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Median Age at First Marriage, 1890–2010

The following table shows the median age of men and women when they were first married in the United States from 1890 to 2010. The median age for a man's first marriage was 28.2 years in 2010, up…

National Football League Stadiums: Rank by Age

AFCOakland1966San Diego1967Kansas City1972Buffalo1973NY Jets1976Indianapolis1984Miami1987Jacksonville1995Baltimore1998Cleveland1999Tennessee1999Cincinnati2000Denver2001Pittsburgh2001New…

Inquisition

(Encyclopedia) InquisitionInquisitionĭnˌkwĭzĭshˈən [key], tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church established for the investigation of heresy. The Spanish Inquisition was independent of the medieval…

botany

(Encyclopedia) botany, science devoted to the study of plants. Botany, microbiology, and zoology together compose the science of biology. Humanity's earliest concern with plants was with their…

Satan

(Encyclopedia) Satan [Heb.,=adversary], traditional opponent of God and humanity in Judaism and Christianity. In Scripture and literature the role of the opponent is given many names, such as Apolyon…

Franks

(Encyclopedia) Franks, group of Germanic tribes. By the 3d cent. a.d., they were settled along the lower and middle Rhine. The two major divisions were the Salian Franks in the north and the…