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A Dear John letter is a letter written to a man by his wife or romantic partner to inform him their relationship is over because she has found another lover. While the exact origins of the phrase are unknown, it is commonly believed to have been coined by Americans during World War II. "John" was the most popular baby name for boys in America.

Orobanche is a genus of over 200 species of parasitic herbaceous plants in the family Orobanchaceae, mostly native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The broomrape plant is small, from 10–60 cm tall depending on species. It is best recognized by its yellow- to straw-coloured stems completely lacking chlorophyll, bearing yellow, white, or blue snapdragon-like flowers. The flower shoots are scaly, with a dense terminal spike of between ten and twenty flowers in most species.

Modern attempts to formulate M-theory are typically based on matrix theory or the AdS/CFT correspondence. According to Witten, M should stand for “magic”, “mystery”, or “membrane” according to taste, and the true meaning of the title should be decided when a more fundamental formulation of the theory is known.

Andorra la Vella is the capital of Andorra, a sovereign landlocked Southwest European microstate. The city has a population of only 22,886 (as of 2015). It is Europe’s highest capital city in terms of elevation. The city is located at the confluence of two mountain streams in the Pyrenees at an elevation of 1,023 meters in Andorra’s south western region.

Surface lures are also known as top water lures, poppers and stickbaits. They float and look like fish prey that is on top of the water. They can make a popping, burbling, or even a buzzing sound. It takes a long time to learn how to use this lure effectively

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South-Central Asia. The north consists of fertile plains, whilst the south-west consists of deserts where temperatures can get very hot in summers. Kabul serves as the capital and its largest city.

Costa Ricans (Spanish: Costarricenses), also called Ticos, are a group of people from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in Central America called Costa Rica.

Zofia is a Slavic given name of Old Greek origin, meaning wisdom. It is a variant of Sofia.

Phaleristics is an auxiliary science of history which studies orders, fraternities, and award items, such as medals and other decorations. Although established as a scientific sub-discipline of history, phaleristics usually studies orders and decorations "detached from their bodies".

In the early 19th century, the noted German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss called mathematics the "queen of the sciences" because it was so successful at uncovering the nature of physical reality. The history of mathematics concerns one of the most magnificent, surprising, and powerful of all human achievements.