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Which Republic, who in its later Imperial form was a rival of Sassanid Persia, played a pivotal role in the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Armenia in 189 BC?
Rome
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[ { "text": "Initially commencing as a rivalry between the Parthians and Rome, from the 3rd to mid-7th centuries the Roman Empire (later the Byzantine Empire) and its rival Sassanid Persia were recognized as two of the leading powers in the world. Parthia's greatest extent." }, { "text": "The Roman Republic played a pivotal role in the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Armenia in 189 BC. Antiochus III the Great was defeated at the Battle of Magnesia by the Romans which in turn allowed the Armenian strategoi of Antiochus, Artaxias and Zariadres to take control of an independent Armenian Kingdom." } ]
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At the end of what war did the United States Enduring Stockpile have a primary bomb that features a two-stage radiation implosion design?
Cold War.
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[ { "text": "It is a low to intermediate-yield strategic and tactical nuclear weapon featuring a two-stage radiation implosion design. The B61 is of the variable yield (\"dial-a-yield\" in informal military jargon) design with a yield of 0.3 to 340 kilotons in its various mods." }, { "text": "Believed to be either 0.3–340 kt or 0.3–400 kt in the weapon's various mods. The B61 nuclear bomb is the primary thermonuclear gravity bomb in the United States Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War. It is a low to intermediate-yield strategic and tactical nuclear weapon featuring a two-stage radiation implosion design." } ]
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What are the main differences between production support and technical support?
Production support is support of the actual IT system or application, while technical support focuses on a problem the end user is having with the product/service.
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[ { "text": "Production support covers the practices and disciplines of supporting the IT systems/applications which are currently being used by the end users." }, { "text": "In general, technical support provides help regarding specific problems with a product or service, rather than providing training, provision or customization of the product, or other support services. Most companies offer technical support for the services or products they sell, either included in the cost or for an additional fee." } ]
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What theory of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the belief that only through self-reliance and a strong independent state, can true socialism be achieved?
Juche.
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[ { "text": "The politics of North Korea (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK) takes place within the framework of the official state philosophy, Juche, a concept created by Hwang Jang-yop and later attributed to Kim Il-sung." }, { "text": "The Juche theory is the belief that only through self-reliance and a strong independent state, can true socialism be achieved. North Korea's political system is built upon the principle of centralization." } ]
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Nitrogen levels in what, which during fermentation is often supplemented with diammonium phosphate, can have an influence on many sensory aspects of the resulting product?
Wine
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[ { "text": "Nitrogen levels in the wine can have an influence on many sensory aspects of the resulting wine, including the synthesis of many aromatic compounds. Fusel alcohols are made by the degradation of amino acids though in the presence of high levels of ammonia and urea their production is reduced." }, { "text": "Fermenting wine is often supplemented with diammonium phosphate (DAP) as a nitrogen source to prevent H 2 S formation. The sensory threshold for hydrogen sulfide is 8-10 μg/L, with levels above this imparting a distinct rotten egg aroma to the wine. Hydrogen sulfide can further react with wine compounds to form mercaptans and disulfides ." } ]
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Organopotassium, organosodium and organometallic are all types of what?
Compounds
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[ { "text": "Organosodium chemistry is the chemistry of organometallic compounds containing a carbon to sodium chemical bond. The application of organosodium compounds in chemistry is limited in part due to competition from organolithium compounds, which are commercially available and exhibit more convenient reactivity." }, { "text": "Organopotassium, organorubidium, and organocaesium are less commonly encountered than organosodium compounds and of limited utility. These compounds can be prepared by treatment of alkyl lithium compounds with the potassium, rubidium, and caesium alkoxides." } ]
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The aldehyde group of PLP which is the active form of vitamin B 6 forms what kind of linkage?
Schiff-base
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[ { "text": "Pyridoxal phosphate ( PLP, pyridoxal 5'- phosphate, P5P ), the active form of vitamin B 6, is a coenzyme in a variety of enzymatic reactions. The Enzyme commission has catalogued more than 140 PLP-dependent activities, corresponding to ~4% of all classified activities." }, { "text": "The aldehyde group of PLP forms a Schiff-base linkage (internal aldimine) with the ε-amino group of a specific lysine group of the aminotransferase enzyme. The α-amino group of the amino acid substrate displaces the ε-amino group of the active-site lysine residue in a process known as transaldimination." } ]
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If someone were to walk past a couple of people playing the game Bieten, which sorts of suits would they catch a glimpse of?
Acorns, Leaves, Hearts, and Bells, given those are the suits of German playing cards, the type of card used for Bieten.
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[ { "text": "German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns ( Eichel ), Leaves ( Grün, Blatt, Laub or Gras ), Hearts ( Herz or Rot) and Bells ( Schelle or Schell )." }, { "text": "German playing cards are used for Bieten. It is usually played by 2 or more players, without partnerships, but 3 or 4 players works best.[2]" } ]
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Ainu has been linked to pretty much every other what, an example of which is Chukotko-Kamchatkan, in Eurasia?
Language family
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[ { "text": "Ainu has been linked to pretty much every other language family in Eurasia, but Austronesian and Altaic are a little more plausible than Indo-Pacific or Kalto. And Ainu isn't usually considered to be a Paleosiberian language anyway - most sources just list four families and isolates." }, { "text": "Four small language families and isolates are usually considered to be Paleo-Siberian languages: The Chukotko-Kamchatkan family, sometimes known as Luoravetlan, includes Chukchi and its close relatives, Koryak, Alutor and Kerek. Itelmen, also known as Kamchadal, is also distantly related." } ]
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What city can you find the Fernsehturm and Haus der Kulturen der Welt?
Berlin
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[ { "text": "The tallest structure in Berlin is the Fernsehturm Berlin, which rises 368 metres (1,207 ft). A cluster of office high rise buildings is located at Potsdamer Platz in the Mitte district and at Breitscheidplatz in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district." }, { "text": "The Carillon in Berlin - Tiergarten is located in a freestanding 42m-tall tower next to the House of World Cultures ( Haus der Kulturen der Welt ), near the Chancellery in the northeastern part of Berlin's central Tiergarten park." } ]
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Could comics studies hypothetically be part of the writing process or no?
Yes, it could.
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[ { "text": "A writing process describes a sequence of physical and mental actions that people take as they produce any kind of text. Writing processes are highly individuated and task-specific; they often involve other kinds of activities that are not usually thought of as writing per se (talking, drawing, reading, browsing, etc.)." }, { "text": "In the field of composition studies, an interest in comics and graphic novels is growing, partially due to the work of comics theorists but also due to composition studies' growing focus on multimodality and visual rhetoric. Composition studies theorists are looking at comics as sophisticated texts, and sites of complex literacy ." } ]
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What is the derived unit of electrical resistance for the system that contains some prefixes that denote negative powers of 10?
The ohm
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[ { "text": "The ohm (symbol: Ω) is the SI derived unit of electrical resistance, named after German physicist Georg Ohm." }, { "text": "Numerical prefixes are not restricted to denoting integers. Some of the SI prefixes denote negative powers of 10, i.e. division by a multiple of 10 rather than multiplication by it. Several common-use numerical prefixes denote vulgar fractions . Words containing non-technical numerical prefixes are usually not hyphenated." } ]
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The "shrew-moles" are a relative branch of which family that are dark-furred animals with cylindrical bodies and hairless, tubular snouts?
Talpidae.
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[ { "text": "Talpids are small, dark-furred animals with cylindrical bodies and hairless, tubular snouts. They range in size from the tiny shrew moles of North America, as small as 10 cm in length and weighing under 12 grams, to the Russian desman, with a body length of 18–22 cm, and a weight of about 550 grams." }, { "text": "They belong to the Old World moles and relatives branch of the mole family ( Talpidae ). There are only two species, each of which represents its own genus. The name \"shrew-moles\" refers to their morphological resemblance to shrews, while generally being thought of as \"true moles\"." } ]
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What piece of legislation that corresponds to a formal constitution maintained the continuing existence of a larger Germany?
Basic Law
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[ { "text": "\"Basic law\" is often used to denote an interim or transitory piece of legislation corresponding to a formal constitution or to avoid claiming that there is a supreme legal provision, often for religious reasons." }, { "text": "The Basic Law, in its original form, maintained the continuing existence of a larger Germany and German people, only parts of whom were currently organised within the Federal Republic." } ]
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What type of glass is used interchangeably with the glass that has somewhat fallen out of favour in modern times due to its tendency to spill drinks?
Cocktail glass.
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[ { "text": "The martini glass has somewhat fallen out of favour in modern times due to its tendency to spill drinks, and the coupe is sometimes used instead. A standard cocktail glass contains 90 to 300 millilitres (3 to 10 US fl oz), though originally they were around 120 millilitres (4 US fl oz) in size." }, { "text": "A cocktail glass is a stemmed glass with an inverted cone bowl, mainly used to serve straight-up cocktails. The term cocktail glass is often used interchangeably with martini glass, despite their differing slightly. An empty cocktail glass." } ]
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Was Aisha born before or after the Abbasid Caliphate existed?
She was born before.
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[ { "text": "Scholars who lived in the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258), irrespective of their religion, ethnicity or language. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total." }, { "text": "Aisha (613–678 CE), Islamic scholar, hadith narrator, her intellect and knowledge in various subjects, including poetry and medicine. Harun ibn Musa (d. 786), scholar of the Arabic language and Islamic studies. Al-Suhayli (1114–1185), grammarian and scholar of law." } ]
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An episode of TGA which is the disruption in short-term memory in a person with no other signs of impaired cognition should last for no more than how many hours?
8 hours
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[ { "text": "A person in a state of TGA exhibits no other signs of impaired cognitive functioning but recalls only the last few moments of consciousness, as well as possibly a few deeply encoded facts of the individual's past, such as their childhood, family, or home perhaps. Both TGA and anterograde amnesia deal with disruptions of short-term memory." }, { "text": "Both TGA and anterograde amnesia deal with disruptions of short-term memory. However, a TGA episode generally lasts no more than 2 to 8 hours before the patient returns to normal with the ability to form new memories. A patient with anterograde amnesia may not be able to form new memories indefinitely.[" } ]
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Trials and Tribulations is a visual novel adventure game in which the player takes the roles of Mia Fey and what defense attorney and series main character?
Phoenix Wright
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[ { "text": "The Nintendo DS version was a commercial success in North America, with pre-orders being more than double the amount Capcom had estimated. Trials and Tribulations is a visual novel adventure game in which the player takes the roles of Phoenix Wright and Mia Fey, defense attorneys who defend their clients in five different episodes." }, { "text": "Phoenix Wright(成歩堂 龍一, Naruhodō Ryūichi)is a defense attorney and the main character of the franchise, and the protagonist in all games in the main series, except for Apollo Justice. In his childhood, he befriended Larry Butzand Miles Edgeworth." } ]
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To which country does Victoria and melbourne belong?
Australia
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[ { "text": "Melbourne ( / ˈmɛlbərn / ( listen) MEL-bərn; Woiwurrung: Naarm) is the capital and most-populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania." }, { "text": "Victoria has a population of over 6.6 million, the majority of which is concentrated in the central south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular in the metropolitan area of Greater Melbourne, Victoria's state capital and largest city and also Australia's second-largest city, where over three quarters of the Victorian population live." } ]
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To which country do Uppatasanti Pagoda and Shwedagon Pagoda belong to?
Myanmar
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[ { "text": "Uppātasanti Pagoda ( ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်, pronounced [ʔoʊʔpàta̰ θàɴdḭ zèdìdɔ̀]; officially called ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်မြတ်ကြီး, also called the \"Peace Pagoda\") is a prominent landmark in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The pagoda houses a Buddha tooth relic from China." }, { "text": "'Golden Dagon Pagoda') and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar . The Shwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in the Thuwanabumi, Southpart of Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa." } ]
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Commercial mortgage-backed and "asset-backed" are both types of what?
Security.
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[ { "text": "For Commonwealth Medical Benefits Schedule, see Medicare (Australia). Commercial mortgage-backed securities ( CMBS) are a type of mortgage-backed security backed by commercial and multifamily mortgages rather than residential real estate." }, { "text": "An \"asset-backed security\" is sometimes used as an umbrella term for a type of security backed by a pool of assets, and sometimes for a particular type of that security – one backed by consumer loans or loans, leases or receivables other than real estate." } ]
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What is baptism according to Calvinism?
Baptism is a sacrament signifying the baptized person's union with Christ, or becoming part of Christ and being treated as if they had done everything Christ had
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[ { "text": "Calvinism belongs to the Reformed tradition of Protestantism. This tradition goes back to John Calvin and other theologians . Important Calvinists from Europe include: Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Huldrych Zwingli, and from England, reformers Thomas Cranmer and John Jewel." }, { "text": "In Reformed theology, baptism is a sacrament signifying the baptized person's union with Christ, or becoming part of Christ and being treated as if they had done everything Christ had. Sacraments, along with preaching of God's word, are means of grace through which God offers Christ to people." } ]
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What did the founder of the form of Judaism practiced by atheists leave out of the liturgy he developed?
Rabbi Sherwin Wine left prayers and references to God out of the liturgy he developed for Humanistic Judaism.
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[ { "text": "Jewish atheists who practice Humanistic Judaism embrace Jewish culture and history, rather than belief in a supernatural god, as the sources of their Jewish identity. One study found that only 48% of self-identified Jews believe in God." }, { "text": "In its current form, Humanistic Judaism was founded in 1963 by Rabbi Sherwin Wine. As a rabbi trained in Reform Judaism, with a small secular, non-theistic congregation in Michigan, Wine developed a Jewish liturgy that reflected his and his congregation's philosophical viewpoint by emphasizing Jewish culture, history, and identity along with Humanistic ethics, while excluding all prayers and references to God." } ]
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The Allahabad pillar, Major Rock and The Schism are all titles of what?
Edicts
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[ { "text": "Location of the Major Rock Edicts. The Major Rock Edicts of Indian Emperor Ashoka refer to 14 separate major Edicts of Ashoka which are significantly detailed and represent some of the earliest dated rock inscriptions of any Indian monarch. These edicts are preceded chronologically by the Minor Rock Edicts ." }, { "text": "The Schism Edict, referred to as the Kaushambi edict by Cunningham, is a command from the emperor addressing the senior officials ( Mahamatras) of Kaushambi urging them to avoid dissension and stay united. The following is a conflation of various fragmented versions of the edict:" }, { "text": "The Allahabad pillar is an edict issued toward the Mahamattas of Kosambi, giving credence to the fact that it was originally located in Kosambi. The schism edict of Kaushambi (Minor Pillar Edict 2) states that, \"The King instructs the officials of Kausambi as follows: ..... The way of the Sangha must not be abandoned....." } ]
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The holy Mai Khola of Nepal and the Ichamati that has a problem of thin flow of water in the dry season are both names of what?
Rivers.
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[ { "text": "The Kankai River (also referred to as Mai Khola) ( Nepali: कन्काई नदी, is a trans-boundary river flowing through Ilam and Jhapa in north to south direction of Nepal. Holy river of millions of Hindu Devotees living throughout Nepal." }, { "text": "During the lean period the level of water in the Mathabhanga is higher than that of the Padma. As a result, no water enters the Ichamati during the dry season. One of the causes of silting of the river was construction of guard wall for railway over bridge." }, { "text": "The river is facing the problem of siltation leading to thin flow of water in the dry season and floods in the rainy season. Experts are handling the situation and remedial matters are being discussed between the governments of India and Bangladesh." } ]
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What equation was named after Augustin Cauchy and Bernhard Riemann and is on a pair of real-valued functions of two real variables u ( x, y) and v ( x, y)?
The Cauchy–Riemann equations
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[ { "text": "The Cauchy–Riemann equations on a pair of real-valued functions of two real variables u ( x, y) and v ( x, y) are the two equations: Typically u and v are taken to be the real and imaginary parts respectively of a complex -valued function of a single complex variable z = x + iy, f(x + iy) = u(x,y) + iv(x,y)." }, { "text": "In the field of complex analysis in mathematics, the Cauchy–Riemann equations, named after Augustin Cauchy and Bernhard Riemann, consist of a system of two partial differential equations which, together with certain continuity and differentiability criteria, form a necessary and sufficient condition for a complex function to be complex differentiable, that is, holomorphic" } ]
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Significance questing involves testing multiple hypotheses using a single data set by exhaustively searching for what?
For combinations of variables that might show a correlation, or for groups of cases or observations that show differences in their mean or in their breakdown by some other variable
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[ { "text": "Data dredging (or data fishing, data snooping, data butchery ), also known as significance chasing, significance questing, selective inference, and p-hacking is the misuse of data analysis to find patterns in data that can be presented as statistically significant, thus dramatically increasing and understating the risk of false positives." }, { "text": "The process of data dredging involves testing multiple hypotheses using a single data set by exhaustively searching —perhaps for combinations of variables that might show a correlation, and perhaps for groups of cases or observations that show differences in their mean or in their breakdown by some other variable." } ]
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Geologists are able to chronicle the history of what, which is divided into epochs and ages?
The geological history of the Earth
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[ { "text": "It also provides tools to determine the relative and absolute ages of rocks found in a given location, and also to describe the histories of those rocks. By combining these tools, geologists are able to chronicle the geological history of the Earth as a whole, and also to demonstrate the age of the Earth." }, { "text": "A given stage of rock and the corresponding age of time will by convention have the same name, and the same boundaries. Rock series are divided into stages, just as geological epochs are divided into ages." }, { "text": "On the geologic time scale, the Holocene epoch starts at the end of the last glacial period of the current ice age (c. 10,000 BCE) and continues to the present. The beginning of the Mesolithic is usually considered to correspond to the beginning of the Holocene epoch." } ]
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Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is one of the well preserved castles in what country that Pithom was an ancient city in?
Egypt
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[ { "text": "Pithom ( Hebrew: פיתום ‎) also called Per-Atum or Heroöpolis or Heroonopolis ( Greek: Ἡρώων πόλις or Ἡρώ) was an ancient city of Egypt. Multiple references in ancient Greek, Roman, and Hebrew Bible sources exist for this city, but its exact location remains somewhat uncertain." }, { "text": "Cairo Citadelwas first established by Saladinand later expanded by several rulers including Muhammad Ali Pasha. It is included in a World Heritage SiteHistoric Cairo. [1] Qaitbay Citadelin Alexandriais one of the well preserved Egyptian castles." } ]
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What extinction era includes the disappearance of megafauna as a result of human activity?
The Holocene extinction.
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[ { "text": "The Holocene extinction, otherwise referred to as the sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction, is an ongoing extinction event of species during the present Holocene epoch (with the more recent time sometimes called Anthropocene) as a result of human activity." }, { "text": "The Holocene extinction includes the disappearance of large land animals known as megafauna, starting at the end of the last glacial period." } ]
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Did Justinian I abolish the diocese before or after the death of Domitius Modestus?
He abolished the diocese after.
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[ { "text": "In 535, as part of his administrative reforms, Justinian I abolished the diocese, and the comes Orientis became the provincial governor of Syria I, while retaining his previous rank of vir spectabilis and his salary." }, { "text": "Domitius Modestus ( floruit 358-377) was a politician of the Roman Empire . Of Arab origin, Modestus was comes Orientis from 358 to 362, succeeding to Nebridius and serving under the Emperors Constantius II and Julian. In 359 he was the president of a commission at Scythopolis, and in this office he judged with cruelty the defendants." } ]
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What type of insect is Polychrysia moneta dependent on to keep up the supply of its host species?
Long-tongued bumblebees, given Polychrysia moneta is hosted by plants of the Aconitum species, and Aconitum flowers are pollinated by long-tongued bumblebees.
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[ { "text": "The golden plusia Polychrysia moneta is hosted by A. vulparia, A. napellus, A. septentrionale, and A. intermedium. Other moths associated with Aconitum species include the wormwood pug Eupithecia absinthiata, satyr pug E. satyrata, Aterpia charpentierana, and A. corticana." }, { "text": "Aconitum flowers are pollinated by long-tongued bumblebees.[14] Bumblebees have the strength to open the flowers and reach the single nectary at the top of the flower on its inside.[14] Some short-tongued bees will bore holes into the tops of the flowers to steal nectar.[14] However, alkaloids in the nectar function as a deterrent for species unsuited to pollination." } ]
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The voiceless linguolabial plosive and the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols ⟨ θ̼ ⟩ or ⟨ ɸ̺ ⟩ are both what?
Consonantal sounds.
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[ { "text": "The voiceless linguolabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents it is ⟨ t̼ ⟩ or ⟨ p̺ ⟩. Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract." }, { "text": "The voiceless linguolabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents it is ⟨ θ̼ ⟩ or ⟨ ɸ̺ ⟩." } ]
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What type of strictly convex polyhedron each face of which is a regular polygon can be constructed from the first few pyramids and prisms?
Johnson solid
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[ { "text": "Most Johnson solids can be constructed from the first few ( pyramids, cupolae, and rotundas ), together with the Platonic and Archimedean solids, prisms, and antiprisms; the centre of a particular solid's name will reflect these ingredients." }, { "text": "In geometry, a Johnson solid is a strictly convex polyhedron each face of which is a regular polygon. There is no requirement that each face must be the same polygon, or that the same polygons join around each vertex. An example of a Johnson solid is the square-based pyramid with equilateral sides (J1); it has 1 square face and 4 triangular faces. Some authors require that the solid not be uniform (i.e., not Platonic solid, Archimedean solid, uniform prism, or uniform antiprism) before they refer to it as a “Johnson solid”." } ]
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What revived dead language is part of an Ancient form of language which included the Phoenician alphabet?
Hebrew.
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[ { "text": "Hebrew is the only Canaanite language that is a living language, and the most successful example of a revived dead language. Moabite – an extinct Hebraic dialect of the Moabite people mentioned in the Bible. The main sources are the Mesha Stele and El-Kerak Stela." }, { "text": "Ancient Hebrew ( ISO 639-3 code hbo) is a blanket term for pre-modern varieties of the Hebrew language : Paleo-Hebrew (such as the Siloam inscription), a variant of the Phoenician alphabet Biblical Hebrew (including the use of Tiberian vocalization) Mishnaic Hebrew, a form of the Hebrew language that is found in the Talmud" } ]
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What is Pixels per inch and what does the apparent PPI of a monitor depend upon?
Pixels per inch ( ppi) and pixels per centimetre ( ppcm or pixels/cm) are measurements of the pixel density of an electronic image device, such as a computer monitor or television display, or image digitizing device such as a camera or image scanner and apparent PPI of a monitor depends upon the screen resolution (that is, the number of pixels) and the size of the screen in use; a monitor in 800×600 mode has a lower PPI than does the same monitor in a 1024×768 or 1280×960 mode.
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[ { "text": "The apparent PPI of a monitor depends upon the screen resolution (that is, the number of pixels) and the size of the screen in use; a monitor in 800×600 mode has a lower PPI than does the same monitor in a 1024×768 or 1280×960 mode. The dot pitch of a computer display determines the absolute limit of possible pixel density." }, { "text": "Pixels per inch ( ppi) and pixels per centimetre ( ppcm or pixels/cm) are measurements of the pixel density of an electronic image device, such as a computer monitor or television display, or image digitizing device such as a camera or image scanner." } ]
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The Roman statesman and general Marcus Atilius Regulus first became consul in 267 BC, when he fought what lapygian tribe who inhabited Salento in classical antiquity?
He fought the Messapians.
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In what state could you find both SR 20 and Interstate 90?
Both would be in Washington.
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[ { "text": "Although US 12 has a larger east–west extent, SR 20 is the longest highway in Washington at 436.13 miles (701.88 km), only 5.3 miles (8.5 km) longer than US 12. The highway has been called \"The Most Beautiful Mountain Highway in the State of Washington.\"" }, { "text": "For the entire route, see Interstate 90. Interstate 90 ( I-90) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Seattle, Washington, to Boston, Massachusetts." } ]
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In the networks that often combine LAN and WAN elements, what types of facilities are typically connected to them?
Launch facilities.
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[ { "text": "Launch facilities are typically connected to the ground network to relay telemetry prior to and during launch. The launch vehicle itself is sometimes said to constitute a \"transfer segment\", which may be considered distinct from both the space and ground segments." }, { "text": "Ground networks handle data transfer and voice communication between different elements of the ground segment. These networks often combine LAN and WAN elements, for which different parties may be responsible. Geographically separated elements may be connected via leased lines or virtual private networks." } ]
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The Daowai District and Shuangcheng District are two of the nine districts that make up the prefecture-level of what city?
Harbin.
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Who does a sous-chef work under and Sean Sherman is one of?
Chef.
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[ { "text": "The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen is a recipe book written by Sean Sherman with Beth Dooley, published by the University of MN Press in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sean Sherman is an Oglala Lakota chef who was born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota and is currently based in South Minneapolis." }, { "text": "The sous-chef works under executive chef or head chef. This person may be responsible for scheduling the kitchen staff, or substituting when the head chef is off-duty. Also, he or she will fill in for or assist a chef de partie (line cook) when needed." } ]
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The state of what was inhabited by Native Americans in the peninsula 14,000 years ago and has Jacksonville?
The state of Florida.
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If you're driving in London and encountered a traffic light that was neither red coming or green, what would you do?
Prepare to come to a stop.
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[ { "text": "Traffic lights follow a universal colour code which alternates the right of way accorded to users with a sequence of illuminating lamps or LEDs of three standard colours: Allows traffic to proceed in the direction denoted, if it is safe to do so and there is room on the other side of the intersection." }, { "text": "Amber light (also known as 'orange light' or 'yellow light')Warns that the signal is about to change to red, with some jurisdictions requiring drivers to stop if it is safe to do so, and others allowing drivers to go through the intersection if safe to do so. In some European countries (such as the UK), red and amber is displayed together, indicating that the signal is about to change to green.[8]A flashing amber indication is a warning signal. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a flashing amber light is used only at pelican crossings, in place of the combined red–amber signal, and indicates that drivers may pass if no pedestrians are on the crossing." } ]
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Who runs the local governments of the urban districts in the country whose largest state is called Bavaria?
The urban districts handle their own local governments.
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What mausoleum built for the wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan unites Iranian and Indian cultural and architectural elements?
The Taj Mahal unites them.
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[ { "text": "It is the mausoleum of Mumtaz Mahal, the Persian wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Indo-Persian culture refers to those Persian aspects that have been integrated into or absorbed into the cultures of the Indian subcontinent ." }, { "text": "The Taj Mahal in Agra unites Iranian and Indian cultural and architectural elements. It is the mausoleum of Mumtaz Mahal." } ]
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Associative, abstract and commutative are all forms of what?
Algebra
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[ { "text": "In mathematics, specifically abstract algebra, an integral domain is a nonzero commutative ring in which the product of any two nonzero elements is nonzero. Integral domains are generalizations of the ring of integers and provide a natural setting for studying divisibility." }, { "text": "A commutative algebra is an associative algebra that has a commutative multiplication, or, equivalently, an associative algebra that is also a commutative ring . In this article associative algebras are assumed to have a multiplicative identity, denoted 1; they are sometimes called unital associative algebras for clarification." } ]
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What goal, which is part of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all, is about improving cities and making them more sustainable?
SDG 11
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More than 18% of emission of what kind of gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range is attributed to livestock and its related activities like deforestation?
Greenhouse gas
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[ { "text": "More than 18% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to livestock and livestock-related activities such as deforestation and increasingly fuel-intensive farming practices. Specific attributions to the livestock sector include: 64% of global anthropogenic nitrous oxide emissions, chiefly due to fertilizer use." }, { "text": "A greenhouse gas (sometimes abbreviated GHG) is a gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range, causing the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are water vapor ( H" } ]
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Wood and cellulose are both types of what?
Fibers
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[ { "text": "Wood fibres (also spelled wood fibers, see spelling differences) are usually cellulosic elements that are extracted from trees and used to make materials including paper ." }, { "text": "It is an organic material – a natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees, or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in the roots of trees or shrubs." } ]
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When is Mathematics education in the United Kingdom largely carried out and when does voluntary mathematics take place?
Mathematics education in the United Kingdom is largely carried out at ages 11–16 at secondary school. However, voluntary Mathematics takes place from 16 to 18, in sixth forms and other forms of further education.
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[ { "text": "However voluntary Mathematics education in the UK takes place from 16 to 18, in sixth forms and other forms of further education. Whilst adults can study the subject at universities and higher education more widely." }, { "text": "Mathematics education in the United Kingdom is largely carried out at ages 11–16 at secondary school (though basic numeracy is taught at an earlier age)." } ]
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The sunwatcher toadhead agama and Theobald's toad-headed agama are both names of what type of species?
Lizards.
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[ { "text": "Phrynocephalus helioscopus, the sunwatcher toadhead agama, Fergana toad-headed agama, or sunwatcher, is a species of agamid lizard found in Kazakhstan, S Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Iraq, China, Mongolia, and Iran." }, { "text": "Phrynocephalus theobaldi (common names: Theobald's toad-headed agama, snow lizard, and others) is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Asia . The specific name, theobaldi, is in honor of British naturalist William Theobald." } ]
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Rosa canina, Rosa acicularis, and Rosa arkansana are all species of what?
Rose.
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[ { "text": "Rosa canina, commonly known as the dog rose, is a variable climbing, wild rose species native to Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia . It is a deciduous shrub normally ranging in height from 1–5 metres (3.3–16.4 ft), though sometimes it can scramble higher into the crowns of taller trees." }, { "text": "Rosa arkansana, the prairie rose or wild prairie rose, is a species of rose native to a large area of central North America, between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico, Texas and Indiana . There are two varieties :" }, { "text": "Rosa acicularis, also known as the prickly wild rose, the prickly rose, the bristly rose, the wild rose and the Arctic rose, is a species of wild rose with a Holarctic distribution in northern regions of Asia, Europe, and North America . Lindl. R. a. ssp. a. var. nipponensis ( Crép.) Koehne R. a. subsp. sayi ( Schwein.) W.H.Lewis" } ]
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In Roman times, what is The Scissor and the Samnite who were based on ethnic antecedents classified as?
They are types of Roman gladiators.
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Are the Canary islands and the Galapagos Islands in the same body of water?
No, the Canary Islands which are off the African mainland in the Atlantic, are not in the same body of water as the Galapagos Islands which are in the Pacific ocean.
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[ { "text": "At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain, and are located in the African Tectonic Plate. The archipelago is economically and politically European, and is part of the European Union." }, { "text": "The islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 973 km (605 mi) off the west coast of South America. The closest land mass is that of mainland Ecuador, the country to which they belong, 926 km (500 nmi) to the east. Orthographic projection centered over the Galápagos." } ]
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How many species of prokaryotic microorganisms are estimated to cause disease in humans?
Fewer than 100.
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[ { "text": "Although most bacteria are harmless or often beneficial, some are pathogenic, with the number of species estimated as fewer than a hundred that are seen to cause infectious diseases in humans. By contrast, several thousand species exist in the human digestive system ." }, { "text": "Bacteria (sing. bacterium) are very small organisms. They are prokaryotic microorganisms. Bacterial cells do not have a nucleus, and most have no organelles with membranes around them. Most have a cell wall. They do have DNA, and their biochemistry is basically the same as other living things. They are amongst the simplest and the oldest organisms." } ]
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Where is Monte Cusna located and what is the name of the forest that grows on the eastern side of the Cusna?
Monte Cusna is located along the Appennino Crest Trail (A00) between Cerreto and Lagastrello Passes and the Abetina Reale is a coniferous forest that grows on the eastern side of the Cusna.
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[ { "text": "Abetina Reale Abetina Reale is a coniferous forest that grows on the eastern side of the Cusna, on the right side of the High Valley Dolo river, and extends to the Apennine ridge. The forest is characterized by ancient specimens of white spruce survived centuries of forest exploitation." } ]
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What is Strategic bombing and when was the theoretical distinction between tactical and strategic air warfare developed?
Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale, its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations, or both. The theoretical distinction between tactical and strategic air warfare was developed between the two world wars.
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[ { "text": "The theoretical distinction between tactical and strategic air warfare was developed between the two world wars. Some leading theorists of strategic air warfare during this period were the Italian Giulio Douhet, the Trenchard school in the United Kingdom, and General Billy Mitchell in the United States." }, { "text": "Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale, its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations, or both." } ]
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Anatidae and Musophagidae are families of what species?
Birds.
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What would a hoplite from the country Hermaphroditus was part of the mythology for be armed with?
A muscle cuirass, spear, shield, Corinthian helmet and sheathed sword
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[ { "text": "A Greek hoplite with muscle cuirass, spear, shield, Corinthian helmet and sheathed sword. The poorest citizens, unable to afford the purchase or upkeep of military equipment, operated on the battlefield as psiloi or peltasts; fast, mobile skirmishing troops. Weapons that used copper were becoming obsolete at the time." }, { "text": "In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus or Hermaphroditos ( / hərˌmæfrəˈdaɪtəs / ( listen); Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, romanized : Hermaphróditos, [hermapʰróditos]) was a child of Aphrodite and Hermes. According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably handsome boy with whom the naiad Salmacis fell in love and prayed to be united forever." } ]
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The golden sea snake is a member of what family of species?
Aipysurus laevis is a member of a genus in the family Elapidae.
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[ { "text": "Aipysurus laevis is a species of venomous sea snake found in the Indo-Pacific. Its common names include golden sea snake, olive sea snake, and olive-brown sea snake. The olive sea snake swims using a paddle-like tail." }, { "text": "Aipysurus is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. Member species of the genus are found in warm seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean." } ]
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The Gyosei International School, Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education and Technical High School attached to the School of Engineering are all located in what country?
Japan
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[ { "text": "The following is a comprehensive list of high schools in Japan : This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Technical High School attached to the School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology [5]" }, { "text": "The Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education (北海道教育委員会, Hokkaidō kyōiku iinkai) is a board of education that mainly oversees public schools in Hokkaido, Japan. The board directly oversees high schools and provides educational services in Hokkaido." }, { "text": "The Gyosei International School (暁星国際学園, Gyōsei Kokusai Gakuen) is a school located in Yana, Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The principal is Shigeru Tagawa [ ja] (田川 茂 Tagawa Shigeru )." } ]
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What is the common usage for the simplest, most stable and most common method of cribbing?
A box crib It is commonly used to secure overturned motor vehicles, and debris within collapsed buildings.
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[ { "text": "It is commonly used to secure overturned motor vehicles, and debris within collapsed buildings. Cribbing is often used in conjunction with other stabilization equipment, such as pneumatic or hydraulic shoring." }, { "text": "A box crib is the simplest, most stable and most common method of cribbing. It is constructed by arranging sets (2 or more) of matched blocks in a regular log-cabin style to form a rising square or rectangular frame. The more blocks on each level, the greater the number of support points and therefore the greater the strength of the crib tower." } ]
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Heirisson and Rottnest are both names of what, of which are over 1,000 of off the coast of Western Australia?
Islands
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[ { "text": "Heirisson Island is an island in the Swan River in Western Australia at the eastern end of Perth Water, between the suburbs of East Perth and Victoria Park. It occupies an area of 285 600 m 2 ( 3 074 000 sq ft), and is connected to the two foreshores by The Causeway." }, { "text": "Rottnest Island (known as Wadjemup to the local Noongar people, and otherwise colloquially known as Rotto) is an island off the coast of Western Australia, located 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Fremantle." }, { "text": "There are over 1,000 gazetted islands off the coast of Western Australia. (See Sortable list of Islands of Western Australia for the complete list.)" } ]
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A plane is a surface such that, given any three distinct points on the surface, the surface also contains all of the straight lines that pass through any two of them
A plane is a perfectly flat surface extending in all directions. It can be thought of as the ceiling of a room, only extended into all directions infinitely. A plane has two dimensions: length and width. All planes are flat surfaces. If a surface is not flat, it is called a curved surface. The tool plane can be used to create a flat, level surface like the mathematical plane
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What was the name of the war that occurred in a Chinese province with two main cities on the banks of the Yangtze River?
The Battle of the Red Cliffs was the name of the important conflict that happened in Wuhan, and the battle was dubbed Battle of the Red Cliffs.
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[ { "text": "The name \"Wuhan\" comes from the two major cities on the banks of the Yangtze River that make up the Wuhan metropolis: \"Wu\" refers to the city of Wuchang ( Chinese: 武昌 ), which lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze, while \"Han\" refers to the city of Hankou ( Chinese: 汉口 ), which lies on the northern bank of the Yangtze." }, { "text": "Wuhan is considered by some to be one of the potential sites of the pivotal Battle of the Red Cliffs, a battle that stopped warlord Cao Cao's incursion into southern China at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. Other historical events taking place in Wuhan include the Wuchang Uprising of 1911," } ]
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A BIOS what, defined as the disk partition that contains the operating system folder, is needed on GPT-partitioned storage devices to hold the second stages of GRUB?
Boot partition
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[ { "text": "The boot partition (or boot volume) is the disk partition that contains the operating system folder, known as the system root or %systemroot% in Windows NT. A single partition may be both a system and a boot partition." }, { "text": "A BIOS boot partition is needed on GPT-partitioned storage devices to hold the second stages of GRUB. On traditional MBR -partitioned devices, the disk sectors immediately following the first are usually unused, as the partitioning scheme does not designate them for any special purpose and partitioning tools avoid them for alignment purposes." } ]
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What is the borough seat of the borough where West Point Village Seaplane Base is located?
West Point Village Seaplane Base is located in Kodiak Island Borough, whose seat is Kodiak.
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[ { "text": "West Point Village Seaplane Base ( IATA: KWP, FAA LID: KWP) is a public use seaplane base located in West Point, in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by the West Point Canning Co." }, { "text": "Kodiak Island Borough (Russian: Остров Кадьяк) is a borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2010 census, the population was 13,592.[3] The borough seat is Kodiak.[4]" } ]
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What is the name of the type of glaciovolcano that forms when lava erupts beneath a thick glacier or ice sheet and whose magma is not hot enough to melt metal pipes?
A subglacial mound (SUGM)
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[ { "text": "A subglacial volcano, also known as a glaciovolcano, is a volcanic form produced by subglacial eruptions or eruptions beneath the surface of a glacier or ice sheet which is then melted into a lake by the rising lava." }, { "text": "A subglacial mound (SUGM) is a type of subglacial volcano. This type of volcano forms when lava erupts beneath a thick glacier or ice sheet. The magma forming these volcanoes was not hot enough to melt a vertical pipe right through the overlying glacial ice, instead forming hyaloclastite and pillow lava deep beneath the glacial ice field." } ]
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The Australian national park that shares its name with the river whose catchment includes the small towns of Mutchilba and Almaden adjoins the northern boundary of which other national park?
Prince Regent National Park
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[ { "text": "Mitchell River National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2,140 kilometres (1,330 mi) northeast of Perth. The park adjoins the northern boundary of the Prince Regent National Park. The nearest towns are Derby, 350 kilometres (217 mi) to the southwest, as well as Wyndham, 270 km (168 mi) to the southeast." }, { "text": "The mouth of the river lies in the Gulf Plains Important Bird Area. The major towns in the river's catchment are Kowanyama, Chillagoe, Dimbulah, Mount Carbine, Mount Molloy. Other smaller towns in the Mitchell River catchment include Mutchilba and Almaden." } ]
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What type of Medicine is defined by the American Academy of Oral Medicine as the discipline of dentistry concerned with the oral health care of medically complex patients, the word for which also applies to a route of administration where a substance is taken through the mouth?
Oral
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[ { "text": "Oral Medicine is defined by the American Academy of Oral Medicine as the discipline of dentistry concerned with the oral health care of medically complex patients – including the diagnosis and management of medical conditions that affect the oral and maxillofacial region." }, { "text": "Oral administration is a route of administration where a substance is taken through the mouth. Per os abbreviated to P.O. is sometimes used as a direction for medication to be taken orally. Many medications are taken orally because they are intended to have a systemic effect, reaching different parts of the body via the bloodstream, for example." } ]
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At birth, Humans inhale what substance containing .93% argon approximately 30-60 times a minute in dry conditions?
Dry air
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[ { "text": "Tidal breathing is normal, resting breathing; the tidal volume is the volume of air that is inhaled or exhaled in only a single such breath. The average human respiratory rate is 30–60 breaths per minute at birth, decreasing to 12–20 breaths per minute in adults." }, { "text": "By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. Air also contains a variable amount of water vapor, on average around 1% at sea level, and 0.4% over the entire atmosphere." } ]
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The alphabet that was derived from Cyrillic script for Old Church Slavonic language shares its name with what enemy of the Punisher?
Russian
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[ { "text": "The Russian ( rus. Русский) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an enemy of the Punisher." }, { "text": "See media help. The Russian alphabet (Russian: ру́сский алфави́т, tr. russkiy alfavit, IPA: [ˈruskʲɪj ɐlfɐˈvʲit] or, more traditionally, Russian: ру́сская а́збука, tr. russkaya azbuka, IPA: [ˈruskəjə ˈazbʊkə]) was derived from Cyrillic script for Old Church Slavonic language." } ]
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What do black anther do when there are degraded and altered environments in tropical zones?
Colonize first there
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[ { "text": "Together with Portulaca oleracea, Ipomoea pes-caprae and Digitaria ciliaris, Melanthera biflora is usually one of the first species colonizing degraded or altered environments in tropical zones of the planet. Despite their general hardiness, leaves of Melanthera species are often attacked by rusts such as Uromyces columbianus and Uromyces martinii." }, { "text": "Melanthera, squarestem,[5] is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, native to North and South America, as well as Africa, Asia and Oceania, including Hawaiʻi.The generic name means \"black anther.\"[11]" } ]
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The Indian National Congress and The Movement for the Autonomies are both examples of what?
Political parties
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What group of passerine birds in the family Meropidae are a predator of bees?
The bee-eaters are a group of non-passerine birds in the family Meropidae.
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[ { "text": "Most pollen is used as food for their larvae. Vertebrate predators of bees include primates and birds such as bee-eaters; insect predators include beewolves and dragonflies ." }, { "text": "The bee-eaters are a group of non-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, containing three genera and twenty-seven species. Most species are found in Africa and Asia, with a few in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers. All have long down-turned bills and medium to long wings, which may be pointed or round. Male and female plumages are usually similar." } ]
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The third-largest city in Greece is traditionally the place of martyrdom of which saint?
Patras, the third-largest city in Greece, is traditionally the place of martyrdom of Saint Andrew.
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[ { "text": "Greece's largest metropolitan centers and most influential urban areas, are those of Athens and Thessaloniki with metropolitan populations of approximately four million and one million inhabitants respectively. The third largest city is Patras, with a metropolitan area of 314.567 inhabitants." }, { "text": "As of the 2011 census, the city of Patras has a population of 167,446 and the municipal unit has 170,896 inhabitants; the municipality has 213,984 inhabitants. The population of its functional urban area was 217,555 in 2011.[2] The core settlement has a history spanning four millennia. In the Roman period, it had become a cosmopolitan center of the eastern Mediterranean whilst, according to the Christian tradition, it was also the place of Saint Andrew's martyrdom." } ]
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The name for what historic region in northwestern Iran that borders Iraq and Turkey is derived from Atropates, the Persian Satrap of Medea in the Achaemenid empire?
Azerbaijan
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[ { "text": "The name Azerbaijan itself is derived from Atropates, the Persian Satrap (governor) of Medea in the Achaemenid empire, who ruled a region found in modern Iranian Azerbaijan called Atropatene. Atropates's name is believed to be derived from the Old Persian roots meaning \"protected by fire.\"" }, { "text": "Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan (Persian: آذربایجان‎, Āzarbāijān [ɒːzæɾbɒːjˈdʒɒːn]; Azerbaijani: آذربایجان‎, Āzerbāyjān [ɑːzæɾbɑjˈdʒɑn]), also known as Iranian Azerbaijan,[1] is a historical region in northwestern Iran that borders Iraq, Turkey, the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan." } ]
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What does the type of plant that the Pinguicula does not appear to be, derive its nutrients from?
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. However, carnivorous plants generate energy from photosynthesis
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[ { "text": "In the genus Pinguicula, the mucilage glands are quite short ( sessile ), and the leaf, while shiny (giving the genus its common name of ' butterwort '), does not appear carnivorous." }, { "text": "Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. However, carnivorous plants generate energy from photosynthesis." } ]
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CAA and DGAC are both what types of organization?
Civil aviation authority
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[ { "text": "The French Civil Aviation Authority (Direction générale de l'aviation civile) ( French: Direction générale de l'aviation civile, DGAC) is the French civil aviation authority. Its headquarters are in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, 50 Henry-Farman. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy ." }, { "text": "It is headquartered along Sri Aurobindo Marg, opposite Safdarjung Airport, in New Delhi. The Government of India is planning to replace the organisation with a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), modelled on the lines of the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)." } ]
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What measures variations in spectral lines to confirm the presence of the planet using the binary mass function, thereby providing information about a planet's mass?
The radial velocity method
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[ { "text": "The radial velocity can be deduced from the displacement in the parent star's spectral lines due to the Doppler effect. The radial-velocity method measures these variations in order to confirm the presence of the planet using the binary mass function ." }, { "text": "While the radial velocity method provides information about a planet's mass, the photometric method can determine the planet's radius. If a planet crosses ( transits) in front of its parent star's disk, then the observed visual brightness of the star drops by a small amount, depending on the relative sizes of the star and the planet." } ]
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Brachamios was a duke of what city that the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt largely destroyed?
Antioch
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[ { "text": "Antioch had been the chief city of the region since the time of the Roman Empire. When the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt drove out the knights in 1268, they largely destroyed the city to deny access to the region in the event that the Crusaders returned." }, { "text": "The Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates appoints Brachamios as duke (or governor) of Antioch and domestikos (or commander-in-chief) of the East, thus legitimizing Brachamios' hold of northern Syria and Cilicia. Early. Robert Guiscard sends his eldest son, Bohemond, to make preparations for his invasion of the Byzantine Empire." } ]
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Fresno and Calexico are both what?
Cities.
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[ { "text": "The largest cities in the region (over 50,000 population), from most to least populous, are Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Salinas, Visalia, Clovis, Santa Maria, Merced, Turlock, Madera, Lodi, Tulare, Porterville, Hanford and Delano ." }, { "text": "Calexico, seen from the International Space Station, is situated north of the Mexico–US border. Calexico ( / kəˈlɛksɪkoʊ /) is a city in southern Imperial County, California. Situated on the Mexico–United States border, it is linked economically with the much larger city of Mexicali, the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California." } ]
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What medical condition do the diuretic drugs of indapamine and metolazone both potentially treat?
They can help with high blood pressure.
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[ { "text": "Not to be confused with Metaxalone, a muscle relaxant. Metolazone is a thiazide-like diuretic marketed under the brand names Zytanix, Metoz, Zaroxolyn, and Mykrox. It is primarily used to treat congestive heart failure and high blood pressure." }, { "text": "Indapamide is a thiazide-like diuretic drug generally used in the treatment of hypertension, as well as decompensated heart failure. Combination preparations with perindopril (an ACE inhibitor antihypertensive) are also available." } ]
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What type of raised land mass was built at the mouth of the Plymouth Sound?
A promontory fort
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[ { "text": "An ancient promontory fort was located at Rame Head at the mouth of Plymouth Sound with ancient hillforts located at Lyneham Warren to the east [2], Boringdon Camp and Maristow Camp [3] to the north [4] . The settlement of Plympton, further up the River Plym than the current Plymouth, was also an early trading port." }, { "text": "A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula )." } ]
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Did the campaign against Narentian pirates take place before or after the birth of Pietro IV Candiano?
It took place before.
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[ { "text": "She was possibly the child of a Venetian and one of the Slav women who were brought to Venice as captives after the campaign against the Narentian pirates in the Adriatic in 887, before she married Pietro III Candiano." }, { "text": "Her four sons were Pietro IV Candiano (930 - 976), Domenigo Candiano, Bishop of Torcello, Vitale Candiano, Doge of Venice (-979) and Stefano Candiano. Her daughter Elena Candiano and her future husband Gerardo Guoro were the original persons upon whom the English dramatist William Shakespeare based his story Romeo and Juliet." } ]
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What was established in 1879 by Lars Olsson Smith and is produced in Åhus, Sweden that is one of the largest brands of spirits in the world?
Absolut
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[ { "text": "Absolut is one of the largest brands of spirits in the world (after Smirnoff, Bacardi) and is sold in 126 countries. Absolut practices a One Source production philosophy, meaning that all of their production takes place in and around the village of Åhus, Sweden." }, { "text": "Absolut was established in 1879 by Lars Olsson Smith and is produced in Åhus, Sweden. Smith challenged the city of Stockholm's liquor marketing monopoly with his vodka." } ]
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What is the estimated number of species in the family that includes Colobopsis saundersi?
There are an estimated 22,000 species in the Formicidae, the family to which Colobopsis saundersi belongs.
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[ { "text": "Colobopsis saundersi, synonym Camponotus saundersi, is a species of ant found in Malaysia and Brunei, belonging to the genus Colobopsis. A worker can explode suicidally and aggressively as an ultimate act of defense, an ability it has in common with several other species in this genus and a few other insects." }, { "text": "Colobopsis is a genus of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. This genus was first described in 1861 by Mayr and contains 95 species. The type species is Colobopsis truncata.[1][2][3]" }, { "text": "The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little tendency toward reduction of palp or antennal segmentation in most species, except subterranean groups." }, { "text": "Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants appear in the fossil record across the globe in considerable diversity during the latest Early Cretaceous and early Late Cretaceous, suggesting an earlier origin. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified." } ]
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What is Pottery and what were the earliest forms made from?
Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard, durable form. The earliest forms of pottery were made from clays that were fired at low temperatures, initially in pit-fires or in open bonfires.
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[ { "text": "The earliest forms of pottery were made from clays that were fired at low temperatures, initially in pit-fires or in open bonfires. They were hand formed and undecorated. Earthenware can be fired as low as 600 °C, and is normally fired below 1200 °C." }, { "text": "Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard, durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain." } ]
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What fast growing city in Australia second to Adelaide was originally home to the Peramangk Aboriginal people?
Mount Barker
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[ { "text": "Mount Barker was originally home to the Peramangk Aboriginal people. The Ngarrindjeri people from the east also used the Summit for ceremonial and burial sites. The Mount Barker Summit is a significant Aboriginal area, and may be one of the most sacred sites near Adelaide." }, { "text": "Other than that, Mount Barker was the next fastest growing at 2.4% followed by City of Adelaide at 2.3% This group of areas are found around Metropolitan Adelaide along a 70 km stretch of the Gulf St Vincent coast and up to 50 km inland. Amalgamation of the City of Kensington and Norwood, the City of Payneham and the Town of St Peters." } ]
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The historical origin of Japanese martial arts can be found in the warrior traditions of what group that were hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century to their abolition in 1876?
Japanese martial arts originated with the samurai.
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[ { "text": "The historical origin of Japanese martial arts can be found in the warrior traditions of the samurai and the caste system that restricted the use of weapons by other members of society. Originally, samurai were expected to be proficient in many weapons, as well as unarmed combat, and attain the highest possible mastery of combat skills." }, { "text": "Samurai (侍) were the hereditary military nobility[1] and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century to their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the daimyo (the great feudal landholders). They had high prestige and special privileges such as wearing two swords. They cultivated the bushido codes of martial virtues, indifference to pain, and unflinching loyalty, engaging in many local battles" } ]
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In the medieval era Kingdom of Dakkinadesa, what was the consequence of the royalty having no heirs?
It gave them thorny problems.
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[ { "text": "The boundaries of the Kingdom of Maya Rata are Deduru Oya River from North, and Kalu River River from South. Being heirless has provided royalty with a thorny problem throughout history." }, { "text": "The Maya Rata (Principality of Maya Rata), also known as the Kingdom of Dakkinadesa, was a medieval era Sinhalese kingdom located in Western part of Sri Lanka. The capitals were Kelaniya & Panduwasnuwara. The boundaries of the Kingdom of Maya Rata are Deduru Oya River from North, and Kalu River River from South." } ]
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From what language did the term for a legal judgment that is a decision made at the discretion of the judge and is closely related to teleology come from?
The Latin arbitrarius.
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[ { "text": "Arbitrary comes from the Latin arbitrarius, the source of arbiter; someone who is tasked to judge some matter. An arbitrary legal judgment is a decision made at the discretion of the judge, not one that is fixed by law. In some countries, a prohibition of arbitrariness is enshrined into the constitution." }, { "text": "Arbitrary actions are closely related to teleology, the study of purpose. Actions lacking a telos, a goal, are necessarily arbitrary. With no end to measure against, there can be no standard applied to choices, so all decisions are alike." } ]
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Screwpine was first described from specimens from what location?
Maluku Islands
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[ { "text": "Pandan: Pandan, also known as screwpine, is a popular additive to green or black tea in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Citrus peel : The best known of this class is Earl Grey tea, which is made by infusing black teas with citrus or bergamot peel." }, { "text": "Pandanus amaryllifolius is a true cultigen, and is believed to have been domesticated in ancient times. It is sterile and can only reproduce vegetatively through suckers or cuttings. It was first described from specimens from the Maluku Islands, and the rare presence of male flowers in these specimens may indicate that it is the origin of the species." } ]
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What type of bagpipe native to the Principalities of Asturias and Cantabria are larger than the Galician gaita which is of the same key?
Gaita asturiana
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[ { "text": "The gaita asturiana is of larger size than the Galician gaita of the same key; that is to say, its pipes are of longer dimensions. The reed of the chanter ( payuela) is of smaller size than the galician reed." }, { "text": "The gaita asturiana is a type of bagpipe native to the autonomous communities of Principality of Asturias and Cantabria on the northern coast of Spain . The gaita asturiana is of larger size than the Galician gaita of the same key; that is to say, its pipes are of longer dimensions." } ]
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The Lunga and the Garvellachs scenic area lie in which area whose seas form a Special Area of Conservation?
The Firth of Lorn.
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[ { "text": "Scarba, Lunga and the Garvellachs is the name of one of the 40 national scenic areas of Scotland. The designated area covers the islands of Scarba, Lunga and the Garvellachs, all of which lie in the Firth of Lorn, along with much of the surrounding seascape." }, { "text": "The Firth of Lorn, which surrounds the islands, is rich in wildlife, with basking sharks, whales, dolphins and seals all present. The seas of the Firth form a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) due to the reefs present in the waters." } ]
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PL/I and Python are both examples of what?
Programming languages
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[ { "text": "Python is a multi-paradigm programming language. Object-oriented programming and structured programming are fully supported, and many of its features support functional programming and aspect-oriented programming (including by metaprogramming and metaobjects (magic methods))." }, { "text": "For the process of implementing new programming languages, see Programming language design § Design and implementation. PL/I ( Programming Language One, pronounced / piː ɛl wʌn / and sometimes written PL/1) is a procedural, imperative computer programming language developed and published by IBM." } ]
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What type of Mestizo -Mexican narrative genre is similar to the rancheras which have introductory instrumental music and adornos accommodating the stanzas of the lyrics?
Corridos.
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[ { "text": "Corridos, like rancheras, have introductory instrumental music and adornos (ornamentations) accommodating the stanzas of the lyrics. Like rancheras, corridos can be played in virtually all Regional Mexican styles. Also like rancheras, corridos are usually played in Polka, Waltz]" }, { "text": "In the Mestizo -Mexican cultural area the three variants of corrido (romance, revolutionary and modern) are both alive and sung, along with popular sister narrative genres, such as the \" valona \" of Michoacán state, the \" son arribeño \" of the Sierra Gorda (Guanajuato, Hidalgo and Querétaro states) and others." } ]
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Lysogeny broth ( LB) is a nutritionally rich medium primarily used for the growth of what, which constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms?
Bacteria
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[ { "text": "Lysogeny broth ( LB) is a nutritionally rich medium primarily used for the growth of bacteria. Its creator, Giuseppe Bertani, intended LB to stand for lysogeny broth, but LB has also come to colloquially mean Luria broth, Lennox broth, or Luria–Bertani medium." }, { "text": "Bacteria (/bækˈtɪəriə/ (About this soundlisten); common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) are a type of biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms." } ]
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The spider coneflower is a part of what genus containing bisexual flowers in a dense spike or "cone"?
Isopogon.
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[ { "text": "They are shrubs with rigid leaves, bisexual flowers in a dense spike or \"cone\" and the fruit is a small, hairy nut . Plants in the genus Isopogon are erect or prostrate shrubs with rigid, usually compound, rarely simple leaves." }, { "text": "Isopogon adenanthoides, commonly known as the spider coneflower, is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with sharply-pointed, trifid leaves and spherical heads of pink flowers." } ]
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In physics, a charge is any of many different quantities, such as the what, which the elementary charge is an example of, in electromagnetism or the color charge in quantum chromodynamics?
Electric charge
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[ { "text": "The elementary charge, usually denoted by e or sometimes q e is the electric charge carried by a single proton or, equivalently, the magnitude of the negative electric charge carried by a single electron, which has charge −1 e. This elementary charge is a fundamental physical constant." }, { "text": "In physics, a charge is any of many different quantities, such as the electric charge in electromagnetism or the color charge in quantum chromodynamics. Charges correspond to the time-invariant generators of a symmetry group, and specifically, to the generators that commute with the Hamiltonian." } ]