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  2. Texas Seven - Wikipedia

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    The Texas 7 were a group of prisoners who escaped from the John B. Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, on December 13, 2000. Six of the seven were apprehended over a month later, between January 22–24, 2001, as a direct result of the television show America's Most Wanted.

  3. Texas Revolution - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. Although the uprising was part of a larger one, the Mexican Federalist War, that included other provinces opposed ...

  4. Taxation of digital goods - Wikipedia

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    Digital goods are software programs, music, videos or other electronic files that users download exclusively from the Internet. [1] Some digital goods are free, others are available for a fee. The taxation of digital goods and/or services, sometimes referred to as digital tax and/or a digital services tax, is gaining popularity across the globe.

  5. Amazon tax - Wikipedia

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    Amazon only agreed to collect the 6.6% state sales tax, but there was no requirement to collect local sales taxes, which can bring total tax close to 10%. [16] This was an agreement between Amazon and Arizona, which mainly centered on Amazon's tax obligations because it maintains warehouses in Arizona.

  6. Texas Triangle - Wikipedia

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    17,745,584 [1] • Estimate. (2020) 20,852,272 [2] • Metro density. 130/km 2 (348/sq mi) The Texas Triangle (also known as Texaplex) [3] [4] [5] is a region of Texas that contains the state's five largest cities and is home to the majority of the state's population. The Texas Triangle is formed by the state's four main urban centers, Austin ...

  7. Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Lone Star Flag became the national flag on January 25, 1839 (more or less identical to modern state flag) [3] The Republic of Texas ( Spanish: República de Tejas ), or simply Texas, was a sovereign state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846.

  8. Texas City disaster - Wikipedia

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    The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions. The explosion was triggered by a mid-morning fire on board the French ...

  9. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Facebook enables users to control access to individual posts and their profile [320] through privacy settings. [321] The user's name and profile picture (if applicable) are public. Facebook's revenue depends on targeted advertising, which involves analyzing user data to decide which ads to show each user.