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  1. 11,3001,2001,1001,0009008007006005004003002001000Number of municipalitiesno responseresponded to inquiryoffered incentiveMunicipalities’ Responses to Inquiries about Potential IncenHard · Information and Ideas
  2. 2200150100500Uncertainty(larger values = more uncertainty)  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010Economic Policy Uncertainty in the United Kingdom, 2005–2010Year tax and public spendinHard · Information and Ideas
  3. 3605550454035302520151050Female farmersas a percentage of totalnorth Ondocentral Ondosouth OndoPercentage of Ondo State Small-Scale Farmers Who Are Female, by Main Crop GrownOndo StHard · Information and Ideas
  4. 4While attending school in New York City in the 1980s, Okwui Enwezor encountered few works by African artists in exhibitions, despite New York's reputation as one of the best placesHard · Information and Ideas
  5. 5Nucleobase Concentrations from Murchison Meteorite and Soil Samples in Parts per Billion NucleobaseMurchison meteorite sample 1Murchison meteorite sample 2Murchison soil sampleIsogHard · Information and Ideas
  6. 6Mosasaurs were large marine reptiles that lived in the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 100 million to 66 million years ago. Celina Suarez, Alberto Pérez-Huerta, and T. Lynn HHard · Information and Ideas
  7. 7Linguist Deborah Tannen has cautioned against framing contentious issues in terms of two highly competitive perspectives, such as pro versus con. According to Tannen, this debate-dHard · Information and Ideas
  8. 8In 1534 CE, King Henry VIII of England split with the Catholic Church and declared himself head of the Church of England, in part because Pope Clement VII refused to annul his marrHard · Information and Ideas
  9. 9Number and Origin of Clamshell Tools Found at Different Levels Below the Surface in Neanderthal Cave Depth of tools found below surface in cave (meters)Clamshells that NeanderthalsHard · Information and Ideas
  10. 10180160140120100806040200REM sleep as % of baseline (mean difference from baseline was not statisticallysignificant)Day 1Day 2Fur Seal REM Sleep on Land after an Extended Period in Hard · Information and Ideas
  11. 119080706050403020100Percentage of all sites analyzed0%Up to 25%More than 25%Home Heating Needs Met with Subsurface Thermal Pollution for Two Temperature Conditions, by Percentage ofHard · Information and Ideas
  12. 1276543210Average number of individuals directly reporting to CEO1991–19951996–20012001–2008Average Number of IndividualsReporting Directly to CEOsYears managers department leaders FHard · Information and Ideas
  13. 13O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by Willa Cather. In the novel, Cather depicts Alexandra Bergson as a person who takes comfort in understanding the world around her: ______Hard · Information and Ideas
  14. 14Neural networks are computer models intended to reflect the organization of human brains and are often used in studies of brain function. According to an analysis of 11,000 such neHard · Information and Ideas
  15. 15In the 1980s, many musicians and journalists in the English-speaking world began to draw attention to music from around the globe—such as mbaqanga from South Africa and quan họ froHard · Information and Ideas
  16. 16Employment by Sector in France and the United States, 1800–2012 (% of total employment) YearAgriculture in FranceManufacturing in FranceServices in FranceAgriculture in USManufactuHard · Information and Ideas
  17. 17Archaeologist Petra Vaiglova, anthropologist Xinyi Liu, and their colleagues investigated the domestication of farm animals in China during the Bronze Age (approximately 2000 to 10Hard · Information and Ideas
  18. 18Archaeologists have held that the Casarabe culture, which emerged in the southwestern Amazon basin in the first millennium CE, was characterized by a sparse, widely distributed popHard · Information and Ideas
  19. 19In a research paper, a student criticizes some historians of modern African politics, claiming that they have evaluated Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what is now theHard · Information and Ideas
  20. 20Psychologists Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt have argued that experiencing awe—a sensation of reverence and wonder typically brought on by perceiving something grand or powerfulHard · Information and Ideas
  21. 21Many governments that regularly transfer money to individuals—to provide supplemental incomes for senior citizens, for example—have long done so electronically, but other countriesHard · Information and Ideas
  22. 22Icebergs generally appear to be mostly white or blue, depending on how the ice reflects sunlight. Ice with air bubbles trapped in it looks white because much of the light reflects Hard · Information and Ideas
  23. 23Boldly mixing elements of poetry, fiction, drama, philosophy, and manifesto, Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi creates cross-genre literature that explores themes such as immigrHard · Information and Ideas
  24. 24Barchester Towers is an 1857 novel by Anthony Trollope. In the novel, Trollope's portrayal of Dr. Proudie underscores the character's exaggerated sense of his own abilities: ______Hard · Information and Ideas
  25. 25An archaeological team led by Piotr Bieliński and Sultan al-Bakri found remnants of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age board game at a site in Oman. Little is left of the game except a stHard · Information and Ideas
  26. 2635302520151050Median marriage age19001910192019301940195019601970198019902000Median Ages of First Marriage for Menand Women in the United States andin England and Wales, 1900–2000YHard · Information and Ideas
  27. 27In the "language nest" model of education, Indigenous children learn the language of their people by using it as the medium of instruction and socialization at pre-K or elementary Hard · Information and Ideas
  28. 28When digging for clams, their primary food, sea otters damage the roots of eelgrass plants growing on the seafloor. Near Vancouver Island in Canada, the otter population is large aHard · Information and Ideas
  29. 29Effects of Mycorrhizal Fungi on 3 Plant Species Plant speciesMycorrhizal hostAverage mass of plants grown in soil containing mycorrhizal fungi (in grams)Average mass of plants growHard · Information and Ideas
  30. 30Several studies of sediment (e.g., dirt, pieces of rock, etc.) in streams have shown an inverse correlation between sediment grain size and downstream distance from the primary sedHard · Information and Ideas
  31. 31Political scientists who favor the traditional view of voter behavior claim that voting in an election does not change a voter's attitude toward the candidates in that election. FoHard · Information and Ideas
  32. 32Researchers hypothesized that a decline in the population of dusky sharks near the mid-Atlantic coast of North America led to a decline in the population of eastern oysters in the Hard · Information and Ideas
  33. 33King Lear is a circa 1606 play by William Shakespeare. In the play, the character of King Lear attempts to test his three daughters' devotion to him. He later expresses regret for Hard · Information and Ideas
  34. 34In the twentieth century, ethnographers made a concerted effort to collect Mexican American folklore, but they did not always agree about that folklore's origins. Scholars such as Hard · Information and Ideas
  35. 35181614121086420Power conversion efficiency (%)lowest performinghighest performingPower Conversion Efficiency of Lowest and Highest PerformingSpin-coated and Spray-coatedElectron TrHard · Information and Ideas
  36. 36Ablation Rates for Three Elements in Cosmic Dust, by Dust Source ElementSPCASTHTCOCCiron20%28%90%98%potassium44%74%97%100%sodium45%75%99%100% Earth's atmosphere is bombarded by coHard · Information and Ideas
  37. 37Percentage of Available Eggs Eaten by Cane Toad Tadpoles Amphibian species (common name)Percentage of eggs eatenNative to AustraliaProduces bufadienolideLittle red tree frog1%yesnoHard · Information and Ideas
  38. 38In vertical inheritance, parents pass genes to their offspring, but in horizontal transfer (HT), one species, often bacteria, passes genetic material to an unrelated species. In a Hard · Information and Ideas
  39. 39Biologist Valentina Gómez-Bahamón and her team have investigated two subspecies of the fork-tailed flycatcher bird that live in the same region in Colombia, but one subspecies migrHard · Information and Ideas
  40. 40"The Poet Walt Whitman" is an 1887 essay by José Martí, a Cuban author and political activist, originally written in Spanish. In the essay, Martí explores the value of literature, Hard · Information and Ideas
  41. 41550500450400350300250200150100500Weight (grams)RobotWeight of Three Aerial Robots Ultra-Fast Robot Hand Permanent Magnet Hand Yale Model T The data for the 3 categories are as follHard · Information and Ideas
  42. 42"The Young Girl" is a 1920 short story by Katherine Mansfield. In the story, the narrator takes an unnamed seventeen-year-old girl and her younger brother out for a meal. In descriHard · Information and Ideas
  43. 43A student is writing a paper about One Night in Miami..., a 2020 film directed by Regina King and written by Kemp Powers. Powers adapted the film's screenplay from his 2013 play, wHard · Information and Ideas
  44. 44The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a band of clouds that encircles Earth in the tropics and is a major rainfall source, shifts position in response to temperature variationHard · Information and Ideas
  45. 45Estimates of Tyrannosaurid Bite Force StudyYearEstimation methodApproximate bite force (newtons)Cost et al.2019muscular and skeletal modeling35,000–63,000Gignac and Erickson2017tooHard · Information and Ideas
  46. 46Electra is a circa 420–410 BCE play by Sophocles, translated in 1870 by R.C. Jebb. Electra, who is in mourning for her dead father and her long-absent brother, is aware of the inteHard · Information and Ideas
  47. 47In the mountains of Brazil, Barbacenia tomentosa and Barbacenia macrantha—two plants in the Velloziaceae family—establish themselves on soilless, nutrient-poor patches of quartziteHard · Information and Ideas
  48. 48Tadpole Body Mass and Toxin Production after Three Weeks in Ponds Population densityAverage tadpole body mass (milligrams)Average number of distinct bufadienolide toxins per tadpolHard · Information and Ideas
  49. 49Swahili Speakers in Three African Countries CountryApproximate number of speakers (in millions)Estimated % of populationDemocratic Republic of the Congo2225Kenya55100Tanzania61100 Hard · Information and Ideas
  50. 50Art collectives, like the United States- and Vietnam-based collective The Propeller Group or Cuba's Los Carpinteros, are groups of artists who agree to work together: perhaps for sHard · Information and Ideas
  51. 51Credited Film Output of James Young Deer, Dark Cloud, Edwin Carewe, and Lillian St. Cyr IndividualYears activeNumber of films known and commonly creditedJames Young Deer1909–192433Hard · Information and Ideas
  52. 52Correlations Between Congestion Ratings and Features of the Crowd in Raters' Immediate Vicinity Crowd featureBefore obstacleAfter obstacleOverallDensity0.85920.73080.7447Velocity-0Hard · Information and Ideas
  53. 53Average Number and Duration of Torpor Bouts and Arousal Episodes for Alaska Marmots and Arctic Ground Squirrels, 2008–2011 FeatureAlaska marmotsArctic ground squirrelstorpor bouts1Hard · Information and Ideas
  54. 54A student performs an experiment testing her hypothesis that a slightly acidic soil environment is more beneficial for the growth of the plant Brassica rapa parachinensis (a vegetaHard · Information and Ideas
  55. 55Juvenile Plants Found Growing on Bare Ground and in Patches of Vegetation for Five Species SpeciesBare groundPatches of vegetationTotalPercent found in patches of vegetationT. moroHard · Information and Ideas
  56. 56A member of the Otomi, an Indigenous people in Central Mexico, Octavio Medellín immigrated to the United States as a child, and his sculpture bears the impress of traditions on botHard · Information and Ideas
  57. 57Corn-Related Vocabulary in Various Southeastern Languages Language familyWord (language)English translationProposed origin in vocabulary of the Totozoquean language familyMuskogeanHard · Information and Ideas
  58. 58Percentage Point Changes in US Federal Outlays Relative to GDP by Congressional Status PeriodCongressional statusChange in total outlaysChange in nondefense outlaysChange in defensHard · Information and Ideas
  59. 59Distribution of Ecosystem Services Affected by Invasive Species by Service Type Region (Overall)Provisioning (75%)Regulating (21%)Cultural (4%)West73%27%0%North88%12%0%South79%14%7Hard · Information and Ideas
  60. 60The Souls of Black Folk is a 1903 book by W.E.B. Du Bois. In the book, Du Bois suggests that upon hearing Black folk songs, he felt an intuitive and sometimes unexpected sense of cHard · Information and Ideas