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2. Flag of convenience - Wikipedia

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   Flag of convenience ( FOC) is a business practice whereby a ship's owners register a merchant ship in a ship register of a country other than that of the ship's owners, and the ship flies the civil ensign of that country, called the flag state. [1] The term is often used pejoratively, and although common, the practice is sometimes regarded as ...

3. Ceres (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia

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   Ceres ( minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first known asteroid, discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily, and announced as a new planet.

4. Modern display of the Confederate battle flag - Wikipedia

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   The Confederate flag is a controversial symbol for many Americans today. A 2011 Pew Research Center poll revealed that 30% of Americans had a "negative reaction" when "they saw the Confederate flag displayed". [46] According to the same poll, 9% of Americans had a positive reaction. A majority (58%) did not react.

5. Fred Trump - Wikipedia

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   Frederick Christ Trump Sr. (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real-estate developer and businessman. He was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States . Born in the Bronx to German immigrants, Trump began working in home construction and sales in the 1920s before heading the real-estate business ...

6. Chocolate - Wikipedia

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   Chocolate, or cocoa, is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form for at least 5,300 years starting with the Mayo-Chinchipe culture in what is present-day Ecuador. [1]