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  2. ISO 4217 - Wikipedia

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    An airline ticket showing the price with ISO 4217 code "EUR" (bottom left) and not with euro currency sign " € "ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units.

  3. 2024 United Kingdom general election - Wikipedia

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    The manifesto also pledged to give votes to 16-year olds, reform the House of Lords, and to tax private schools, with money generated going into improving state education. [ 214 ] [ 215 ] [ 216 ] The party guaranteed giving all areas of England devolution powers , in areas such as integrated transport, planning, skills, and health.

  4. Brazil - Wikipedia

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    The word Brazil probably comes from the Portuguese word for brazilwood, a tree that once grew plentifully along the Brazilian coast. [33] In Portuguese, brazilwood is called pau-brasil, with the word brasil commonly given the etymology "red like an ember", formed from brasa ('ember') and the suffix -il (from -iculum or -ilium). [34]

  5. Sean Combs - Wikipedia

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    Sean John Combs was born on November 4, 1969, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, [20] his mother Janice Combs (née Smalls) was a model and teacher's assistant, [21] and his father, Melvin Earl Combs, served in the U.S. Air Force and was an associate of convicted New York drug dealer Frank Lucas.

  6. Languages of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Language Type Spoken in Numbers of speakers in the UK English: Germanic (West Germanic) : Throughout the United Kingdom UK (2021 data): 91.1% (52.6 million) of usual residents, aged three years and over, had English (English or Welsh in Wales) as a main language (down from 92.3%, or 49.8 million, in 2011) [21]

  7. List of Scientologists - Wikipedia

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    Actress; [141] critical of Scientology's "straightforward" desire for money. [142] [143] Tory Christman: 1947– 2000 Whistleblower and noted critic of the church. [124] Robert DeGrimston: 1935– With wife, Marry Anne DeGrimston, founder of The Process Church of The Final Judgment. [144] [145] Richard de Mille: 1922–2009 1954

  8. New wave of British heavy metal - Wikipedia

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    Of the many British bands that came to prominence during that period, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple achieved worldwide success and critical acclaim. [12] The success of the music genre, usually called heavy rock at the time, [13] generated a community of UK fans with strong ties to psychedelia, hippie doctrines and biker ...

  9. Greenwashing - Wikipedia

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    Greenwashing (a compound word modeled on "whitewash"), also called green sheen, [1] [2] is a form of advertising or marketing spin that deceptively uses green PR and green marketing to persuade the public that an organization's products, goals, or policies are environmentally friendly. [3]