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  2. Number sign - Wikipedia

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    The symbol # is known variously in English-speaking regions as the number sign, hash, or pound sign. The symbol has historically been used for a wide range of purposes including the designation of an ordinal number and as a ligatured abbreviation for pounds avoirdupois – having been derived from the now-rare ℔ .

  3. Cutting of the elm - Wikipedia

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    They stopped at the elm tree, tore off the bands, and cut it down, in spite of all resistance. Popular culture. The event has been used in the history proposed by Pierre Plantard and other pseudo-historical theories. In this context, the Cutting of the elm was portrayed as marking the split between the Knights Templar and the Priory of Sion.

  4. 2024 in film - Wikipedia

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    2024 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films, and notable deaths.Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) celebrated their 100th anniversaries, Miramax will celebrate its 45th anniversary and 20th Century Animation, DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation and Searchlight Pictures will celebrate their ...

  5. Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines is an archipelago of about 7,641 islands, [200] [201] covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).

  6. Minimum wage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933 In 1933, the Roosevelt administration during the New Deal made the first attempt at establishing a national minimum wage regiment with the National Industrial Recovery Act, which set minimum wage and maximum hours on an industry and regional basis. The Supreme Court, however, in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935) ruled the act unconstitutional ...

  7. List of state and union territory capitals in India - Wikipedia

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    India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model.

  8. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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    Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington. [6] The company originally started as an online marketplace for books but gradually expanded its offerings to include a wide range of product categories. This diversification led to it being referred to as "The Everything Store". [7]

  9. Elm, Cambridgeshire - Wikipedia

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    Elm, Cambridgeshire. / 52.63; 0.18. Elm is a village and civil parish in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England. In Domesday, it is called Helle. [1] The village is about 1 miles or 2 km south of the market town of Wisbech, immediately to the south of the Wisbech by-pass. The county boundary with Norfolk is immediately to the north and ...