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  • 21Bird flight — Flight is the main mode of locomotion used by most of the world s bird species. Flight assists birds while feeding, breeding and avoiding predators.Evolution of bird flightMost paleontologists agree that birds evolved from small theropod… …

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  • 22RAF Syerston — Infobox Airport name = RAF Syerston nativename = nativename a = nativename r = image width = caption = IATA = ICAO = EGXY type = Military owner = operator = Royal Air Force city served = location = Newark on Trent elevation f = 228 elevation m =… …

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  • 23Ozric Tentacles — live in Zagreb, 2004 Background information Origin Somerset, England …

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  • 24South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 25Greater Glider — Taxobox name = Greater GliderMSW3 Groves|pages=51] status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Marsupial Monotreme Specialist Group|year=1996|id=40579|title=Petauroides volans|downloaded=26 December 2006]… …

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  • 26Karl Otto Lange — For the person persecuted by the Nazis, see Karl Lange Karl Otto Heinrich Lange, Dr. Ing. (1903 ndash; 1973) was a pioneer in aviation (soaring), atmospheric science, engineering education, and biomedical engineering (effects of gravity and… …

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  • 27Fuel economy-maximizing behaviors — (also known as green driving) describe techniques that drivers can use to optimize their automobile fuel economy. The energy in fuel consumed in driving is lost in many ways, including engine inefficiency, aerodynamic drag, rolling friction, and… …

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  • 28Rio de Janeiro — Infobox Settlement name = Rio de Janeiro settlement type = Municipality official name = The Municipality ofSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro imagesize = 250px image caption = View of Rio de Janeiro nickname = Cidade Maravilhosa ( The Marvelous City …

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  • 29japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 30Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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