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  2. Hydrogen peroxide - Wikipedia

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    Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound with the formula H 2 O 2.In its pure form, it is a very pale blue [5] liquid that is slightly more viscous than water.It is used as an oxidizer, bleaching agent, and antiseptic, usually as a dilute solution (3%–6% by weight) in water for consumer use and in higher concentrations for industrial use.

  3. History of Twitter - Wikipedia

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    Twitter became a key part of politics and international relations but was also banned or blocked in some countries. Twitter went public in 2013 and continued to expand. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged Twitter's handling of misinformation on the platform. Elon Musk took Twitter private in 2022 and later changed the name of the service to X.

  4. Poker - Wikipedia

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    While poker's exact origin is the subject of debate, many game scholars point to the French game Poque and the Iranian game As-Nas as possible early inspirations. [3] For example, in the 1937 edition of Foster's Complete Hoyle, R. F. Foster wrote that "the game of poker, as first played in the United States, five cards to each player from a twenty-card pack, is undoubtedly the Persian game of ...

  5. Common Craft - Wikipedia

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    Since 2007, Common Craft has created over 70 videos that have been viewed millions of times online. [2] One of the most popular films, "Twitter in Plain English", has been viewed over 10 million times since being published on the host's YouTube and dotSUB [3] in March 2008. The video explaining how a president is elected in the United States ...

  6. Lobotomy - Wikipedia

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    A lobotomy (from Greek λοβός (lobos) 'lobe' and τομή (tomē) 'cut, slice') or leucotomy is a discredited form of neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric disorder or neurological disorder (e.g. epilepsy, depression) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex. [1]

  7. Friending and following - Wikipedia

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    Following is a similar concept on other social network services, such as Twitter and Instagram, where a person (follower) chooses to add content from a person or page to their newsfeed. Unlike friending, following is not necessarily mutual, and a person can unfollow (stop following) or block another user at any time without affecting that user ...

  8. Twitter - Wikipedia

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    Twitter, officially known as X since July 2023, is a social networking service.It is one of the world's largest social media websites and one of the most-visited websites. [3] [4] Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts commonly known as "tweets" and like or retweet (officially "repost") other users' content. [5]

  9. Help:Referencing for beginners - Wikipedia

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    Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this. [1] They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation.