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Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	Such subtleties and complexities are not clearly depicted here.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	Major divisions within Christianity.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	Note: This is not a complete list, but aims to provide a comprehensible overview of the diversity among denominations of Christianity.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	As there are reported to be approximately 41,000 Christian denominations, many of which cannot be verified to be significant, only those denominations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	Between denominations, theologians, and comparative religionists there are considerable disagreements about which groups can be properly called Christian, disagreements arising primarily from doctrinal differences between groups.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	For the purpose of simplicity, this list is intended to reflect the self-understanding of each denomination.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	Explanations of different opinions concerning their status as Christian denominations can be found at their respective articles.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	There is no official recognition in most parts of the world for religious bodies, and there is no official clearinghouse which could determine the status or respectability of religious bodies.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	Often there is considerable disagreement between various churches about whether other churches should be labeled with pejorative terms such as "cult", or about whether this or that group enjoys some measure of respectability.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	Such considerations often vary from place to place, where one religious group may enjoy majority status in one region, but be widely regarded as a "dangerous cult" in another part of the world.	00
Q1836	what religions are considered christian	List of Christian denominations	Inclusion on this list does not indicate any judgment about the size, importance, or character of a group or its members.	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	1804 map of " Louisiana ", edged on the west by the Rocky Mountains .	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	The Louisiana Purchase ( "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of of France 's claim to the territory of Louisiana .	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	The U.S. paid 50 million francs ( $11 ,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), for a total sum of 15 million dollars (less than 3 cents per acre) for the Louisiana territory ($ million in dollars, less than 42 cents per acre).	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	The Louisiana territory encompassed all or part of 15 present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces .	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas , Missouri , Iowa , Oklahoma , Kansas , and Nebraska ; parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River ; most of North Dakota ; most of South Dakota ; northeastern New Mexico ; northern Texas ; the portions of Montana , Wyoming , and Colorado east of the Continental Divide ; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans ; and small portions of land that would eventually become part of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan .	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	France controlled this vast area from 1699 until 1762, the year it gave the territory to its ally Spain.	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	Under Napoleon Bonaparte, France took back the territory in 1800 in the hope of building an empire in North America.	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	A slave revolt in Haiti and an impending war with Britain, however, led France to abandon these plans and sell the entire territory to the United States, who had originally intended only to seek the purchase of New Orleans and its adjacent lands.	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	The purchase of the territory of Louisiana took place during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson .	11
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	At the time, the purchase faced domestic opposition because it was thought to be unconstitutional .	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	Although he agreed that the U.S. Constitution did not contain provisions for acquiring territory, Jefferson decided to go ahead with the purchase anyway in order to remove France's presence in the region and to protect both U.S. trade access to the port of New Orleans and free passage on the Mississippi River.	00
Q1837	what president made decision to buy louisiana	Louisiana Purchase	Ceremony at Place d'Armes, New Orleans marking transfer of Louisiana to the United States, 10 March 1804, as depicted by Thure de Thulstrup .	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	"Cool Jerk" is a popular song written by Donald Storball and originally performed by The Capitols .	11
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	Released in 1966 , it reached No. 2 on the American R&B chart and No. 7 on the pop chart.	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	The backing track for this song was actually recorded (secretly) by the Motown house band The Funk Brothers .	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	Per one of the Funk Brothers, the song was originally to be called "Pimp Jerk."	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	This was taken from watching neighborhood pimps, who would dance in the clubs, but were too "cool" to do the jerk like regular folks.	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	Their version was subsequently named "the Pimp Jerk."	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	The producer was afraid that a song with the word pimp in the title would be banned or not receive much positive attention, and had the title changed to its current form.	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	The Go-Go's , Todd Rundgren , Big Trouble , Human Sexual Response , The La De Da's , The Creation , and The Coasters have covered the song.	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	Todd Rundgren did his version in an odd time signature (7/4), giving an obviously jerky feel to the song.	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	The Go-Go's covered the song for their 1982 album Vacation and later re-recorded it for their 1990 album Greatest .	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	In the feature film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York , Uncle Frank ( Gerry Bamman ) sings "Cool Jerk" in the shower.	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	A version of the song with different lyrics ("Do the Cool Whip") is used in Cool Whip commercials.	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	A recording of "Cool Jerk" by Ricardo Ray is featured in the feature film Donnie Brasco (1997).	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	The song features in the film Standing in the Shadows of Motown , performed by the Funk Brothers with lead vocals by Bootsy Collins .	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	The song is heard briefly in the animated feature, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted .	00
Q1838	who sang cool jerk	Cool Jerk	Despite this reason, it is listed in some variations of the film's soundtrack .	00
Q1839	what is a league in the sea	League (unit)	A league is a unit of length (or, rarely, area ).	00
Q1839	what is a league in the sea	League (unit)	It was long common in Europe and Latin America , but it is no longer an official unit in any nation.	00
Q1839	what is a league in the sea	League (unit)	The league originally referred to the distance a person could walk in an hour .	00
Q1839	what is a league in the sea	League (unit)	Since the Middle Ages, many values have been specified in several countries.	00
Q1839	what is a league in the sea	League (unit)	In the context of nautical distances, the 3 mile (4.8 km) distance corresponds to how far an observer of average height (5'9" or 1.78 m) can see when standing at sea level.	11
Q1839	what is a league in the sea	League (unit)	Thus, a ship traveling one "league" has reached what was previously the farthest visible distance on the horizon.	00
Q1839	what is a league in the sea	League (unit)	The lack of a historical and global standard for the exact measure of a "league" can be accounted for by the variable elevation of the observer (i.e., sightings from a ship's deck vs. masthead).	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	The Irish state came into being in 1922 as the Irish Free State , a dominion of the British Commonwealth , having seceded from the United Kingdom under the Anglo-Irish Treaty .	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	It comprises 26 of Ireland 's 32 counties.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	Since 1949 it has existed as the Republic of Ireland .	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	From its foundation, the Irish Free State was embroiled in a civil war between nationalists supporting the Treaty and opponents who supported a republic.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	The pro-Treaty side, organised as Cumann na nGaedheal emerged victorious from the conflict and won subsequent elections.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	They formed the government of the state until 1932, when they peacefully handed over power to the anti-Treaty faction in Fianna Fáil , who defeated them in an election.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	The Irish state, despite its violent beginnings, has remained a liberal democracy throughout its existence.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	A new constitution in 1937 removed many of the links with Britain established under the Treaty and Ireland's neutrality in the Second World War demonstrated its independence in foreign policy matters from Britain.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	In 1948 Ireland formally left the British Commonwealth and adopted the title of "Republic".	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	In the economic sphere, the Irish state has had a mixed performance.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	On independence, it was one of the wealthier countries in Europe per head of population.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	However it also inherited from British rule the problems of unemployment, emigration, uneven geographical development and lack of a native industrial base.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	For much of its history, the state struggled to rectify these problems.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	Particular peaks of emigration were recorded during the late 1930s, 1950s and 1980s, when the Irish economy recorded little growth.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	In the 1930s, Fianna Fáil governments attempted to create Irish domestic industries using subsidies and protective tarifs.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	In the late 1950s, these policies were dropped in favour of free trade with selected countries and encouraging of foreign investment with low taxes.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	This was expanded when Ireland entered the European Economic Community in 1972.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	In the 1990s and 2000s, Ireland experienced an economic boom known as the Celtic Tiger , in which the country's GDP surpassed many of its European neighbours.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	Immigration also surpassed emigration, bringing the state's population up to over 4 million.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	However, since 2008, Ireland has experienced a severe crisis in the banking sector and with sovereign debt.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	The resultant economic slump has deepened the effect of the world recession on Ireland.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	From 1937 to 1998, the Irish constitution included a claim on Northern Ireland as a part of the national territory.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	However, the state also opposed and used its security forces against those armed groups - principally the Provisional Irish Republican Army , who tried to unite Ireland by force.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	This occurred in the 1950s, throughout the 1970s and 1980s and has continued on a reduced scale.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	Irish governments meanwhile tried to broker an agreement to the conflict known as The Troubles within Northern Ireland from 1968 to the late 1990s.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	The British government officially recognised the right of the Irish government to be a party to the Northern negotiations in the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985.	00
Q1843	when did ireland become republic	History of the Republic of Ireland	In 1998, as part of the Good Friday Agreement , the Irish constitution was altered by referendum to remove the territorial claim to Northern Ireland and instead extend the right of Irish citizenship to all the people of the island should they wish to have it.	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767February 23, 1848) was the sixth President of the United States (1825–1829).	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	He served as American diplomat , Senator , and Congressional representative .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	He was a member of the Federalist , Democratic-Republican , National Republican , and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	Adams was the son of former President John Adams and Abigail Adams .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in negotiating many international treaties, most notably the Treaty of Ghent , which ended the War of 1812 .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	As Secretary of State , he negotiated with the United Kingdom over America's northern border with Canada, negotiated with Spain the annexation of Florida , and authored the Monroe Doctrine .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	Historians agree he was one of the greatest diplomats and secretaries of state in American history.	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	As president, he sought to modernize the American economy and promoted education.	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	Adams enacted a part of his agenda and paid off much of the national debt .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	He was stymied by a Congress controlled by his enemies, and his lack of patronage networks helped politicians eager to undercut him.	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	He lost his 1828 bid for re-election to Andrew Jackson .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	In doing so, he became the first president since his father to serve a single term.	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	Adams is best known as a diplomat who shaped America's foreign policy in line with his ardently nationalist commitment to America's republican values .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	More recently Howe (2007) portrayed Adams as the exemplar and moral leader in an era of modernization.	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	During Adams' lifetime, technological innovations and new means of communication spread messages of religious revival, social reform, and party politics.	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	Goods, money, and people traveled more rapidly and efficiently than ever before.	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	Adams was elected a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts after leaving office, serving for the last 17 years of his life with far greater acclamation than he had achieved as president.	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	He is, so far, the only president later elected to the United States House of Representatives (though John Tyler was elected to the House of Representatives of the Confederate States just before his death in 1862).	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	Animated by his growing revulsion against slavery , Adams became a leading opponent of the Slave Power .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	He predicted that if a civil war were to break out, the president could abolish slavery by using his war powers .	00
Q1844	what negative element was introduced into the the campaign between andrew jackson and john ouincy adams	John Quincy Adams	Adams also predicted the Union's dissolution over the slavery issue, but said that if the South became independent there would be a series of bloody slave revolts.	00
Q1845	when will ie9 be released	Internet Explorer 9	Windows Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is a version of the Internet Explorer web browser from Microsoft .	00
Q1845	when will ie9 be released	Internet Explorer 9	It was released to the public on March 14, 2011.	11
Q1845	when will ie9 be released	Internet Explorer 9	Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 9 as a major out-of-band version that is not tied to the release schedule of any particular version of Windows, unlike previous versions.	00
Q1845	when will ie9 be released	Internet Explorer 9	It is the first version since Internet Explorer 2 to not be bundled with a Windows operating system, although some OEMs have installed it with Windows 7 on their PCs, as well as new Windows 7 laptops.	00
Q1845	when will ie9 be released	Internet Explorer 9	The system requirements for Internet Explorer 9 are Windows 7 , Windows Server 2008 R2 , Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2 with the Platform Update .	00
Q1845	when will ie9 be released	Internet Explorer 9	Windows XP and earlier are not supported.	00

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

Such subtleties and complexities are not clearly depicted here.

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

Major divisions within Christianity.

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

Note: This is not a complete list, but aims to provide a comprehensible overview of the diversity among denominations of Christianity.

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Q1836

what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

As there are reported to be approximately 41,000 Christian denominations, many of which cannot be verified to be significant, only those denominations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

Between denominations, theologians, and comparative religionists there are considerable disagreements about which groups can be properly called Christian, disagreements arising primarily from doctrinal differences between groups.

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

For the purpose of simplicity, this list is intended to reflect the self-understanding of each denomination.

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

Explanations of different opinions concerning their status as Christian denominations can be found at their respective articles.

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

There is no official recognition in most parts of the world for religious bodies, and there is no official clearinghouse which could determine the status or respectability of religious bodies.

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

Often there is considerable disagreement between various churches about whether other churches should be labeled with pejorative terms such as "cult", or about whether this or that group enjoys some measure of respectability.

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

Such considerations often vary from place to place, where one religious group may enjoy majority status in one region, but be widely regarded as a "dangerous cult" in another part of the world.

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what religions are considered christian

List of Christian denominations

Inclusion on this list does not indicate any judgment about the size, importance, or character of a group or its members.

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Q1837

what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

1804 map of " Louisiana ", edged on the west by the Rocky Mountains .

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase ( "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of of France 's claim to the territory of Louisiana .

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

The U.S. paid 50 million francs ( $11 ,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), for a total sum of 15 million dollars (less than 3 cents per acre) for the Louisiana territory ($ million in dollars, less than 42 cents per acre).

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana territory encompassed all or part of 15 present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces .

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas , Missouri , Iowa , Oklahoma , Kansas , and Nebraska ; parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River ; most of North Dakota ; most of South Dakota ; northeastern New Mexico ; northern Texas ; the portions of Montana , Wyoming , and Colorado east of the Continental Divide ; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans ; and small portions of land that would eventually become part of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan .

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Q1837

what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

France controlled this vast area from 1699 until 1762, the year it gave the territory to its ally Spain.

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

Under Napoleon Bonaparte, France took back the territory in 1800 in the hope of building an empire in North America.

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

A slave revolt in Haiti and an impending war with Britain, however, led France to abandon these plans and sell the entire territory to the United States, who had originally intended only to seek the purchase of New Orleans and its adjacent lands.

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

The purchase of the territory of Louisiana took place during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson .

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

At the time, the purchase faced domestic opposition because it was thought to be unconstitutional .

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

Although he agreed that the U.S. Constitution did not contain provisions for acquiring territory, Jefferson decided to go ahead with the purchase anyway in order to remove France's presence in the region and to protect both U.S. trade access to the port of New Orleans and free passage on the Mississippi River.

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what president made decision to buy louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

Ceremony at Place d'Armes, New Orleans marking transfer of Louisiana to the United States, 10 March 1804, as depicted by Thure de Thulstrup .

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Q1838

who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

"Cool Jerk" is a popular song written by Donald Storball and originally performed by The Capitols .

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

Released in 1966 , it reached No. 2 on the American R&B chart and No. 7 on the pop chart.

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

The backing track for this song was actually recorded (secretly) by the Motown house band The Funk Brothers .

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

Per one of the Funk Brothers, the song was originally to be called "Pimp Jerk."

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Q1838

who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

This was taken from watching neighborhood pimps, who would dance in the clubs, but were too "cool" to do the jerk like regular folks.

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

Their version was subsequently named "the Pimp Jerk."

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

The producer was afraid that a song with the word pimp in the title would be banned or not receive much positive attention, and had the title changed to its current form.

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Q1838

who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

The Go-Go's , Todd Rundgren , Big Trouble , Human Sexual Response , The La De Da's , The Creation , and The Coasters have covered the song.

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

Todd Rundgren did his version in an odd time signature (7/4), giving an obviously jerky feel to the song.

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Q1838

who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

The Go-Go's covered the song for their 1982 album Vacation and later re-recorded it for their 1990 album Greatest .

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

In the feature film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York , Uncle Frank ( Gerry Bamman ) sings "Cool Jerk" in the shower.

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

A version of the song with different lyrics ("Do the Cool Whip") is used in Cool Whip commercials.

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Q1838

who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

A recording of "Cool Jerk" by Ricardo Ray is featured in the feature film Donnie Brasco (1997).

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

The song features in the film Standing in the Shadows of Motown , performed by the Funk Brothers with lead vocals by Bootsy Collins .

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

The song is heard briefly in the animated feature, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted .

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who sang cool jerk

Cool Jerk

Despite this reason, it is listed in some variations of the film's soundtrack .

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Q1839

what is a league in the sea

League (unit)

A league is a unit of length (or, rarely, area ).

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what is a league in the sea

League (unit)

It was long common in Europe and Latin America , but it is no longer an official unit in any nation.

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Q1839

what is a league in the sea

League (unit)

The league originally referred to the distance a person could walk in an hour .

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Q1839

what is a league in the sea

League (unit)

Since the Middle Ages, many values have been specified in several countries.

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Q1839

what is a league in the sea

League (unit)

In the context of nautical distances, the 3 mile (4.8 km) distance corresponds to how far an observer of average height (5'9" or 1.78 m) can see when standing at sea level.

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Q1839

what is a league in the sea

League (unit)

Thus, a ship traveling one "league" has reached what was previously the farthest visible distance on the horizon.

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what is a league in the sea

League (unit)

The lack of a historical and global standard for the exact measure of a "league" can be accounted for by the variable elevation of the observer (i.e., sightings from a ship's deck vs. masthead).

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