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  2. England - Wikipedia

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    England. /  51.500°N 0.117°W  / 51.500; -0.117. England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. [6] It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers approximately 62%, and over 100 smaller adjacent islands.

  3. Climate change - Wikipedia

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    As of 2021, based on information from 48 national climate plans, which represent 40% of the parties to the Paris Agreement, estimated total greenhouse gas emissions will be 0.5% lower compared to 2010 levels, below the 45% or 25% reduction goals to limit global warming to 1.5 °C or 2 °C, respectively. Society Denial and misinformation

  4. Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A "UK" code has replaced the "GB" code from 28 September 2021 and is valid in countries party to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic if displayed on its own or together with the Union flag. From 8 December 2020, vehicles with a Zero Emission value are allowed to display a green band on the left hand side of the plate, where the country ...

  5. Michael Crichton - Wikipedia

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    Life Early life. John Michael Crichton was born on October 23, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, to John Henderson Crichton, a journalist, and Zula Miller Crichton, a homemaker. He was raised on Long Island, in Roslyn, New York, and he showed a keen interest in writing from a young age; at 16, he had an article about a trip he took to Sunset Crater published in The New York Times.

  6. List of films based on video games - Wikipedia

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    How to Make a Monster (2001) – Directed by George Huang. An evil video game comes to life and hunts the group of developers. Avalon (2001) – Directed by Mamoru Oshii. Science fiction film centered on a war-themed, virtual reality MMO under the same title. Game Over (2003) – Directed by Jason Bourque.

  7. Timeline of Yahoo! - Wikipedia

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    March 2007: Yahoo! acquires Taiwan blogging site wretch.cc. [66] April 30, 2007: Yahoo! announces acquisition of Right Media. [67] June 16, 2007: Yahoo! officially retires the Yahoo! Auctions service, except in some parts of Asia. [68] June 18, 2007: Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang replaces Terry Semel as CEO.

  8. Bob Dylan - Wikipedia

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    Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; [3] born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often considered to be one of the greatest songwriters in history, [4] [5] [6] Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. He rose to prominence in the 1960s, when his songs "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963 ...

  9. Ethanol - Wikipedia

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    Ethanol is the oldest known sedative, used as an oral general anesthetic during surgery in ancient Mesopotamia and in medieval times. [16] [17] Mild intoxication starts at a blood alcohol concentration of 0.03-0.05 % and induces anesthetic coma at 0.4%. [25] However, this use carried the high risk of deadly alcohol intoxication and pulmonary ...