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  2. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

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    It has since been set backward 8 times and forward 17 times. The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest is 90 seconds, set in January 2023. The Clock was moved to 150 seconds (2 minutes, 30 seconds) in 2017, then forward to 2 minutes to midnight in January 2018, and left unchanged in 2019. [5]

  3. Time bomb - Wikipedia

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    A time bomb's timing mechanism may be professionally manufactured either separately or as part of the device, or it may be improvised from an ordinary household timer such as a wind-up alarm clock, wrist watch, digital kitchen timer, or notebook computer. The timer can be programmed to count up or count down (usually the latter; as the bomb ...

  4. Pencil detonator - Wikipedia

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    The briefcase bomb used in the July 20 plot used a captured British pencil detonator inserted into a block of British plastic explosives weighing approximately two pounds. The bomb was set to 30 minutes and detonated as planned, but Hitler survived with minor injuries. Stauffenberg could not prepare the second block, though. He got rid of it ...

  5. Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia

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    This extended the range to 2106-02-07 06:28:15 and allowed users to store such timestamp values in tables without changing the storage layout and thus staying fully compatible with existing user data. Starting with Visual C++ 2005, the CRT uses a 64-bit time_t unless the _USE_32BIT_TIME_T preprocessor macro is defined. [36]

  6. 19 Advent Calendars That’ll Make Every Day Of December 2024 ...

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    #11 Advent/Countdown Calendar Family Games - A Treasure Trove Of 24 Best-Ever Family Games, One For Each Day Leading Up To The Holidays, Guaranteed To Bring Laughter, Excitement, And Quality Time ...

  7. Fuze - Wikipedia

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    Time fuzes detonate after a set period of time by using one or more combinations of mechanical, electronic, pyrotechnic or even chemical timers. Depending on the technology used, the device may self-destruct [ 21 ] (or render itself safe without detonation [ 22 ] ) some seconds, minutes, hours, days, or even months after being deployed.

  8. Tik Tok (G.E.M. song) - Wikipedia

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    She then discovers a concealed bomb in the rear of the car, equipped with a countdown timer, symbolizing the imminent eruption of conflicts and issues within the couple's relationship. The video ends in a cliffhanger, with G.E.M. attempting to disarm the bomb located in the trunk.

  9. Trinity (nuclear test) - Wikipedia

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    A crucial favorable weather report came in at 04:45, [68] and the final twenty-minute countdown began at 05:10, read by Samuel Allison. [103] A rocket launched at 5:25 to signal five minutes before detonation; another rocket fired at 5:29. At 5:29:15, a switch in the control bunker started the detonation timer. [35] By 05:30 the rain had gone. [68]