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  2. Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Nine tests were conducted there in 1957, 1958 and 1959, [318] ultimately demonstrating that the UK had developed expertise in thermonuclear weapons. [319] Beginning in December 1962, the UK conducted 24 tests at the Nevada Test Site in the United States. [320] The final test was the Julin Bristol shot which took place on 26 November 1991. [321]

  3. School bus by country - Wikipedia

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    These school buses vary in color with yellow buses being rare and are distinguishable from other buses by a yellow school zone sign or a sign that reads "School Bus" on the top rear end of the bus. Private and public schools often have 'activity' style buses, sometimes in a color matching the 'school colours' although more commonly with just ...

  4. Test Ban Treaty - Wikipedia

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    The Partial Test Ban Treaty, adopted in 1963, signed by the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, prohibited all testing except underground tests; Threshold Test Ban Treaty, adopted in 1974 between the United States and Soviet Union limiting the yield of nuclear tests to 150 kilotons; Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ...

  5. List of songs banned by the BBC - Wikipedia

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    This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.

  6. 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping - Wikipedia

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    Ray stopped, and three men with nylon stockings covering their faces exited the van and hijacked the bus. One of the men pointed a gun at Ray, a second drove the bus, and the third followed in the van. [3] The kidnappers drove to Berenda Slough), a shallow branch of the Chowchilla River, [4] where they hid the bus. They retrieved a second van ...

  7. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Most of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922 as the Irish Free State, and the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 created the present United Kingdom. The UK became the first industrialised country and was the world's foremost power for the majority of the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the "Pax Britannica" between 1815 ...

  8. Multi-stage fitness test - Wikipedia

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    A second caution ends the test for that runner. The number of shuttles completed is recorded as the score of that runner. The score is recorded in Level.Shuttles format (e.g. 9.5). The maximum laps on the PACER test is 247, [1] which former Central Middle School student Dennis Mejia achieved, [2] the only person to ever reach such a level.

  9. Internet censorship in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    John Carr of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety said of the proposals: "a major plank of the UK’s approach to online child protection will be destroyed at a stroke". [39] However, the requirement that a UK government adheres to EU rules on net neutrality may have disappeared when the United Kingdom left the European Union.