Known as Leaming's Island in 1722, when the first purchase of its was recorded, its dunes, woodlands and beaches were purchased for the equivalent of $ 380.

Known for its beautiful white sandy beaches and orange dunes, the city's picturesque contrast of colors serves as an inspiration for local visual artists.

Niven also occasionally refers to arcologies in his Known Space series, particularly in the stories involving Gil Hamilton, or the Pierson's Puppeteers, whose arcologies are enormous ( The smallest were cubes a mile in height, length and width.

The Outsiders in Larry Niven's Known Space universe are cryogenic creatures based on liquid helium.

Known to have been played as far back as prehistoric times, games are generally distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration.

The independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw the settlement of the what is now the largest ethnic community in the city, the Muhajirs who migrated from India in search of a Muslim homeland and settled in Pakistan, that's why the culture of Karachi is very similar to any Indian Muslim dominant city and the city's first language is Urdu because of these Muhajir unlike other parts of the country Most properties vacated by Hindus were granted to Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants who had migrated from India, Known as Muhajirs, their descendants now form the majority of Karachi's residents, these Mohajirs of Urdu, Gujrati, Marathi, Konkani Muslims from India and Bengali origin are around 13 million.

Known versions are KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701 and KOMPILER 3 for the IBM 704.

Many of Niven's stories take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the several habitable solar systems nearest to the Sun with over a dozen alien species, including the aggressive feline Kzinti and the very intelligent but cowardly Pierson's Puppeteers, which are frequently central characters.

Their commercial empire directly and indirectly controls events throughout Known Space and beyond, and Puppeteer plots are behind many of the larger events in Known Space.

At one time found on every Thrint estate throughout the Thrintun empire, the only known survivors in Known Space are on the planet Jinx, though they are later found on the Ringworld and on a forested planet called Beanstalk ( in the Man-Kzin Wars story " Hey Diddle Diddle ").

The stepping disks are an outgrowth and improvement of the transfer booth technology used by humans and other Known Space races.

There are also two or three short stories which share common themes and some background elements with Known Space stories, but which are not considered a part of the Known Space universe: Bordered in Black and One Face ( see the collection Convergent Series ), and possibly The Color of Sunfire.

Known as the meat of the vegetable world, edible mushrooms are used extensively in cooking, in many cuisines ( notably Chinese, Korean, European, and Japanese ).

Known as the vertical blanking interval ( VBI ), these extra lines are used to convey different things in different countries, like closed captioning.

Known as " locals " to regulars, pubs are typically chosen for their proximity to work, the availability of a particular beer, as a place to smoke ( or avoid it ), hosting a darts team, having a pool table, or appealing to friends.

" Known subversives " ( including peace activists and some trade unionists ) are arrested and interned under the Emergency Powers Act.

This said, individuals or small prides of Wemics are still found all over the Known World.

Known compounds of ytterbium are rare and have not yet been well characterized.

Known compounds detected in valerian that may contribute to its method of action are:

Known Lucayan settlement sites are confined to the nineteen largest islands in the archipelago, or to smaller cays located less than one km.

Known as " king cheetahs ," they were once thought to constitute a separate subspecies but are in fact African cheetahs ; their unusual fur pattern is the result of a single recessive gene.

By common convention, the boundaries of the " Known World " are those covered in the world map as originally published in the module X1, The Isle of Dread, plus Norwold, the Isle of Dawn, and ( pre Wrath of the Immortals ) Alphatia.

Known to have been used for 124 launches from 1958 to 1975, reaching up to 1158 kilometers altitude.

Known in French as fougasse, the term is sometimes still used in the present day to describe such devices.

Most life in Known Space shares similar biochemistries, since they evolved from the Thrintun practice of seeding barren worlds with food yeast which they used to feed their slaves.

" Known Space " ( also the commonly used title for Larry Niven's future history science fiction series ) is about 80 light years in diameter with 10, 000 stars, including Human Space ( 40 light years diameter, 524 stars in 357 systems, 30 billion humans, ⅔ on Earth ), as well as neighbouring Alien civilisations.

Known as the Vilna Shas, this edition ( and later ones printed by his widow and sons ) has been used in the production of more recent editions of Talmud Bavli.

Known as the " Ohio Gang " ( a term used by Charles Mee, Jr., in his book of the same name ), some of the appointees used their new powers to exploit their positions for personal gain.

Known in Japanese as, crucifixion was used in Japan before and during the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Known as Ham-Friendly ALE, the amateur radio ALE standard is used to establish radio-communications, through a combination of active ALE on internationally recognized automatic data frequencies, and passive ALE scanning on voice channels and all other channels.

It originated as the Known World, a semi-generic setting used in early adventure modules, first mentioned in the Module X1, Isle of Dread, which was expanded upon in various D & D modules and sources, particularly a series of Gazeteers.

As the name implies, the " Known World " covers the most notable nations of Mystara, the ones most commonly used in Mystara-based campaigns and featured in fiction ( both officially published " canon " and fan-based ).

Known by some as the finest of wood arrows, footed arrows were used both by early Europeans and Native Americans.

Known in the Philippines as himbabao or alukon, these flowers are commonly used in the cuisine of northeastern Luzon.

Known as lap cheong by Cantonese, in Thailand it is most often used, again, as an ingredient for a Thai salad, yam kun chiang, one that is normally only eaten together with khao tom kui, a plain rice congee.

Known control points can be used to give these relative positions absolute values.

Known in Japan as the Famicom Robot, this short-lived accessory jumpstarted Nintendo's involvement in the western market, though only used for Stack-Up and Gyromite.

Known sub-bases and auxiliaries used for training were:

Known as the Tudek and Houserville Sites, they were used during the Archaic period for the quarrying and reduction of stone tools made of jasper.

Known as the " Italian Squad ", its primary mission was to deal with dynamite bombs used by the Mafia to intimidate immigrant Italian merchants and residents.

Known colloquially as the duck brake, the design was used by many notable riders of the day, and was widely exported to England, Australia, and other countries.

* Known as " samp " it was used in colonial times as a kind of porridge.

Known as West Cumberland Golf Club, it used this nine hole course until the First World War when it closed.