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  2. Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    Encyclopedia. Entry for the French word "Amour" (Love) in a paper encyclopedia ( Larousse Universel) and in an online encyclopedia (Wikimini.org). An encyclopedia ( American English) or encyclopaedia ( British English) [1] is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or ...

  3. Raja Ampat Islands - Wikipedia

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    Raja Ampat Islands. / -0.2333115; 130.5078908. Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago located off of the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula (on the island of New Guinea ), Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals around the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and ...

  4. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    1983 (7th Session) Area. 38,160.87 ha. Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain ridge. [2] [3] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba ...

  5. Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Indonesia, [a] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [b] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at ...

  6. Sahasrara - Wikipedia

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    The Sahasrara is described as a lotus flower with 1,000 petals of different colors. These are arranged in 20 layers, each with approximately 50 petals. The pericarp is golden and within it a circular moon region is inscribed with a luminous triangle, which can be either upward- or downward-pointing. [3]

  7. Cat - Wikipedia

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    The domestic cat has a smaller skull and shorter bones than the European wildcat. [48] It averages about 46 cm (18 in) in head-to-body length and 23–25 cm (9.1–9.8 in) in height, with about 30 cm (12 in) long tails. Males are larger than females. [49] Adult domestic cats typically weigh 4–5 kg (8.8–11.0 lb).

  8. Google Images - Wikipedia

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    Google Images (previously Google Image Search) is a search engine owned by Google that allows users to search the World Wide Web for images. [1] It was introduced on July 12, 2001, due to a demand for pictures of the green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez worn in February 2000. [2] [3] [4] In 2011, reverse image search functionality was added.

  9. Human evolution - Wikipedia

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    Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family that includes all the great apes. [1]