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  2. Radar beacon - Wikipedia

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    In the United States a longer duty cycle is used, 50% for battery-powered buoys (20 seconds on, 20 seconds off) and 75% for on-shore beacons. Ramarks are wide-band beacons which transmit continuously on the radar bands without having to be triggered by an incoming radar signal. The transmission forms a line of Morse characters on the display ...

  3. African Americans - Wikipedia

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    According to DNA analysis led in 2006 by Penn State geneticist Mark D. Shriver, around 58 percent of African Americans have at least 12.5% European ancestry (equivalent to one European great-grandparent and their forebears), 19.6 percent of African Americans have at least 25% European ancestry (equivalent to one European grandparent and their ...

  4. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    History Further information: History of Facebook 2003–2006: Thefacebook, Thiel investment, and name change Original layout and name of Thefacebook in 2004, showing Al Pacino's face superimposed with binary numbers as Facebook's original logo, designed by co-founder Andrew McCollum Zuckerberg built a website called "Facemash" in 2003 while attending Harvard University. The site was comparable ...

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    amazon.com. $149.99. For an even beefier setup, you can get the same Video Doorbell with the Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus —and, yes, the bundle is 50 percent off. The Floodlight Cam is a ...

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    But, as luck would have it, one of our very finds of the year is now 40% off for just $16. We first wrote about this nifty gadget as a great gift for new dads who need a hands-free way to read or ...

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    It comes in 50 shades to address all types of skin tones (and undertones), and it features nourishing ingredients like vitamin E and prebiotics. Its natural matte finish and buildable full ...

  8. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The same coinage act also set the value of an eagle at 10 dollars, and the dollar at 1 ⁄ 10 eagle. It called for silver coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2 , 1 ⁄ 4 , 1 ⁄ 10 , and 1 ⁄ 20 dollar, as well as gold coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 ⁄ 4 eagle.

  9. Rayon - Wikipedia

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    Rayon, also called viscose [1] and commercialised in some countries as sabra silk or cactus silk, [2] is a semi-synthetic fiber, [3] made from natural sources of regenerated cellulose, such as wood and related agricultural products. [4] It has the same molecular structure as cellulose.