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  2. Lead-based paint in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of April 2011, 87% of homes built before 1940 contain at least some lead paint, homes built between 1940 and 1960 have a 69% chance of containing such paint, homes built between 1960 and 1978 have a 24% chance of containing lead paint, while homes built after 1978 are unlikely to have lead-based paint. [25]

  3. Regulation of electronic cigarettes - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, Health Canada announced plans to regulate vaping products. [14] In the US and the UK, the use and sale to adults of e-cigarettes are legal. [15]: US [16]: UK The revised EU Tobacco Products Directive came into effect May 2016, providing stricter regulations for e-cigarettes. [17]

  4. NATO phonetic alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Soon after the code words were developed by ICAO (see history below), they were adopted by other national and international organizations, including the ITU, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United States Federal Government as Federal Standard 1037C: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms [5] and its successors ANSI T1.523-2001 [6] and ATIS Telecom Glossary (ATIS-0100523.2019 ...

  5. Point of sale - Wikipedia

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    The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed.At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice for the customer (which may be a cash register printout), and indicates the options for the customer to make payment.

  6. Multiple listing service - Wikipedia

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    A multiple listing service (MLS, also multiple listing system or multiple listings service) is an organization with a suite of services that real estate brokers use to establish contractual offers of cooperation and compensation (among brokers) and accumulate and disseminate information to enable appraisals.

  7. Chewing gum sales ban in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The sale of chewing gum in Singapore has been illegal since 1992. Some motivations for the ban included stopping the placement of used chewing gum in inappropriate and costly places, such as the sensors of subway doors, inside lock cylinders, and on elevator buttons.

  8. Murder of Lindsay Buziak - Wikipedia

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    Lindsay Elizabeth Buziak was born on November 2, 1983, to Jeff and Evelyn (née Reitmayer) Buziak. She had one sister, Sara. [1] In 2008, 24-year-old Buziak was an ambitious Victoria real-estate agent who had made a promising start to her career and was described by her family, friends and colleagues as popular and caring. [2]

  9. Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada is a country in North America.Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline.