Piper melchior, commonly known as the Three Kings kawakawa, is a species of shrub in the family Piperaceae. A dense shrub with dish-shaped leaves, P. melchior is endemic to the Three Kings Islands, where it is found mostly in the shady parts of...
Piper is a genus of plants in the family Piperaceae. The following is a list of all 2432 species in the genus which are recognised by Plants of the World Online as of 19 April 2026.
Simone Cousteau (née Melchior; 19 January 1919 – 1 December 1990) was a French explorer. She was the first woman scuba diver and aquanaut, and wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Although never visible in the...
The Ratcatcher (Otis Flannegan) is a character appearing in American comic books and other media published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of Batman. He belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up the Dark Knight's rogues gallery. Once...
Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper (born February 7, 1963) is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut. She has achieved the rank of Captain in the United States Navy. She is also a qualified and experienced salvage officer.
Jakob Anderegg (11 March 1829, in Oberwil im Simmental – 17 September 1878, in Meiringen) was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascensionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism.
In German folklore, the figure of the Freischütz (German: [ˈfʁaɪʃʏts] ) is a marksman who, by a contract with the devil, has obtained a certain number of bullets destined to hit without fail whatever object he wishes. As the legend is usually told,...
Luxury Liner is a 1948 romantic musical comedy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Technicolor. It was directed by Richard Whorf, and written by Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman and Karl Kamb (uncredited). It was originally titled Maiden Voyage.
Death Race is a 2008 dystopian action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, who produced the film alongside Paula Wagner and Jeremy Bolt. The film stars Jason Statham as Jensen Ames, a factory worker framed for a murder he didn't commit,...
Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred Olsen Energy. Byford Dolphin was registered in Hamilton, Bermuda, and drilled seasonally for various companies in the British,...
