15,000 fragments of about 850 scrolls from ancient Judaism

The term France–Habsburg rivalry (French: Rivalité franco-habsbourgeoise; German: Habsburgisch-Französischer Gegensatz) describes the rivalry between France and the House of Habsburg. The Habsburgs headed an expansive and evolving Empire that included, at…

Lists the most frequently used names for streets.

The Taliban (/ˈtælɪbæn, ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/; Pashto: طالبان‎, romanized: ṭālibān, lit. 'students' or 'seekers'), who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is a Deobandi Islamist movement and military organization in Afghanistan, currently…

English poet, translator and prose writer (1870-1945)

Though ondansetron is viewed by many as the first-line agent for nausea in the emergency department (ED), there is evidence it doesn't work in

How so many Vietnamese people came to choose the nail trade dates back 40 years and involves a Hollywood actress.

Shows how old the actors were when making a movie.

Franklin traveled widely to select postal routes, find the best clerks and create a system of communication for horse-riders who carried the mail.

A 90-year-old Austrian man leaves a gift to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France for saving his family.

Today the Dalmatian serves as a firehouse mascot, but back in the days of horse drawn fire carts and engines they provided a valuable service.

American journalist

Fruit trees naturally reproduce themselves from seeds, but most fruit trees that you buy are not produced that way for very good reasons. There are many ways to propagate fruit trees, and each meth…

In 2013, Hank Hunt's daughter, Kari, was attacked and killed by her estranged husband in a Marshall, Texas hotel room. Kari's nine-year-old daughter was in the room and tried calling 911 on the hotel phone. She dialed 911 four times as her mother was attacked.…

American television personality

landmass comprising more than one continental core, or craton

What was the last thing you ate? Did you think about where it came from? I’m willing to bet that food was related some how to pollination. Whether it was a fruit or vegetable that was pollinated directly or from an animal that ate the food being pollinated.…

covert Israeli military operation to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 1991

Matthew McConaughey first uttered his famous line in Richard Linklater's coming-of-age 1993 film, "Dazed and Confused," in which he played David Wooderson

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