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Dot-winged Antwren The Dot-winged Antwren or Velvety Antwren, Microrhopias quixensis, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America from southeastern Mexico south to western Ecuador, northern Bolivia and central Brazil.
Dotara Dotara is a stringed musical instrument, commonly used in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The name Dotara literally means "Two stringed instrument" in Bengali language, but in practice, the instrument may have more than two strings.
Dotawo Dotawo was a kingdom that might have existed in Lower Nubia in the Middle Ages. It has long been known that a kingdom by this name is mentioned as existing during the collapse of Makuria in the thirteenth century.
Dotbusters Dotbusters was a street gang in Jersey City, New Jersey that attacked and threatened South Asians in the fall of 1987. The name originated from the fact that traditional Hindus wear a bindi (red dot) on their forehead.
Dotcomguy DotComGuy was the name of a former computing systems manager who legally changed his name to DotComGuy from Mitch Maddox in 2000. His project was to live for one year (beginning on January 1, 2000) without leaving his house in Dallas, Texas, ordering all food and necessities off the internet and having them delivered.
Dothan (ancient city) Dothan was a city located at north of Shechem, and about 100 km north of Hebron, house of Jacob. It was known to Eusebius, who places it 12 miles to the north of Sebaste (Samaria); and here it has been discovered in our own times.
Dotch Cooking Show The (April 17, 1997 - March 17, 2005) was a Japanese cooking show produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and How Full's known for its use of highest quality and most expensive food ingredients domestic to Japan. The show is continued by the from April 14, 2005.
Doti District Doti district, a part of Seti zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Dipayal as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,025 sq km and has a population (2001) of 207,066.
Dotmusic Dotmusic was a music website that existed as a stand alone website from June 1995 to December 2003. Initially intended as the web compliment to the UK music industry trade magazine Music Week, the site was relaunched in December 1998 as a website for music fans.
Dotorimuk Dotorimuk (also spelled tot'orimuk) or acorn jelly is a Korean food which is a jelly made from acorn starch. Although "muk" means "jelly", when used without qualifiers, it usually refers to dotorimuk.
Dots and Boxes Dots and Boxes (also known as Boxes, Squares, Paddocks, Square-it, Dots and Dashes, Dots, or, simply, the Dot Game) is a pencil and paper game for two players (or sometimes, more than two). In Mexico dots and boxes is called Timbiriche.
Dotsoul Dotsoul is an immersive 3D Virtual Reality MMORPG based on the Active Worlds application. Created in 2006 by Joseph Bergeron and Laura Herrmann, it has been spoken of as the Greenwich Village/Comedy Central of the Internet.
Dotta·Riffic pen The Dotta·Riffic pen is a water-based"pigment-ink," xylene] free,"[[acid free]" "[[waterproof" pen (sometimes described as a "marker") primarily designed for making dots of various sizes, though it can also be used for drawing and lettering. It is sold by Zig Memory System for use in scrapbooking],and has been advertised as good for use in cardmaking,[http://www.
Dottie West Dottie West (born Dorothy Marie Marsh October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer. Her biggest hits include the Grammy-winning "Here Comes My Baby", "Country Sunshine", "What Are We Doin' In Love", "A Lesson in Leaving" and "Are You Happy Baby".
Dotun Adebayo Dotun Adebayo is a radio presenter who is best known for his work on Up All Night on the British radio station BBC Radio 5 Live, as well as the obituary programme Brief Lives. He is also a writer and publisher.
Dou Niu Dou Niu (Togyu) is the leader of a gang called the Yellowheads in the Sega/FREE/Action/Adventure video game series, Shenmue 2. As well as being the leader of the Yellowheads, he controls large areas of Kowloon, where the Yellowheads are based.
Dou Wu Dou Wu (竇武) (d. 168), courtesy name Youping (游平), was a Han Dynasty politician who was known as a Confucian scholar and served as a low-level official during the reign of Emperor Huan until his daughter Dou Miao was elevated from imperial consort to empress, which caused him to be promoted, eventually to become one of the most important imperial officials when his daughter became empress dowager and regent for Emperor Ling.
Dou Xian Dou Xian (Chinese:窦宪; Wade-Giles:Tou Hsien, d.92), born in Xianyang, Shaanxi, was a far relative of Dou Gu, and leader of the consort clan Dou, first of which engaged in the struggle for power against eunuchs in the Han Dynasty.
Douai Douai (Dutch: Dowaai) is a town and commune in the north of France in the département of Nord, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Located on the river Scarpe some 25 miles (40 km) from Lille and 16 miles (25 km) from Arras, Douai is home to one of the region's most impressive belfries.
Douai Abbey Douai Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey at Woolhampton near Reading, Berkshire. Monks from the Monastery of St Edmund's, Douai, France, came to Woolhampton in 1903 when the congregation was expelled from France by anti-religious laws.
Douai Martyrs More than 160 priests trained in the English College of Douai, France, returned to England and Wales and faced arrest, torture, and execution by English authorities. They were martyred in England and Wales during the century following the foundation of the famed college by Cardinal William Allen in 1568.
Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Province. Home to Cameroon's largest port and its major international airport, Douala Airport, it is the commercial capital of the country.
Douarnenez Douarnenez, , is a fishing-port in Brittany, north-western France, in the département of Finistère. It lies at the mouth of the Pouldavid Estuary on the southern shore of Douarnenez Bay in the Atlantic Ocean, 25 km (15 mi) north-west of QuimperRoad map from Google maps.
Douay-Rheims Bible The Douai Bible, also known as the Rheims-Douai Bible or Douay-Rheims Bible and abbreviated as D-R, is a Catholic translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. The New Testament was published in one large volume with extensive commentary and notes in 1582.
Double "H" Ranch Situated on the shore of Lake Vanare in Lake Luzerne, New York, the Double H Hole in the Woods Ranch provides year-round fun and emotional support to children ages 6-16 facing critical illnesses. At all times campers are under the loving care of a competent staff of doctors and nurses and a caring and well trained group of camp counselors.
Double (baseball) In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice.
Double (bet) A Double bet is a single bet consisting of two selections from different events. In order for a Double bet to win both selections must come first (in the case of a Win Double) or be placed (in the case of an Each Way Double).
Double act A double act, also known as a comedy duo, is a comic device in which humour is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin, and profession, but drastically different personalities. Often one of them, the straight man is portrayed as reasonable and serious, and the other one, the funny man or stooge, is portrayed as funny, unintelligent, or simply unorthodox.
Double agent A double agent pretends to spy on a target organization on behalf of a controlling organization, but in fact is loyal to the target organization. Double agents may be agents of the target organization who infiltrate the controlling organization, or may be previously loyal agents of the controlling organization who have been captured and turned by the target; the threat of execution is the most common method of turning a captured agent into a double agent.
Double and Triple Eagles An Eagle, in general, is a nickname for a person who graduated from a Boston College school, typically Boston College High School, Boston College as an undergraduate, or Boston College Law School. The name is derived from the school's mascot; the eagle.
Double aspect Double aspect is a legal doctrine in Canadian constitutional law that allows for laws to be created by both provincial and federal governments in relation to the same subject matter. Typically, the federalist system assigns subject matters of legislation to a single head of power.
Double auction Double auction is a type of auction in which both sellers and buyers submit bids which are then ranked highest to lowest to generate demand and supply profiles. From the profiles, the maximum quantity exchanged can be determined by matching selling offers (starting with lowest price and moving up) with demand bids (starting with highest price and moving down).
Double Allergic Double Allergic is Powderfinger's second album, released in 1996. It is Powderfinger's early success due to the album becoming "double platinum" and selling over 70,000 copies in Australia with two singles, "Pick You Up" and "D.
Double Attack Blackjack Double Attack Blackjack is dealt primarily in Atlantic City casinos. The game is a variation of Spanish 21 that pays even money on a blackjack and offers a bonus side bet on whether or not the dealer will bust on the third card.
Double Aught Double Aught was a software company founded by several former members of the Bungie Software team (prior to Bungie's acquisition by Microsoft). Founding the company was Greg Kirkpatrick, Jihan Kim, and David Longo.
Double Award Science In the United Kingdom, Double Award Science is the combined study of GCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics that results in two GCSEs. The double award is not as in-depth as studying the individual sciences, but allows room to study extra subjects of a pupil's choice.
Double bass The double bass, also known as the upright or standup bass, is the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. It is used extensively in Western classical music as a standard member of the string section of symphony orchestrasThe Orchestra: A User's Manual, Andrew Hugill with the Philharmonia Orchestra and smaller string ensemblesChamber Music in the Vienna Double Bass Archive, Alfred Planyavsky.
Double bell euphonium Double bell euphonium was created to give the traditional euphonium more versatility, so that the instrument could better match other brass instruments, such as trombones or French horns, or to give a lighter sound when playing with bassoons and other woodwinds. Soloists also use the extra bell for special effects, such as echoes.
Double beta decay In the process of beta decay, unstable nuclei decay by converting a neutron in the nucleus to a proton and emitting an electron and an electronic anti-neutrino. In order for beta decay to be possible, the final nucleus must have a larger binding energy than the original nucleus.
Double bind Double Bind is a communicative situation where a person receives different or contradictory messages. The term, coined by the anthropologist Gregory Bateson, attempts to account for the onset of schizophrenia without simply assuming an organic brain dysfunction.
Double blind The double blind method is an important part of the scientific method, used to prevent research outcomes from being 'influenced' by the placebo effect or observer bias. Blinded research is an important tool in many fields of research, from medicine, to psychology and the social sciences, to forensics.
Double bottom A double bottom is a ship hull design and construction method where the bottom of the ship has two complete layers of watertight hull surface: one outer layer forming the normal hull of the ship, and a second inner hull which is somewhat higher in the ship, perhaps a few feet, which forms a redundant barrier to seawater in case the outer hull is damaged and leaks.
Double box Double box is a term in broadcast news for a graphical overlay on the screen with two rectangular "holes" where two separate [video source]s are inserted. A double box is typically used for two live shots from different locations, with a conversation taking place between the participants; i.
Double burden The double burden refers to the workload of women who work to earn money, but also have responsibility for unpaid domestic labor. In heterosexual couples where both partners have jobs, the woman often spends significantly more time on household chores and care work, such as child rearing and care for the sick, than the male partner.
Double Bass Concerto A double bass concerto is a piece of music for solo double bass with an orchestra. The first concerti for solo bass were written in the late classical period by Domenico Dragonetti and Johannes Matthias Sperger.
Double Bay, New South Wales Double Bay is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 4km east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra.
Double circulatory system The double circulatory system of blood flow refers to the separate systems of pulmonary circulation and the systemic circulation in amphibians, birds and mammals (including humans.) In contrast, fish have a single circulation system.
Double clarinet The double clarinet (or zummara) is a Middle Eastern musical instrument consisting of two parallel cane or bamboo pipes, with five or six holes each. The reeds are either cut from the body of the instrument, or created by inserting smaller, slit tubes into the ends of the pipes.
Double column magazine A double column magazine (sometimes also referred to as "double stack") is a magazine in which cartridges are stored in two side by side stacks, offset by one half cartridge height and resting against one another.
Double contrabass flute The double contrabass flute (sometimes also called octobass flute or subcontrabass flute) is one of the largest and lowest pitched flutes in the world. It is pitched in the key of C, three octaves below the concert flute (two octaves below the bass flute, and one octave below the contrabass flute).
Double counting (fallacy) Double counting is a fallacy in which, when counting events or occurrences in probability or in other areas, a solution counts events two or more times, resulting in an erroneous number of events or occurrences which is higher than the true result.
Double counting (proof technique) In combinatorics, double counting, also called two-way counting, is a proof technique that involves counting the size of a set in two ways in order to show that the two resulting expressions for the size of the set are equal. We describe a finite set X from two perspectives leading to two distinct expressions.
Double coverage In American and Canadian football double coverage is a state of defensive playcalling wherein two defensive players are assigned to "cover" one offensive player. This situation is often seen with standout wide receivers and running backs.
Double Compare And Swap Double Compare And Swap (DCAS or CAS2) is an atomic primitive proposed to support certain concurrent programming techniques. DCAS takes two memory locations and writes new values into them only if they match pre-supplied "expected" values; as such, it is an extension of compare-and-swap (CAS).
Double Cross (Sliders) Double Cross is the first produced, but the second aired, episode for the third season of the science fiction television show Sliders. On a world with dwindling natural resources, Professor Arturo, Quinn, Rembrandt, and Wade are offered the technology needed to send them home, for a price.
Double Cross System The Double Cross System or XX System, was a World War II anti-espionage and deception operation of the British military intelligence arm, MI5. Nazi agents in Britain were captured and used by the British to broadcast mainly disinformation to their Nazi controllers.
Double data rate In computing, a computer bus operating with double data rate transfers data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal, effectively nearly doubling the data transmission rate without having to deal with the additional problems of timing skew that increasing the number of data lines would introduce. This is also known as double pumped, dual-pumped, and double transition.
Double decker A double-decker is a bus, aeroplane, train, tram, ferry or any public transit vehicle that has two levels for passengers, one deck above the other. The term can also refer to a sandwich with three layers of bread and two fillings; and to roads and bridges which have one roadway running above another.
Double deficit (economics) An economy is deemed to have a double deficit (also known as a twin deficit) if it has a current account deficit and a fiscal deficit. In effect, the economy is giving claims on domestic assets to foreigners in exchange for foreign-made goods.
Double degree A double-degree program, sometimes called a conjoint degree, dual degree, or simultaneous degree program, involves a student working for two different university degrees in parallel, either at the same institution or at different institutions (sometimes in different countries), completing them in less time than it would take to earn them separately. The two degrees might be in the same subject area (especially when the course is split between countries), or in two different subjects.
Double density Double density, often shortened DD, is a capacity designation on magnetic storage, usually floppy disks. It describes the use of an encoding (or modulation) of information, which can encode on average twice as many bits per time unit compare to single density.
Double dispatch In software engineering, double dispatch is a mechanism that dispatches a function call to different concrete functions depending on the runtime types of multiple objects involved in the call. A related concept is multimethods.
Double dribble In the game of basketball, a double dribble is a violation in which a player dribbles (bounces) the ball, clearly holds it with a combination of either one or two two hands (while either moving or stationary), and then proceeds to dribble again without first either attempting a field goal or passing off to a teammate.
Double dropping Double dropping or the dropping system is a brewing method for the production of ales. During the early 20th century it was the most popular method of fermentation for English ales, but its use has seen a great reduction due to brewers using artificial methods to obtain largely the same effect.
Double drumming Double drumming (or double drums as it is sometimes referred to) is a musical technique, used mostly in rock music, where two drummers play two drum kits at the same time. One may play the rhythm while another may play another style, or both may play the same rhythm.
Double Dare (1976 game show) Double Dare was an American television game show that ran from December 13, 1976, to April 29, 1977, on CBS. Alex Trebek hosted this Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production; Johnny Olson and Gene Wood took turns announcing.
Double Dee Double Dee was an Italian dance music duo who scored one hit: "Found Love," which spent a week at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1990. The song did not chart on the Hot 100 but did reach #64 on the Airplay chart.
Double Dee and Steinski Doug DiFranco and Steve Stein were Hip-Hop producers who achieved notoriety in the early 1980's for a series of sample-based collages known as the Lessons, which are still well-regarded today as early underground Hip-Hop classics. Although they never had a hit record, they proved highly influential for subsequent artists such as Coldcut, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, and the Avalanches.
Double Dragon is a classic beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technos Japan Corporation, who also developed the Nekketsu Koha Kunio-kun series. The original game was designed by Yoshihisa Kishimoto, who originally conceived the game as a Kunio-kun sequel using the localized version (Renegade) as a basis.
Double Dragon (arcade game) is a 1987 side-scrolling beat-em-up developed by Technos Japan Corporation and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito. The game considered a spiritual successor to Technos' earlier beat-em-up, Renegade, but introduced several additions such as two-player cooperative gameplay (hence the title) and the ability arm oneself with an enemy's weapon after disarming them.
Double Dragon (film) Double Dragon is a 1994 live-action film adaptation of the video game franchise of the same name. This film was produced starring Mark Dacascos as Jimmy Lee and Scott Wolf as Billy Lee, along with Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario.
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone (ダブルドラゴン３) is the third arcade game in Technos Japan's (presently Million's) Double Dragon series of beat-em-ups. Originally released in 1990, the original arcade version was not developed in-house by Technos, but farmed out to an external developer, East Technology.
Double Dragon II: The Revenge Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Japanese: 双截龍Ⅱ or ダブルドラゴンⅡ) is the second game in Technos Japan's Double Dragon series of side-scrolling beat-em-ups. The original arcade version of the game was distributed in North America and Europe in 1988 and in Japan during the following year.
Double Dutch (jump rope) Double Dutch means playing jump rope with two ropes and one or more people jumping simultaneously; this involves at least three people total: one or more jumping and two turning the ropes. While the jump-roping is going on, the two persons turning the ropes often recite rhymes.
Double Dutch Bus Double Dutch Bus was a 1981 funk song by Frankie Smith, made famous for its extensive use of the "izz" infix form of pig latin slang. The song title represents a portmanteau of two institutions in Smith's Philadelphia neighborhood: the double dutch game of jump rope played by neighborhood kids, and the SEPTA bus system that was a backbone of the local transportation network (and for which Smith had unsuccessfully applied for a bus driving position).
Double electron capture Double electron capture is a decay mode of atomic nucleus. For a nuclide (A, Z) with number of nucleons A and atomic number Z, double electron capture is only possible if the mass of the nuclide of (A, Z-2) is lower.
Double entendre A double entendre is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. The first, literal meaning is an innocent one, while the second meaning is often ironic or risqué and requires the hearer to have some additional knowledge.
Double Eagle II Double Eagle II, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed 17 August 1978 in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours 6 minutes after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
Double Eagle V Double Eagle V, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Ron Clark and Rocky Aoki, was the first balloon to cross the Pacific Ocean. It launched from Nagashima, Japan on November 10, 1981, and landed in Mendocino National Forest in California 84 hours and 31 minutes later, travelling a record 5,768 miles (9,283 km).
Double Exposure (TV series) Double Exposure was a Canadian radio and television comedy series which mocked contemporary Canadian politics. The show starred Linda Cullen and Bob Robertson, and focused primarily on the stars' voice impersonations of Canadian political and cultural figures.
Double Exposure Blackjack Double Exposure Blackjack is a variant of blackjack in which both the dealer's cards are revealed to players at the start of the hand. Knowing the dealer's hand provides significant information, and without rules modifications would be advantageous to the player.
Double feature The double feature, also known as a double bill, was a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatre managers would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown.
Double figure eight Tying: The knot is formed by turning the rope back on itself, and then tucking the end through the small loop formed upon the initial turn. The turns, in flexible rope, will help grip the standing part and keep it from feeding back into the knot to loosen it (rather than providing much extra bulk over other stoppers)<BR>
Double figure eight bend The double figure eight bend is a strong bend, used for joining two ropes of similar sizes. To make it, first tie a loose figure eight in the end of one of the ropes, then retrace it, starting from the working end, using the second rope.
Double first cousin Double first cousins arise when two siblings reproduce with another set of siblings and the resulting children are related to each other through both parents' families. Double first cousins share both sets of grandparents in common and have double the degree of consanguinity than ordinary first cousins.
Double fisherman's knot Use the double fisherman's knot to tie together two ropes of unequal sizes. This knot and the triple fisherman's knot are the variations used most often in rock climbing, but other uses include search and rescue.
Double Falshood Double Falshood; or, The Distrest Lovers (sometimes erroneously listed as "The Double Falshood") is a play by Lewis Theobald, first produced on December 13, 1727 at the Drury Lane Theatre and published in 1728, which he claimed to have based on three manuscripts dating from the time of the English Restoration of an unnamed lost play by Shakespeare. It is clearly based on the "Cardenio" episode in Don Quixote; current scholarly consensus is that the play is an 18th-century rewriting of the lost Cardenio by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher.
Double Fanucci Double Fanucci (also Fanucci or Fannucci) is a fictional card game in the Zork series of computer games, and the official national sport of Quendor. It is a joke game - the rules are designed to be extremely complicated, but even the rules that have been written down are always marked as "abridged".
Double Fine Productions Double Fine Productions is a computer game developer founded in July of 2000 by Tim Schafer after his departure from LucasArts. He started Double Fine with a mixture of personnel from the Grim Fandango development team and new employees.
Double grave accent The double grave accent is a diacritic used in scholarly discussions of the Serbo-Croatian language complex and sometimes of the Slovenian language. The double grave accent is used to indicate a short falling tone in these languages, though in discussion of Slovenian, a single grave accent is also often used for this purpose.
Double hashing Double hashing is a computer programming technique used in hashing to resolve hash collisions, cases when two different values to be searched for produce the same hash key. It is a popular collision-resolution technique in open-addressed hash tables.
Double hermeneutic Double hermeneutic is the theory, expounded by sociologist Anthony Giddens, that everyday "lay" concepts and those from the social sciences have a two-way relationship. A common example is the idea of social class, a social-scientific category that has entered into wide use in society.
Double heterostructure A double heterostructure is formed when two semiconductor materials, one with an energy gap, less than the other are joined together. When there is just one boundary between the semiconductor material this is known as simply a heterostructure.
Double hull A double hull is a ship hull design and construction method where the bottom and sides of the ship have two complete layers of watertight hull surface: one outer layer forming the normal hull of the ship, and a second inner hull which is somewhat further into the ship, perhaps a few feet, which forms a redundant barrier to seawater in case the outer hull is damaged and leaks.
Double hyphen The double hyphen (⸗) is a punctuation mark that consists of two parallel hyphens. It is not to be confused with two consecutive hyphens (--), which usually represent an em dash (—) on devices which do not have a dedicated em dash glyph.
Double H High Adventure Base Double H High Adventure Base, located near Datil, New Mexico, is the newest National High Adventure program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The Double H High Adventure Base is located at the Torstenson Family Wildlife Center, formerly known as the Double H Ranch.
Double Happiness (TV series) Double Happiness 喜临门 is a Chinese drama serial on MediaCorp Channel 8. The show stars Ivy Lee, Xie Shaoguang, Xiang Yun, Aileen Tan, Vivian Lai, Edmund Chen, Alan Tern, Patricia Mok, Rayson Tan, Priscellia Chan, Huang Yiliang, Jin Yinji and Zhang Wei.
Double Haven Double Haven or Yan Chau Tong (印洲塘) is a harbour hugged by Double Island, Crescent Island and Crooked Island with north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. Major parts of the haven falls within Yan Chau Tong Marine Park to protect the wildlife of the marine creatures.
Double Helix Bridge The Double Helix Bridge is claimed to be the world’s first double helix structure bridge at Marina Bay, Singapore as announced by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA). The bridge will complement other major development projects planned in the area, including the highly-anticipated Integrated Resort (with casinos), Singapore Flyer, Gardens by the Bay and the 438,000 m² business and financial centre.
Double Helix Nebula The Double Helix Nebula is a gaseous nebula near the center of our galaxy, which is thought to have been distorted by magnetic torsion into the shape of two connected spirals, known popularly as a double helix, akin to the shape of DNA.

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