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  2. April Fools' Day - Wikipedia

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    An 1857 ticket to "Washing the Lions" at the Tower of London. No such event ever took place. April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day [1] is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the recipient.

  3. Nature's Way - Wikipedia

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    Nature's Way began as six comic strips submitted in 1976 to the Pacific Search, a local magazine in Seattle. This was Larson's effort to get away from a retail music store job. He was paid $90 for the strips, which encouraged him to produce more cartoons. He soon began submitting weekly cartoons to a newspaper, The Sumner News-Review, which ...

  4. List of New York City Subway transfer stations - Wikipedia

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    A paper transfer [32] was added between the IND Sixth Avenue Line and IRT Flushing Line at Bryant Park on July 1, 1968, when KK service started and the new 57th Street station opened. The transfer was only valid on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. until a passageway was opened [33] by 1971. [34] Fifth Avenue: IRT Flushing Line 7 <7> 50th Street

  5. Pamela Anderson Debuts a Hot Pink Hairstyle with a Dramatic ...

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    Anderson, who plays the movie’s lead, leaned into her vivid hair hue with a pink, long-sleeved gown. Though the oversized dress offered very little shape, small details created big statements.

  6. New York City transit fares - Wikipedia

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    When the New York City Transit Authority was created in July 1953, the fare was raised to 15 cents (equivalent to $1.71 in 2023) and a token was issued. [102] In 1970 the fare was raised to 30 cents. [103] This token is 23mm in diameter with a Y cut out, and is known as the "Large Y Cutout".

  7. San Diego Trolley - Wikipedia

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    Self-serve ticket-vending machines located at each station sell one-way paper tickets and passes (one day and monthly) on the Pronto Card. (An older fare card that was used was the Compass card.) Roving transit enforcement personnel conduct random ticket inspections throughout the system. If customers are caught without a valid fare, they may ...

  8. Optical mark recognition - Wikipedia

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    That is, the marks are constructed in such a way that there is little chance that the OMR device will not read them correctly. This does require the image to have high contrast and an easily recognizable or irrelevant shape. A related field to OMR and OCR is the recognition of barcodes, such as the UPC bar code found on product packaging.

  9. List of HTTP status codes - Wikipedia

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    The RFC specifies this code should be returned by teapots requested to brew coffee. [18] This HTTP status is used as an Easter egg in some websites, such as Google.com's "I'm a teapot" easter egg. [19] [20] [21] Sometimes, this status code is also used as a response to a blocked request, instead of the more appropriate 403 Forbidden. [22] [23]