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  2. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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    Exact foot lengths may contain repeating decimals because the formulas include division by 3; in practice, ... 260.0 26 260 41 262.4 6: 10 + 1 ...

  3. Thermal energy storage - Wikipedia

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    A thermal battery used in this mode is a renewable energy source as the energy extracted in the winter will be restored to the GHEX the next summer in a continually repeating cycle. This type is solar powered because it is the heat from the sun in the summer that is removed from a building and stored in the ground for use in the next winter ...

  4. Liquid - Wikipedia

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    A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a nearly constant volume independent of pressure. It is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, gas, and plasma), and is the only state with a definite volume but no fixed shape.

  5. Water - Wikipedia

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    A substantial fraction of the water supply for some regions consists of water extracted from water stored in stocks, and when withdrawals exceed recharge, stocks decrease. By some estimates, as much as 30 percent of total water used for irrigation comes from unsustainable withdrawals of groundwater, causing groundwater depletion .

  6. Alpha helix - Wikipedia

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    The alpha helix is also commonly called a: Pauling–Corey–Branson α-helix (from the names of three scientists who described its structure); 3.6 13-helix because there are 3.6 amino acids in one ring, with 13 atoms being involved in the ring formed by the hydrogen bond (starting with amidic hydrogen and ending with carbonyl oxygen)

  7. Standard 52-card deck - Wikipedia

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    A standard 52-card French-suited deck comprises 13 ranks in each of the four suits: clubs (♣), diamonds (♦), hearts (♥) and spades (♠).Each suit includes three court cards (face cards), King, Queen and Jack, with reversible (i.e. double headed) images.

  8. Gun violence in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [186] [187] Although mass shootings are covered extensively in the media, they account for a small fraction of gun-related deaths, [128] only 1 percent of all gun deaths between 1980 and 2008. [188] Between January 1 and May 18, 2018, 31 students and teachers were killed inside U.S. schools, exceeding the number of U.S. military service members ...

  9. Demographics of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Western and non-Western fraction of low-income households and source of income. Data sourced from Statistics Netherlands. [37] According to a 2010 Statistics Netherlands report, the third generation of non-Western immigrants was predominantly young with 80% being younger than 15, while growing with 10% each year. The third generation have a ...