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  2. Silk Road (marketplace) - Wikipedia

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    According to a press release by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of California, the bitcoin wallet belonged to an "Individual X" who had originally acquired the bitcoins by hacking the Silk Road. Products. In March 2013, the site had 10,000 products for sale by vendors, 70% of which were drugs.

  3. Martin 2-0-2 - Wikipedia

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    Japan Airlines Martin 2-0-2 "Mokusei" (1951) Former TWA Martin 2-0-2A of Southeast Airlines (Florida) at Miami in 1970. On November 13, 1945 Pennsylvania Central Airlines purchased a fleet of 35 Martin 2-0-2s from the Glenn Martin Company for $7,000,000. [2] Two weeks later, Colonial Airlines announced that they would purchase 20 airplanes for ...

  4. Alpine County, California - Wikipedia

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    Alpine County is a county in the eastern part of the U.S. state of California located within the Sierra Nevada on the state border with Nevada.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,204, making it California's least populous county.

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  6. Genographic Project - Wikipedia

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    In a 2013 speech to the Southern California Genealogical Society, Spencer Wells discussed its encouragement of citizen scientists. He said: Since 2005, the Genographic Project has used the latest genetic technology to expand our knowledge of the human story, and its pioneering use of DNA testing to engage and involve the public in the research ...

  7. History of the Internet - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and ...

  8. List of counties in California - Wikipedia

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    Of the 58 counties in California, 14 are governed under a charter. They are Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tehama. [6] Nine counties in California are named for saints, tied with Louisiana for the largest number.

  9. Coastline paradox - Wikipedia

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    The coastline paradox is the counterintuitive observation that the coastline of a landmass does not have a well-defined length. This results from the fractal curve –like properties of coastlines; i.e., the fact that a coastline typically has a fractal dimension. Although the "paradox of length" was previously noted by Hugo Steinhaus, [1] the ...