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Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus) is a flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit. A scrambling and trailing vine -like plant, it is a highly cultivated fruit worldwide, with more than 1,000 varieties . Watermelon is grown in favorable climates from tropical to temperate regions worldwide for its large ...
Büyükada ( Greek: Πρίγκηπος or Πρίγκιπος, rendered Prinkipos or Prinkipo ), meaning "Big Island" in Turkish, is the largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, with an area of about 2 square miles (5 square kilometres). It is made up of the Maden and Nizam neighbourhoods in the Adalar ( Islands ...
Emerita. Scopoli, 1777 [ 1] Type species. Cancer emeritus. Linnaeus, 1767 [ 2] Emerita is a small genus of decapod crustaceans, [ 3] known as mole crabs, sand fiddlers, or sand crabs. These small animals burrow in the sand in the swash zone and use their antennae for filter feeding. [ 4][ 5]
Allies of Aegon are quietly killed in King’s Landing, though the court keeps about their business. Next thing we know, Aegon, just after enjoying a glass of wine in his carriage, is discovered ...
By Nate Raymond. (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled a Minnesota law requiring a person to be at least 21 years old before obtaining a permit to carry a handgun in public for self ...
Battle of the Trebia. / 45.05000°N 9.60000°E / 45.05000; 9.60000. The Battle of the Trebia (or Trebbia) was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and a Roman army under Sempronius Longus on 22 or 23 December 218 BC. Each army had a strength of about 40,000 men; the ...
The Cretaceous ( IPA: / krɪˈteɪʃəs / krih-TAY-shəss) [ 2] is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic. The name is derived from the ...
The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members by the end of 1941 were the "Big Four" – the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and China .