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8 hours ago · Full list. Catherine Élise Blanchett AC (/ ˈblæntʃɪt / BLAN-chit; [ 2 ] born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor [ a ] and film producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognized for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. Blanchett has received numerous accolades ...
1 day ago · Stoke-on-Trent is often known as "the city of five towns", the name given to it by local novelist Arnold Bennett, and is the only polycentric city in the UK. In his novels, Bennett used mostly recognisable aliases for five of the six towns, although he called Stoke "Knype".
1 day ago · Signature. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [ 1 ] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [ 2 ] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." [ 3 ]
8 hours ago · Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent Duffy Square, Times Square is a bowtie -shaped plaza five blocks long between 42nd and 47th ...
1 day ago · it was estimated that over 1000 attacks by the Nile crocodilies occurred between 2010 and 2020, almost 70% of which were fatal. [151] The species is considered to be the most dangerous large predator in Africa, particularly as it is both widespread and numerous. It can easily sneak up on people or domestic animals that come to the edge of the ...
8 hours ago · Airborne particulate matter is a Group 1 carcinogen. [6] Particulates are the most harmful form (other than ultra-fines) of air pollution [7] as they can penetrate deep into the lungs and brain from blood streams, causing health problems such as heart disease, lung disease, cancer and preterm birth. [8]
8 hours ago · The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
