Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Nintendo DS [note 1] is a 32-bit foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005.The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", [7] introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens working in tandem (the bottom one being a touchscreen), a built-in microphone, and support for wireless connectivity. [8]
Nigeria's most expansive topographical region is that of the valleys of the Niger and Benue river valleys (which merge and form a Y-shape). [104] To the southwest of the Niger is a "rugged" highland. To the southeast of the Benue are hills and mountains, which form the Mambilla Plateau, the highest plateau in Nigeria.
History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') [1] is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.
Carl Linnaeus coined the name Homo sapiens. All modern humans are classified into the species Homo sapiens, coined by Carl Linnaeus in his 1735 work Systema Naturae. [9] The generic name Homo is a learned 18th-century derivation from Latin homō, which refers to humans of either sex.
The first acrylic acid was created in 1843. Methacrylic acid, derived from acrylic acid, was formulated in 1865.The reaction between methacrylic acid and methanol results in the ester methyl methacrylate.
Aspartame is about 180 to 200 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar). Due to this property, even though aspartame produces roughly the same energy per gram when metabolized as sucrose does, 4 kcal (17 kJ), the quantity of aspartame needed to produce the same sweetness is so small that its caloric contribution is negligible. [10]
Salar de Uyuni (or "Salar de Tunupa") [1] is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at 10,582 square kilometres (4,086 sq mi) in area. [2] [3] It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an elevation of 3,656 m (11,995 ft) above sea level.