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F-22 Raptor

F-22 Raptor adalah pesawat tempur siluman buatan Amerika Serikat. Pesawat ini awalnya direncanakan untuk dijadikan pesawat tempur superioritas udara untuk digunakan menghadapi pesawat tempur Uni Soviet, tetapi pesawat ini juga dilengkapi peralatan untuk serangan darat, peperangan elektronik, dan sinyal intelijen. Pesawat ini melalui masa pengembangan yang panjang, versi prototipnya diberi nama YF-22, tiga tahun sebelum secara resmi dipakai diberi nama F/A-22, dan akhirnya diberi nama F-22A ketika resmi mulai dipakai pada Desember 2005.Lockheed Martin Aeronautics adalah kontraktor utama yang bertanggungjawab memproduksi sebagian besar badan pesawat, persenjataan, dan perakitan F-22. Kemudian mitranya, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems memproduksi sayap, peralatan avionik, dan pelatihan pilot dan perawatan.

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Kuchisake-onna

Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女) atau wanita bermulut robek adalah sejenis siluman dalam mitologi dan legenda urban Jepang. Ia berwujud seorang wanita yang menutup mulutnya yang robek dengan kipas, syal atau masker operasi (versi yang paling populer). Ia sering muncul di jalan-jalan yang sepi dan bertanya pada orang yang ditemui apakah dirinya cantik. Bila orang itu menjawab tidak atau ketakutan melihat wujud seramnya ia akan membunuh orang itu.

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Bloody Mary (folklore)


One of the more common ways participants attempt to make her appear is to stand before a mirror (usually in the dark) and repeat her name 3 times, though there are many variations including chanting more than 3 times, chanting at midnight, spinning around, rubbing one's eyes, running the water, or chanting her name thirteen times with a lit candle. In some versions of the legend, the summoner must say, "Bloody Mary, I killed your baby." In these variants, Bloody Mary is often believed to be the spirit of a young mother whose baby was stolen from her, making her mad with grief, eventually committing suicide. In stories where Mary is supposed to have been wrongly accused of killing her children, the querent might say "I believe in Mary Worth." This is similar to another game involving the summoning of the Bell Witch in a mirror at midnight. The game is often a test of courage and bravery, as it is said that if Bloody Mary is summoned, she would proceed to kill the summoner in an extremely violent way, such as ripping their face off, scratching their eyes out, cutting their head off, driving them insane, bringing them into the mirror with her or scratching their neck, causing serious injury or death. Some think if she doesn't kill the one who had summoned her then she will haunt them for the rest of their life. Other versions tell that if one chants her name thirteen times at midnight into a mirror she will appear and the summoner can talk to a deceased person until 11:08a.m., when Bloody Mary and the dead person asked to speak to will vanish. Still other variations say that the querent must not look directly at Bloody Mary, but at her image in the mirror; she will then reveal the querent's future, particularly concerning marriage and children.[1]

Divination rituals such as the one depicted on this early 20th centuryHalloween greeting card, where a woman stares into a mirror in a darkened room to catch a glimpse of the face of her future husband, while a witch lurks in the shadows, may be one origin of the Bloody Mary legend.
Bloody Mary Worth is typically described as a child-murderer who lived in the local city where the legend has taken root years ago, somewhere in the west. There is often a specific local graveyard or tombstone that becomes attached to the legend and a destination for legend trips.
On the other hand, various people have surmised that the lore about taunting Bloody Mary about her baby may relate her tenuously to folklore about Queen Mary I, also known as "Bloody Mary," whose life was marked by a number of miscarriages or false pregnancies.[2][3] Speculation exists that the miscarriages were deliberately induced. As a result, some retellings of the tale make Bloody Mary the queen driven to madness by the loss of her children.[4] The mirror ritual by which Bloody Mary is summoned may also relate to a form of divination involving mirrors and darkness that was once performed on Halloween. While as with any sort of folklore the details may vary, this particular tale encouraged young women to walk up a flight of stairs backwards, holding a candle and a hand mirror, in a darkened house. As they gazed into the mirror, they were supposed to be able to catch a view of their future husband's face. There was, however, a chance that they would see the skull-face of the Grim Reaper instead; this meant that they were destined to die before they married.


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Spinks Agung Giza


Sfinks Agung Giza (bahasa Arabأبو الهول Abū al Hūlbahasa InggrisThe Terrifying One) adalah sebuah patung sfinks besar berbentuk separuh manusia, dan separuh singa yang terdapat di Mesir, di Dataran Giza, tepi barat Sungai Nil, dekat Kairo sekarang. Ini adalah satu dari beberapa patung terbesar di dunia yang terbuat dari satu batu utuh, dan dipercaya telah dibangun oleh Mesir Kuno pada milenium ketiga SM.
Nama yang digunakan bagi masyarakat Mesir Kuno untuk menyebut patung ini sama sekali tidak diketahui. Nama "sfinks" yang biasa digunakan diambil dari nama makhluk mitologi Yunani dengan tubuh seekor singa, kepala seorang wanita, dan sayap seekor elang, walaupun patung sfinks Mesir memiliki kepala laki-laki. Kata "sfinks" berasal dari bahasa Yunani (bahasa YunaniΣφιγξ– Sphinx, dari kata kerja σφιγγω — sphingo) yang berarti mencekik, karena sfinks dari mitologi Yunani mencekik orang yang tidak dapat menjawab pertanyaan teka-tekinya. Bagi beberapa orang, dipercayai bahwa nama ini merupakan perubahan kata dari bahasa Mesir kuno Shesep-ankh, sebuah nama yang diberikan kepada patung bangsawan pada Dinasti Keempat. Pada tulisan-tulisan abad pertengahan, nama balhib dan bilhaw yang menunjuk pada Sphinx dipergunakan, termasuk oleh sejarawan MesirMaqrizi, yang menyarankan penyusunan bahasa Koptik, tapi istilah Arab-Mesir Abul-Hôl, yang diartikan sebagai "Bapak Teror," lebih banyak digunakan.walaupun diartikan "Bapak Teror", sphinx merupakan salah satu kebudayaan modern dimasanya, dan merupakan kawasan wisata yang diminati.

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Curiosity' Mulai Jelajahi Planet Mars

Robot milik Badan Antariksa Amerika Serikat (NASA), Curiosity, memulai petualangannya menjelajah Planet Mars. Dia tiba di planet berwarna merah itu sejak Rabu (14/12) untuk misi selama delapan bulan. Hingga Rabu siang waktu AS, Curiosity sudah menjajal 51,3 juta kilometer langit Mars.

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Nyamuk Berkeringat Darah Agar Tetap Dingin

Menjadi seekor nyamuk bukanlah hal yang mudah. Tidak hanya harus bergerak cepat saat menghisap darah demi menyelamatkan diri dari kemplangan si pemilik darah, ia juga harus meneguk santapannya.



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The Kingdom in Indonesia

the Kingdom of Kutai (kalimantan)

East Kalimantan has the form of political unity is originated from the kingdom of Kutai Martadipura or Martapura Kutai. The kingdom was founded in the 4th century (about 300 BC) in Muara Kaman . At that time, Kutai Martadipura have established relationships with India , so it is not surprising if the Kutai Martadipura was the center of Hindu religion, but also a trade center. The founder of the kingdom of Kutai is Kudungga which is a magnifying of the Kingdom of Champa Cambodia ), whereas the first king who ruled the kingdom of Kutai official is Aswawarman because as the founder of the dynasty of the kingdom of Kutai and given the title "Wangsakarta", which means forming a family.

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