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The Finnhorse or Finnish Horse ( Finnish: suomenhevonen, literally "horse of Finland "; Swedish: finskt kallblod, literally "finnish cold-blood") is a horse breed with both riding horse and draught horse influences and characteristics, and is the only breed developed fully in Finland. In English it is sometimes called the Finnish Universal, as ...
Finland. Updated on 10 February 2016. Matti Ensio Nykänen ( pronounced [ˈmɑtːi ˈnykænen] ⓘ; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) [ 1 ] was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, [ 3 ] having won five Winter Olympic medals (four gold), nine World Championship medals ...
Myxocyprinus asiaticus. ( Bleeker, 1865) Synonyms. Carpiodes asiaticus Bleeker, 1864. Myxocyprinus is a monotypic genus of freshwater fish in the monotypic subfamily Myxocyprininae within the family Catostomidae. [ 1][ 2] The only species is Myxocyprinus asiaticus, also known as the Chinese sucker. [ 1] It is a popular freshwater aquarium fish ...
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. [ 1 ] The story has also been published as " Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog " (its original title) and " The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ".
Fionn mac Cumhaill meets his father's old companions in the forests of Connacht; illustration by Stephen Reid.. Fionn mac Cumhaill (/ ˈ f ɪ n m ə ˈ k uː l / FIN mə-KOOL; Ulster Irish: [ˈfʲɪn̪ˠ mˠək ˈkuːl̠ʲ] Connacht Irish: [ˈfʲʊn̪ˠ-] Munster Irish: [ˈfʲuːn̪ˠ-]; Scottish Gaelic: [ˈfjũːn̪ˠ maxk ˈkʰũ.əʎ]; Old and Middle Irish: Find or Finn [1] [2] mac Cumail ...
The Nürburgring ( German pronunciation: [ˈnyːɐ̯bʊʁkˌʁɪŋ] ⓘ) is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long Nordschleife "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around the village and medieval castle of ...
The Finnish Landrace, Finn or Finnsheep is a breed of domestic sheep native to Finland. It is one of several Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds, but is notable for its high incidence of multiple births – it is common for a ewe to have three, four, or even five lambs at once. The lambs are often small, but are vigorous at birth and ...
Finn Mertens, better known as Finn the Human, is a character and one of the two protagonists in the American animated television series Adventure Time and resulting franchise created by Pendleton Ward. He also appeared in the spin-off series Adventure Time: Distant Lands and Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. He was voiced by Jeremy Shada in most ...