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96 expert Reference General answers researched from official documentation. Every answer cites authoritative sources you can verify.
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Cherry blossom (sakura) is the de facto national flower; chrysanthemum is the imperial symbol
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The James Joyce Award and the Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrants Award
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Thomas Edison (first commercially practical incandescent light bulb, 1879)
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Politics
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The surgeon held responsible for Stella Obasanjo's death was ordered to pay 120,000 euros to her son.
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Johanna Sigurdardottir was the Prime Minister of Iceland who worked as a flight attendant for Loftleidir Icelandic Airlines from 1962 to 1971. She served as Prime Minister from 2009 to 2013.
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Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, who was the President of India at the time, appointed Mirza Hameedullah Beg as Chief Justice of India in 1977.
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John Gilbert Layton (Jack Layton) was appointed as Quebec Youth Parliament prime minister in 1969, holding this position until 1970.
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The Coast Guard requested the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to implement a 900 square mile temporary flight restriction zone over the Deepwater Horizon operations area.
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Tara Chand resigned from the Indian National Congress on August 30, 2022, in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad.
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The names of the suspects in the Sagar-Runi murder case were announced by Home Minister MK Alamgir in October 2012.
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On June 24, 2018, Recep Tayyip Erdogan received 10,990,502 more votes than Muharrem İnce in the Turkish presidential election.
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Elizabeth Esteve-Coll was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which forced her to step down as Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia in 1997.
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Art
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The Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) in Melbourne rebranded and became the Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) in 2023.
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According to Karl Küchler, Empress Elizabeth of Austria's favorite sculpture depicted the poet Heinrich Heine. The sculpture was made for her villa Achilleion at Corfu.
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Scott Wilson discovered 'Lucy in the Field with Flowers' on the curb between two trash cans. This painting became the signature piece and founding artwork of the Museum of Bad Art (MOBA).
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Rosalba Carriera, the Venetian Rococo painter, painted the portrait of Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina (Maria Theresa) in 1730.
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Production was started in 1926 for the Crayola color Maximum Green Yellow (hexadecimal code #D9E650), as part of the Munsell line of crayons that Crayola acquired in the 1920s.
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Science and technology
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The Hubble Telescope entered a partial safe mode on January 8, 2019 following suspected hardware problems in its most advanced instrument, the Wide Field Camera 3.
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McConnachie. Jonathan M. McConnachie of ExxonMobil Research and Engineering won the Gordon E. Moore Medal in 2006.
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Dolly the sheep gave birth to her first lamb, Bonnie, in April 1998.
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Geography
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Radcliffe College was the women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1879, it was the women's college associated with Harvard University until it merged with Harvard in 1999.
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Abdullah Bridge in Srinagar spans 390 metres in length across the Jhelum River.
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The forest cover area of Tamil Nadu is 26,364.02 square kilometers, according to the India State of Forest Report 2019.
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Other
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The Lego part with ID gal56 (Galidor Accessory Staff Euripides) was first released in 2002 as part of the Galidor theme.
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Sports
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Music
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Carrie Underwood's album 'Cry Pretty' was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 23, 2018.
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Military
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It was reported in April 2020 that the German Defense Ministry planned to replace its Tornado aircraft with a purchase of 30 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, 15 EA-18G Growlers, and 55 Eurofighter Typhoons.
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Entertainment
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F.R.I.D.A. is an acronym for Far Ranging Integrated Defense Aeormaton in Critical Role Campaign 3.
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