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  2. 411 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    411 (telephone number) 411 is a telephone number for local directory assistance in Canada and the United States. Until the early 1980s, 411 – and the related 113 number – were free to call in most jurisdictions. In the United States, the service is commonly known as "information", [1] although its official name is "directory assistance".

  3. United States Information Agency - Wikipedia

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    The United States Information Agency ( USIA) was a United States government agency devoted to the practice of public diplomacy which operated from 1953 to 1999. Previously existing United States Information Service ( USIS) posts operating out of U.S. embassies worldwide since World War II became the field operations offices of the USIA. [1]

  4. Whitepages (company) - Wikipedia

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    Whitepages is a provider of online directory services, fraud screening, background checks and identity verification for consumers and businesses. It has the largest database available of contact information on US residents. [3] Whitepages was founded in 1997 as a hobby for then- Stanford student Alex Algard.

  5. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    911. 112 and 911. Other number, no redirection or redirection for mobile phones only. 911, sometimes written 9-1-1, is an emergency telephone number for Argentina, Canada, Dominican Republic, Jordan, Mexico, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, the Philippines, Sint Maarten, the United States, [2] and Uruguay, as well as the North American Numbering Plan ...

  6. N11 code - Wikipedia

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    The mnemonic N stands for the digits 2 through 9 and thus the syntax stands for the codes 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711, 811, and 911. These dialing codes provide access to special local services, such as 911 for emergency services, which is a facility mandated by law in the United States.

  7. Disinformation Governance Board - Wikipedia

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    The Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) was an advisory board of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced on April 27, 2022. The board's stated function was to protect national security by disseminating guidance to DHS agencies on combating misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation that threatens the security of the homeland.

  8. 411 PAIN - Wikipedia

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    The company 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service was an American medical and lawyer referral service until it closed in December 2018. The firm, based in Davie, Florida, was established in 1995 by Dr. Robert Lewin. The organization is an attorney-referral system for victims of motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, work related injuries and ...

  9. Twitter Files - Wikipedia

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    The Twitter Files are a series of releases of select internal Twitter, Inc. documents published from December 2022 through March 2023 on Twitter. CEO Elon Musk gave the documents to journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, Lee Fang, and authors Michael Shellenberger, David Zweig and Alex Berenson shortly after he acquired Twitter on October 27, 2022.