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d5d99b040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are there more counties in the Denver-Aurora combined statistical area or the Erie-Meadville, PA combined statistical area. | There are more counties in the Denver-Aurora one. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The United States Office of Management and Budget has defined the 12-county Denver–Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area comprising the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area."
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"text": "The United States Office of Management and Budget has recognized the Erie and Meadville areas along with the counties of Erie and Crawford to make a Combined Statistical Area, located in northwestern Pennsylvania."
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d5d99b5e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Interstate 105 starts at a highway that starts and ends in what city? | It goes from the Interstate 405 in Seal Beach north to the Interstate 210 in Duarte. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Interstate 105 ( I-105 ), also called the Glenn Anderson Freeway, is an Interstate Highway in Los Angeles County, California. It is a short spur of the Interstate 5. It goes from the Interstate 605 west to California State Route 1 at Los Angeles International Airport."
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"text": "Interstate 605 (I-605), also called the San Gabriel River Freeway, is an Interstate Highway in the Orange and Los Angeles counties of California. It is a spur route of the Interstate 5. It goes from the Interstate 405 in Seal Beach north to the Interstate 210 in Duarte. It runs next to the San Gabriel River for most of its route. The Interstate is about 27 miles (43 km) long.[3]"
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d5d99b860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is often portrayed as Bruce's childhood hero and an influence on his Batman persona and stars Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas in a film about? | Zorro. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the DC Comics continuity, it is established that The Mark of Zorro was the film that the young Bruce Wayne had seen with his parents at a movie theater, moments before they were killed in front of his eyes by an armed thug. Zorro is often portrayed as Bruce's childhood hero and an influence on his Batman persona."
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"text": "Co-starring Welshman Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas, the film tells the story of Zorro (Hopkins), a Spanish warrior (the film is set in Old California) who sets out to avenge the death of his wife and find his lost daughter Elena (Zeta-Jones)."
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d5d99bae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A filled quantum shell with 50 protons for tin is considered unusual for what nuclides that are not radioactive? | A stable nuclide. | text | [] | [
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"text": "These quantum shells correspond to a set of energy levels within the shell model of the nucleus; filled shells, such as the filled shell of 50 protons for tin, confers unusual stability on the nuclide. As in the case of tin, a magic number for Z, the atomic number, tends to increase the number of stable isotopes for the element."
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"text": "Stable nuclides are nuclides that are not radioactive and so (unlike radionuclides) do not spontaneously undergo radioactive decay. When such nuclides are referred to in relation to specific elements, they are usually termed stable isotopes ."
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d5d99bd60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | DARPA has what in common with physicists and chemists during World War 2? | Research during war | text | [] | [
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"text": "Though nations from all over the globe have their own range of scientists, physicists and chemists were the primary source for help during World War II. These men were the individuals primarily responsible for the development of innovative technology, such as the atomic bomb, during the war."
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"text": "DARPA is independent of other military research and development and reports directly to senior Department of Defense management. DARPA comprises approximately 220 government employees in six technical offices, including nearly 100 program managers, who together oversee about 250 research and development programs."
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d5d99c260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How much of the company whose labs discovered mitemcinal was owned by Hoffmann-La Roche in 2014? | In 2014, Hoffmann-La Roche owned 62% of this company. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mitemcinal (GM-611 or 3'-N-dimethyl-11-deoxy-3'-N-isopropyl-12-O-methyl-11-oxo-8,9-didehydroerythromycin) is a motilin agonist derived from the macrolide antibiotic, erythromycin. It was discovered in the labs of Chugai Pharma. Mitemcinal is orally administered and it is believed to have strong promotility (or prokinetic) effects."
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"text": "The Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (中外製薬株式会社, Chūgai Seiyaku kabushiki gaisha) is a drug manufacturer operating in Japan. It is a subsidiary controlled by Hoffmann-La Roche, which owns 62% of the company as of 30 June 2014.[1] The company is headquartered in Tokyo. Osamu Nagayama is the current representative director and chairman. Tatsuro Kosaka is the current representative director, president and CEO."
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d5d99c4e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tugboats can tug what thing that a "notch tug" can be secured to? | A barge | text | [] | [
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"text": "The \"notch tug\" can be secured in a notch at the stern of a specially designed barge, effectively making a combination ship. This configuration is dangerous to use with a barge that is \"in ballast\" (no cargo) or in a head- or following sea. Therefore, \"notch tugs\" are usually built with a towing winch."
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"text": "A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that maneuvers other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships that cannot move well on their own, such as those in crowded harbors or narrow canals, or those that cannot move at all, such as barges, disabled ships, log rafts, or oil platforms."
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d5d99c760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Modern Paganism and what are common features of Pagan theology? | Modern Paganism, also known as Contemporary Paganism and Neopaganism, is a collective term for new religious movements influenced by or derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern peoples. Polytheism, animism, and pantheism are common features of Pagan theology. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Modern Paganism, also known as Contemporary Paganism and Neopaganism, is a collective term for new religious movements influenced by or derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern peoples."
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"text": "Adherents rely on pre-Christian, folkloric, and ethnographic sources to a variety of degrees; many follow a spirituality that they accept as entirely modern, while others claim prehistoric beliefs, or else attempt to revive indigenous, ethnic religions as accurately as possible.[4] Academic research has placed the Pagan movement along a spectrum, with eclecticism on one end and polytheistic reconstructionism on the other. Polytheism, animism, and pantheism are common features of Pagan theology."
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d5d99cc60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Socrates asks Glaucon to not only envision this unequally bisected line but to imagine further bisecting each of the two segments, explaining that explaining that of the resulting four segments the higher two sections are said to represent the what? | Intelligible | text | [] | [
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"text": "Socrates explains that the four resulting segments represent four separate 'affections' (παθήματα) of the psyche. The lower two sections are said to represent the visible while the higher two are said to represent the intelligible."
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"text": "Socrates asks Glaucon to not only envision this unequally bisected line but to imagine further bisecting each of the two segments. Socrates explains that the four resulting segments represent four separate 'affections' (παθήματα) of the psyche"
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d5d99d160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | According to Catholic tradition, who founded the apostolic see in the city whose early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines? | Saint Peter and Saint Paul | text | [] | [
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"text": "While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines."
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"text": "According to Catholic tradition, the apostolic see of Rome was founded by Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the 1st century. The papacy is one of the most enduring institutions in the world and has had a prominent part in world history."
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d5d99d3e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The policies of the British and what people, who made the weapons M1911A1 pistol and the M1917 revolver, were at loggerheads over a crisis in Palestine? | Americans | text | [] | [
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"text": "With the Jews in Palestine waging an underground war against the British occupation, the refugee situation was critical and British and American policy was at loggerheads. The committee comprised six Americans and six British. Judge Joseph Hutcheson was the American chairman."
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"text": "The weapons obtained from the United States included the Tommy gun, M1911A1 pistol and the M1917 revolver produced by Colt and Smith & Wesson, all primarily produced in .45 ACP. The Home Guard received the Browning .30 machine gun, the M1918 .30 BAR and the P17 .30 Enfield rifle."
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d5d99d660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The protein, along with human serum albumin and alpha-fetoprotein, that belongs to the albumin gene family, is encoded by what? | GC Gene | text | [] | [
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"text": "Vitamin D-binding protein belongs to the albumin gene family, together with human serum albumin and alpha-fetoprotein. It is a multifunctional protein found in plasma, ascitic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and on the surface of many cell types."
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"text": "Vitamin D-binding protein (DBP), also/originally known as gc-globulin ( g roup-specific c omponent), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GC gene. Human GC is a glycosylated alpha-globulin, ~58 kDa in size."
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d5d99db60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was their an increase or decrease in viewership of Grey's Anatomy from the end of the second season to the seventh season? | Their was a decrease in viewership for Grey's Anatomy from the end of season two with 19.44 million viewers to 11.41 million in season seven. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Teddy Altman ( Kim Raver) starts a relationship with Andrew Perkins ( James Tupper ), a trauma counselor, but later falls for her patient, Henry Burton. The season ended with an average of 11.41 million viewers and was ranked #31 in overall viewership and was #9 in the 18-49 key demographic."
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"text": "The second season of Grey's Anatomy ended with an average of 19.44 million viewers per episode and a 6.9 rating share for in the 18–49 demographic, determining the series to finish in #5 out of all the 100 television shows in the season.[47] Due to its high ratings, the series received a full third season renewal for the fall primetime line-up."
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d5d99de80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is usually voluntary, but may also be the result of forced pregnancy and requires health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal and postnatal caring? | Motherhood. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Maternal health is the health of a woman during pregnancy, childbirth and her postpartum periods. It includes the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal and postnatal caring. The risk of maternal death is higher in some areas, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, than in others."
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"text": "Childlessness may be voluntary childlessness, which occurs by choice, or may be involuntary due to health problems or social circumstances. Motherhood is usually voluntary, but may also be the result of forced pregnancy, such as pregnancy from rape."
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d5d99e100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Simple and trigonometric are both types of what? | Functions | text | [] | [
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"text": "Formally, a simple function is a finite linear combination of indicator functions of measurable sets. More precisely, let ( X, Σ) be a measurable space. Let A1, ..., An ∈ Σ be a sequence of disjoint measurable sets, and let a1, ..., an be a sequence of real or complex numbers."
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"text": "Ming Antu's infinite series expansion of trigonometric functions. Ming Antu, a court mathematician of the Qing dynasty did extensive work on the infinite series expansion of trigonometric functions in his masterpiece Geyuan Milü Jiefa (Quick Method of Dissecting the Circle and Determination of The Precise Ratio of the Circle)."
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d5d99e2e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Carolingian architecture is of a style belonging to a period when European politics were dominated by a Frankish noble family founded by what man? | The Carolingian dynasty was founded by Charles Martel. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Carolingian architecture is the style of north European Pre-Romanesque architecture belonging to the period of the Carolingian Renaissance of the late 8th and 9th centuries, when the Carolingian dynasty dominated west European politics."
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"text": "The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family founded by Charles Martel with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD"
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d5d99e7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Kohama style of sake brewing was practiced at the Kohama-juku during the Edo period in what province that today mostly is comprised of the modern day cities of Osaka and Kōbe? | The Kohama-juku was in Settsu Province. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It was also referred to as Tsu Province (津国, Tsu no kuni) or Sesshū (摂州) . Osaka and Osaka Castle were the main center of the province. Most of Settsu's area comprises the modern day cities of Osaka and Kōbe ."
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"text": "During the Sengoku period Settsu became the main exporting centre of matchlock firearms to the rest of Japan.The Kohama style (小浜流, Kohama-ryū) of sake brewing was practiced at the Kohama-juku (小浜宿) in the Amagasaki Domain of Settsu Province during the Edo period."
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d5d99ea60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What two female princess characters are playable characters in most Mario spin-offs? | Princess Daisy and Princess Peach | text | [] | [
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"text": "Princess Daisy (voiced by Deanna Mustard) is the princess and the ruler of Sarasaland who first appeared in Super Mario Land. In various games, she may be depicted as a protagonist, a supporting character, or a lady in distress. Daisy is playable in most of the Mario spin-off games."
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"text": "She is a playable character in Super Mario 3D World, is the main protagonist in Super Princess Peach, and is a playable character in most Mario spin-offs such as Mario Party, Mario Kart, Mario Tennis, and Mario Golf . In Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario, a cabinet minister or chancellor is part of the Mushroom Kingdom government."
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d5d99ed80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Japanese Tanabata was inspired by what folklore story between Zhinü and Niulang? | The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is a romantic Chinese folk tale. The story tells of the romance between Zhinü ( 織女; the weaver girl, symbolizing the star Vega) and Niulang ( 牛郎; the cowherd, symbolizing the star Altair ). Their love was not allowed, and thus they were banished to opposite sides of the heavenly river (symbolizing the Milky Way )."
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"text": "The Chinese characters 七夕 and the Japanese reading Tanabata joined to mean the same festival, although originally they were two different things, an example of jukujikun . Like Qixi and Chilseok, Tanabata was inspired by the famous Chinese folklore story, \" The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl \"."
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d5d99f000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What team has involvement with both Capital One Arena and St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena? | The Washington Wizards have involvement with both. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Owned and operated by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, it is the home arena of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the Georgetown University men's basketball team."
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"text": "The arena is home to the Washington Mystics of the WNBA and the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. In addition, it houses a practice facility for the Washington Wizards of the NBA ."
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d5d99f280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What series set in Bikini Bottom originally had a different name? | Spongebob SquarePants originally had a different name. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The show was originally to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but the name SpongeBoy was already in use for a mop product. Upon finding it out, Hillenburg decided to use the name \"SpongeBob\"."
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"text": "SpongeBob SquarePantsis an American animatedtelevision seriescreated by marine biologistand animatorStephen Hillenburgfor Nickelodeon. The series is set in the fictional underwatercity of Bikini Bottom, and centers on the adventures and endeavors of SpongeBob SquarePants, an over-optimistic sea spongethat annoys other characters."
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d5d99f780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How does the muscle of the foot that flexes the big toe assist gait? | It assists with the toe-off phase of gait providing increased push-off | text | [] | [
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"text": "Flexor hallucis brevis muscle is a muscle of the foot that flexes the big toe . The flexor hallucis brevis is located just inferior to the foot and toe bones. As its name suggests, its contraction results in flexion of the big toe (hallux). This section does not cite any sources."
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"text": "Flexor hallucis brevis flexes the first metatarsophalangeal joint, or the big toe. It helps to maintain the medial longitudinal arch. It assists with the toe-off phase of gait providing increased push-off."
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d5d99fa00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A Ph.D. in theology wearing a velvet gown trim in dark blue would be an example of what according to the terminology used in the United States? | Academic regalia | text | [] | [
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"text": "(For example, a Ph.D. in theology would wear velvet gown trim in dark blue, a Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) would wear scarlet trim, or either might choose black.) Some gowns expose a necktie or cravat when closed. They are designed to be worn open or closed in the front."
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"text": "It is also known as academical dress, academicals, subfusc and, in the United States, as academic regalia . A doctor of philosophy of the University of Oxford, in full academic dress."
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d5d9a00e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What medical conditions results in a decrease in the number of red blood cells (RBCs) and is associated with Hemolytic-uremic syndrome? | Anemia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) (also known as haemolytic-uraemic syndrome) is a disease characterized by hemolytic anemia, acute renal failure ( uremia) and a low platelet count ( thrombocytopenia ). It predominantly but not exclusively affects children."
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"text": "There are two types of Alpha-thalassemia, named hemoglobin Bart hydrops fetalis syndrome (also known as Hb Bart syndrome) and HbH disease. Anemia is a type of medical condition that results in a decrease in the number of red blood cells (RBCs) or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood."
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d5d9a0360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What crater with a well-defined circular rim and central mountain peaks shares the name of a member of the Thirty Tyrants who was responsible for the arrest of Lysias, Polemarchus, and their fellow metics? | Eratosthenes crater | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is named after ancient Greek astronomer Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who estimated the circumference of the Earth, and the distance from the Earth to the Sun . The crater has a well-defined circular rim, terraced inner wall, central mountain peaks, an irregular floor, and an outer rampart of ejecta."
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"text": "Eratosthenes was a member of the Thirty Tyrants who oversaw the arrest of Lysias, Polemarchus, and their fellow metics. The speech was written following the collapse of the oligarchy and the restoration of democracy in Athens in 403 BCE."
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d5d9a05e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How does the wine region that is located in the eastern part of the Italian province whose capital city is Vicenza make large amounts of wine? | This region makes large amounts of wine because the area under vine is one of the most specialized and densely planted in Europe. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Situated in the eastern part of the Province of Vicenza, in the foothills of the Lessini Mountains, the Soave zone is a not particularly large wine region which, however, produces very significant quantities of wine, in virtue of the fact that the area under vine is one of the most specialized and densely planted in Europe."
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"text": "The Province of Vicenza (Italian: Provincia di Vicenza) is a province in the Veneto region in northern Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza. The province has an area of 2,722.53 km², and a total population of 865,082 (as of 2017). There are 199 comuni (municipalities) in the province.[1] Towns in the province include Bassano del Grappa, Schio, Arzignano, Montecchio Maggiore, Thiene, Torri di Quartesolo, Noventa Vicentina, Marostica, Lonigo and Valdagno."
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d5d9a0ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the novirhabdovirus that is named after elongated, predatory fish that are members of the freshwater perciform fish family Channidae? | The novirhabdovirus is called snakehead rhabdovirus, or SHRV. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV) is a novirhabdovirus that affects warm water wild and pond-cultured fish of various species in Southeast Asia, including snakehead for which it is named."
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"text": "The snakeheads are members of the freshwater perciform fish family Channidae, native to parts of Africa and Asia. These elongated, predatory fish are distinguished by their long dorsal fins, large mouths, and shiny teeth. They breathe air with gills, which allows them to migrate short distances over land."
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d5d9a0d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many millennium BC after the rise of the East Semitic era in Mesopotamia did the Aramaeans dominate Ancient Syria? | 3 millenniums BC. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ancient Syria of the first millennium BC was dominated by the Aramaeans; they originated in the Northern Levant as a continuum of the Bronze Age populations of Syria."
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"text": "The Kish civilization or Kish tradition is a time period corresponding to the early East Semitic era in Mesopotamia and the Levant. Coined by Ignace Gelb, the epoch began in the early 4th millennium BC."
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d5d9a1080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Egyptian deity who was lord of the red land, was portrayed as killing and mutilating who? | In the Osiris myth, Set is portrayed as the usurper who killed and mutilated his own brother, Osiris. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Set had a positive role where he accompanies Ra on his barque to repel Apep, the serpent of Chaos. Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. He was lord of the red (desert) land, where he was the balance to Horus ' role as lord of the black (soil) land."
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"text": "In the Osiris myth, the most important Egyptian myth, Set is portrayed as the usurper who killed and mutilated his own brother, Osiris. Osiris's wife, Isis, reassembled his corpse and resurrected her dead husband with the help of the goddess Nephthys. The resurrection lasted long enough to conceive his son and heir, Horus. Horus sought revenge upon Set and many of the ancient Egyptian myths describe their conflicts.[5]"
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d5d9a1300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the meaning in Latin of the name used to describe the legendary continent from past centuries that had not been officially sighted but was believed to be located in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean? | South Land is the Latin meaning of Terra Australis | text | [] | [
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"text": "Terra Australis ( Latin for South Land) was a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th centuries."
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"text": "Oppose - Terra Australis is a legendary/theoretical continent, not based on sightings of the real Antarctica, and often located north of Antarctica's location, e.g. in South Pacific/Indian Ocean. Also, it was linked with Australia, not Antarctica early on."
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d5d9a1580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | One of the largest parks in Africa, home to 152 species of mammals, and named after a river, is administered by which autonomous body? | Kafue National Park is in Zambia, and therefore administered by the Zambia Wildlife Authority. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kafue National Park is the largest national park in Zambia, covering an area of about 22,400 km² (similar in size to Wales or Massachusetts ). It is one of the largest parks in Africa and is home to 152 different species of mammals. The park is named for the Kafue River."
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"text": "The national parks are administered by the Zambia Wildlife Authority, an autonomous body responsible to the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources. This Authority took over from the former National Parks and Wildlife Service which suffered from chronic underfunding."
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d5d9a1800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the protein that can be coupled with a receptor and results in a change in cell function, what domain activates a particular protein of this? | The GPCR domain. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Heterotrimeric G proteins located within the cell are activated by G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that span the cell membrane. Signaling molecules bind to a domain of the GPCR located outside the cell, and an intracellular GPCR domain then in turn activates a particular G protein."
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"text": "The G protein activates a cascade of further signaling events that finally results in a change in cell function. G protein-coupled receptor and G proteins working together transmit signals from many hormones, neurotransmitters, and other signaling factors."
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d5d9a1a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lorentz and gamma are both types of what? | Groups | text | [] | [
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"text": "The third form provides the most direct contact with the representation theory of the Lorentz group . The conventional starting point is to state that “the Dirac equation can be written in Hermitian form”, when the gamma matrices are taken in the Majorana representation. The Dirac equation is then written as"
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"text": "By convention, the gamma group is realized as a collection of matrices, the gamma matrices, although the group definition does not require this. In particular, many important properties, including the C, P and T symmetries do not require a specific matrix representation, and one obtains a clearer definition of chirality in this way."
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d5d9a1c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Breton was created through the crossbreeding of many different breeds from the Orient and what place, where in addition to North America the Siamese cat is one of the most popular breeds ? | Europe | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Siamese cat is one of the most popular breeds in Europe and North America. Siamese have a creamy base coat with coloured pointson their muzzles, ears, paws and lower legs, tails and (in males) scrota. Siamese are affectionate and intelligent cats, known for their social nature and loud vocalisation. More selected breeds"
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"text": "The Breton is a breed of draft horse. It was developed in Brittany, a province in northwest France, from native ancestral stock dating back thousands of years. The Breton was created through the crossbreeding of many different European and Oriental breeds."
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d5d9a1ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Plio-Pleistocene caldera that is part of the eleven volcanoes in Baja California is located in the municipality of Mulegé? | La Reforma | text | [] | [
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"text": "La Reforma is a Plio-Pleistocene caldera on the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It is part of eleven volcanoes in Baja California, which formed with the Gulf of California during the Miocene, about ten million years ago."
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"text": "La Reforma is located in the municipality Mulegé, in east-central Baja California,[2] Mexico,[1] just south of the frontier between the departments Baja California and Baja California Sur,[3] and 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Santa Rosalía.[4"
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d5d9a23e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | For the rank that requires training at the Officer Development School in Newport, what happens if the candidate never had service prior? | Their rank is typically that of OCUI2. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The rank of officer candidate is denoted by an officer's uniform with no insignia except for a line officer's star device on white and dress blue uniforms. If the candidate has never had prior service, rank is typically that of Officer Candidate Under Instruction Second Class (OCUI2)."
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"text": "U.S. Navy officer candidate insignia. In the United States Navy, officer candidates are trained at either the Officer Candidate School or Officer Development School in Newport, Rhode Island."
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d5d9a2660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is found in nature as the crystalline mineral stibnite and can be used to prepare salts containing different thioantimonate (III) ions? | Antimony trisulfide. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Antimony trisulfide (Sb 2 S 3) is found in nature as the crystalline mineral stibnite and the amorphous red mineral (actually a mineraloid) metastibnite. It is manufactured for use in safety matches, military ammunition, explosives and fireworks. It also is used in the production of ruby-colored glass and in plastics as a flame retardant."
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"text": "In the extraction of antimony from antimony ores the alkaline sulfide process is employed where Sb 2 S 3 reacts to form thioantimonate (III) salts (also called thioantimonite): A number of salts containing different thioantimonate (III) ions can be prepared from Sb 2 S 3 these include:"
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d5d9a2b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Squeeze and mechanically powered are both types of what? | Flashlights | text | [] | [
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"text": "A mechanically powered flashlight is a flashlight that is powered by electricity generated by the muscle power of the user, so it does not need replacement of batteries, or recharging from an electrical source. There are several types which use different operating mechanisms."
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"text": "A dyno torch, dynamo torch, or squeeze flashlight is a flashlight or pocket torch which generates energy via a flywheel. The user repeatedly squeezes a handle to spin a flywheel inside the flashlight, attached to a small generator/dynamo, supplying electric current to an incandescent bulb or light-emitting diode."
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d5d9a2de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many many munition systems of what type, of which the V-1 may be seen as the first cruise variety? | Missile | text | [] | [
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"text": "The V-1, which may be seen as the first cruise missile, was used operationally against London and Antwerp. The V-2 ballistic missile was used operationally against London, Antwerp, and other targets."
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"text": "During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missile and precision-guided munition systems. These included the first cruise missile, the first short-range ballistic missile, the first guided surface-to-air missiles, and the first anti-ship missiles ."
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d5d9a3060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What proteins released by body cells in response to pathogens such as viruses has a type that is activated by Interleukin-12? | Interferons. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Interferons ( IFN s) are proteins released by body cells in response to pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, parasites or to tumor cells. They allow cells to trigger the defenses of the immune system ."
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"text": "Interferon type II ( IFN-γ in humans): This is also known as immune interferon and is activated by Interleukin-12. Type II interferons are also released by cytotoxic T cells and type-1 T helper cells."
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d5d9a3a60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Regarding polymers made up of many monosaccharides, what two functions can they do in living organisms? | Either structure- or storage-related. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A polysaccharide is a complex carbohydrate. Polysaccharides are polymers made up of many monosaccharides. They are very large, often branched, molecules. They tend to be amorphous, insoluble in water, and have no sweet taste."
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"text": "Polysaccharides are an important class of biological polymers. Their function in living organisms is usually either structure- or storage-related. Starch (a polymer of glucose) is used as a storage polysaccharide in plants, being found in the form of both amylose and the branched amylopectin."
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d5d9a3f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Antiochus III and Philip I of Macedon were both what? | Kings | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Seleucid king Antiochus III and the Antigonid king Philip V took advantage of the kingdom's weakness to begin the Fifth Syrian War (202–196 BC), in which the Ptolemies lost all their territories in Asia Minor and the Levant, as well as most of their influence in the Aegean Sea."
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"text": "Philip I of Macedon ( Greek: Φίλιππος Α΄ ὁ Μακεδών; from φίλος \"friend\" and ἵππος \"horse\") was one of the early kings of Macedon. He was a member of the Argead dynasty and son of Argaeus I, becoming king upon his father's death. As king, Philip was noted to be both wise and courageous."
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d5d9a4140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the element in the violet crystal forming compound PuF 3 that occurs in a variety of allotropes? | Plutonium. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Plutonium occurs in a variety of allotropes, even at ambient pressure. These allotropes differ widely in crystal structure and density; the α and δ allotropes differ in density by more than 25% at constant pressure. Plutonium normally has six allotropes and forms a seventh (zeta, ζ) under high temperature and a limited pressure range."
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"text": "[Pu+3] Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Plutonium (III) fluoride or plutonium trifluoride is the chemical compound composed of plutonium and fluorine with the formula PuF 3. It forms violet crystals."
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d5d9a43c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What drink traditionally drunk "neat" was first popular in Eastern Europe and the former republics of the Soviet Union? | The drink is vodka. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is clear (but can be flavoured), though it is sometimes mixed with other liquids before people drink it. It was first popular in the Slavic countries of Eastern Europe and former republics of the Soviet Union ."
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"text": "Vodka is traditionally drunk \" neat \" (not mixed with water, ice, or other mixers ), and it is often served freezer chilled in the vodka belt of Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine."
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d5d9a4640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What oldest mountain range of the U.S. is referred to as "awaxaawi shiibisha" in Hidatsa? | The Black Hills. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Black Hills ( Lakota: Ȟe Sápa; Cheyenne: Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; Hidatsa: awaxaawi shiibisha) is a small and isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States."
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"text": "The Black Hills, the United States' oldest mountain range, is 125 miles (201 km) long and 65 miles (105 km) wide stretching across South Dakota and Wyoming."
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d5d9a4b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What mixture of painkillers with was once a common cause of acute kidney injury? | Phenacetin. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Analgetics (one analgetic) (or analgesics) is a word for some drugs that are used to stop pain. These are also known as painkillers. There are several kinds of painkillers. All act on the nervous system."
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"text": "Classically caused by mixed analgesics containing phenacetin, analgesic nephropathy was once a common cause of acute kidney injury. Analgesic nephropathy is injury to the kidneys caused by analgesic medications such as aspirin, bucetin, phenacetin, and paracetamol."
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d5d9a4d20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A network, in the context of electrical engineering and electronics, is a collection of interconnected components such as what? | Batteries, resistors, inductors, capacitors, switches, transistors) | text | [] | [
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"text": "A network, in the context of electrical engineering and electronics, is a collection of interconnected components. Network analysis is the process of finding the voltages across, and the currents through, all network components. There are many techniques for calculating these values."
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"text": "An electrical network is an interconnection of electrical components (e.g., batteries, resistors, inductors, capacitors, switches, transistors) or a model of such an interconnection, consisting of electrical elements (e.g., voltage sources, current sources, resistances, inductances, capacitances )."
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d5d9a5040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What American-built light bomber was a military conversion of the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electraairliner? | The Lockheed Hudson was a military conversion of the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electraairliner. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Hudson was a military conversion of the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electraairliner, and was the first significant aircraft construction contract for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation—the initial RAF order for 200 Hudsons far surpassed any previous order the company had received."
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"text": "The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter"
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d5d9a52c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is an estate on how many acres? | 36 acres | text | [] | [
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"text": "Government House of British Columbia is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, as well as that in Victoria of the Canadian monarch, and has casually been described as \"the Ceremonial Home of all British Columbians.\""
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"text": "It stands in the provincial capital on a 14.6 hectares (36 acres) estate at 1401 Rockland Avenue; while the equivalent building in many countries has a prominent, central place in the capital, the site of British Columbia 's Government House is relatively unobtrusive within Victoria, giving it more the character of a private home."
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d5d9a55e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bombardier, Kawasaki, and Nippon Sharyo manufacture what type of thing that Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company's creations provided motive power for? | Coaches | text | [] | [
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"text": "Diesel-electric locomotives based on the EMD F40PH design as well as the MP36PH-3C are popular as motive power for commuter trains. Manufacturers of coaches include Bombardier, Kawasaki, Nippon Sharyo, and Hyundai Rotem. A few systems use diesel multiple unit vehicles, including WES Commuter Rail near Portland and Austin's Capital MetroRail."
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"text": "Tender cap. The Pennsylvania Railroad 's class S2 was a steam turbine locomotive designed and built in a collaborative effort by Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, as an attempt to prolong the dominance of the steam locomotive by adapting technology that had been widely accepted in the marine industry."
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d5d9a5860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Roman decorative object has the same name as a figure in Greek mythology known for a plant? | The object is an Acanthus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Acanthus (entomology), an entomological term for a thorn-like projection on an insect, typically a single-celled cuticular growth without tormogen (socket) or sensory cells Acantha, a figure in Greek mythology associated with the Acanthus plant Acanthus, the pen-name of the cartoonist Frank Hoar"
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"text": "In ancient Roman and ancient Greek architecture acanthus ornament appears extensively in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders, and applied to friezes, dentils and other decorated areas."
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d5d9a5ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many seasons does the actor Andrew J. Robinson participate in of the series Deep Space Nine? | Andrew J. Robinson, who plays Garak in Deep Space Nine, appears in each of the seven season. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Garak's secrecy keeps him a character of interest and importance; he later uses his contacts with Cardassia and his training in the Obsidian Order to assist the Federation in the war against the Dominion. Garak appears in 37 of the 176 episodes of Deep Space Nine, including the series finale, and appears in each of the seven seasons."
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"text": "Elim Garak is a fictional character from the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in which he is portrayed by Andrew J. Robinson. In the series, Garak is an exiled spy from the Cardassian Union and a former member of the feared Cardassian intelligence group called the Obsidian Order."
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d5d9a5cc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The broad-billed warbler was formerly in what family before being reassigned? | The Old World warblers were formerly in the family Sylviidae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Old World warblers are a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion."
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"text": "The broad-billed warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni) was formerly included in the %22 Old World warbler %22 assemblage, and belongs to the monotypic genus Tickellia . It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest ."
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d5d9a61c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Monks and monasteries of the Roman Catholic Church have had an important influence on the history of the wine of what region whose leader became king of France in 923? | Burgundy | text | [] | [
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"text": "The earliest recorded praise of the wines of Burgundy was written in 591 by Gregory of Tours, who compared it to the Roman wine Falernian. Monks and monasteries of the Roman Catholic Church have had an important influence on the history of Burgundy wine."
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"text": "Under Rudolph of France (also Raoul or Ralph), the son of Richard, Burgundy was briefly catapulted to a position of prominence in France, since he became King of France in 923 after acceding to the Burgundian territories in 921."
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d5d9a6440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft and Protector-class offshore patrol vessel are both based on what? | Designs of other vessels | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft is a modification of the French La Combattante IIa design for the German Navy. The La Combattante IIa s had been designed by Lürssen of Germany for Israel, but were built in France by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie in Cherbourg (CMN) for political reasons."
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"text": "The New Zealand Navy uses an 85-metre (279 ft) version of the Vard Marine Inc. OPV design, referred to as the Protector-class offshore patrol vessel. This is a modified version of the older Irish Naval Service Róisín -class PV80 vessels - with helideck and hangar incorporated."
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d5d9a66c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What term describes both a band from Santa Rosa California and bright stars in the constellation Centaurus? | Crux | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Crux is a band from Santa Rosa, California. Their sound has been described as \"Doc-Watson-by-way-of-Joe-Strummer,\" and \"pirate cabaret.\" Josh Windmiller and Tim Dixon met while working together in their hometown of Santa Rosa, California."
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"text": "The bright stars in Crux were known to the Ancient Greeks, where Ptolemy regarded them as part of the constellation Centaurus. They were entirely visible as far north as Britain in the fourth millennium BC."
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d5d9a6940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Languages belonging to the North group of what languages, of which English is the most widely spoken, are also commonly spoken in Greenland and, to a lesser extent, by immigrants in North America? | German | text | [] | [
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"text": "In historical linguistics, the Germanic parent language (GPL) includes the reconstructed languages in the Germanic group referred to as Pre-Germanic Indo-European (PreGmc), Early Proto-Germanic (EPGmc), and Late Proto-Germanic (LPGmc), spoken in the 2nd and 1st millennia BC."
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"text": "Languages belonging to the North Germanic language tree are also commonly spoken in Greenland and, to a lesser extent, by immigrants in North America . The modern languages and their dialects in this group are: The Germanic languages are traditionally divided into three groups: West, East and North Germanic."
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d5d9a6bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A branch of what Islamic fundamentalist organization is inspired by the leader that Byzantine and Arabic sources say conquered the survivors of a failed revolt against an emir in 818? | Al-Qaeda | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades ( Arabic: كتائب أبو حفص المصري ), or Abu Hafs al-Masri Battalions, is a group which claims to be a branch of the Islamic fundamentalist organisation Al-Qaeda ."
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"text": "The Byzantine and Arabic sources agree that Abu Hafs was the leader of a group of refugees from al-Andalus, who landed on the island of Crete and conquered it. Traditionally these Andalusians have been described as the survivors of a failed revolt against the emir al-Hakam I of Córdoba in 818."
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d5d9a72a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ptolemy IV died how many years before the earliest estimate for Arsinoë's year of birth? | 136 years | text | [] | [
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"text": "Arsinoë's year of birth is generally regarded as being between 68 and 63 BC: The Encyclopædia Britannica cites 63 BC, making her 15 at the time of her uprising and defeat against Julius Caesar and 22 at her death, while the researcher Alissa Lyon cites 68 BC making her 27 at her death. Joyce Tyldesley places her birth date as between 68 and 65 BC."
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"text": "Ptolemy IV died in mysterious circumstances in 204 BC and was succeeded by his young son Ptolemy V Epiphanes under the regency of Sosibius and Agathocles. In ancient sources, Ptolemy was criticised for being more interested in luxury and court ceremony than government, politics, and foreign relations."
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d5d9a75c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long is the average warbling grass parakeet? | 7 inches | text | [] | [
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"text": "Alternative names for the budgerigar include the shell parrot, the warbling grass parakeet, the canary parrot, the zebra parrot, the flight bird, the scallop parrot. Although more applicable to members of the genus Agapornis, the name lovebird has been applied to them from their habit of mutual preening."
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"text": "Wild budgerigars average 18 cm (7 in) long, weigh 30–40 grams (1.1–1.4 oz), 30 cm (12 in) in wingspan, and display a light green body colour (abdomen and rumps), while their mantles (back and wing coverts) display pitch-black mantle markings (blackish in fledgelings and immatures) edged in clear yellow undulations. The forehead and face is yellow in adults."
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d5d9a7840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Phaenostictus mcleannani and Meleagris ocellata both include what word in their non English names? | ocellated | text | [] | [
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"text": "The ocellated antbird ( Phaenostictus mcleannani) is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Phaenostictus and is found in southern Central America and the northwestern part of South America."
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"text": "The ocellated turkey ( Meleagris ocellata) is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala."
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d5d9a7ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Argentinian Departamento Iriondo considered as which forms the second level of administrative division? | A department. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Iriondo Department (in Spanish, Departamento Iriondo) is an administrative subdivision ( departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the south of the province. It limits with the departments of San Jerónimo in the north, San Lorenzo in the east, Caseros in the south, and Belgrano in the west."
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"text": "Departments ( Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division (below the provinces ), and are subdivided in municipalities."
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d5d9a7f20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The term " monadnock " is used by American geologists to describe any isolated what, of which Musala is an example, formed from the exposure of a harder rock as a result of the erosion of a softer one once surrounding it? | Mountain | text | [] | [
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"text": "With a topographic prominence of 2473 m, Musala is also the 6th highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe. 1. Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak on Earth. 2. Aconcagua is the highest peak in both the Southern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere ."
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"text": "The term \" monadnock \" is used by American geologists to describe any isolated mountain formed from the exposure of a harder rock as a result of the erosion of a softer one once surrounding it (a landform termed \" inselberg \" [\"island-peak\\ elsewhere in the world). The word \"monadnock\" is derived from an Abenaki word used to describe a mountain."
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d5d9a8420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions happen has the Pacific Plate being subducted by various other plates and islands? | Pacific Ring of Fire. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A portion of the Pacific Plate and the small Juan de Fuca Plate are being subducted beneath the North American Plate. Along the northern portion, the northwestward-moving Pacific Plate is being subducted beneath the Aleutian Islands arc. Farther west, the Pacific Plate is being subducted at the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril arcs."
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"text": "The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur."
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d5d9a86a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Rider can take the Red Line from Daybreak Parkway light rail station in West Jordan, Utah to what university that was first known as the University of Deseret? | They can take it from West Jordan to the University of Utah. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Daybreak Parkway is a light rail station in the Daybreak Community in West Jordan, Utah, in the United States, served by the Red Line of the Utah Transit Authority 's (UTA) TRAX light rail system. The station is the southwestern terminus of the Red Line, which provides service from this station to the University of Utah ."
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"text": "The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. It received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900."
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d5d9a8c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In determining structures of what, the structural formula of which is a graphic representation of the molecular structure, one generally aims to obtain, first and minimally, the pattern and degree of bonding between all atoms in the molecule? | Chemical compounds | text | [] | [
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"text": "In determining structures of chemical compounds, one generally aims to obtain, first and minimally, the pattern and degree of bonding between all atoms in the molecule; when possible, one seeks the three dimensional spatial coordinates of the atoms in the molecule (or other solid). [5]"
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"text": "The structural formula of a chemical compound is a graphic representation of the molecular structure (determined by structural chemistry methods), showing how the atoms are possibly arranged in the real three-dimensional space. The chemical bonding within the molecule is also shown, either explicitly or implicitly."
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d5d9a8ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The halfmoon grouper was first formally described by whom? | Epinephelus rivulatus was first formally described in 1830 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Epinephelus rivulatus, the halfmoon grouper, halfmoon rockcod, Chinaman rockcod, Charlie court cod, green-finned rock cod, or white-dotted grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses."
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"text": "Epinephelus rivulatus was first formally described as Serranus rivulatus in 1830 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as Réunion.[9] It is a member of the Epinephelus fasciatus species complex alongside E. fasciatus, E. irroratus, and E. retout"
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d5d9a9140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What blood factor is common in RH blood group and Hemolytic disease of the new born? | The RH factor. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Rh blood group system is a human blood group system. It contains proteins on the surface of red blood cells. It is the second most important blood group system, after the ABO blood group system."
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"text": "Anti-Kell 1 is becoming relatively more important as prevention of Rh disease is also becoming more effective. Hemolytic disease of the newborn (anti-Kell 1) is caused by a mismatch between the Kell antigens of the mother and fetus."
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d5d9a93c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What results from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate, that is seen in the Lesser Antilles? | Volcanic arcs. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc is a volcanic arc that forms the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Plate. It is part of a subduction zone, also known as the Lesser Antilles subduction zone, where the oceanic crust of the South American Plate is being subducted under the Caribbean Plate."
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"text": "Generally, volcanic arcs result from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate, and often parallel an oceanic trench. The oceanic plate is saturated with water, and volatiles such as water drastically lower the melting point of the mantle."
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d5d9a9d20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Aleutian and St. Matthew are both names of what? | Islands | text | [] | [
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"text": "St. Matthew Island ( Russian: Остров Святого Матвея) is a remote island in the Bering Sea in Alaska, 183 miles (295 km) west-northwest of Nunivak Island. The entire island's natural scenery and wildlife is protected as it is part of the Bering Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ."
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"text": "The Alaska Peninsula (also called Aleut Peninsula or Aleutian Peninsula, Aleut: Alasxix̂) is a peninsula extending about 800 km (497 mi) to the southwest from the mainland of Alaska and ending in the Aleutian Islands. The peninsula separates the Pacific Ocean from Bristol Bay, an arm of the Bering Sea."
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d5d9aa220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What capsule that can reach 2,700 °F as it descends through the Earth's atmosphere is Russian and is covered by a heat-resistant covering to protect it during reentry? | The descent module. | text | [] | [
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"text": "When the reentry capsule comes through the atmosphere the capsule compresses the air in front of it, which heats up to very high temperatures. The surface temperature of a capsule can reach 1,480 °C (2,700 °F) as it descends through the Earth's atmosphere."
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"text": "The descent module (Russian: Спуска́емый Аппара́т, tr. Spuskáyemy Apparát ), also known as a reentry capsule, is used for launch and the journey back to Earth. Half of the descent module is covered by a heat-resistant covering to protect it during reentry; this half faces forward during reentry."
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d5d9aa7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was De Civitate Dei printed during the time of Urban VI? | No, Urban VI lived in the late 1300s and De Civitae Dei was printed in 1467. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Numerous monks were brought in from Germany, and for many decades Subiaco was a center of German thrift, science, and art. Urban VI (1378–1389) abolished the abbots for life, took away from the monks the right of election, and gave the administration and revenues to a member of the Curia."
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"text": "The arrival of German monks at Subiaco attracted other Germans. Printers Arnold Pannartz and Konrad Sweynheim established a printing press in Subiaco and produced Donatus pro parvulis, Lactantius (1465) and De Civitate Dei (1467), which were the first books to be printed in Italy."
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d5d9aaa40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The existence of a correlation means that the what, of which C∗ and Moufang planes are examples, C is self-dual? | Projective planes | text | [] | [
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"text": "C∗is also a projective plane, called the dual planeof C. If Cand C∗are isomorphic, then Cis called self-dual. The projective planes PG(2, K)for any field (or, more generally, for every division ring(skewfield) isomorphic to its dual) Kare self-dual. In particular, Desarguesian planes of finite order are always self-dual."
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"text": "A Moufang plane is a projective plane in which the little Desargues theorem is valid for every line. ^ This is due to the modern way of writing the theorem."
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"text": "A plane duality which is an isomorphism is called a correlation. The existence of a correlation means that the projective plane C is self-dual . The projective plane C in this definition need not be a Desarguesian plane."
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d5d9ab1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are cross-beds and what is its usefulness? | In geology, cross-bedding, also known as cross-stratification, is layering within a stratum and at an angle to the main bedding plane. Cross-beds can tell geologists much about what an area was like in ancient times. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cross-beds can tell geologists much about what an area was like in ancient times. The direction the beds are dipping indicates paleocurrent, the rough direction of sediment transport. The type and condition of sediments can tell geologists the type of environment (rounding, sorting, composition...)."
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"text": "Subduction zones are a special class of thrusts that form the largest faults on Earth and give rise to the largest earthquakes. A fault which has a component of dip-slip and a component of strike-slip is termed an oblique-slip fault."
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d5d9ab940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A series of four coordinated what, which the deadliest attack of the Xinjiang conflict was labelled, by al-Qaeda involved the hijacking and crashing of passenger jet airliners that killed 2,996 people? | Terrorist attacks | text | [] | [
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"text": "The SUVs crashed into shoppers, then collided with each other and exploded. 43 people were killed, including 4 of the assailants, and more than 90 wounded, making this the deadliest attack of the Xinjiang conflict. The event was designated as a terrorist attack."
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"text": "A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda involving the hijacking and crashing of passenger jet airliners that killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage."
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d5d9abbc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Hindu-majority country has clothing that encompasses a wide variety of embroidery, prints, handwork, and embellishment? | India. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The clothing in India also encompasses the wide variety of Indian embroidery, prints, handwork, embellishment, styles of wearing clothes. A wide mix of Indian traditional clothing and western styles can be seen in India."
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"text": "Given this diversity, it is difficult to generalize widely about the folklore of India as a unit. Although India is a Hindu-majority country, with more than three-fourths of the population identifying themselves as Hindus, there is no single, unified, and all-pervading concept of identity present in it."
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d5d9abee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | With the majority of the Syrian refugees interspersed throughout the state, especially in Amman, Irbid, Al-Mafraq, and Jerash, environmental resources are scarce for both Syrians and natives of what country Syria borders? | Jordan | text | [] | [
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"text": "Syrian government retakes majority of Syria-Jordan border. All infiltration attempts into Jordan foiled. Jordanian–Syrian border incidents during the Syrian Civil War refers to violent incidents on the arid 379 km (235 mi) Jordan–Syria border over the course of the Syrian Civil War ."
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"text": "With the majority of the Syrian refugees interspersed throughout the state, especially in Amman, Irbid, Al-Mafraq, and Jerash, environmental resources are scarce for both Syrians and their Jordanian hosts. This increases pressure on Jordan's infrastructure, specifically the provision of water supplies, sanitation facilities, housing, and energy."
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d5d9ac340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy that can be traced to a demonstration at the Crufts dog show in the late 1970s in the United Kingdom? | Dog Agility | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dog agility is a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs run off leash with no food or toys as incentives, and the handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles."
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"text": "The history of dog agility can be traced to a demonstration at the Crufts dog show in the late 1970s in the United Kingdom. Dogs were run around a course designed similar to horse jumping courses during intermission as a way to entertain the audience"
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d5d9ac5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What U.S. state where pine and juniper forests cover 35% of its eastern section is home to more than 2,000 NRHP listings? | Oregon. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pine and juniper forests cover 35% of Eastern Oregon, much in the mountains that include the Blue Mountains, Strawberry Mountains, Wallowa Mountains, Trout Creek Mountains, Ochoco Mountains, and Steens Mountain. Volcanic basalt flows from the Columbia River Basalt Group covered large sections of Eastern Oregon 6 to 17 million years ago."
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"text": "The National Register of Historic Places recognizes buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, Oregon is home to more than 2,000 NRHP listings."
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d5d9acac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | An official establishment that promotes the thing whose regulation is constitutionally vested in the United States Congress would be called what? | A trade office | text | [] | [
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"text": "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. A trade office, sometimes known as a trade representation, commercial office, or trade mission, is an official establishment that promotes the commercial interests of a government (such as a city, state, or country) in a foreign capital."
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"text": "The regulation of trade is constitutionally vested in the United States Congress."
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d5d9acd40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was in the trio with Paul alexander and JoJo Americo that was born on October 9th, 1969? | Nashom Wooden | text | [] | [
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"text": "The trio consisted of three male vocalists Paul Alexander, JoJo Americo, and Nashom Wooden, who met while working at the Greenwich Village boutique Patricia Field. Each of them has a background in performing, DJing, and being stylists within the underground New York club and fashion scenes."
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"text": "Nashom Benjamin Wooden (October 9, 1969 – March 23, 2020) was an American performing artist. Wooden was a member of the electronic dance music band The Ones and performed as a drag queen under the stage name Mona Foot."
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d5d9acf20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What material held by the roof rafters can have base materials like organic and fiberglass for an asphalt variant? | Shingles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Two types of base materials are used to make asphalt shingles, organic and fiberglass."
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"text": "Shingles are held by the roof rafters and are made of various materials such as wood, slate, flagstone, metal, plastic, and composite materials such as fibre cement and asphalt shingles. Ceramic roof tiles, which still dominate in Europe and some parts of Asia, are still usually called tiles."
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d5d9ad1a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A PERK inhibitor is a small molecule compound that unlike any existing drug inhibits the expression of the RNA of what important mechanism of regulating cellular activity, such as cell division? | Kinase | text | [] | [
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"text": "A PERK inhibitor is a small molecule compound that unlike any existing drug inhibits the expression of protein kinase RNA–like endoplasmic reticulum kinase. The (first such) inhibitor demonstrated the ability to halt brain cell death in mice with prion disease."
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"text": "Phosphorylation of proteins by kinases is an important mechanism for communicating signals within a cell ( signal transduction) and regulating cellular activity, such as cell division . Protein kinases can become mutated, stuck in the \"on\" position, and cause unregulated growth of the cell, which is a necessary step for the development of cancer."
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d5d9ad420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bulbophyllum hirtulum is part of a family in which the largest genus has over how many species? | 2000 | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is the largest genus in the orchid family and one of the largest genera of flowering plants with more than 2,000 species, exceeded in number only by Astragalus."
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d5d9ad920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The "notch tug" can be used to create a combination what, which tugboats typically tug? | Ships | text | [] | [
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"text": "The \"notch tug\" can be secured in a notch at the stern of a specially designed barge, effectively making a combination ship. This configuration is dangerous to use with a barge that is \"in ballast\" (no cargo) or in a head- or following sea. Therefore, \"notch tugs\" are usually built with a towing winch."
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"text": "A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that maneuvers other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships that cannot move well on their own, such as those in crowded harbors or narrow canals, or those that cannot move at all, such as barges, disabled ships, log rafts, or oil platforms."
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d5d9adba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the difference in wing span between Asian Acanthacorydalis and adult dobsonflies? | The wing span of Asian Acanthacorydalis and adult dobsonflies differs by 1.4 inches. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Asian Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi can have a wingspan of up to 21.6 cm (8.5 in), making it the largest dobsonfly and the largest aquatic insect in the world by this measurement. The wings vary from a grayish to translucent shade, depending on the species, and the anal region of the hindwing is wide and folded at rest."
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"text": "Adult dobsonflies are some of the largest non- Lepidopteran insects of temperate zones such as the United States and Canada, with a wingspan of up to 18 cm (7.1 in) in some species of Corydalus."
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d5d9add80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does Louisiana Highway 14 run longer from U.S. Highways 90 and 171 to LA 182, or does U.S. Route 12 run longer in MIchigan? | U.S. Route 12 runs longer. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It runs 100.10 miles (161.10 km) in an east–west direction from the junction of U.S. Highways 90 and 171 in Lake Charles to LA 182 in New Iberia . The highway connects a string of small communities and cities in the Acadiana region of the state at a distance of roughly 20 to 25 miles (32 to 40 km) from the Gulf of Mexico."
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"text": "For the entire length of highway, see U.S. Route 12. US Highway 12 ( US 12) is an east–west US Highway that runs from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan. In Michigan it runs for 210 miles (338 km) between New Buffalo and Detroit as a state trunkline highway and Pure Michigan Byway."
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d5d9ae000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Megamouth, goblin and lemon are all types of what? | Sharks | text | [] | [
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"text": "Many in the family are among the fastest-swimming fish. The megamouth shark is an extremely rare species of deepwater shark, and the smallest of the three filter-feeding sharks."
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"text": "Goblin sharks include one living genus and three extinct genera. The only known living species is Mitsukurina owstoni . Sand sharks are so-called because they inhabit sandy shorelines, and are often seen trolling the ocean floor in the surf zone."
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"text": "The lemon shark ( Negaprion brevirostris) is a species of shark from the family Carcharhinidae and is classified as a near-threatened species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Lemon sharks can grow to 3.4 metres (11 ft) in length."
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d5d9ae320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What river used to called the Zandrivier and is now the Polokwane River? | Sand River. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Sand River or Polokwane River ( Afrikaans: Sandrivier) is a watercourse in Limpopo Province, South Africa, a right hand tributary of the Limpopo River. Its new name \"Polokwane River\" is homonymous with the name of the town of Polokwane, formerly Pietersburg, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) upriver from its mouth."
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"text": "The Sand River ( Afrikaans: Sandrivier, formerly Zandrivier) is a river in the Free State, South Africa. It is located close to Welkom and Virginia in the gold mining center of the Free State. Its source is located close to Tweefontein NW of Ficksburg not far from the South Africa-Lesotho border, at / 28.68028°S 27.68972°E / -28.68028; 27.68972"
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d5d9ae500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the capital of the province that Mustang district is a part of? | Pokhara is the capital of Gandaki, the province that Mustang district is a part of. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mustang is the 5th largest district (by area) of Nepal. The district is a part of Gandaki Province in northern Nepal, straddles the Himalayas and extends northward onto the Tibetan Plateau. The district is one of the remotest areas in Nepal and is second in terms of the sparsity of population."
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"text": "Gandaki Province (Nepali: गण्डकी प्रदेश [ɡʌɳɖʌki]) is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015.[1] Pokhara is the province's capital city."
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d5d9ae780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What two vertebrates is the fish related to that exhibits a deep royal blue color and large eyes and lives in the West Indian Ocean? | lungfish and tetrapods | text | [] | [
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"text": "Latimeria chalumnae exhibit a deep royal blue color with spots used as a camouflage tactic for hunting prey. Similar anatomical adaptations include the abundance of visual cells such as rods to help see when light is limited. This combined with the West Indian Ocean coelacanth's large eyes aid seeing in dark water."
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"text": "The West Indian Ocean coelacanth[5] (Latimeria chalumnae) (sometimes known as gombessa,[2][6] African coelacanth,[7] or simply coelacanth[8]) is a crossopterygian,[9] one of two extant species of coelacanth, a rare order of vertebrates more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to the common ray-finned fishes."
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d5d9aea00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of solitary fairy is depicted in the film that Jennifer Aniston had her debut in? | A leprechaun. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A leprechaun ( Irish: leipreachán/luchorpán) is a diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, classed by some as a type of solitary fairy. They are usually depicted as little bearded men, wearing a coat and hat, who partake in mischief."
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"text": "It stars Warwick Davis in the title role, and Jennifer Aniston in her film debut. Davis plays a vengeful leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his pot of gold. As he hunts them, they attempt to locate his gold to vanquish him."
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d5d9aed20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The nonstructural protein 5B is seen in which virus that contains an RNA structure involved in an internal ribosome entry site? | The hepatitis C virus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For example, the region of the hepatitis C virus genome that encodes the core protein is highly conserved, because it contains an RNA structure involved in an internal ribosome entry site. Animal RNA viruses are classified by the ICTV. There are three distinct groups of RNA viruses depending on their genome and mode of replication:"
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"text": "Nonstructural protein 5B ( NS5B) is a viral protein found in the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It is an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, having the key function of replicating HCV's viral RNA by using the viral positive RNA strand as a template to catalyze the polymerization of ribonucleoside triphosphates (rNTP) during RNA replication."
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d5d9aefa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are both a material that in some cases will conduct electricity but not in others and a transistor? | Semiconductor. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power. Transistors are one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics. It is composed of semiconductor material usually with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit."
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"text": "A semiconductor is a material that in some cases will conduct electricity but not in others. Good electrical conductors, like copper or silver, easily allow electricity to flow through them. Materials that block the flow of electricity, like rubber or plastic, are called insulators. Insulators are often used to protect people from electric shock."
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d5d9af220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Jagdpanzer 38 and Sd. Kfz. 11 were both used during which conflict? | World War II | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Jagdpanzer 38 ( Sd.Kfz. 138/2) was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38 (t) chassis. German armored forces in World War II created a variety of vehicles by mounting anti-tank guns on obsolete tank chassis."
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"text": "The Sd.Kfz. 11 ( Sonderkraftfahrzeug - special motorized vehicle) was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main role was as a prime mover for medium towed guns ranging from the 3.7 cm FlaK 43 anti-aircraft gun up to the 10.5 cm leFH 18 field howitzer. It could carry eight troops in addition to towing a gun or trailer."
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d5d9af720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of outpost was established in conquered territory to secure it that is from the region that has family names like Cornelia or Fabia? | A Roman colonia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A Roman colonia (plural coloniae) was originally a Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it. Eventually, however, the term came to denote the highest status of a Roman city. It is also the origin of the modern term colony ."
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"text": "Many rural tribes derive from prominent Roman gentes, or family names, such as Cornelia or Fabia . Two of the tribes are unclear; the thirty-fifth tribe has been found listed as both Succusana and Pupinia. There was an official order of the tribes."
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d5d9afc20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Many peaks are located on the border between British Columbia and what place containing Banff National Park? | Alberta | text | [] | [
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"text": "Alberta's southwestern boundary is traced on the Continental Divide, along the high ranges of the Rocky Mountains, and many peaks are located on the Alberta– British Columbia border. The peak of Mount Columbia, within Jasper National Park, is the highest point in Alberta, second highest in the Canadian Rockies and 28th highest in Canada ."
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"text": "Valley of the Ten Peaks ( French: Vallée des Dix Pics) is a valley in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, which is crowned by ten notable peaks and also includes Moraine Lake. The valley can be reached by following the Moraine Lake road near Lake Louise."
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d5d9afea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What 13.318-kilometer route can you take to reach the center of the transport network of the Luxembourg? | You can take the Autoroute 3. | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are six motorways in Luxembourg, forming the backbone of road infrastructure in Luxembourg. Five of them extend radially from Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg, the centre of the transport network of the country. The six motorways have a total length of 152 kilometres (94 mi) ."
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"text": "The Autoroute 3, abbreviated to A3 or otherwise known as the Dudelange motorway ( French: Autoroute de Dudelange ), is a motorway in southern Luxembourg. It is 13.318 kilometres (8.275 mi) long and connects Luxembourg City to Dudelange. At Dudelange, it reaches the French border, whereupon it meets the A31, which leads to Metz ."
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d5d9b0300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was Trajan born before or after Gaius Julius Caesar? | He was born after. | text | [] | [
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"text": "At the beginning of the 2nd AD century Roman emperor Trajan founded here, as a part of the provincial policy, two cities of Greek type (i.e. city-states), Traianoupolis and Plotinopolis."
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"text": "Gaius Julius Caesar granted the inhabitants of this region Roman citizenship and incorporated the region into Italy. In the so-called Augustan Settlement of 27 BC, which established the Roman Empire, the governance of the provinces was regulated."
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d5d9b0580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who saved a division from being routed at the Battle of Chaplin Hills? | Steedman saved a division from being routed at the Battle of Chaplin Hills. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Posted to the Western theater and promoted to brigadier general under Major General Don Carlos Buell, Steedman was credited with saving a whole division from being routed at the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky)."
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"text": "The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland Offensive (Kentucky Campaign) during the American Civil War."
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