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  2. Byblos syllabary - Wikipedia

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    The Byblos script, also known as the Byblos syllabary, Pseudo-hieroglyphic script, Proto-Byblian, Proto-Byblic, or Byblic, is an undeciphered writing system, known from ten inscriptions found in Byblos, a coastal city in Lebanon. The inscriptions are engraved on bronze plates and spatulas, and carved in stone.

  3. Tornado intensity - Wikipedia

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    Tornado damage to a house in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, hit during the Tornado outbreak of May 10–13, 2010. Tornado intensity is the measure of wind speeds and potential risk produced by a tornado.

  4. 1906 Meishan earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Loosely cemented with mud, the combination of sun-dried mud brick walls and heavy roofing beams was thought to be responsible for many dwellings collapsing, killing or injuring the inhabitants. [5] He also found evidence of soil liquefaction , and stated that the town of Bishō (Meishan) had been completely destroyed by the quake.

  5. Cologne Cathedral Seal - Wikipedia

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    Over the course of the war, nine of the twenty two vaults which comprised the cathedral's roof were destroyed, with a further six damaged severely. In addition, almost every window in the building was damaged or destroyed completely. April 1945: An American soldier stands in front of Cologne Cathedral, with Seal visible in the background

  6. Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019 - Wikipedia

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    The strongest tornado of the day was an EF3 tornado that heavily damaged a brick home near Bern, Kansas, and left cycloidal scouring marks in open farm fields. [31] A total of 31 tornadoes were confirmed on May 21.

  7. Sulfate attack in concrete and mortar - Wikipedia

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    Sulfur has long been known to contribute to damage. This is true for many materials such as metal corrosion, or concrete degradation. In King Lear, Shakespeare says: [5] There’s hell, there’s darkness, there is the sulphurous pit, Burning, scalding, stench, consumption; fie, fie, fie!

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  9. Improvised weapon - Wikipedia

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    Rocks being thrown in 2005 Belize unrest. An improvised weapon is an object that was not designed to be used as a weapon but can be put to that use. They are generally used for self-defence or if the person is otherwise unarmed.