Facts about World War 1 World War 1 invokes impressions of a horrific slaughtering that took place in the trenches of the Western Front. While this gruesome picture surely leaves many with nausea‚ there are many World War 1 facts that most of us have no knowledge of. The spark that initiated the war was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination and threatened war unless Serbia followed a harsh set of demands. Germany backed
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STATISTICS AND FACTS ABOUT ONLINE SHOPPING *At the moment the most popular online store is called Amazon( Amazon.com ). so this website started as a online bookstore in 1995 but later in there progress they were starting to sell CDs‚ DVDs‚ video games etc. Over past years Amazon still continued to continue to extends its range and is now selling electronics‚ toys and much much more other products and adding on that‚ Amazon has built a large digital content business‚ which it supports with its own
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environment and are one of the top predators in their habitat. There are several characteristics including physical and habitual features that help wood stork survive in their habitat. Name The scientific name of the wood stork is Mycteria Americana (Bio Facts: Wood Stork). Wood storks’ offspring are commonly
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Background Facts About Vernon Scannell (1922 – 2007) These might help you understand some of the emotions involved in the meaning of the poem. Vernon Scannell was a British born poet. He came from a poor background . He always loved literature‚ but became more seriously involved in it about age 14. His father fought in the First World War‚ and similarly‚ Scannell was swept up by the action of WW2. He always hated Army life and deserted* soon after enlisting in 1940. He was caught and imprisoned
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Each September the entire village population spend five days creating this snowball and each year they attempt to break the previous year’s record. Polar Bears &Penguins: Everybody knows there are polar bears & penguines in Finland.In fact Finland is home to the world’s largest polar bear habitat‚ and second largest penguin habitat. While penguins are only found on Finland’s Arctic Coast‚ polar bears can be found all over Finland‚ even in Southern Finland during the winter.An intersting
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worry about‚ like debt‚ and the world seemed less irrational. Beforehand‚ gum chewing and talking in class were‚ for the most part‚ the major disciplinary problems in our schools; today‚ many public schools have been equipped with metal detectors because violence has become such a threat to everyday safety. Over thirty years ago‚ America was the leader in magnitude and superiority of high school diplomas. Today‚ our nation is ranked 18th out of 23 industrialized countries ("11 Facts About Education
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Each year‚ more than a hundred million animals are tested on. Of those hundred million‚ 95% of them are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act (11 Facts About Animal Testing). This act is meant to protect animals by setting standards of care that animals must be provided‚ which includes: housing‚ handling‚ sanitation‚ food‚ water‚ veterinary care‚ and protection from extreme weather conditions. Even animals that are protected‚ suffer from abuse and torture. Most of the animals used in testing are
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To talk about Douglass’s slave life with physical violence we can think about Covey. According to Douglass’s narrative‚ he was a farm renter and a poor man. He works sometimes as a trainer of slaves from the government two or three years without any charge (p.126). To tell about the bitterest dregs of slavery in his entire life‚ Douglass said‚ it was the slavery life staying six months with Covey. Shortest nights were too long for him and the longest day were too short for him. Covey made it possible
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mind‚ it is hard for us to know why it acts a certain way‚ but we can always try to learn. Everyone has had a nightmare one time or another maybe when they were a child or even as an adult. But what happens when the nightmares are constant? The fact is that nightmares are more frequent in children than in adults. According to a research done by Tucker Shaw‚ approximately 50% of the adult population have no nightmares. The rest only remember one or two per year. 5 to 10% remember nightmares
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this book has been to provide in a non-technical wa back round information on legal‚ medicat socia and historical facts about drugs used for non-medical purposes in Ireland. It is not intended to be a definitive study of problem drug-taking in Ireland. There are several reasons why this cannot be a definitive study. Firstlg much of the information i s not availa le‚ particularly about illegal drug use ‚ sim ly because by its illicit nature it is a h i den activity . Secondly‚ the drug scene i s constantly
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