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  2. Napalm - Wikipedia

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    The development of napalm was precipitated by the use of jellied gasoline mixtures by the Allied forces during World War II. [5] Latex, used in these early forms of incendiary devices, became scarce, since natural rubber was almost impossible to obtain after the Japanese army captured the rubber plantations in Malaya, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand.

  3. Patrick Henry - Wikipedia

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    The gunpowder belonged to the government, to be issued in case of need, such as a slave uprising. Dunmore's actions outraged many Virginians. Henry had departed for Philadelphia, having been elected a delegate to the Second Continental Congress , but a messenger caught up with him before he left Hanover County, and he returned to take command ...

  4. TNT equivalent - Wikipedia

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    TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion.The ton of TNT is a unit of energy defined by convention to be 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie), [1] which is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a metric ton (1,000 kilograms) of TNT.

  5. The Pentagon - Wikipedia

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    The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.

  6. January 16 - Wikipedia

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  7. Chickpea - Wikipedia

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    Cicer arietinum noir – MHNT. The chickpea or chick pea (Cicer arietinum) is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, [2] [3] cultivated for its edible seeds. . Its different types are variously known as gram [4] [5] or Bengal gram; [5] chhola, chhana, chana, or channa; garbanzo [5] or garbanzo bean; or Egyptian pea.

  8. Udhcpc - Wikipedia

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    udhcpc is a very small DHCP client program geared towards embedded systems. [1] The letters are an abbreviation for Micro - DHCP - Client (μDHCPc). [2] The program tries to be fully functional and RFC 2131 compliant.

  9. Cash (Chinese coin) - Wikipedia

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    The cash or qian was a type of coin of China and the Sinosphere, used from the 4th century BCE until the 20th century, characterised by their round outer shape and a square center hole (Chinese: 方穿; pinyin: fāng chuān; Jyutping: fong1 cyun1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chhoan).