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  2. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show)

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    Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is an American half-hour children's television game show based on the Carmen Sandiego computer game series created by Broderbund. The show was hosted by Greg Lee , who was joined by Lynne Thigpen and the a cappella vocal group Rockapella , who served as the show's house band and comedy troupe.

  3. Rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Rainforests support a very broad array of fauna, including mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and invertebrates. Mammals may include primates, felids and other families. Reptiles include snakes, turtles, chameleons and other families; while birds include such families as vangidae and Cuculidae. Dozens of families of invertebrates are found in ...

  4. Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon - Wikipedia

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    The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is one of the deepest canyons on land and longer than the Grand Canyon. Yarlung Tsangpo River near Namcha Barwa. Yarlung Tsangpo River as it courses through Tibet, with peaks Namche Barwa and Gyala Peri. The picture is centered on 29.156°N 93.983°E. The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung ...

  5. Schlumberger SEED - Wikipedia

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    Founded. 1998. Headquarters. Operates in 40+ countries. Website. www.planetseed.com. SEED, also known as Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development, is a global non-profit educational outreach organization within Schlumberger Limited, the global oilfield services company. The mission of SEED is to inspire, influence and enable educators ...

  6. Weihenstephan Abbey - Wikipedia

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    Weihenstephan Abbey. Weihenstephan Abbey ( Kloster Weihenstephan) was a Benedictine monastery in Weihenstephan, now part of the district of Freising, in Bavaria, Germany. Brauerei Weihenstephan, located at the monastery site since at least 1040, is said to be the world's oldest continuously operating brewery. [1]

  7. Liechtenstein - Wikipedia

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    Liechtenstein is bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east and north. It is Europe's fourth-smallest country, with an area of just over 160 square kilometres (62 square miles) and a population of 39,790. [14] It is the world's smallest country to border two countries.

  8. Sheba - Wikipedia

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    There is no consensus on the exact location of Sheba, though modern scholars have placed it in the general area spanning South Arabia and the Horn of Africa. The Encyclopædia Britannica posits that the biblical narrative about Sheba was based on the ancient civilization of the Sabaeans (Old South Arabian: 𐩪𐩨𐩱 S-b-ʾ ‍) in South Arabia.

  9. World Bank - Wikipedia

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    The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. [5] The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA ...