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  • 21List of Ranma ½ characters — The Ranma ½ cast Ranma ½ (らんま½, Ranma Nibun no Ichi?, pronounced Ranma one half) is a Japanese manga series written …

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  • 22Muhammad — For other persons named Muhammad, see Muhammad (name). For other uses, see Muhammad (disambiguation). Prophet Muhammad Prophet, Messenger, Apostle, Witness, Bearer of Good Tidings, Warne …

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  • 23Holda — In Germanic folklore as established by Jacob Grimm, [Grimm, Deutsche Mythologie 4th ed., Elard H. Meyer, ed. (Gütersloh) 1876 77, I:220ff.] Frau Holda or Holle is the supernatural matron of spinning, childbirth and domestic animals, and is also… …

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  • 24Spanish Inquisition — The Spanish Inquisition started and was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the medieval inquisition which was under papal… …

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  • 25List of atheists (miscellaneous) — Business* John Baskerville (1706 ndash;1775): English typesetter, printing innovator and typefounder, designer of the typeface that bears his name. [Baskerville left directions that his body be buried in a Conical Building in my own premises… …

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  • 26science fiction — a form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc. [1925 30] * * * Fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals, or more… …

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  • 27CANADA — CANADA, country in northern half of North America and a member of the British Commonwealth. At the beginning of the 21st century, its population of approximately 370,000 Jews made it the world s fourth largest Jewish community after the United… …

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  • 28List of Deltora Quest characters — The Deltora series features a wide line of characters, both important and minor. The series also features many different monsters and creatures that appeared in all of the many different books. This article is a list of the many different… …

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  • 29POLAND — POLAND, republic in E. Central Europe; the kingdom of Poland and the grand duchy of Lithuania united formally (Poland Lithuania) in 1569. This article is arranged according to the following outline: the early settlements jewish legal status… …

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  • 30Cultural and political image of John McCain — John McCain s personal character has dominated the image and perception of him.[1] His family s military heritage, his rebellious nature as a youth, his endurance over his treatment as a prisoner of war, his resulting physical limitations, his… …

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