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  2. Code of Hammurabi - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. ... many Old Babylonian judgments run entirely counter to the Code's prescriptions. [103]

  3. Thunder Run (Kentucky Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Thunder Run is a wooden roller coaster at the Kentucky Kingdom amusement park in Louisville, Kentucky. The ride originally operated from August 1990 through to October 2009, when then-operators Six Flags abandoned the park. After remaining closed since 2009, Thunder Run reopened in May 2014 when Kentucky Kingdom reopened under new operators.

  4. List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of telephone dialling codes in the United Kingdom, which adopts an open telephone numbering plan for its public switched telephone network. The national telephone numbering plan is maintained by Ofcom , an independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries.

  5. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and going fire or a rescue incident. Code 2: Unused within the Country Fire Authority. Code 3: Non-urgent event, such as a previously extinguished fire or community service cases (such as animal rescue or changing of smoke alarm batteries for the ...

  6. Microsoft Bing - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Bing, commonly referred to as Bing, is a search engine owned and operated by Microsoft.The service traces its roots back to Microsoft's earlier search engines, including MSN Search, Windows Live Search, and Live Search.

  7. Run (British TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Run is a British drama serial created by Jonathan Pearson, Marlon Smith, and Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan, and written by Marlon Smith and Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan for Channel 4. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The series premiered on 15 July 2013 and ended on 18 July 2013, and was broadcast on Hulu on 20 August 2013. [ 3 ]

  8. QR code - Wikipedia

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    The QR code system was invented in 1994, at the Denso Wave automotive products company, in Japan. [5] [6] [7] The initial alternating-square design presented by the team of researchers, headed by Masahiro Hara, was influenced by the black counters and the white counters played on a Go board; [8] the pattern of position detection was found and determined by applying the least-used ratio (1:1:3 ...

  9. 2024 Kolkata rape and murder incident - Wikipedia

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    The incident drew international attention, resulting in protests by the Indian community in Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom [87] [88] [89] and the United States. [ 90 ] [ 88 ] Fresh protests were held on 8 September by the Indian diaspora in solidarity with the victim.