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Gabriel Pierné
Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863–17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, and organist. Personal Life. Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz in 1863. His family moved to Paris to get away from the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire. Pierné got first prizes for solfège, piano, organ...
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Rasputin
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The Flash
The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several popular comic book characters from the DC Comics universe. Nicknamed the "Scarlet Speedster", all versions of the Flash who have the ability to travel at a very high speed, use superhuman reflexes and defy the laws of physics. The original Flash first appeared in "Flas...
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Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016), better known as Terry Wogan, was a veteran Irish-British comedian, actor, columnist, radio and television broadcaster, who has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom for most of his career. Before he retired from the weekday b...
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Wake Up to Wogan
Wake Up to Wogan (WUTW) was the most listened to radio show in the United Kingdom and the flagship breakfast programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The show was presented by Sir Terry Wogan who fronted WUTW from 4th January 1993; he had previously presented the breakfast show between 1972 and 1984, but the title WUTW was ...
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Attica Correctional Facility
Attica Correctional Facility is a prison in Attica, New York. The prison was the site of a riot in 1971, because prisoners wanted better conditions in it.
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Attica (Prison)
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Happy slapping
Happy slapping is a trend in which innocent people are hurt, for no apparent reason. Most of the time, happy slapping is done in groups. One person in the group will hit an innocent person, while another films the onset. In English-speaking countries, the crime is usually deemed assault. In some cases, the victims are ...
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Attica (prison)
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1980-81 NHL season
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1981-82 NHL season
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1979-80 NHL season
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1978-79 NHL season
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1983-84 NHL season
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1999-2000 NHL season
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Dyslexic
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Eni
Eni S.p.A. () is an Italian multinational oil and gas company. Eni is present in 64 countries, and currently is Italy's largest industrial company. It has a market capitalization of US$ 40 billion, as of 31 December 2024. The Italian Government owns a 30.5% golden share in the company. Golden shares are special stock s...
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Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, the trading name of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited. They are the Formula One racing team and constructor (builder) of Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz debuted in Formula One in , and competed with great success in the and seasons. After the 1955 season, Mercedes left the sport. Des...
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Germania (painting)
Germania is a painting by Philipp Veit created in March 1848 during the Revolutions of 1848. Today "Germania" is in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg.
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Philipp Veit
Philipp Veit (13 February 1793 – 18 December 1877) was a German Romantic painter. One of Veit's most important paintings was Germania in 1848. Biography. Veit was born in Berlin, Prussia. He was the son of a banker Simon Veit
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Pöcking
Pöcking is a municipality in Germany. It is in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria. The Prince of Austria-Hungary, Otto von Habsburg, lived there until his death on July 4, 2011.
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BMW Compact
The BMW Compact is an automobile made by BMW in two generations from 1994 until 2004. It was replaced by the 1 Series in 2004.
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Volkswagen Jetta Mk2
The Volkswagen Jetta Mk2 is the second generation of the Volkswagen Jetta. It successed the Mk1 in 1984, and were in 1992 successed by the Vento.
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Alfa Romeo 159
The Alfa Romeo 159 is a car produced by Alfa Romeo. It succeeded the 156 in 2005. Production ceased in 2011. It was eventually replaced in 2016 with the Giulia.
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Damselfly
Damselflies are insects in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, but are in a separate suborder, the Zygoptera. There are 20 families of damselfly. "Demoiselle" is another name for damselflies. The wings of most damselflies are held along, and parallel to, the body when at rest. There are also damselfly f...
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Klinefelter syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome, 47, XXY, or XXY syndrome is a genetic disorder where people have an extra number of X chromosomes. People who have Klinefelter's Syndrome are often called "XXY Males", or "47, XXY Males". Effects. Males who have this condition are almost always infertile. This means that they cannot father babies....
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Dragonflies
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Klinefelter Syndrome
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ISTD
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Rumba
Rumba is a music and dance term with two different meanings. First, it means Cuban event of African style, the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. This use of the term 'rumba' is quite different from the Latin ballroom dance. Second, it refers to one of the Latin ballroom dances. In this sense, the Rumba is the slowest of...
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Cafe
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The Gadget Show
Shop Smart, Save Money is a British television series which used to be called "The Gadget Show". It focuses on technology and is shown on Channel 5. It has progressed from 30 minutes to 1 hour long. Each week there are various features and tests, as well as a weekly competition. The show tries to have enough informatio...
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Bullfighting
Bullfighting is an old sport performed in many civilizations. Today it is mostly done in India, Spain, Portugal, and some countries of South America. The largest bullring is the Plaza México in central Mexico City, which seats 48,000 people, and the oldest is the La Maestranza in Seville, Spain, which was first used f...
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Bullfight
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Junior
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Titty
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Booty call
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Casual sex
Casual sex means some types of sexual activity outside of a romantic relationship. The term is not always used the same way: some use it to refer to sex in a casual relationship, and others use the word for one-time encounters, promiscuity, or to refer to sex without strong emotional attachment or love. Related terms. ...
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Ice algae
Ice algae and snow algae are algae and cyanobacteria which grow on long-lasting snow and ice fields like glaciers. When liquid water is available between the snow and ice crystals, they may color the surface green, yellow or red during the summer months. The red pigment of some species is an intracellular protection ag...
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Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso (Italian for "Team Red Bull") or just Toro Rosso was one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian caffeinated drinks company Red Bull. The other team is Red Bull Racing. Toro Rosso ran its first race in the season. It changed into Scuderia AlphaTauri in 2020. Toro Rosso was the sister team of Red ...
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John Deere
John Deere (February 7, 1804 – May 17, 1886) was an American blacksmith and inventor. He started Deere & Company, which is a big company that makes farm equipment. In 1837, he invented the first successful steel plow. This worked better with the tough soil of the Midwestern United States. John Deere was born in Rut...
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MASER
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Quena
The quena, also written as "kena" in English, is the traditional flute of Peru and the Andes. Made of bamboo, it has six finger holes and one thumb hole and is open on both ends. To make a sound, the player closes the top end of the pipe with the flesh between the chin and lower lip, and blows a stream of air downward,...
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Bowel
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Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Emelianenko (born September 28, 1976) is a Russian mixed martial artist who was fighting for the strikeforce promotion. from 2003 until 2010. He has an overall record of 35 fights, in which he has won 31, lost 1, and had 1 no contest. He started a political career in 2010,
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Quenacho
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Kena
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Snow algae
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Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi-do () is the province in which the most people live in South Korea. Over 12 million people live in it. Its provincial capital is Suwon. Its name, Gyeonggi, means 'surrounding the capital' and it surrounds Seoul, the capital of South Korea. It is also next to Incheon. History. Gyeonggi-do has been important sin...
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Green alga
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Gondwana
Gondwana, also called Gondwanaland, was a southern supercontinent. It formed when Pangaea broke up, starting 170 million years ago (mya), in the early middle Jurassic. The global supercontinent Pangaea was complete 250 million years ago. Then it split into two smaller supercontinents, which were about the same size. T...
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Shea stadium
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Marc Staal
Marc Staal (born January 13, 1987 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played parts of seventeen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, and Philadelphia Flyers. He is a member of the Staal fami...
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Macrophage
Macrophages are white blood cells within tissues, produced by the differentiation of monocytes. Monocytes and macrophages are phagocytes, acting in general immunity. They also trigger specific defense mechanisms (adaptive immunity) of vertebrates. Their role is to phagocytose (engulf and then digest) cellular debris ...
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Mangostine
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Granulocyte
Granulocytes are a category of white blood cells which have granules in their cytoplasm. They are also called polymorphonuclear leukocytes because of the shape of the nucleus, which has three segments. The term "polymorphonuclear leukocyte" often refers just to neutrophils, the most abundant of the granulocytes. Granul...
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William A. Shea Municipal Stadium
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Taluq
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To Surveil with Love
"To Surveil with Love" is the 20th episode of "The Simpsons" 21st Season. In this episode, Homer leaves his bag at the train station and after it is thought to be a terrorist attack, cameras are put up around Springfield. Meanwhile, Lisa is bullied at school for being a blonde. It aired on May 2, 2010. This is the firs...
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You Kent Always Say What You Want
"You Kent Always Say What You Want" is the 400th episode of "The Simpsons". It is the 22nd episode of the 18th season and the 400th episode of the entire series. In this episode, Kent Brockman loses his job after he says something naughty on TV and stays with the Simpsons. It aired on May 20, 2007, at the same time as ...
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Dual carriageway
A dual carriageway (British English) or divided highway (American English) is a type of road. It is an important route that usually carries long-distance traffic. A dual carriageway has four lanes (2 lanes each side), and is always separated by a man-made barrier or strip of land. Dual carriageways have no hard should...
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Poznan
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Sin tax
A sin tax is when the government taxes things that are considered to be bad for society. For example, if the government increases taxes on alcohol and cigarettes, this will make them more expensive. In economics, if a normal good becomes more expensive, its consumption will drop. Arthur Pigou was a famous economist who...
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N. Gregory Mankiw
Nicholas Gregory "Greg" Mankiw (born February 3, 1958) is a famous economist. He graduated from Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an economic advisor for President George W. Bush from 2003-2005. In 2006, he became an economic adviser to Mitt Romney. Publications. He wrote a widely ...
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Poznań Fortress
Poznań Fortress (in Polish: "Twierdza Poznań", in German: "Festung Posen") was a set of fortifications in the city of Poznań in western Poland, built under Prussian rule in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was one of largest systems of its kind in Europe.
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Vesoul
Vesoul is a commune. It is the prefecture of the Haute-Saône department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Geography. The Haute-Saône is a rural department and is based around five towns: Vesoul (the prefecture), Gray, Héricourt, Lure and Luxeuil-les-Bains. The Durgeon and Colombine rivers flow through the commune....
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Festung Posen
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Hungaroring
The Hungaroring is a Formula One racing circuit in Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary where the Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain. Formula One leader Bernie Ecclestone wanted a race in the USSR, but was not able to make a deal with Mo...
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Don Drysdale
Don Drysdale (July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American baseball player. He was a right handed pitcher. He played for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1956 to 1969. He played in five World Series. In 1976, he was chosen to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. His number was retired by the Dodgers.
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Building model
A building model is either a physical (real) or virtual (computer) model of a building. Very often, the physical model is smaller than the original (scale model). There are three basic types of building models: architectural, structural and mathematical (virtual). Architectural building model. An architectural model i...
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George Brett (baseball)
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Chuck Mangione
Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione (November 29, 1940 – July 22, 2025) was an American flugelhorn player. His best-known hit single was "Feels So Good". It was the Billboard Easy Listening Singles number-one single on May 13, 1978. It was featured in many movies like "Zombieland" and "Let's Go to Prison". Mangione voiced h...
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Virgin Racing
Marussia F1 is a Formula One racing team, which made its debut in the 2010 Formula One season. They were allowed to join F1 as Manor Grand Prix on 12 June 2009. They were one of four new teams selected to race in the 2010 season. On 30 November, the FIA released a revised entry list that stated the team's name as Virgi...
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The Jazz Singer (1927 movie)
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 movie was released to movie theaters by Warner Bros.. The movie stars Al Jolson and May MacAvoy. It also co-starred Warner Oland. It's considered to be the first talking picture, but was actually not; "Dream Street" (1921) was the first with a talking introduction by D.W. Griffith.
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Love Parade disaster
The Love Parade disaster occurred on 24 July 2010, when 21 people were killed during a human crush in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at the Love Parade electronic music festival. At least another 511 people were injured. The Love Parade was a popular and free access electronic dance music festival and parad...
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Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 crime melodrama movie directed by W. S. Van Dyke and distributed by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer company. The film won screenwriter Arthur Caesar an Academy Award for Best Story.
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Monocyte
Monocytes are a type of white blood cell, part of the human body's immune system. They are usually identified in stained smears by their large two-lobed nuclei. They are a kind of reserve cell which turn into macrophages and immune helper cells called dendritic cells. Monocytes work at two speeds in the immune system: ...
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Monocytes
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Brent Seabrook
Brent Seabrook (born April 20, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played a total of 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), all with the Chicago Blackhawks. He was the Chicago Blackhawks first round draft pick in 2003. He played in the WHL for the Lethbridge Hurricanes where he p...
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Viktor Stålberg
Viktor Stålberg (born January 17, 1986 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey right winger that currently signed to the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Stålberg formerly played in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs for 1 season and the Chicago Blackhawks for 3 seasons. Du...
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Viktor Stalberg
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Brent Sopel
Brent Bernard Sopel (born January 7, 1977) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He played a parts of 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta Thrashers, and the Montreal Canadiens. He also...
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Ben Eager
Benjamin Eager (born January 22, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has also played 407 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta Thrasher...
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Worms
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WORM
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Ben10
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Newell Convers Wyeth
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Bedtime Stories (movie)
Bedtime Stories is a 2008 movie directed by Adam Shankman starring Adam Sandler.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It was founded in 1865 as "The Daily Dramatic Chronicle" by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.
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Warren buffet
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Brecqhou
Brecqhou is one of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It is just west of Sark and has a surface area of about 200 acres (0.81 km2; 0.31 sq mi). It is outside of the United Kingdom and not part of the European union. Brecqhou has a castle that belongs to the Barclay brothers, owners of London'...
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Warren buffett
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1200–1209
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Hurricane Donna
Hurricane Donna was a Cape Verde-type hurricane. It happened in 1960. It moved across the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispanola, Cuba, The Bahamas, and every state on the East Coast of the United States. Hurricane Donna holds the record for keeping major hurricane status in the Atlantic Basin for the longest period ...
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John Madden (ice hockey)
John Madden (born May 4, 1973 in Barrie, Ontario) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player that played a total of 13 seasons in the NHL. During his time in the NHL he played 10 seasons with the New Jersey Devils where he won the Stanley Cup 2 times, 1 season with the Chicago Blackhawks where he also won the...
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C14 Timberwolf
The C14 Timberwolf MRSWS is an bolt action sniper rifle that is manually operated and was originally developed by Canada. The C14 Timberwolf uses the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge, with a muzzle velocity (The velocity of bullet leaving the rifle) of over 823 meters per second and has a maximum effective range of 1,500 m...
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Billy the Exterminator
Billy the Exterminator (named "The Exterminators" for season one) was an American television program. The program follows Vexcon employees, "Billy" and "Ricky Breatherton" as they try to rid pests and unwanted animals from clients homes and businesses in Louisiana. It ran from February 4, 2009 until it ended on Novembe...
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Billy The Exterminator
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Perpetual Motion