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21 hours ago · Lupinus. Platycarpos (S.Wats) Kurl. Lupinus, commonly known as lupin, lupine, [note 1] or regionally bluebonnet, is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. [1] Smaller centers occur in North Africa and the Mediterranean.
21 hours ago · Abbasid Caliphate. The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire ( / əˈbæsɪd, ˈæbəsɪd /; Arabic: الْخِلَافَة الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, romanized : al-Khilāfa al-ʿAbbāsiyya) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ...
21 hours ago · Ibn Battuta. { English|date=February 2018}} Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī ( / ˌɪbən bætˈtuːtɑː /; 24 February 1304 – 1368/1369), [a] commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar. [7]
21 hours ago · Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unintended pregnancy. [1] Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth control only became available in the 20th century. [2] Planning, making available, and using human birth ...
21 hours ago · Ängsälvor (Swedish "Meadow Elves") by Nils Blommér (1850) An elf ( pl.: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic Poetic Edda and Snorri Sturluson 's Prose Edda . In medieval Germanic -speaking cultures, elves generally seem to ...
21 hours ago · Cats are common pets throughout the world, and their worldwide population as of 2007 exceeded 500 million. [199] As of 2017, the domestic cat was the second most popular pet in the United States, with 95.6 million cats owned [200] [201] and around 42 million households owning at least one cat. [202]
21 hours ago · England. Yorkshire. 53°22′51″N 01°28′13″W. / 53.38083°N 1.47028°W / 53.38083; -1.47028. Sheffield is a city [a] in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield.