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  • 101History of Tristan da Cunha — The islands of Tristan da Cunha were sighted in 1506 by the Portuguese admiral Tristan, or more correctly Tristão da Cunha, after whom they are named, during a voyage to India. Thereafter the islands (which were uninhabited) were occasionally… …

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  • 102Mu'tazili — Muʿtazilah (Arabic المعتزلة al mu tazilah ) is a theological school of thought within Sunni Islam. It is also anglicized as Muʿtazilite. They are usually not accepted by other Sunni Muslims, though their theology parallels Shi a Islam, such as… …

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  • 103Ride (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Ride Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Genre = Alternative rock Shoegazing Years active = 1988 – 1996 Label = Creation, Warner, Sire Associated …

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  • 104Hasmonean — Infobox Former Country native name = conventional long name = Hasmonean Kingdom common name = continent = Asia region = Levant country = era = Hellenistic Age status = Jewish theocracy government type = Jewish theocracy with priestly king year… …

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  • 105Jumbo — The Elephant (1861 September 15, 1885) was a very large African bush elephant, born 1861 in French Sudan, imported to a Paris zoo, transferred to the London Zoo in 1865, and sold in 1882 to P. T. Barnum, for the circus. The giant elephant s name… …

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  • 106Manuel II of Portugal — Manuel II King of Portugal and the Algarves Reign 1 February 1908 4 October 1910 Predecessor Carlos I Successor …

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  • 107John Prescott — Infobox Deputy Prime Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name = John Prescott honorific suffix = MP office = Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom term start = 2 May 1997 term end = 27 June 2007 primeminister=Tony Blair… …

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  • 108Barnes Wallis — Infobox Person name = Sir Barnes Wallis image size = 240px caption = birth name = Barnes Neville Wallis birth date = birth date|1887|09|26|df=yes birth place = Ripley, Derbyshire, England death date = death date and… …

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  • 109USS West Virginia (BB-48) — USS West Virginia (BB 48), a Sclass|Colorado|battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state.Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1920 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News,… …

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  • 110Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby — Infobox Military Person name= The Viscount Allenby lived= 23 April 1861 14 May 1936 caption=Field Marshal Lord Allenby nickname= placeofbirth= Brackenhurst, Nottinghamshire placeofdeath= London allegiance=flagicon|United KingdomUnited Kingdom… …

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