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  • 121Mercury (planet) — Mercury  ☿ …

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  • 122NEAR Shoemaker — This article is about the robotic space probe named NEAR Shoemaker. For the type of asteroid, see Near Earth asteroid. For the public alarm system tested by the U.S. government in the 1950s and 1960s, see National Emergency Alarm Repeater. Artist …

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  • 123List of country name etymologies — This list covers English language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Countries in italics no longer exist as sovereign political entities.Aflag|Afghanistan::From Afghan and …

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  • 1242010 (film) — Infobox Film name = 2010 tagline = We are not alone. director = Peter Hyams producer = Peter Hyams writer = Arthur C. Clarke (novel) Peter Hyams (screenplay) starring = Roy Scheider John Lithgow Helen Mirren Bob Balaban Keir Dullea Douglas Rain… …

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  • 125City of Adelaide (1864) — Coordinates: 55°36′29″N 4°41′09″W / 55.60806°N 4.68583°W / 55.60806; 4.68583 …

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  • 126Bounty (ship) — His Majesty s Armed Vessel (HMAV) Bounty was a British ship, most well known for the infamous mutiny aboard her in 28 April, 1789. The mutiny was the subject of novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. A replica of… …

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  • 127Madagascar — Madagascan, n., adj. /mad euh gas keuhr/, n. an island republic in the Indian Ocean, about 240 mi. (385 km) off the SE coast of Africa: formerly a French colony; gained independence 1960. 14,061,627; 227,800 sq. mi. (590,000 sq. km). Cap.:… …

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  • 128Portuguese literature — Introduction       the body of writing in the Portuguese language produced by the peoples of Portugal, which includes the Madeira Islands and the Azores.       The literature of Portugal is distinguished by a wealth and variety of lyric poetry,… …

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