(Encyclopedia) United Nations Secretaries-General
Secretary-General
Nationality
Dates in Office
Trygve Halvdan Lie
Norwegian
1946–53
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish
1953–61
U Thant
Burmese
1962–71…
(Encyclopedia) OsirisOsirisōsīˈrĭs [key], in Egyptian religion, legendary ruler of predynastic Egypt and god of the underworld. He was the son of the sky goddess Nut and the earth god Geb. The great…
(Encyclopedia) Mailer, Norman (Norman Kingsley Mailer), 1923–2007, American writer, b. Long Branch, N.J., grad. Harvard, 1943. He grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., served in the army during World War II,…
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Approximate heights of some types of clouds
cloud, aggregation of minute particles of water or ice suspended in the air.
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Not a planet anymore by Chris Frantz The new solar system, with Pluto demoted from planet status. Credit: The International Astronomical Union/Martin Kornmesser. Click here for a larger…
The word for the longest measurement of time is kalpa, Hindi for 432 billion years. A year is the time it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun once. A calendar year is 365 days.…
WHO BUILT MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS? WHAT WERE STONE CIRCLES USED FOR? CHAMBER TOMBSFIND OUT MOREBetween c. 3200 BC and 1500 BC, peoples in northwest Europe began to build monuments from massive…
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2011 Academy Awards | Oscar winners and nomineesThe 2011 Academy Awards were presented on February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners…
“Mothers of the Earth,” “Queens of the Universe,” “Queens of the Heavens,” all are goddesses believed to be creators, lawmakers, prophets, healers, hunters, battle leaders, and truth-givers. Let…
