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The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England and took place at Senlac Hill, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex.

The water cycle or hydrologic cycle describes the movement of water on, above and below the surface of the earth. This endless cycle of evaporation, condensation and precipitation brings us fresh water, reshapes the surface of the earth and washes nutrients to new areas. Even the climate is influenced by the heating and cooling effects as water moves through its different phases of solid, liquid and gas.

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The Pope is also head of state of the Vatican City, a sovereign city-state entirely enclaved by Rome.

Domain names are series of letters and numbers separated by periods, and are used as identification labels of computers, organizations and addresses on the Internet. Some examples of domain names are nasa.gov and cowgirls.com.

Information about keyboard input devices for PC, Mac and other computers

Planning the furniture placement and layout of the inside of a building is what Interior Design is all about. It is the branch of architecture that deals with the selection and organization of furnishings for an architectural interior.

A handheld game console developed by Nintendo, the DSi has two built-in cameras, can surf the web, and hold music.

Author of The Origin of Species and creator of the theory of evolution and the concept of natural selection

The Black Death, an outbreak of bubonic plague, was one of the deadliest pandemics in Human History. It forever changed the face of Europe. It led to a new way of thinking and dealt a serious blow to the Roman Catholic Church.

This category deals with all questions about unemployment: statistics, how you deal with it, and eventually how to rise above it.

Singapore is an island nation in Southeast Asia located at the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula. It is the world's fourth leading financial center, playing a vital role in global trade and finance.

Includes questions related to two words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning, words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning and words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning and/or spelling.

Antiques are man-made items that have survived the passage of time. Definitions vary by the type of item, but typically anything over 100 years old is easily an antique. For answers to your questions about that old "whatever" that you're wondering about, ask your questions here!

Haiti is a French-speaking country in the Caribbean that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic and is known for its extreme poverty. In January 2010, Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, was struck by a large earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 people.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. Ask any questions associated with Halloween such as jack-o'-lanterns, trick-or-treating, ghosts, bonfires, costumes, haunted houses, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies, to name a few.

Knead it, roll it, pinch it, punch it, braid it, bake it, eat it... A subcategory devoted to one of the staple foods throughout the world.

Alcoholic beverages are drinks that generally contain 3% – 40% alcohol, and are divided into the three classes of beers, wines, and spirits. Alcoholic beverages have been produced and consumed by humans since the Neolithic Era, and are still consumed in nearly all countries today; however, most of these countries have laws regulating alcohol's production, sale, and consumption.

Zip Codes are 5-digit numeric codes used by the U.S. postal service to improve mail delivery efficiency.

Scientific notation is the expression of a number based on the largest exponent of 10 for its value, where the form is a decimal number A x 10n.

A dwarf planet that was the 9th planet from the Sun in our solar system until 2006 when it was determined it did not satisfy the requirements of being a planet.

This category is for questions about weapons that use nuclear fission or fusion to gain explosive power.

Liquors are alcoholic beverages made from fermented grains, vegetables or fruits. Liquors should not be mistaken with liqueurs, which are sweetened spirits with several flavors, extracts and oils. Brandy and whiskey are examples of liquor.

For God, Glory and Gold, was their rallying cry, but the conquest of much of the New World by Spanish conquistadors, driven by a mentality reminiscent of the medieval crusaders, was surely one of history's turning points, but even in the 16th century, questions were asked about the morality of their exploits.

Major league baseball is a league of 30 professional baseball teams in the United States and Canada. The MLB was founded in 1869. Teams compete from April to October, when the World Series is held.

This category is for any question regarding relationships to brothers, sisters, step-brothers, step-sisters and so on. Example: What is the root of sibling rivalry?

Constellations have fascinated astronomers for centuries. They are arbitrary formations of stars perceived as a figure or design, especially one of 88 recognized groups named after characters from classical mythology and various common animals and objects. Questions about the various constellations of stars are what this category is all about.

The industry that obtained rights to the work of authors, it grew to include the collection of information. They would use this material to create books or collections of information for distribution to the public. Originally the domain of newspapers and magazines, the modern advances have grown to include online publishing.

Animal rights has to do with the idea that animals should have the same basic rights as humans. Abuse includes anything that hurts or harms the animal, such as not providing a suitable living space, using animals for drug experimentation, and physically harming them.

One of the most famous services in the Internet, web hosting allows customers to promote their websites on computer servers that are connected 24/7 to the Internet. Free web hosting and cloud hosting are some examples of this service.

This topic is for questions about the European country Norway. Norway lies north in Europe, bordering to Sweden, Finland and Russia, and the capital is Oslo.