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  • 31Portsmouth Block Mills — The Portsmouth Block Mills form part of the Portsmouth Dockyard at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and were built during the Napoleonic Wars to supply the British Royal Navy with pulley blocks. They started the age of mass production using all… …

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  • 32List of Silent Hill monsters — The following is a list of monsters in the video game series Silent Hill . Silent Hill (1999)Common enemies*Air Screamer Pterodactyl like creatures that fly close to the ground surface and travel around in packs. They tend to linger around areas… …

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  • 33Ventriloquist (comics) — The Ventriloquist The Ventriloquist depicted on the cover of Batman #475 Publication information Publisher DC Co …

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  • 34Nice model — The Nice model (pronounced /ˈniːs/, like niece) is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. It is named for the location of the Observatoire de la Côte d Azur, where it was initially developed, in Nice, France.[1][2] It… …

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  • 35Aegean civilizations — The Bronze Age civilizations that arose and flourished с 3000–1000 BC in the region bordering the Aegean Sea. They included Crete, the Cyclades, the Greek mainland south from Thessaly, including the Peloponnese, and Macedonia, Thrace, and western …

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  • 36Blue Mountains (Australia) — The Blue Mountains is a mountainous region in New South Wales, Australia, which borders Sydney s metropolitan area, beginning approximately 50 kilometres west of the city s centre. [Gregory s New South Wales State Road Map, Map 220, 11th Edition …

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  • 37History of Kansas — The history of Kansas is rich with the lore of the American Old West. Located on the eastern edge of the Great Plains, the U.S. state of Kansas was the home of nomadic Native American tribes who hunted the vast herds of bison. The region first… …

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  • 38History of Toronto — The Toronto area was home to a number of First Nations groups who lived on the shore of Lake Ontario. At the time of European contact and pre contact, the Neutral Erie, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida and Cayuga were living in the vicinity of Toronto. The …

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  • 39Slizer/Throwbots — The Slizers was a line of Lego toys released in 1999 similar to BIONICLE or later released Lego RoboRiders. They were known as Throwbots in the United States but were called Slizers in Europe. The name Throwbots refers to the unique disk throwing …

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  • 40hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …

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