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Score: 4.4/5 (28 votes) Kapp Putsch, (1920) in Germany, a coup d'état that attempted to overthrow the fledgling Weimar Republic. Its immediate cause was the government's attempt to demobilize two Freikorps brigades. One of the brigades took Berlin, with the cooperation of the Berlin army d...
Score: 4.8/5 (38 votes) 'Double double toil and trouble/Fire burn and cauldron bubble' is a rhyming couplet from Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, chanted by the supernatural three witches. It is among the most quoted lines from Shakespeare, mainly because of its sing-song rhythm and its r...
Score: 4.9/5 (65 votes) "Could It Be Magic" is a song with lyrics by Adrienne Anderson and music by Barry Manilow, based on Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20. The song was initially released in 1971 by Featherbed (a group of session musicians featuring Barry Manilow), pro...
Score: 5/5 (55 votes) What Was the Largest Fish Ever Caught? According to IGFA records, the largest fish ever caught was a great white shark that weighed an unbelievable 2,664 pounds (1,208.389 kg.). Caught off the coast of Ceduna, Australia, in 1959, it took angler Alfred Dean just 50 minutes to wi...
Score: 4.4/5 (47 votes) An invasive plant as fast-growing as kudzu outcompetes everything from native grasses to fully mature trees by shading them from the sunlight they need to photosynthesize.Where is kudzu considered an invasive species?Kudzu occurs primarily in the eastern U.S. and has been rep...
Score: 4.9/5 (64 votes) Except for dietary fiber, all dietary carbohydrates are considered nonessential. Every other major class of nutrients contains multiple essential compounds. For example, there are nine essential amino acids, at least two essential fatty acids, and many essential vitamins and ...
Score: 4.2/5 (53 votes) adj. Lacking or displaying a lack of eloquence. in·el′o·quence n. in·el′o·quent·ly adv.What is Ineloquence?: not eloquent : having or showing a lack of eloquence.Is Ineloquence a word?adj. Lacking or displaying a lack of eloquence. in·el′o·quence n. in·el′o·quent·ly adv.What ...
Score: 4.7/5 (16 votes) A control group in a scientific experiment is a group separated from the rest of the experiment, where the independent variable being tested cannot influence the results. This isolates the independent variable's effects on the experiment and can help rule out alternative...
Score: 4.9/5 (64 votes) Thionine, also known as Lauth's violet, is the salt of a heterocyclic compound. It was firstly synthesised by Charles Lauth. A variety of salts are known including the chloride and acetate, called respectively thionine chloride and thionine acetate.What is the meaning of...
Score: 4.7/5 (24 votes) Thermoelectric wine coolers have less moving parts, requiring less energy to operate than compressor-powered units. They don't vibrate. Vibrations are detrimental to the aging process of wine—a thermoelectric wine cooler can help preserve your investment. They're qu...
