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Where did Beowulf come from?

Where did Beowulf come from?

In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats in Scandinavia, comes to the aid of Hroðgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall (in Heorot) has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendel’s mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated.

How much do baby blue whales weigh?

After about a year inside its mother’s womb, a baby blue whale emerges weighing up to 3 tons (2.7 metric tons) and stretching to 25 feet (8 meters). It gorges on nothing but mother’s milk and gains about 200 pounds (91 kilograms) every day for its first year.

How big is VY Canis Majoris compared to Earth?

VY Canis Majoris has a diameter of 2,800,000,000 kms. Our Sun, on the other hand is just a puny 1,391,000 km in diameter. It would take an airplane 1,100 years to circle VY Canis Majoris once. Placed in our Solar System, its surface would extend out past the orbit of Saturn.

What makes a primary color?

Start with red, yellow, and blue paint—the primary colors. Use these to make secondary colors. Then make tertiary colors by mixing primary colors with the nearest secondary colors. (For example, you might mix yellow with green to make yellow-green, or yellow with orange to make yellow-orange.)

When was the typewriter invented?

The first typewriter to be commercially successful was invented in 1868 by Americans Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, although Sholes soon disowned the machine and refused to use, or even to recommend it.

What is the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.

Why is Superman older than Supergirl?

Even though Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) was 12 when her parents sent her to Earth to escape Krypton to look after her baby cousin Superman (Kal-El), her pod was knocked off course and stuck in space and she was effectively stuck in time. By the time her pod reached planet earth, Kal-El had already grown up and become Superman while she was still young.

Where did algebra get its name from?

The word algebra is a Latin variant of the Arabic word al-jabr . This came from the title of a book, Hidab al-jabr wal-muqubala , written in Baghdad about 825 A.D. by the Arab mathematician Mohammed ibn-Musa al-Khowarizmi.

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