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34299734 | 0 | Sonarika Bhadoria | 200 |
430109 | 1 | Shihad are a rock band from New Zealand, formed in 1988. The band consists of Jon Toogood (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Phil Knight (lead guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals), Karl Kippenberger (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Tom Larkin (drums, backing vocals, samplers). The band was known as Pacifier between 2001 and 2004. | 201 |
300531 | 1 | Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh person to walk on the Moon. Since he re-entered the Apollo Lunar Module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he was the last person to walk on the Moon. | 202 |
16023762 | 2 | The Dolphins won the 1984 AFC Championship, and appeared in Super Bowl XIX, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers, 38–16. To date this is the last season the Dolphins appeared in the Super Bowl. | 203 |
16023762 | 1 | The 1984 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 19th season, and 15th in the National Football League. It was also the 15th season with the team for head coach Don Shula. The Dolphins sought to build on a spectacular 1983 season where they went 12–4 with rookie quarterback Dan Marino, only to be upended by the Seattle Seahawks in the playoffs. | 204 |
53991189 | 1 | The 2017–18 season is Wigan Athletic's 86th year in existence and their first back in League One, after being relegated the previous season. Along with competing in the league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. Paul Cook was appointed as manager on 31 May 2017, signing a 3-year deal, following the departure of much of the previous coaching staff the day before. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. | 205 |
1133081 | 0 | Fu Manchu (band) | 206 |
20872342 | 1 | Ferdi Taygan (born December 5, 1956), is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is of Turkish descent. | 207 |
1396065 | 13 | Returning to the UK in 1983, Batt wrote, produced and arranged three more Top Ten hits, "Please Don't Fall in Love" (for Cliff Richard), "A Winter's Tale" (for David Essex, with lyrics co-written by Tim Rice) and "I Feel Like Buddy Holly" (for Alvin Stardust). In the same year, he helped write lyrics for Abbacadabra. In 1983, he wrote and produced "Ballerina (Prima Donna)", which, recorded by Steve Harley, peaked at no. 51 in the UK. | 208 |
53994830 | 1 | Evolve (stylized as ƎVOLVE) is the third studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons, released on June 23, 2017 by Kidinakorner and Interscope Records. After the release of their previous album "Smoke + Mirrors" (2015) and its respective world tour, a self-imposed hiatus for 2016 and cryptic messages from the band through their social media gained anticipation for their third album; it was finally announced on May 9, 2017, along with the initiation of its pre-order. In comparison to "Smoke + Mirrors" and their 2012 debut "Night Visions", frontman Dan Reynolds called the album an "evolution" for the band. | 209 |
20872625 | 1 | The 2009 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 40th season in the National Football League, the 50th overall and the 10th under head coach Bill Belichick. They finished with a 10–6 record and a division title before losing to the Baltimore Ravens in the playoffs. | 210 |
34300266 | 1 | Sports in Atlanta has a rich history, including the oldest on-campus NCAA Division I football stadium, Bobby Dodd Stadium, built in 1913 by the students of Georgia Tech. Atlanta also played host to the second intercollegiate football game in the South, played between the A&M College of Alabama (now Auburn University) and the University of Georgia in Piedmont Park in 1892; this game is now called the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry. The city hosts college football's annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and the Peachtree Road Race, the world’s largest 10 km race. Atlanta was the host city for the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics, and Downtown Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park was built for and commemorates the games. | 211 |
1133109 | 1 | Richard Wallace (born 1961) was the editor of British newspaper the "Daily Mirror" until May 2012. | 212 |
300519 | 0 | Citroën Saxo | 213 |
3879604 | 1 | Debra Byrd (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American vocalist who has worked with Barry Manilow in and after Lady Flash and Bob Dylan, appeared on Broadway, and serves as the head vocal coach for "American Idol" and "Canadian Idol", also singing backup for the contestants. Byrd has helped with vocals on the Hub Television Series "Majors and Minors". | 214 |
1133093 | 1 | Jewish Currents is a progressive, secular Jewish quarterly magazine and news site that is on the Jewish left. It features independent journalism, breaking news, political commentary, analysis, and a "countercultural" approach to Jewish arts and literature. | 215 |
38796739 | 1 | Samuel Worcester (1 November 1770, Hollis, New Hampshire – 7 June 1821, Brainerd, Tennessee) was a United States clergyman noted for his participation in a controversy over Unitarianism. | 216 |
1602378 | 1 | David Berlinski (born 1942) is an American author and academic who opposes the scientific consensus on the theory of darwinian evolution. He is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. | 217 |
47727 | 0 | Baltimore County, Maryland | 218 |
1829392 | 1 | The Chairperson of the African Union Commission is the head of the African Union Commission. On January 30, 2017, it was announced that Chad's Moussa Faki would become the further Chairperson. | 219 |
47727 | 4 | The name "Baltimore" derives from Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), the proprietor of the new colony in the Province of Maryland, and the town of Baltimore in County Cork, Ireland. The earliest known documentary record of the county is dated January 12, 1659, when a writ was issued on behalf of the General Assembly of Maryland to its sheriff. The official founding of the county came in 1659, among the now 23 counties of the State of Maryland. This assumes that a certain amount of organization and appointments in the middle 17th Century had already occurred. Previously, (old) Baltimore County was known more as a geographical entity than a political one, with its territorial limits including most of northeastern Maryland, which was then the northwestern frontier of the Province and included the present day jurisdictions of Baltimore City, Cecil and Harford Counties, as well as parts of Carroll, Anne Arundel, Frederick, Howard and Kent Counties. | 220 |
53994347 | 1 | A Lady Playing the Guitar (after 1670s) is an oil on canvas painting by an unknown copyist after a work by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. | 221 |
18294338 | 1 | Elizabeth Benjamin (born c. 1972) is a reporter for Time Warner Cable News (TWCN), serving as the editor-in-chief of "State of Politics," a blog covering the politics of the state of New York, and as the host of the daily political news and interview show "Capital Tonight". She has been employed with TWCN's predecessor YNN and NY1 since April 2011. Prior to this, she wrote a column for the "New York Daily News", also covering state and city politics. Before her position at the "News", she reported for the "Albany Times-Union" and blogged under its Capitol Confidential blog. | 222 |
18294550 | 1 | Vladimir Anatolyevich Fedorov or Fyodorov (, born 22 April 1971) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. He is the 1993 World bronze medalist with Anjelika Krylova. | 223 |
38797 | 0 | Arthur Andersen | 224 |
38797 | 1 | Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was an American holding company. Formerly one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young, and KPMG), the firm had provided auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations. By 2001, it had become one of the world's largest multinational companies. | 225 |
3004840 | 1 | Morphettville Racecourse is the main horse racing track for the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated in the Adelaide suburb of Morphettville, and is about 10 km from the Adelaide city centre. It is home to the South Australian Jockey Club. | 226 |
38795806 | 1 | The Fosters is an American family drama television series created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg. It premiered in the United States of America on June 3, 2013 on the Freeform (previously named ABC Family) television network and concluded on June 6, 2018. It follows the lives of the members of the Foster family led by lesbian couple Stef and Lena, a cop and school vice principal respectively, who raise one biological and four adopted children in San Diego, California. | 227 |
1133227 | 1 | Mind Funk (spelled Mindfunk on later releases) were an American rock band containing members of Chemical Waste and several other bands. The band was originally known as "Mind Fuck" but were forced by Epic Records to change their name. They signed to the Sony/Epic-label and released their self-titled debut album in 1991. Guitarist Jason Everman, known for stints on guitar and bass with Nirvana and Soundgarden, joined and later left in September 1994 to join the US Army 2nd Ranger Battalion and the Special Forces. Louis Svitek went on to later perform with Ministry and has since opened his new recording studio and label, Wu-Li Records. John Monte also later performed with Ministry. | 228 |
2087269 | 3 | The settlement of Las Vegas was founded in 1905 after opening of a railroad that linked Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The stopover attracted some farmers (mostly from Utah) to the area, and fresh water was piped in to the settlement. In 1911, the town was incorporated as part of the newly founded Clark County. Urbanization took off in 1931 when work started on the Boulder Dam (now the Hoover Dam), bringing a huge influx of young male workers, for whom theaters and casinos were built, largely by the Mafia. Electricity from the dam also enabled the building of many new hotels along the Strip. The arrival of Howard Hughes in 1966 did much to offset mob influence, and helped turn Las Vegas into more of a family tourist center, now classified as a Mega resort. | 229 |
11334441 | 1 | Koeleria is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. | 230 |
53999902 | 1 | Péle, a nickname for Pelegrina Pastorino, (1902 Genova, Italy - 1988 Buenos Aires, Argentina) she was a reputable Argentine women's fashion reporter, fashion editor, critics translator, feminist educator, and a member of the Florida group; she actively participated in the movement of women's rights during the 30's and 40's period. | 231 |
18293060 | 0 | Tampa Bay Rays | 232 |
18293060 | 1 | The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) East division. Since its inception, the team's home venue has been Tropicana Field. | 233 |
18293060 | 2 | Following nearly three decades of unsuccessfully trying to gain an expansion franchise or enticing existing teams to relocate to the Tampa Bay Area, an ownership group led by Vince Naimoli was approved on March 9, 1995. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays began play in the 1998 Major League Baseball season. | 234 |
18293060 | 3 | Their first decade of play, however, was marked by futility; they finished in last place in the AL East in all but the 2004 season, when they finished second-to-last. Following the 2007 season, Stuart Sternberg, who had purchased controlling interest in the team from Vince Naimoli two years earlier, changed the team's name from "Devil Rays" to "Rays", now meant to primarily refer to a burst of sunshine rather than a manta ray, though a manta ray logo remains on the uniform sleeves. The 2008 season saw the Tampa Bay Rays post their first winning season, their first AL East championship, and their first pennant (defeating the rival Boston Red Sox in the ALCS), though they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in that year's World Series. Since then, the Rays have played in the postseason in 2010, 2011, and 2013. | 235 |
6166124 | 3 | Another well-known species is the jumping bean moth ("C. deshaisiana"), whose caterpillars live in "Sebastiania" seeds, turning them into the famous "Mexican jumping beans". | 236 |
233912 | 9 | In 2000, the station was rebranded with a new logo which would remain with the station for another seven years. In addition, on 2 February 2002 a companion station, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, was launched as a digital-only service to complement the range of sport and to avoid clashes; previously BBC Local Radio stations and the long-wave frequency of BBC Radio 4 were used. Throughout this period, Five Live gained several awards including five Sony Awards in 2005; the single gold award was for its coverage of the 2004 Asian tsunami in the News Story Award category alongside another four silver awards and six nominations. The station also began to further its boundaries with the publication of the "Radio Five Live Sporting Yearbook". In August 2007, BBC Radio 5 Live was given a new logo in line with the rest of the BBC Radio network, and a new background design featuring diagonal parallel lines. | 237 |
13957613 | 1 | Herbert Blaché (5 October 1882 – 23 October 1953) was a British-born American film director, producer and screenwriter, born of a French mother. He directed 56 films between 1912 and 1929. | 238 |
343044 | 1 | The chief operating officer (COO), also called the chief operations officer, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, comprising part of the "C-Suite". The COO is responsible for the daily operation of the company, and routinely reports to the highest-ranking executive, usually the chief executive officer (CEO). | 239 |
477200 | 2 | Madonna, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are the biggest winners with three wins each, while the former also holds the record for most nominations with 12. Meanwhile, Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson and Lady Gaga are the only artists to win the award for two consecutive years. | 240 |
53999478 | 1 | Avane Srimannarayana ( He is Srimannarayana) is an upcoming Indian Kannada-language period romantic comedy film directed by Sachin Ravi, making his directorial debut, and jointly produced by H. K. Prakash and Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah. It features Rakshit Shetty and Shanvi Srivastava in the lead roles. Whilst the soundtrack and score is by Charan Raj and B. Ajaneesh Loknath, the cinematography is by Karm Chawla. | 241 |
1395774 | 1 | Windows Movie Maker (known as Windows Live Movie Maker for the 2009 and 2011 releases) is a discontinued video editing software by Microsoft. It was a part of Windows Essentials software suite and offered the ability to create and edit videos as well as to publish them on OneDrive, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, and Flickr. | 242 |
4772001 | 1 | Ze'ev Binyamin "Benny" Begin, (, born 1 March 1943) is an Israeli geologist and politician. He is a member of the Knesset for Likud, and is the son of former Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin. | 243 |
53998144 | 24 | On May 8, 2017, Netflix released the teaser trailer for the film and announced the release date as April 20, 2018. On January 4, 2018, Netflix released the first full-length trailer and announced that the release date had been moved up to March 23, 2018. | 244 |
2087269 | 0 | History of Las Vegas | 245 |
89483 | 1 | Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south (physically northeast–southwest) Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at I-40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island at the Canadian border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 401, the main Ontario freeway connecting Detroit via Toronto to Montreal. The major metropolitan areas that I-81 connects to include Harrisburg in Pennsylvania and Syracuse in New York. | 246 |
47721540 | 14 | BULLET::::- Ryan Potter as Riker | 247 |
54000320 | 1 | This list contains the top 20 posts with the most likes on the photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram. The most-liked post on Instagram is a photo of an egg which had over 53 million likes . That egg photo is also the most-liked internet post of all time of any website. | 248 |
3879486 | 1 | Nigel Lythgoe OBE (born 9 July 1949) is an English television and film director and producer, television dance competition judge, former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer. He was the producer of the shows "Pop Idol" and "American Idol" and is the creator and executive producer of, and a regular judge on, "So You Think You Can Dance". He also created the 2009 competition "Superstars of Dance". | 249 |
30047556 | 1 | John de Lacy ( – 22 July 1240) was the 2nd Earl of Lincoln, of the fourth creation. | 250 |
160246 | 2 | The word "Sherry" is an anglicisation of Xeres (Jerez). Sherry was previously known as "sack", from the Spanish "saca", meaning "extraction" from the solera. In Europe, "Sherry" has protected designation of origin status, and under Spanish law, all wine labelled as "Sherry" must legally come from the Sherry Triangle, an area in the province of Cádiz between Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and El Puerto de Santa María. In 1933 the Jerez "denominación de origen" was the first Spanish "denominación" to be officially recognised in this way, officially named "D.O. Jerez-Xeres-Sherry" and sharing the same governing council as "D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda". | 251 |
160246 | 1 | Sherry ( ) is a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain. Sherry is produced in a variety of styles made primarily from the Palomino grape, ranging from light versions similar to white table wines, such as Manzanilla and Fino, to darker and heavier versions that have been allowed to oxidise as they age in barrel, such as Amontillado and Oloroso. Sweet dessert wines are also made from Pedro Ximenez or Moscatel grapes, and are sometimes blended with Palomino-based sherries. | 252 |
18292996 | 1 | The Baylor Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games in Ferrell Center and is currently coached by Scott Drew. | 253 |
3879486 | 8 | Lythgoe moved to the U.S. in 2002 to produce "American Idol" and then became producer/judge and co-creator of "So You Think You Can Dance" on the FOX television network. | 254 |
3879486 | 9 | Lythgoe, and his production partner Ken Warwick, who went to school together from age 12, initially agreed to produce the 2007 Emmys, but could not due to scheduling conflicts with SYTYCD. | 255 |
3879486 | 13 | He is also a judge on "So You Think You Can Dance (UK)". | 256 |
2087269 | 22 | On July 3, 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed the appropriation bill for the Boulder Dam. The dam was later renamed the Hoover Dam during the Truman administration. Work started on the dam in 1931 and Las Vegas' population swelled from around 5,000 citizens to 25,000, with most of the newcomers looking for a job building the dam. However, the demographic of the work force consisting of males from across the country with no attachment to the area created a market for large scale entertainment. A combination of local Las Vegas business owners, and Mafia crime lords helped develop the casinos and showgirl theaters to entertain the largely male dam construction workers. | 257 |
430134 | 1 | The Bantu expansion is a major series of migrations of the original proto-Bantu language speaking group, who spread from an original nucleus around West Africa-Central Africa across much of sub-Saharan Africa. In the process, the Proto-Bantu-speaking settlers displaced or absorbed pre-existing hunter-gatherer and pastoralist groups that they encountered. | 258 |
1602420 | 1 | Rabo Karabekian is a fictional character and the narrator and protagonist of the 1987 novel "Bluebeard" by American author Kurt Vonnegut. | 259 |
26102639 | 1 | The Proud Twins is a Chinese-Hong Kong television series directed by Wong Jing, starring Dicky Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Fan Bingbing, and Yuan Quan. The series is adapted from Gu Long's novel "Juedai Shuangjiao". It was first broadcast in 2005 in mainland China. | 260 |
233912 | 0 | BBC Radio 5 Live | 261 |
54000320 | 4 | On January 14, 2019, the egg post became the most-liked post on Instagram, to which the egg's account owner wrote "This is madness. What a time to be alive." In response to her record being surpassed, Jenner posted a video on Instagram of her cracking an egg open with the caption: "Take that little egg." The egg's original photographer was surprised by his photo's popularity, writing, "Egg is just an egg." | 262 |
54000320 | 3 | On January 4, 2019, the account @world_record_egg posted a photo of an egg with the specific purpose of surpassing the then most-liked Instagram post, a picture of Kylie Jenner's daughter with 18.7 million likes. The photo of the egg was originally taken by Serghei Platanov, who then posted it to Shutterstock on June 23, 2015, with the title "eggs isolated on white background." | 263 |
2610234 | 15 | The second season featured bubblegum "chase scene" songs produced by La La Productions (which had originally been contracted to create the music for "Josie and the Pussycats", the first of many animated series made from the same mold as "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"). These songs were written by Danny Janssen and Austin Roberts, and were performed by Roberts, who also made a new recording of the "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" theme song for the second season. The series' theme song has been covered by several subsequent artists, including Matthew Sweet for the 1995 TV special and album ""; Third Eye Blind for the 1998 film "Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island" and the 2003 film "Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico"; Billy Ray Cyrus for "Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost" (1999); Jennifer Love Hewitt for "Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders" (2000); the B-52's (Cindy, Kate and Fred) for "Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase" (2001); MxPx for the live-action "Scooby-Doo" film (2002); and Krystal Harris for "Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire" (2003). | 264 |
34302871 | 1 | Yoo Yeon-seok (born Ahn Yeon-seok on April 11, 1984) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in 2003 with a small role in "Oldboy", he resumed his acting career in 2008. His notable works include the films "Re-encounter" (2011), "Architecture 101" (2012), "A Werewolf Boy" (2012) and "Whistle Blower" (2014), "Perfect Proposal" (2015), "Mood of the Day" (2016) as well as the television series "Reply 1994" (2013), "Warm and Cozy" (2015), "Dr. Romantic" (2016) and "Mr. Sunshine" (2018). | 265 |
11334164 | 1 | Gül Mosque (, meaning: "The Mosque of the Rose" in English) is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. | 266 |
2610234 | 5 | "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" was the result of CBS and Hanna-Barbera's plans to create a non-violent Saturday morning program that would appease the parent watch groups that had protested the superhero-based programs of the mid-1960s. Originally titled "Mysteries Five", and later "Who's S-S-Scared?", "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" underwent a number of changes from script to screen (the most significant being the downplaying of the musical group angle borrowed from "The Archie Show"). However, the basic concept—four teenagers (Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy) and a cowardly, clumsy Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) solving supernatural-related mysteries—was always in place. | 267 |
47721446 | 1 | Matt Harrington is an American stage actor, best known for his work in the Broadway production of Matilda the Musical, in which he replaced Tony Award winner Gabriel Ebert in the role of Mr. Wormwood. | 268 |
1133306 | 1 | Samantha Marie Sprackling (born 3 June 1968), commonly known as Saffron, is a singer, songwriter, actress and the lead singer of the electronica band Republica. She also performed in London's "Starlight Express" for two years, appeared in the music video for the Chesney Hawkes hit, "The One and Only", and as a dancer in the music video for N-Joi's single, "Mindflux". | 269 |
261023 | 1 | The Sweetest Thing is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble and written by Nancy Pimental, who based the characters on herself and friend Kate Walsh. It stars Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate and Selma Blair. | 270 |
13958104 | 1 | The Glowtini is a cocktail inspired by the Year of a Million Dreams celebration at Walt Disney World Resort, and some Disneyland Resort locations. Served at restaurants all over Disney World, it consists of Skyy Citrus Vodka, Blue Curacao, peach schnapps, Sweet-N-Sour and pineapple juice, garnished with a souvenir glow cube. | 271 |
47721540 | 1 | Lab Rats: Elite Force is an American comedy television series created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that aired on Disney XD from March 2 to October 22, 2016. The series is a combined spinoff of "Lab Rats" and "Mighty Med" and stars William Brent, Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, Paris Berelc, and Kelli Berglund. | 272 |
8948452 | 37 | Today Thanksgiving Day is now recently being celebrated as a commercial and cultural holiday, albelt stripped of its official status. SM Supermalls led the way in the slow revival of Thanksgiving Day on the same day as in the US, as in the old days. Many malls and hotels offer special sales on this day, which is part of the long celebration of Christmas in the Philippines, which begins in September (unlike on Black Friday in the United States). | 273 |
13959 | 0 | Hannibal | 274 |
13959 | 1 | Hannibal Barca (; , ; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a general and statesman from Ancient Carthage who is widely considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father, Hamilcar Barca, was a leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War (264–241 BC). His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal, and he was brother-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair; all also commanded Carthaginian armies. | 275 |
13959 | 2 | Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the western Mediterranean Basin, triggered by the emergence of the Roman Republic as a great power after it had established its supremacy over Italy. Although Rome had won the First Punic War, revanchism prevailed in Carthage, symbolised by the alleged pledge that Hannibal made to his father to never be a friend of Rome. The Second Punic War broke out in 218 after Hannibal's attack on Saguntum, an ally of Rome in Hispania. He then made his famous military exploit of carrying war to Italy by crossing the Alps with his African elephants. In his first few years in Italy, he won a succession of dramatic victories at the Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and Cannae. He distinguished himself for his ability to determine his and his opponent's respective strengths and weaknesses, and to plan battles accordingly. Hannibal's well-planned strategies allowed him to conquer several Italian cities allied to Rome. Hannibal occupied most of southern Italy for 15 years, but could not win a decisive victory, as the Romans led by Fabius Maximus avoided confrontation with him, instead waging a war of attrition. A counter-invasion of North Africa led by Scipio Africanus forced him to return to Carthage. Scipio had studied Hannibal's tactics and brilliantly devised some of his own, and he finally defeated Rome's nemesis at the Battle of Zama, having previously driven Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal out of the Iberian Peninsula. | 276 |
47721540 | 7 | BULLET::::- Bradley Steven Perry as Kaz | 277 |
5399781 | 1 | The Battle of Anghiari (1505) is a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci, at times referred to as "The Lost Leonardo", which some commentators believe to be still hidden beneath one of the later frescoes in the Salone dei Cinquecento (Hall of the Five Hundred) in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Its central scene depicted four men riding raging war horses engaged in a battle for possession of a standard, at the Battle of Anghiari in 1440. | 278 |
47721540 | 9 | BULLET::::- Paris Berelc as Skylar | 279 |
3879576 | 1 | Polarity is a board game that requires strategic thinking and dexterity to control hovering magnetic discs. "Polarity" was invented in 1985 by Canadian artist and designer Douglas Seaton. It was first published in 1986. The game has had a tumultuous past, with its rights changing hands several times over the past two decades. The game has been published by Telemotion Technologies, Irwin Toy, briefly with Mattel and most recently by Temple Games. The game ships in a canvas sleeve and include the magnets, the board, and a paper rulebook. An unrelated game of the same name is published by a company called Mindwalk (Company). | 280 |
47721540 | 13 | BULLET::::- Booboo Stewart as Roman | 281 |
53997267 | 1 | Nicholas Piantedosi (born November 8, 1984), professionally known as Decap, is an American artist and record producer from Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. Decap has worked with and produced for artists such as Talib Kweli, Joyner Lucas, Hit-Boy, Locksmith, Zion I, Spose, Watsky, Smoke DZA, J-Essential and many more. In 2013, Decap released his full length debut instrumental album, "Omni Love". | 282 |
4301322 | 1 | Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American writer noted for literary works of extreme brevity (commonly called "flash fiction"). Davis is also a short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, and has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including "Swann’s Way" by Marcel Proust and "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert. | 283 |
343022 | 1 | Roland Ratzenberger (; 4 July 1960 – 30 April 1994) was an Austrian racing driver who raced in sports prototype, British Formula 3000, Japanese Formula 3000 and Formula One. He died in a crash during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event at which three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna died the following day. As a direct result of his death, the Grand Prix Drivers' Association was reformed. | 284 |
11333494 | 1 | Kalenderhane Mosque () is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. With high probability the church was originally dedicated to the Theotokos Kyriotissa. The building is sometimes referred to as Kalender Haneh Jamissi and St. Mary Diaconissa. This building represents one among the few extant examples of a Byzantine church with domed Greek cross plan. | 285 |
53998144 | 1 | Game Over, Man! is a 2018 American action comedy film directed by Kyle Newacheck, written by Anders Holm, and starring Adam DeVine, Holm, and Blake Anderson, all of whom previously collaborated on the sitcom "Workaholics". The film follows three down-on-their-luck housekeepers who must save the day when the Los Angeles party they are at gets taken hostage. It was released on March 23, 2018, on Netflix. | 286 |
30048173 | 1 | The 68th Golden Globe Awards were broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011, by NBC. The host was Ricky Gervais. The nominations were announced on December 14, 2010, by Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes and Blair Underwood. Robert De Niro was presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. | 287 |
53998144 | 8 | BULLET::::- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Bae Awadi | 288 |
11333646 | 1 | Nannette Miranda is the Sacramento Bureau Chief for KABC-TV in Los Angeles, KGTV in San Diego, KGO-TV in San Francisco, and KFSN-TV in Fresno. She joined the three ABC-owned stations in December 2003 after they decided to share resources to establish a full-time presence in California's state capital | 289 |
47720458 | 1 | Camille Delamarre is a French film editor and director, best known for directing "The Transporter Refueled" and "Brick Mansions". He edited films including "Transporter 3" and "Taken 2", among others. | 290 |
2610234 | 1 | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. Produced for CBS, the series premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning schedule on September 13, 1969, and aired for two seasons until October 31, 1970. In 1978, a selection of episodes from the later series "Scooby's All-Stars" and "The Scooby-Doo Show" were aired on ABC under the "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" name and they were released in a DVD set marketed as its third season. | 291 |
2610234 | 0 | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! | 292 |
8948452 | 1 | Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Similarly named festival holidays occur in Germany and Japan. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States, and around the same part of the year in other places. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well. | 293 |
616618 | 2 | Heterochromia of the eye is called heterochromia iridum or heterochromia iridis. It can be complete or sectoral. In complete heterochromia, one iris is a different color from the other. In sectoral heterochromia, part of one iris is a different color from its remainder. In central heterochromia, there is a ring around the pupil or possibly spikes of different colors radiating from the pupil. | 294 |
4772143 | 1 | Cartoon Network Too was a British TV network created by Turner Broadcasting. CN Too was the sister station of Cartoon Network, and it often aired programmes a while after they are shown on the main Cartoon Network. During the daytime, it usually aired some action-adventure programming such as "" and "". During overnight hours, usually between midnight and 6am, it also aired some shows which are no longer being produced, and are no longer in high demand (i.e. "Skatoony"). Cartoon Network Too was closed on 1 April 2014. | 295 |
16024132 | 1 | Peter MacDonald is an English film director, cinematographer, and producer from London, England. A prolific second unit director, MacDonald has worked on various Hollywood blockbusters including "Guardians of the Galaxy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", and "The Empire Strikes Back." | 296 |
38795355 | 13 | In April 2014, the 20th issue of "Weekly Shōnen Magazine" announced that "The Seven Deadly Sins" was being adapted into an anime television series. The series debuted on MBS and other Japan News Network stations on October 5, 2014. The staff was revealed in the combined 36/37 issue of the year: created by A-1 Pictures, directed by Tensai Okamura, written by Shōtarō Suga (""), with Keigo Sasaki ("Blue Exorcist") providing character designs and Hiroyuki Sawano composing the music. The show's first opening theme song is performed by Ikimono-gakari for the first twelve episodes and the second opening theme is "Seven Deadly Sins" performed by Man with a Mission, while the first ending theme titled "7-Seven" is a collaboration between Flow and Granrodeo, the second ending theme from episode thirteen onwards is "Season" the major label debut of Alisa Takigawa. | 297 |
6166164 | 1 | Alaric Tokpa is a Liberian politician and political scientist. He ran alongside George Klay Kieh in the New Deal Movement and, as a pair, received 0.5% of the vote in the 11 October 2005 presidential election. Tokpa has been pursuing a Ph.D. at Clark Atlanta University. As of 2002, Tokpa was the acting Chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Liberia. | 298 |
616618 | 0 | Heterochromia iridum | 299 |