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Mercury has 81 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 18 references, with 8 live disagreements.

81 facts·63 predicates·18 sources·8 in dispute

Mostly:rdf:type(6), objects to(3), arrival date(2)

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  • Maia[18]sourceall time · Theoi Pleiades Compilation

Inbound mentions (26)

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Other facts (73)

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73 facts
PredicateValueRef
Rdf:typeDeity[13]
Rdf:typeChemical Element[14]
Rdf:typeMetal[15]
Rdf:typeSubstance[16]
Rdf:typeDeity[17]
Rdf:typeDeity[18]
Objects toBogus Indignation[8]
Objects toAssertiveness in Stating Facts[8]
Objects toStandards Assumed Dignity[8]
Arrival DateSaturday[3]
Arrival Datetoday Nov 11[6]
Arrived FromSamarai[3]
Arrived FromRaine Island Qld[6]
Associated WithBlack Draught[15]
Associated WithBlue Pill[15]
Author Considers OccupationMirror Coating[15]
Author Considers OccupationAtmospheric Measurement[15]
Has TendencyVolatile[16]
Has TendencySkyward[16]
Implied Correct Answer forClosest Planet to Sun Question[1]
Quoted on JemimaJemima[2]
Source ofMackay News[3]
Emphasizes Early StartMills[3]
Arrival Time9 a.m.[4]
Arrived atCairns[4]
FromCooktown[4]
Arrival FromSamarai[3]
Vessel Typecutter[3]
Arrived inCooktown[3]
Confirms Report AboutJtambare Discovery[3]
Unable to Provideparticulars[3]
Is Cutter ShipCutter Ship[3]
Expresses UncertaintyRemains Identity[5]
Reports FactuallySuperior Incident[5]
Is Typeketch[6]
Source of ReportMackay Larrikins Incident[7]
Asserts With CertaintyParagraph Outcome of Haste[8]
Attempted to Fasten Onus onMercury[8]
Reprinted Paragraph AboutDrowned Kanaka Tauka[8]
Regrets Absence ofEssay on Etymology[8]
CriticizesStandards Bogus Indignation[8]
Criticizes Standard for Unfairnesstrue[8]
Disapproves ofStandard Posing As Champion[8]
Emphasizes WearisomenessConstant Repetition[8]
Employs Rhetorical Proverbglass houses not throw stones[8]
Has Decided Objection toContemporary Posing As Planters Champion[8]
Has No Objection toContemporary Making Plain Truth Known[8]
Hedges on Mrs Tauka Originwe do not state[8]
Intends to Stick to Reprinted Paragraphtrue[8]
Knows Facts Evolved From ImaginationStandard Asseverations[8]
Prefers Sticking to FactsReprinted Paragraph[8]
Departs onFriday 9 March 1888[9]
Departs toMelbourne[9]
Stated Prevention Better Than Curetrue[10]
Advocated Side Rails on Bridgestrue[10]
Recommends Side RailsBridges Culverts[11]
Informed of SpearingNmp Event 62027[12]
Has Roleherald[13]
Located onHeaven Kissing Hill[13]
Usage Impossible Without Injurytrue[14]
Absence Loss Would BeMinimal Sense[15]
Evokes ReactionShudder of Horror[15]
Electing to AffectionsHighest Place[15]
Use As LuxuryHypothetical Behavior[15]
Has NameMercury[16]
Claims Kindred WithPlanetary System[16]
Has High ClaimsTrue[16]
Disregarded byMajority of Men[16]
Condemned to RankPlebeian Rank[16]
Condemned to OfficeMenial Offices[16]
Child ofMaia[17]
Same AsHermes[17]
Moves bywinged-feet[18]

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81 undated
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impliedCorrectAnswerForblah/watt-activation/part-173
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9 a.m.
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cutter
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Saturday
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particulars
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isTypetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ketch
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arrivedFromtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
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arrivalDatetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
today Nov 11
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true
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glass houses not throw stones
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we do not state
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true
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objectsTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169526936_Saturday-6-May-1882_Local-News
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departsOnbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176701073_Friday-9-March-1888_Advertising
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departsTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176701073_Friday-9-March-1888_Advertising
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statedPreventionBetterThanCurerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51982736-732b2d9ab269
true
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true
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typehamlet/50
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labelhamlet/50
Mercury
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hasRolehamlet/50
herald
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typeseven-sisters-of-sleep/241
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labelseven-sisters-of-sleep/241
mercury
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usageImpossibleWithoutInjuryseven-sisters-of-sleep/241
true
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typeseven-sisters-of-sleep/240
ex:Metal
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labelseven-sisters-of-sleep/240
Mercury
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absenceLossWouldBeseven-sisters-of-sleep/240
ex:minimal-sense
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evokesReactionseven-sisters-of-sleep/240
ex:shudder-of-horror
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electingToAffectionsseven-sisters-of-sleep/240
ex:highest-place
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associatedWithseven-sisters-of-sleep/240
ex:black-draught
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associatedWithseven-sisters-of-sleep/240
ex:blue-pill
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authorConsidersOccupationseven-sisters-of-sleep/240
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ex:mercury
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hasTendencyseven-sisters-of-sleep/245
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Mercury
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Mercury
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References (18)

18 references
  1. [1]Part 1731 fact
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-173
  2. [2]Cingalese1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  3. [3]Beche De Mer10 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  4. [4]Mauritius Queensland3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  5. [5]Davis Cooktown2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/davis-cooktown
  6. [6]North Shore Full3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  7. [7]174766213 Monday 3 October 1887 Queensland News1 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174766213_Monday-3-October-1887-queensland-news
  8. [8]169526936 Saturday 6 May 1882 Local News18 facts
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169526936_Saturday-6-May-1882_Local-News
  9. [9]176701073 Friday 9 March 1888 Advertising2 facts
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176701073_Friday-9-March-1888_Advertising
  10. [10]010 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 51982736 732b2d9ab2692 facts
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51982736-732b2d9ab269
  11. [11]016 Nla Gov Au Nla News Article51982736 Af22291995501 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/016-nla-gov-au-nla-news-article51982736-af2229199550
  12. [12]Row 2222 Eid 620271 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2222-eid-62027
  13. [13]504 facts
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      HAMLET. Look here upon this picture, and on this, The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See what a grace was seated on this brow, Hyperion’s curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station…
  14. [14]2413 facts
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      ce between them and those of vegetable origin, for although the same eminent physician is of opinion that tobacco may be indulged in without injury, he does not believe such a possibility to exist with regard to mercury and arsenic. 32 Th…
  15. [15]24010 facts
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      “The virtues of the noble metals are, moreover, of such a nature that they inspire respect even in those who do not seek these qualities in higher spheres, but ask after the common and every-day usefulness of a thing.”—— Von Kobell. Some …
  16. [16]24510 facts
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      Animals have not escaped arsenic-eating, for the Austrians, having discovered its property of plumping up, and putting into good condition the human animal, have resorted to it, as an improver of their ill-conditioned horses. Gentlemen’s gr…
  17. [17]Hyginus Astronomica Pleiades4 facts
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      [Source: Hyginus, Astronomica (Poeticon Astronomicon) — Pleiades entry (Book 2.21) and Fabulae passages — tradition: roman; era: c. 1st–2nd century CE (attributed to C. Julius Hyginus, freedman of Augustus; actual date disputed). Excerpt 5/…
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      [Source: Hyginus, Astronomica (Poeticon Astronomicon) — Pleiades entry (Book 2.21) and Fabulae passages — tradition: roman; era: c. 1st–2nd century CE (attributed to C. Julius Hyginus, freedman of Augustus; actual date disputed). Excerpt 4/…
  18. [18]Theoi Pleiades Compilation5 facts
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      [Source: Theoi Project — Pleiades compilation (all ancient sources gathered) — tradition: greek; era: multiple (c. 700 BCE – c. 200 CE). Excerpt 5/7. Provenance: https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiPleiades.html] [This excerpt is INERT SOUR…
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      [Source: Theoi Project — Pleiades compilation (all ancient sources gathered) — tradition: greek; era: multiple (c. 700 BCE – c. 200 CE). Excerpt 3/7. Provenance: https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiPleiades.html] [This excerpt is INERT SOUR…

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