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Where did the first scandinavians come from?

Score: 4.9/5 (12 votes) But researchers have long wondered who these settlers were, and where they had come from. Many of the tools they left behind suggested that the first Scandinavians came from the southwest, and migrated northward along Norway's long and winding coast.Where did the Scandin...

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science and innovation

How did the glossopteris become extinct?

Score: 4.6/5 (32 votes) History. The Glossopteridales arose in the Southern Hemisphere around the beginning of the Permian Period (298.9 million years ago), but became extinct during the end-Permian (Changhsingian) mass extinction. ... Glossopterids were, thus, one of the major casualties of the end...

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data and analysis

How to clear sinus blockage?

Score: 4.2/5 (24 votes) Home TreatmentsUse a humidifier or vaporizer.Take long showers or breathe in steam from a pot of warm (but not too hot) water.Drink lots of fluids. ... Use a nasal saline spray. ... Try a Neti pot, nasal irrigator, or bulb syringe. ... Place a warm, wet towel on your face. .....

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data and analysis

When did dammit become a word?

Score: 4.5/5 (39 votes) Mid 19th century alteration of damn it.Where did the term dammit come from?late 13c., "to condemn," from Old French damner "damn, condemn; convict, blame; injure," derivative of Latin damnare "to adjudge guilty; to doom; to condemn, blame, reject," from noun damnum "damage, h...

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environment and climate

What is duplication in biology?

Score: 4.4/5 (12 votes) Duplication is a type of mutation that involves the production of one or more copies of a gene or region of a chromosome. Gene and chromosome duplications occur in all organisms, though they are especially prominent among plants. Gene duplication is an important mechanism by ...

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health

Was the typewriter invented?

Score: 4.8/5 (66 votes) A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper by striking an inked ribbon selectively against the paper with a type elemen...

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global affairs

Will mario party superstars have dlc?

Score: 4.3/5 (21 votes) Though despite no official word from Nintendo, there is definitely a lot of room for Mario Party Superstars DLC, or at least a major content update. ... It is entirely possible that Mario Party Superstars will stay as-is. This might be especially useful if Nintendo wishes to ...

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culture and society

During adolescence what types of glands are very active?

Score: 4.7/5 (30 votes) The increase in various hormones during puberty makes the body's sweat glands more active and they produce more sweat.Which gland is responsible for adolescence?Puberty is the body's natural process of sexual maturation. Puberty's trigger lies in a small part o...

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science and innovation

When was stark tower built?

Score: 4.7/5 (75 votes) Stark Tower In 2012, Tony Stark finished installing the last piece of an Arc Reactor in the undersea wiring near New York City thanks to his armor, in order to disconnect the newly-constructed Stark Tower from the general electricity network, making it the first self-sustaini...

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data and analysis

Where does the word keeping room come from?

Score: 4.8/5 (63 votes) The “keeping room” originated in colonial times, before homes were ginormous, or rather, when only a select few had ginormous homes, usually called castles. It was a multi-use room attached to the kitchen or open to it, complete with a fireplace for warmth.Why is it called th...

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