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  2. North Sea Empire - Wikipedia

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    The North Sea Empire, also known as the Anglo-Scandinavian Empire, was the personal union of the kingdoms of England, Denmark [a] and Norway for most of the period between 1013 and 1042 towards the end of the Viking Age. [1] This ephemeral Norse-ruled empire was a thalassocracy, its components only connected by and dependent upon the sea. [2]

  3. Iceland spar - Wikipedia

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    Iceland spar holds historical importance in optics and the study of light. [18] One of its most notable properties is its ability to exhibit double refraction. [18] This phenomenon was first described by the Danish scientist Erasmus Bartholin in 1669, who observed it in a specimen of Iceland spar.

  4. College Football Playoff predictions: Our best guess for what ...

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    With the top four conference champions getting byes, that would knock those three teams down to Nos. 5-7 in the playoff and leave Ohio State at No. 8. Yes, the Buckeyes beat Penn State in the ...

  5. NFL playoff scenarios Week 14: Which teams can clinch berths ...

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    The Lions already became the first NFL team to clinch a playoff spot in Week 14, and they could be followed by the Eagles and Vikings on Sunday.

  6. Petty kingdoms of Norway - Wikipedia

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    Vingulmark is the old name for the area which today makes up the counties of Østfold and Akershus, and included the site of Norway's capital, Oslo, which had not been founded at this time. Archaeologists have made finds of richly endowed burials in the area around the estuary of the river Glomma , at Onsøy , Rolvsøy and Tune , where the ...

  7. The NBA has a 'missing stars' problem with injuries piling up ...

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    As players suffer, so does the product. The injury problem looms large in the audience data. According to Sports Media Watch tracking, ESPN games in the opening weeks of the season have seen a 34% ...

  8. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Wikipedia

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    The German prefix "vor-" denotes a closer location; from the German point of view, this is the near part of Pomerania. [11] The full name in German is pronounced [ˈmeːklənbʊʁk ˈfoːɐ̯pɔmɐn]. Sometimes, Mecklenburg is pronounced [ˈmɛklənbʊʁk], because the digraph ck marks a preceding short vowel in High German.

  9. Donald Trump tests the system of checks and balances just ...

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    Recent presidents have long sought to use and expand executive power. If Trump succeeds, it could set him up as the supreme authority in Washington, D.C., according to legal experts, a former ...