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d5d95ba80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Were the Heinkel He 100 and the Fokker F28 airliner created by the same country? | No, The Heinkel He 100 was made by the Germans while the Fokker F28 was made in the Netherlands. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Heinkel He 100 was a German pre- World War II fighter aircraft design from Heinkel. Although it proved to be one of the fastest fighter aircraft in the world at the time of its development, the design was not ordered into series production. Approximately 19 prototypes and pre-production examples were built."
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"text": "The Fokker company of the Netherlands started to develop the airliner in November 1992 with an aim to replace its aging Fokker F28 airliner, with a more modern and fuel efficient aircraft."
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d5d95bda0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus led an invasion of Mesopotamia where he and his son Publius were killed at the Battle of Carrhae by Parthians under the command of what general who was the leader of the House of Suren? | They were killed by Parthian forces led by General Surena. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus led an invasion of Mesopotamia in 53 BC with catastrophic results; he and his son Publius were killed at the Battle of Carrhae by the Parthians under General Surena; this was the worst Roman defeat since the battle of Arausio."
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"text": "Surena or Suren, also known as Rustaham Suren[1] (died 53 BC) was a Parthian spahbed (\"general\" or \"commander\") during the 1st century BC. He was the leader of the House of Suren and was best known for defeating the Romans. Under his command Parthians decisively defeated a numerically superior Roman invasion force."
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d5d95c340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lionel becomes a knight in where, which is a symbol of the equality of all of its members? | The Round Table. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Round Table at which they meet is a symbol of the equality of all of its members, from sovereign royals to minor nobles. Various stories present an assortment of knights. They come from all over the Great Britain and abroad, including from distant lands as far as Africa and the Middle East."
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"text": "Like all his family, Lionel becomes a Knight of the Round Table . While travelling with Lancelot as a young man, Lionel is captured by the rogue knight Turquine, who whips him with briars and throws him in the dungeon."
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d5d95c5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Delphinium and Datura species are both what? | Plants | text | [] | [
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"text": "Datura species are herbaceous, leafy annuals and short-lived perennials which can reach up to 2 m in height. The leaves are alternate, 10–20 cm long and 5–18 cm broad, with a lobed or toothed margin."
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"text": "Delphinium flowers. Young plants and seeds are poisonous, causing nausea, muscle twitches, paralysis, and often death. Gloriosa superba. Every part of the plant is poisonous."
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d5d95c840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Alveolar capillary dysplasia ( ACD) and how does it present in new born babies? | Alveolar capillary dysplasia ( ACD) is a rare, congenital diffuse lung disease characterized by abnormal blood vessels in the lungs that cause highly elevated pulmonary blood pressure and an inability to effectively oxygenate and remove carbon dioxide from the blood. ACD typically presents in newborn babies within hours of birth as rapid and labored breathing, blue-colored lips or skin, quickly leading to respiratory failure and death. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Alveolar capillary dysplasia ( ACD) is a rare, congenital diffuse lung disease characterized by abnormal blood vessels in the lungs that cause highly elevated pulmonary blood pressure and an inability to effectively oxygenate and remove carbon dioxide from the blood."
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"text": "ACD typically presents in newborn babies within hours of birth as rapid and labored breathing, blue-colored lips or skin, quickly leading to respiratory failure and death. Atypical forms of ACD have been reported with initially milder symptoms and survival of many months before the onset of respiratory failure or lung transplantation."
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d5d95d600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What area in Russia has a very low population density and is where the the Verkhoyansk Range is a part of? | The East Siberian Mountains. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Verkhoyansk Range ( Russian: Верхоянский хребет, Verkhojanskiy Khrebet; Yakut: Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, Üöhee Caañı sis xayata) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains . The range lies just west of the boundary of the Eurasian and the North American tectonic plates."
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"text": "They are located between the Central Yakutian Lowland and the Bering Strait in the Far Eastern Federal District and Northeast Siberia. The whole area of the East Siberian System has a very low population density. The territory of the mountain system is one of the Great Russian Regions ."
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d5d95d880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The urban statistical areas in Kentucky and Metro Cincinnati area both what type of area? | Metropolitan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The metropolitan areas of the State of Kentucky include the urban statistical areas that are defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget and regions of urban population in which are defined by other organizations. The following tables list population figures for the metropolitan statistical areas of Kentucky, in rank of population."
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"text": "The Cincinnati metropolitan area, commonly known as Metro Cincinnati, or the Cincinnati tri-state area, is a metropolitan area that includes counties in the U.S. states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana around the Ohio city of Cincinnati."
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d5d95db00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Controversy is a state of prolonged public debate or what, the DRN being an example of a place where it can be discussed? | Dispute | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Dispute resolution noticeboard (DRN) is the place where editors involved in a content dispute can have a discussion facilitated by uninvolved volunteers, in an attempt to find compromise and resolution to disputes. The volunteers are experienced Wikipedia editors with knowledge in dispute resolution."
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"text": "Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin controversia, as a composite of controversus – \"turned in an opposite direction\"."
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d5d95dd80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The problem of controlling what, which the PIM is a process for, is the problem faced by a firm that must decide how much to order in each time period to meet demand for its products? | Inventory | text | [] | [
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"text": "While scrapping returns inventory to a state of raw materials, Partner-Optimized Inventory Management (PIM) returns inventory to the market as intermediate goods to be used in production of other goods or non-capital spare parts."
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"text": "The inventory control problem is the problem faced by a firm that must decide how much to order in each time period to meet demand for its products. The problem can be modeled using mathematical techniques of optimal control, dynamic programming and network optimization."
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d5d95e000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tudhaliya's son died from what? | Plague | text | [] | [
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"text": "He succeeded his father Suppiluliuma I, who succumbed to the plague which Egyptian captives from his Canaan campaign had brought with them to the Hittite heartland. Later Hittite documents reveal that Arnuwanda had also caught this plague."
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"text": "The Hittite empire suffered serious losses of territory during Tudhaliya's reign, with even the capital itself being burnt down. But, under the able guidance of Tudhaliya's son, the future Suppiluliuma I, the Hittites began to make a recovery while Tudhaliya reigned."
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d5d95e280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The oldest traditional Japanese music is what style which the Gaku is a dance that imitates? | Court music | text | [] | [
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"text": "Gaku is a dance that imitates music played at the imperial court and is usually done by the main character in a Noh drama. These are the six varieties that make up the Noh mai dance types. Costumes are a major part of Noh theatre, including the Noh mai."
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"text": "Gagaku (雅楽) is court music, and is the oldest traditional music in Japan. It was usually patronized by the Imperial Court or the shrines and temples. Gagaku music includes songs, dances, and a mixture of other Asian music. Gagaku has two styles; these are instrumental music kigaku (器楽) and vocal music seigaku (声楽) ."
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d5d95e960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Whitewater, White and Cajón Bonito are all names of what? | Rivers | text | [] | [
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"text": "In northern Sonora, the Cajón Bonito River joins the San Bernardino River in the San Bernardino Valley after draining the Sierra San Luis and northern end of the Sierra Madre Occidental."
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"text": "The White River is an American two-forked river that flows through central and southern Indiana and is the main tributary to the Wabash River. Via the west fork, considered to be the main stem of the river by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, the White River is 362 miles (583 km) long."
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"text": "The Whitewater River is a small permanent stream in western Riverside County, California, with some upstream tributaries in southwestern San Bernardino County. The river's headwaters are in the San Bernardino Mountains and it terminates at the Salton Sea in the Colorado Desert."
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d5d95ec80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Chile's Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Fields are full of what structures that has its word derived from "ice" in Latin? | Glaciers. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The largest glaciers of Chile are the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Fields. From a latitude of 47° S and south some glaciers reach sea level. Apart from height and latitude, the settings of Chilean glaciers depend on precipitation patterns; in this sense two different regions exist: the Dry Andes and the Wet Andes ."
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"text": "The word glacier is a loanword from French and goes back, via Franco-Provençal, to the Vulgar Latin glaciārium, derived from the Late Latin glacia, and ultimately Latin glaciēs, meaning \"ice\". The processes and features caused by or related to glaciers are referred to as glacial."
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d5d95ee60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Greenland is an offshore island of what, whose two largest peninsulas are its mainland and Scandinavia? | Europe | text | [] | [
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"text": "In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are mainland Europe and Scandinavia to the north, divided from each other by the Baltic Sea. Three smaller peninsulas— Iberia, Italy, and the Balkans —emerge from the southern margin of the mainland."
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"text": "This is a list of the larger offshore islands of Europe. Greenland (Denmark) - physiographically a part of the continent of North America, politically and culturally associated with Europe. Iceland - traverses the border between the North American and Eurasian continental plates, politically and culturally associated with Europe."
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d5d95f860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cochlicella acuta is a pulmonate gastropod what, part of the coiled shell of which is called a spire? | Molluscs | text | [] | [
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"text": "A spire is a part of the coiled shell of molluscs. The spire consists of all of the whorls except for the body whorl. Each spire whorl represents a rotation of 360°. A spire is part of the shell of a snail, a gastropod mollusc, a gastropod shell, and also the whorls of the shell in ammonites, which are fossil shelled cephalopods ."
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"text": "Cochlicella is a genus of small, narrow-shelled, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae,[2] previously placed in the Helicidae, Cochlicellidae or Hygromiidae"
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d5d95fae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the other term for Romanization which includes acculturation established by Rome and the creation of many hundreds of Roman coloniae? | It is also known as Latinization. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Romanization or Latinization (or Romanisation or Latinisation ), in the historical and cultural meanings of both terms, indicate different historical processes, such as acculturation, integration and assimilation of newly incorporated and peripheral populations by the Roman Republic and the later Roman Empire ."
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"text": "The transitions operated differently in different provinces; as Blagg and Millett point out even a Roman province may be too broad a canvas to generalize. One characteristic of cultural Romanization was the creation of many hundreds of Roman coloniae in the territory of the Roman Republic and the subsequent Roman Empire."
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d5d95fd60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Eochaid Mugmedón and Brian O'Neill both held what title? | High King of Ireland | text | [] | [
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"text": "In it, Eochaid Mugmedón, the High King of Ireland, had five sons: Four, Brión, Ailill, Fiachrae and Fergus, by his first wife Mongfind, sister of the king of Munster, Crimthann mac Fidaig; and a fifth, Niall, by his second wife Cairenn Chasdub, daughter of Sachell Balb, king of the Saxons."
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"text": "Brian O'Neill, also known as Brian \"of the battle of Down\" O'Neill ( Irish: Brian Chatha an Dúna Ó Néill ), was the High King of Ireland from 1258 to 1260. In 1230 Hugh O'Neill ( Aedh Ó Néill ), king of Tyrone, died and was succeeded by Donnell MacLaughlin."
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d5d95ffe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A mistral particularly affects what region in the county that has a European Parliament constituency? | Provence. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In France, the mistral particularly affects Provence, Languedoc east of Montpellier, as well as all of the Rhône Valley from Lyon to Marseille, and as far southeast as Corsica and Sardinia."
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"text": "For elections in the European Union, East France is a European Parliament constituency. It consists of the regions of Grand Est, and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté . Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won."
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d5d960260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Both SACE Board of South Australia and ACT are primarily concerned with what? | Education | text | [] | [
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"text": "The South Australian Certificate of Education ( SACE) is awarded to students who have successfully completed their senior secondary schooling in the state of South Australia . The SACE Board of South Australia (formerly known as the Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia, or SSABSA) administrates the certificate."
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"text": "ACT endorses the Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education and the Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement. ACT has policy platforms providing recommendations in three areas: K-12 education, post-secondary education, and workforce development."
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d5d9604e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | To what flowering plant family would the Phaseolus vulgaris fit into? | Fabaceae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A bean is the seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world."
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"text": "Canned baked beans are used as a convenience food, and most commercially canned baked beans are made from haricot beans, also known as navy beans (a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris) in a sauce. They may be eaten hot or cold, straight from the can, as they are already fully cooked."
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d5d960800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Christianity began in the 1st century AD after which person, whose historicity and origin of his resurrection has been the subject of historical research and debate, died? | Jesus | text | [] | [
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"text": "Christianity began in the 1st century AD after Jesus died and was claimed to be resurrected, as a small group of Jewish people in Judea, but quickly spread throughout the Roman empire. Despite early persecution of Christians, it later became the state religion."
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"text": "The historicity and origin of the resurrection of Jesus has been the subject of historical research and debate, as well as a topic of discussion among theologians."
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d5d9609e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which oversea areas were part of the British Empire? | Ireland, North America, Bermuda, and in the Indian subcontinent | text | [] | [
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"text": "The first English overseas settlements were established in Ireland, quickly followed by others in North America, Bermuda, and the West Indies, and by trading posts called \" factories \" in the East Indies, such as Bantam, and in the Indian subcontinent, beginning with Surat."
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"text": "The British Empire was made up of the colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories which were controlled by the United Kingdom . All areas of the world that were ever part of the British Empire."
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d5d960c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a soldier referred to when they are a member of Monte Cervino? | A soldier in Monte Cervino is called an Alpino. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Alpini Paratroopers Battalion \" Monte Cervino \" is the sole battalion of the Italian Army 's 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment, which is one of the Italy's special forces units. The regiment is based in Verona in Veneto and assigned to the Army Special Forces Command."
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"text": "An individual soldier of the Alpini is called Alpino. Established in 1872, the Alpini are the oldest active mountain infantry in the world. Their original mission was to protect Italy's border with France and Austria-Hungary. In 1888 the Alpini deployed on their first mission abroad, in Africa."
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d5d960ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Mount were Etzel members buried on that is shared as a most popular place for others of their faith? | Mount of Olives | text | [] | [
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"text": "Burial on the Mount of Olives started some 3,000 years ago in the days of the First Temple, and continues to this day. The cemetery contains anywhere between 70,000 and 150,000 tombs from various periods, including the tombs of famous figures in Jewish history. It is considered to be the largest and holiest Jewish cemetery on earth."
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"text": "Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin asked to be buried on the Mount of Olives near the graves of Etzel members Meir Feinstein and Moshe Barazani, rather than Mount Herzl national cemetery."
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d5d961160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Navel and what lies directly behind it? | The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus, commonly known as the belly button) is a protruding, flat, or hollowed area on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord. Directly behind the navel is a thick fibrous cord formed from the umbilical cord, called the urachus, which originates from the bladder. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Around the cord remnant, is the \"umbilical collar\", formed by the dense fibrous umbilical ring. Surrounding the umbilical collar is the periumbilical skin. Directly behind the navel is a thick fibrous cord formed from the umbilical cord, called the urachus, which originates from the bladder."
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"text": "The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus, commonly known as the belly button) is a protruding, flat, or hollowed area on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord.[1] All placental mammals have a navel."
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d5d9613e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country did at least 75,721 Jews undergo from France in WWII? | Deportation. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. The term expulsion is often used as a synonym for deportation, though expulsion is more often used in the context of international law, while deportation is more used in national (municipal) law."
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"text": "This is a timeline of deportations of French Jews to Nazi extermination camps in German-occupied Europe during World War II. The overall total of Jews deported from France is a minimum of 75,721."
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d5d961660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Banda Aceh is the capital of what place which has a history of political independence and resistance to control by outsiders, including the former Dutch colonists and later the Indonesian government? | Aceh | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is located on the northern end of Sumatra, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a special autonomous status, Aceh is a religiously conservative territory and the only Indonesian province practicing Sharia officially."
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"text": "Aceh has a history of political independence and resistance to control by outsiders, including the former Dutch colonists and later the Indonesian government. Aceh has substantial natural resources of oil and natural gas."
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d5d9618e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is the distance from Pliny Trench to the south of Crete larger or smaller than the size of the Calanshio Sand Sea? | Smaller. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The sand seas lie in a ring around the border of Libya. To the east lies the Calanshio Sand Sea, the western lobe of the Great Sand Sea straddling the Libya-Egypt border, and stretches 800 kilometres from Jaghbub and Jalo in the north to Kufra in the south."
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"text": "The open western border to the next part of the Mediterranean (the Libyan Sea) is defined as a line from headland Ras al-Helal in Libya to Gavdos, south of the western half of Crete. The largest island in its subset of water is Cyprus. The greatest depth of 4,384 m (14,383 ft) is found in the Pliny Trench, about 80 km (50 mi) south of Crete."
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d5d961b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the history of English phonology, there have been many diachronic sound changes affecting what, of which Middle English is a type? | Vowels | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the history of English phonology, there have been many diachronic sound changes affecting vowels, especially involving phonemic splits and mergers. A number of these changes are specific to vowels which occur before /l/ ."
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"text": "Generally, the Middle English vowels descended from the corresponding Old English ones, but there were certain alternative developments: see Phonological history of Old English#Changes leading up to Middle and Modern English ."
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d5d961de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Members of Gnaphosidae breath what? | Air | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with nearly 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include Gnaphosa, Drassodes, Micaria, Cesonia, Zelotes and many others. They are closely related to Clubionidae."
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"text": "See Spider taxonomy . Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms."
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d5d962100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Neumann (or second-type) boundary condition is in what field of study that the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz also participated in? | Mathematics. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In calculus, Leibniz's notation, named in honor of the 17th-century German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, uses the symbols dx and dy to represent infinitely small (or infinitesimal) increments of x and y, respectively, just as Δx and Δy represent finite increments of x and y, respectively."
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"text": "In mathematics, the Neumann (or second-type) boundary condition is a type of boundary condition, named after Carl Neumann. When imposed on an ordinary or a partial differential equation, the condition specifies the values of the derivative applied at the boundary of the domain ."
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d5d962380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Togodumnus and Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus are both names of what? | Kings. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Not to be confused with Togodumnus. Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus (or Togidubnus, Togidumnus or similar; see naming difficulties) was a 1st-century king of the Regnenses or Regni tribe in early Roman Britain ."
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"text": "Togodumnus (d. AD 43) was king of the British Catuvellauni tribe, whose capital was at St. Albans, at the time of the Roman conquest. He can probably be identified with the legendary British king Guiderius . He is usually thought to have led the fight against the Romans alongside his brother, but to have been killed early in the campaign."
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d5d962600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The regency of Indonesia whose inhabitants speak the language of Tarangan consists of how many different islands? | There are 59 islands in the Aru Islands Regency | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tarangan is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia. There are two \"Tarangan\" varieties: East and West Tarangan."
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"text": "The Aru Islands Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) are a group of about ninety-five low-lying islands in the Maluku province of eastern Indonesia. They also form a regency of Maluku, with a land area of 6,426.77 square kilometres (2,481.39 square miles). At the 2011 Census the Regency had a population of 84,138; the 2020 Census produced a total of 102,237."
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d5d962b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The tensor tympani connects to what hammer-shaped small bone? | The tensor tympani connects to the handle of the malleus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The tensor tympani is a muscle that is present in the middle ear. It arises from the cartilaginous part of the auditory tube, and the adjacent great wing of the sphenoid. It then passes through its own canal, and ends in the tympanic cavity as a slim tendon that connects to the handle of the malleus."
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"text": "The malleus or hammer is a hammer-shaped small bone or ossicle of the middle ear which connects with the incus and is attached to the inner surface of the eardrum. The word is Latin for hammer or mallet. It transmits the sound vibrations from the eardrum to the incus."
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d5d962d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A cluster munition is what type of concealed explosive device designed to destroy or disable enemy targets? | A land mine. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Remotely delivered mines are dropped from an aircraft or carried by devices such as artillery shells or rockets. Another type of remotely delivered explosive is the cluster munition, a device that releases several submunitions (\"bomblets\") over a large area."
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"text": "For other uses, see Minefield (disambiguation). A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it."
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d5d963000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A what is a piece of machinery or a mechanical system that is dedicated to treat, process, and/or store raw, untreated sewage that can accumulate onboard water vessels that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets performance standards for? | Marine sanitation device | text | [] | [
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"text": "A marine sanitation device ( MSD) is a piece of machinery or a mechanical system that is dedicated to treat, process, and/or store raw, untreated sewage that can accumulate onboard water vessels. It does not refer to portable devices such as portable toilets. This section has an unclear citation style."
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"text": "In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets performance standards for marine sanitation devices, and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) issues regulations governing the design, construction, certification, installation and operation of MSDs.[1][2] USCG has certified three kinds of marine sanitation devices."
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d5d963780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The IDAS and the Maruca were both what? | Missiles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The IDAS variant is a navalized version of the missile, is also being developed for the new Type 212A submarine of the German Navy. IDAS is supposed to engage air threats, small or medium surface vessels or near land targets."
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"text": "High-priority programs were initiated to cover all areas: anti-aircraft, anti-surface and anti-submarine. Of these programs two achieved operational status; these were: France had already been working on an anti-aircraft missile the Maruca, derived from the wartime German Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling."
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d5d963a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Pesce what, which is is the basic unit of the 'Ndrangheta of Calabria, is a clan of the 'Ndrangheta? | 'ndrina | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Pesce 'ndrina is a clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina is based in Rosarno on the Tyrrhenian coast . The Pesce clan is one of the most powerful clans in the 'Ndrangheta."
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"text": "The Mancuso 'ndrina is a very powerful clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina is based in Limbadi and Nicotera and is considered by the investigative bodies as the most influential clan in the province of Vibo Valentia."
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d5d963c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Classical and literary are both types of what? | Languages. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A modern language is any human language that is currently in use. The term is used in language education to distinguish between languages which are used for day-to-day communication (such as French and German) and dead classical languages such as Latin and Classical Chinese, which are studied for their cultural or linguistic value."
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"text": "A literary language is the form of a language used in its literary writing. It can be either a nonstandard dialect or a standardized variety of the language. It can sometimes differ noticeably from the various spoken lects, but the difference between literary and non-literary forms is greater in some languages than in others."
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d5d963f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many of oxygen's different isotopes have the same level of radioactive activity as Nitrogen-14? | Three of oxygen's isotopes are stable, 16 O, 17 O, and 18 O. | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are three known stable isotopes of oxygen ( 8 O): 16 O, 17 O, and 18 O . Radioactive isotopes ranging from 11 O to 26 O have also been characterized, all short-lived."
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"text": "Nitrogen-14 is one of two stable (non- radioactive) isotopes of the chemical element nitrogen, which makes about 99.636% of natural nitrogen. Nitrogen-14 is one of the very few stable nuclides with both an odd number of protons and of neutrons (seven each) and is the only one to make up a majority of its element."
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d5d964180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ramsar International Airport is an international airport in Ramsar, Mazandaran province of what country that is the 2nd largest in the Middle East? | It's in Iran. | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 36.9099083°N 50.6795889°E / 36.9099083; 50.6795889 Ramsar International Airport ( IATA: RZR, ICAO: OINR) ( Persian: فرودگاه بین المللی رامسر ) is an international airport in Ramsar, Mazandaran province, Iran."
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"text": "Iran (Persian: ایران Irān [ʔiːˈɾɒːn] (About this soundlisten)), also called Persia,[11] and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran,[a] is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and Azerbaijan,[b] to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan, to the southeast by Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. Iran covers an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), with a population of 83 million. It is the second-largest country in the Middle East, and its capital and largest city is Tehran."
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d5d964400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Limax flavus are a species of what, a genus of which is Ariolimax ? | Slugs | text | [] | [
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"text": "Banana slugs are North American terrestrial slugs comprising the genus Ariolimax. They are often bright yellow (giving rise to the \" banana \" common name) although they may also be greenish, brown, tan, or white. Species within the genus Ariolimax include:"
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"text": "Lasius flavus, the yellow meadow ant, an ant species mostly found in Central Europe Limax flavus, the yellow slug, an air-breathing land slug species This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same abbreviated species scientific name."
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d5d964680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A VIS document from the Centers for Disease Control pertains to information about the medical treatment whose adverse events would be reported to which system? | The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) | text | [] | [
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"text": "The NCVIA also mandates that all health care providers must report certain adverse events following vaccination to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)."
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"text": "A Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) is a document designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide information to a patient receiving a vaccine in the United States. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act requires that medical professionals provide a VIS to patients before receiving certain vaccinations."
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d5d964900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lahamu is sometimes seen as what that was also a symbol of evil power and chaosfrom the underworldas well as a symbol of fertility, life and healing? | Serpent. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The symbol of a serpentor snakeplayed important roles in religious and cultural life of ancient Egypt, Canaan, Mesopotamiaand Greece. The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaosfrom the underworldas well as a symbol of fertility, life and healing.[1]"
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"text": "Lahamu (also Lakhamu, Lachos, Lumasi, or Assyro-Akkadian Lammasu) was the first-born daughter of Tiamat and Abzu in Akkadian mythology. With her brother Lahmu she is the mother of Anshar and Kishar, who were in turn parents of the first gods. Lahamu is sometimes seen as a serpent, and sometimes as a woman with a red sash and six curls on her head."
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d5d964b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Sharafuddin of Selangor would give out what award to members of the Selangor and other Royal families? | The Most Esteemed Royal Family Order of Selangor | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Most Esteemed Royal Family Order of Selangor ( Malay: Darjah Kerabat Selangor Yang Amat Dihormati) is an order awarded by Sultan of Selangor to members of the Selangor and other Royal families, and to high officers of state. It is the highest award that can be represented in Selangor."
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"text": "The Selangor Royal Family comprises the family member of Sultan of Selangor. It is currently consists of Sharafuddin of Selangor and his close relations. The Sultan and his family belong to the House of Daeng Chelak."
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d5d964e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Calle de Bailén is part of the downtown section of what place where La Latina is the oldest area? | Madrid | text | [] | [
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"text": "The palace is on Calle de Bailén (\"Bailén Street\") in the western part of downtown Madrid, east of the Manzanares River, and is accessible from the Ópera metro station ."
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"text": "La Latina occupies the place of the oldest area in Madrid, the Islamic citadel inside the city walls, with narrow streets and large squares. It is administratively locked almost entirely within the district of Palacio in Centro."
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d5d965080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What portion of the surface of the world is covered by the large ocean that is south of Eurasia? | This ocean covers one-third of the surface of the entire world. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Eurasia is the combined landmass of Europe and Asia in the northern part of Earth. It has the Atlantic Ocean on its west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The Arctic Ocean is to its north, and the Mediterranean and Pacific Ocean to its south. It is the largest of the continents. Its name comes from adding the \"Eur\" from \"Europe\" to \"Asia\"."
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"text": "The Pacific Ocean is the body of water between Asia and Australia in the west, the Americas in the east, the Southern Ocean to the south, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. It is the largest named ocean and it covers one-third of the surface of the entire world. It joins the Atlantic Ocean at a line drawn south from Cape Horn, Chile/Argentina to Antarctica, and joins the Indian Ocean at a line drawn south from Tasmania, Australia to Antarctica."
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d5d965760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The tarsier that is endemic to the Sangihe Islands in Indonesia and favors primary-growth forest until recently was classified as a subspecies of what? | The Sangihe tarsier was classified as a subspecies of the spectral tarsier T. spectrum until recently. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Sangihe tarsier is endemic to the Sangihe Islands in Indonesia which is only 547 km 2. It favors primary-growth forest but also fares well in secondary-growth forest. It also has been found in scrub habitats, coconut plantations, and in some cases agricultural areas."
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"text": "It was first assigned species status in 1896 by Adolf Meyer. It was later classified as a subspecies of the spectral tarsier T. spectrum by Hill[3] and remained so until recently. Today it is recognized as a distinct species. The Siau Island tarsier, Tarsius tumpara, from Siau Island was formerly considered a population of the Sangihe tarsier, but was determined to be a separate species in 2008.[4] There is still much debate on what is considered a species and a subspecies in the family Tarsiidae.[5][6]DescriptionThe large, round, forward-facing, pale-chestnut-colored eyes and elongated digits and tarsus are basic characteristics of the Sangihe tarsier"
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d5d965c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a Gaussian function and what is the most common method for estimating the Gaussian parameters? | In mathematics, a Gaussian function, often simply referred to as a Gaussian, is a function of the form for arbitrary real constants a, b and non zero c and the most common method for estimating the Gaussian parameters is to take the logarithm of the data and fit a parabola to the resulting data set. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The most common method for estimating the Gaussian parameters is to take the logarithm of the data and fit a parabola to the resulting data set. While this provides a simple curve fitting procedure, the resulting algorithm may be biased by excessively weighting small data values, which can produce large errors in the profile estimate."
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"text": "In mathematics, a Gaussian function, often simply referred to as a Gaussian, is a function of the form for arbitrary real constants a, b and non zero c. It is named after the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss."
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d5d966160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What instrument is also called a euphonium and has a variation with its tubing wrapped to be placed on a player's lap? | A tuba. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A small tuba is commonly also seen and is called a euphonium or a baritone horn. The percussion section has the largest variety of instruments. The timpani (or \"kettle drums\") can be tuned to particular notes. They are the most common percussion instrument."
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"text": "A tuba with its tubing wrapped for placing the instrument on the player's lap is usually called a concert tuba or simply a tuba."
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d5d966b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where is the coin-shaped signaling device called a torpedo and the sign marking whistle board used in? | On railways. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A whistle post or whistle board, in railroad usage, is a sign marking a location where a locomotive engineer is required to sound the horn or whistle . In Czech Republic, a whistle post is a red and white striped pole of different sizes and shapes and it's called \"Pískejte\" (\"whistle\")."
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"text": "A railway detonator ( torpedo in North America) is a coin-sized device that is used as a loud warning signal to train drivers. It is placed on the top of the rail, usually secured with two lead straps, one on each side."
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d5d967060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who does Harm get engaged to be married with that bears an uncanny resemblance to Lieutenant Diane Schonke? | He gets engaged to Mac. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Towards the end of the series the pair acknowledged that they were in love with each other. By the series finale, Harm and Mac became engaged to be married and tossed a coin to decide who would accept a new assignment (Harm in London, Mac in San Diego) and who would resign their commission to follow the coin-toss winner."
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"text": "Mac bears an uncanny resemblance to Lieutenant Diane Schonke, a United States Naval Academy classmate of Harm who he had been dating before she was murdered, which initially made Harm uneasy, though he soon got past it. However, Mac was unaware of the resemblance until the third season, when Harm had worked out who had really killed Schonke."
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d5d9672e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the acronym used to describe a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit in the realm of politics or international issues? | NGO, or non-governmental organization. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A nonprofit organization ( NPO ), also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in contrast with an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners."
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"text": "When a non-profit organization deals with politics or international issues it can be called a non-governmental organization or NGO. The Wikimedia organization, which runs Wikipedia is a non-profit. It is based in Florida in the United States. It is also a not-for-profit corporation."
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d5d967560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The what of Australia, defined as a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch 's top leaders, is executive branch of the government of Australia? | The Cabinet of Australia | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cabinet of Australia is the executive branch of the government of Australia and is the council of senior ministers of the Crown, responsible to Parliament. Ministers are appointed by the Governor-General, on the advice of the Prime Minister, who is the leader of the cabinet."
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"text": "A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch 's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries."
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d5d967a60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | For the mass of ice that traces its origin from the Vulgar Latin glaciārium, what country contains the most of it outside of the polar regions? | Pakistan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Glaciers form only on land and are distinct from the much thinner sea ice and lake ice that forms on the surface of bodies of water. The glacier of the Geikie Plateau in Greenland. With 7,253 known glaciers, Pakistan contains more glacial ice than any other country on earth outside the polar regions."
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"text": "The word glacier is a loanword from French and goes back, via Franco-Provençal, to the Vulgar Latin glaciārium, derived from the Late Latin glacia, and ultimately Latin glaciēs, meaning \"ice\". The processes and features caused by or related to glaciers are referred to as glacial."
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d5d967ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | For those who commit acts that are forbidden and punishable by law, what process of re-educating and retraining can they choose to go through? | Rehabilitation. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rehabilitation is the process of re-educating and retraining those who commit crime. It generally involves psychological approaches which target the cognitive distortions associated with specific kinds of crime committed by particular offenders - but may also involve more general education such as literacy skills and work training."
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"text": "One proposed definition is that a crime or offence (or criminal offence) is an act harmful not only to some individual but also to a community, society, or the state (\"a public wrong \"). Such acts are forbidden and punishable by law. The notion that acts such as murder, rape, and theft are to be prohibited exists worldwide."
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d5d967f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which provision of the constitution of the world's most populous democracy allows for the formation of autonomous administrative divisions within states? | The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India allows for the formation of autonomous administrative divisions. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India allows for the formation of autonomous administrative divisions which have been given autonomy within their respective states. Most of these autonomous areas are located in North East India ."
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"text": "India ( Hindi: Bhārat ), officially the Republic of India (Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by land area, and the most populous democracy in the world."
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d5d9681e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tai Yai are a people located both in Myanmar and the northern portion of what country whose food is often spicy, but does not have to be? | Thailand | text | [] | [
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"text": "Thai food is a type of food that was first made in Thailand. Thai food is often spicy, but does not have to be. Thai food is shared with every person at the table. The meal is not thrown away. The Thai believe that throwing food away would anger the \"god of rice\"."
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"text": "Of Chinese origin, it is a rice congee with minced chicken or pork. Mixing an egg in with the congee is optional. A dish of the Tai Yai ( Shan people) of Myanmar and northern Thailand, it is rice that is mixed with pork blood and steamed inside a banana leaf. Khao kan chin is served with cucumber, onions and fried, dried chili peppers."
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d5d968460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In humans, what are the organisms that draw nutrients from a living host divided into? | Endoparasites and ectoparasites. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A parasite is an organism drawing nutrients from a living host. It lives in or on another organism, getting from it part or all of its food. It usually shows some degree of adaptive modification, and causes some degree of damage to its host."
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"text": "Human parasites are divided into endoparasites, which cause infection inside the body, and ectoparasites, which cause infection superficially within the skin."
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d5d9686e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The genus name Columba is the Latin word meaning dove or what, which are particularly fond of roof spaces? | Pidgeon | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pigeons are particularly fond of roof spaces. These often contain water tanks. Any water tank or cistern on a roof must, therefore, be secured and sealed off to keep the pigeons out of them. The popularity of a nesting area does not seem to be affected by the pigeons' population density."
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"text": "The genus name Columba is the Latin word meaning \"pigeon, dove\", whose older etymology comes from the Ancient Greek κόλυμβος ( kolumbos ), \"a diver\", from κολυμβάω (kolumbao), \"dive, plunge headlong, swim\"."
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d5d968960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which company built or designed both the LRV and the Phantom Express? | Boeing was behind both of these vehicles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Boeing design was a vertical takeoff, horizontal landing ( VTHL) craft called Phantom Express. The planned specifications include a vehicle height of 100 feet (30 m), with a 62 foot (19 m) wingspan."
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"text": "It is popularly called the Moon buggy, a play on the term dune buggy . Built by Boeing, each LRV has a mass of 460 pounds (210 kg) without payload."
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d5d968b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which group of animals do mouse lemurs and the Galagos both belong to? | Mouse lemurs and the Galagos are both primates. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mouse lemurs, the smallest primates in the world, evolved in isolation along with other lemurs on the island of Madagascar. Lemurs are thought to have evolved during the Eocene or earlier, sharing a closest common ancestor with lorises, pottos, and galagos ( lorisoids )."
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"text": "Galagos, also known as bush babies, or nagapies (meaning \"night monkeys\" in Afrikaans), are small nocturnal primates native to continental, sub-Sahara Africa, and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae)."
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d5d969220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Nature religion and who first coined it? | Nature religions include indigenous religions practiced in various parts of the world by cultures who consider the environment to be imbued with spirits and other sacred entities. It also includes modern Pagan faiths, which are primarily concentrated in Europe and North America . The term was first coined by the American religious studies scholar Catherine Albanese, who used it in her work Nature Religion in America. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nature religions include indigenous religions practiced in various parts of the world by cultures who consider the environment to be imbued with spirits and other sacred entities. It also includes modern Pagan faiths, which are primarily concentrated in Europe and North America ."
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"text": "The term \"nature religion\" was first coined by the American religious studies scholar Catherine Albanese, who used it in her work Nature Religion in America: From the Algonkian Indians to the New Age (1991), and she later went on to use it in other studies. After Albanese developed the term, it has been used by other academics working in the discipline."
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d5d969540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Why would you want to perform surgical castration in animals which is an alternative to euthanasia? | To manage feral populations. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Surgical castration in animals is often called neutering . The term castration is sometimes also used to refer to the removal of the ovaries in the female, otherwise known as an oophorectomy, or the removal of internal testes, otherwise known as gonadectomy."
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"text": "Neuter is a Latin adjective meaning \"neither\", and can refer to: Trap–neuter–return (TNR), an alternative to euthanasia for managing feral cat and dog populations UCAN Spay Neuter Clinic, non-profit organization providing spay/neuter as a solution to pet overpopulation"
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d5d96a8a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Whos presence in the Tamil country is attested from the Sangam period onward that are a varna in Hinduism? | Brahmin | text | [] | [
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"text": "Brahmin presence in the Tamil country is attested from the Sangam period onward. Based on the fact that Nambudiris are Pūrvaśikhā Brahmins wearing the traditional hair tuft on the front, T.P Mahadevan proposes that they are the descendants of these Sangam age Brahmins who moved west into the region of Malabar during the Kalabhra interregnum."
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"text": "Brahmin ( / ˈbrɑːmɪn /; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण, romanized : brāhmaṇa) are a varna (class) in Hinduism. They specialised as priests ( purohit, pandit, or pujari ), teachers ( acharya or guru ), ayurvedic physicians and protectors of sacred learning across generations."
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d5d96ada0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what types of institutions does the Provincial Chapter elect someone to appoint confessors as long as the Superior General agrees with the appointee? | Religious institutes | text | [] | [
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"text": "In religious institutes whether of men or of women, he or she appoints the regular confessors, calls together the Provincial Chapter, presides over its deliberations, and takes care that the orders of the General Chapter and the Superior General are properly carried out. He or she is an ex officio member of the chapter."
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"text": "The Provincial Superior is ordinarily elected by the Provincial Chapter, subject to confirmation by the Superior General or the General Chapter, depending on the regulations of the particular groups (in the Society of Jesus he is directly appointed by the Father General)."
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d5d96b020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The elite unit responsible for protecting the President of Zimbabwe and the ceremonial infantry unit that guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are both referred to as what? | The Presidential Guard. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Presidential Guard (PG) of the Zimbabwe National Army is an elite unit responsible for protecting the President of Zimbabwe. It is one of eight brigade-sized formations and two district commands in the ZNA."
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"text": "The Presidential Guard ( Greek: Προεδρική Φρουρά, romanized : Proedrikí Frourá) is a ceremonial infantry unit that guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece."
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d5d96b2a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The beet leafhopper is the lone insect vector of what cause of Curly top disease in spinach? | Beet curly top virus | text | [] | [
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"text": "Curly top disease in spinach can be caused by Beet curly top virus, Pepper curly top virus, or Spinach curly top virus. Other curly top curtoviruses include Beet severe curly top virus, Beet mild curly top virus, and Horseradish curly top virus. Turnip curly top virus may also be a species of Curtovirus."
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"text": "The beet leafhopper is the lone insect vector of the beet curly top virus (BCTV) which causes disease in many important crops like beans, sugar beet, cantaloupe, cucumber, peppers, spinach, squash, tomato, watermelon and other important plants."
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d5d96b5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What compound containing an oxoanion with molybdenum in its highest oxidation state of 6 is used in the colorimetric determination of phosphate quantity in association with the dye malachite green? | Molybdate has that use. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In chemistry a molybdate is a compound containing an oxoanion with molybdenum in its highest oxidation state of 6. Molybdenum can form a very large range of such oxoanions which can be discrete structures or polymeric extended structures, although the latter are only found in the solid state."
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"text": "Molybdate chrome pigments are speciality but commercially available pigments.[12] Molybdate (usually in the form of potassium molybdate) is also used in the analytical colorimetric testing for the concentration of silica in solution, called the molybdenum blue method.[21] Additionally, it is used in the colorimetric determination of phosphate quantity in association with the dye malachite green."
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d5d96b7a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Within the typical human body of 650 muscles, the sacromere in it is responsible for what kind of appearance? | The striated appearance. | text | [] | [
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"text": "List of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy. This is a table of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy . There are around 650 skeletal muscles within the typical human body."
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"text": "The myofibrils are composed of actin and myosin filaments, repeated in units called sarcomeres, which are the basic functional units of the muscle fiber. The sarcomere is responsible for the striated appearance of skeletal muscle and forms the basic machinery necessary for muscle contraction ."
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d5d96ba20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which is larger: Jackson County in Oregon or Jackson County in West Virginia? | Jackson County, Oregon is larger. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,802 square miles (7,260 km 2 ), of which 2,784 square miles (7,210 km 2) is land and 18 square miles (47 km 2) (0.6%) is water. A portion of the Umpqua National Forest is in Jackson County."
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"text": "According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 472 square miles (1,220 km 2 ), of which 464 square miles (1,200 km 2) is land and 7.3 square miles (19 km 2) (1.5%) is water. The Ohio River forms part of Jackson County's western border."
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d5d96bca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | William asks Jorge for the second book of Poetics by who, a person whom in their Nicomachean Ethics I.13 states that the human being has a rational principle? | Aristotle | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the Nicomachean Ethics I.13, Aristotle states that the human being has a rational principle ( Greek: λόγον ἔχον), on top of the nutritive life shared with plants, and the instinctual life shared with other animals, i. e., the ability to carry out rationally formulated projects."
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"text": "William asks Jorge for the second book of Aristotle's Poetics, which Jorge gladly offers. While flipping through the pages, which speak of the virtues of laughter, William deduces that Jorge - unable to destroy this last copy of the book - laced the pages with arsenic, assuming correctly that a reader would have to lick his fingers to turn them."
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d5d96bf20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the most common use of the ether used as a fuel oxygenate, that, unlike most ethers, does not require a stabilizer? | Tert-Amyl methyl ether is mostly used as an oxygenate to gasoline. | text | [] | [
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"text": "tert-Amyl methyl ether ( TAME) is an ether used as a fuel oxygenate. TAME derives from C5 distillation fractions of naphtha. It has an ethereous odor. Unlike most ethers, it does not require a stabilizer as it does not form peroxides on storage. TAME is mostly used as an oxygenate to gasoline."
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"text": "TAME is mostly used as an oxygenate to gasoline. It is added for three reasons: to increase octane enhancement, to replace banned tetraethyl lead, and to raise the oxygen content in gasoline. It is known that TAME in fuel reduces exhaust emissions of some volatile organic compounds.[1]"
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d5d96c240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would the CEO of Mays Promotions, Inc.'s last name come first alphabetically or would the last name of rapper I-20 come first alphabetically? | The CEO of Mays Promotions, Inc.'s last name would be first. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bobby Sandimanie, better known by his stage name I-20, is an American rapper. He was originally known as Infamous 2-0 (on Ludacris 's first two albums Incognegro and Back for the First Time ), but changed his name to reflect the interstate route that runs through the Southeastern United States."
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"text": "Mays was the CEO and founder of Mays Promotions, Inc., based at his home in Odessa, Florida. His services as a pitchman became highly sought-after, and he appeared in commercials for many diverse \"As Seen On TV\" products such as Mighty Putty."
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d5d96c9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of animal is the American mammoth that has a male counterpart being called a jack? | A donkey. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Romulus and Remus are American Mammoth Jackstock donkeys, the world's largest donkey breed. American mammoths were developed and utilized for their potential to produce large mules when cross-bred with horses."
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"text": "A male donkey or ass is called a jack, a female a jenny or jennet; a young donkey is a foal. Jack donkeys are often used to mate with female horses to produce mules; the biological \"reciprocal\" of a mule, from a stallion and jenny as its parents instead, is called a hinny ."
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d5d96cc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Wegener and Copernicus are both names of what? | Lunar impact craters | text | [] | [
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"text": "Copernicus is a lunar impact crater located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum. It was named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. It typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system . It may have been created by debris from the breakup of the parent body of asteroid 495 Eulalia 800 million years ago."
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"text": "Wegener is a lunar impact crater that is located in the Moon 's northern hemisphere, about midway between the equator and the north pole. It lies on the far side from the Earth, behind the northwestern limb. The southwestern rim of Wegener intrudes slightly into the much larger walled plain Landau."
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d5d96d140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The anion of what with a formal oxidation state of −1 has a loosely held two-electron cloud? | Hydrogen. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In chemistry, the hydride anion is hydrogen that has the formal oxidation state −1. The term hydride is probably most often used to describe compounds of hydrogen with other elements in which the hydrogen is in the formal −1 oxidation state."
},
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"text": "Removal of the electron gives a cation (left), whereas addition of an electron gives an anion (right). The hydrogen anion, with its loosely held two-electron cloud, has a larger radius than the neutral atom, which in turn is much larger than the bare proton of the cation."
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d5d96d460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When examining a cascade of secondary particles, the scattering particle after a collision only sees what? | Valence partons | text | [] | [
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"text": "In particle physics, a shower is a cascade of secondary particles produced as the result of a high- energy particle interacting with dense matter."
},
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"text": "In particle physics, the parton model is a model of hadrons, such as protons and neutrons, proposed by Richard Feynman. It is useful for interpreting the cascades of radiation (a parton shower) produced from QCD processes and interactions in high-energy particle collisions. The scattering particle only sees the valence partons."
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d5d96d6e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What can exhibit bioluminescence and is responsible for PSP blooms in subarctic, temperate, and tropical locations? | Dinoflagellates | text | [] | [
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"text": "A rapid accumulation of certain dinoflagellates can result in a visible coloration of the water, colloquially known as red tide(a harmful algal bloom), which can cause shellfish poisoningif humans eat contaminated shellfish. Some dinoflagellates also exhibit bioluminescence—primarily emitting blue-green light."
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"text": "Dinoflagellates of the genus Alexandrium are the most numerous and widespread saxitoxin producers and are responsible for PSP blooms in subarctic, temperate, and tropical locations."
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d5d96d8c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When did the national park that includes Somes Sound get its present name? | Acadia National Park, the national park that includes Somes Sound, got its present name on January 19, 1929. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Somes Sound is a fjard, a body of water running deep into Mount Desert Island, the main site of Acadia National Park in Maine, United States. Its deepest point is approximately 175 feet (50 m), and it is over 100 feet (30 m) deep in several places."
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"text": "Congress redesignated the national monument as Lafayette National Park on February 26, 1919,[2] the first American national park east of the Mississippi River[31] and the only one in the Northeastern United States. The park was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, an influential French participant in the American Revolution. Jordan Pond Road was started in 1922 and completed as a scenic motor highway in 1927.[32] The name of the park was changed to Acadia National Park on January 19, 1929, in honor of the former French colony of Acadia which once included Maine"
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d5d96db40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Piaget concluded that some infants are too young to understand what concept that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen? | Object permanence. | text | [] | [
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"text": "If an infant searched for the object, it was assumed that they believed it continued to exist. Piaget concluded that some infants are too young to understand object permanence. A lack of object permanence can lead to A-not-B errors, where children reach for a thing at a place where it should not be."
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"text": "Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed."
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d5d96dd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Hong Kong international airport ferry terminal services limited allows passengers to travel from the airport to Guangdong province without what major travel hassle? | Passengers are able to avoid the hassle look immigration and customs clearance. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is operated by Hong Kong International Airport Ferry Terminal Services Limited, a joint-venture company between Chu Kong Passenger Transport Co., Ltd and Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited."
},
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"text": "At this pier, passengers abroad can transit from Hong Kong International Airport to piers in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province or vice versa, without immigration and customs clearance through Hong Kong. It was a local ferry pier called Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier ( 赤鱲角渡輪碼頭 )."
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d5d96dfa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How is the fundamental created and what is the fundamental frequency in terms of sinusoids? | The fundamental may be created by vibration over the full length of a string or air column, or a higher harmonic chosen by the player. In terms of a superposition of sinusoids, the fundamental frequency is the lowest frequency sinusoidal in the sum of harmonically related frequencies, or the frequency of the difference between adjacent frequencies. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In music, the fundamental is the musical pitch of a note that is perceived as the lowest partial present. In terms of a superposition of sinusoids, the fundamental frequency is the lowest frequency sinusoidal in the sum of harmonically related frequencies, or the frequency of the difference between adjacent frequencies."
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"text": "In music, the fundamental is the musical pitch of a note that is perceived as the lowest partial present. The fundamental may be created by vibration over the full length of a string or air column, or a higher harmonic chosen by the player. The fundamental is one of the harmonics. A harmonic is any member of the harmonic series, an ideal set of frequencies that are positive integer multiples of a common fundamental frequency. The reason a fundamental is also considered a harmonic is because it is 1 times itself.[10]"
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d5d96e220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Yoga Sutra was compelled between 500 BCE and 400 CE by what sage in India whose name is a compound of the Samslrot words meaning, "falling", and "reverence"? | The Yoga Sutra was compiled sometime between 500 BCE and 400 CE by the sage Patanjali. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Yoga Sutra was compiled sometime between 500 BCE and 400 CE by the sage Patanjali in India who synthesized and organized knowledge about yoga from much older traditions."
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"text": "According to Monier Monier-Williams, the word \"Patañjali\" is a compound[22] name from \"patta\" (Sanskrit: पत, \"falling, flying\")[23] and \"añj\" (अञ्ज्, \"honor, celebrate, beautiful\") or \"añjali\" (अञ्जलि, \"reverence, joining palms of the hand\")."
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d5d96e4a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cyclizine and Chlorcyclizine are both used for what? | Treatment | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chlorcyclizine ( Di-Paralene, Mantadil, Pruresidine, Trihistan) is a first-generation antihistamine of the diphenylmethylpiperazine group marketed in the United States and certain other countries. It is used primarily to treat allergy symptoms such as rhinitis, urticaria, and pruritus, and may also be used as an antiemetic."
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"text": "Cyclizine, sold under a number of brand names, is a medication used to treat and prevent nausea, vomitingand dizzinessdue to motion sicknessor vertigo.[2] It may also be used for nausea after general anaesthesiaor that which developed from opioiduse. [2][3]It is taken by mouth, in the rectum, or injected into a vein. [3][4]"
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d5d96e7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Admiral Nimitz was assigned to both CINCPOA and what role that involved being commander in chief of a fleet that had four submarine subdivisions at the beginning of World War II? | CINCPAC | text | [] | [
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"text": "By the beginning of World War II, the Pacific Fleet had two surface ship subdivisions, four submarine subdivisions, one torpedo boat subdivision, a few squadrons of ships and patrol boats, airborne units, coastal artillery and marines ."
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"text": "The authority of the POA Commander-in-Chief (CINCPOA) was technically separate from that of the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC), but Admiral Nimitz was assigned to both positions and bore the title CINCPAC/CINCPOA. Efforts to establish a unified command for the entire Pacific AOR proved impossible during the war."
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d5d96ea40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where were the Malaya Mountains mentioned and what were they believed to have formed? | The Malaya Mountains were a range of mountains that were mentioned in the Hindu sacred texts like Matsya Purana, the Kurma Purana, the Vishnu Purana, and the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. These mountains are believed to have formed the southernmost part (southwards starting from the Mangalore region) of the Western Ghats, modern day Kerala, while the Northern part of the same was called the Sahya Mountains. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Malaya Mountains were a range of mountains that were mentioned in the Hindu sacred texts like Matsya Purana, the Kurma Purana, the Vishnu Purana, and the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata."
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"text": "These mountains are believed to have formed the southernmost part (southwards starting from the Mangalore region) of the Western Ghats, modern day Kerala, while the Northern part of the same was called the Sahya Mountains. The peaks of these Malaya mountains were said to be higher than those of the Sahya Mounta. Sangam Literature calls these mountains Pothigai."
}
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d5d96ec20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Catherine McIlwaine wrote a biography about what person, in whose legendarium Elves are a fictional race inhabiting some areas in Middle-earth? | Tolkien | text | [] | [
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"text": "The first part is a series of essays on key aspects of Tolkien's Middle-earth oeuvre. There is a brief biography of Tolkien by Catherine McIlwaine, and a chapter by John Garth on how the Inklings, a group that included C. S. Lewis, influenced Tolkien."
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"text": "In J. R. R. Tolkien 's legendarium, Elves are a fictional race inhabiting some areas in Middle-earth. They appear in The Hobbit and in The Lord of the Rings, but their history is described more fully in The Silmarillion. Tolkien derived the Elves from mentions in the ancient poetry and languages of Northern Europe, especially Old English."
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d5d96eea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Reverse pipetting and what is it used for? | Reverse pipetting is a technique to dispense a measured quantity of liquid by means of air displacement pipette. The technique is mainly recommended for solutions with a high viscosity or a tendency to foam: as it reduces the risk of splashing, foam or bubble formation. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The technique is mainly recommended for solutions with a high viscosity or a tendency to foam: as it reduces the risk of splashing, foam or bubble formation."
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"text": "Reverse pipettingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Reverse pipetting is a technique to dispense a measured quantity of liquid by means of air displacement pipette."
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d5d96f120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy and control of the internet in the country of Namibia? | NA is the country code domain name for Namibia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "NA is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for Namibia corresponding to the two letter code from the ISO-3166 standard. The registry accredits both Namibian and foreign registrars."
},
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"text": "A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. Domain names are used in various networking contexts and for application-specific naming and addressing purposes."
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d5d96f3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Red! Ensemble! is an example of what type of party that In the United States were influenced by the works of Thomas Paine? | The left | text | [] | [
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"text": "The following is a list of left-wing political parties. It includes parties from the centre-left to the far and ultra left . Red! Ensemble! ( Left Front) \"Leftist Parties of the World\"."
},
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"text": "In the United States, leftists such as social liberals, progressives and trade unionists were influenced by the works of Thomas Paine, who introduced the concept of asset-based egalitarianism which theorises that social equality is possible by a redistribution of resources."
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d5d96f940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A site similar to the one where the Caddo Sickle was found had tools made of what found at it? | The horns of mountain sheep | text | [] | [
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"text": "The artifacts found in present-day Arizona and New Mexico resemble curved tools that were made from the horns of mountain sheep. A similar site discovered sickles made from other material such as the Caddo Sickle, which was made from a deer mandible."
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"text": "A similar site discovered sickles made from other material such as the Caddo Sickle, which was made from a deer mandible. Scripture from early natives document the use of these sickles in the cutting of grass."
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d5d96fbc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Unsui and Ikkyū are both found in what religion? | Zen Buddhism. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Unsui ( Japanese: 雲水 ), or kōun ryūsui ( 行雲流水) in full, is a term specific to Zen Buddhism which denotes a postulant awaiting acceptance into a monastery or a novice monk who has undertaken Zen training. Sometimes they will travel from monastery to monastery ( angya) on a pilgrimage to find the appropriate Zen master with which to study."
},
{
"text": "Ikkyū (一休宗純, Ikkyū Sōjun, 1394–1481) was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals, as well as on Zen itself, often breaking religious taboos with his stance against celibacy. Ikkyū was born in 1394 in a small suburb of Kyoto."
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d5d970340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where could you find both dermanura rosenbergi and chiroderma salvini? | Both can be found in Colombia and Ecuador. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rosenberg's fruit-eating bat ( Dermanura rosenbergi, often misspelled rosenbergii) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in humid tropical forests in the El Chocó region on the coast of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador at altitudes below 500 m."
},
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"text": "Salvin's big-eyed bat ( Chiroderma salvini) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chiroderma salvini."
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d5d970660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which county are you if you pass the intersection of Washington Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard? | Clark County Nevada | text | [] | [
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"text": "On crossing Washington Avenue, the Boulevard is designated as the Downtown Las Vegas Boulevard Scenic Byway by the state. This designation continues south to Sahara Avenue."
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"text": "The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of South Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos."
}
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d5d9708e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is the Japanese experimental rock guru that participated in the band that plays improvised psychedelic rock? | Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins. | text | [] | [
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"text": "SWR is an experimental, free-jazz trio composed of Tsuyama, Kawabata, and Japanese experimental rock guru Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins . Acid Mothers Afrirampo is essentially the core three members of Acid Mothers Temple plus the two members of Afrirampo."
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"text": "The most prolific and widely known of the various Acid Mothers Temple collectives, Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a 5-piece that plays mostly psychedelic, space-rock type music. Their pieces are often improvised, free-form or experimental, while incorporating elements of American psych rock, drone and world music."
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d5d970ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | If WWI flying ace Ivan Alexandrovich Loiko had defected to the German military, what rank would he have been considered by those in his new country of allegiance? | Oberst, given that Loiko was a Polkovnik, a military rank which corresponds to Oberst in Germany. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the equivalent in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, see Oberst. Polkovnik ( Russian: полковник, lit. ' regimentary '; Polish: pułkownik) is a military rank used mostly in Slavic -speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries."
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"text": "Polkovnik Ivan Alexandrovich Loiko (born 6 February 1892, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with six confirmed aerial victories by the scanty and confusing records still existent. He rose to command a fighter unit, the 9th Fighter Aviation Detachment. After serving his czar faithfully until the October Revolution, in December 1918 Loiko joined the White Russian movement to reinstate his sovereign."
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d5d970d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the names of two far-right fascist political groups in the United Kingdom? | The National Front and the British National Party. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The National Front ( NF) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is currently led by Tony Martin."
},
{
"text": "The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and its current leader is Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK government. Founded in 1982, the party reached its greatest level of success in the 2000s, when it had over fifty seats in local government, one seat on the London Assembly, and two Members of the European Parliament."
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d5d970fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | From whom did the people whom used the daric as the bimetallic monetary standard get their cultural and national moniker? | Perses | text | [] | [
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"text": "Herodotus recounts this story, devising a foreign son, Perses, from whom the Persians took the name. Apparently also the Persians knew the story, as Xerxes tried to use it to bribe the Argives during his invasion of Greece, but ultimately failed to do so. Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius, King of Argos."
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"text": "The Persian daric was a gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos, represented the bimetallic monetary standard of the Achaemenid Persian Empire."
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d5d9717e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Rumex obtusifolius and D. obtusifolius are both what? | Plants. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rumex obtusifolius, commonly known as bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, bluntleaf dock, dock leaf or butter dock, is a perennial plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is native to Europe, but is found on all temperate continents."
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"text": "The variety D. obtusifolius var. subnudus differed by having completely hairless leaves and is found only in the south of Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Trees are large, up to 30m tall, grow in dry dipterocarp forest, and the red brown wood is used in general construction."
}
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