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On-board diagnostics ( OBD) is a term, referring to a vehicle's self-diagnostic and reporting capability, from what industry whose name comes from the Greek autos (self), and Latin motivus (of motion)?
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It's from the automotive industry.
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"text": "On-board diagnostics ( OBD) is an automotive term referring to a vehicle's self-diagnostic and reporting capability. OBD systems give the vehicle owner or repair technician access to the status of the various vehicle sub-systems."
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"text": "The automotive industry comprises a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles.[1] It is one of the world's largest industries by revenue. The automotive industry does not include industries dedicated to the maintenance of automobiles following delivery to the end-user,[citation needed] such as automobile repair shops and motor fuel filling stations. The word automotive comes from the Greek autos (self), and Latin motivus (of motion), referring to any form of self-powered vehicle"
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What is a property of both rocks and fluid mechanics that allows fluids to pass through?
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Permeability in fluid mechanics is also a property of rocks.
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"text": "Permeability in fluid mechanics and the Earth sciences (commonly symbolized as k) is a measure of the ability of a porous material (often, a rock or an unconsolidated material) to allow fluids to pass through it."
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"text": "Permeability is the property of rocks that is an indication of the ability for fluids (gas or liquid) to flow through rocks. High permeability will allow fluids to move rapidly through rocks. Permeability is affected by the pressure in a rock."
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d5db3c160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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In Arthurian legend, the father of Lancelot and Hector de Maris takes which king's sister-in-law to be his wife?
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Ban marries the sister to King Bors's wife.
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"text": "Ban / ˈbæn / is the King of Benwick or Benoic in Arthurian legend. First appearing by this name in the Lancelot propre part of the Vulgate Cycle, he is the father of Sir Lancelot and Sir Hector de Maris, and is the brother of King Bors."
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"text": "Ban's wife Elaine is the sister to King Bors' wife Evaine. Together they beget Lancelot, but while travelling in Britain in support of King Arthur, Ban sleeps with the Lady de Maris, who becomes pregnant with Hector de Maris, Lancelot's half-brother."
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d5db3c3e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What is the genus of the ungulate that infantry employed by Nabatean and Palmyrene armies rode during the 1st Century AD?
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This ungulate is in the genus Camelus.
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"text": "The camel was used as a military mount by pre-Islamic civilizations in the Arabian Peninsula. As early as the 1st Century AD Nabatean and Palmyrene armies employed camel-mounted infantry and archers recruited from nomadic tribes of Arabian origin. Typically such levies would dismount and fight on foot rather than from camel-back."
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"text": "A camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as \"humps\" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food (milk and meat) and textiles (fiber and felt from hair). Camels are working animals especially suited to their desert habitat and are a vital means of transport for passengers and cargo. There are three surviving species of camel."
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What is the procurement objective for the force that operates Assault Amphibian Battalions?
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4483
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"text": "It is used by U.S. Marine Corps Assault Amphibian Battalions to land the surface assault elements of the landing force and their equipment in a single lift from assault shipping during amphibious operations to inland objectives and to conduct mechanized operations and related combat support in subsequent mechanized operations ashore."
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"text": "The procurement objective is a total of 53,582; 49,099 for the U.S. Army and 4,483 for the U.S. Marine Corps. Based on Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 platform. Designed to provide greater mobility to Infantry Brigade Combat Teams. Intention is to replace with the Oshkosh FMTV. Figures include National Guard and Air Force."
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d5db3c8e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What is the name of the artificial antigen which is also known as a CAR T cell that is used in cancer immunotherapy?
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Chimeric antigen receptor T cell
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"text": "Artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs) are a new technology and approach to cancer immunotherapy. Immunotherapy aims to utilize the body's own defense mechanism—the immune system —to recognize mutated cancer cells and to kill them the way the immune system would recognize and kill a virus."
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"text": "Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (also known as CAR T cells) are T cells that have been genetically engineered to produce an artificial T-cell receptor for use in immunotherapy ."
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d5db3cb60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Orlitia borneensis and members of superfamily Chelonioidea are both types of what?
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Turtles
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"text": "Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea ), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira."
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"text": "The Malaysian giant turtle or Bornean river turtle ( Orlitia borneensis) is a species of turtle in the family Bataguridae. It is monotypic within the genus Orlitia."
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d5db3cde0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What community of people had their communities destroyed in Speyer, and were killed in Neuss after evacuating Cologne?
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The Jews.
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"text": "As part of this persecution, the destruction of Jewish communities in Speyer, Worms and Mainz was noted as the \"Hurban Shum\" (Destruction of Shum ). These were new persecutions of the Jews in which peasant crusaders from France and Germany attacked Jewish communities."
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"text": "Jews who had been evacuated from Cologne were killed in Neuss. According to one source, 200 Jews from Cologne had managed to escape with a ship on river Rhine to be caught and massacred by crusaders at Neuss. Jews who had escaped from Cologne were killed in Xanten."
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d5db3d2e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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How many years after Rome was founded was it ravaged by a devastating plague?
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The plague happened 389 years after Rome was founded.
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"text": "Rome was founded in 753 B.C.E as a monarchy under Etruscan rule, and remained as such throughout the first two and a half centuries of its existence."
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"text": "Following the devastation of widespread plague in 364 B.C.E, Roman citizens began including theatrical games as a supplement to the Lectisternium ceremonies already being performed, in a stronger effort to pacify the gods."
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What masculine Korean name is also what a division of a province with less than a population of 150,000 called?
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They are called Gun.
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"text": "A gun ( 군; 郡) is one of the divisions of a province (along with si ), and of the metropolitan cities of Busan, Daegu, Incheon and Ulsan (along with gu ). A gun has a population of less than 150,000 (more than that would make it a city or si ), is less densely populated than a gu, and is more rural in character than either of the other 2 divisions."
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"text": "Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it."
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Kuma -class and Matsushima -class ships were both part of what navy?
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The Imperial Japanese navy
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"text": "Forming the backbone of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the First Sino-Japanese War, the Matsushima -class cruisers were based on the principles of Jeune Ecole, as promoted by French military advisor and naval architect Louis-Émile Bertin."
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"text": "For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Oi. / 13.200°N 114.867°E / 13.200; 114.867 Ōi (大井) was the fourth of five Kuma -class light cruiser, which served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was named after the Ōi River in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan."
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d5db3e6e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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When di the first war of Scottish Independence commence and what was an important reason of the war?
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The first was began in 1296, the war was important partly in reason because it led to the emergence of the longbow as a key weapon in medieval warfare .
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"text": "The wars were part of a great crisis for Scotland and the period became one of the most defining times in its history. At the end of both wars, Scotland retained its status as an independent state. The wars were important for other reasons, such as the emergence of the longbow as a key weapon in medieval warfare ."
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"text": "The First War (1296–1328) began with the English invasion of Scotland in 1296, and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton in 1328. The Second War (1332–1357) began with the English-supported invasion by Edward Balliol and the 'Disinherited' in 1332, and ended in 1357 with the signing of the Treaty of Berwick."
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DUSTOFF and Boots and Saddles are used in what branch of the miltary?
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Army.
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"text": "One specific call sign used Army wide is DUSTOFF, dating back to the first dedicated Air Ambulance unit in Vietnam . Fixed call signs for the United States Air Force stations begin with A, such as AIR, used by USAF Headquarters. The USAF also uses semi-fixed identifiers consisting of a name followed by a two or three digit number."
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"text": "\"Boots and Saddles\" is a bugle call sounded for mounted troops to mount and take their place in line. In the British Army it is used as a parade call. Its name drives from the French phrase boute-selle, \"put on saddle\". The call has been used by the United States Army during the American Civil War as well as World War II."
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The stone oaks of the Lithocarpusis and the Notholithocarpus densiflorus are both names of what?
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Trees.
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"text": "Koidz. Notholithocarpus densiflorus, commonly known as the tanoak or tanbark-oak, is a broadleaf tree in the family Fagaceae, native to the western United States, in California as far south as the Transverse Ranges, north to southwest Oregon, and east in the Sierra Nevada."
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"text": "Lithocarpusis a genus in the beechfamily, Fagaceae. Trees in this genus are commonly known as the stone oaksand differ from Quercusprimarily because they produce insect-pollinated flowers on erect spikes and the female flowers have short styles with punctate stigmas."
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Cabot and Gemmi are both names of what?
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Faults
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"text": "The North American side of the fault runs through the length of northwestern Newfoundland, Canada, as the Cabot Fault (Long Range Fault) and on into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is at least 300 miles (480 km) long. The Great Glen Fault has a long movement history."
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"text": "The Gemmi Fault or Gemmi Pass Fault is a geologic fault in Switzerland. It lies close to the Gemmi Pass at Leukerbad and is a strike-slip fault."
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d5db3f360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Did Mickey Dugan or The Sinister Man were a wide-brimmed hat?
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The Sinsiter Man.
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"text": "Mickey Dugan, better known as The Yellow Kid, was a bald, snaggle-toothed barefoot boy who wore an oversized yellow nightshirt and hung around in a slum alley typical of certain areas of squalor that existed in late 19th-century New York City."
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"text": "El Hombre Siniestro: ( The Sinister Man) wore a wide-brimmed hat and overcoat and had a long pointed nose, becoming the prototype for the Spies."
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How many years after the events of the Battle of Cunaxa took place did Ariaeus get recorded when he was involved in the assassination of Tissaphernes?
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6 years.
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"text": "Ariaeus is next recorded in 395 BC when he was involved in the assassination of Tissaphernes. Diodorus refers to him as a satrap, which is probably a mistake, since he appeared to be reporting to Tissaphernes, who was the satrap of Sardis at that time."
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"text": "Legitimate Persian king still alive and in full control of the empire. The Battle of Cunaxa was fought in 401 BC between Cyrus the Younger and his elder brother Arsaces, who had inherited the Persian throne as Artaxerxes II in 404 BC."
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d5db3f900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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In what were mummies of the people responsible for the term kurgan found?
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permafrost
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"text": "The spectacular burials at Pazyryk are responsible for the introduction of the term kurgan, a Russian word of Turkic origin, into general usage to describe these tombs. The region of the Pazyryk kurgans is considered the type site of the wider Pazyryk culture."
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"text": "The Pazyryk culture is a Scythian nomadic Iron Age archaeological culture (of Iranian origin; c. 6th to 3rd centuries BC) identified by excavated artifacts and mummified humans found in the Siberian permafrost, in the Altay Mountains, Kazakhstan and nearby Mongolia."
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What living thing created Kwajalein Island?
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Coral (a reef of it)
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"text": "An atoll ( / ˈætɒl, ˈætɔːl, ˈætoʊl, əˈtɒl, əˈtɔːl, əˈtoʊl / ), sometimes known as a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim."
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"text": "The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1,000 mostly U.S. civilian personnel) often called by the shortened name, Kwaj / kwɑːdʒ /. The total land area of the atoll amounts to just over 6 square miles (16 km 2 )."
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d5db3fe00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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In vitro, what kinds of activities may happen to the compounds that are derived from shikimate?
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Antioxidant activity.
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"text": "Numbering over 4,000 distinct species mostly from plants, polyphenols may have antioxidant activity in vitro, but are unlikely to be antioxidants in vivo."
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"text": "According to Stéphane Quideau the term \"polyphenol\" refers to compounds derived from the shikimate / phenylpropanoid and/or the polyketide pathway, featuring more than one phenolic unit and deprived of nitrogen-based functions."
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d5db40080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What type of films have both Todd Haberkorn and Brian Drummond voiced?
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Both have voiced anime.
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"text": "Todd Haberkorn is an American voice actor and voice director who has provided voices for English-language versions of anime, films, and video games. While Haberkorn was working in theater, he joined Funimation as a voice actor, with minor roles in One Piece, Black Cat, and Peach Girl."
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"text": "In the original Japanese version of the anime and all other media, Vegeta is voiced by Ryō Horikawa. In the Ocean Productions English dub, Vegeta was voiced by Brian Drummond."
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d5db40260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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K-126 and OR 126 are both what kind of highways?
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State.
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"text": "K-126 is a 26.918-mile-long (43.320 km) mostly east–west state highway located entirely within Crawford County in southeastern Kansas. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 400 (US-400) just south of McCune, and its eastern terminus is the Missouri state line where it continues as Route 126."
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"text": "Oregon OR 126 ( OR 126) is a 204.63-mile-long (329.32 km) state highway that connects coastal, western, and central parts of the U.S. state of Oregon. A short freeway section of OR 126 in Eugene and Springfield is concurrent with Interstate 105 ( I-105 )."
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d5db40760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Management of what, cognition of which serves to increase the likelihood of survival and reproduction by causing associative learning, is not only concerned with pay and employee benefits?
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Rewards
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"text": "Reward cognition serves to increase the likelihood of survival and reproduction by causing associative learning, eliciting approach and consummatory behavior, and triggering positively-valenced emotions. Thus, reward is a mechanism that evolved to help increase the adaptive fitness of animals."
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"text": "Reward systems exist in order to motivate employees to work towards achieving strategic goals which are set by entities. Reward management is not only concerned with pay and employee benefits."
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Muslims consider what holy book of Allah's revelations to the prophet Muhammad, transmitted through the angel Gabriel, the unaltered and final revelation of God?
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They believe the Quran to the be final revelation of God.
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"text": "Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets, including Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims consider the Quran in Arabic to be the unaltered and final revelation of God."
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"text": "The Quran is the holy book of the Islamic world. Collected over a 23-year period during the 7th century C.E., the Quran is said to consist of Allah's revelations to the prophet Muhammad, transmitted through the angel Gabriel. Those revelations were written down by scribes as Muhammad pronounced them during his ministry, and his followers continued to recite them after his death."
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d5db40ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Chicoutimi River flows into the Saguenay River with what tourist activities?
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It is a popular site for whale watching and sea kayaking.
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"text": "The river then re-emerges in the historic site of the Pulperie de Chicoutimi and continues to descend to the Chicoutimi dam basin. Finally, it flows into the Saguenay River . The Chicoutimi River flows mainly in the Saguenay graben, a vast elevated valley that overlooks the lowlands surrounding the Saguenay River."
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"text": "The river has a very high flow-rate and is bordered by steep cliffs associated with the Saguenay Graben. Tide waters flow in its fjord upriver as far as Chicoutimi (about 100 kilometres). Many Beluga whales breed in the cold waters at its mouth, making Tadoussac a popular site for whale watching and sea kayaking; Greenland sharks also frequent the depths of the river. The area of the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence is protected by the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, one of Canada's national parks."
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The Batavi and Gallia Cisalpina were both found where?
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Gaul.
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"text": "The Batavi (Germanic tribe) were one of the initial tribes to settle in Gaul specifically in the middle Rhine region which has been evidenced by numismatic evidence that was found as coins can be traced back to the Chatti tribe who consisted of the Batavi (Germanic tribe) specifically the silver triquetrum coins."
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"text": "Before 22 BC Gaul had three geographical divisions, one of which was divided into multiple Roman provinces: Gallia Cisalpina or \"Gaul this side of the Alps \", covered most of present-day northern Italy. It was conquered by the Romans around 121 BC, but was not made a formal province until 81 BC."
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d5db413e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Haseki Sultan and wazir are both examples of what?
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Titles
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"text": "The Abbasid caliphs gave the title wazir to a minister formerly called katib (secretary), who was at first merely a helper but afterwards became the representative and successor of the dapir (official scribe or secretary) of the Sassanian kings."
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"text": "Haseki Sultan ( Ottoman Turkish: خاصکى سلطان , Ḫāṣekī Sulṭān; Turkish pronunciation: [haseˈci suɫˈtaːn]) was the title used for the chief consort of an Ottoman Sultan. In later years, the meaning of the title changed to \"imperial consort\"."
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d5db41660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Archbasilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral church of the pope in what country that has the so-called Mezzogiorno?
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Italy.
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"text": "The motherchurch of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Italy is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the pope. The seat of the Archdiocese of Agrigento is Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Gerlando. The seat of the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo is Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Ciriaco."
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"text": "The southernmost and easternmost parts of Lazio (Sora, Cassino, Gaeta, Cittaducale, Formia, and Amatrice districts) are often included in Southern Italy (the so-called Mezzogiorno) for cultural and historical reasons, since they were once part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and southern Italian dialects are spoken."
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What central government usually choose experienced civil servants who spoke little or no Arabic to act as the Mutasarrıfs of Jerusalem?
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The central government of the Ottoman Empire usually appointed these people.
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"text": "The Mutasarrıfs of Jerusalem were appointed by the Sublime Porte to govern the district. They were usually experienced civil servants who spoke little or no Arabic, but knew a European language - most commonly French - in addition to Ottoman Turkish."
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"text": "The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte (Ottoman Turkish: باب عالی, romanized: Bāb-ı Ālī or Babıali, from Arabic: باب, romanized: bāb, lit. 'gate' and عالي, alī, lit. 'high'), was a synecdoche for the central government of the Ottoman Empire.Contents1\tHistory2\tDiplomacy3\tSee also4\tReferencesHistoryThe name has its origins in the old practice in which the ruler announced his official decisions and judgements at the gate of his palace.[1]"
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Aeschynanthus is a genus of about 150 species of plant that have what name shared amongst many?
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Lipstick plant
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"text": "The common name lipstick plant, shared with other plants of the genus Aeschynanthus, comes from the scarlet flowers that open from buds resembling tubes of lipstick . This plant is noted for its excellence as an interior plant and is perfect for hanging baskets. It requires a great deal of light, but not direct sunlight."
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"text": "Aeschynanthus is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen subtropical and tropical plants in the family Gesneriaceae. They are usually trailing epiphytes with brightly colored flowers that are pollinated by sunbirds."
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What was Dianium called in the language that was the official language of the Eastern Roman Empire after 610?
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Διάνιον
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"text": "Under the rule of Emperor Heraclius (610–641 AD), who also assumed the Greek title Basileus ( Greek: βασιλεύς, 'monarch') in 610, Greek became the official language of the Eastern Roman Empire."
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"text": "470 Dénia, Hēmeroskopeion ( Ancient Greek: Ἡμεροσκοπεῖον) is founded by Massaliot Greeks. The town was situated on the cape then called Artemisium ( Ancient Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον) or Dianium ( Ancient Greek: Διάνιον ), named from a temple of Ephesia Artemis built upon it (goddess Artemis was called Diana in Latin)."
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Which glen in the Highlands of Scotland has a name believed to mean "little fierce one"?
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Glen Etive
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"text": "The name Etive is believed to mean \"little fierce one\" from the Gaelic goddess associated with the loch. It heads east for half its length alongside the main road and rail link to Oban, before heading northeast into mountainous terrain. A road along Glen Etive makes the head of the loch accessible from Glen Coe."
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"text": "Glen Etive(Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Èite) is a glenin the Highlandsof Scotland. The River Etive(Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Èite) rises on the peaks surrounding Rannoch Moor, with several tributarystreamscoming together at the Kings House Hotel,[1]at the head of Glen Coe."
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What demands using Wikimedia for citing sources and do not allow an official way to correct information on your own?
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Wikipedia.
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"text": "And it's just that easy to edit. Wikipedia itself prevents any real solution to this problem by failing to encourage others to improve articles, instead demanding that Wikimedia be the cited source for any copy, even a vastly improved copy such as those that appear often at Wikinfo."
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"text": "Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. There is no official way to correct information on your own Wikipedia page, however there are some ways that are generally accepted. One of the most frowned upon things in Wikipedia etiquette, however, is to edit one's own page."
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What type of weapon can be used in non-offensive roles that has a debate around it on whether or not it can be used as an anti-personnel weapon?
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Anti-Material Weapons
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"text": "A debate has arisen over whether some primarily anti-material weapons can be used as anti-personnel weapons. The Barrett M82 rifle, standardized by the U.S. military as the M107, fires a large-caliber .50 BMG round that will penetrate most commercial brick walls and concrete blocks."
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"text": "The offensive use of anti-materiel rifles or special application scoped rifles (SASR) is termed hard target interdiction (HTI) by the United States military. Anti-materiel rifles can also be used in non-offensive roles – for example, for safely destroying unexploded ordnance ."
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What type of pathways belongs to the aspartate derived biosynthetic family that takes the amino acid, representing an epsilon-carboxy derivative of lysine?
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Diaminopimelic
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"text": "Two pathways have been identified in nature for the synthesis of lysine. The diaminopimelate (DAP) pathway belongs to the aspartate derived biosynthetic family, which is also involved in the synthesis of threonine, methionine and isoleucine. Whereas the α-aminoadipate (AAA) pathway is part of the glutamate biosynthetic family."
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"text": "Diaminopimelic acid ( DAP) is an amino acid, representing an epsilon-carboxy derivative of lysine . DAP is a characteristic of certain cell walls of some bacteria."
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Shannon Grove and Jim Nielsen both belong to what political party?
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Republican
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"text": "It is currently represented by Republican Jim Nielsen of Gerber . The district encompasses much of the Sacramento Valley, reaching almost to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta."
},
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"text": "It is currently represented by Republican Shannon Grove of Bakersfield . The district consists of portions of the southeastern Central Valley, as well as the High Desert and the intervening mountains. Most of the population is in the Central Valley portions, while the desert regions in the east of the district are fairly sparsely populated."
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In the area that has the Golden Era Building landmark, the famous earthquake there damaged what other cities?
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San Jose and Santa Rosa.
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"text": "Three San Francisco Designated Landmarks along Montgomery Street: the Golden Era Building (left), the Genella Building (center), and the Belli Building (right). The Transamerica Pyramid, not a Designated Landmark, is in the background"
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"text": "Although the impact of the earthquake on San Francisco was the most famous, the earthquake also inflicted considerable damage on several other cities. These include San Jose and Santa Rosa, the entire downtown of which was essentially destroyed."
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Name the giant isopod that has the bases of all its arms and tentacles are arranged in a circle surrounding its single, parrot-like beak.
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The giant squid.
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"text": "Specimens caught in the Americas and Japan are sometimes seen in public aquariums. Giant isopods are a good example of deep-sea gigantism ( cf. giant squid ), as they are far larger than the \"typical\" isopods that are up to 5 cm (2.0 in)."
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"text": "The carpus has a dense cluster of cups, in six or seven irregular, transverse rows. The manus is broader, closer to the end of the club, and has enlarged suckers in two medial rows. The dactylus is the tip. The bases of all the arms and tentacles are arranged in a circle surrounding the giant squid's single, parrot-like beak, as in other cephalopods"
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Erysimum nervosum and Acanthium Heist are both found in the northern part of what continent?
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Africa
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"text": "Acanthium Heist. ex Fabr. Onopordum, cottonthistle, is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the Asteraceae. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa, the Canary Islands, the Caucasus, and southwest and central Asia. They grow on disturbed land, roadsides, arable land and pastures."
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"text": "It is found in many montane regions of North Africa, including the Rif Mountains and Atlas Mountains in Morocco, the Tell Atlas in Algeria and the Ghar-Rouban mountains in Algeria and Tunisia . Erysimum nervosum is distributed between 1000 and 3000 meters above sea level and inhabits forests, scrublands, and shrublands."
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Corfu, Greece and an area south of the Colonnaded Street at Petra both contain what?
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Temples
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"text": "The so-called Great Temple at Petra is a grand monumental complex that lies south of the Colonnaded Street at Petra. It covers an area of ~7,560 m 2. The complex was probably completed in the early first century CE, under the rule of Nabataean king Aretas IV, as suggested by architectural and sculptural details."
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"text": "The Temple of Artemis is an Archaic Greek temple in Corfu, Greece, built in around 580 BC in the ancient city of Korkyra (or Corcyra). It is found on the property of the Saint Theodore monastery, which is located in the suburb of Garitsa. The temple was dedicated to Artemis."
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What country with the Land Forces of the People's National Army had Spahis what wore a very striking Zouave style uniform?
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Algeria.
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"text": "The Land Forces of the People's National Army ( Arabic: القوات البرية الجزائرية , French: Forces Terrestres Algériennes) are the land forces of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces. The Armée Nationale Populaire's equipment is supplied by Russia, and various other countries."
},
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"text": "The 1er Spahis are currently based in Valence, Drôme, France, 100 km (62 mi) south of Lyon in the Rhone Valley or what is commonly referred to in France as The Doors of Provence . Throughout most of their history the Algerian and Tunisian Spahis wore a very striking Zouave style uniform."
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Species of what grow from bulbs or rhizomes and can be strongly toxic?
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Scadoxus.
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"text": "Species of Scadoxus grow from bulbs or rhizomes. Bulbous species usually also have distinct rhizomes. Particularly in the non-bulbous species, the petioles (leaf stalks) overlap to produce a false stem or pseudostem, which may be purple-spotted. The leaf blades are lanceolate to ovate with a thickened midrib."
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"text": "Strongly toxic like other Scadoxus species, it has been used as a component of arrow poisons and fishing poisons, as well as in traditional medicine. Common names, some of which are used for other species, include blood lily, ball lily, fireball lily, blood flower, Katherine-wheel, oxtongue lily, poison root and powderpuff lily."
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The ancient imperial capital city of what country that contains Lâm Đồng Province had a population of nearly 140,000?
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Huế.
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"text": "Huế, the ancient imperial capital city of Vietnam, had a population of nearly 140,000, making it the third largest city in the Republic of Vietnam, commonly known as South Vietnam. The Citadel, or Imperial City, is the walled-in portion of Huế sitting on the north bank of the Perfume River."
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"text": "Da Lat (also written as Dalat, Vietnamese: Đà Lạt; Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɗâː làːt] ( listen) ), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province and the largest city of Central Highlands region in Vietnam. The city is located 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level on the Langbian Plateau. Da Lat is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Vietnam."
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What type of passenger railway is the highest in the world?
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It is the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, a non-cable passenger railway.
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"text": "A train pulled by an NJ2 locomotive travels on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway. This article lists the highest railways in the world. The table only includes non-cable passenger railways whose culminating point is over 3,000 metres above sea level, regardless of their location, gauge or type."
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"text": "Before the opening of the Qinghai–Tibet Railway in China, currently the highest in the world, the highest three railways were located in the Andean countries of Peru and Bolivia."
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What project, sharing a name with the thing that consists of the celiac ganglia with a network of interconnecting fibers, attempts to represent the entire spectrum of visible light using only embroidery thread?
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The “Plexus” project
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"text": "The hepatic plexus, the largest offset from the celiac plexus, receives filaments from the left vagus and right phrenic nerves . It accompanies the hepatic artery, ramifying upon its branches, and upon those of the portal vein in the substance of the liver . Branches from this plexus accompany all the divisions of the hepatic artery."
},
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"text": "The “Plexus” project attempts to represent the entire spectrum of visible light using only embroidery thread. The series is named after the term used to describe a network of branching blood vessels. This specific installation, Plexus A1, was installed in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum."
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What type of service provider is a subscription-based service that may provide digital distribution of television content online?
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A streaming service provider.
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"text": "Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as TV shows, as streaming media delivered over the Internet. Streaming TV stands in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable television, and/or satellite television systems."
},
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"text": "A streaming service provider is a subscription-based service offering online streaming of films and television programs. Most of these services are owned by a major film studio. Some streaming services started as an add-on to Blu-ray offerings, which are supplements to the programs watched."
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Industrially, what material is used to produce the substance that an ant sprays when it feels threatened?
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Industrially, methanol is used to produce this substance.
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"text": "Ants produce formic acid as an anti-predator adaptation. Thus, when an ant feels threatened, as when in the beak of a bird, it will spray formic acid. It is suggested that birds then rub the ants in their feathers to remove the harmful formic acid. The bird will then ingest the ant. This can be seen in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris."
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"text": "Formic acid, systematically named methanoic acid, is the simplest carboxylic acid, and has the chemical formula H2CO2. It is an important intermediate in chemical synthesis and occurs naturally, most notably in some ants. The word \"formic\" comes from the Latin word for ant, formica, referring to its early isolation by the distillation of ant bodies. Esters, salts, and the anion derived from formic acid are called formates. Industrially, formic acid is produced from methanol."
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What is the most commonly used drug in the world that has the potential to cause mental illness and delirium tremens?
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Alcohol.
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"text": "Alcoholism is addiction to alcohol. People who have alcoholism are called alcoholics. Alcoholism is a disease. It often gets worse over time, and can kill a person. However, alcoholism can be treated. Alcohol is the most commonly used drug in the world. Around the world, there are at least 208 million people with alcoholism."
},
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"text": "Excessive alcohol use can damage all organ systems, but it particularly affects the brain, heart, liver, pancreas and immune system. Alcoholism can result in mental illness, delirium tremens, Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, irregular heartbeat, an impaired immune response, liver cirrhosis and increased cancer risk."
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LC-39 was what thing, defined as a facility from which different types of launch vehicles are launched?
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Launch complex
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"text": "Look up launch complex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. This is a list of launch complexes where a Launch complex is a facility from which different types of launch vehicles are launched. It may contain one or more launch pads or suitable sites to mount a transportable launch pad."
},
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"text": "Launch Complex 39 ( LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. The site and its collection of facilities were originally built as the Apollo program 's \"Moonport\" and later modified for the Space Shuttle program ."
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What is the capital of the most densely populated state of the United States?
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Trenton is the capital of New Jersey, the most densely populated state of the United States.
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"text": "The capital of New Jersey is Trenton and the largest city is Newark, though New Jersey is better known for bordering the large cities of New York City and Philadelphia. The state nickname is \"The Garden State\"."
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"text": "New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by Delaware Bay and the state of Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9,288,994 residents[6] as of 2020 and an area of 8,722.58 square miles (22,591.4 km2), making it the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states."
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Wiesbaden and Dido are both classes of what thing the Le Fantasque was designed to counter?
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Cruisers
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"text": "The Dido class was a class of sixteen light cruisers built for the British Royal Navy. The design was influenced by the inter-war Arethusa -class light cruisers."
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"text": "The Le Fantasque -class ships were designed to counter the fast Italian Condottieri -class light cruisers and one member of the class, Le Terrible, exceeding 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph) during trials to set a world record for a conventionally hulled ship."
},
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"text": "With the Pillau and Wiesbaden -class cruisers the Germans followed the British example of heavier guns. Earlier German light cruisers were in competition with a series of British scout cruisers which had a higher speed of 25 knots, but smaller 3-inch 12 pounder guns or 4-inch guns."
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The Muslim physician who was the first to differentiate between neurosis and psychosis recognized that the soul can be in what kind of states?
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Healthy or sick.
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"text": "Abu Zayd al-Balkhi was the first to differentiate between neurosis and psychosis, and the first to classify neurotic disorders and pioneer cognitive therapy in order to treat each of these classified disorders. He classified neurosis into four emotional disorders: fear and anxiety, anger and aggression, sadness and depression, and obsession."
},
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"text": "The Muslim physician Abu Zayd al-Balkhi was a pioneer of psychotherapy, psychophysiology and psychosomatic medicine. He recognized that the body and the soul can be healthy or sick, or \"balanced or imbalanced\", and that mental illness can have both psychological and/or physiological causes."
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In the act of providing resources to finance a program, what type has sources that deal with state and local municipalities?
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Wholesale funding.
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"text": "Wholesale funding sources include, but are not limited to, Federal funds, public funds (such as state and local municipalities), U.S. Federal Home Loan Bank advances, the U.S. Federal Reserve's primary credit program, foreign deposits, brokered deposits, and deposits obtained through the Internet or CD listing services."
},
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"text": "Funding is the act of providing resources to finance a need, program, or project. While this is usually in the form of money, it can also take the form of effort or time from an organization or company."
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How many the sovereign states on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea are included in the term that scholarly literature often abbreviates as CEE or CEEC?
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It includes three of these sovereign states.
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"text": "Central and Eastern Europe is a term encompassing the countries in Central Europe, the Baltics, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Europe (the Balkans ), usually meaning former communist states from the Eastern Bloc ( Warsaw Pact) in Europe. Scholarly literature often uses the abbreviations CEE or CEEC for this term."
},
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"text": "The Baltic states (Estonian: Balti riigid, Baltimaad; Latvian: Baltijas valstis; Lithuanian: Baltijos valstybės), also known as the Baltic countries, Baltic republics, or simply the Baltics, is a geopolitical term, typically used to group the three sovereign states on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania."
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Veliki Brat and Besa are both names of television shows hailing from which country?
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Serbia.
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"text": "Veliki Brat (lit: Big Brother) is a Serbian version of the global reality show franchise Big Brother. The show is recorded and produced in Belgrade by Emotion Production . Originally, the show began as a Serbian production with housemates from Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina."
},
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"text": "Besa ( Serbian: Беса) is a Serbian -British television series produced by Adrenalin and Red Planet Pictures. Inspired by a true story and from an original idea by Srđan Šaper, the plot follows Uroš, a family man and a businessman from Belgrade who kills the daughter of Dardan, an Albanian drug lord, in a road accident."
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Bardo Museum suffered a what, which the deadliest attack of the Xinjiang conflict was labelled?
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Terrorist attack
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"text": "Bardo National Museum attack: One or two gunmen attacked the Bardo Museum in the center of Tunis, killing 21 people including 18 foreign tourists from 6 European countries as well as Japan, Russia and Australia. One Tunisian woman and a Tunisian army soldier were also killed."
},
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"text": "The SUVs crashed into shoppers, then collided with each other and exploded. 43 people were killed, including 4 of the assailants, and more than 90 wounded, making this the deadliest attack of the Xinjiang conflict. The event was designated as a terrorist attack."
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The item of sporting equipment essential to the game of of carom are made of what?
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Wood
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"text": "Cues for carom tend toward the shorter range, though cue length is primarily a factor of player height and arm length. Most cues are made of wood, but occasionally the wood is covered or bonded with other materials including graphite, carbon fiber or fiberglass."
},
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"text": "For the musician, see Sneaky Pete Kleinow. A pool cue and its major parts. A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards. It is used to strike a ball, usually the cue ball."
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Which family was involved in the attempt to overthrow Alexios III Angelos and the 1095 Byzantine request for support against the Seljuk-led Turks?
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People from the Komnenos family were involved in both situations.
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"text": "These campaigns were subsequently given the name crusades. The earliest initiative for the First Crusade began in 1095 when the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios I Komnenos, requested military support from the Council of Piacenza in the Byzantine Empire 's conflict with the Seljuk-led Turks."
},
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"text": "The participation of Alexios Doukas Mourtzouphlos in the attempted overthrow of Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203) by John Komnenos the Fat in 1200 had led to his imprisonment."
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Can the Purga class and the Marine Protector class of ships be used for the same purpose?
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Both the Purga and the Marine Protector class are both patrol ships.
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"text": "The Purga class, Russian designation Project 22120 Purga ( blizzard ), is a series of ice-strengthened patrol ships designed by Petrobalt Design Bureau and being built by Almaz for the Russian Coast Guard."
},
{
"text": "The black smudge in the hull abaft the superstructure is the exhaust of the port engine. The Marine Protector class is a class of coastal patrol boats of the United States Coast Guard. The 87-foot-long vessels are based on the Stan 2600 design by Damen Group, and were built by Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana."
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The Hemerocallis fulva which is native to Asia and the well studied clade of plants with large flowers with multiple unspecialized are both types of what?
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Lilies.
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"text": "Water lilies are a well studied clade of plants because their large flowers with multiple unspecialized parts were initially considered to represent the floral pattern of the earliest flowering plants, and later genetic studies confirmed their evolutionary position as basal angiosperms."
},
{
"text": "Hemerocallis fulva, the orange day-lily, tawny daylily, corn lily, tiger daylily, fulvous daylily or ditch lily (also railroad daylily, roadside daylily, outhouse lily, and wash-house lily), is a species of daylily native to Asia. It is very widely grown as an ornamental plant in temperate climates for its showy flowers and ease of cultivation."
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How many years after the formation of the Lombard League was it disbanded?
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The Lombard League was disbanded some 83 years after its formation.
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"text": "The Lombard League ( Lega Lombarda in Italian, Liga Lombarda in Lombard) was a medieval alliance formed in 1167, supported by the Pope, to counter the attempts by the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperors to assert influence over the Kingdom of Italy as a part of the Holy Roman Empire."
},
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"text": "With the death of the third and last Hohenstaufen emperor, Frederick II, in 1250, it became obsolete and was disbanded."
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Varied political organizations have been accused of using what, which Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen engages in, to achieve their objectives?
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Terrorism
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"text": "Governments and non-state groups use the term to abuse or denounce opposing groups. Varied political organizations have been accused of using terrorism to achieve their objectives. These include right-wing and left-wing political organizations, nationalist groups, religious groups, revolutionaries and ruling governments."
},
{
"text": "Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, HSM; (Arabic: حركة الشباب المجاهدين, lit. 'Ḥarakat ash-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn', Somali: Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Alshabaab, lit. 'Mujahideen Youth Movement' or 'Movement of Striving Youth') more commonly known as al-Shabaab,[nb 1] is a terrorist, jihadist fundamentalist group based in East Africa and Yemen.[11]"
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Hampshire and Dorset are examples of what that in England are used as territorial divisions that have many different purposes, such as local government?
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Counties
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"text": "The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi), Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester which is in the south."
},
{
"text": "There are areas of downland and marsh, and two national parks: the New Forest, and part of the South Downs, which together cover 45 per cent of Hampshire. Hampshire is one of the most affluent counties in the country, with an unemployment rate lower than the national average."
},
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"text": "The counties of England are territorial divisions of England that have many different purposes, such as local government. Most counties began as Anglo-Saxon shires, and duchies ."
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In Burkina Faso, the Bobo people have a fundamental social building-block involving what?
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Their lineage.
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"text": "The Bobo are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso, with some living north in Mali. Bobo is also a shortened name of the second-largest city in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso ."
},
{
"text": "The Bobo lineage is the fundamental social building-block. The Bobo are an inherently decentralized group of people. The concept of placing political power in the hands of an individual is foreign to the Bobo. Each village is organized according to the relationship among individual patriline."
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What term used for Christian bishops, including the Bishop of Rome was a title used by Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus in BC?
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Pontifex.
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"text": "The word pontifex and its derivative \"pontiff\" became terms used for Christian bishops, including the Bishop of Rome, and the title of pontifex maximus was applied to the Catholic Church for the pope as its chief bishop and appears on buildings, monuments and coins of popes of Renaissance and modern times."
},
{
"text": "He was appointed Pontifex to replace the Pontifex Maximus Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus who had died. In 211 BC, as praetor, he was in charge of Apulia. In 209 BC, before he had been consul, he was elected censor with Publius Sempronius Tuditanus."
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Hypophonia and formal thought disorder can both result in altered what?
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Speech
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"text": "Hypophonia is soft speech, especially resulting from a lack of coordination in the vocal musculature. This condition is a common presentation in Parkinson's disease."
},
{
"text": "A formal thought disorder ( FTD) is a disruption of the form or structure of thought. Formal thought disorder, also known as disorganised thinking, results in disorganised speech, and is recognised as a major feature of schizophrenia, and other psychoses."
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PLA Unit 61486 and PLA Unit 61398 are both associated a thing whose largest and oldest branch is named what?
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The People's Liberation Army Ground Force
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"text": "The People's Liberation Army Ground Force ( PLAGF) ( simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军陆军; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍陸軍; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Lùjūn) is the land-based service branch of the People's Liberation Army and the largest and oldest branch of the entire Chinese armed forces."
},
{
"text": "PLA Unit 61398 (also known as APT 1, Comment Crew, Comment Panda, GIF89a, and Byzantine Candor) (Chinese: 61398部队, Pinyin: 61398 bùduì) is the Military Unit Cover Designator (MUCD)[1] of a People's Liberation Army advanced persistent threat unit that has been alleged to be a source of Chinese computer hacking attacks.[2][3] The unit is stationed in Pudong, Shanghai.[4]"
},
{
"text": "PLA Unit 61486 (also known as Putter Panda) is a People's Liberation Army unit dedicated to cyberattacks on American, Japanese, and European corporations focused on satellite and communications technology. It is a unit that takes part in China's campaign to steal trade and military secrets from foreign targets."
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What sport of skating with the intent to beat the opponent's time score or get to the finish line first is governed in the US by USA Roller Sports?
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Inline racing
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"text": "Also known as inline racing, speed skating is the sport of skating (usually on flat surfaces, such as roller-rinks) with the intent to beat the opponent's time score or get to the finish line first. A term used to refer to inline skates on a vert ramp, a half pipe with some vertical in it usually between 6in to 24in."
},
{
"text": "USA Roller Sports (USARS), formerly the United States Amateur Confederation of Roller Skating, is the national governing body of competitive roller sports ( inline skating and roller skating) in the United States. It is recognized by the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) and the United States Olympic Committee ."
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1 Wall Street Court is where in relation to 55 Wall Street?
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It is to the east of 55 Wall Street
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"text": "1 Wall Street Court is in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. It occupies most of the block bounded by Hanover Street to the west, Pearl Street to the southeast, and Beaver Street to the north, with facades on Pearl and Beaver Streets. The building faces eastward toward the five-pointed intersection of Pearl, Beaver, and Wall Streets."
},
{
"text": "55 Wall Street occupies a full block along Wall Street to the north, Hanover Street to the east, Exchange Place to the south, and William Street to the west. Each side of the building is a different length, and none of the sides are parallel."
}
] |
d5db49c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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In the order of seabirds that comprises four families including the albatrosses, what is the plate called in the petrels?
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Maxillary unguis.
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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."
},
{
"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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Most commentators on what, whose 46th chapter has 35 verses, say that the tenth verse was revealed during the Medinan period—the period after Muhammad's Hijrah?
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The Qur'an
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"text": "According to the Islamic tradition, Al-Ahqaf is one of the late Meccan chapters, chapters which were largely revealed before Muhammad's hijrah (migration) to Medina in 622 CE. Most Quranic commentators say that the tenth verse was revealed during the Medinan period—the period after Muhammad's Hijrah."
},
{
"text": "Al-Aḥqāf ( Arabic: اَلْأَحْقَافُ , \"the sand dunes\" or \"the winding sand tracts\") is the 46th chapter ( surah) of the Qur'an with 35 verses ( ayat ). This is the seventh and last chapter starting with the letters ha-mim."
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What is the tallest someone with achondroplasia dwarfism can be?
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While the average is 4 ft 4 in for men and 4 ft for women, anyone with dwarfism is typically less than 4 ft 10 in.
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"text": "Achondroplasia is a genetic disorder whose primary feature is dwarfism. In those with the condition, the arms and legs are short, while the torso is typically of normal length. Those affected have an average adult height of 131 centimetres (4 ft 4 in) for males and 123 centimetres (4 ft) for females."
},
{
"text": "Dwarfism is used to describe a person of short stature, less than 4 feet, 10 inches (147 cm). This is often, though not always, because of a medical condition. People with this condition are called dwarves or little people. A similar term for short people is midget; however, dwarves and midgets are not the same."
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d5db4a580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What part of Australia are both the Wheatbelt and Kimberley regions in?
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Both are in Western Australia.
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"text": "Location of Wheatbelt region in Western Australia. The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term for the area converted to agriculture during colonisation."
},
{
"text": "The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami deserts in the region of the Pilbara, and on the east by the Northern Territory ."
}
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The killing of what person by Remus and Romulus led to the restoration on Numitor and the founding of a new city?
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Amulius
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"text": "When Remus and Romulus became adults, they killed Amulius and restored Numitor. They decided to establish a city; however, they quarreled, as Romulus was on Palatine Hill, while Remus wanted to found the city on Aventine Hill, until Remus and his followers attacked, and Romulus killed his brother."
},
{
"text": "He was the son of Procas, descendant of Aeneas the Trojan, and father of the twins' mother, Rhea Silvia, and Lausus. a In 794 BC Procas died and was meant to be succeeded by Numitor. Instead he was overthrown and removed from the kingdom by his brother, Amulius, who had no respect for his father's will or his brother's seniority."
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d5db4ad00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What subtype of a species of Lentivirus was theorized to come from consumption of bushmeat?
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HIV-1C.
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"text": "HIV-1C, a subtype of HIV, was theorized to have its origins circulating in South America. The consumption of bushmeat is also the most probable cause for the emergence of HIV-1C in South America. However, the types of apes shown to carry the SIV virus are different in South America."
},
{
"text": "Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of assembly and budding of virions. The human immunodeficiency viruses ( HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans."
}
] |
d5db4b020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The king who ceded Cumberland to Malcolm I died in which year?
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Edmund I, the king who ceded Cumberland to Malcolm I, died in 946.
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"text": "The first record of the term Cumberland appears in 945, when the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that the area was ceded to Malcolm I, king of Alba (Scotland), by King Edmund I of England."
},
{
"text": "Edmund I (Old English: Ēadmund, pronounced [ˈæːɑdmund]; 921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 939 until his death. His epithets include the Elder, the Deed-doer, the Just, and the Magnificent.[2]"
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d5db4b520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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In the bombs that have a minimum range of 500 pounds, what happens when a JDAM gets installed on a bomb?
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It is given a GBU nomenclature.
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"text": "The JDAM's guidance system was jointly developed by the United States Air Force and United States Navy, hence the \"joint\" in JDAM. When installed on a bomb, the JDAM kit is given a GBU (Guided Bomb Unit) nomenclature, superseding the Mark 80 or BLU (Bomb, Live Unit) nomenclature of the bomb to which it is attached."
},
{
"text": "JDAM-equipped bombs range from 500 pounds (227 kg) to 2,000 pounds (907 kg). The JDAM's guidance system was jointly developed by the United States Air Force and United States Navy, hence the \"joint\" in JDAM."
}
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d5db4b7a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The thing that was structured to be operated by officers from the three main military services, and to specialize in the collection, analysis, and assessment of external military and non-military intelligence, shares an acronym with what institute associated with USC?
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Information Sciences Institute
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"text": "The USC Information Sciences Institute ( ISI) is a component of the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, and specializes in research and development in information processing, computing, and communications technologies. It is located in Marina del Rey, California."
},
{
"text": "The ISI was structured to be operated by officers from the three main military services, and to specialize in the collection, analysis, and assessment of external military and non-military intelligence."
}
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d5db4ba20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Not counting the term "safe", what kind of water does the SDWA intend to promote?
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Potable water
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"text": "Drinking water, also known as potable water, is water that is safe to drink or to use for food preparation. Water in rivers, stream, lakes and underground may contain organisms that cause disease."
},
{
"text": "The Safe Drinking Water Act ( SDWA) is the principal federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. Pursuant to the act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set standards for drinking water quality and oversee all states, localities, and water suppliers that implement the standards."
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d5db4bca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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In the unwanted phenomenon of intersymbol interference, what is it usually caused by?
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Multipath propagation.
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text
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{
"text": "ISI is usually caused by multipath propagation or the inherent linear or non-linear frequency response of a communication channel causing successive symbols to blur together. The presence of ISI in the system introduces errors in the decision device at the receiver output."
},
{
"text": "In telecommunication, intersymbol interference ( ISI) is a form of distortion of a signal in which one symbol interferes with subsequent symbols. This is an unwanted phenomenon as the previous symbols have similar effect as noise, thus making the communication less reliable."
}
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d5db4c240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Grapes and Muscat of Alexandria can both be used in the making of what?
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Wine
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"text": "Muscat of Alexandria is another Muscat variety commonly used in the production of French vin doux naturel, but it is also found in Spain, where it is used to make many of the fortified Spanish Moscatels. Elsewhere it is used to make off-dry to sweet white wines, often labeled as Moscato in Australia, California and South Africa."
},
{
"text": "A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis . Grapes can be eaten fresh as table grapes or they can be used for making wine, jam, grape juice, jelly, grape seed extract, raisins, vinegar, and grape seed oil. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters."
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d5db4c740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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How many species of the type of bat that lacks the claw at the second finger of the forelimb feed on the blood of mammals or birds?
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Only three species of microbat feed on the blood of large mammals or birds
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"text": "Microbats are 4 to 16 cm (1.6–6.3 in) long. Most microbats feed on insects, but some of the larger species hunt birds, lizards, frogs, smaller bats or even fish. Only three species of microbat feed on the blood of large mammals or birds (\" vampire bats \"); these bats live in South and Central America."
},
{
"text": "Microbats use echolocation, whereas megabats do not typically. (The Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus egyptiacus is an exception, but does not use the larynx echolocation method of microbats, instead giving scientists the theory that it clicks using its nasal passages and back of its tongue.) Microbats lack the claw at the second finger of the forelimb."
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d5db4c9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Is Regal Academy and The Academy made in the same country or different countries?
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They are made in different countries.
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"text": "Regal Academy is an Italian animated television series co-created by Iginio Straffi and Joanne Lee. The series is produced by the Rainbow studio, which is co-owned by Straffi and Viacom."
},
{
"text": "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The Academy is a Hong Kong TVB modern drama focusing on two young men (played by Ron Ng and Sammul Chan) from entering and training at the police academy to joining the police force and solving crime."
}
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d5db4cc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Frederick was the son of Ernest, who held what title indicating they were vicar in areas operating under Saxon law?
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Elector of Saxony
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"text": "Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. He is notable as being one of the most powerful early defenders of Martin Luther."
},
{
"text": "The Elector of Saxony was vicar in areas operating under Saxon law ( Saxony, Westphalia, Hannover, and northern Germany), while the Elector Palatine was vicar in the remainder of the Empire ( Franconia, Swabia, the Rhine, and southern Germany)."
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d5db4cec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What was the purpose of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut?
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The purpose of the chapel was to house the Userhat-Amun, the barque believed to be used by the deity Amun to travel about on festival days.
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"text": "The purpose of the chapel was to house the Userhat-Amun, the barque believed to be used by the deity Amun to travel about on festival days. The Userhat-Amun was a small-scale wooden boat covered in gold that bore an enclosed shrine in which the Amun statue was placed to be protected from the public view."
},
{
"text": "The Red Chapel of Hatshepsut or the Chapelle rouge was a religious shrine in Ancient Egypt . The chapel was originally constructed as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut. She was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC."
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d5db4d140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What mountain range is to the south of the region where the Alaskan Athabascans live?
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Alaska Range
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"text": "The Alaskan Athabascans, Alaskan Athabaskans, Alaskan Athapaskans ( Russian: атабаски Аляски, атапаски Аляски) are Alaska Native peoples of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. They are the original inhabitants of the interior of Alaska. In Alaska, where they are the oldest, there are eleven groups identified by the languages they speak."
},
{
"text": "Interior Alaska is the central region of Alaska's territory, roughly bounded by the Alaska Range to the south and the Brooks Range to the north. It is largely wilderness. Mountains include Denali in the Alaska Range, the Wrangell Mountains, and the Ray Mountains."
}
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d5db4d3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Ror dynasty was a power from the Indian subcontinent that ruled what modern-day area with a longer history of dynastic rule than any other province of Pakistan?
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Sindh
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"text": "Sindh has longer history of dynastic rule than any other province of Pakistan due to its relatively isolated location, as compared to Punjab and Balochistan. Sindh was a cradle of civilization as the center of the ancient Indus Valley civilization, and through its long history was the seat of several dynasties that helped shape its identity."
},
{
"text": "The Ror dynasty was a power from the Indian subcontinent that ruled modern-day Sindh and northwest India from 450 BC – 489 AD. Sindh was one of the earliest regions to be conquered by the Arabs and influenced by Islam after 720 AD. Before this period, it was heavily Hindu, and Buddhist."
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d5db4d640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The MCL and this thing also known as utero-ovarian or proper ovarian are both types of what?
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Ligaments
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"text": "The medial collateral ligament ( MCL ), or tibial collateral ligament ( TCL ), is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial (inner) side of the knee joint in humans and other primates."
},
{
"text": "Ovary of a sheep. The ovarian ligament (also called the utero-ovarian ligament or proper ovarian ligament) is a fibrous ligament that connects the ovary to the lateral surface of the uterus . This ligament should not be confused with the suspensory ligament of the ovary, which extends from the ovary in the other direction."
}
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d5db4d8c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Which area is both Schwedt and Gartz located?
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They are both towns located in Brandenburg, Germany.
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"text": "Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder; German pronunciation: [ˈʃveːt]) is a town in northeastern Brandenburg, Germany. With the official status of a Große kreisangehörige Stadt (major district town), it is the largest town of the Uckermark district, located near the river Oder, which forms the border with modern-day Poland ."
},
{
"text": "Gartz is a town in the Uckermark district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located on the West bank of the Oder River, on the border with Poland, about 20 km south of Szczecin, Poland. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania ."
}
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Sgùrr Fhuaran and Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe are both parts of what?
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Five Sisters of Kintail group of hills in the Western Highlands of Scotland
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"text": "Sgùrr Fhuaran is one of three mountains that make up the Five Sisters of Kintail (the other two being Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe and Sgùrr na Càrnach) and when seen from Màm Ratagan above Loch Duich, the Five Sisters are one of the best known views in the Western Highlands of Scotland."
},
{
"text": "Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe reaches a height of 1027 metres (3369 feet) making it Munro number 104 in terms of height. It is one of three Munros which make up the Five Sisters of Kintail group of hills (the others being Sgùrr Fhuaran and Sgùrr na Càrnach) and is often climbed as part of the walk which takes in the full Five Sisters ridge."
}
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d5db4e2c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What is the only volcano in Antarctica, discovered b Rear Admiral Byrd in 1934. that is taller than Mount Erebus?
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Mount Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica after Mount Sidely.
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"text": "Mount Erebus ( / ˈɛrɪbəs /) is an active volcano, the second-highest in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley) and the southernmost active volcano on Earth. It is the sixth-highest ultra mountain on the continent."
},
{
"text": "Mount Sidley is the highest dormant volcano in Antarctica, a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits, with a summit elevation of 4,181–4,285 metres (13,717–14,058 ft).[1][2] It is a massive, mainly snow-covered stratovolcano which is the highest of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the Executive Committee Range of Marie Byrd Land. The feature is marked by a 5 km wide caldera[3] on the southern side and stands NE of Mount Waesche in the southern part of the range.The mountain was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd on an airplane flight, November 18, 1934"
}
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d5db4e540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Which area of science studies Intervertebral disc and DPP9?
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Biology
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"text": "The nucleus pulposus consists of large vacuolated notochord cells, small chondrocyte-like cells, collagen fibrils, and aggrecan, a proteoglycan that aggregates by binding to hyaluronan. Attached to each aggrecan molecule are glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains of chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate."
},
{
"text": "In general, dipeptidyl peptidases appear to be involved in the regulation of the activity of their substrates and have been linked to a variety of diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity and cancer. Several transcript variants of this gene have been described but not fully characterized. This gene has also been linked to severe COVID-19 ."
}
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d5db4e7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Barnardius zonarius is native to a country established in which year?
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Barnardius zonarius is native to Australia, which was established in 1901.
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text
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"text": "Australian ringneck, the broad-tailed parrot species Barnardius zonarius, is a bird native to Australia. Except for extreme tropical and highland areas, the species has adapted to all conditions."
},
{
"text": "On 1 January 1901, the six colonies federated, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy, comprising six states and ten territories."
}
] |
d5db4ea40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Asturias, León and Cantabria are all associated with what place whose traditional music is a traditional highly distinctive folk style, located along Spain's north-west Atlantic coast?
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Northwest Iberia
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"text": "Territories in north-western Iberia —particularly northern Portugal, Galicia, Asturias, León and Cantabria (together historically referred to as Gallaecia and Astures ), covering north-central Portugal and northern Spain—are considered Celtic nations due to their culture and history."
},
{
"text": "Northwest Iberia traditional music is a traditional highly distinctive folk style, located along Spain's north-west Atlantic coast, mostly Galicia and Asturias, that has some similarities with the neighbouring area of Cantabria. The music is characterized by the use of bagpipes ."
}
] |
d5db4ecc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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How far does Cascadia extend along the Pacific Coast?
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From southeastern Alaska to Northern California
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text
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[
{
"text": "The Pacific Northwest, also referred to as Cascadia, is a region on the west coast of North America. It refers to the northwestern corner of the United States and the southwestern part of Canada."
},
{
"text": "The Pacific Northwest basically extends from southeastern Alaska to Northern California. Along this entire length, is a large mountain range, the Cascade Range, that forms the geographic spine of the Pacific Northwest. The highest mountain in the Northwest is Mount Rainier. Rainier is 14,410 feet (4,390 m) high."
}
] |
d5db4ef40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Where was the area that Subinphaa was king of?
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It was in Assam, India.
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text
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"text": "Zhao Kuangyin, the Emperor Taizu of Song, was the founder of the Song dynasty in China. Hongwu Emperor, the Emperor Taizu of Ming, was the founder of the Ming dynasty in China. Sukapha, of the Ahom dynasty, was the first King of the Ahom Dynasty in Assam, India."
},
{
"text": "Subinphaa (1281–1293), the third Ahom king, delineated the Satghariya Ahom, the Ahom aristocracy of the Seven Houses. Of this, the first lineage was that of the king."
}
] |
d5db4f4e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Indian castes of Sali and Sengunthar are both found in what Indian state?
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Tamil Nadu.
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"text": "Saliyar or Saliya or Chaliyan or Sali or Sale is an Indian caste. Their traditional occupation was that of weaving and they are found mostly in the regions of northern Kerala, southern coastal Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu ."
},
{
"text": "Sengunthar is a caste from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. They are also known as Kaikolar and use Mudaliar as title. They are present throughout the state of Tamil Nadu and also in some parts of Andhra and Kerala apart from the Tamizh Eezham."
}
] |
d5db4f940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What makes the country whose saga has provided a historical account of Norse funerals different from the other Nordic nations in regards to naming conventions?
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Iceland has continued to use the traditional name system.
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"text": "Norse funerals, or the burial customs of Viking Age North Germanic Norsemen (early medieval Scandinavians), are known both from archaeology and from historical accounts such as the Icelandic sagas and Old Norse poetry ."
},
{
"text": "Iceland shares a common cultural heritage with the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Norway, and Sweden. Unlike other Nordics, Icelanders have continued to use their traditional name system, which was formerly used by all Nordic countries except partly Finland."
}
] |
d5db4fbc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What royal house of Bhutan since its reunification in 1907 established relations with the British Empire and India under its first two monarchs?
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The House of Wangchuck
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"text": "The Wangchuck dynasty ruled government power in Bhutan and established relations with the British Empire and India under its first two monarchs. The third, fourth, and fifth (current) monarchs have put the kingdom on its path toward democratization, decentralization, and development."
},
{
"text": "The House of Wangchuck (Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག་རྒྱལ་བརྒྱུད་, Wylie: Dbang-phyug Rgyal-brgyud) is the royal house of Bhutan since it was reunified in 1907. Prior to reunification, the Wangchuck family had governed the district of Trongsa as descendants of Dungkar Choji. They eventually overpowered other regional lords and earned the favour of the British Empire."
}
] |
d5db4fe40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Which structure, located in humans posterior to the abdominal aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the L1 and L2 vertebrae, is named after the Latin word for "box"?
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The cisterna chyli ("cisterna" comes from the Latin "cista", meaning "box").
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"text": "A cistern ( Middle English cisterne, from Latin cisterna, from cista, \"box\", from Greek κίστη kistē, \"basket\") is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. Cisterns are distinguished from wells by their waterproof linings."
},
{
"text": "It is the most common drainage trunk of most of the body's lymphatics. The cisterna chyli is a retro-peritoneal structure. In humans, the cisterna chyli is located posterior to the abdominal aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the first and second lumbar vertebrae (L1 and L2)."
}
] |
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