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The man whose school was named for the walkways at the Lyceum where the members met, had a father who held what profession?
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Aristotle's father was a soldier.
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"text": "Aristotle was the boyhood tutor of Alexander the Great, who later sent him plants and animals from parts of his new empire. Aristotle's father, Nicomachus, was a soldier of King Amyntas of Macedonia. From his eighteenth to his thirty-seventh year, Aristotle lived in Athens, as a metic and student of Plato."
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"text": "The Peripatetic school, founded by Aristotle, was actually known simply as the Peripatos. Aristotle's school came to be so named because of the peripatoi (\"walkways\", some covered or with colonnades) of the Lyceum where the members met."
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What did a political group that formed to fight against the leftwing and rightwing merge into with six other political groups in 1928?
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The Proletarian Masses Party merged with six other political parties to create the Japan Masses Party.
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"text": "The Proletarian Masses Party claimed to have around 2,500 members. At the time of its foundation, the party declared its intention to struggle against leftwing sectarianism and rightwing disruptionism."
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"text": "In October 1928 a women's organization linked to the Proletarian Masses Party, the Proletarian Women's Alliance, was founded. On December 20, 1928 the party merged with the Japan Labour-Farmer Party, the Japan Farmers Party and four regional political parties, to create the Japan Masses Party."
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Did the Meletian schism or the death of Emperor Justinian I occur first?
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The Meletian schism occurred first.
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"text": "According to the pre-congregation church tradition, this ancient patriarchate was founded by the Apostle Saint Peter. The patriarchal succession was disputed at the time of the Meletian schism in 362 and again after the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when there were rival Melkite and non-Chalcedonian claimants to the see."
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"text": "It was formulated in the laws of Emperor Justinian I(527–565) of the Roman Empire. In this model, the Christian churchis governed by the heads (patriarchs) of the five major episcopal seesof the Roman Empire: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. [3]"
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How much kidney function would someone with Hepatorenal syndrome have?
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Someone with this condition would have kidneys that are functioning at less than 15% of normal levels.
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"text": "Hepatorenal syndrome is a particular and common type of kidney failure that affects individuals with liver cirrhosis or, less commonly, with fulminant liver failure. The syndrome involves constriction of the blood vessels of the kidneys and dilation of blood vessels in the splanchnic circulation, which supplies the intestines."
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"text": "Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the kidneys are functioning at less than 15% of normal levels.[2] Kidney failure is classified as either acute kidney failure, which develops rapidly and may resolve; and chronic kidney failure, which develops slowly and can often be irreversible.[6] Symptoms may include leg swelling, feeling tired, vomiting, loss of appetite, and confusion."
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At the eastern border of France with Germany, it is one of the de facto four main capitals of what Union?
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The EU.
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"text": "Strasbourg is situated at the eastern border of France with Germany. This border is formed by the Rhine, which also forms the eastern border of the modern city, facing across the river to the German town Kehl."
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"text": "Strasbourg is one of the de facto four main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Luxembourg and Frankfurt ), as it is the seat of several European institutions, such as the European Parliament, the Eurocorps and the European Ombudsman of the European Union."
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What central working part of an engine has six of them in the flat-six engine?
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A cylinder.
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"text": "A flat-six engine, also known as a horizontally opposed-six, is a six-cylinder piston engine with three cylinders on each side of a central crankshaft. The most common type of flat-six engine is the boxer-six engine, where each pair of opposed cylinders moves inwards and outwards at the same time."
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"text": "A cylinder is the central working part of an engine, the space in which a piston travels. Mostly several cylinders are arranged side by side in an engine block. This short article about transport can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it."
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Taiwanese Mandarin and English are both examples of what?
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Languages
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"text": "one of the two union languages of India alongside English, official along with 21 others; official in the Indian states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand . Co-official language in New Mexico and Puerto Rico."
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"text": "Taiwanese Mandarin refers to any of the varieties of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Taiwan. The standard form of this language, called Guoyu (traditional Chinese: 國語; simplified Chinese: 国语; pinyin: Guóyǔ; lit. 'National Language'), is the official national language of Taiwan and is thus used in the education system and official communications."
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Vaishnavi is a Matrika Goddess also known as what manifestation of the Hindu Mother Goddess?
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Vaishno Devi.
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"text": "Vaishnavi ( Sanskrit: वैष्णवी, IAST: Vaishṇavī) is a Hindu goddess and is also a Matrika goddess. She is the ferocious form of Lakshmi and is considered as the Shakti of Vishnu."
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"text": "Vaishno Devi (also known as Mata Rani, Trikuta, Ambe and Vaishnavi) is a manifestation of the Hindu Mother Goddess, Devi. The words \" Maa \" and \" Mata \" are commonly used in India for mother, and thus are often heavily used in connection with Vaishno Devi."
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Of the words for "chancellor" in Austria, Spain, and Germany, which is the longest?
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The word is longest in Austria.
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"text": "However, in Spain the term canciller refers to a civil servant in the Spanish diplomatic service responsible for technical issues relating to foreign affairs. As to the German foreign service, the term Kanzler (chancellor) refers to the administrative head of a diplomatic mission."
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"text": "The Vice-Chancellor stands in for the Federal Chancellor in his complete field of functions. If both Federal Chancellor and Vice Chancellor are hindered, the Federal President appoints a member of the government to represent the Federal Chancellor."
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What is often described as the human understanding and practices of the sharia, and is the Islamic version of what legal philosophers hope to obtain a deeper understanding of?
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Jurisprudence.
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"text": "Fiqh ( / fiːk /; Arabic: فقه [faqɪah]) is Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is often described as the human understanding and practices of the sharia, that is human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and the Sunnah (the teachings and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions)."
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"text": "Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal philosophers, hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions. As jurisprudence has developed, there are three main aspects with which scholarly writing engages:"
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The Washington, D.C. combined statistical area (although not its metropolitan area) also includes the city of Baltimore as part of the Baltimore–Washington what, which Cleveland also has?
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Metropolitan area
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"text": "The Washington, D.C. combined statistical area (although not its metropolitan area) also includes the city of Baltimore as part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area."
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"text": "Ohio is home to many professional and college sports teams. The metropolitan areas of Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus are home to major league professional sports teams in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer."
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Tibetan and Pure Land are forms of what?
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Buddhism
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"text": "Tantric initiation is required to enter into the practice of tantra. Unsurpassable Yoga Tantra, ( Skt. anuttarayogatantra, also known as Mahayoga) are in turn seen as the highest tantric practices in Tibetan Buddhism. Anuttarayoga tantric practice is divided into two stages, the generation stage and the completion stage."
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"text": "Specifically, with Pure Land Buddhism, many forms of devotion were developed to recollect and connect with the celestial Buddhas, especially Amitābha . Most Buddhists use ritual in pursuit of their spiritual aspirations."
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How many different nations are participating in the convention that has designated 4 sites in Albania as Wetlands of International Importance?
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169 national governments are participating in the Ramsar Convention
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"text": "Ramsar identifies wetlands of international importance, especially those providing waterfowl habitat . There are currently over 2400 Ramsar sites around the world, protecting 214,936,005 hectares (531,118,440 acres), and 169 national governments are currently participating."
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"text": "This is a list of wetlands in Albania which are designated by the Ramsar Convention as sites of international importance. Currently, Albania has 4 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a total surface area of 98,181 ha (981.81 km 2 )."
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Which insect that can be found in Central America is dangerous to plants belonging to the Nicotiana species?
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The Chloridea virescens can be found in Central America. It's larvae is dangerous to plants of the Nicotiana species.
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"text": "Chloridea virescens, commonly known as the tobacco budworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae found throughout the eastern and southwestern United States along with parts of Central America and South America. It is a major pest of field crops including tobacco (as its common name suggests) and cotton."
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"text": "Chloridea virescens larvae are a field crop pest, attacking a wide variety of crops. As its common name suggests, it is widely described as attacking tobacco plants of the Nicotiana species, but it also favors cotton, alfalfa, clovers, soybean, and flax plants."
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How many people speak The Pame language, number 1 (azure), and the languages of the Oto-Pamean Otomi and Mazahua combined?
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There are 512,000 speakers.
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"text": "The Pame language, number 1 (azure), north. The Pame languages are a group of languages in Mexico that is spoken by around 12,000 Pame people in the state of San Luis Potosí. It belongs to the Oto-Pamean branch of the Oto-Manguean language family."
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"text": "In central Mexico, particularly in the states of Mexico, Hidalgo and Querétaro, the languages of the Oto-Pamean branch are spoken: the Otomi and the closely related Mazahua have over 500,000 speakers combined."
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The Battle of Covadonga was a battle that took place in 718 or 722 between the army of Pelagius the Visigoth and the army of what, which later lost the Battle of the Defile?
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Umayyad Caliphate
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"text": "After a major defeat in the Battle of the Defile in 731, the Umayyads lost control over most of Transoxiana, while in 734–736 al-Harith ibn Surayj led a major rebellion against the Caliphate's governors in Khurasan itself."
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"text": "The Battle of Covadonga was a battle that took place in 718 or 722 between the army of Pelagius the Visigoth and the army of the Umayyad Caliphate. Fought near Covadonga in the Picos de Europa, either in 718 or 722, it resulted in a victory for the forces of Pelagius."
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The Little Tennessee River and the Mountain Fork of the Little River are both types of what?
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Tributaries.
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"text": "The Little Tennessee River is a 135-mile (217 km) tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains from Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee, in the southeastern United States."
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"text": "Mountain Fork, also known as the Mountain Fork of the Little River, is a 98-mile-long (158 km) tributary of the Little River in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Little and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River ."
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The Second World War has arguably come in western discourse to signify the very idea of a just war involving what, which Manichaeism's cosmology also centered on?
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Good versus Evil
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"text": "Sometimes referred to as \"The Good War,\" the Second World War has arguably come in western discourse to signify the very idea of a just war between Good (The Allies) and Evil (The Axis), in both popular and at times even academic spheres."
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"text": "Manichaeism taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process that takes place in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of light, whence it came."
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In physics, thermal contact conductance is the study of what, which the thermal conductivity is the ability of a material to do, between solid bodies in thermal contact?
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Heat conduction
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"text": "The thermal conductivity (k-value) is the ability of a material to conduct heat; hence, the lower the k-value, the better the material is for insulation. Expanded polystyrene (EPS) has a k-value of around 0.033 W/ (m⋅K)."
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"text": "In physics, thermal contact conductance is the study of heat conduction between solid bodies in thermal contact. The thermal contact conductance coefficient, , is a property indicating the thermal conductivity, or ability to conduct heat, between two bodies in contact. The inverse of this property is termed thermal contact resistance ."
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The Arsenal VB 10 and Arsenal-Delanne 10-C2 were both what?
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Fighters
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"text": "The Arsenal VB 10 was a French fighter - interceptor aircraft developed during and shortly after World War II. It was a low-wing monoplane with retractable tailwheel undercarriage and of largely orthodox configuration."
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"text": "The Arsenal-Delanne 10-C2 two-seat fighter, designed by Maurice Delanne and built by the Arsenal de l'Aéronautique, was of so-called Nenadovich biplane or tandem wing configuration, the tandem-mounted wings providing a continuous slot effect and offering exceptional center of gravity range."
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In most cases peppermint or what, also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, are used to provide the flavor of mint ice cream?
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Spearmint
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"text": "Spearmint, also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, is a species of mint, Mentha spicata, native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east."
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"text": "Mint chocolate chip is an ice cream flavor composed of mint ice cream with small chocolate chips. In some cases the liqueur crème de menthe is used to provide the mint flavor, but in most cases peppermint or spearmint flavoring is used."
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The definition of an isometry requires the notion of a metric on what concept that is central to many parts of geometry and modern mathematical physics?
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manifold
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"text": "The definition of an isometry requires the notion of a metric on the manifold; a manifold with a (positive-definite) metric is a Riemannian manifold, one with an indefinite metric is a pseudo-Riemannian manifold. Thus, isometries are studied in Riemannian geometry ."
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"text": "Two-dimensional manifolds are also called surfaces. Examples include the plane, the sphere, and the torus, which can all be embedded (formed without self-intersections) in three dimensional real space, but also the Klein bottle and real projective plane, which will always self-intersect when immersed in three-dimensional real space."
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Probably the most famous incendiary attack is the bombing, during WWII by the Allies, of what city that's the capital of the Free State of Saxony?
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The Allies used incendiary attacks on the city of Dresden.
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"text": "Probably the most famous incendiary attack is the bombing of Dresden, Germany during WWII by the Allies. Flamethrower s are also incendiary devices. This short article about the military can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it."
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"text": "Dresden (Upper Sorbian: Drježdźany) is the capital of the Free State of Saxony. It is in the southeast of Germany, on the River Elbe near the border with the Czech Republic. It has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification)."
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Aaron Ashmore and David Kaufman both portrayed versions of what comic book character?
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They both played Jimmy Olsen.
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"text": "Kaufman lent his voice to several well-known animated series, including Jimmy Olsen from Superman: The Animated Series / Superman: Brainiac Attacks, and Justice League, and Dexter Douglas from Freakazoid, as well as filling in for Michael J. Fox in both the roles of Marty McFly on Back to the Future and Stuart Little in HBO 's Stuart Little."
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"text": "Aaron Ashmore is known for his roles on American television series, such as Jimmy Olsen on Smallville and Steve Jinks on Warehouse 13 and Johnny Jaqobis on the Canadian television series Killjoys. He is the identical twin brother of actor Shawn Ashmore ."
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Regarding the life form with white gills, what is a common name for it?
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The train wrecker.
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"text": "The gills are white and their attachment to the stem is adnate to subdecurrent or decurrent. The spore mass is white and the spores are cylindrical in shape. The spore dimensions are 8-12.5 by 3.5-5 µm. The stem bears the same coloration as the cap and is also covered in dark scales in the region below the white ring ."
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"text": "Common names for it include scaly lentinus and train wrecker . Neolentinus lepideus fruit bodies are tough, fleshy, agarics of variable size. The cap is at first convex and flattens with maturity while the margin remains inrolled."
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What is the process that has a region called the lamina dura and is a ridge on the inferior surface of the mandible?
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On the maxilla, the alveolar process is a ridge on the inferior surface.
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"text": "In humans, the tooth-bearing bones are the maxilla and the mandible. The curved part of each alveolar process on the jaw is called the alveolar arch . On the maxilla, the alveolar process is a ridge on the inferior surface, and on the mandible it is a ridge on the superior surface."
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"text": "The alveolar process contains a region of compact bone adjacent to the periodontal ligament (PDL), called the lamina dura when viewed on radiographs. It is this part which is attached to the cementum of the roots by the periodontal ligament. It is uniformly radiopaque (or lighter). Integrity of the lamina dura is important when studying radiographs for pathological lesions."
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What diocese, for many years absorbed by the Bishopric of Coimbra, had the conditions to support a bishop only after recovering from the victory of Ferdinand I of León?
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Diocese of Viseu
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"text": "The lands of Viseu frequently switched hands between the Christians and Moors, who referred to Viseu as Bazu, and was definitely taken in 1058, due to the victory of Ferdinand I of León. But, his siege left such destruction that only in 1147–1148, during the Reconquista, that the Diocese of Viseu had the conditions to support a bishop."
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"text": "But, his siege left such destruction that only in 1147–1148, during the Reconquista, that the Diocese of Viseu had the conditions to support a bishop. For many years it had been absorbed by the Bishopric of Coimbra, due to the intervention of the priors, including S. Teotónio."
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The voiceless palatal lateral fricative and a voiceless fricative phoneme are both types of what in languages?
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Sounds.
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"text": "The voiceless palatal lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in a few spoken languages. This sound is somewhat rare; Dahalo has both a palatal lateral fricative and an affricate; Hadza has a series of affricates. In Bura, it is the realization of palatalized /ɬʲ/ and contrasts with [ʎ] ."
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"text": "The sj-sound ( Swedish: sj-ljudet [ˈɧêːˌjʉːdɛt]) is a voiceless fricative phoneme found in most dialects of the sound system of Swedish. It has a variety of realisations, whose precise phonetic characterisation is a matter of debate, but which usually feature distinct labialization."
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Dai Ön Ulus preceded what dynasty that annexed the areas of the southwest that had once been part of the Kingdom of Dali following the successful effort by Hui Muslim Ming armies to defeat Yuan -loyalist Mongol and Hui Muslim troops?
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Ming.
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"text": "ᠤᠯᠤᠰ, Dai Ön Ulus, literally \"Great Yuan State\" ), was a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division and a ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongol Borjigin clan, lasting from 1271 to 1368. In Chinese historiography, this dynasty followed the Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty ."
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"text": "In 1381, the Ming dynasty annexed the areas of the southwest that had once been part of the Kingdom of Dali following the successful effort by Hui Muslim Ming armies to defeat Yuan -loyalist Mongol and Hui Muslim troops holding out in Yunnan province."
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What function represented by Γ is used to study the Riemann zeta function?
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The gamma function.
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"text": "In mathematics, the gamma function (represented by Γ, the capital letter gamma from the Greek alphabet) is one commonly used extension of the factorial function to complex numbers. The gamma function is defined for all complex numbers except the non-positive integers. For any positive integer n ,"
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"text": "In terms of the gamma function, the Pi function is Π ( n ) = n ! {\\displaystyle \\Pi (n)=n!} for every non-negative integer n . The gamma function is used to study the Riemann zeta function. A property of the Riemann zeta function is its functional equation :"
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The USS Chelan County was commissioned on what date?
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The USS Chelan County (originally USS LST-542) was commissioned on 29 February 1944.
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"text": "USS LST–542 was the lead ship of her class of tank landing ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later named USS Chelan County (LST-542) for the county in Washington, the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name."
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"text": "LST-542 was laid down on 29 November 1943 at Evansville, Indiana by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company; launched on 28 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Robert C. Dean; and commissioned on 29 February 1944."
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What is the area of the reginal airport sometimes known as Shepherd Field?
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Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport covers an area of 998 acres.
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"text": "The Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport ( IATA: MRB, ICAO: KMRB, FAA LID: MRB ), also known as Shepherd Field, is a civilian-owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Martinsburg, a city in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States."
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"text": "Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport has had airline service through the years into the early 1970s, including Allegheny, Lake Central, and Cumberland Airlines. The last Lake Central timetable before merging with Allegheny in 1968, showed 3 flights a day with one to Elkins, WV & two to Baltimore, using Nord 262 prop jets. After the merger Allegheny continued to serve the airport for several years. Allegheny eventually upgraded the aircraft to Convair 580 prop jets & the nonstop service changed to Washington (DCA) & Clarksburg, WV, with 3 or 4 departures a day.[4]Facilities and aircraftThe airport covers an area of 998 acres (411 ha)"
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Which animal's bones are used for divination by priests in the religion that worships water buffalo?
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Chicken bones
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"text": "Most Zhuang follow traditional animist practices known as Mo or Shigong which include elements of ancestor worship. The Mo have their own sutra and professional priests known as Bu Mo who traditionally use chicken bones for divination."
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"text": "Buffalo King Festival - celebrated in Niutouzhai Village, Wenshan County, where there is a Buffalo King Temple. The Zhuang have long worshipped the water buffalo. The Zhuang peoples of Yunnan and Guangxi have a rich tradition of written and unwritten stories. Zhuang folk stories often take the form of songs."
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Pilosa and Sirenia are both names of what?
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Orders
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"text": "The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. They are native to the Americas. There are around 20 extant species. The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas . The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, monkeys, and apes ."
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"text": "There are six extant species of shrew opossum. They are small shrew -like marsupials confined to the Andes . Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell."
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What are Maya ceramics and what are they made from?
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Maya ceramics are ceramics produced in the Pre-Columbian Maya culture of Mesoamerica. They are made from two main types of materials that relate to their social structure, limestone and volcanic ash.
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"text": "Maya ceramics are ceramics produced in the Pre-Columbian Maya culture of Mesoamerica. The vessels used different colors, sizes, and had varied purposes. Vessels for the elite could be painted with very detailed scenes, while utilitarian vessels were undecorated or much simpler."
},
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"text": "Maya ceramics are made from two main types of materials that relate to their social structure, limestone and volcanic ash. Most of the land around the Mayans was limestone, which is where calcite comes from. These were mainly made as gifts and given to make local alliances, and these vessels are found in a more localized area. Whereas the ones made from volcanic ash are more widespread because they were thought to be given as gifts from the upper class to make very large alliances, through the Maya trade systems."
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Which sect of mathematics studies Rhombus and Rhombic triacontahedron?
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Geometry
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"text": "In geometry, the rhombic triacontahedron, sometimes simply called the triacontahedron as it is the most common thirty-faced polyhedron, is a convex polyhedron with 30 rhombic faces. It has 60 edges and 32 vertices of two types."
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"text": "The rhombic dodecahedron is a convex polyhedron with 12 congruent rhombi as its faces . The rhombic triacontahedron is a convex polyhedron with 30 golden rhombi (rhombi whose diagonals are in the golden ratio) as its faces."
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What is the transposition of a performer switching places of objects very fast usually confused for?
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It is often confused for a branch of magic.
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"text": "Transposition, sleight of hand (magic), a performer appears to make two different objects ( [usually] coins or cards) switch places with one another faster than physically possible."
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"text": "Because of its heavy use and practice by magicians, sleight of hand is often confused as a branch of magic. But it is actually a separate genre of entertainment and many artists practice sleight of hand as an independent skill."
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What structure of the brain has the griseum pontis and the Pontine micturition center?
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The pons.
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"text": "The Pontine micturition center (PMC, also known as Barrington's nucleus) is a collection of neuronal cell bodies located in the rostral pons in the brainstem involved in the supraspinal regulation of micturition. When activated, the PMC relaxes the urethral sphincter allowing for micturition to occur."
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"text": "The pontine nuclei (or griseum pontis) are the nuclei of the pons involved in motor activity. The pontine nuclei are located in the ventral pons."
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How is modern core and veneer walls different from the original construction that was filled with rubble?
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In modern times, the core is generally made of concrete block instead of rubble.
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"text": "Core-and-veneer, brick and rubble, wall and rubble, ashlar and rubble, and emplekton all refer to a building technique where two parallel walls are constructed and the core between them is filled with rubble or other infill, creating one thick wall. Originally, and in later poorly constructed walls, the rubble was not consolidated."
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"text": "Modern masonry still uses core and veneer walls; however, the core is now generally concrete block instead of rubble, and moisture barriers are included.[2] Often such walls end up as cavity walls by the inclusion of space between the external veneer and the core in order to provide for moisture and thermal control"
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What appelation alongside Cognac is produced in a region of Gascony, southwest France?
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Armagnac.
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"text": "Armagnac ( / ˈɑːrmənjæk /, French: [aʁmaɲak]) is a distinctive kind of brandy produced in the Armagnac region in Gascony, southwest France."
},
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"text": "The majority are brandies and eaux-de-vie forming part of the Cognac and Armagnac appellations. Additional appellations cover apple -based cider, pommeau and Calvados, and the rums of Martinique ."
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What European country has the largest waterfall in the continent called Dettifoss, and has a 751,345 km economic zone?
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Iceland.
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"text": "Iceland is an island country in Northern Europe, straddling the Eurasian and North American plates between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the British Isles . Extent (locations outside mainland in parentheses) Exclusive economic zone: 751,345 km 2 (290,096 sq mi) with 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)"
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"text": "Dettifoss, located in northeast Iceland. It is the largest waterfall in Europe in terms of volume discharge, with an average water flow of 200 m 3 /s. Iceland is an island country in Northern Europe, straddling the Eurasian and North American plates between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the British Isles ."
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What part of Colombia is covered by the watershed of the river that the Caroní joins at Puerto Ordaz?
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This watershed covers most of the eastern part of Colombia.
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"text": "The Orinoco Basin is the part of South America drained by the Orinoco river and its tributaries. The Orinoco watershed covers an area of about 990000 km 2, making it the third largest in South America, covering most of Venezuela and eastern part of Colombia ."
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"text": "Most of the important Venezuelan rivers are tributaries of the Orinoco River, the largest being the Caroní, which joins it at Puerto Ordaz, close to the Llovizna Falls."
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Which is longer in Japanese: the word for village or Nippon?
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The word for Nippon is longer.
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"text": "A village (村, mura) is a local administrative unit in Japan . It is a local public body along with prefecture (県, ken, or other equivalents), city (市, shi), and town (町, chō, sometimes machi). Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture ."
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"text": "The Japanese names for Japan are Nippon ( にっぽん) and Nihon ( にほん ). They are both written in Japanese using the kanji 日本 . Before Nihon came into official use, Japan was known in China as Wa ( 倭) or Wakoku ( 倭國 ). The name was first used during the third-century Three Kingdoms period, and can be translated as \"dwarf\" or \"submissive\"."
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What word is the last name of the singer who worked with several artists including Amy Grant and The Isley Brothers and the first name of Matt Shultz band?
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Cage.
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"text": "Cage started her music career as a background singer, working with several artists including Amy Grant and The Isley Brothers. Cage moved from Kentucky to Atlanta to pursue a music career."
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"text": "Matt Shultz began his art career as the lead singer and a founding member of Cage The Elephant. While continuing his musical career, Shultz has gone on to explore a vast array of artistic mediums, including dance, fashion design, visual art, and performance art."
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What is the largest city in the state that Baden-Baden station is located in?
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Stuttgart
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"text": "Baden-Baden station is the most important of the three railway stations in the city of Baden-Baden in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is regularly served by local and long distance trains operated by Deutsche Bahn."
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"text": "As a federated state, Baden-Württemberg is a partly-sovereign parliamentary republic. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Other cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Ulm ."
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What is another word for a circular halo when representing the sun?
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Radiate crown
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"text": "A solar symbol is a symbol representing the Sun. Common solar symbols include circles (with or without rays), crosses, and spirals. In religious iconography, personifications of the Sun or solar attributes are indicated by means of a halo or a radiate crown ."
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"text": "Among the best known halo types are the circular halo (properly called the 22° halo ), light pillars, and sun dogs, but many others occur; some are fairly common while others are (extremely) rare."
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What 5 to 15 millimetres long crustaceans are named after the Greek words for thin and shell?
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Leptostraca.
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"text": "Leptostraca (from the Greek words for thin and shell) is an order of small, marine crustaceans. Its members, including the well-studied Nebalia, occur throughout the world's oceans and are usually considered to be filter-feeders."
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"text": "Leptostracans are usually small, typically 5 to 15 millimetres (0.2 to 0.6 in) long, crustaceans distinguished from all other members of their class in having seven abdominal segments, instead of six. Their head has stalked compound eyes, two pairs of antennae (one biramous, one uniramous ), and a pair of mandibles but no maxillipeds."
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Are the ocarina and bianzhong both ancient or modern?
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Both are ancient.
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"text": "The ocarina is an ancient wind musical instrument —a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. It is traditionally made from clay or ceramic, but other materials are also used—such as plastic, wood, glass, metal, or bone."
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"text": "Bianzhong (pronounced [pi̯ɛ́n t͡ʂʊ́ŋ]) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of bronze bells, played melodically. China is the earliest country to manufacture and use musical chimes. They are also called Chime Bells."
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Masturus lanceolatus and Grenadiers are members of what species?
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Fish.
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"text": "For other uses, see Rat tail. Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the subfamily Macrourinae, the largest subfamily of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this subfamily are amongst the most abundant of the deep-sea fish."
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"text": "The sharptail mola ( Masturus lanceolatus) is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters. It is similar in appearance to the ocean sunfish ( Mola mola ), but can be distinguished by the projection on its clavus (pseudo-tail). Other common names include sharpfin sunfish, point-tailed sunfish, and trunkfish."
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How old is the oldest replica of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Germany in the district with neighboring districts Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Wartburgkreis, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Rhön-Grabfeld, Bad Kissingen?
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It is 1299 to 1301 years old.
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"text": "Fulda ( German pronunciation: [ˈfʊlda]) is a Kreis ( district) in the north-east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Wartburgkreis, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Rhön-Grabfeld, Bad Kissingen, Main-Kinzig, Vogelsbergkreis ."
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"text": "St. Michael's Church, in Fulda, Hesse, is considered to be the oldest replica of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Germany, built in the Carolingian architectural style ( Pre-Romanesque) on behalf of abbot Eigil in the years (820 - 822)."
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The immense Himalayas and the Carpathians are both names of what?
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Mountain ranges.
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"text": "Sometimes other names occur to describe the formation of separate mountain ranges: for example Carpathian orogeny for the Carpathians, Hellenic orogeny for the Pindus, Altai orogeny for Altai Mountains or the Himalayan orogeny for the Himalayas."
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"text": "The geology of the Himalayas is a record of the most dramatic and visible creations of the immense mountain range formed by plate tectonic forces and sculpted by weathering and erosion."
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Are there more stages or factors of awakening?
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There are more factors of awakening.
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"text": "The teaching of the four stages of awakening is a central element of the early Buddhist schools, including the Theravada school of Buddhism, which still survives. In the Sutta Pitaka several types of Buddhist practitioners are described, according to their level of attainment."
},
{
"text": "In the Sutta Pitaka 's Samyutta Nikaya, the bojjhangas refer to wholesome, mundane factors leading to enlightenment. In the Abhidhamma and Pali commentaries, the bojjhangas tend to refer to supramundane factors concurrent with enlightenment. According to one discourse in the Samyutta Nikaya entitled \"Bhikkhu Sutta\" ( SN 46.5):"
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In the Spanish basketball league system that has the Liga Endesa, what type of format does it use with a promotion and relegation?
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Hierarchical.
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"text": "The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system."
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"text": "The Spanish basketball league system is a series of connected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Spain. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels."
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What group of people has the rich traditional folklore called Ranchos Folclóricos had the first global empire in history?
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The Portuguese.
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"text": "The Portuguese Empire ( Portuguese: Império Português ), forby kent as the Portuguese Owerseas ( Ultramar Português ), wis the first global empire in history. This airticle is a stub. Ye can help Wikipaedia bi expandin it."
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"text": "The Portuguese participate in many cultural activities, indulging their appreciation of art, music, drama, and dance. Portugal has a rich traditional folklore ( Ranchos Folclóricos ), with great regional variety."
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During the British Iron Age, who inhabited the area that was once ruled by chieftains of the Cornovii?
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It was inhabited by a Celtic people known as the Britons.
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"text": "During the British Iron Age, Cornwall, like all of Britain (modern England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man), was inhabited by a Celtic people known as the Britons with distinctive cultural relations to neighbouring Brittany."
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"text": "Recent discoveries of Roman remains in Cornwall indicate a greater Roman presence there than once thought.[14] After the collapse of the Roman Empire, Cornwall (along with Devon, parts of Dorset and Somerset, and the Scilly Isles) was a part of the Brittonic kingdom of Dumnonia, ruled by chieftains of the Cornovii who may have included figures regarded as semi-historical or legendary, such as King Mark of Cornwall and King Arthur, evidenced by folklore traditions derived from the Historia Regum Britanniae."
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Washukanni and Nineveh are ancient regions of what present day country with the capital of Baghdad?
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Iraq.
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"text": "It occupies the area of present-day Iraq and Kuwait, and parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. Shown are Washukanni, Nineveh, Hatra, Assur, Nuzi, Palmyra, Mari, Sippar, Babylon, Kish, Nippur, Isin, Lagash, Uruk, Charax Spasinu and Ur, from north to south."
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"text": "The capital and largest city is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Yazidis, Shabakis, Armenians, Mandaeans, Circassians, Sabians and Kawliya. Around 95-98% of the country's 38 million citizens are Muslims, with small minorities of Christians, Yarsans, Yezidis and Mandeans also present."
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The country with which Italy shares a 515 km border is the what largest country in Europe?
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Third
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"text": "The France–Italy border is the international boundary between France and Italy . The Franco-Italian border is 515 kilometres (320 mi) long, in southeast France and northwest Italy. It begins at the west tripoint of France–Italy–Switzerland ( / 45.92306°N 7.04444°E / 45.92306; 7.04444"
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"text": "Metropolitan France has a total size of 551,695 km 2 (213,011 sq mi) (Europe only). It is the third largest country in Europe after Russia and Ukraine . This section does not cite any sources."
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What culture flourished in 12,500 – c. 9,500 cal. BCE in the area where Homo sapiens went through to colonize Eurasia?
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The Natufian culture.
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"text": "Archaeological evidence suggests that Homo sapiens and other hominid species originated in Africa (see hominid dispersal) and that one of the routes taken to colonize Eurasia was through the Sinai Peninsula desert and the Levant, which means that this is one of the most important and most occupied locations in the history of the Earth."
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"text": "The latest part of the period ( c. 12,500 – c. 9,500 cal. BCE) is the time of flourishing of the Natufian culture and development of sedentism among the hunter-gatherers . This culture existed from about 13,000 to 9,800 BCE in the Levant. Numerous archaeological excavations have led to a relatively well defined understanding of these people."
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The mass-produced Bréguet 14 and the Bre.XII are both types of what?
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Aircrafts.
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"text": "The Bréguet 14 was among the first mass-produced aircraft to use large amounts of aluminium, rather than wood or steel, in its structure. This allowed the airframe to be both lighter and stronger, in turn making the aircraft fast and agile and it was able to outrun some contemporary fighters ."
},
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"text": "The Bre.VI and Bre.XII were, in turn, developments of the Bre.V This aircraft was a refinement of the escort fighter that Breguet Aviation had designed and was manufactured by Michelin as the Breguet-Michelin BUC."
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Which military unit that's the the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom adopted the QF 3-inch 20 cwt as the most commonly used type in WWI?
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It was use by the British Army.
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"text": "During World War I, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft gunnery developed rapidly. The British Army eventually adopted the QF 3-inch 20 cwt as the most commonly used type. Shortly before the end of the war, a new QF 3.6 inch gun was accepted for service but the end of the war meant it did not enter production."
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"text": "The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. As of 2021, the British Army comprises 82,230 regular full-time personnel and 30,030 reserve personnel"
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What inorganic compound with the formula Ag I is used to seed clouds?
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Silver iodide is used in cloud seeding.
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"text": "Silver iodide is an inorganic compound with the formula Ag I. The compound is a bright yellow solid, but samples almost always contain impurities of metallic silver that give a gray coloration. The silver contamination arises because AgI is highly photosensitive. This property is exploited in silver-based photography."
},
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"text": "Silver iodide is also used as an antiseptic and in cloud seeding.Contents1\tStructure2\tPreparation and properties3\tCloud seeding4\tSafety5\tReferencesStructureThe structure adopted by silver iodide is temperature dependent:[2]"
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What is the county seat of the county that contains over 1000 lakes in the state that has the M-11 state trunkline highway?
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Grand Rapids.
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"text": "M-11 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. The highway runs through the western and southern sides of the metro area, starting over the border in Ottawa County at an interchange with Interstate 96 (I-96)."
},
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"text": "Grand Rapids is the county seat of Itasca County, a county that contains over 1000 lakes . The city of Grand Rapids sits at the junction of U.S. Highways 2 and 169. U.S. Highway 2 runs west towards Bemidji and east towards Duluth."
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In the Chinese language, what is the official name of the southernmost province in the People's Republic of China?
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In the Chinese language, Hainan is officially known as Hainan Dao.
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"text": "Hainan ( 海南) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. Hainan Island, the largest and most populous island under PRC administration, makes up the vast majority (97%) of the province."
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"text": "In the Chinese language, Hainan is officially known as Hainan Dao.The province has land of 33,920 square kilometers (13,100 sq mi), of which Hainan the island is 32,900 square kilometers (12,700 sq mi) and the rest is over 200 islands scattered across three archipelagos: Zhongsha, Xisha and Nansha. It was part of Guangdong from 1950–88, after which it resumed as a top-tier entity as almost immediately made the largest Special Economic Zone by Deng Xiaoping as part of the Chinese economic reform."
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What type venom do both Southern black racers and Sonora snakes have?
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none
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"text": "The southern black racer can be mistaken for a cottonmouth – a venomous snake more commonly called a water moccasin. The venomous snake has a white lining inside of its mouth. Racers are nonvenomous and do not breed with cottonmouths."
},
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"text": "Sonora is a small genus of small harmless colubrid snakes commonly referred to as ground snakes, which are endemic to North America . They range through central and northern Mexico, and the Southwestern United States . They are sand dwellers."
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The main island of this country has an area of 35,808 square kilometres and its highest dam is named what?
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Techi Dam is the highest dam in Taiwan.
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"text": "Forming the 454 ha (1,120-acre) Techi Reservoir (德基水庫), the dam is built in the Tachien Gorge in Heping District, providing hydroelectric power, irrigation water, and some flood control, and is operated by the Taiwan Power Company. At 180 m (590 ft), it is the highest dam in Taiwan and one of the tallest dams in the world."
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"text": "The main island of Taiwan has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan."
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There are about 8,000 practicing Jews of Jewish origin in the country whose name was conceived as a reference to what?
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The New World
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"text": "The name \"Colombia\" is derived from the last name of the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus ( Italian: Cristoforo Colombo, Spanish: Cristóbal Colón ). It was conceived as a reference to all of the New World."
},
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"text": "Some Colombian surnames of Arab origin include: Guerra (originally Harb), Domínguez (Ñeca), Durán (Doura), Lara (Larach), Cristo (Salibe), among other surnames. There are about 8,000 Colombians of Jewish origin who practice Judaism, most of them live in Bogotá."
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What is a converse of one of the expressions given in the Poisson distribution?
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A converse in Raikov's theorem.
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"text": "A converse is Raikov's theorem, which says that if the sum of two independent random variables is Poisson-distributed, then so are each of those two independent random variables."
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"text": "In probability theory and statistics, the Poisson distribution (/ˈpwɑːsɒn/; French pronunciation: [pwasɔ̃]), named after French mathematician Denis Poisson, is a discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space if these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event."
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For the route that begins at an intersection with SR 45, what routes join its concurrency south of Macon?
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US 129 / SR 247.
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"text": "The concurrent routes pass northwest of Middle Georgia Regional Airport, before curving to the north. Approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Macon, US 129 / SR 247 (Hawkinsville Road) join the concurrency. The five highways cross over the Tobesofkee and Rocky creeks and enter Macon."
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"text": "SR 49 begins at an intersection with SR 45 (Plains Highway) at a point about 5.6 miles (9.0 km) north of Dawson, in Terrell County. It heads to the northeast and crosses over Kinchafoonee Creek into Sumter County. The highway continues to the northeast."
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What catalyzed fusion, current methods for obtaining which however require far more energy than can be produced by the resulting catalyzed nuclear fusion reactions, is a process allowing nuclear fusion to take place at temperatures significantly lower than the temperatures required for thermonuclear fusion, even at room temperature or lower?
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Muons
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"text": "Muon-catalyzed fusion ( μCF) is a process allowing nuclear fusion to take place at temperatures significantly lower than the temperatures required for thermonuclear fusion, even at room temperature or lower. It is one of the few known ways of catalyzing nuclear fusion reactions."
},
{
"text": "Current methods for obtaining muons however require far more energy than can be produced by the resulting catalyzed nuclear fusion reactions, and this is one of the main reasons muon catalyzed fusion reactors haven't been constructed."
}
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d5de5d100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What is a perfect score at both German universities and PLM?
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A 1.0
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"text": "When the point system is used, a grade of 4 (5 points) is the lowest passing grade, and 4- (4 points) the highest failing grade. German universities (except for law schools) grade with a scale of 1 to 5: Most of the universities use \"mit Auszeichnung bestanden\" (passed with distinction/ excellent) if the grade is a perfect score of 1.0."
},
{
"text": "PLM utilizes a semester-based modular system for conducting courses, adopts features of the American system ( credits ), and employs the General Weighted Average (GWA) system and a 1.00 to 5.00 grading scale, with 1.00 being the highest possible grade for a particular undergraduate course."
}
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d5de5d560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The heraldic device believed to derive from two legendary Earls, Arthal and Morvidus, belongs to a title of peerage in the UK that has been created how many times in English history?
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The title of Earl of Warwick has been created 4 times.
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"text": "Earl of Warwick is one of the most prestigious titles in the peerages of the United Kingdom. The title has been created four times in English history, and the name refers to Warwick Castle and the town of Warwick . The first creation came in 1088, and the title was held by the Beaumont and later by the Beauchamp families."
},
{
"text": "It was traditionally associated in its feudal form with possession of Warwick Castle. The ancient heraldic device of the Earls of Warwick, the Bear and Ragged Staff, is believed to derive from two legendary Earls, Arthal and Morvidus."
}
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d5de5da60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What is the county town of the county that the Vale of White Horse historically belonged to?
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Reading is the county town of Berkshire, the county that the Vale of White Horse historically belonged to.
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"text": "The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England. It was historically a north-west projection of Berkshire. The area is commonly referred to as the 'Vale of the White Horse' and is crossed by the Ridgeway National Trail in its far south, across the North Wessex Downs AONB at the junction of four counties."
},
{
"text": "Berkshire (/ˈbɑːrkʃɪər, -ʃər/ (About this soundlisten)[2] BARK-shər, -sheer; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by the Queen as the Royal County of Berkshire in 1957 because of the presence of Windsor Castle, and letters patent were issued in 1974.[3][4] Berkshire is a county of historic origin, a ceremonial county and a non-metropolitan county without a county council. The county town is Reading."
}
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d5de5df60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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When did the battle that was part of Allied Operation Stonewall and that led to the sinking of the HMS Enterprise and the HMS Glasgow happen?
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28 December 1943
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"text": "The battle was fought as part of the Allied Operation Stonewall which was to intercept German blockade runners off the west coast of France. In the confused action that followed the two British cruisers HMS Enterprise and HMS Glasgow respectively sank T26, together with her sister ship T25 and the destroyer Z27."
},
{
"text": "The Battle of the Bay of Biscay was a naval action that took place on 28 December 1943 during World War II as part of the Atlantic campaign. The battle took place in the Bay of Biscay between two light cruisers of the British Royal Navy, and a destroyer and a torpedo boat flotilla of the German Kriegsmarine hoping to intercept and escort a blockade runner. The battle was fought as part of the Allied Operation Stonewall which was to intercept German blockade runners off the west coast of France. In the confused action that followed the two British cruisers HMS Enterprise and HMS Glasgow respectively sank T26, together with her sister ship T25 and the destroyer Z27.[2][3]"
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d5de5e3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What was both issued to Palestinians by the Israeli civil admin and to the German residents by the district authorities to motorized vehicles?
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Vehicle registration plates.
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"text": "During this period of the Israeli governance of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinians had license plates issued by the Israeli civil administration. Blue (West Bank) and white (Gaza Strip) plates with a Hebrew letter in a white or orange field on the left side that identified the origin of the car's holder."
},
{
"text": "German vehicle registration plates ( German: Kraftfahrzeug-Kennzeichen or, more colloquially, Nummernschilder) are alphanumeric plates in a standardized format, issued officially by the district authorities to motorized vehicles of German residents."
}
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d5de5e8c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What three muscles insert on the bone that forms the bony part of the heel?
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Three muscles insert on the calcaneus: the gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris.
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"text": "In humans and many other primates, the calcaneus ( / kælˈkeɪniəs /; from the Latin calcaneus or calcaneum, meaning heel) or heel bone is a bone of the tarsus of the foot which constitutes the heel. In some other animals, it is the point of the hock . The calcaneus forms the bony part of the heel."
},
{
"text": "In the calcaneus, an ossification center, is developed during the 4th – 7th week of fetal development . Three muscles insert on the calcaneus: the gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris. These muscles are part of the posterior compartment of the leg and aid in walking, running and jumping."
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d5de5edc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Orbivirus belonging to the family Reoviridae and the zoonotic mosquito vectored Togavirus both infect what animal?
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Equines, aka horses.
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"text": "Eastern equine encephalitis ( EEE ), commonly called Triple E or sleeping sickness (not to be confused with African trypanosomiasis ), is a disease caused by a zoonotic mosquito vectored Togavirus that is present in North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean."
},
{
"text": "African horse sickness ( AHS) is a highly infectious and deadly disease caused by African horse sickness virus. It commonly affects horses, mules, and donkeys. It is caused by a virus of the genus Orbivirus belonging to the family Reoviridae."
}
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d5de5f2c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Anti-neurofascin demyelinating diseases can produce both central and peripheral what that is the loss of the myelin sheath insulating the nerves?
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demylination
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"text": "Demyelination is the loss of the myelin sheath insulating the nerves, and is the hallmark of some neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, neuromyelitis optica]"
},
{
"text": "Anti-neurofascin demyelinating diseases (anti-NF diseases) refers to health conditions engendered by auto-antibodies against neurofascins, which can produce both central and peripheral demyelination. Some cases of combined central and peripheral demyelination (CCPD) could be produced by them."
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d5de5f7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What country is fourth in size among the countries of Africa and contains the Mediterranean coast and the Sahara Desert?
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Libya.
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"text": "Libya's location. Libya is fourth in size among the countries of Africa and seventeenth among the countries of the world. It is on the Mediterranean between Egypt and Tunisia, with Niger and Chad to the south and Sudan to the southeast."
},
{
"text": "Libya's topography. The Mediterranean coast and the Sahara Desert are the country's most prominent natural features. There are several highlands but no true mountain ranges except in the largely empty southern desert near the Chadian border, where the Tibesti Massif rises to over 2,200 metres."
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d5de601c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Solon language is a dialect of what language which in China there is no standard orthography for?
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Evenki
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"text": "In China there is no standard orthography for the Evenki language. Various main systems are used to document Evenki texts: a Latin-based, pinyin-like alphabet; Mongolian orthography (experimentally); as well as Chinese hieroglyphics. There are a few variations of Latin spelling for Evenki."
},
{
"text": "The Solons reside in the same areas where Daur do, in particular, in Evenk Autonomous Banner of Inner Mongolia, and elsewhere throughout the prefecture-level city of Hulunbuir. While the Solon language itself is a dialect of the Evenki language, most of the Solons are also bilingual in the Mongolic Daur language."
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d5de606c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Taoist deity of the wind is depicted as an old man holding a fan and a bag of winds made of what material?
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Goatskin.
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"text": "Fengbo (Chinese: 風伯), also known as Fengshi, is the Taoist deity of the wind. In ancient times, he was depicted as a grotesque deity with the body of a deer, the head of a bird, horns, the tail of a snake, and patterns of a leopard. Eventually, Fengbo was replaced by Feng Po Po."
},
{
"text": "In the mythology of the Ming dynasty, Fengbo was also known as the Count of the Wind ( Chinese: 風伯方天君, pinyin: Fēng bó fāng tiān jūn ), and is an old man holding a fan, with a yellow cloak, a blue and red cap, and a white beard. He holds a goatskin bag of winds and directs them as he pleases."
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In addition to Andrew, what person, who denied knowing Jesus three times, was called to be a fisher of men?
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Peter
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{
"text": "Following the arrest of Jesus, Peter denied knowing him three times, but after the third denial, he heard the rooster crow and recalled the prediction as Jesus turned to look at him. Peter then began to cry bitterly."
},
{
"text": "In the Gospel of Matthew and in the Gospel of Mark Simon Peter and Andrew were both called together to become disciples of Jesus and \"fishers of men\". These narratives record that Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, observed Simon and Andrew fishing, and called them to discipleship."
}
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Cynomys ludovicianus and the medium-sized rodent with a head-and body length of about 135 mm (5 in) and a tail of about 145 mm (6 in) are both noted for having black what?
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Tails
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"text": "The black-tailed prairie dog ( Cynomys ludovicianus) is a rodent of the family Sciuridae found in the Great Plains of North America from about the United States-Canada border to the United States-Mexico border. Unlike some other prairie dogs, these animals do not truly hibernate. The black-tailed prairie dog can be seen above ground in midwinter."
},
{
"text": "The black-tailed tree rat is a medium-sized rodent with a head-and body length of about 135 mm (5 in) and a tail of about 145 mm (6 in). The sides of the face are grey, and a dark band extends from the muzzle to around the eyes and below the ears."
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d5de61a20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Amino and propane phosphonic are both types of what?
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Acids
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"text": "It is a white crystalline solid. It is often used for the coupling of amino acids for peptide synthesis and as a reagent in organic synthesis . CDI can be prepared straightforwardly by the reaction of phosgene with four equivalents of imidazole under anhydrous conditions."
},
{
"text": "Propanephosphonic acid anhydride ( PPAA, T3P) is an anhydride of propane phosphonic acid. Its structure is a cyclic trimer, with a phosphorus–oxygen core and propyl groups and additional oxygens attached."
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d5de62420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What is the official language of the island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of a British Crown Dependency?
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French is the official language of Guernsey.
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"text": "In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The \"port\" distinguishes this parish from Saint Pierre Du Bois ."
},
{
"text": "Guernsey (/ˈɡɜːrnzi/ (About this soundlisten); Guernésiais: Giernési) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency."
}
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d5de62d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Winrdow and aerated static pile are both forms of what?
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Composting
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"text": "In-vessel composting can also refer to aerated static pile composting with the addition of removable covers that enclose the piles, as with the system in extensive use by farmer groups in Thailand, supported by the National Science and Technology Development Agency there."
},
{
"text": "Maturing windrows at an in-vessel composting facility. In agriculture, windrow composting is the production of compost by piling organic matter or biodegradable waste, such as animal manure and crop residues, in long rows ( windrows ). This method is suited to producing large volumes of compost."
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d5de63be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Did Emperor Xian rule before or after Emperor Yang?
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He ruled before.
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"text": "Emperor Yang, ruling from 604 to 618, committed to several large construction projects, most notably the completion of the Grand Canal, and the reconstruction of the Great Wall, a project which took the lives of nearly six million workers."
},
{
"text": "One of the most powerful warlords of his time, Yuan Shao spearheaded a coalition of warlords against Dong Zhuo, who held Emperor Xian hostage in the imperial capital, Luoyang, but failed due to internal disunity. In 200, he launched a campaign against his rival Cao Cao but was defeated at the Battle of Guandu."
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d5de64040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What major location is an informally and inexactly defined as part of this region that also has a former area combined with other districts to form a present-day borough?
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London
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"text": "North London is an informally and inexactly defined part of London, England, which covers part of the area of the capital lying north of the River Thames. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire."
},
{
"text": "Its former area was combined with that of other districts to form the present-day London Borough of Barnet . The urban district was divided into six wards for elections: Arkley East, Arkley West, Barnet North, Barnet South, Totteridge East and Totteridge West."
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d5de64540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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How many series were there of the science fiction show that is the basis for the novel Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers?
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Twelve
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"text": "Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers is a best-selling science fiction comedy novel by Grant Naylor, the collective name for Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, co-creators and writers of the Red Dwarf television series, on which the novel is based."
},
{
"text": "Red Dwarf is a British comedy franchise which primarily comprises twelve series and a feature-length special of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1993 and from 1997 to 1999, and on Dave in 2009 and 2012 and from 2016 to the present, gaining a cult following. The series was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.[1]The first six series were written by Grant and Naylor, while Series VII and VIII were written by Naylor with collaborations from other writers, and Series IX to XII and the 2020 special The Promised Land were written by Naylor alone. Series I and II were produced by Paul Jackson Productions"
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d5de649a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Bell and pentagonal pyramidal are both what?
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Numbers.
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[
{
"text": "the fourth ordered Bell number, and counts the number of weak orderings on a set of four items. the sum of the first five pentagonal numbers, and therefore a pentagonal pyramidal number."
},
{
"text": "75 ( seventy-five) is the natural number following 74 and preceding 76 . the fourth ordered Bell number, and counts the number of weak orderings on a set of four items. the sum of the first five pentagonal numbers, and therefore a pentagonal pyramidal number. an nonagonal number."
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d5de64ea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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How many less counties in the Idaho Panhandle are there than Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland?
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There are 8 less.
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"text": "Pop. The Idaho Panhandle —locally known as North Idaho —is a salient region of the U.S. state of Idaho encompassing the state's 10 northernmost counties: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone (though the southern part of the region is sometimes referred to as North Central Idaho )."
},
{
"text": "For the former Northern Ireland parliament at Stormont, see Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies. Northern Ireland is divided into 18 Parliamentary constituencies: 4 borough constituencies in Belfast and 14 county constituencies elsewhere."
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d5de653a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Pesaro and Urbino and Rovigo are both provinces in what country?
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Italy
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"text": "The Province of Pesaro and Urbino ( Italian: Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, pronounced [proˈvintʃa di ˈpeːzaro e urˈbiːno]) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro."
},
{
"text": "The Po river as it enters the province of Rovigo near Melara. The Adige river as it enters the province of Rovigo near Badia Polesine. The Province of Rovigo ( Provincia di Rovigo) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo ."
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d5de658a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What time period contained flightless elephant birds in the country where the local simpona lives?
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Early Holocene.
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"text": "Earlier in the Holocene, Madagascar had a number of megafaunal mammals: giant lemurs such as Archaeoindris which at over 200 kg was comparable in mass to the largest gorillas, as well as the hippopotamuses. The island also hosted flightless elephant birds weighing up to 700 kg, the largest known birds of all time."
},
{
"text": "The silky sifaka ( Propithecus candidus) is a large lemur characterized by long, silky, white fur. It has a very restricted range in northeastern Madagascar, where it is known locally as the simpona."
}
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d5de662a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The identity of what affects how a person views themself as well as how they interact with others where most cultures follow a binary of it?
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Gender.
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text
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"text": "Gender identity, specifically, refers to the experiences someone has that are similar to a person of a particular gender. This gender identity affects how a person views themself as well as how they interact with others."
},
{
"text": "Much of dominant society across cultures follows the construction of the gender binary, prescribing that everyone must either be a man or a woman. However, more genders exist outside of male and female. Recent decades have brought new terminology and means of using language to make space for a range of genders."
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d5de667a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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One of the few metal carbonates soluble in water, this alkaline compound was originally extracted from what kind of organic matter?
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Historically, sodium carbonate was extracted from the ashes of plants growing in sodium-rich soils.
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"text": "It is one of the few metal carbonates which are soluble in water. It is alkaline; it turns red litmus to blue. It has detergent properties through the process of saponification which makes fats and grease water miscible. Some common applications of sodium carbonate (or washing soda) include:"
},
{
"text": ". Historically, it was extracted from the ashes of plants growing in sodium-rich soils. Because the ashes of these sodium-rich plants were noticeably different from ashes of wood (once used to produce potash), sodium carbonate became known as \"soda ash.\""
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d5de66c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Medal of Honor and Atlantic Star were both created for what type of conflict?
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War.
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{
"text": "The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces."
},
{
"text": "British campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, Allied forces and civilians participating in specified military campaigns. Examples include the Defence Medal, for homeland defence in World War II, and the Atlantic Star for World War II sea service in the Atlantic."
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d5de67600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Which is colder: an object at absolute zero or one less than absolute zero?
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The object at absolute zero is colder than the object below absolute zero.
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{
"text": "A system with a negative temperature is not colder than absolute zero, but rather it is, in a sense, hotter than infinite temperature (sic). It is not clear what the \" (sic)\" at the end is supposed to mean, it doesn't seem to fit. In written language, the abbreviation (sic) stands for the latin 'sicut'."
},
{
"text": "In physics, absolute zero (0 K) is the coldest temperature. At that point, subatomic particles stop moving ( entropy is at its minimum). Certain things can reach temperatures below absolute zero, known as negative temperatures. This is very difficult to do, and only very small objects can reach negative temperatures."
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d5de67f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Kazakh is a member of what language group that Migration and linguistic assimilation helped to spread in Eurasia?
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Turkic
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[
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"text": "The Uzbeks ( Uzbek: Oʻzbek, Ўзбек, اوزبک, plural: Oʻzbeklar, Ўзбеклар, اوزبکلر) are a Turkic ethnic group native to wider Central Asia, being the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area."
},
{
"text": "The Kazakh language is a member of the Turkic language family, as are Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Uyghur, modern Turkish, Azeri, Turkmen, and many other living and historical languages spoken in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Xinjiang, and Siberia ."
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d5de683c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Fengshan and Lingchuan are both counties in what country?
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China
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{
"text": "Lingchuan County ( simplified Chinese: 灵川县; traditional Chinese: 靈川縣; pinyin: Língchuān Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Guilin city."
},
{
"text": "Fengshan County ( simplified Chinese: 凤山县; traditional Chinese: 鳳山縣; pinyin: Fèngshān Xiàn; lit.: 'phoenix mountain', zhuang: Fonghsan Yen) is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hechi City. Fengshan has one town, Fengcheng ( 凤城镇 ), and ten townships : Fengshan County is located in the northwest of Guangxi."
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d5de688c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Onion skin weathering, mechanical weathering caused by cyclic variations breaking rocks into smaller fragments or pieces is common in which rock?
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Granite and others
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"text": "Exfoliating granite is a granite undergoing exfoliation, or onion skin weathering ( desquamation ). The external delaminated layers of granite are gradually produced by the cyclic variations of temperature at the surface of the rock in a process also called spalling."
},
{
"text": "Chemical Weathering occurs in granite exfoliation by changing the mineral composition. Mechanical Weathering is the breakdown of rocks into smaller fragments or pieces. ^ a b c Petersen, James F., Dorthy Sack, and Robert E. Gabler."
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d5de68dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The spa town of Bad Dürkheim and the town of Barth situated at a lagoon can both be found in what country?
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Germany.
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"text": "Barth is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated at a lagoon ( Bodden) of the Baltic Sea facing the Fischland-Darss-Zingst peninsula. Barth belongs to the district of Vorpommern-Rügen. It is close to the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park."
},
{
"text": "Bad Dürkheim ( German pronunciation: [ˌbaːt ˈdyːɐ̯khaɪm]) is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration, and is the seat of the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany ."
}
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