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3 days ago · Frequency. 213 million (2012) [11] Deaths. 230,600 (2016) [12] Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops ( gestates) inside a woman 's uterus (womb). [4] [13] A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. [14]
5 days ago · Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380), known as Catherine of Siena ( Italian: Caterina da Siena ), was an Italian mystic and pious laywoman who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy. Canonized in 1461, she is revered as a saint and as a Doctor of the Church due to her ...
2 days ago · Indian-origin religions Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, are all based on the concepts of dharma and karma. Ahimsa, the philosophy of nonviolence, is an important aspect of native Indian faiths whose most well known proponent was Shri Mahatma Gandhi, who used civil disobedience to unite India during the Indian independence movement – this philosophy further inspired Martin Luther ...
4 days ago · Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( / ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən / ⓘ, commonly referred to as Wolves [1]) is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, the Black Country, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889.
3 days ago · Modern. ↓ Future. v. t. e. Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens) in East Africa around 300,000–250,000 years ago. The earliest known recorded history arose in Ancient Egypt, [1] and later in Nubia, the Horn of Africa, the ...
2 days ago · Qantas Empire Airways Short Empire flying boats at Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour, 1939. Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 by Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness and Fergus McMaster as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. [21] [22] The airline's first aircraft was an Avro 504K.
4 days ago · Biryani ( / bɜːrˈjɑːni /) is a mixed rice dish, mainly popular in South Asia. It is made with rice, some type of meat ( chicken, goat, pork, lamb, beef, prawn, or fish) and spices. To cater to vegetarians, in some cases, it is prepared by substituting vegetables or paneer for the meat. [1]
