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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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16 |
"Two bits" is a colloquial expression for 25 cents. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
10/31/08 |
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17 |
The "price floor" is a government-imposed or group-imposed limit on how low a price can be charged for a product or a service. |
Humanities > Economics |
12/21/08 |
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18 |
Nihilism is the belief which states that existence is without any objective meaning, purpose, or real value. |
Humanities > Philosophy |
12/23/08 |
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19 |
A man named Thales is attributed for stating this line: "Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing." |
Humanities > Philosophy |
12/26/08 |
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20 |
The line "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love," comes from Sophocles. |
Humanities > Philosophy |
12/27/08 |
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21 |
Salvador Dalí painted "La persistencia de la memoria", or "The Persistence of Memory", in 1931. |
Humanities > Art |
12/28/08 |
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22 |
Johannes Vermeer painted "The Milkmaid" in oil on canvas and completed it in 1660. |
Humanities > Art |
12/30/08 |
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23 |
A(n) interjection is a word or phrase that usually has no grammatical connection with the rest of the sentence and is used to express emotion. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
12/31/08 |
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24 |
Johannes Vermeer painted "Diana and her Companions" and completed it in around 1656. |
Humanities > Art |
01/08/09 |
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25 |
The "Oath of the Horatii" was painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1784 as oil on canvas in the neoclassic style. |
Humanities > Art |
01/09/09 |
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26 |
Jacques-Louis David, born 30 August 1748, was an extremely influential French painter of the neoclassical style. |
Humanities > Art |
01/11/09 |
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27 |
During her lifetime, Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun painted numerous portraits of Marie Antoinette. |
Humanities > Art |
01/12/09 |
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28 |
Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun was a French female painter of the rococo style. |
Humanities > Art |
01/13/09 |
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29 |
Caspar David Friedrich was born on September 5, 1774 and lived his life as a German Romantic painter. |
Humanities > Art |
01/21/09 |
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30 |
Mercantilism is the economic policy that states that the prosperity of a nation depends on its supply of capital; it encourages exports, while discouraging imports. |
Humanities > Economics |
01/25/09 |
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