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  2. John D. Rockefeller - Wikipedia

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    John did his share of the regular household chores and earned extra money raising turkeys, selling potatoes and candy, and eventually lending small sums of money to neighbors. [29] [30] He followed his father's advice to "trade dishes for platters" and always get the better part of any deal. Bill once bragged, "I cheat my boys every chance I get.

  3. Mercenary - Wikipedia

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    Protocol Additional GC 1977 (APGC77) is a 1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions.Article 47 of the protocol provides the most widely accepted international definition of a mercenary, though it is not endorsed by some countries, including the United States.

  4. Mel Brooks - Wikipedia

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    Brooks was born on a tenement kitchen table [7] on June 28, 1926, in Brownsville, Brooklyn, [7] to Kate (née Brookman) and Max Kaminsky, [8] and grew up in Williamsburg.His father's family were German Jews from Danzig (Gdańsk, Poland); his mother was from Kyiv, in the Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine).

  5. Fred Trump - Wikipedia

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    [98] [99] An October 2018 New York Times exposé on Fred and Donald Trump's finances revealed that Fred created 295 income streams for Donald and concludes that the latter "was a millionaire by age 8", receiving $413 million (adjusted for inflation; $483.6 million in 2023 currency) [100] from Fred's business empire over his lifetime, including ...

  6. 2023 US Open (tennis) - Wikipedia

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    The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2023 ATP Tour and the 2023 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament will consist of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws, as both doubles draws will return to standard 64 players, as singles players will remain in ...

  7. 4chan - Wikipedia

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    The site was launched as 4chan.net on October 1, 2003, by Christopher Poole, a then-15-year-old student from New York City using the online handle "moot". [25] Poole had been a regular participant on Something Awful's subforum "Anime Death Tentacle Rape Whorehouse" (ADTRW), where many users were familiar with the Japanese imageboard format and Futaba Channel ("2chan.net"). [16]

  8. Military–industrial complex - Wikipedia

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    This does not include many military-related items that are outside of the Defense Department's budget. Overall, the U.S. federal government is spending about $1 trillion annually on military-related purposes. [24] President Joe Biden signed a record $886 billion defense spending bill into law on December 22, 2023. [25]

  9. Military budget of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia's official 2022 military budget is expected to be 4.7 trillion rubles ($75bn), [9] or higher, and about $84bn for 2023, 40% more than initial military budget announced in 2021. [10] Reuters reported that governments documents showed military spending would exceed $100bn in 2023. [11]