pottery making.

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Cities in Uttar Pradesh
An underwater museum is a museum that is made, designated or put underwater, in particular, in a natural body of water.  The category includes naturally or historically occurring settings that have been designated museums.  These museums can be visited by glass-bottomed boats, snorkeling, or scuba diving, depending on the site.  This list includes "preserves," which legally protect submerged ships or other items.
Ngaro Underwater Sculpture Trail,  is a collection of six site-specific sculptures planted within the fringing reefs of the Whitsunday Islands at the heart of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. One of these 'Anthozoa' by artist Jessa Lloyd is the single largest underwater sculpture in the world. It is a scaled up replica of a single coral polyp, the life source of the reef and at 5,000 times its normal size rises over six meters from the ocean floor.  Anthozoa is located on Langford Reef between Hayman Island and Hook Island (GPS Coordinates: 20° 0.8342' South, 148° 88.197' East). 
The Alexandria Underwater Museum Project will create an underwater museum displaying artifacts found in the submerged port of Alexandria, Egypt.

 Alley of Leaders, Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea is a collection of relatively modern sculptures placed in this Black Sea location.  The core of the collection consists of sculptures from the USSR.
Baia Underwater Park, in the Mediterranean Sea north of Naples, Italy, contains a naturally inundated city.  Baia was abandoned in the eighth century.

 Baiheliang archaeological site in Fuling, China was created by the flooding caused by the building of the Three Gorges Dam. It includes ancient inscriptions in stone, recording the water level of the Yangtze River for  some 1,200 years.
 Cancún Underwater Museum (Spanish: Museo Subacuático de Arte, known as MUSA) is a non-profit organization based in Cancún, Mexico devoted to the art of conservation. The museum has a total of 500 sculptures, by international and local sculptors, with three different galleries submerged between three and six meters (9.8 and 19.6 ft ) deep in the ocean at the Cancún National Marine Park. 

 De Tour Passage Underwater Preserve, near Drummond Island has shipwrecks. 

 Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve, Traverse City, Michigan has a number of shipwrecks at various depths.
Keweenaw Underwater Preserve by Copper Harbor, Michigan, USA has twelve shipwrecks. 

 Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve surrounding the Manitou Islands in Michigan, USA includes a number of wrecks, not all of which are submerged. 

 Herod's Harbor, in Caesarea, Israel is an inundated port from the Roman era. 

 Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park is a collection of ecological art off Grenada in the Caribbean Sea.

  Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve, Michigan, USA contains numerous shipwrecks. 

 Monterrosa's Roatan Underwater Museum, Honduras  has archaeological, historic and replica artifacts.

 Museo Atlántico Lanzarote is a sculpture museum by Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

 Museo Subacuático de Arte [Spanish] known as MUSA (English: Cancún Underwater Museum) is a sculpture museum in the Caribbean Sea, near Cancún, Mexico.
 Museum of Underwater Art known as MOUA is a sculpture museum in the Great Barrier Reef near Townsville, Australia
Shipwreck Trail, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, off the southern tip of Florida, USA, is as collection of sunken ships dating from the 18 through the 20th century.  All but the most recent ship were naturally sunk.

Thumb Area Bottomland Preserve, Port Austin, Michigan, USA has over twenty wrecks, some of them visible from the surface.

 Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, Alpena, Michigan, USA has a “Shipwreck Alley” with wrecks dating from 1849 to 1966.

 Underwater Museum of Art, Grayton Beach State Park in South Walton, Florida, USA started with seven sculptures. It rotates juried pieces every year. 

 Underwater Observatory Marine Park Eilat is a facility in Israel.
Underwater Pavillions is an art installation of three interactive sculptures by Doug Aitken off  Catalina Island, California, USA.  https://www.travelandleisure.com/culture-design/visual-arts/underwater-sculptures-california
 Underwater museum of Marseille, Monumental and majestic sculptures have been placed at a depth of 5 meters (16 feet) so that the public can come and admire them. There are currently eight of them. The museum aims to raise public awareness of environmental issues, marine biology and to awaken people to the world of art and water sports (snorkeling, diving).

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Underwater
Saharanpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district.

Saharanpur is declared as one of the 100 Smart Cities in India by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs as a part of Smart Cities Mission.

References

Cities in Uttar Pradesh
RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an American anime web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It follows four girls who live in the supernatural world of Remnant and fight monsters called Grimm. Eight seasons have been uploaded on Rooster Teeth's website. A Japanese dub of RWBY is distributed in Japan by Warner Bros. and airs on Japanese TV, making it the first American-made anime be shown on in Japan.

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2013 American television series debuts
2013 anime television series
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Chung Sye-kyun (; born 5 November 1950) is a South Korean politician. He was the 42nd Prime Minister of South Korea from January 2020 until April 2021. From 2016 to 2018, he was Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea.

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1950 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of South Korea
Speakers of the National Assembly (South Korea)
The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, often shortened to the National Assembly, is the 300-member unicameral national legislature of South Korea. Elections to the National Assembly are held every four years. 

The latest legislative elections were held on 15 April 2020. It is made up of 253 of the assembly's seats, while the remaining 47 are picked by proportional representation. Members serve four-year terms.

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Politics of South Korea

Organizations based in South Korea
Unicameral legislatures
The Speaker of the National Assembly () is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of South Korea.

List of speakers

Notes
Moon Hee-sang (Korean: 문희상; Hanja: 文喜相; born 3 March 1945) is a South Korean politician. He is a member of the National Assembly and was the interim leader of New Politics Alliance for Democracy from 2014 to 2015.

On 13 July 2018, he was elected as the new Speaker of the National Assembly.

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Other websites
Official website  

Speakers of the National Assembly (South Korea)
1945 births
Living people
John A. Rocco (June 25, 1936 – April 8, 2020) was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1980 to 1998. He represented the 6th Legislative District. Rocco also was Mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey from 1975 to 1977. Rocco was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rocco died on April 8, 2020 in Voorhees Township, New Jersey of respiratory failure at the age of 83.

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1936 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from respiratory failure
American mayors
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Philadelphia
Politicians from New Jersey
Republican Party (United States) politicians
The Thotsakan Game (เกมทศกัณฐ์ in Thai, named for the 10-faced of Ravan, giant in the Ramayana story) is a Thai game show produced by Workpoint Entertainment. It was the 2003 runner-up, and the 2005 winner, of the "best game or quiz show on Asian television" award.

In the original format, a contestant was shown 10 faces.  They have to name them all in order  to win 10 million baht. It was the first game show to have a ten million baht jackpot, the highest at the time.

Awards
The show has won a number of awards from many institutions in Thailand and Asia, including runner-up and highly commended of best game or quiz programme in the Asian Television Awards of 2003 and 2005, respectively.
Games
In the one-on-one game, a player tries to score as many points as possible  by telling the name of the given face within one minute. The game continues as far as player gives correct answers, then the other contestant starts. The minimum prize is one million baht when one month later the prize will be add another million until maximum prize of 10 million. Later, the jackpot was fixed at 10 million.

Named show

Thotsakan Game era 

เกมทศกัณฐ์ (1 April 2003 - 31 March 2005)
ทศกัณฐ์ ยกทัพ (31 October 2005 - 29 December 2006)
ทศกัณฐ์ จำแลง (1 January - 15 June 2007)

Special tournament 

 ทศกัณฐ์ ศึกทศกัณฐ์หน้าทอง (1 April - 28 October 2005)
ทศกัณฐ์ ช่วยครูใต้ (18 June 2007 - 15 February 2008)

Yok Siam era 

ทศกัณฐ์ ยกสยาม (18 February - March 2008)/ยกสยาม (April 2008 - 25 February 2010)
ยกสยาม 100 ข้อ (1 March - 2 June 2010)
ยกสยาม 10 ข้อ (3 June 2010 - 28 February 2011)

Sponsors
Sponsors 

Chang Beer (1 April 2003 - September 2003)
Sunsilk (October 2003 - 2004)
Orange Mobile (2004 - 2006)
TrueMove (2006 - February 2011)
2003 television series debuts
2011 television series endings
2003 establishments in Asia