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There are 46 articles on the Simple English Wikipedia. All of the pages are free to use. They have all been published under both the *Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0* and the *GNU Free Documentation License*. **You can help here!** You may change these pages and make new pages. Read the help pages and other good pages to learn how to write pages here. If you need help, you may ask questions at Simple talk.

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Large volcanic eruptions can cause climate changes that last several years, so causing widespread famine.

Template:\*mp... that large **volcanic eruptions** *(pictured)* can cause climate changes that last several years, so causing widespread famine?
Template:\*mp... that the **Hoxne treasure** is the largest find of Roman silver and gold ever made in Britain?
Template:\*mp... that **Thompson Island**, a phantom island reported to be near Bouvet Island, may have existed and disappeared because of volcanic activity?
Template:\*mp... that **Christopher Hitchens** volunteered to be tortured by waterboarding so that he could write a magazine article?
Template:\*mp... that the largest known frog, ***Beelzebufo***, was big enough to have eaten baby dinosaurs?
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