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  • Thumbnail for Death by burning
    Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public...
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    The Order of Assassins or simply the Assassins (Arabic: الحَشّاشِین, romanized: Al-Ḥashshāshīyīn; Persian: حشاشين, romanized: Ḥaššāšīn) were a Nizari Isma'ili...
    99 KB (13,523 words) - 20:16, 10 June 2024
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    1955 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1955. 1955 (MCMLV) was...
    110 KB (11,340 words) - 18:37, 2 June 2024
  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1896. 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting...
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    Wreck diving is recreational diving where the wreckage of ships, aircraft and other artificial structures are explored. The term is used mainly by recreational...
    34 KB (4,288 words) - 19:27, 26 May 2024
  • Young Women's Leadership Charter School (YWLCS) was a grade 9-12 charter high school for girls in Douglas, Chicago, Illinois. The school was established...
    4 KB (396 words) - 20:45, 19 March 2023
  • The Stromata (Greek: Στρώματα), a mistake for Stromateis (Στρωματεῖς, "Patchwork," i.e., Miscellanies), attributed to Clement of Alexandria (c. 150 – c...
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  • Jalesvara Siva Temple Precinct is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Shiva situated on the southern outskirt of the village Kalarahanga at a distance of 2.00 km...
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    Helma Sanders-Brahms (20 November 1940 – 27 May 2014) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Helma Sanders was born on 20 November 1940...
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  • Mány (German: Maan) is a town in Hungary, located in the north-east of Fejér County in the Zsámbéki Basin. In the Middle Ages Mány was in Esztergom county...
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  • The 640s decade ran from January 1, 640, to December 31, 649. February 27 – Pepin the Elder, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, dies and is succeeded by...
    1 KB (4,910 words) - 04:55, 5 July 2021
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    Leonor Rita Acevedo Suárez (Buenos Aires, May 22, 1876–Buenos Aires, July 8, 1975) was the mother of the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges, and a major...
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  • A joint issue is the release of stamps or postal stationery by two or more countries to commemorate the same topic, event or person. Joint issues typically...
    127 KB (1,310 words) - 05:49, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Placement marriage
    The term placement marriage (also known as the law of placing) refers to arranged marriages between members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ...
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    Marmels Castle German: Burg Marmels is a ruined castle in the municipality of Marmorera in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland...
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    Banatski Despotovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Банатски Деспотовац; Hungarian: Ernőháza) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the municipal area of the City...
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  • Thumbnail for William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
    William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (29 Sep 1557 – 12 July 1623) was Lord Lieutenant of Devon. His seat was at Tawstock Court, three miles south of Barnstaple...
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    The Novi Sad Agreement (Serbo-Croatian: Novosadski dogovor / Новосадски договор) was a document composed by 25 Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian writers, linguists...
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  • Thumbnail for R v Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School, ex p Begum
    R (Begum) v Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] is a House of Lords case on the legal regulation of religious symbols and dress under the Human Rights...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1884. February 22 – Brooks Locomotive Works in the United States completes its 1,000th...
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