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  2. Measuring cup - Wikipedia

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    A measuring cup is a kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients such as flour and sugar, especially for volumes from about 50 mL (approx. 2 fl oz) upwards. Measuring cups are also used to measure washing powder, liquid detergents and bleach for clothes washing.

  3. Beekeeping in Nepal - Wikipedia

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    A. cerana is very famous in Nepal because of the low cost of its beehive, the log hive. Farmers can build their own beehives. The principle is to big a hole in a trunk (the size is about 50 cm in diameter and 65 cm in height), and then a cap is necessary to protect the top of the beehive from cold and predators (e.g. Marte flavigula).

  4. Pashupatinath Temple - Wikipedia

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    The Pashupatinath Temple (Nepali: पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupati, a form of Shiva. It is located in Kathmandu, Nepal near the Bagmati River. The temple was classified as a World Heritage Site in 1979. This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling collection of temples, ashrams ...

  5. Swayambhunath - Wikipedia

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    Swayambhu Mahachaitya (Devanagari: स्वयम्भू स्तूप; Nepal Bhasa: स्वयंभू; sometimes Swayambu or Swoyambhu) is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. The Tibetan name for the site means 'Sublime Trees' (Wylie: Phags.pa Shing.kun), for the many varieties of ...

  6. Ge (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A 1-gō masu, a wooden box used for measuring portions of rice or sake. The gō or cup is a traditional Japanese unit based on the ge which is equal to 10 shaku or 1 ⁄ 10 shō. It was officially equated with ⁠ 2401 / 13310 ⁠ liters in 1891. The gō is the traditional amount used for a serving of rice and a cup of sake in Japanese cuisine.

  7. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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    236.588 mL. The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes. In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup being 250 millilitres.

  8. Langstroth hive - Wikipedia

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    In beekeeping, a Langstroth hive is any vertically modular beehive that has the key features of vertically hung frames, a bottom board with entrance for the bees, boxes containing frames for brood and honey (the lowest box for the queen to lay eggs, and boxes above where honey may be stored) and an inner cover and top cap to provide weather protection. [1]

  9. April 2015 Nepal earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) [7] [11] killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Saturday 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8M w [1] or 8.1M s [12] and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X (Extreme).