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1 day ago · The rapid expansion of education past age 14 set the U.S. apart from Europe for much of the 20th century. [82] From 1910 to 1940, high schools grew in number and size, reaching out to a broader clientele. In 1910, for example, 9% of Americans had a high school diploma; in 1935, the rate was 40%. [190]
1 day ago · They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. Bacteria inhabit soil, water, acidic hot springs, radioactive waste, and the deep biosphere of Earth's crust.
1 day ago · Muslim sources at the time, however, put Saladin in the "baggage of the centre" with orders to lure the enemy into a trap by staging a feigned retreat. The Crusader force enjoyed early success against Shirkuh's troops, but the terrain was too steep and sandy for their horses, and commander Hugh of Caesarea was captured while attacking Saladin's ...
2 hours ago · t. e. The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, [1] was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church. Towards the end of the Renaissance, the Reformation marked the ...
1 day ago · Radiation case (confines thermal X-rays by reflection) A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb ( H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs, a more compact size, a lower mass, or a combination of these benefits.
2 hours ago · Emulsified sauces. Remoulade seaweed sauce. Anchoïade. Aioli – West Mediterranean sauce of garlic and oil. Béarnaise sauce – Sauce made of clarified butter and egg yolk. Garlic sauce – Sauce with garlic as a main ingredient. Hollandaise sauce – Sauce made of egg, butter, and lemon [8] Mayonnaise – Thick cold sauce.
1 day ago · These secondary frequency standards are accurate at the level of 10 −18; however, the uncertainties provided in the list are in the range 10 −14 – 10 −15 since they are limited by the linking to the caesium primary standard that currently (2018) defines the second.
