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Geometry is the study of the size, shape, and position of two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional figures. You can find geometry in art, architecture, engineering, robotics, land surveys, astronomy, sculptures, space, nature, sports, machines, cars and much more.

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Vous savez probablement que la meilleure qualité d'huile d'olive est vierge extra. En fait ce label n'est pas une question de saveur mais de conditions requises. Le logo vierge extra* garantit que l'huile : est issue d'une première pression à froid a moins de 0,8 % d'acidité n'a aucun défaut** Vous voyez qu'il n'y...

This Day in African History -- Dissident Writer Ken Saro-Wiwa Executed in Nigeria

Tuesday November 10, 2009
Fourteen years ago, on 10 November 1995, writer and political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian military government after being charged with the murder of four tribal leaders. His execution was widely condemned across the world and helped turn Nigeria into a 'pariah' state. Find out more......

On This Day in Science History - November 10 - Vanadium

Tuesday November 10, 2009
November 10th is Andrés Manuel Del Rio's birthday. Del Rio was a Spanish mineralogist who discovered the element vanadium -- the first time. He isolated several salts from a mineral known as "brown lead" (called vanadite today) that appeared to be a new element. He noted his salts had similar...

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