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  2. Manhattan Project - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan District The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Active 1942–1946 Disbanded 15 August 1947 Country United States United Kingdom Canada Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison/HQ Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. Anniversaries 13 August 1942 Engagements Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of France Allied invasion of ...

  3. Fascism - Wikipedia

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    Fascists saw World War I as a revolution that brought massive changes to the nature of war, society, the state, and technology. The advent of total war and the mass mobilization of society erased the distinction between civilians and combatants.

  4. Nanjing Massacre - Wikipedia

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    It is located near a site where thousands of bodies were buried, called the "pit of ten thousand corpses" (wàn rén kēng). As of December 2016, there is a total of 10,615 Nanjing Massacre victim names inscribed on a memorial wall. In 1995, Daniel Kwan held a photo exhibit in Los Angeles titled, "The Forgotten Holocaust".

  5. Banksy - Wikipedia

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    Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. [2] Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique.

  6. Have I Been Pwned? - Wikipedia

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    The name "Have I Been Pwned?" is based on the script kiddie jargon term "pwn", which means "to compromise or take control, specifically of another computer or application". HIBP's logo includes the text ';--, which is a common SQL injection attack string.

  7. Jane Goodall - Wikipedia

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    Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE ( / ˈɡʊdɔːl /; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall; 3 April 1934), [3] formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. [4] She is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, after 60 years' studying the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees.

  8. R. Jeffrey Orr - Wikipedia

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    Empower Retirement (chairman) Putnam Investments (chairman) IGM Financial (chairman) IG Wealth Management (chairman) Mackenzie (chairman) PanAgora Asset Management; Orr is a Member of the Business Council of Canada. Honors and awards. Orr received the 2015 Ivey Business Leader Award from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario.

  9. ISO 3166-1 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 3166-1 ( Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It is the first part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization .