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  2. RuneScape - Wikipedia

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    A beta version of RuneScape 2 was released to paying members for a testing period beginning on 1 December 2003, and ending in March 2004. [62] Upon its official release, RuneScape 2 was renamed simply RuneScape, while the older version of the game was kept online under the name RuneScape Classic.

  3. Ogun - Wikipedia

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    Hunters and blacksmiths avoid eating or witnessing the mating of blacksnakes. Other important sacrificial offerings to Ogun are the Clarias submarginatus (a species of catfish), alligator pepper, kola nuts, palm wine and red palm oil, small rats, roosters, salt, snails, tortoise, water, and yams. (Clyne: 1997).

  4. Icelandic magical staves - Wikipedia

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    Helm of Awe (or Helm of Terror); to induce fear, protect the warrior, and prevail in battle. [2] Angurgapi: Carved on the ends of barrels to prevent leaking. [citation needed] Brýnslustafir: For use on whetstones. [3] Draumstafir: To dream of unfulfilled desires. [3] Dreprún: To kill an enemy's cattle. [4] Feingur: A fertility symbol. [3 ...

  5. Pepper (cryptography) - Wikipedia

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    The term pepper has been used, by analogy to salt, but with a variety of meanings. For example, when discussing a challenge-response scheme, pepper has been used for a salt-like quantity, though not used for password storage; [5] it has been used for a data transmission technique where a pepper must be guessed; [6] and even as a part of jokes. [7]

  6. Curta - Wikipedia

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    A partially disassembled Curta calculator, showing the digit slides and the stepped drum behind them Curta Type I calculator, top view Curta Type I calculator, bottom view. The Curta is a hand-held mechanical calculator designed by Curt Herzstark. [1] It is known for its extremely compact design: a small cylinder that fits in the palm of the hand.

  7. Macuahuitl - Wikipedia

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    For SpikeTV's reality program Deadliest Warrior a replica was created and tested against a model of a horse's head created using a horse's skeleton and ballistics gel. Actor and martial artist Éder Saúl López was able to decapitate the model, but it took three swings. Blows from the replica macuahuitl were most effective when it was swung ...

  8. Dendra panoply - Wikipedia

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    Most recently, in 2024, researchers from the University of Thessaly, led by professor Andreas Flouris, using Wardle's 1980s replica, added new conclusions on the ergonomics and kinematics of the warrior wearing the armor, showing that "[a] group of special armed-forces personnel wearing a replica of the Dendra armour were able to complete an 11 ...

  9. Gear inches - Wikipedia

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    This formula assumes that any hub gear is in direct drive. A further factor is needed for other gears (many online gear calculators have these factors built in for common hub gears). For simplicity, 'gear inches' is normally rounded to the nearest whole number. For example, suppose the drive wheel is actually 26 inches in diameter.