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9 hours ago · In a 2004 online poll involving more than 50,000 people from 73 countries, the tiger was voted the world's favourite animal with 21% of the vote, narrowly beating the dog. Similarly, a 2018 study found the tiger to be the most popular wild animal based on surveys, as well as appearances on websites of major zoos and posters of some animated movies.
9 hours ago · The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest / EMI and Columbia / CBS Records. It is a rock opera which explores Pink, a jaded rock star, who constructs a psychological "wall" of social isolation. The Wall topped the US charts for 15 weeks and reached number three in the UK.
9 hours ago · Matter-Eater Lad (Tenzil Kem) is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. He first appeared in Adventure Comics #303 (December 1962), and possesses the power to eat matter in all forms, as do all natives of his home planet, Bismoll.
1 day ago · Māori ( Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ) [i] are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand ( Aotearoa ). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. [13] Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed their own ...
9 hours ago · According to the Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary, the word " śiva " ( Devanagari: शिव, also transliterated as shiva) means "auspicious, propitious, gracious, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly". [25] The root words of śiva in folk etymology are śī which means "in whom all things lie, pervasiveness" and va which means "embodiment ...
9 hours ago · Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic or supernatural powers to inflict harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread ...
9 hours ago · But, by the end of last year, a tenth of households faced a mortgage interest rate of at least 4.7% - the equivalent of £490 per month. According to Moneyfacts, the average 5-year fixed ...