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  2. Titanic - Wikipedia

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    Capacity. Passengers: 2,453, crew: 874. Total: 3,327 (or 3,547 according to other sources) Notes. Lifeboats: 20 (sufficient for 1,178 people) RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, United States.

  3. Paul Gauguin - Wikipedia

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    In 1850, Clovis Gauguin departed for Peru with his wife Aline and young children in hopes of continuing his journalistic career under the auspices of his wife's South American relations. He died of a heart attack en route, and Aline arrived in Peru as a widow with the 18-month-old Paul and his 2 1 ⁄ 2 year-old sister, Marie.

  4. France - Wikipedia

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    Clovis regained the southwest from the Visigoths and was baptised in 508. Clovis I was the first Germanic conqueror after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire to convert to Catholic Christianity; thus France was given the title "Eldest daughter of the Church" by the papacy, and French kings called "the Most Christian Kings of France".

  5. Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia

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    Views on slavery. Views on religion. Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 [b] – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.

  6. Sinclair Community College - Wikipedia

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    Sinclair Community College is named for David A. Sinclair, a Scottish immigrant and secretary of the Dayton YMCA (1874–1902), who founded the adult training school that eventually became Sinclair College in 1948. [3] Sinclair Community College was featured in a 2009 issue of The New York Times. The article explained how community colleges in ...

  7. Indus Valley Civilisation - Wikipedia

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    The Indus Valley Civilisation [1] ( IVC ), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age hindu civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE. [2] [a] Indus valley civilization is older than ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, its sites spanning an area ...

  8. HTTPS - Wikipedia

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    e. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure ( HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). It uses encryption for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on the Internet. [1] [2] In HTTPS, the communication protocol is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS) or, formerly, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

  9. Reddit - Wikipedia

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    Python [notes 3] Go [4] JavaScript. Reddit ( / ˈrɛdɪt /) is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network. Registered users (commonly referred to as "Redditors") submit content to the site such as links, text posts, images, and videos, which are then voted up or down by other members.