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  2. Banana bread - Wikipedia

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    Bananas appeared in the US in the 1870s, but it took a while for them to appear as ingredients in desserts. Banana bread recipes emerged in cookbooks across North America when baking powder became available in grocery stores in the 1930s. Some food historians believe banana bread was a byproduct of the Great Depression as resourceful housewives ...

  3. Chiclete com Banana - Wikipedia

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    Chiclete com Banana ( Portuguese for " chewing gum with banana ") is an Axé music band, [1] currently consisting of Bell Marques, Wadinho Marques, Rey, Waltinho Cruz, Deny and Lelo. The group is named after the very well known and influential song "Chiclete com Banana", written by Gordurinha (Waldeck Artur Macedo; 1922–1969) and Almira ...

  4. Jacques Mallet du Pan - Wikipedia

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    Céligny, Republic of Geneva. Died. 10 May 1800. (1800-05-10) (aged 50) Richmond, London, United Kingdom. Signature. Jacques Mallet du Pan (5 November 1749 – 10 May 1800) was a Genevan political journalist and propagandist. [1] A Calvinist thinker and Counter-Revolutionary reformer, he opposed extreme positions held by both Revolutionary and ...

  5. Comedian (artwork) - Wikipedia

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    Comedian is a 2019 artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. Created in an edition of three, it appears as a fresh banana affixed to a wall with duct tape. As a work of conceptual art, it consists of a certificate of authenticity with detailed diagrams and instructions for its proper display. Two editions of the piece sold for US$120,000 ...

  6. Jennifer Pan - Wikipedia

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    Political scientist. Employer. Stanford University. Jennifer Pan is an American political scientist currently serving as professor of communication at Stanford University, where she is also a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and holds a courtesy appointment as a professor of political science. [1] [2] [3]

  7. Pan (god) - Wikipedia

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    Religion portal. Ancient Greece portal. v. t. e. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan ( / pæn /; [2] Ancient Greek: Πάν, romanized : Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. [3] He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr.

  8. History of the World Wide Web - Wikipedia

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    Category. The World Wide Web ("WWW", "W3" or simply "the Web") is a global information medium that users can access via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as email and Usenet do.

  9. United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3] It is the world's largest international ...