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Bonshō   (Buddhist bells), also known as   tsurigane   (hanging bells)   or   ōgane   (great bells)   are large   bells   found in   Buddhi...

In the computer industry,   vaporware   (or   vapourware ) is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the ...

The   Japanese Alps is a series of   mountain ranges   in Japan which bisect the main island of   Honshu .  The name was coined by   Willi...

On Nov. 9, 1911, the U.S. patent office received a document which read:  “Be it known that I, Georges Claude, a citizen of the republic of...

During the   Battle of Britain , the German   Luftwaffe   launched a heavy nighttime air raid on London.  The dome of St. Paul's Cathe...