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  2. Canonical digits - Wikipedia

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    The last time the canonical digits were insisted upon as mandatory by the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments was in 1962 in an answer to a dubia regarding the use of modern chalices with a node, explaining that "it suffices that the priest can satisfactorily hold the chaild with his thumb and index finger joined". [11]

  3. FBI mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    The rules above are usually used to predict 'F' based upon 'B' and 'I' - the force on a moving charge when moving through a field, whether or not the charge is carried in a wire. However, this rule should not be confused with a different right hand grip rule for the prediction of the direction of a field ('B') produced by current ('I ...

  4. History of the battery - Wikipedia

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    The NCC improved Gassner's model by replacing the plaster of Paris with coiled cardboard, an innovation that left more space for the cathode and made the battery easier to assemble. It was the first convenient battery for the masses and made portable electrical devices practical, and led directly to the invention of the flashlight.

  5. Can I get in trouble for giving the middle finger to police ...

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    The First Amendment includes the middle finger While other cases had discussed the protection of vulgarity, like giving the middle finger, the 2019 case of Debra Lee Cruise-Gulyas v.

  6. Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The rulers are also divided into hands [5] so that for example one foot is given as three hands and fifteen fingers and also as four palms and sixteen fingers. [6] [3] [7] [8] [9] [5] Cubit rod from the Turin Museum. Surveying and itinerant measurement were undertaken using rods, poles, and knotted cords of rope.

  7. Pointing and calling - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese variant became much more complex including pointing (using both forefinger and middle finger instead of forefinger-only as in Japan, and used when checking signals, doors, speed and other major aspects) and caution (bending the right elbow by 90° and lifting the forearm upright, used when a checking procedure is finished or caution ...

  8. Truce term - Wikipedia

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    Truce terms are recorded as having been used in the following circumstances; being out of breath, having a stitch, a shoelace being undone, fear of clothes being damaged, needing to go to the lavatory, checking the time, wanting to discuss or clarify rules during a fight or game, or one combatant wanting to remove their spectacles or jacket before continuing.

  9. Middle finger - Wikipedia

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    The middle finger, long finger, second finger, [1] [2] third finger, [3] toll finger or tall man is the third digit of the human hand, located between the index finger and the ring finger. It is typically the longest digit. In anatomy, it is also called the third finger, digitus medius, digitus tertius or digitus III.