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Stretching over 1,000 miles, this country is home to the longest artificial waterway in human history.
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In bioacoustics, these mammalian vocalizations typically feature fundamental frequencies between 160 Hz and 1,000 Hz, produced by subglottal pressure pulses through the larynx.
What is dog barking?
First launched online on January 15, 2001, this multilingual website hosts over 60 million articles and is the only non-profit among the world’s top 10 most-visited websites.
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According to Chinese medical folklore, Eastern Han dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing invented these stuffed, ear-shaped dough parcels boiled with mutton and herbs to treat frostbitten ears during severe winters.
What are dumplings?
Because of its waterlogged, swampy peat soil, the historic buildings of this city are supported by millions of wooden foundation piles driven into the earth.
Where is Amsterdam?
This 2013 Grammy-winning album broke mainstream radio conventions with midtempo acoustic-electric arrangements, sparse, dry acoustic picking, and wry small-town realism.
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Originating from Abraham Ortelius's 1570 work Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and later named by Gerardus Mercator after a mythical Titan, this noun describes a bound collection of geographical maps and accompanying tables.
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On November 12, 1987, this company became the first Western fast-food restaurant to open a franchise in mainland China, launching a three-story, 500-seat flagship near Qianmen in Beijing.
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In June 1752, a renowned polymath flew a silk kite with a hemp string and a metal key into a thunderstorm in this city to prove lightning is electrical.
Where is Philadelphia?
In psychoacoustics and neurobiology, this sensory phenomenon (abbreviated by four letters) describes a tingling sensation on the scalp triggered by low-amplitude, intimate auditory cues like whispering or tapping.
What is ASMR?
Written in 1944 and translated into English in 1951, this epic three-part novel chronicles the survival, psychological collapse, and moral resilience of a Beijing neighborhood under WWII occupation.
What is Four Generations Under One Roof?
Traditional street food customs dictate that this raw-cured fish is dipped in raw diced onions, held vertically above the mouth by its tail fins, and eaten whole from bottom to top.
What is herring?
This city's namesake national laboratory is credited with the discovery of 16 synthetic elements on the periodic table, including atomic number 97.
Where is Berkeley?
In neurological studies of chromesthesia (sound-to-color synesthesia), this Finnish composer famously perceived chords as specific colors, associating F major with green and D major with yellow.
Who is Jean Sibelius?
Chronicled in detail by Procopius in History of the Wars, this 6th-century Roman military commander reconquered Carthage, Rome, and Ravenna under Emperor Justinian I despite chronic troop shortages.
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Often confused with taro or Okinawan sweet potatoes, this tropical tuber owes its vivid violet flesh to water-soluble anthocyanin pigments and features a naturally nutty, vanilla-like flavor profile.
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