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  • 21bitter — bitter, acrid are applied to things with an unpleasant taste (also smell, in the case of acrid) that is neither sweet nor bland yet seldom distinctly sour or really sickening. Bitter is traditionally associated with the repellent taste of… …

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  • 22skin — n Skin, hide, pelt, rind, bark, peel can all denote an outer removable coat which adheres to and protects the inner tissues of a body or organism. Skin, the most general term, applies especially to the outer covering of animals, whether it is as… …

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  • 23Ding — 1. Acht Dinge bringen in die Wirthschaft Weh: Theater, Putzsucht, Ball und Thee, Cigarren, Pfeife, Bierglas und Kaffee. 2. Acht Dinge haben von Natur Feindschaft gegeneinander: der Bauer und der Wolf, Katze und Maus, Habicht und Taube, Storch und …

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  • 24List of Ig Nobel Prize winners — This is a list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from 1991 to the present day. A parody of the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel Prizes are given each year in early October around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced for ten… …

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  • 25August Derleth — Born February 24, 1909 Died July 4, 1971 Occupation Novelist, short story writer …

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  • 26Nahuatl — Mexican language redirects here. For Mexican dialect of the Spanish language, see Mexican Spanish. Nahuatl Nāhuatlahtōlli, Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano Nahua wo …

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  • 27Koreshanity — is the set of religious/scientific beliefs put forth by Cyrus Teed. Followers of this belief were called Koreshans , and most of them formed a utopian communal society called the Koreshan Unity.Major BeliefsThe major beliefs of Koreshanity or… …

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  • 28Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt     Egypt     † …

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  • 29Loki — or Loke is a god or giant in Norse mythology. The 13th century Icelandic Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, two of the very few sources of information regarding the figure, inconsistently place him among the Æsir, as his blood brotherhood makes him a… …

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  • 30R. A. Lafferty — Infobox Writer name = R. A. Lafferty caption = Lafferty in a portion of his extensive library. pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1914|11|7|mf=y birthplace = Neola, Iowa deathdate = death date and age|2002|3|18|1914|11|7|mf=y deathplace = Broken… …

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