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  • ...enopodiaceae'' family, is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of [[sucrose]]. It is grown commercially for [[sugar]] production. The sugar comes from the bulb of the beetroot plant, [[chard]] and fodder beet, all descended by cultivation
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  • ...') is a species of [[Aesculus|buckeye]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[California]], and the only buckeye native to the state. [[Image:Californicaspike.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Flower spike of the California Buckeye]]
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  • | diversity_link = List of Euphorbia species ...ly from Africa, the Americas and [[Madagascar]]. There exists a wide range of [[island|insular]] species: on the [[Hawaiian Islands]] where spurges are c
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  • '''Ski wax''' is a material applied to the bottom of [[ski]]s or [[snowboard]]s to help them perform better on snow. == Types of ski wax ==
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  • ...bia]], and has extensive applications for the indigenous [[First Nations]] of the [[Pacific Northwest]].<ref name="Gymnosperm">Gymnosperm Database: [http ....<ref name="Gymnosperm"/><ref name="Farjon">Farjon, A. (2005). ''Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-06
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  • ...ge:Inka mauern cuzco.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Inca architecture|Inca wall]] of dry stone construction in [[Cusco]], [[Peru]]]] ...on method, which is characterized by the presence of a load-bearing facade of carefully-selected interlocking stones. Dry-stone technology is best known
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  • ...The occurrence of arsenic in drinking water is problematic in some parts of the world. ...per and lower layer. This relatively close packing leads to a high density of 5.73&nbsp;g/cm<sup>3</sup>.<ref name="Holl"/> It is a [[semiconductor]] an
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  • ...ity in [[Austria]]|Mining, Austria|the siege tactic|Mining (military)|name of the [[China|Chinese]] emperor|Daoguang Emperor}} ...e:Chuquicamata-002.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Chuquicamata]], [[Chile]], site of the largest circumference and second deepest [[open-pit mining|open pit]] [
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  • ...eous conditions|Category:Cutaneous conditions|ICD-10 Chapter XII: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue}} ...pmid17314969">{{cite journal |author=Fuchs E |title=Scratching the surface of skin development |journal=Nature |volume=445 |issue=7130 |pages=834–42 |y
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  • This is a list of places in the [[United States|United States of America]] which are named after people. The etymology is generally referenc *[[Abbot, Maine]] &ndash; John Abbot (treasurer of [[Bowdoin College]])
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  • | image_alt = A short green plant with many elliptical shaped leaves of arcuate venation ...[cloud forest]] in the isolated [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfiel
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  • ...ile [[anesthetic]] and as an inhaled obstetrical [[analgesic]] in millions of patients. ...s, prolonged neurologic dysfunction when used with soda lime, and evidence of hepatotoxicity as had been found with chloroform.
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  • ...on (re-enactment).jpg|thumb|Re-enactment of the first public demonstration of [[general anesthesia]] by [[William T. G. Morton]] on October 16, 1846 in t ...physicians and other Eastern scholars maintained and advanced the practice of [[Medicine in medieval Islam|medicine]] in the [[Arab World]] during the mi
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  • {{For|the assassination of Robert's brother, John|John F. Kennedy assassination}} ...= [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[USA]]
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  • {{History of war}} ...[[military tactics]], like [[ambush]]es, [[sabotage]], raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary [[Motion (physics)|mobility]] to harass a large
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  • |image = [[Image:Flag of Taliban.svg|border|200px|Taliban flag]] |previous = Students of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]]
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  • ...onal Security Agency]] (NSA) that contains hundreds of billions of records of [[telephone call]]s made by U.S. citizens from the four largest [[telephone | title =NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
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  • [[Image:Kumys-bottle.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A bottle and glass of kumis.]] ...cation: New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms | publisher=University of California Press | year=2006 | isbn=0-520-24638-1 | pages=.264}}</ref> It was also con
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