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4 days ago · Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity, and romance.
6 days ago · Mitochondrion. Two mitochondria from mammalian lung tissue displaying their matrix and membranes as shown by electron microscopy. A mitochondrion ( / ˌmaɪtəˈkɒndriən /; [1] pl.: mitochondria) is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi.
3 days ago · Sex and the law. A sodomy law is a law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes. The precise sexual acts meant by the term sodomy are rarely spelled out in the law, but are typically understood and defined by many courts and jurisdictions to include any or all forms of sexual acts that are deemed to be "illegal", "illicit", "unlawful ...
5 days ago · The white knot is a symbol of support for same-sex marriage in the United States. The white knot combines two symbols of marriage, the color white and " tying the knot ," to represent support for same-sex marriage. [95] The White Knot has been worn publicly by many celebrities as a means of demonstrating solidarity with that cause.
4 days ago · Obsessive–compulsive disorder ( OCD) is a mental and behavioral disorder in which an individual has intrusive thoughts (an obsession) and feels the need to perform certain routines ( compulsions) repeatedly to relieve the distress caused by the obsession, to the extent where it impairs general function. [1] [2] [7]
1 day ago · The Cambridge Dictionary defines consciousness as " the state of understanding and realizing something. " [21] The Oxford Living Dictionary defines consciousness as " The state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings. ", " A person's awareness or perception of something. " and " The fact of awareness by the mind of itself and the ...
1 day ago · Internet TLD. .ru. .рф. Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.
