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Splendid may refer to: * HMS ''Splendid'', four ships of the British Royal Navy *MS ''Splendid'', a ferry in service with the Italian company Grandi Navi Veloci *Splendid Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, United States *Splendid (musical duo) Splendid was a musical duo of Angie Hart and Jesse Tobias, who at the time were also husband and wife. History They met in Canada, August 1996, when the Australian band Frente!, fronted by Hart, arrived to play over two weeks of support dates fo ..., Australian indie pop duo *Splendid, a character in the Flash cartoon series ''Happy Tree Friends'' Locations * Le Splendid, a Parisian café-théâtre company founded in the 1970s {{disambiguation, ship ...
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HMS Splendid
Two ships and two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Splendid''. * was listed in 1597, with an unknown fate. * was an , launched in 1918, and sold in 1931. * was a S-class submarine, launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943 by a German destroyer. * was a nuclear-powered hunter killer submarine. Battle honours Ships named ''Splendid'' have earned the following battle honours: *Mediterranean, 1942 *North Africa, 1942 *Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ..., 1982 * The Gulf, 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Splendid Royal Navy ship names ...
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Grandi Navi Veloci
Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) is an Italian shipping company, based in Genoa, that operates ferry, ferries between mainland Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, France, Spain, Albania, Morocco and Tunisia. It was established by Aldo Grimaldi in 1992. History GNV was created in 1992 by Aldo Grimaldi, initially as a subsidiary of Grimaldi Group. The first ship of the company, MS Majestic, ''Majestic'', entered service in 1993 on the Genoa-Palermo route, followed in 1994 by the sistership MS Splendid, ''Splendid'' on the Genoa-Porto Torres route. ''Majestic'' and ''Splendid'' were the first cruiseferry, cruiseferries ever operated by an Italian company. The fleet was enlarged with new cruise ferries through the 1990s, and in 2000 the company went public. New routes were added, including Livorno-Palermo, Genoa-Olbia and Genoa-Barcelona. In 2002 and 2003 the new, large cruise ferries MS La Superba, ''La Superba'' and MS La Suprema, ''La Suprema'' entered service. Lines for Tunisia, as well a new ...
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Splendid Geyser
Splendid Geyser is a geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Splendid Geyser is part of the Daisy Group. Its eruptions are infrequent and unpredictable, unless it is active. When it does erupt, its fountain can reach a height of 200 feet (60 m). Eruptions are more likely if a storm front reduces barometric pressure Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as , which is equivalent to 1,013.2 ... and lowers the boiling point of water around the geyser. Splendid's eruptions are very rare with intervals between eruptions lasting decades. In the early to mid 1970s, the geyser was very active. Splendid came alive again in 1992. Splendid Geyser was last active in 1998. Eruptions last between 1 and 9 minutes. Splendid Geyser is closely linked to Daisy Geyser. Most often ...
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Splendid (musical Duo)
Splendid was a musical duo of Angie Hart and Jesse Tobias, who at the time were also husband and wife. History They met in Canada, August 1996, when the Australian band Frente!, fronted by Hart, arrived to play over two weeks of support dates for Alanis Morissette's ''Jagged Little Pill'' tour, Jesse's band for the last two years – previously with Mother Tongue and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. After the tour, Frente! dissolved. Hart and Tobias married, and decided to form a band, the result being Splendid. Splendid released its only album, ''Have You Got a Name for It'', in 1999. To their dismay it was released only in Australia, with the American release cancelled by the record company (Mammoth Records) even though the discs had already been manufactured.Blackman, Guy"Bleeding Hart" ''The Age'', January 16, 2005. Frustrated with the music industry, they thought the best approach was to produce their music independently. They divorced in 2005. Splendid appeared on the television ...
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Happy Tree Friends
''Happy Tree Friends'' (commonly abbreviated as ''HTF'') is an adult animated web series created by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, and Kenn Navarro, and developed by Montijo, Navarro, and Warren Graff for Mondo Media. Disguised as a children's cartoon, the series follows the misadventures of cute anthropomorphic forest animals, who live initially peaceful lives until they are killed or injured in sudden, usually accidental, graphically violent incidents. Debuting sometime in 2000, ''Happy Tree Friends'' has achieved a cult following on Mondo's website and YouTube channel and expanded into a multimedia franchise, which includes the television series of the same name. Background History While working with Mondo Media, Rhode Montijo drew a character on a piece of scrap paper who would later become Shifty. He then drew a yellow rabbit that bore some resemblance to Cuddles, writing "Resistance is futile" underneath it on a spreadsheet poster. Rhode hung the drawing up in ...
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