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  2. Apollo 11 - Wikipedia

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    Armstrong was concerned that "eleven" would not be understood by non-English speakers, so they went with "Apollo 11", [70] and they decided not to put their names on the patch, so it would "be representative of everyone who had worked toward a lunar landing".

  3. Lithium-ion battery - Wikipedia

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    A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li + ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy. In comparison with other commercial rechargeable batteries, Li-ion batteries are characterized by higher specific energy, higher energy density, higher energy efficiency, a longer cycle life, and a longer calendar life.

  4. ISO 15118 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 15118 is one of the International Electrotechnical Commission's (IEC) group of standards for electric road vehicles and electric industrial trucks, and is the responsibility of Joint Working Group 1 (JWG1 V2G) of IEC Technical Committee 69 (TC69) [3] together with subcommittee 31 (SC31) [4] of the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) Technical Committee 22 (TC22) [5] on ...

  5. Nude recreation - Wikipedia

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    Recreation is any human activity done for pleasure (or "play") during leisure time as opposed to those activities that are necessary for survival.Historically, this means that recreation only existed after human society reached the stage where leisure time existed, perhaps during the late stone age (Upper Paleolithic), as shown by the first appearance of cave paintings and musical instruments.

  6. Vulva - Wikipedia

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    In mammals, the vulva (pl.: vulvas or vulvae) consists of the external female genitalia.For humans, it includes the mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, vestibule, urinary meatus, vaginal introitus, hymen, and openings of the vestibular glands.

  7. Fallout (American TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Fallout is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet for Amazon Prime Video.Based on the role-playing video game franchise of the same name created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, [a] the series stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Xelia Mendes-Jones, and Walton Goggins.

  8. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    In turn, the valley's name is titled after Saint Joachim, whereby thal or tal, a cognate of the English word dale, is German for 'valley.' [22] The joachimstaler was later shortened to the German taler, a word that eventually found its way into many languages, including: [22] tolar (Czech, Slovak and Slovenian); daler (Danish and Swedish ...

  9. The Design of Everyday Things - Wikipedia

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    The Design of Everyday Things is a best-selling [1] book by cognitive scientist and usability engineer Donald Norman. Originally published in 1988 with the title The Psychology of Everyday Things, it is often referred to by the initialisms POET and DOET. A new preface was added in 2002 and a revised and expanded edition was published in 2013. [2]