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Palindrom

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Palindrom – wyrażenie brzmiące tak samo czytane od lewej do prawej i od prawej do lewej. Przykładem palindromu jest: Kobyła ma mały bok. Współcześnie palindromy pełnią funkcję gry słownej. Prawdopodobnie tak było również i w przeszłości, choć pewne znaleziska sugerują, że palindromy mogły też mieć znaczenie magiczne. P…

Torbacze
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Torbacze
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Torbacze, workowce (Marsupialia) – infragromada lądowych ssaków z podgromady żyworodnych (Theria), do których zalicza si…

RMS Titanic
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RMS Titanic
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RMS Titanic – brytyjski transatlantyk typu Olympic należący do towarzystwa żeglugowego White Star Line, zbudowany w stoc…

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On This Day

10 wydarzeń
2014
NASA
NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f (pictured), the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.
1986
Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years'_War
Having supposedly been at war for 335 years without a single shot having been fired and no casualties incurred, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace.
1984
Metropolitan_Police
Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom relations.
1975
Khmer_Rouge
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.
1973
George_Lucas
George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars.
1971
Ustaše
Ustaše-affiliated Croatian separatists attacked the Yugoslav embassy in Stockholm, fatally shooting the ambassador, Vladimir Rolović.
1969
Sirhan_Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1951
Peak_District
The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United Kingdom.
1907
Brazilian_battleship_Minas_Geraes
Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race with Argentina and Chile.
1809
Napoleonic_Wars
Napoleonic Wars: After a three-day chase, the French ship D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

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