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Hace 7 horas · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), 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," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ...
Hace 1 día · The Doctor is the protagonist of the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.An extraterrestrial Time Lord, the Doctor travels the universe in a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, often with companions.Since the show's inception in 1963, the character has been portrayed by fourteen lead actors.The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the show ...
Hace 7 horas · Sir Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor, known for his portrayal of fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983 and eight performances in general. Connery originated the role in Dr.No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964 ...
Hace 1 día · The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland.Later the venue rotated between a select group of coastal links golf courses in the United Kingdom.It is organised by The R&A.
Hace 7 horas · Animation demonstrating the smallest Pythagorean triple, 3 2 + 4 2 = 5 2. A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a 2 + b 2 = c 2.Such a triple is commonly written (a, b, c), a well-known example is (3, 4, 5).If (a, b, c) is a Pythagorean triple, then so is (ka, kb, kc) for any positive integer k.A triangle whose side lengths are a Pythagorean triple is ...
Hace 1 día · Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially ...
