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Groves attempted to restore Kyoto to the target list in July, but Stimson remained adamant. [80] [81] On 25 July, Nagasaki was put on the target list in place of Kyoto. It was a major military port, one of Japan's largest shipbuilding and repair centers, and an important producer of naval ordnance. [81]
ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
The narwhal was scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 Systema Naturae. [5] The word "narwhal" comes from the Old Norse nárhval, meaning 'corpse-whale', which possibly refers to the animal's grey, mottled skin [6] [7] and its habit of remaining motionless when at the water's surface, a behaviour known as "logging" that usually happens in the summer. [6]
current code taken from French Islande, Icelandic Ísland or Spanish Islandia: ISR Israel: ISV Virgin Islands: current code taken from French Îles Vierges (des États-Unis) ITA Italy: IVB British Virgin Islands: BVI [1] current code taken from French Îles Vierges britanniques: JAM Jamaica: JOR Jordan: JPN Japan
The domestic cat has slit pupils, which allow it to focus bright light without chromatic aberration. [70] At low light, a cat's pupils expand to cover most of the exposed surface of its eyes. [ 71 ] The domestic cat has rather poor color vision and only two types of cone cells , optimized for sensitivity to blue and yellowish green; its ability ...
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This is a list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators, the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator ...
Boom Blox is a 2008 puzzle video game by Electronic Arts for the Wii and N-Gage. [5] [6] It was developed by EA Los Angeles and directed by filmmaker Steven Spielberg.[7]The game presents a series of physics-based puzzles, the objective being either to keep structures made of blocks from being knocked down or to knock them over by various means, using the Wii Remote to throw, shoot, and grab ...