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Hace 15 horas · The cultivation of cannabis in Italy has a long history dating back to Roman times, when it was primarily used to produce hemp ropes, although pollen records from core samples show that Cannabaceae plants were present in the Italian peninsula since at least the Late Pleistocene, while the earliest evidence of their use dates back to the Bronze ...
Hace 15 horas · Telford Medal, in Lake Biwa Canal Museum of Kyoto, Japan. The Telford Medal is a prize awarded by the British Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for a paper or series of papers. It was introduced in 1835 following a bequest made by Thomas Telford, the ICE's first president.It can be awarded in gold, silver or bronze; the Telford Gold Medal is the highest award the institution can bestow.
Hace 15 horas · Overview. As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top ...
Hace 15 horas · Steve Albini was an American musician, audio engineer and music journalist, whose many recording projects have exerted an important influence on independent music since the 1980s. Most of his projects from 1997 onwards were recorded at the Electrical Audio studios in Chicago.Albini is occasionally credited as a record producer, though he disliked the term to describe his work, preferring the ...
Hace 15 horas · The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein.The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt.. In October 1942 Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery commander of Eighth Army, opened his offensive against ...
Hace 15 horas · Aerial view of the campus. Washington State University (WSU) (or colloquially and informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington.Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant universities in the American West. With an undergraduate enrollment of 24,278 and a total enrollment of 28,581, it is the second largest institution for higher education in ...
