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  2. Academy@Worden - Wikipedia

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    Worden Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Leyland, in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England. It opened in 1955 as Worden County Secondary School, and became Worden High School in 1972 with the introduction of the Comprehensive System to Lancashire and the abolition of the 11-plus examination.

  3. Lionel Messi - Wikipedia

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    Lionel Andrés " Leo " Messi [note 1] ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ⓘ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. One of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record eight Ballon ...

  4. International Space Station - Wikipedia

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    The International Space Station(ISS) is a large space stationassembledand maintained in low Earth orbitby a collaboration of five space agencies: NASA(United States), Roscosmos(Russia), JAXA(Japan), ESA(Europe), CSA(Canada), and their contractors. ISS is the largest space station ever built. Its primary purpose is performing microgravityand ...

  5. India - Wikipedia

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    India, officially the Republic of India ( ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; [22] [23] and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.

  6. Albert Einstein - Wikipedia

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    Albert Einstein ( / ˈaɪnstaɪn / EYEN-styne; [4] German: [ˈalbɛɐt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] ⓘ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held to be one of the greatest and most influential scientists of all time. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important ...

  7. Climate change - Wikipedia

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    Climate change threatens people with increased flooding, extreme heat, increased food and water scarcity, more disease, and economic loss. Human migration and conflict can also be a result. [11] The World Health Organization (WHO) calls climate change the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century. [12]

  8. List of countries by GDP (nominal) - Wikipedia

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    Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. [2] Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institutions, which are calculated at market or government official exchange rates. Nominal GDP does not take into account differences in the cost of ...

  9. OSI model - Wikipedia

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    1. Physical layer. v. t. e. The Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI) model is a reference model from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that "provides a common basis for the coordination of standards development for the purpose of systems interconnection." [2] In the OSI reference model, the communications between systems ...