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2 days ago · The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed the "Great American Eclipse" by some media, [1] was a total solar eclipse visible within a band that spanned the contiguous United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts.
2 days ago · In southeastern Egypt, an individual found killed in 2017 was the first sighting of the leopard in this area in 65 years. [82] In West Asia, the leopard inhabits remain in the areas of southern and southeastern Anatolia. [83] [84] [85] Leopard populations in the Arabian Peninsula are small and fragmented. [86] [87] [88]
1 day ago · In English, the omission of the definite article ("Crimea" rather than "the Crimea") became common during the later 20th century. [citation needed]The spelling "Crimea" is from the Italian form, la Crimea, since at least the 17th century [3] and the "Crimean peninsula" becomes current during the 18th century, gradually replacing the classical name of Tauric Peninsula in the course of the 19th ...
1 day ago · The term "Hampton Roads" is a centuries-old designation that originated when the region was a struggling English outpost nearly four hundred years ago.. The word "Hampton" honors one of the founders of the Virginia Company of London and a great supporter of the colonization of Virginia, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
1 day ago · Mitragyna speciosa is a tropical evergreen tree of the Rubiaceae family (coffee family) native to Southeast Asia. [3] It is indigenous to Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea, [4] where its leaves, known as "kratom" have been used in herbal medicine since at least the 19th century. [5]
1 day ago · Bali (English: / ˈ b ɑː l i /; Balinese: ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast.
2 days ago · The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was a devastating and extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, and the costliest on record, with a damage total of at least $294.92 billion . [ nb 1 ] The season featured 17 named storms , 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes.
