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  2. Trichoptilosis - Wikipedia

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    Trichoptilosis (from the Greek τριχο- tricho-"hair" and the New Latin ptilosis "arrangement of feathers in definite areas" from the Greek πτίλον ptilon "feather"), schizotrichia, and informally split ends, is the splitting or fraying of the hair-shaft due to excessive heat and mechanical stress. [1]

  3. Split Ends - Wikipedia

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    Split Ends may refer to: Split ends, the splitting or fraying of hair, also known as trichoptilosis; Split end, a type of wide receiver in American and Canadian ...

  4. Sawing a woman in half - Wikipedia

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    The assistant then steps into a wooden crate or box, which is similar in proportion to but slightly larger than a coffin. The ropes are threaded through holes in the box and the ends are given to volunteers, who are instructed to pull them tight and keep hold of them (the neck rope has an added knot to prevent the assistant being strangled).

  5. Christmas cracker - Wikipedia

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    The cracker is pulled apart by two people, each holding an outer chamber, causing the cracker to split unevenly and leaving one person holding the central chamber and prize. [1] The split is accompanied by a mild bang or snapping sound produced by the effect of friction on a shock-sensitive , chemically impregnated card strip (similar to that ...

  6. 109 Times People Were Doing Something Very Wrong For Years - AOL

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    Image credits: milwbrewsox #7. My wife and I have this ceiling fan/light in our bedroom in the house we moved into two years ago. It has a remote control for the fan and lights.

  7. Kinetochore - Wikipedia

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    Image of kinetochores in pink. A kinetochore (/ k ɪ ˈ n ɛ t ə k ɔːr /, /-ˈ n iː t ə k ɔːr /) is a disc-shaped protein structure associated with duplicated chromatids in eukaryotic cells where the spindle fibers attach during cell division to pull sister chromatids apart. [1]

  8. Sparagmos - Wikipedia

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    An "unspoken" sparagmos may have been the central element underlying the very genre of Greek tragedy. [1] [2] Maenads and Pentheus, House of the VettiiSparagmos (Ancient Greek: σπαραγμός, from σπαράσσω sparasso, "tear, rend, pull to pieces") is an act of rending, tearing apart, or mangling, [3] usually in a Dionysian context.

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