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(Encyclopedia) Essex, county, 1,520 sq mi (3,938 sq km) SE England, on the Thames River and the North Sea, one of the “Home Counties” of London.…Canyonlands National Park
(Encyclopedia) Canyonlands National Park, 337,598 acres (136,679 hectares), SE Utah; est. 1964. Located in a desert region, the park contains a maze of deep canyons and many unusual features carved…magpie
(Encyclopedia) magpie, common name for certain birds of the family Corvidae (crows and jays). The black-billed magpie, Pica pica or P. hudsonia, of W North America has iridescent black plumage, white…Alamogordo
(Encyclopedia) Alamogordo Alamogordo ălˌəməgôrˈdō, –də [key], city, seat of Otero co., S N.Mex., near the Sacramento Mts.; inc. 1912. Holloman Air Force Base, home to U.S.…Bedouin
(Encyclopedia) BedouinBedouinbĕdˈ&oomacr;ĭn [key] [Arab.,=desert dwellers], primarily nomad Arab peoples of the Middle East, where they form about 10% of the population. They are of the same…Brewer's: Dollar
Marked thus $, either scutum or 8, a dollar being a “piece of eight” [reals]. The two lines indicate a contraction, as in lb. The word is a variant of thaler (Low German, dahler; Danish,…Brewer's: Dolmen
A name given in France to what we term “cromlechs.” These ancient remains are often called by the rural population devils' tables, fairies' tables, and so on. (Celtic, stone tables.) It…Denali National Park and Preserve
(Encyclopedia) Denali National Park and PreserveDenali National Park and Preservedənälˈē [key], in the Alaska Range, S central Alaska; comprising Denali National Park (4,740,912 acres/1,919,398…Significant Recordings of 1999
Tori AmosAustin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me SoundtrackBackstreet BoysBeckBen Folds FiveBlack CrowesBlondieGarth BrooksThe CardigansMariah CareyThe Chemical BrothersContinental DriftersChris…Cosmic Dust Doomed Dinosaurs?
The earliest fossil animal embryos, dating from the Precambrian era, were found by American, Taiwanese, and Chinese scientists in phosphate deposits in China's Guizhou province. Some of…Trending
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