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- The evil eye is a supernatural belief in a curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy. The belief in the evil eye among humans...76 KB (9,845 words) - 10:45, 20 May 2024
- Mourning is the expression of an experience that is the consequence of an event in life involving loss, causing grief, occurring as a result of someone's...50 KB (6,224 words) - 01:34, 9 May 2024
- In the epic poem Shahnameh, Tageuo (Persian: تژاو) is one of the Turan heroes in charge of a border state between Iran and Turan. His state was the third...5 KB (429 words) - 08:53, 20 June 2022
- The Invercauld was an 1,100-ton sailing vessel that was wrecked on the Auckland Islands in 1864. The Invercauld was under the command of Captain George...11 KB (1,661 words) - 21:06, 3 February 2023
- Albert Camille Touchard (Paris 7 February 1876 - date of death unknown, but between 1935 and 1945) was a French author. He is best remembered as author...1 KB (131 words) - 09:18, 11 November 2022
- Me'ilah (Hebrew: מ֧עילׇה; "misuse of property") is a tractate of Seder Kodashim in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian Talmud. It deals chiefly with the...4 KB (693 words) - 20:40, 7 June 2022
- The Three Rebellions in Shouchun (also known as the Three Rebellions in Huainan) were a series of revolts that occurred in the state of Cao Wei during...15 KB (1,862 words) - 05:02, 10 February 2023
- Gaius Claudius Marcellus (88 BC – May 40 BC) was a Roman senator who served as Consul in 50 BC. He was a friend to Roman senator Cicero and an early opponent...7 KB (620 words) - 20:02, 12 January 2023
- Year 354 (CCCLIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the...3 KB (307 words) - 18:54, 10 May 2023
- Year 418 (CDXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the...2 KB (203 words) - 20:02, 28 September 2022
- Year 254 (CCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year...2 KB (264 words) - 10:40, 27 March 2022
- Year 210 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Laevinus (or, less frequently...4 KB (533 words) - 10:57, 25 March 2023
- Philiphaugh is a village by the Yarrow Water, on the outskirts of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders. Places nearby include Bowhill, Broadmeadows, the Ettrick...2 KB (218 words) - 13:21, 19 September 2022
- Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount Glenawly (c. 1600–1678) was a soldier in Swedish and English service. He was awarded the title of friherre for his service...7 KB (841 words) - 08:27, 1 June 2023
- The Anglo-Norman Text Society is a text publication society founded in 1937 by Professor Mildred K. Pope. The founding aim of the society was to promote...4 KB (421 words) - 13:00, 16 September 2022
- Bianca Bianchi (31 July 1914 – 9 July 2000) was an Italian teacher, socialist politician, feminist, and writer. Bianchi was born in Vicchio, in the province...6 KB (814 words) - 17:21, 20 April 2023
- Plavecký Castle (Slovak: Plavecký hrad, Hungarian: Detrekő vára) is a ruined medieval castle in the municipality of Plavecké Podhradie in the Bratislava...4 KB (475 words) - 12:55, 2 September 2022
- Hystaspes (Old Persian: 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 Vištāspa; Ancient Greek: Ὑστάσπης Hustáspēs) was the second son of the Persian king Xerxes I. When his father was...2 KB (156 words) - 11:58, 29 May 2023
- Jerome Bellamy (died 1586), of Uxenden Hall, near London, England, was a member of an old Roman Catholic recusant family noted for its hospitality to missionaries...2 KB (303 words) - 20:45, 17 March 2023
- John Garbrand or Herks (1542–1589) was an English cleric, a prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral and friend of Bishop Jewell. Garbrand was born at Oxford...3 KB (442 words) - 02:55, 28 November 2022