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  2. History of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Christianity originated with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who proclaimed the imminent Kingdom of God. He was crucified and died c. AD 30–33 in Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea. Afterwards, his followers, a set of apocalyptic Jews, proclaimed him risen from the dead.

  3. Comcast - Wikipedia

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    Comcast Corporation (simply known as Comcast, and formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings ), [note 1] incorporated and headquartered in Philadelphia, is an American multinational telecommunications and media conglomerate. [8] The corporation is the second-largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by ...

  4. History of Google - Wikipedia

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    As a reply to this concern, co-founders Brin and Page promised in a report to potential investors that the IPO would not change the company's culture. The company was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol GOOG. When Alphabet was created as Google's parent company, it retained Google's stock price history and ticker symbol.

  5. NAACP - Wikipedia

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    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) [a] is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.

  6. Initial public offering of Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg resisted buyout offers, suggesting the company was "definitely in no rush." For years, Facebook and Zuckerberg resisted both buyouts and taking the company public. The main reason that the company decided to go public is because it crossed the threshold of 500 shareholders, according to Reuters financial blogger ...

  7. World Health Organization - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $6.83 billion (2024–25) Website. who.int. The World Health Organization ( WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. [2] It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices [3] and 150 field offices worldwide. [4] The WHO was established on April 7, 1948, and ...

  8. Duolingo - Wikipedia

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    Duolingo, Inc. is an American educational technology company that produces learning apps and provides language certification.Duolingo offers courses on music, math, and 43 languages, ranging from English, French, and Spanish to less commonly studied languages such as Welsh and Irish.

  9. Snap Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Snap Inc. is a technology company, founded on September 16, 2011, by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown based in Santa Monica, California. The company developed and maintains technological products and services, namely Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji. The company was named Snapchat Inc. at its inception, but it was rebranded Snap ...