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Cotton was independently domesticated in Peru and which other region? |
North America
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Southeast Asia
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Under what name did American whaling captain Amasa T. Webber attempt to rename Ashmore Island after claiming it for the United States? |
The Caller Group
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The Melbourne Group
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Why is it significant that all five brightest stars in Apus are red-tinged? |
It suggests the stars are all giants
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It is unusual among constellations
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For his study of radioactivity and the discovery of isotopes, Soddy was awarded which Nobel Prize and in which year? |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1923
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918
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Scholar Tom Shippey described Earthsea's magic as working through what theory, referencing a famous fairy tale character? |
The Rumpelstiltskin theory
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The Rumpelstiltskin theory
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