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  2. How Polari, the ‘lost language’ of gay men, inspired much of ...

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    Butch, femme, drag, camp, zhuzh and more are now in common parlance, thanks to Polari, as well as some quite spicy terms, like cherry, dish and more (but more on that later).

  3. List of pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of ...

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    The science and technique of extracting sap from rubber trees and then using the sap to make goods made of rubber then spread to the high civilizations of the Andes and elsewhere in the Americas. Rubber balloons – the Olmec were the first people to use rubber balloons.

  4. Outline of technology - Wikipedia

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    TechnologyUse of knowledge for practical goals; Technology management – Design and control of technology products; Technology integration – Use of technology tools in general content areas in education; Technology intelligence; Technology life cycle – Development, ascent, maturity, and decline of new technologies

  5. Jüz - Wikipedia

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    Ethnographic map of the Senior jüz in Kazakhstan in the early 20th century, following M. S. Mukanov (1991). [3]Historically, the Senior jüz (Kazakh: Ұлы жүз, ۇلى ءجۇز, romanized: Ūly jüz) inhabited the northern lands of the former Chagatai Ulus of the Mongol Empire, in the Ili River and Chu River basins, in today's South-Eastern Kazakhstan and China's Ili Kazakh Autonomous ...

  6. Social learning tools - Wikipedia

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    It creates a learning environment more truthful to today's society. There are a couple of common elements that should be present in a social learning tool. Technology should be involved to allow physical and cognitive learning. There should be interactions between the people who use the tool and interactions with the software. Another element ...

  7. Tool use by non-humans - Wikipedia

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    A crab-eating macaque using a stone. Tool use by non-humans is a phenomenon in which a non-human animal uses any kind of tool in order to achieve a goal such as acquiring food and water, grooming, combat, defence, communication, recreation or construction.

  8. Zhuazhou - Wikipedia

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    During the Northern and Southern Dynasties.There is a clear record of the ceremony of Zhuazhou in the Yanshi Jiaxun of Yan Zhitui of Northern Qi.When many writings talk about the history of the Zhuazhou custom, they all say that this custom has been popular in the Jiangnan area (regions south of the Yangtze River) of China at least during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and gradually ...

  9. Blade (archaeology) - Wikipedia

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    The raw materials that these tools were made of were also very diverse. 92% of the Chalcolithic tool variety was a product of chert, a sedimentary rock indigenous to the area and easily harvested. Other raw materials found in the collection, such as obsidian , suggested that trading and expeditions were sources for blade cores, too, as these ...