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100 | The 2008 AMP Energy 500 was the 30th stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the fourth in the ten @-@ race , season @-@ ending Chase for the Sprint Cup . It was held on October 5 , 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway , in Talladega , Alabama before a crowd of 145 @,@ 000 . The 190 @-@ lap race was won by ... |
101 | In Old Occitan literature , a tornada ( Occitan : [ turˈnaðɔ , tuʀˈnadɔ ] , Catalan : [ turˈnaðə , toɾˈnaða ] ; " turned , twisted " ) refers to a final , shorter stanza ( or cobla ) that appears in lyric poetry and serves a variety of purposes within several poetic forms . The word tornada derives from the Old Occita... |
102 | Inchon ( also called Inchon ! ) is a 1981 South Korean – American epic war film about the Battle of Inchon , considered to be the turning point of the Korean War . The film was directed by Terence Young and financed by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon . It stars Laurence Olivier as General Douglas MacArthur ,... |
103 | Ryan Francis Garko ( born January 2 , 1981 ) is a former professional baseball outfielder , first baseman , and designated hitter . In college , he was a catcher . He has played for the Cleveland Indians , the San Francisco Giants , and the Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball as well as the Samsung Lions in the Kor... |
104 | Barret Wallace ( バレット ・ ウォーレス , Baretto Wōresu ) is a player character in Square Enix 's role @-@ playing video game Final Fantasy VII . Created by character designer Tetsuya Nomura , he has since appeared in the CGI film sequel , Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children as well as other games and media in the Compilation ... |
105 | Maraba coffee ( Kinyarwanda : Ikawa ya Maraba ; French : Café de Maraba ) is grown in the Maraba area of southern Rwanda . Maraba 's coffee plants are the Bourbon variety of the Coffea arabica species and are grown on fertile volcanic soils on high @-@ altitude hills . The fruit is handpicked , mostly during the rainy... |
106 | " What You Waiting For ? " is a song by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album , Love . Angel . Music . Baby . ( 2004 ) . Written by Stefani and Linda Perry , the song is the album 's opening track and was released as Stefani 's debut solo single . " What You Waiting For ? " was a... |
107 | Neil Alden Armstrong ( August 5 , 1930 – August 25 , 2012 ) was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon . He was also an aerospace engineer , naval aviator , test pilot , and university professor . Before becoming an astronaut , Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean ... |
108 | U.S. Route 13 ( US 13 ) is a U.S. highway running from Fayetteville , North Carolina north to Morrisville , Pennsylvania . In the U.S. state of Delaware , the route runs for 103 @.@ 33 mi ( 166 @.@ 29 km ) . It traverses the entire length of the state from the Maryland state line in Delmar , Sussex County to the Penns... |
109 | The Königsberg class of light cruisers was a group of four ships commissioned into Germany 's Imperial Navy shortly before the end of World War I. The class comprised Königsberg , Karlsruhe , Emden , and Nürnberg , all of which were named after light cruisers lost earlier in the war . The ships were an incremental imp... |
110 | The 2010 East – West Shrine Game was the 85th staging of the all @-@ star college football exhibition game featuring NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision players . The game featured over 100 players from the 2009 college football season , and prospects for the 2010 Draft of the professional National Football Leag... |
111 | Renewable energy in Russia mainly consists of hydroelectric energy . The country is the fifth largest producer of renewable energy in the world , although it is 56th when hydroelectric energy is not taken into account . Some 179 TWh of Russia 's energy production comes from renewable energy sources , out of a total ec... |
112 | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) is a private research university in Cambridge , Massachusetts . Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States , MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and enginee... |
113 | Hurricane Dot of August 1959 was at its time the costliest tropical cyclone in Hawaiian history . Dot was first identified as a strong tropical storm southeast of Hawaiʻi on August 1 . The storm was potentially a continuation of a previously unnamed tropical cyclone that was monitored west of the Baja California Penin... |
114 | Wanted is a 2008 American @-@ German action thriller film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones . The film , written by Chris Morgan , Michael Brandt , and Derek Haas and directed by Timur Bekmambetov stars James McAvoy , Morgan Freeman , and Angelina Jolie . The storyline ... |
115 | " Firewalker " is the ninth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series The X @-@ Files . It premiered on the Fox network on November 18 , 1994 . It was written by Howard Gordon , directed by David Nutter , and featured guest appearances by Bradley Whitford , Leland Orser and Shawnee... |
116 | Nueces Bay is a northwestern extension of Corpus Christi Bay in the San Patricio and Nueces counties of Texas . The bay is fed by the Nueces River , forming a natural estuary , which renders it ecologically and economically vital to the surrounding area . It serves as a habitat for the propagation of fish and shellfis... |
117 | All Saints ' Church is the parish church of Runcorn , Cheshire , England , sited on the south bank of the River Mersey overlooking Runcorn Gap . There is a tradition that the first church on the site was founded by Ethelfleda in 915 . That was replaced , probably in about 1250 , by a medieval church that was altered a... |
118 | Kalpavriksha ( Devanagari : कल ् पवृक ् ष ) , also known as kalpataru , kalpadruma or kalpapādapa , is a wish @-@ fulfilling divine tree in Hindu mythology . It is mentioned in Sanskrit literature from the earliest sources . It is also a popular theme in Jain cosmology and Buddhism . Sage Durvasa and Adi Shankarachary... |
119 | Resident Evil : Afterlife is a 2010 3D science fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson . It stars Milla Jovovich , Ali Larter , Kim Coates , Shawn Roberts , Spencer Locke , Boris Kodjoe , and Wentworth Miller . The film marks Anderson 's second time to direct in the series , the first be... |
120 | Stanisław Herman Lem ( Polish pronunciation : [ staˈɲiswaf ˈlɛm ] ; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006 ) was a Polish writer of science fiction , philosophy , and satire , and a trained physician . Lem 's books have been translated into forty @-@ one languages and have sold over forty @-@ five million copies . From the... |
121 | Satoru Iwata ( Japanese : 岩田 聡 , Hepburn : Iwata Satoru , December 6 , 1959 – July 11 , 2015 ) was a Japanese video game programmer and businessman who served as the fourth president and chief executive officer ( CEO ) of Nintendo . He is widely regarded as a major contributor in broadening the appeal of video games t... |
122 | " SMS ( Bangerz ) " is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus featuring Britney Spears for Cyrus ' fourth studio album Bangerz ( 2013 ) . It was written and produced by Mike Will Made It and Marz , with additional songwriting provided by Cyrus and Sean Garrett . The track incorporates elements of hip hop styles , and i... |
123 | " Big Fat Bass " is a song recorded by American singer Britney Spears for her seventh studio album Femme Fatale ( 2011 ) . The house song was written and produced by will.i.am as a celebration to the bass and its influence on club music . The song contains a double entendre gender metaphor sang by Spears . " Big Fat B... |
124 | Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt . The beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods formed the core of ancient Egyptian religion , which emerged sometime in prehistory . Deities represented natural forces and phenomena , and the Egyptians supported and appeased them through... |
125 | Temple Sinai ( officially the First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland ) is a Reform synagogue located at 2808 Summit Street ( 28th and Webster Streets ) in Oakland , California , United States . Founded in 1875 , it is the oldest Jewish congregation in the East San Francisco Bay region . Its early members included Gertru... |
126 | The smooth toadfish ( Tetractenos glaber ) is a species of fish in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae . It is native to shallow coastal and estuarine waters of southeastern Australia , where it is widespread and abundant . French naturalist Christophe @-@ Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville described the species in 181... |
127 | Hard Justice ( 2005 ) was a professional wrestling pay @-@ per @-@ view ( PPV ) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion , which took place on May 15 , 2005 at the TNA Impact ! Zone in Orlando , Florida . It was the first event under the Hard Justice chronology and the fifth event in the ... |
128 | " Inside Out " is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears , included on her seventh studio album Femme Fatale ( 2011 ) . It was written by Lukasz Gottwald , Jacob Kasher Hindlin , Mathieu Jomphe , Max Martin and Bonnie McKee whilst production was handled by Dr. Luke , Max Martin and Billboard . Musically , ... |
129 | ROT13 ( " rotate by 13 places " , sometimes hyphenated ROT @-@ 13 ) is a simple letter substitution cipher that replaces a letter with the letter 13 letters after it in the alphabet . ROT13 is a special case of the Caesar cipher , developed in ancient Rome . Because there are 26 letters ( 2 × 13 ) in the basic Latin a... |
130 | Super Mario World 2 : Yoshi 's Island , known in Japan as Yossy 's Island ( ヨッシーアイランド , Yosshī Airando ) , is a 1995 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . Acting as a prequel to Super Mario World , the game casts players as Yoshi as he escorts Baby Mario ... |
131 | The recorded history of Mars observation dates back to the era of the ancient Egyptian astronomers in the 2nd millennium BCE . Chinese records about the motions of Mars appeared before the founding of the Zhou Dynasty ( 1045 BCE ) . Detailed observations of the position of Mars were made by Babylonian astronomers who ... |
132 | " The End " is the 20th and final episode of the fifth season , and 117th overall of the science fiction television series The X @-@ Files . The episode first aired in the United States and Canada on May 17 , 1998 . " The End " subsequently aired in the United Kingdom on March 17 , 1999 on BBC One . The episode is the... |
133 | Adem Jashari ( 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998 ) was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army ( KLA ) , a Kosovo Albanian separatist organization which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s . Beginning in 1991 , Jashari participated in attacks against the ... |
134 | Due to its vast size and range of altitudes , Argentina possesses a wide variety of climatic regions , ranging from the hot subtropical region in the north to the cold subantarctic in the far south . Lying between those is the Pampas region , featuring a mild and humid climate . Many regions have different , often con... |
135 | Malin Maria Åkerman ( Swedish pronunciation : [ ˈmɑːlɪn ² oːkɛrˌman ] ; born May 12 , 1978 ) is a Swedish Canadian actress , model and singer . She became known for making appearances in several Canadian productions . In the early 2000s , she had many television and film parts , including The Utopian Society ( 2003 ) ... |
136 | Appian Way Productions is a film production company in West Hollywood , California , established by actor and producer Leonardo DiCaprio . The company 's first film was The Assassination of Richard Nixon ( 2004 ) . It then released the 2004 biopic The Aviator , starring DiCaprio as Howard Hughes . The film was a criti... |
137 | God of War is an action @-@ adventure video game series loosely based on Greek mythology , originally created by David Jaffe at Sony 's Santa Monica Studio . Debuting in 2005 , the series has become a flagship title for the PlayStation brand , consisting of seven games across multiple platforms . An eighth installment... |
138 | Albatrosses , of the biological family Diomedeidae , are large seabirds allied to the procellariids , storm petrels and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes ( the tubenoses ) . They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific . They are absent from the North Atlantic , although fossil remains sho... |
139 | " The Convention Conundrum " is the 14th episode of the seventh season of the U.S. sitcom The Big Bang Theory and the 149th episode of the show overall . It first aired on CBS on January 30 , 2014 . The episode features guest appearances by James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher . In contrast to previous guest stars , Jon... |
140 | The Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam ( 1784 – 1799 ) was a 15 @-@ year imprisonment of Mangalorean Catholics and other Christians at Seringapatam in the Indian region of Canara by Tipu Sultan , the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore . Estimates of the number of captives range from 30 @,@ 000 to ... |
141 | Tropical Storm Olaf was an erratic and long @-@ lived tropical cyclone that brought heavy rainfall to regions of Mexico , which would be devastated by Hurricane Pauline a week later . The sixteenth named storm of the 1997 season , Olaf formed on September 26 off the southern coast of Mexico . It moved northward and qu... |
142 | The Ibuki @-@ class ( 伊吹型 , Ibuki @-@ gata ) cruisers were the last class of heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) . In order to save design time , the ships were essentially repeats of the earlier Mogami class . Begun during World War II , only the lead ship , Ibuki , was launched , but all five... |
143 | Philip Arthur Larkin CH CBE FRSL ( 9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985 ) was an English poet , novelist and librarian . His first book of poetry , The North Ship , was published in 1945 , followed by two novels , Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) , and he came to prominence in 1955 with the publication of his se... |
144 | Charles @-@ Camille Saint @-@ Saëns ( French : [ ʃaʁl kamij sɛ ̃ sɑ ̃ s ] ; 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921 ) was a French composer , organist , conductor and pianist of the Romantic era . His best @-@ known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso ( 1863 ) , the Second Piano Concerto ( 1868 ) , the Symphony... |
145 | " Juxtapozed with U " is the thirteenth single by Super Furry Animals . It was the first single to be taken from the Rings Around the World album and reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in July 2001 . The song was initially conceived as a duet but , after both Brian Harvey and Bobby Brown turned t... |
146 | Kamiya Kaoru ( 神谷 薫 ) , known as Kaoru Kamiya in the Media Blasters English @-@ language dub and Kori Kamiya in the English Sony Samurai X dub , is a fictional character in the Rurouni Kenshin manga created by Nobuhiro Watsuki . In the story Kaoru is the instructor of a kendo school in Tokyo , Kamiya Kasshin @-@ ryū (... |
147 | Mount Pleasant Road is a major arterial thoroughfare in the Canadian city of Toronto , Ontario that travels from Jarvis Street south of Bloor Street north to Glen Echo Drive . The road is unique as one of the few arterial roads in Toronto to be created after the development of the suburbs which it passes through . The... |
148 | " The Unquiet Dead " is the third episode of the first series of the British science @-@ fiction television programme Doctor Who , first broadcast on 9 April 2005 on BBC One . It was written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Euros Lyn . In the episode , alien time traveller the Doctor ( Christopher Eccleston ) and his co... |
149 | Kempegowda International Airport ( IATA : BLR , ICAO : VOBL ) is an international airport serving Bangalore , the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka . Spread over 4 @,@ 000 acres ( 1 @,@ 600 ha ) , it is located about 40 kilometres ( 25 mi ) north of the city near the village of Devanahalli . It is owned and ope... |
150 | The music of Parasite Eve , a 1998 role @-@ playing video game based on the novel of the same name by Hideaki Sena , was composed by Yoko Shimomura , and was one of her early popular successes . The music for its 2001 sequel Parasite Eve II was composed by Naoshi Mizuta and arranged by Hiroshi Nakajima . The 2010 spin... |
151 | Harta Berdarah ( [ harˈta bərˈdarah ] ; Indonesian for Bloody Treasure ) is a 1940 action film from the Dutch East Indies ( now Indonesia ) . Directed by the recently hired Rd Ariffien and R Hu for Union Films , the film was written by Saeroen and attempted to draw educated Native audiences . The film , which stars Zo... |
152 | Mgr . Libor Michálek , MPA ( born 1968 ) is a Czech economist , politician , and whistleblower . He led successful corruption cases against the Czech National Property Fund and the Environment Ministry as former employees of both . He is the first Pirate Party candidate to be elected to office in a national legislatur... |
153 | " Headline News " is a parody song by " Weird Al " Yankovic . It is a parody of the Crash Test Dummies 's 1993 hit " Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm " . It was released as the lead @-@ off single for the compilation box set Permanent Record : Al in the Box on September 27 , 1994 . The song was later included on the 1995 compilation a... |
154 | Saints Row IV is an open world action @-@ adventure video game in the Saints Row series developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver . The player @-@ character is the leader of the 3rd Street Saints , a street gang that has become the world 's most powerful and popular organization , and must fend off an alien i... |
155 | Marian Cruger Coffin ( September 16 , 1876 – February 2 , 1957 ) was one of the first American women to work as a professional landscape architect , and became famous for designing numerous gardens for members of the East Coast elite to whom she had connections through her mother 's side of the family . As a child , s... |
156 | George Howard Brett ( 7 February 1886 – 2 December 1963 ) was a United States Army Air Forces General during World War II . An Early Bird of Aviation , Brett served as a staff officer in World War I. In 1941 , following the outbreak of war with Japan , Brett was appointed Deputy Commander of a short @-@ lived major Al... |
157 | Black American Sign Language ( BASL ) or Black Sign Variation ( BSV ) is a dialect of American Sign Language ( ASL ) spoken most commonly by deaf African Americans in the United States . The divergence from ASL was influenced largely by the segregation of schools in the American South . Like other schools at the time ... |
158 | Andrew II ( Hungarian : II . András , Croatian : Andrija II . , Slovak : Ondrej II . , Ukrainian : Андрій II ; c . 1177 – 21 September 1235 ) , also known as Andrew of Jerusalem , was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1205 and 1235 . He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 until 1189 / 1191 , when he was crown... |
159 | No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School ( No. 1 EFTS ) was a Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) pilot training unit that operated during World War II . It was one of twelve elementary flying training schools employed by the RAAF to provide introductory flight instruction to new pilots as part of Australia 's contribu... |
160 | Persecution of Zoroastrians is the religious persecution inflicted upon the followers of the Zoroastrian faith . The persecution of Zoroastrians occurred throughout its history . The discrimination and harassment began in the form of sparse violence and forced conversions . Muslims are recorded to have destroyed fire ... |
161 | Tapeworm is a defunct side project of Nine Inch Nails which existed in various forms from 1995 to roughly 2004 . Tapeworm never released any recordings , but was frequently referenced in interviews . The band started as a side @-@ project between Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and live @-@ band members Danny Lo... |
162 | " You Don 't Know Anything " is a song recorded by American indie rock band Ivy . It was released by Atlantic Records on April 29 , 1999 as the fourth and final single from their second studio album , Apartment Life ( 1997 ) . The single was made available exclusively in Europe and featured the same two B @-@ sides as... |
163 | The Beginning or the End ( 1947 ) is an American docudrama film about the development of the atomic bomb in World War II , directed by Norman Taurog , starring Brian Donlevy and Hume Cronyn , and released by Metro @-@ Goldwyn @-@ Mayer ( MGM ) . The film dramatizes the creation of the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Proj... |
164 | A sejmik ( Polish pronunciation : [ ˈsɛjmʲik ] , diminutive of sejm , occasionally translated as a dietine ; Lithuanian : seimelis ) was the name of various local parliaments throughout the history of Poland . The first sejmiks were regional assemblies in the Kingdom of Poland , though they gained significantly more i... |
165 | Louise Bryant ( December 5 , 1885 – January 6 , 1936 ) was an American journalist known for her sympathetic coverage of Russia and the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution . Bryant , a feminist , married in 1916 to the more famous writer John Reed , wrote about leading Russian women such as Katherine Breshkovsky a... |
166 | " The Carpet " is the fourteenth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office , and the show 's twentieth episode overall . It was written by Paul Lieberstein and directed by Victor Nelli , Jr . The episode first aired on January 26 , 2006 on NBC . The episode guest stars Ken Howard... |
167 | The 2016 E3 Harelbeke ( officially the Record Bank E3 Harelbeke ) was a one @-@ day cycling classic that took place on Friday 25 March 2016 . It was the 59th edition of the E3 Harelbeke ; it was the second one @-@ day race of the 2016 UCI World Tour and the first of the cobbled classics . The race started and finished... |
168 | " Christmas Scandal " is the 12th episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation , and the eighteenth overall episode of the series . It originally aired on NBC in the United States on December 10 , 2009 . In the episode , a meeting with a disgraced councilman puts Leslie in... |
169 | Surface weather observations are the fundamental data used for safety as well as climatological reasons to forecast weather and issue warnings worldwide . They can be taken manually , by a weather observer , by computer through the use of automated weather stations , or in a hybrid scheme using weather observers to au... |
170 | John Brite Bowker ( born July 8 , 1983 ) is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman who is a free agent . He stands 6 feet 1 inch ( 1 @.@ 85 m ) tall and weighs 205 pounds ( 93 kg ) . He has played for the San Francisco Giants , Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseba... |
171 | " King @-@ Size Homer " is the seventh episode of The Simpsons ' seventh season . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 5 , 1995 . In the episode , Homer despises the nuclear plant 's new exercise program , and decides to gain 61 pounds ( 28 kg ) in order to claim a disability pension... |
172 | Hypacrosaurus ( meaning " near the highest lizard " [ Greek υπο- , hypo- = less + ακρος , akros , high ] , because it was almost but not quite as large as Tyrannosaurus ) was a genus of duckbill dinosaur similar in appearance to Corythosaurus . Like Corythosaurus , it had a tall , hollow rounded crest , although not a... |
173 | The Polish minority in the Czech Republic ( Polish : Polska mniejszość narodowa w Republice Czeskiej , Czech : Polská národnostní menšina v České republice ) is a Polish national minority living mainly in the Zaolzie region of western Cieszyn Silesia . The Polish community is the only national ( or ethnic ) minority i... |
174 | The East and West Blockhouses were Device Forts built by King Henry VIII in 1539 to protect the harbour of Milford Haven in Wales . The two blockhouses were positioned on either side of the Milford Haven Waterway in the villages of Angle and Dale respectively , overlooking the sea . The East Blockhouse was never compl... |
175 | The British Army during World War I fought the largest and most costly war in its long history . Unlike the French and German Armies , its units were made up exclusively of volunteers — as opposed to conscripts — at the beginning of the conflict . Furthermore , the British Army was considerably smaller than its French... |
176 | Andreas Thorkildsen ( born 1 April 1982 ) is a former Norwegian javelin thrower , born in Kristiansand . He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion , World champion and Olympic champion . He was Olympic champion in 2004 and 2008 , European champion in 2006 and 2010 , World Champion in 2009... |
177 | " The Inner Circle " is the twenty @-@ third episode of the seventh season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show 's 149th episode overall . The episode originally aired on May 5 , 2011 , on NBC . The episode also marked Will Ferrell 's final appearance as Deangelo , having signed up for four... |
178 | Hasaan Ibn Ali ( born William Henry Langford , Jr . ; May 6 , 1931 – 1980 ) was an American jazz pianist and composer . Ibn Ali was strongly influenced by Elmo Hope , and his playing was rapid and intense , retaining a sense of rhythm even when his style became increasingly unconventional . Several recordings of his p... |
179 | Ivan Alexander ( Bulgarian : Иван Александър , transliterated Ivan Aleksandǎr ; pronounced [ iˈvan alɛkˈsandər ] ; original spelling : ІѠАНЪ АЛЄѮАНдРЪ ) , also sometimes Anglicized as John Alexander , ruled as Emperor ( Tsar ) of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371 , during the Second Bulgarian Empire . The date of his birth i... |
180 | The posting system ( ポスティングシステム , posutingu shisutemu ) is a baseball player transfer system that operates between Japan 's Nippon Professional Baseball ( NPB ) and the United States ' Major League Baseball ( MLB ) , or between the Korea Baseball Organization ( KBO ) and MLB . Despite the drafting of the United States... |
181 | Photography in Denmark has developed from strong participation and interest in the very beginnings of the art in 1839 to the success of a considerable number of Danes in the world of photography today . Pioneers such as Mads Alstrup and Georg Emil Hansen paved the way for a rapidly growing profession during the last h... |
182 | Guinea @-@ Bissau women 's national football team is a FIFA @-@ recognised team representing Guinea @-@ Bissau in international association football matches . Guinea @-@ Bissau have played in two FIFA @-@ recognised matches , both in 2006 against Guinea . The country also has a national under @-@ 17 side which partici... |
183 | " Blow " is a song recorded by American recording artist Beyoncé from her self @-@ titled fifth studio album ( 2013 ) . It was written by Beyoncé , Pharrell Williams , Timbaland , J @-@ Roc , James Fauntleroy and Justin Timberlake , and produced by the former four . It was set to be released as one of the lead singles... |
184 | Johor Bahru ( Malaysian pronunciation : [ ˈjohorˈbahru ] , formerly known as Tanjung Puteri or Iskandar Puteri in the Malay language , is the capital of the state of Johor , Malaysia . As of the 2010 Malaysian census , Johor Bahru has a population of 497 @,@ 067 and it is the country 's second largest city and the sou... |
185 | The 1933 Chesapeake – Potomac hurricane was among the most damaging hurricanes in the Mid @-@ Atlantic states in the eastern United States . The sixth storm and third hurricane of the very active 1933 Atlantic hurricane season , it formed in the eastern Atlantic , where it moved west @-@ northwestward and eventually b... |
186 | Jeremy Morley " Jerry " Gill ( born 8 September 1970 ) is an English former professional footballer who is currently the head coach of the under @-@ 18 team at Wolverhampton Wanderers . Despite his late entry into the professional game – he made his debut in the Football League at the age of 27 – and a career @-@ thre... |
187 | Chrysiridia rhipheus ( Madagascan sunset moth ) is a day @-@ flying moth of the family Uraniidae . It is considered one of the most impressive and appealing @-@ looking lepidopterans . Famous worldwide , it is featured in most coffee table books on Lepidoptera and is much sought after by collectors . It is very colour... |
188 | George Smith Patton Jr . ( November 11 , 1885 – December 21 , 1945 ) was a senior officer of the United States Army , who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II , but is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied i... |
189 | Kylie Ann Minogue , OBE ( / ˈkaɪli mᵻˈnoʊɡ / ; born 28 May 1968 ) , often known simply as Kylie , is an Australian singer , songwriter , and actress . She achieved recognition starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours , where she played tomboy mechanic Charlene Robinson . Appearing in the series for two years ,... |
190 | " Let 's Get Down " is a song by American rapper Bow Wow , released on June 24 , 2003 as the first single off his third album Unleashed ( 2003 ) . The song was written by Shad Moss , Phalon Alexander , Rahman Griffin and a then @-@ unknown T.I .. It was produced by Jazze Pha and features rapper Birdman . The song peak... |
191 | Arbogast & Bastian ( also A & B Meats ) was the name of a slaughterhouse and meat packing plant located in Allentown , Lehigh County , Pennsylvania , in the United States . Once a national leader in hog slaughtering , the company had the capacity to process most of the 850 @,@ 000 hogs raised annually in Pennsylvania ... |
192 | The American goldfinch ( Spinus tristis ) , also known as the eastern goldfinch or " lightning bird , " is a small North American bird in the finch family . It is migratory , ranging from mid @-@ Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season , and from just south of the Canadian border to Mexico during the wint... |
193 | The U2 360 ° Tour was a worldwide concert tour by rock band U2 . Launched in support of the group 's 2009 album No Line on the Horizon , the tour visited stadiums from 2009 through 2011 . It was named for a stage configuration that allowed the audience to almost completely surround the stage . To accommodate this , a ... |
194 | Sarah Vinci ( born 4 December 1991 ) is a 1 point wheelchair basketball player who plays for the Perth Western Stars in the Australian Women 's National Wheelchair Basketball League . She made her debut with the Australia women 's national wheelchair basketball team , known as the Gliders , in 2011 , when she played i... |
195 | The Eurasian Land Bridge ( Russian : Евразийский сухопутный мост , Yevraziyskiy sukhoputniy most ) , sometimes called the New Silk Road ( Новый шёлковый путь , Noviy shyolkoviy put ' ) , is the rail transport route for moving freight and passengers overland between Pacific seaports in the Russian Far East and China an... |
196 | Major @-@ General Thomas David Pilcher , CB ( 8 July 1858 – 14 December 1928 ) was a British Army officer , who commanded a mounted infantry unit in the Second Boer War and the 17th ( Northern ) Division during the First World War , before being removed from command in disgrace during the Battle of the Somme . Pilcher... |
197 | Svalbard ( Norwegian pronunciation : [ ˈsʋɑ ( ː ) lbɑːɾ ] ; formerly known by its Dutch name Spitsbergen ) is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean . Situated north of mainland Europe , it is about midway between continental Norway and the North Pole . The islands of the group range from 74 ° to 81 ° north latit... |
198 | The 27th Boat Race between crews from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place on the River Thames on the 6 April 1870 . Cambridge won by one @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half lengths in a time of 22 minutes 4 seconds , their first victory since the 1860 race . The Boat Race is a side @-@ by side @-@ b... |
199 | The 91st Boat Race took place on 1 April 1939 . Held annually , the Boat Race is a side @-@ by @-@ side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . In a race umpired by the former Oxford rower William Rathbone , Cambridge won by four lengths in a time of 19 minutes ... |
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