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For example, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, with a death toll of around 230,000 people, cost a 'mere' $15 billion, [1] whereas in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in which 11 people died, the damage was six times higher. The most expensive disaster in human history is the Chernobyl disaster, costing an estimated $700 billion. [2]
A 19th-century jail room at a Pennsylvania museum. A prison, [a] also known as a jail, [b] gaol, [c] penitentiary, detention center, [d] correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, and slammer, is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.
The AIM-120[a] Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) (/ æmræm / AM-ram) is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. It uses active transmit-receive radar guidance instead of semi-active receive-only radar guidance.
September 23, 2024 at 6:11 AM. Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels makes his primetime debut Monday night against the Cincinnati Bengals. The 2023 Heisman Trophy winner won his first ...
This is a list of characters from Downton Abbey, a British period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece for ITV and PBS, respectively. Some also appear in one or both of the film sequels: Downton Abbey (2019), and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in applications throughout industry and academia. In a manner analogous to electricity or computers, AI serves as a general-purpose technology that has numerous applications, including language translation, image recognition, decision-making, [1] [2] credit scoring and e-commerce.
Mandarin. Cantonese. Budget. $14.3–25 million [2][3] Box office. $143.4 million [4] Everything Everywhere All at Once[a] is a 2022 American absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, [b] who produced it with Anthony and Joe Russo and Jonathan Wang.
This list of countries by life expectancy provides a comprehensive list of countries alongside their respective life expectancy figures. The data is differentiated by sex, presenting life expectancies for males, females, and a combined average. In addition to sovereign nations, the list encompasses several non-sovereign entities and territories.