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d5d9b0800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Gleditsia triacanthos shares the final word in its more common name with what member of the family Acrididae? | Locusts | text | [] | [
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"text": "Locusts(derived from the Vulgar Latinlocusta, meaning grasshopper[1]) are a group of certain speciesof short-horned grasshoppersin the family Acrididaethat have a swarmingphase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they become more abundant and change their behaviour and habits, becoming gregarious."
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"text": "Native range. The honey locust ( Gleditsia triacanthos ), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys."
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d5d9b09e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Llangernyw Yew is an example of what trees are threatened by felling and disease worldwide? | Taxus baccata | text | [] | [
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"text": "Clippings from the tree have been taken to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, to form part of a mile-long hedge. The purpose of this \"Yew Conservation Hedge Project\" is to maintain the DNA of Taxus baccata from ancient specimens in the UK as, worldwide, the trees are threatened by felling and disease."
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"text": "The Llangernyw Yew ( [ɬanˈgɛrnɨu] ( listen)) is an ancient yew ( Taxus baccata) in the village of Llangernyw, Conwy, North Wales. The tree is fragmented and its core part has been lost, leaving several enormous offshoots."
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d5d9b0d00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Could roller hockey and street hockey be played on the same playing surface, or would they have to be different. | They could be the same. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using wheeled skates."
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"text": "There is no referee except when agreed upon by both teams. In its most pure form, street hockey is always played on an outdoor surface (very often a street,[1]parking lot, tennis courtor other asphaltsurface), which the genesis of the name street hockey."
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d5d9b0f80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The 480 km mountain range that begins at the Nan-Uttaradit suture zone and extends towards peninsular Malaysia is part of what system? | Tenasserim Hills | text | [] | [
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"text": "The length of mountain range is about 480 km from north to south. The Titiwangsa Range is part of a suture zone that runs north-south, starting in Thailand at the Nan - Uttaradit suture zone (partly coincident with the Dien Bien Phu fault ), and extending south towards Peninsular Malaysia ( Bentong - Raub suture zone)."
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"text": "The Malay Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Tanah Melayu) is a peninsula in Southeast Asia. The land mass runs approximately north–south and, at its terminus, is the southernmost point of the Asian mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar (Kawthaung), as well as the city state of Singapore, indigenous to or historically inhabited by the Malays, an Austronesian people.The Titiwangsa Mountains are part of the Tenasserim Hills system, and form the backbone of the peninsula."
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d5d9b1200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What catastrophic deformity of the leg has a most common manifestation of the postaxial portion of the limb being affected? | Fibula Hemimelia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Paraxial fibular hemimelia is the most common manifestation in which only the postaxial portion of the limb is affected. It is commonly seen as a complete terminal deficiency, where the lateral rays of the foot are also affected. Hemimelia can also be intercalary in which case the foot remains unaffected."
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"text": "Fibula Hemimelia is a catastrophic deformity of the leg which often causes severe knee instability due to the absence of multiple ligaments including the ACL and lack of functionality in any remaining ligaments."
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d5d9b1660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During World War II, which power drove the German forces out of the country where Germany had been sending Slovak Jews as part of the Final Solution? | The USSR drove the Germans out of Poland. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the summer-autumn of 1941, the lands which were annexed by the Soviets were overrun by Germany in the course of the initially successful German attack on the USSR. After a few years of fighting, the Red Army drove the German forces out of the USSR and crossed into Poland from the rest of Central and Eastern Europe ."
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"text": "The German occupation troops resumed the pursuit of the Final Solution by deporting Slovak Jews to mass death-camps in Germany and Poland. Slovakia soon became a theater of war."
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d5d9b1980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What most variable mammal on earth breeds are often grouped in different ways? | Dogs | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dogs are the most variable mammal on earth, with artificial selection producing around 450 globally recognized dog breeds. These breeds possess distinct traits related to morphology, which include body size, skull shape, tail phenotype, fur type, and coat colour."
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"text": "Dog breeds are often grouped in different ways, such as: Dog breeds are also sometimes grouped into similar types, such as Mastiff types, spitz types, pit bulls, or Lurchers . Borador (cross breed)."
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d5d9b1c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When was the arrondissement called the "septième" added to the 1st sector of Paris? | Never - the first sector of Paris comprises the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th arrondissements, and the septième is the 7th. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 1st arrondissement of Paris ( Ier arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as premier (first/the first). It is governed locally together with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th arrondissement, with which it forms the 1st sector of Paris."
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"text": "The 7th arrondissement of Paris ( VIIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as septième ."
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d5d9b1e80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The king of Albania was a vassal of what empire that at its greatest extent encompassed all of present-day Iran and Iraq and stretched from the eastern Mediterranean (including Anatolia and Egypt) to Pakistan, and from parts of southern Arabia to the Caucasus and Central Asia? | Sasanian Empire | text | [] | [
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"text": "The king of Albania was a vassal of the Sasanian empire, although the monarchy did not exercise much control. The king was accountable to the marzban, who held the real authority in civil, religious, and military power. The capital of the province was P'artaw (no connection to Parthia), where they minted coins in the 5th and 6th centuries."
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"text": "At its greatest extent, the Sasanian Empire encompassed all of present-day Iran and Iraq and stretched from the eastern Mediterranean (including Anatolia and Egypt) to Pakistan, and from parts of southern Arabia to the Caucasus and Central Asia. According to legend, the vexilloid of the Empire was the Derafsh Kaviani."
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d5d9b2100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Angelman and Turner are both names of what? | Syndromes | text | [] | [
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"text": "Turner syndrome ( TS ), also known 45,X, or 45,X0, is a genetic condition in which a female is partly or completely missing an X chromosome. Signs and symptoms vary among those affected. Often, a short and webbed neck, low-set ears, low hairline at the back of the neck, short stature, and swollen hands and feet are seen at birth."
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"text": "Angelman syndrome or Angelman's syndrome ( AS) is a genetic disorder that mainly affects the nervous system. Symptoms include a small head and a specific facial appearance, severe intellectual disability, developmental disability, limited to no functional speech, balance and movement problems, seizures, and sleep problems."
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d5d9b2380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Melton Mowbray is a what pie, which Schnitzel in the Czech Republic is made of if it's not made of chicken or veal? | Pork | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Melton Mowbray pork pie is named after Melton Mowbray, a town in Leicestershire."
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"text": "Schnitzel is also very popular in the Czech Republic, where it is known as a smažený řízek or just řízek, and is made of pork, chicken, or veal. It is often served with boiled or mashed potatoes or potato salad."
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d5d9b26a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who stared in a movie featuring a song written by Dee Dee Halligan? | Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell stared in a movie featuring "What is Love" by Halligan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "\"What Is Love\" was written and produced by German music producer and composer Dee Dee Halligan (Dieter Lünstedt a.k.a. Tony Hendrik) and Junior Torello (Karin Hartmann-Eisenblätter a.k.a. Karin van Haaren) of Coconut Records in Hennef (Sieg) near Cologne. They were waiting for the right singer for the song."
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"text": "What is Love experienced a revival as the song from the Saturday Night Live Roxbury Guys sketches later expanded into the 1998 feature film A Night at the Roxbury, where two brothers (played by Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell) frequently went to dance clubs."
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d5d9b2920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The railway station known as Bahnhof Zürich Flughafen in German and the airport with the IATA code of GVA are located in which country? | Switzerland. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Zürich Airport railway station ( German: Bahnhof Zürich Flughafen) is a railway station serving Zurich Airport in Switzerland. The station is located underneath the Airport Centre, the main ground-side passenger terminal of the airport, which is in the canton of Zürich and the municipality of Kloten."
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"text": "Geneva Airport ( French: Aéroport de Genève, German: Flughafen Genf, ( IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG )), formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport, is the international airport of Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the city centre."
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d5d9b2ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which receptor phosphorylates multiple tyrosine residues and goes through dimerization when a growth factor binds to the extracellular domain of it? | The RTK receptor. | text | [] | [
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"text": "As RTK receptors phosphorylate multiple tyrosine residues, they can activate multiple signal transduction pathways. The ErbB protein family or epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family is a family of four structurally related receptor tyrosine kinases."
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"text": "When a growth factor binds to the extracellular domain of a RTK, its dimerization is triggered with other adjacent RTKs. Dimerization leads to a rapid activation of the protein's cytoplasmic kinase domains, the first substrate for these domains being the receptor itself."
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d5d9b2e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ardashir II and the people who chose a beautiful setting for their rock reliefs along an historic Silk Road caravan route waypoint and campground were what? | Kings. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sassanid kings chose a beautiful setting for their rock reliefs along an historic Silk Road caravan route waypoint and campground. The reliefs are adjacent to sacred springs that empty into a large reflecting pool at the base of a mountain cliff."
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"text": "The inscription of his coins are usually \"Ardashir, king of kings of the Iranians \" whilst rare instances of \"and of non-Iranians \" also being part of the inscription. Rock relief at Taq-e Bostan of the investiture of Ardashir II, flanked by Mithra and Shapur II. Ardashir, like his forefathers, also had himself memorialized on reliefs."
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d5d9b30a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The U.S. Highway 90 and the LA 500 both run through which state? | Louisiana. | text | [] | [
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"text": "U.S. Highway 90 ( US 90 ), one of the major east–west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana for 297.6 miles (478.9 km), serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City, and New Orleans."
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"text": "The following is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of Louisiana designated in the 500-549 range. Louisiana Highway 500 ( LA 500) runs 24.59 miles (39.57 km) in an east–west direction from US 167 at Packton, Grant Parish to US 84 west of Jena, LaSalle Parish. LA 500 initially travels due east from US 167 along the Grant– Winn parish line."
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d5d9b3320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The United States Census Bureau defines the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area as including counties on what coast of the state? | The West Coast | text | [] | [
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"text": "The United States Census Bureau defines the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA) as including Hillsborough and Pinellas counties along with Hernando and Pasco counties to the north."
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"text": "Although geographically in the central part of the state, usually the west central coast, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, and Hernando counties, is considered the Tampa Bay area or the Suncoast, rather than a part of Central Florida. This area is known as the I-4 corridor ."
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d5d9b3aa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Itabira Natural Monument is in a state that's one of a pair of states that what Brazilian ecological corridor runs through? | The Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Itabira Natural Monument ( Portuguese: Monumento Natural do Itabira) is a Natural monument in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The Itabira Natural Monument is in the municipality of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo."
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"text": "/ -16.768764; -39.205427 The Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor ( Portuguese: Corredor Central da Mata Atlântica is an ecological corridor in the states of Espírito Santo and Bahia, Brazil."
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d5d9b3fa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What term for the association of oral symptoms to toxic effects of amalgam fillings has not been found to be associated with any adverse effects? | Amalgam disease. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Oral galvanism or amalgam disease was a term for the association of oral or systemic symptoms to either: toxic effects of amalgam fillings; or electric currents between metal in dental restorations and electrolytes in saliva or dental pulp."
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"text": "Any existence of galvanic pain or association of either currents or mercury to presence of symptoms has been disproven. Beyond acute allergic reaction amalgam has not been found to be associated with any adverse effects."
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d5d9b4180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Maçanet-Massanes and the municipality of Maçanet de la Selva are both found in what area of Spain? | Catalonia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Maçanet-Massanes is a Rodalies de Catalunya open triangular railway station serving Maçanet de la Selva and Massanes, in Catalonia, Spain."
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"text": "Maçanet de la Selva ( Catalan pronunciation: [məsəˈnɛd də lə ˈsɛlβə]) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Girona, situated in the comarca of the Selva, Catalonia."
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d5d9b4400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Angkor Wat are both names of what? | Temples | text | [] | [
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"text": "Wat Phra Dhammakaya is one of the temples that emerged from this tradition and is part of the Mahanikaya fraternity. The temple is legally represented by the Dhammakaya Foundation. It aims to adapt its traditional Buddhist values in modern society."
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"text": "Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple-mountain and the later galleried temple. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology. It lies within a moat more than 5 kilometres (3 mi) long and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long."
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d5d9b4680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A glottal plosive, Nasal and Velar are all types of what? | Consonants | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively ( nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth. It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides."
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"text": "In disordered speech there are also velo-dorsal stops, with the opposite articulation: The velum lowers to contact the tongue, which remains static. In the extensions to the IPA for disordered speech, these are transcribed by reversing the IPA letter for a velar consonant, e.g. ⟨ k ⟩ for a voiceless velodorsal stop."
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"text": "The glottal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ ʔ ⟩."
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d5d9b4900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Sarychev Peak is on an island in a chain in what sea? | Sea of Okhotsk | text | [] | [
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"text": "Matua ( Russian: Матуа, Matsuwa Japanese: 松輪島; Matsuwa-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) across Golovnin Strait from Raikoke. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from “hellmouth”."
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"text": "Sarychev Peak ( Russian: вулкан Пик Сарычева, Vulkan Sarycheva, variants: Japanese: 芙蓉山 Fuyō Mountain , Fuyō-san , Fuyō-yama , Fuyo-zan , Huyō San, Japanese: 松輪富士 Matsuwa-fuji) is an active stratovolcano covering almost the entirety of Matua Island in the Kuril Islands, Russia. It is a young, highly symmetrical stratovolcanic cone."
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d5d9b4b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What invasion plan devised by General Franz Halder was given a name in German that came from a catchy expression used by WInston Churchill after the events? | The Manstein plan has often been called Operation Sichelschnitt, a transliteration of "sickle cut". | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Manstein plan has often been called Operation Sichelschnitt, a transliteration of \"sickle cut\", a catchy expression used after the events by Winston Churchill. After the war, German generals adopted the term, which led to a misunderstanding that this was the official name of the plan or at least of the attack by Army Group A."
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"text": "The Manstein Plan is one of the names used to describe the war plan of the German Army during the Battle of France in 1940. The original invasion plan was an awkward compromise devised by General Franz Halder, the chief of Oberkommando des Heeres staff (OKH, Army High Command) that satisfied no one. Documents with details of the plan fell into Belgian hands during the Mechelen incident of 10 January 1940 and the plan was revised several times, each giving more emphasis to an attack by Army Group A through the Ardennes, which progressively reduced the offensive by Army Group B through the Low Countries to a diversion."
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d5d9b4e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What compound with the chemical formula C8H9NO2 is used as the flavor of grape Kool-Aid? | Methyl anthranilate is used for the flavor of grape Kool-Aid. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Methyl anthranilate acts as a bird repellent. It is food-grade and can be used to protect corn, sunflowers, rice, fruit, and golf courses. Dimethyl anthranilate (DMA) has a similar effect. It is also used for the flavor of grape Kool-Aid."
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"text": "Methyl anthranilate, also known as MA, methyl 2-aminobenzoate, or carbomethoxyaniline, is an ester of anthranilic acid. Its chemical formula is C8H9NO2. It has a fruity grape smell, and one of its key uses is as a flavoring agent."
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d5d9b5300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Terauchi Hisaichi and Kiyotake Kawaguchi both served during what war? | World War 2 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Organization of Japanese forces in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II . Kiyotake Kawaguchi, command the Kawaguchi Expeditionary Detachment struck at British Borneo. Bin Kinoshita: Commander of Third Air Army was assigned to Singapore, where it controlled the 5th, 7th, and 9th Air Divisions, etc."
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"text": "Japanese General Count Terauchi Hisaichi, right, commanding officer of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group. The Southern Expeditionary Army (南方軍, Nanpō gun) was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was responsible for all military operations in South East Asian and South West Pacific campaigns of World War II."
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d5d9b5580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the northernmost district of the state in eastern India that is home to the parliamentary constituency of Basirhat famous for? | Darjeeling District is famous for its hill station Darjeeling tea. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its hill station Darjeeling tea."
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"text": "Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Basirhat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 18 Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency) are in North 24 Parganas district ."
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d5d9b6980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Quadratic equations and polynomial equation both use what? | Algebra. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Examples of the most studied classes of algebraic varieties are: plane algebraic curves, which include lines, circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas, cubic curves like elliptic curves, and quartic curves like lemniscates and Cassini ovals. A point of the plane belongs to an algebraic curve if its coordinates satisfy a given polynomial equation."
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"text": "Equally important as the use or lack of symbolism in algebra was the degree of the equations that were addressed. Quadratic equations played an important role in early algebra; and throughout most of history, until the early modern period, all quadratic equations were classified as belonging to one of three categories."
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d5d9b6c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Erowid, also called Erowid Center, is subject to limits on what? | Lobbying | text | [] | [
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"text": "Erowid, also called Erowid Center, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit educational organization that provides information about psychoactive plants and chemicals as well as activities and technologies that can produce altered states of consciousness such as meditation, lucid dreaming, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and electroceuticals ."
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"text": "Section 501 (c) (3) organizations are subject to limits on lobbying, having a choice between two sets of rules establishing an upper bound for their lobbying activities. Section 501 (c) (3) organizations risk loss of their tax-exempt status if these rules are violated."
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d5d9b7380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The maxillary unguis is a part of the maxilla in what seabird that belongs to the Procellariiformes order? | Petrels. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The structure of the bill, which contains seven to nine distinct horny plates, is another unifying feature, although there are differences within the order. Petrels have a plate called the maxillary unguis that forms a hook on the maxilla. The smaller members of the order have a comb-like mandible, made by the tomial plate, for plankton feeding."
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"text": "Procellariiformes / prɒsɛˈlɛəri.ɪfɔːrmiːz / is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, and 2 families of storm petrels."
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d5d9b7560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The name Miriam and the term minyan that comes from the root maneh are both from what language? | Hebrew. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Miriam ( Hebrew: מִרְיָם Mīrəyām) was described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus . The Torah refers to her as \"Miriam the Prophetess\" and the Talmud names her as one of the seven major female prophets of Israel."
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"text": "Accordingly, the term minyan in contemporary Judaism has taken on the secondary meaning of referring to a prayer service . The source for the requirement of minyan is recorded in the Talmud. The word minyan itself comes from the Hebrew root maneh מנה meaning to count or to number."
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d5d9b77e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Fields as electrical engineering, electromagnetics, classical optics, and solid state physics are all involved in research on what, defined as any material engineered to have a property that is not found in naturally occurring materials? | Metamaterials | text | [] | [
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"text": "A metamaterial (from the Greek word μετά meta, meaning \"beyond\" and the Latin word materia, meaning \"matter\" or \"material\") is any material engineered to have a property that is not found in naturally occurring materials. They are made from assemblies of multiple elements fashioned from composite materials such as metals and plastics."
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"text": "Metamaterial research is interdisciplinary and involves such fields as electrical engineering, electromagnetics, classical optics, solid state physics, microwave and antenna engineering, optoelectronics, material sciences, nanoscience and semiconductor engineering."
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d5d9b81e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A common species of whip snake in Europe was in short supply in what country? | It was previously assumed extinct in Moldavia (eastern Romania, southern Ukraine, and western Moldova). | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Caspian whipsnake ( Dolichophis caspius, sometimes also Coluber caspius) also known as the large whipsnake (among various other species in genus Dolichophis / Coluber ), is a common species of whipsnake found in the Balkans and parts of Eastern Europe . The Caspian whipsnake is perhaps the largest species of snake in Europe."
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"text": "Results from a survey indicate their habitats may be distributed along low areas near major rivers, such as the Danube and the Olt River.[5]It was previously assumed extinct in Moldavia (eastern Romania, southern Ukraine, and western Moldova), where it was only known from two sites, and not observed since 1937.[6] Three specimens were collected in May 2007 in Galați County, somewhat dispelling this belief.[6] Though it is known to be common in the Dobrudja area, knowledge of its distribution in other areas is poor. It is believed to be very rare in these parts, and may also be highly threatened."
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d5d9b8460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Jim Owen's team in his 18 season coaching won how many less games than Bill Battle's team in his fifth year of coaching? | 2 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bill Battle, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, three losses and two ties (7–3–2 overall, 2–3–1 in the SEC)."
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"text": "In its 18th and final season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 5–6 record, finished in a tie for fifth place in the Pacific-8 Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 285 to 272."
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d5d9b86e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would Interstate 93 or U.S. Route 1 run parallel or perpendicular? | They would run parallel. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Interstate 93 ( I-93) is an Interstate Highway in the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont in the United States. Spanning approximately 190 miles (310 km) along a north–south axis, it is one of three primary Interstate Highways located entirely within New England, the other two being I-89 and I-91."
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"text": "In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, U.S. Route 1 ( US 1) is a major north–south highway through Boston. The portion of US 1 south of Boston is also known as the Boston-Providence Turnpike, Washington Street, or the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike, and portions north of the city are known as the Northeast Expressway and the Newburyport Turnpike ."
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d5d9b8960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the type of inscription that is properly cut into the stone, in Western Christianity, in the depictions of the crucifixion of Jesus what is included above his head that is same type of inscription? | A plaque or parchment. | text | [] | [
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"text": "When the inscription is properly cut into the stone, it is called a titulus or marble; if merely scratched on the stone, the Italian word graffito is used; a painted inscription is called dipinto, and a mosaic inscription—such as those found largely in North Africa, Spain, and the East —are called opus musivum."
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"text": "In Western Christianity, most crucifixes and many depictions of the crucifixion of Jesus include a plaque or parchment placed above his head, called a titulus, or title, bearing only the Latin letters INRI, occasionally carved directly into the cross and usually just above the head of Jesus."
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d5d9b8b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Flinders Island lingua franca was based primarily on what, which are ancestral to the modern Palawa population as well as being the best attested Tasmanian languages? | Northeastern Tasmanian and Eastern Tasmanian languages | text | [] | [
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"text": "The source languages are those of the Northeastern Tasmanian and Eastern Tasmanian language families, as these are ancestral to the modern Palawa population as well as being the best attested Tasmanian languages."
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"text": "The Flinders Island lingua franca was based primarily on Eastern and Northeastern Tasmanian languages. The English-based Bass Strait Pidgin continued some vocabulary from the lingua franca. The constructed language Palawa kani is based on many of the same languages as the lingua franca."
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d5d9b8f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Abhainn Sin passes by what forest? | The River Shin passes by Shin Forest. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The River Shin ( Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Sin, pronounced [ˈa.ɪɲ ˈʃin]) is a river in the Scottish North West Highlands. The river flows from the southern end of Loch Shin, next to the village of Lairg."
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"text": "The river flows from the southern end of Loch Shin, next to the village of Lairg. It flows in a generally southward direction, passing by Shin Forest and over the Falls of Shin."
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d5d9b9400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What antifungal medication can treat the clinical manifestations caused by parasites of the trypanosome genus Leishmania? | Amphotericin B can treat these manifestations. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Amphotericin B is an antifungal medication used for serious fungal infections and leishmaniasis. The fungal infections it is used to treat include aspergillosis, blastomycosis, candidiasis, coccidioidomycosis, and cryptococcosis. For certain infections it is given with flucytosine."
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"text": "Leishmaniasis is a wide array of clinical manifestations caused by parasites of the trypanosome genus Leishmania.[7] It is generally spread through the bite of phlebotomine sandflies, Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia, and occurs most frequently in the tropics and sub-tropics of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and southern Europe.[2][8] The disease can present in three main ways: cutaneous, mucocutaneous, or visceral."
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d5d9b9680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Regions Financial Corporation is what kind of company that operates 1,952 automated teller machines? | A bank holding company. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The company provides retail banking and commercial banking, trust, stockbrokerage, and mortgage services. Its banking subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates 1,952 automated teller machines and 1,454 branches in 16 states in the Southern United States and Midwestern United States."
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"text": "Regions Financial Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in the Regions Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The company provides retail banking and commercial banking, trust, stockbrokerage, and mortgage services."
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d5d9b9860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What drains a large part of central Siberia and has a gulf that is formed by the river widening to an average of 50 km? | The Yenisey. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Yenisey Gulf is formed by the river widening to an average of 50 km (31 mi) for up to 250 km (160 mi) in a roughly north-south direction, between a latitude of 70° 30′ N in the area around Munguy settlement, north of Dudinka."
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"text": "The Yenisey divides the Western Siberian Plain in the west from the Central Siberian Plateau to the east; it drains a large part of central Siberia . It is the central one of three large Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Ob and the Lena )."
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d5d9b9ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What internet search company owns many products like a tag management system to manage JavaScript and HTML tags and a searchable US business news, opinion, and financial data program? | Google. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Google Books – a website that lists published books and hosts a large, searchable selection of scanned books. Google Dataset Search – allows searching for datasets in data repositories and local and national government websites. Google Finance – searchable US business news, opinion, and financial data."
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"text": "Google Tag Manager – a tag management system to manage JavaScript and HTML tags, including web beacons, for web tracking and analytics. Blogger – a weblog publishing tool. FeedBurner – a tool in news feed management services, including feed traffic analysis and advertising facilities."
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d5d9b9d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What colourless, water-miscible liquid has a smell and molecule reminiscent of ethanol? | TFE. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Also known as TFE or trifluoroethyl alcohol, this colourless, water-miscible liquid has a smell reminiscent of ethanol. Due to the electronegativity of the trifluoromethyl group, this alcohol exhibits a stronger acidic character compared to ethanol."
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"text": "Its molecule can be described as that of ethanol, with the three hydrogen atoms at position 2 (the methyl group) replaced by chlorine atoms. It is a clear flammable liquid at room temperature, colorless when pure but often with a light yellow color."
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d5d9b9fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The are 300 of what type of species of testudines and and 600 of them in cephalopods? | Extant. | text | [] | [
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"text": "This distinguishes it from an extinct group. The term 'extant' can also be used to describe species or higher groups (such as genera or families) which are still in existence (living). Example: in the group of molluscs known as the cephalopods, there are about 600 extant species and 7500 extinct species."
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"text": "There are approximately 300 extant species and 97 genera of testudines, split into two suborders: the Cryptodirans and the Pleurodirans. The distinction between these two suborders is based on the mode in which they cover their head and neck."
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d5d9ba440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What gene mutation causes a disorder of the neurotransmitter that constitutes about 80% of the catecholamine content in the brain, that is implicated in clinical depression? | Mutations in the SLC6A3 gene. | text | [] | [
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"text": "DTDS is caused by mutations in the SLC6A3 gene, which codes for the dopamine transporter protein DAT. In contrast to various mutations that up-regulate DAT activity, which is implicated in clinical depression, this mutation results in DAT down-regulation and, consequently, DTDS."
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"text": "Dopamine ( DA, a contraction of 3,4- d ihydr o xy p henethyl amine) is a neurotransmitter that plays several important roles in the brain and body. It is an organic chemical of the catecholamine and phenethylamine families. Dopamine constitutes about 80% of the catecholamine content in the brain."
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d5d9ba6c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Cymbrian flood was a large-scale incursion of the sea in the region of what region peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany? | The Cymbrian flood was a large-scale incursion of the sea in the region of the Jutland peninsula. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cymbrian flood (or Cimbrian flood) was, according to certain Roman accounts, a large-scale incursion of the sea in the region of the Jutland peninsula in the period 120 to 114 BC, resulting in a permanent alteration of the coastline with much land lost."
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d5d9ba940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of system do the Spanish and Italian basketball league systems share? | hierarchical format | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Spanish basketball league system is a series of connected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Spain. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels."
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"text": "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The Italian basketball league system or Italian basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Italy. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels."
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d5d9babc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where is the name Parameswara derived from and who was he? | Parameswara is a Hindu name derived from the Sanskrit word Parameśvara ( Sanskrit: परमेश्वर ), a concept literally meaning the "Supreme Lord". He was the last king of Singapura and the founder of Malacca. According to the Malay Annals, he ruled Singapura from 1389 to 1398. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A modern artist's impression of Parameswara. Parameswara (1344 – c. 1414), thought to be the same person named in the Malay Annals as Iskandar Shah, was the last king of Singapura and the founder of Malacca. According to the Malay Annals, he ruled Singapura from 1389 to 1398."
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"text": "Parameswara is a Hindu name derived from the Sanskrit word Parameśvara ( Sanskrit: परमेश्वर ), a concept literally meaning the \"Supreme Lord\". The word \"parama\" meaning \"the supreme\" is added to Ishvara as an intensifier. Parameśvara is also one of the names of Lord Shiva."
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d5d9bae40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the mesentery and what is its function? | The mesentery is an organ that attaches the intestines to the posterior abdominal wall in humans and is formed by the double fold of peritoneum. It helps in storing fat and allowing blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves to supply the intestines, among other functions. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It helps in storing fat and allowing blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves to supply the intestines, among other functions."
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"text": "This article is about the mesentery in humans. For mesentery in other animals, see Mesentery (zoology).The mesentery is an organ that attaches the intestines to the posterior abdominal wall in humans and is formed by the double fold of peritoneum."
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d5d9bb5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does both Canada and the United States have a Highway 53? | Yes, the King's Highway 53 and the U.S. Highway 53 | text | [] | [
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"text": "King's Highway 53, commonly referred to as Highway 53, was a provincially maintained highway in the southern portion of the Canadian province of Ontario that connected Woodstock to Hamilton via Brantford. The route served as a southerly bypass to Highway 2, avoiding Paris, Ancaster and Hamilton."
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"text": "The highway's northern terminus is at the Fort Frances-International Falls Bridge in International Falls, Minnesota, at the Canada–US border. Its southern terminus is in La Crosse, Wisconsin, at U.S. Highway 14 . U.S. Highway 53 begins at its southern terminus with a junction at U.S. 14, U.S. 61, and Wisconsin Highway 16 in downtown La Crosse."
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d5d9bb840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What direction does the shortest of the three rivers of the Three Sisters generally flow in? | This river generally flows southeast. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The lengths of the three rivers of the Three Sisters are the Barrow - 192 km (119 mi), the Suir - 185 km (115 mi) and the Nore - 140 km (87 mi). The combined catchment area of the Three Sisters is 9,207 km 2, made up of the Suir's (3,610 km 2 ), the Barrow's (3,067 km 2) and the Nore's (2,530 km 2 )."
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"text": "Starting in the Devil's Bit Mountain, County Tipperary, the river flows generally southeast, and then south, before its confluence with the River Barrow at Ringwood, and the Barrow railway bridge at Drumdowney, County Kilkenny, which empties into the Celtic Sea at Waterford Harbour, Waterford.The long term average flow rate of the River Nore is 42.9 cubic metres per second (m3/s)[5] The river is home to the only known extant population of the critically endangered Nore freshwater pearl mussel, and much of its length is listed as a Special Area of Conservation."
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d5d9bbb60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are adult carpet beetles or their larvae known to do more damage? | Larvae | text | [] | [
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"text": "The average adult size is about 2.8 to 5 mm long and they are oval, dark brown to shiny-black in color, and have brown legs. The varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci, attacks typical household objects. Carpet beetles are normally associated with things such as carpets]"
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"text": "Dermestid beetles are destructive to a number of common items. Natural fibers such as wool, silk, cotton, linen, fur, or feathers are much more prone to attack than synthetic fibers.[3] Dermestids also attack chocolate, copra, and cocoa beans.[4] Most damage is done by the larvae, as the adults feed on flowers and shrubs."
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d5d9bbde0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Major uses of what, which the two tallest waterfalls in Southern California, Big Falls and Bonita Falls, are located within an example of, include timber production, recreation, hunting, fishing, watershed and fisheries protection, wildlife habitat and biodiversity protection, and gathering nontimber products such as berries, mushrooms, and medicinal plants? | Forests | text | [] | [
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"text": "The two tallest waterfalls in Southern California, Big Falls and Bonita Falls, are located in the San Bernardino National Forest. There are seven official wilderness areas lying within San Bernardino National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System."
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"text": "Major uses of forests include timber production, recreation, hunting, fishing, watershed and fisheries protection, wildlife habitat and biodiversity protection, and gathering nontimber products such as berries, mushrooms, and medicinal plants .\" There are boreal forests in Alaska. Forests in Hawaii and the U.S. territories are tropical."
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d5d9bc240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Some parts of what U.S. state has urban environments with a multicultural, multilingual heritage including dialects and varieties of the French language? | Louisiana. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th-century French, Haitian, Spanish, French Canadian, Native American, and African cultures that they are considered to be exceptional in the U.S."
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"text": "Not to be confused with Louisiana Creole. Louisiana French ( French: français de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole: françé la lwizyàn) is an umbrella term for the dialects and varieties of the French language spoken traditionally in colonial Lower Louisiana."
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d5d9bc740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The inorganic compound with the formula NaNH 2 is usually prepared by what process? | Sodium amide is usually prepared by the reaction in liquid ammonia using iron(III) nitrate as a catalyst. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sodium amide, commonly called sodamide (systematic name sodium azanide ), is the inorganic compound with the formula NaNH 2. It is a salt composed of the sodium cation and the azanide anion."
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"text": "Sodium amide can be prepared by the reaction of sodium with ammonia gas,[3] but it is usually prepared by the reaction in liquid ammonia using iron(III) nitrate as a catalyst."
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d5d9bc9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lex Julia, like the ones issued by Augustus in 18-17 BC were laws issued by a member of the Julian family that most concerned what? | Moral legislation | text | [] | [
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"text": "Under Augustus, the Leges Juliae of 18–17 BC attempted to elevate both the morals and the numbers of the upper classes in Rome and to increase the population by encouraging marriage and having children ( Lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus )."
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"text": "A Lex Julia (or: Lex Iulia, plural: Leges Juliae/Leges Iuliae) was an ancient Roman law that was introduced by any member of the Julian family. Most often, \"Julian laws\", Lex Iulia or Leges Iuliae refer to moral legislation introduced by Augustus in 23 BC, or to a law from the dictatorship of Julius Caesar."
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d5d9bcc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Butterfly-cod and black scabbardfish are both examples of what? | Fish | text | [] | [
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"text": "The narrow, elongated body of the black scabbardfish, along with its pointed head and long dorsal fin, is adapted for fast swimming. This fish has a large terminal mouth with large fang-like teeth for efficient predation. To camouflage well, it has a coppery-black coloration with an iridescent tint."
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"text": "Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish, commonly known as lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific. Also called zebrafish, firefish, turkeyfish, tastyfish or butterfly-cod, it is characterized by conspicuous warning coloration with red, white, creamy, or black bands, showy pectoral fins, and venomous spiky fin rays."
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d5d9bcec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The coastal province in Northeast China with its capital at Shenyang has what comprehensive university with an emphasis on teacher training? | Liaoning. | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 41.1°N 122.3°E / 41.1; 122.3 Liaoning ( 辽宁 ), is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost coastal province of the People's Republic of China ."
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"text": "Liaoning Normal University (LNU; simplified Chinese: 辽宁师范大学; traditional Chinese: 遼寧師範大學; pinyin: Liáoníng Shīfàn Dàxué) in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China is a comprehensive university with an emphasis on a teacher training. It has the largest teacher college in Liaoning Province."
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d5d9bd140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The 810-11 battle where al-Amin and al-Ma'mun fought took place in which modern day province of Afghanistan? | Kunar Province | text | [] | [
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"text": "In 810-11, during the Fourth Fitna, a battle was fought at Asadabad between the forces of al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, two sons of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid."
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"text": "Asadabad or Asad Abad ( Dari: اسدآباد - Asadābād) is the capital city of Kunar Province in Afghanistan. It is in the eastern part of the country next to Pakistan."
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d5d9bd460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What salt derived from the ammonium cation and the hydrosulfide anion are used occasionally in photographic developing as a solution? | Ammonium hydrosulfide. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ammonium sulfide solutions are used occasionally in photographic developing, to apply patina to bronze, and in textile manufacturing. Also, due to its offensive smell, it is the active ingredient in a variety of pranks including the common stink bomb."
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"text": "Ammonium hydrosulfide is the chemical compound with the formula (NH 4 )HS. It is the salt derived from the ammonium cation and the hydrosulfide anion. The salt exists as colourless, water-soluble, micaceous crystals."
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d5d9bd6e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The fault gouge and the pseudotachylyte are both types of what geological material? | Rocks. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fault gouge is a tectonite (a rock formed by tectonic forces/brittle deformation) with a very small grain size. Fault gouge has no cohesion and it is normally an unconsolidated rock type, unless cementation took place at a later stage."
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"text": "Pseudotachylyte or Pseudotachylite is a cohesive glassy or very fine-grained rock that occurs as veins and often contains inclusions of wall-rock fragments. Pseudotachylyte is typically dark in color; and is glassy in appearance."
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d5d9bd960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Carlini, Boris and Heis. C. Herschel are all names of what? | Craters | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is a circular, bowl-shaped formation that has not undergone significant erosion. The interior floor has the same low albedo as the surrounding lunar mare. To the south-southwest is the similar crater Heis. C. Herschel lies on a wrinkle ridge of the lunar mare named the Dorsum Heim ."
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"text": "Boris is a tiny lunar impact crater that is located on the Mare Imbrium, to the northeast of the crater Delisle. It lies near the southwest extremity of a sinuous rille that is designated Rima Delisle. This rille meanders to the northeast, towards the crater Heis, before vanishing into the lunar mare."
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"text": "Carlini is a small lunar impact crater located in the Mare Imbrium. It was named after Italian astronomer Francesco Carlini. The crater is bowl-shaped with a small central floor. It has a higher albedo than the surrounding mare, making it prominent due to its isolated location."
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d5d9bde60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A blood sample is allowed to clot to obtain what, which the Medieval Latin word serosus was derived from? | Serum | text | [] | [
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"text": "To obtain serum, a blood sample is allowed to clot ( coagulation ). The sample is then centrifuged to remove the clot and blood cells, and the resulting liquid supernatant is serum."
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"text": "In physiology, the term serous fluid or serosal fluid (originating from the Medieval Latin word serosus, from Latin serum) is any of various body fluids resembling serum, that are typically pale yellow and transparent and of a benign nature."
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d5d9be0e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of granuloma that occurs when the immune system attempts to isolate foreign substances is common in dogs that lick the lower portion of one of their legs? | Lick granuloma | text | [] | [
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"text": "A lick granuloma, also known as acral lick dermatitis, is a skin disorder found most commonly in dogs, but also in cats. In dogs, it results typically from the dog's urge to lick the lower portion of one of their legs."
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"text": "A granuloma is an aggregation of macrophages that forms in response to chronic inflammation. This occurs when the immune system attempts to isolate foreign substances that it is otherwise unable to eliminate."
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d5d9be360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The 55th and 11th parallels south both cross what continent? | South America | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 55th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 55 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and South America ."
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"text": "The 11th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 11 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America . Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 11° south passes through:"
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d5d9be5e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of childhood behavioral tendencies have been linked to the use of Frederick Physical punishment? | Corporal punishment is associated with increased aggression and antisocial behavior in children. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Frederick Physical or corporal punishment by a parent or other legal guardian is any act causing deliberate physical pain or discomfort to a minor child in response to some undesired behavior."
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"text": "Associations between corporal punishment and increased child aggression have been documented in the countries listed above as well as in Jamaica, Jordan and Singapore, as have links between corporal punishment of children and later antisocial behavior in Brazil , Hong Kong, Jordan, Mongolia, Norway and the United Kingdom."
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d5d9be7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Choisya ternata is what kind of shrub which has foilage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season? | It's an evergreen shrub. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Choisya ternata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, known as Mexican orange blossom or Mexican orange . Choisya ternata is an evergreen shrub, growing up to 3 m (10 ft) in height."
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"text": "In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. This also pertains to plants that retain their foliage only in warm climates, and contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season."
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d5d9becc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the population of the "Goober State" in 2020? | The population of Georgia in 2020 was 10,711,908. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Empire State of the South — Georgia is the largest Southern state in land area east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the Old South. Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop. 808 State (colloquial, refers to the state's area code .)"
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"text": "Georgia (/ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by Alabama. Georgia is the 24th-largest in area and 8th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its 2020 population was 10,711,908, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.[5] Atlanta, a \"beta(+)\" global city, is both the state's capital and its largest city."
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d5d9bf1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A number of fringe figures have promoted what, an example of which is the deep state, that doubt or dispute what occurred at Sandy Hook? | Conspiracy theories | text | [] | [
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"text": "The deep state is a conspiracy theory which suggests that collusion and cronyism exist within the U.S. political system and constitute a hidden government within the legitimately elected government."
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"text": "A number of fringe figures have promoted conspiracy theories that doubt or dispute what occurred at Sandy Hook. Various conspiracy theorists have claimed, for example, that the massacre was actually orchestrated by the U.S. government as part of an elaborate plot to promote stricter gun control laws."
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d5d9bf440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of fault is the Glarner Überschiebung which is characterized by the fault plane shallowly dipping toward the upthrown block? | A thrust fault. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A reverse fault (if steeply dipping) or thrust fault (if shallowly dipping) is a fault where the fault plane dips toward the upthrown block. It is shown on the geologic map with triangular teeth pointing toward the upthrown side of the fault."
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"text": "The Glarus thrust ( German: Glarner Überschiebung) is a major thrust fault in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. Along the thrust the Helvetic nappes were thrusted more than 100 km to the north over the external Aarmassif and Infrahelvetic complex."
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d5d9bf760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where are the items that are used to create sets of melodies played at intervals upon a set of bells to mark the passage of time most commonly located? | The items that are used to play these sets are most commonly located in bell towers or grandfather clocks. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The bells used to play clock chimes are most commonly located in bell towers or grandfather clocks, but may be found in other places as well. A variety of melodies exist, many associated with a particular location or bell tower that originated or popularized them."
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"text": "A clock chime is a melody or a set of melodies played at intervals upon a set of bells to mark the passage of time. It is also the name of such a set of bells when they are not part of a larger bell instrument such as a carillon."
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d5d9bfc60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Concert and brass are both types of what? | Bands | text | [] | [
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"text": "Though the instrumentation is similar, a concert band is distinguished from the marching band in that its primary function is as a concert ensemble. The standard repertoire for the concert band does, however, contain concert marches ."
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"text": "Traditionally, New Orleans brass bands could feature various instrumentations, often including trumpets, trombones, clarinets, saxophones, sousaphones, and percussion."
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d5d9c03e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Phylogeny and the family tree both create diagrams of what kind of connection between living beings? | Relationships. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Family tree showing the relationship of each person to the orange person, including cousins and gene share. A family tree, also called a genealogy or a pedigree chart, is a chart representing family relationships in a conventional tree structure. More detailed family trees, as used in medicine and social work, are known as genograms ."
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"text": "A phylogenetic tree (also phylogeny or evolutionary tree) is a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities based upon similarities and differences in their physical or genetic characteristics."
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d5d9c0ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the largest type of Ursus arctos? | Kodiak Bears | text | [] | [
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"text": "The scientific name of the brown bear, Ursus arctos, comes from the Latin ursus, meaning \"bear\", and from ἄρκτος arktos, the Greek word for bear. Brown bears are thought to have evolved from Ursus etruscus in Asia."
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"text": "Kodiak Island is home to Kodiak bears, another subspecies that is the largest type of brown bear in the world. The black bear is much smaller than the brown bear. They are found in larger numbers on the mainland of Alaska, but are not found on the islands off of the Gulf of Alaska and the Seward Peninsula."
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d5d9c0d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The predators can get distracted by what types of behaviors of weakly-defended animals and frogs of South America? | They can get distracted by the usage of patterns, or warning coloration. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Poison dart frogs of South America and mantella frogs of Madagascar are not examples of Müllerian mimicry, with their similar conspicuous warning coloration (bright colours against black markings) and toxic composition, since for geographic reasons there is no possibility for any potential predators to encounter both species."
},
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"text": "Many weakly-defended animals, including moths, butterflies, mantises, phasmids, and cephalopods such as octopuses, make use of patterns of threatening or startling behaviour, such as suddenly displaying conspicuous eyespots, so as to scare off or momentarily distract a predator, thus giving the prey animal an opportunity to escape."
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d5d9c0fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Frogger is an example of what subtype of the video game genre that empathizes physical challenges and are driven by the physical actions of player characters? | Frogger is an example of the subtype of action games known as character action games. | text | [] | [
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"text": "An action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes a large variety of sub-genres, such as fighting games, beat 'em ups, shooter games and platform games. Multiplayer online battle arena and some real-time strategy games are also considered action games."
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"text": "Character action games (also called \"character-driven\" games, \"character games\" or just \"action games\") are a broad category of action games, referring to a variety of games that are driven by the physical actions of player characters. The term dates back to the golden age of arcade video games in the early 1980s, when the terms \"action games\" and \"character games\" began being used to distinguish a new emerging genre of character-driven action games from the space shoot 'em ups that had previously dominated the arcades in the late 1970s. Classic examples of character action games from the early 1980s include Frogger,"
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d5d9c12e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Blindfold and Banshee are both affiliated with what? | The X-men | text | [] | [
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"text": "Like her father, the X-Men's Banshee, Theresa is an Irish mutant who possesses a \"sonic scream\" capable of incapacitating and injuring an opponent's hearing and sending powerful vibrations through the air. She can use these vibrations to fly. Her name refers to the Sirens of Greek mythology ."
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"text": "Blindfold ( Ruth Aldine) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a member of the student body of the Xavier Institute in X-Men -related comic books."
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d5d9c1560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | San Fernando Valley and San Bernardino County are both near what county? | Los Angeles County | text | [] | [
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"text": "Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California . / 34.16833°N 118.605°W / 34.16833; -118.605 Coordinates: 34°10′06″N 118°36′18″W / 34.16833°N 118.605°W / 34.16833; -118.605"
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"text": "Mount Baldy or Mount Baldy Village, formerly Camp Baynham and Camp Baldy, is an unincorporated community in the San Gabriel Mountains, in San Bernardino County near the eastern border of Los Angeles County, in Southern California. It is located below Mount San Antonio, commonly known as \"Mount Baldy\", hence its name."
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d5d9c17e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Orel and Ornel were both sites of what? | Battles | text | [] | [
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"text": "In fierce fighting, the 14th Army recaptured Orel, after which the Red forces wore down the Volunteer Army in defensive battles. The Volunteer Army attempted to establish a new defensive line, but their rear was unhinged by Red cavalry raids."
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"text": "Manasses died in the battle of Ornel, near Etain, Bar-le-Duc, apparently part of an invasion of the Kingdom of Burgundy by Odo II, Count of Blois, after the death of Rudolph III, in an attempt by Odo to gain the crown of Burgundy. Manasses married Constance, Princess of France, daughter of Robert II the Pious and his third wife Constance of Arles."
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d5d9c1ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | On what string instrument related to the electric guitar is 30" (76 cm) or less is considered short scale? | Bass guitar. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A bass guitar (also called an electric bass or bass) is a string instrument which is related to the electric guitar. The bass guitar is shaped like an electric guitar, but it is longer than an electric guitar."
},
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"text": "This is still often regarded as the standard length for a bass guitar. On a modern bass guitar, 30\" (76 cm) or less is considered short scale, standard (also called long) scale is 34\" (86 cm) for a 4-string and 35\" (89 cm) for a B-E-A-D-G 5-string, and extra-long scale basses of 36\" (91 cm) also exist. This section needs expansion."
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d5d9c2140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the approximate shape of the place where the Range has a distribution center with an area of over 1,250,000 sq ft? | This place has an approximately rectangular shape. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Range operates over 2,000,000 sq ft of distribution space, mostly from their facilities at Avonmouth, Bristol and Thorne, Doncaster. The Avonmouth distribution centre has an area of over 1,250,000 sq ft and is the largest single footprint warehouse in the United Kingdom. The Thorne distribution centre has an area of over 750,000 sq ft."
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"text": "Avonmouth is approximately rectangular, its length favouring the Severn shore and sits on the same bank as the city centre from which it lies west-north-west — at the mouth of the River Avon and on the eastern shore of the dredged, at this point highly saline Severn Estuary. Both rivers in shallow valleys by this stage have been defensively embanked primarily to allow the construction of the large port Avonmouth Docks which occupies most of the western part."
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d5d9c2460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A site similar to the one where artifacts were found in present-day Arizona and New Mexico found tools which scripture has documented were used in the cutting of what? | Grass | text | [] | [
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"text": "The artifacts found in present-day Arizona and New Mexico resemble curved tools that were made from the horns of mountain sheep. A similar site discovered sickles made from other material such as the Caddo Sickle, which was made from a deer mandible."
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"text": "A similar site discovered sickles made from other material such as the Caddo Sickle, which was made from a deer mandible. Scripture from early natives document the use of these sickles in the cutting of grass."
}
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d5d9c2640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What decorative handicraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song Dynasty involves knots that are usually double-layered and symmetrical? | Chinese knotting | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chinese knots are usually lanyard type arrangements where two cords enter from the top of the knot and two cords leave from the bottom. The knots are usually double-layered and symmetrical. On the right you can see examples of Pan Chang knot 's 3D structures."
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"text": "For example, Chinese knotting is a decorative handicraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) in China, later popularized in the Ming. Knot theory is the recent mathematical study of unknots ."
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d5d9c28c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Serum albumin accounts for 55% of blood what, of which Collagen is the most abundant type in mammals? | Proteins | text | [] | [
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"text": "Collagen ( / ˈkɒlədʒən /) is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix found in the body's various connective tissues. As the main component of connective tissue, it is the most abundant protein in mammals, making up from 25% to 35% of the whole-body protein content."
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"text": "Serum albumin accounts for 55% of blood proteins, is a major contributor to maintaining the oncotic pressure of plasma and assists, as a carrier, in the transport of lipids and steroid hormones. Globulins make up 38% of blood proteins and transport ions, hormones, and lipids assisting in immune function."
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d5d9c2b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The West Loop which includes Fulton Market and the community area of Lower West Side are both found in what Illinois city? | Chicago. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The West Loop lies along the western bank of the Chicago River. It generally includes the smaller neighborhoods known as Fulton River, Fulton Market and Greektown. It is approximately bounded by Grand Avenue on the north, Ashland Avenue on the west, the Eisenhower Expressway on the south, and the Chicago River on the east."
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"text": "Lower West Side is a community area on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is three miles southwest of the Chicago Loop and its main neighborhood is Pilsen ( / ˈpɪlsɪn / ). The Heart of Chicago is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the Lower West Side."
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d5d9c2dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What did Alexander Karpinsky have in common with William Borlase? | They were both geologists. | text | [] | [
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"text": "This is a list of Cornish peopleand others resident in Cornwallwho are known for their work in geology or exploration. Geologists[edit] William Borlase, naturalist, geologist and antiquary, Rector of Ludgvan Edward Budge, geologist and clergyman[1] Elizabeth Carne, geologist and philanthropist[2]"
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"text": "Grigory Gamburtsev, Soviet seismologist, invented a number of seismological methods and devices Maria Glazovskaya, soil scientist and agrochemist. Konstantin Glinka, influential Russian soil scientist. Alexander Karpinsky, geologist and mineralogist, the first President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences"
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d5d9c3540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which idiophone type of instrument is used in Cajun music? | The triangle is an idiophone used in Cajun music. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cajun music is relatively catchy with an infectious beat and a lot of forward drive, placing the accordion at the center. Besides the voices, only two melodic instruments are heard, the accordion and fiddle, but usually in the background can also be heard the high, clear tones of a metal triangle."
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"text": "The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family. It is a bar of metal, usually steel but sometimes other metals such as beryllium copper, bent into a triangle shape."
}
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d5d9c37c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is Dorotowo closer to Stawiguda or is Kiwity closer to Lidzbark Warminski? | Dorotowo is closer to Stawiguda. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Stawiguda and 11 km (7 mi) south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in Warmia . Two historic Warmian wayside shrines are located in Dorotowo."
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"text": "Kiwity [kiˈvitɨ] ( German: Kiwitten) is a village in Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kiwity. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Lidzbark Warmiński and 40 km (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn ."
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d5d9c3a40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would you find Chimborazo and Rainbow Valley on the same continent or different continents? | They would be found on different continents. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The summit of Chimborazo, Ecuador 's tallest mountain, is usually considered to be the farthest point from the Earth's centre, although the southern summit of Peru 's tallest mountain, Huascarán, is another contender. Both have elevations above sea level more than 2 km less than that of Everest."
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"text": "Rainbow Valley is a rural neighborhood south of Buckeye, Arizona, United States. It is unincorporated, meaning it is not within the city of Buckeye but instead Maricopa County."
}
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d5d9c3cc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the expressway that is a part of AH26 and begins in Quezon City at the Balintawak Interchange, where does it pass through to get to Metro Manila? | Caloocan and Valenzuela. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It then passes through Caloocan and Valenzuela in Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga in Central Luzon. It currently ends in Mabalacat. The segment between Santa Rita Exit in Guiguinto and the Balintawak Interchange in Quezon City is a part of the new alignment of AH26."
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"text": "The expressway begins in Quezon City at the Balintawak Interchange with EDSA as a continuation of A. Bonifacio Avenue. It then passes through Caloocan and Valenzuela in Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga in Central Luzon. It currently ends in Mabalacat."
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d5d9c3fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | New York City continues to be home by a significant margin to the largest demographic and cultural center for what second-largest Latino group nationwide? | Puerto Ricans | text | [] | [
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"text": "Puerto Ricans born in the US are eligible for Puerto Rican citizenship . At 9.7% of the Hispanic/Latino population in the United States, Puerto Ricans are the second-largest Latino group nationwide, after Mexican Americans and are 1.77% of the entire population of the United States."
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"text": "Despite newer migration trends, New York City continues to be home by a significant margin to the largest demographic and cultural center for Puerto Ricans in the mainland United States, with Philadelphia having the second-largest community."
}
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d5d9c43a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which country is River Ise and what type of fish can be seen in it? | The River Ise is a river in Northamptonshire, England which is a tributary of the River Nene. It contains many varieties of coarse and game fish, including roach, perch, barbel and chub. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The River Ise is a river in Northamptonshire, England which is a tributary of the River Nene . The river rises in a field that was part of the site of the Battle of Naseby in north-western Northamptonshire. The parish of Naseby lies across a watershed from which streams also flow to the rivers Avon and Nene."
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"text": "Fishing on The IseThe Ise contains many varieties of coarse and game fish, including roach, perch, barbel and chub. It is also the only watercourse within Northamptonshire to contain grayling (thymallus thymallus)."
}
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d5d9c46c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does George Gascón perform the same job duties as a Crown Prosecutor? | Yes, in the UK District Attorneys are called Crown Prosecutors. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The District Attorney of Los Angeles County is in charge of the office that prosecutes felony and misdemeanor crimes that occur within Los Angeles County, California, United States. The current district attorney (DA) is George Gascón."
},
{
"text": "In most areas of the United States, a district attorney is the elected or appointed official that prosecutes (makes a case against) criminal offenses. In the United Kingdom, district attorneys are called Crown Prosecutors."
}
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d5d9c48a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what year did the neighborhood that is home to Tokyo's oldest temple merge with another district to become part of its current governmental ward? | In 1947, Asakusa merged with Shitaya to form the modern Taito ward. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺, Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji) is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant. Formerly associated with the Tendai sect of Buddhism, it became independent after World War II."
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"text": "Asakusa was a ward of Tokyo City. In 1947, when the city was transformed into a metropolis, it was merged with Shitaya to form the modern Taito ward. The former ward encompassed 19 neighborhoods in the eastern half of Taito."
}
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d5d9c4b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Shebitku reign before or after Khasehhemwy? | He reigned after. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Second Dynasty of ancient Egypt (or Dynasty II, c. 2890 – c. 2686 BC) is the latter of the two dynasties of the Egyptian Archaic Period, when the seat of government was centred at Thinis. It is most known for its last ruler, Khasekhemwy, but is otherwise one of the most obscure periods in Egyptian history ."
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"text": "No mention of Osorkon IV is known after 716 BC. Some archaeological findings suggest that shortly after this date, Bocchoris ( Bakenrenef) of the 24th Dynasty may have expanded his realm eastward, supplanting Osorkon at Tanis. In 712 BC, Piye's successor Shebitku marched northward and defeated Bocchoris."
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d5d9c4e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The distinction between aquatic and what, defined as a plant that grows on land rather than in water or on rocks or trees, is often blurred? | Terrestrial plants | text | [] | [
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"text": "Terrestrial locomotion, evolutionary adaptation from aquatic types of locomotion Terrestrial plant, a plant that grows on land rather than in water or on rocks or trees Terrestrial planet, a planet that is primarily composed of silicate rocks, and thus \"Earth-like\""
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"text": "The distinction between aquatic and terrestrial plants is often blurred because many terrestrial plants are able to tolerate periodic submersion and many aquatic species have both submersed and emersed forms."
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d5d9c50c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Originally, the Pool of London was the stretch of what river, on whom the Greenwich town centre is on the south bank of, along Billingsgate on the south side of the City of London where all imported cargoes had to be delivered for inspection and assessment by Customs Officers, giving the area the name of "Legal Quays"? | Thames | text | [] | [
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"text": "The North tower has 87 steps, and the South tower has 100. Greenwich town centre on the south bank of the Thames. Its entrance is close to the restored clipper Cutty Sark. parts of Docklands including Canary Wharf on the north bank."
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"text": "Originally, the Pool of London was the stretch of the River Thames along Billingsgate on the south side of the City of London where all imported cargoes had to be delivered for inspection and assessment by Customs Officers, giving the area the name of \"Legal Quays\"."
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d5d9c55c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which range of the Alps is the source of the river that the fourth-largest city in the Danube basin is located on? | The Karwendel range of the Alps is the source of the Isar River, the river that flows through Munich, the fourth-largest city in the Danube basin. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The fourth-largest city in its basin is Munich, the capital of Bavaria, standing on the Isar River. The Danube river basin is home to fish species such as pike, zander, huchen, Wels catfish, burbot and tench. It is also home to a large diversity of carp and sturgeon, as well as salmon and trout."
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"text": "The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany, which is not navigable for watercraft above raft size. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tyrol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf."
}
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d5d9c5ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Balsamorhiza sericea, Balsamorhiza hookeri, and the Balsamorhiza glabrescens Benth are all kinds of what? | Plants | text | [] | [
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"text": "Balsamorhiza sericea is a taprooted perennial herb growing erect 20 to 40 centimeters (8-16 inches) tall. The leaves are mostly located at the base of the plant. They are vaguely fern-like, with each leaf being composed of many pairs of oppositely-arranged lobes. Each lobe is oval and coated in silvery hairs."
},
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"text": "Balsamorhiza hookeri ( Hooker's balsamroot) is a North American species of perennial plant in the sunflower family. It grows in the Great Basin and neighboring regions in the western United States. It is found in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona."
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"text": "Balsamorhiza glabrescens Benth. Balsamorhiza deltoidea is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower tribe of the plant family Asteraceae known by the common name deltoid balsamroot. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of generally mountainous habitat."
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d5d9c5d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Isomorphism and what is a commonly used example? | Isomorphism refers to a correspondence between a stimulus array and the brain state created by that stimulus. A commonly used example of isomorphism is the phi phenomenon, in which a row of lights flashing in sequence creates the illusion of motion. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Isomorphism refers to a correspondence between a stimulus array and the brain state created by that stimulus, and is based on the idea that the objective brain processes underlying and correlated with particular phenomenological experiences functionally have the same form and structure as those subjective experiences."
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"text": "A commonly used example of isomorphism is the phi phenomenon, in which a row of lights flashing in sequence creates the illusion of motion. It is argued that the brain state created by this stimulus matches the brain state created by a patch of light moving from one location to another."
}
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