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  2. Snapchat - Wikipedia

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    Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients.

  3. Kalighat Kali Temple - Wikipedia

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    Geographic coordinates. 22°31′12″N 88°20′31″E  /  22.52000°N 88.34194°E  / 22.52000; 88.34194. Architecture. Completed. 1809. Website. www.kalighatkalitemple.com. Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali. [1] It is one of the 51 Shakti Pithas in ...

  4. Adi Satryo - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, Satryo signed a contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Persik Kediri. [4] He made his league debut on 8 January 2022 in a match against Borneo at the Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar. [5]

  5. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia

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    The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was unusually large in geographical and geological extent. An estimated 1,600 km (1,000 mi) of fault surface slipped (or ruptured) about 15 m (50 ft) along the subduction zone where the Indian Plate slides under (or subducts) the overriding Burma Plate.

  6. Murder of Junko Furuta - Wikipedia

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    Furuta was born on 18 January 1971 and grew up in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, where she lived with her parents, older brother, and younger brother. [5] At the time of her murder, she was a 17-year-old senior at Yashio-Minami High School [], and worked a part-time job at a plastic molding factory from October 1988 to save up money for a planned graduation trip. [6]

  7. Black Death - Wikipedia

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    25,000,000 – 50,000,000 (estimated) The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people [2] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [3] The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread by ...

  8. Matterhorn - Wikipedia

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    The name Matterhorn derives from the German words Matte ("meadow") and Horn ("horn"), [6] and is often translated as "the peak of the meadows". [2]In the Schalbetter map, printed by Sebastian Münster in 1545, the valley is labelled Mattertal, but the mountain has the Latin name Mons Silvius as well as the German name Augstalberg, in concord with the Aosta Valley (German Augstal).

  9. History of photography - Wikipedia

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    View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right).. The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light [2].