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2. Coupon - Wikipedia

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   Believed to be the first coupon ever, this ticket for a free glass of Coca-Cola was first distributed in 1888 to help promote the drink. By 1913, the company had redeemed 8.5 million tickets. [6] Coca-Cola's 1888-issued "free glass of" is the earliest documented coupon. [6] [7] Coupons were mailed to potential customers and placed in magazines ...

3. Ayurveda - Wikipedia

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   Since 2007, the FDA has placed an import alert on some ayurvedic products in order to prevent them from entering the United States. [136] A 2012 toxicological review of mercury-based traditional herbo-metallic preparations concluded that the long-term pharmacotherapeutic and in-depth toxicity studies of these preparations are lacking.

4. April Fools' Day - Wikipedia

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   In Thailand, the police warned ahead of April Fools' in 2021 that posting or sharing fake news online could lead to maximum of five years imprisonment. [57] Other examples of genuine news on 1 April mistaken as a hoax include: 1 April 1946: Warnings about the Aleutian Island earthquake's tsunami that killed 165 people in Hawaii and Alaska. [58]

5. Outsourcing - Wikipedia

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   Outsourcing is a business practice in which companies use external providers to carry out business processes that would otherwise be handled internally, [1] [2] [3] Outsourcing sometimes involves transferring employees and assets from one firm to another.

6. Twitter - Wikipedia

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   Twitter, officially known as X since July 2023, is a social networking service.It is one of the world's largest social media websites and one of the most-visited websites. [3] [4] Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts commonly known as "tweets" or "retweets" (officially "post" or "repost") and like other users' content. [5]

7. Standard deviation - Wikipedia

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   Using words, the standard deviation is the square root of the variance of X. The standard deviation of a probability distribution is the same as that of a random variable having that distribution. Not all random variables have a standard deviation.

8. Taiga - Wikipedia

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   Dsd. Taiga or tayga (/ ˈtaɪɡə / TY-gə; Russian: тайга́), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga or boreal forest is the world's largest land biome. [1]

9. Lugol's iodine - Wikipedia

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   Because it contains free iodine, Lugol's solution at 2% or 5% concentration without dilution is irritating and destructive to mucosa, such as the lining of the esophagus and stomach. Doses of 10 mL of undiluted 5% solution have been reported to cause gastric lesions when used in endoscopy. [ 20 ]