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11Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …
12Monty Hall problem — In search of a new car, the player picks a door, say 1. The game host then opens one of the other doors, say 3, to reveal a goat and offers to let the player pick door 2 instead of door 1. The Monty Hall problem is a probability puzzle loosely… …
13M72 LAW — Infobox Weapon name=M72 LAW caption=The M72 LAW in extended position origin=flag|United States type= Anti tank is ranged=yes is bladed= is explosive=yes is artillery= is vehicle= is UK= service= used by= wars= designer= FA Spinale, CB Weeks and… …
14EgyptAir Flight 990 — SU GAP, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Düsseldorf in 1992. Occurrence summary Date …
15Cleek-McCabe Site — (15Be8, 15Be22, 15Be23) Location Period Fort Ancient culture Country United States Region Boone County, Kentucky The Cleek McCabe Site is a Middle Fort Ancient culture (1200 to 1400 CE) …
16Caridoid escape reaction — The Caridoid Escape Reaction, also known as lobstering or tail flipping, refers to an innate escape mechanism in marine and freshwater crustaceans such as lobsters , krill, shrimp, and crayfish. It has been most extensively researched in crayfish …
17TWA Flight 841 (1979) — Infobox Airliner accident|name=1979 TWA Flight 841 Date=April 4, 1979 Type=Controversial Site=Detroit, Michigan Fatalities=0 Injuries=8 Aircraft Type=Boeing 727 31 Operator=TWA Tail Number=N840TW Passengers=82 Crew=7 Survivors=89 (all) On April 4 …
18glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …
19Continental Airlines — Not to be confused with Continental Airways, a low cost airline in Russia. Continental Airlines IATA CO …
20Tupolev 124 ditching in Neva River — Infobox Airliner accident|name=Tupolev 124 ditching in Neva river Date=August 21,1963|Type=Fuel exhaustion Site=Leningrad, Soviet Union Fatalities=0|Injuries=0 Aircraft Type=Tupolev Tu 124|Operator=Aeroflot|Tail Number=СССР 45021… …
