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  • Embalming is the art and science of preserving human remains by treating them (in its modern form with chemicals) to forestall decomposition. This is usually...
    54 KB (7,418 words) - 12:57, 17 May 2024
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    МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time, in the 1990s. By different estimates from 5 to 10 million...
    21 KB (1,882 words) - 10:06, 25 April 2024
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    Söhbətli (also, Seybatli and Sokhbetli) is a village and municipality in the Shabran District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 355. Söhbətli at GEOnet...
    1 KB (30 words) - 15:58, 6 May 2022
  • Paradox of Prosperity is a term used widely in many instances in economics, social theory and general commentary. In inter-generational analysis, Professor...
    6 KB (772 words) - 08:55, 9 February 2024
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    The Veslyana (Russian: Весляна) – is a river in Perm Krai and Komi Republic, Russia, a left tributary of the Kama, which in turn is a tributary of the...
    2 KB (148 words) - 08:51, 27 May 2020
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    The Zeya Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Zeya River by the town of Zeya, Amur Oblast, Russia, north of the Chinese border. On average the Zeya Hydroelectric...
    4 KB (217 words) - 09:04, 27 July 2022
  • Megan and Morag, two domestic sheep, were the first mammals to have been successfully cloned from differentiated cells. They are not to be confused with...
    5 KB (630 words) - 20:51, 4 June 2023
  • Warren Johansson (February 21, 1934 – June 10, 1994) was a philologist, author and a leading American gay scholar during his lifetime. He was founding...
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    The Yazva (Russian: Я́зьва; Komi: Ёдз, Yodz) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Vishera. It flows through the south part of...
    2 KB (110 words) - 10:17, 11 January 2023
  • Tondemo (トンデモ, Tondemo) means "outrageous" or "preposterous" + bon (本, hon) "book" in Japanese. Recently the word has gained another meaning thanks to...
    2 KB (220 words) - 13:45, 21 October 2022
  • 54°04′N 38°29′E / 54.067°N 38.483°E / 54.067; 38.483 Sokolniki (Russian: Соко́льники) was a town in Novomoskovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located...
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  • The Vels (Russian: Велс) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Vishera. It is 92 kilometres (57 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers...
    2 KB (102 words) - 09:07, 26 May 2020
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    The North Keltma (Russian: Северная Кельтма - Severnaya Keltma) is a river in Komi Republic, Russia, a left tributary of the Vychegda. It is 155 kilometres...
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    Haven Herefords is the oldest family run herd of Hereford cattle in the world and is operated from the hamlet known as The Haven at Dilwyn in Herefordshire...
    9 KB (1,030 words) - 19:25, 12 June 2023
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    The Fatherland Defense Order (Vietnamese: Huân chương bảo vệ tổ quốc) is an award conferred by the Government of Vietnam. It is awarded to individuals...
    2 KB (160 words) - 21:46, 26 February 2023
  • The Piz (Russian: Пизь) is a right tributary of the river Buy in Perm Krai, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Republic of Udmurtia, Russia. It is 151...
    2 KB (101 words) - 13:56, 25 May 2020
  • The Molmys (Russian: Молмыс) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Yazva. It is 100 kilometres (62 mi) long, and the area of its drainage...
    2 KB (116 words) - 19:58, 13 September 2021
  • Animal Research Tomorrow, formerly the Basel Declaration Society, is a scientific association established on October 5, 2011, with the aim of promoting...
    3 KB (289 words) - 04:49, 15 July 2022
  • Alexander Ilyich Gitovich (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Гито́вич; 1 March 1909 — 9 August 1966) was a Soviet Russian poet and translator of Chinese and Korean...
    2 KB (121 words) - 16:53, 19 June 2022
  • The Ulvich (Russian: Ульвич) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a right tributary of the Yayva. It is 72 kilometres (45 mi) long, and its drainage basin...
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