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  2. Ray-Ban - Wikipedia

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    Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.

  3. Luxottica - Wikipedia

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    Luxottica. Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear conglomerate based in Milan. As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes, and retails its eyewear brands all through its own subsidiaries. The company, presently organized as a subsidiary of EssilorLuxottica which formed when the Italian conglomerate ...

  4. Ray-Ban Wayfarer - Wikipedia

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    Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .

  5. List of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver episodes - Wikipedia

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    Other segments: United Kingdom Parliamentary censorship laws, Rodrigo Duterte Guests: Gilbert Gottfried. Note: When broadcast in the United Kingdom, the section covering its Parliamentary censorship laws was replaced with footage of Gilbert Gottfried reading aloud Yelp reviews of Idaho restaurants.

  6. List of wrongful convictions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Kern County child abuse cases are a notable example of day-care sex-abuse hysteria of the 1980s. [108] The cases involved claims that a pedophile sex ring performed Satanic ritual abuse: as many as 60 young children testified they had been abused. At least 36 people were convicted and most of them spent years imprisoned. 34 convictions were ...

  7. Identity documents in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, identity documents are typically the regional state -issued driver's license or identity card, while also the Social Security card (or just the Social Security number) and the United States passport card may serve as national identification. The United States passport itself also may serve as identification.

  8. List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The national telephone numbering plan is maintained by Ofcom, an independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. This list is based on the official standard, but includes defunct codes and historical changes, including the derivation of the two letter identities, in cases where known.

  9. Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The UK Government introduced on 1 August 2008 regulations requiring the production of personal identification and vehicle registration documents when having number plates made by a retailer. [96] The organisation that makes the plate is required to display their name and postcode, usually in small print at bottom centre, to aid in tracing false ...