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  • 11Ufology — is a neologism coined to describe the collective efforts of those who study unidentified flying object reports and associated evidence. Not all ufologists believe that UFOs are necessarily extraterrestrial spacecraft, or even that they are… …

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  • 12Cyber-bullying — Cyberbully redirects here. It is not to be confused with Cyberbully (film). Cyberbullying hurts logo Cyber bullying is the use of the Internet and related technologies …

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  • 13Alexander Wood (merchant) — Alexander Wood (January 1772 ndash; September 11, 1844) was a merchant and magistrate in Upper Canada who was the center of a sex scandal in 1810.Early life and careerWood was born in Fetteresso, Scotland (coord|56.961216|N|2.261167|W|region:GB) …

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  • 14travesty — /trav euh stee/, n., pl. travesties, v., travestied, travestying. n. 1. a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter. 2. a literary or… …

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  • 15Gioachino Rossini — Gioachino Antonio Rossini [Rossini s first name is often spelled Gioacchino. Rossini himself spelled it with either one c or two early in life, but eventually settled on Gioachino. Baker s , Grove , and most Rossini scholars use Gioachino. ]… …

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  • 165th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien — The 5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien or 5. SS Freiwilligen Sturmbrigade Wallonien was a Belgian Waffen SS volunteer brigade comprising volunteers of Walloon background. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II.In September of …

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  • 17mockery — n. 1. Ridicule, derision, scorn, jeering, contemptuous mimicry. 2. Sport, subject of ridicule. 3. Show, imitation, counterfeit. 4. Vain effort, fruitless labor …

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  • 18Gare Saint-Lazare — is one of the six large terminus train stations of Paris. It is the second busiest in Europe, behind the Gare du Nord, handling 450,000 passengers each day, and serves several lines to Normandy. The first station at St Lazare was 200 m north west …

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  • 19Oeconomicus (Xenophon) — The Oeconomicus by Xenophon is a Socratic dialogue principally about household management and agriculture. It is one of the earliest works on economics and a significant source for the social and intellectual history of classic Athens. Beyond the …

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  • 20Feast of Trumpets (Christian holiday) — See also Rosh Hashanah also called a Day [of] teruah ( Blowing [of the Shofar] /Trumpeting in the Torah) about Judaism s New Year Jewish holy day. The Feast of Trumpets is a holy day observed by Christians who believe in keeping the Seven Feasts… …

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