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  • 111Borophagus — Borophagus[1] Temporal range: late Miocene to late Pliocene Osteoborus cyonoides skull …

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  • 112List of methods of capital punishment — Quartering This is a list of methods of capital punishment. Method Description Animals Crushing by elephant[1] Devouring by: A …

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  • 113The World of Kong — The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island is a 2005 encyclopedic book, made for the release of Peter Jackson s King Kong. The book tells all about King Kong s fictional world. It talks about everything on Skull Island, from the… …

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  • 114Timeline of the sinking of the RMS Titanic — The timeline of the sinking of the RMS Titanic details the events of the night of Sunday 14 April 1912, and into the early hours of the following day, which saw the loss of the ocean liner Titanic , one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters… …

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  • 115Military history of the Crusader states — The military history of the Crusader states began with the formation of the County of Edessa in 1097 and ended with the loss of Ruad in 1302 it was the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land. Contents 1 War with the Seljuks 1.1 First Crusade… …

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  • 116indigo snake — a large, deep blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number. Also called… …

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  • 117oil shale — Geol. a black or dark brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation. [1870 75] * * * Any fine grained sedimentary rock that contains solid organic matter (kerogen) and yields significant… …

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  • 118ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …

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  • 119copper processing — Introduction  use of smelting or leaching, usually followed by electrolytic refining or recovery, to turn the ore into a form from which products can be fashioned. Included in this article also is a discussion of the mining of copper and of its… …

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  • 120Germany — • History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Germany     Germany     † …

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