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  2. Tim Walz - Wikipedia

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    Timothy James Walz (/ w ɔː l z / ⓘ WAWLZ; born April 6, 1964) is an American politician, former schoolteacher, and a retired U.S. Army non-commissioned officer.He has served since 2019 as the 41st governor of Minnesota.

  3. New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The trade spawned an ancillary economy—transportation, housing and clothing, fees, etc., estimated at 13.5 percent of the price per person, amounting to tens of billions of dollars (2005 dollars, adjusted for inflation) during the antebellum period, with New Orleans as a prime beneficiary.

  4. Fasten (company) - Wikipedia

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    Fasten takes a fixed $0.99 commission for every trip completed by a driver, unlike competitors Uber and Lyft, which both take around 20-30% of the fare riders pay. According to its website, Fasten drivers can also elect to pay a fixed $20 daily fee or $80 weekly fee, pocketing in whole all fares made during this period.

  5. Traffic collision - Wikipedia

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    A traffic collision in Japan, 2007 The aftermath of an accident involving a jackknifing truck, Mozambique, Africa. A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.

  6. Social networking service - Wikipedia

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    Illustrations showing various icons of some popular social networking services. A social networking service (SNS), or social networking site, is a type of online social media platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.

  7. Pony Express - Wikipedia

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    The riders received $125 a month as pay. As a comparison, the wage for unskilled labor at the time was about $0.43–$1 per day, and for semi-skilled laborers like bricklayers and carpenters was usually less than $2 per day. [17] Alexander Majors, one of the founders of the Pony Express, had acquired more than 400 horses for the project.

  8. TracFone Wireless - Wikipedia

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    TracFone Wireless, Inc. (TFWI) was an American wireless service provider.It was a mobile virtual network operator offering prepaid and no-contract service on the AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US, and Verizon networks [2] under multiple brands, including TracFone, Net10 Wireless, GoSmart Mobile, Page Plus Cellular, SafeLink Wireless, Simple Mobile, Total Wireless, and Straight Talk Wireless (in ...

  9. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps first started as a C++ program designed by two Danish brothers, Lars and Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, and Noel Gordon and Stephen Ma, at the Sydney-based company Where 2 Technologies, which was founded in early 2003.