Awal is the old name of Bahrain, an island country in the Persian Gulf. The name "Awal" was used for eight centuries. Awal is from the name of a god that was worshiped by people of the islands before Islam. Awal looked like the head of an ox. The god Awal is very similar to the god Nandi of the Hindus.
23rd century BC
The 23rd century BC is a century which was from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC.
24th century BC
The 24th century BC is a century which was from the year 2400 BC to 2301 BC.
In modern South Korean national mythology, the character Dangun founded the state Gojoseon in 2333 BC. Danjun ruled it for about 2000 years.
22nd century BC
The 22nd century BC is a century which was from the year 2200 BC to 2101 BC.
29th century BC
The 29th century BC is a century which was from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC.
Pacific Northwest tree octopus
The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus is a fake animal created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato. Zapato's website says the tree octopus is real, and that it lives on both land and water. Zapato created this website about the fake tree octopus to show how important it is to think carefully about whether things on the Internet are true or not.
The original website that described the fake species is commonly used as an example in internet literacy classes to teach students to check more carefully if sources of information are reliable.
The text included other hoax species and organizations, mixed with links to pages about "real" species and organizations. Despite the falsehoods shown on the site, all 25 seventh-grade students involved in one well-publicized test believed the content. All but one of the 25 rated the site as "very credible".
26th century BC
The 26th century BC is a century which was from the year 2600 BC to 2501 BC.
Xenon difluoride
Xenon difluoride is a chemical compound with the formula XeF. This noble gas compound can be used as a good fluorinating agent. Xenon difluoride is the most stable compound of all xenon compounds.
The compound shows a trigonal bipyramidal pseudostructure or a linear real structure in VSEPR theory.
Xenon difluoride is solid in state of matter. It is achromatic (without color) and in crystal form. Under high pressure and temperature, the compound can be produced from xenon and fluorine directly.
Xenon difluoride is used in organic syntheses as fluorinating agent.
Xenon difluoride can be destroyed by heating. It then results in the pure substances fluorine and xenon. This reactions happens explosively, even though that the enthalpy of reaction is negative (formula_2). That is because the reaction changes the state of matter from solid to gas. The gas needs more space in room.
600s BC (decade)
580s BC
200
Year 200 (CC) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
496 BC
Year 496 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
253
Year 253 (CCLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki (pronounced , , , ; born 10 February 1986 in Belgrade) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Viktor became pro in 2006. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Viktor play tennis right hand, two hand backhand.
242
Year 242 (CCXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarević (born June 22, 1984) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Janko became pro in 2002. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Janko plays tennis right handed. He has a two-handed backhand.
Plausible Prejudices: Essays on American Writing
Plausible Prejudices: Essays on American Writing is a book of essays about writing. The author is Joseph Epstein.
"Kirkus Reviews" and "Los Angeles Times" wrote about the book. The "Chicago Tribune" also had good things to say about the book. It said that Epstein's essays of literary criticism are his most interesting works and that they were definitely worth preserving together in a collection.
Stranger with My Face
Stranger with My Face is a fiction book. The author is Lois Duncan. It won an award called ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
Delhi Capitals
The Delhi Daredevils are a team in the Indian Premier League. In 2012 they qualified for the playoffs.
406 BC
Year 406 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
240
Year 240 (CCXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
276
Year 276 (CCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
173
Year 173 (CLXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
175
Year 175 (CLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
127
Year 127 (CXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
540s BC
203
Year 203 (CCIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Euclid's lemma
Euclid's lemma, also called Euclid's division lemma or Euclid's first theorem, is an important lemma. It was made by the mathematician Euclid.
He basically proposed that for any two integers (let us call them 'a' and 'b') there exists 2 unique integers (Let us call them ' q ' and ' r ') that satisfies the equation, a = qb + r, where r<a.
In the equation, the variable 'b' is dividing the variable 'a'. This makes 'b' the divisor and 'a' as the dividend
'q' is the quotient and 'r' is the remainder
The equation thus means that a dividend is equal to its divisor multiplied with its quotient and added with its remainder.
Thiruvalluvar
Thiruvalluvar ( in Tamil), was a Tamil poet and philosopher who wrote the classic of couplets of Tamil, "Thirukkural".
Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families known as fruit flies. The other family is the Drosophilidae.
There are nearly 5,000 species of tephritid fruit fly in almost 500 genera of the Tephritidae. Description and genetic analyses are constantly changing the taxonomy of this family. To distinguish them from the Drosophilidae, the Tephritidae are sometimes called 'peacock flies'.
Japanese imperial family tree
This is a family tree of the Emperors of Japan ("tenno") from Jimmu to the present day.
The legendary genealogy of the emperors includes Shinto deities.
SHINTO DEITIES
The traditional order of succession begins with Emperor Jimmu.
In the graphic chart, the names of Jimmu and his successors are highlighted in yellow. The ordinal numbers of the Japanese monarchs are in red; and these are also highlighted in yellow.
The pretenders of the Nanboku-chō period are highlighted in beige.
EMPERORS and EMPRESSES
Magnetic monopole
A magnetic monopole is a hypothetical particle in particle physics that is a magnet with only one magnetic pole (a north pole without a south pole or the other way around). Scientists are interested in this, as they are predicted in several particle theories, such as grand unified and superstring. Magnetism in normal bar magnets and electromagnets does not come from magnetic monopoles. There is not enough evidence to even be sure that magnetic monopoles exist in this universe.
Frank Bruno
Franklin Roy Bruno MBE (born 16 November 1961) is a British boxer-turned actor. His parents were from the Caribbean. He was born in Hammersmith, west London and grew up in Wandsworth, south London. He won the WBC heavyweight championship in 1995.
Bruno has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Carina nebula
The Carina nebula (NGC 3372 or the Great Nebula in Carina, the Eta Carina nebula) is a large, bright nebula. It is around 7,500 light years from Earth and has over 14,000 stars. It appears in the constellation of Carina in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way. The Carina nebula was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751 from the Cape of Good Hope. The French astronomer had made an astronomical expedition to record objects in the southern sky.
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’O sole mio
"" is a famous Naples song written in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua.