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Huldufólk[ a ] or hidden people are elves in Icelandic and Faroese folklore. [ 1 ][ 2 ] They are supernatural beings that live in nature. They look and behave similarly to humans, but live in a parallel world. [ 3 ] They can make themselves visible at will. [ 4 ] Konrad von Maurer cites a 19th-century Icelandic source claiming that the only ...
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula [ 1] from Cape Longing to Smith Peninsula. It is named after Captain Carl Anton Larsen, the master of the Norwegian whaling vessel Jason, who sailed along the ice front as far as 68°10' South during ...
A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an island is known as an insular shelf . The continental margin, between the continental shelf and the abyssal ...
Dell Inc. is an American technology company that develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. Dell is owned by its parent company, Dell Technologies. [ 3][ 4] Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, computer peripherals, HDTVs, cameras, printers, and ...
Barack Hussein Obama II[a](born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United Statesfrom 2009 to 2017. As a member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American presidentin U.S. history.
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United States Air Force. Produced. 1972–1984 [1] Number built. 716 [2] The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin - turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1977, it is named after the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, but is ...
The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.The Democratic ticket of Senator John F. Kennedy and, his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson narrowly defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon and his running mate, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.