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== Geography == Both names of the northern major circles of latitude (the Arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer) have six letters; both southern ones (the Antarctic Circle and Tropic of Capricorn) have nine. The countries of South America in order of largest to smallest by area: Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile, Paraguay, Ecuador, Guyana, Uruguay, Suriname Boring, Average Politics Can Become Very Corrupt. People Everywhere Get Used Sometimes The countries of Central America from North to South: Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Big Gorillas Eat Hotdogs, Not Cold Pizza Including Mexico, My Grandma's Bunny Eats Hamburgers, Not Canned Peas The Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea including the eight independent nations and eight larger island territories (and excluding the "ABC" islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao), in order generally from northwest to southeast: BUt Angry SaM's StuBborn KNights ABandon Money to Guard Dominant Marines and SteaL SteVe's Barrels of Green Tobacco (British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Martin/Sint Maarten, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago) The Great Lakes in order of largest to smallest: Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario Super Heroes Must Eat Oats And in order from west to east: Shake My hand Evil Octopus A more common mnemonic for the Great Lakes, disregarding order: Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior: HOMES The principal factors affecting climate: LABDOWA Latitude, Altitude, Build, Distance from the sea, Ocean currents, Wind, Aspect The countries bordering Germany (clockwise from top): Denmark, Poland, Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands. Do Polish Checks Always Say "France Look Back Now"! The traditional six counties of Northern Ireland are Fermanagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Londonderry, Armagh, and Down. FAT LAD. The northernmost countries of the African continent, from west to east: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt. Most African Tourists Like Elephants. The southernmost provinces of Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland. BASMOQN, pronounced "Baz-Mock-Win"
== Geology == Geological periods: Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous; Post-Cretaceous Epochs: Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Recent (Holocene) Pregnant Camels Often Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak? Possibly Early Oiling Might Prevent Permanent Rheumatism Paleozoic to Cenozoic: Pregnant Camels Ordinarily Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak Post-Cretaceous Epochs: Please Eat Oats My Pretty Pet Horse (Holocene) Mohs scale of mineral hardness 1-10: For Talc(=1), Gypsum(=2), Calcite(=3), Fluorite(=4), Apatite(=5), Orthoclase(=6), Quartz(=7), Topaz(=8), Corundum(=9), Diamond(=10) Tall Girls Can Fight And Other Queer Things Can Develop TAll GYroscopes CAn FLy APart ORbiting QUickly TO COmplete DIsintegration Toronto Girls Can Flirt And Only Quit To Chase Dwarves Terrible Giants Can Find Alligators Or Quaint Trolls Conveniently Digestible Tall Gene Calls Florence At Our Quarters To Correct Dumbness Differentiating stalactites from stalagmites. The 'mites go up and the 'tites come down. When one has ants in one's pants, the mites go up and the tights come down. (In a strict scientific sense, a mite is not an ant, although "mite" in common speech can refer to any small creature.) Stalactites hang tight, hang down like tights on a line; stalagmites might bite (if you sit on them), might reach the roof. Tights hang from the Ceiling, and Mites crawl around on the Ground You need might to do push-ups (from the floor). You must hold tight doing chin-ups (off the ceiling). Stalactites are on the ceiling. Stalagmites are on the ground. Stalactites hang tightly ; stalagmites stand mightily.
== History == Chinese dynasties (simplified): Xia (Hsia), Shang, Zhou (Chou), Qin (Ch'in), Han, Jin, Southern and Northern, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing (Ching) She Shamefully Chose Chinese Hand Jingles (and) SiNfully Sweet Tango Songs: "You (and) Me, Chickadee!" English dynasties (simplified): Norman, Plantagenet, Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, Windsor No Plan Like Yours To Study History Wisely.
Wives of Henry VIII (names): Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr All Boys Should Come Home Please Wives of Henry VIII (manner of death): Divorced, beheaded, died / Divorced, beheaded, survived. British nobility rank order (simplified): Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Barons Do Men Ever Visit Boston? Assassinated US presidents and perpetrators: Lincoln by Booth, Garfield by Guiteau, McKinley by Czolgosz and Kennedy by Oswald. Losers Bearing Grudges Grieve Mainly Cowards Killing Orators
== Languages ==
=== English ===
==== Characteristic sequence of letters ==== I always comes before E (but after C, E comes before I) In most words like friend, field, piece, pierce, mischief, thief, tier, it is "i" which comes before "e". But on some words with c just before the pair of e and i, like receive, perceive, "e" comes before "i". This can be remembered by the following mnemonic,
I before E, except after C But this is not always obeyed as in case of weird and weigh, weight, height, neighbor etc. and can be remembered by extending that mnemonic as given below
I before E, except after C Or when sounded "A" as in neighbor, weigh and weight Or when sounded like "eye" as in height And "weird" is just weird Another variant, which avoids confusion when the two letters represent different sounds instead of a single sound, as in atheist or being, runs
When it says ee Put i before e But not after c Where ever there is a Q there is a U too Most frequently u follows q. e.g.: Que, queen, question, quack, quark, quartz, quarry, quit, Pique, torque, macaque, exchequer. Hence the mnemonic:
Where ever there is a Q there is a U too (But this is violated by some words; see:List of English words containing Q not followed by U)