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  2. Emergency vehicle lighting - Wikipedia

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    Red and blue emergency lights on a fire engine in Canberra, Australia. Emergency vehicle lighting, also known as simply emergency lighting or emergency lights, is a type of vehicle lighting used to visually announce a vehicle's presence to other road users. A sub-type of emergency vehicle equipment, emergency vehicle lighting is generally used ...

  3. Orchis mascula - Wikipedia

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    Orchis mascula is a perennial herbaceous plant with stems up to 50–60 centimetres (20–24 in) high, green at the base and purple on the apex. The root system consists of two tubers, rounded or ellipsoid. The leaves, grouped at the base of the stem, are oblong-lanceolate, pale green, sometimes with brownish-purple speckles.

  4. Purple urine bag syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Purple urine bag syndrome ( PUBS) is a medical syndrome where purple discoloration of urine occurs in people with urinary catheters and co-existent urinary tract infection. Bacteria in the urine produce the enzyme indoxyl sulfatase. This converts indoxyl sulfate in the urine into the red and blue colored compounds indirubin and indigo. [1]

  5. Soylent Green - Wikipedia

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    Soylent Green is a 1973 American ecological dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer, and starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Edward G. Robinson in his final film role. It is loosely based on the 1966 science-fiction novel Make Room!

  6. Dexamyl - Wikipedia

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    Dexamyl is the recreational drug of choice for the main character of the film Quadrophenia, who eventually suffers from amphetamine psychosis. They were widely abused. [4] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dexamyl spansules—a clear and green capsule containing green and white "beads"—became popular as a street-drug upper nicknamed ...

  7. Cicindela campestris - Wikipedia

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    Species: C. campestris. Binomial name. Cicindela campestris. Linnaeus, 1758. Mating pair. Male grips female at back of thorax with his (pale-coloured) mandibles. Cicindela campestris, commonly called the green tiger beetle, [1] is a widespread Eurasian species of tiger beetle. It is the type species of the large genus Cicindela .

  8. Political colour - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, red is the colour of the Liberal Party of Canada. In China, red is the colour used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In Hong Kong and Macau, red is used by the pro-Beijing camp. In Malaysia, red was currently used to represent Pakatan Harapan and also the Socialist Party of Malaysia.

  9. Quality Street (confectionery) - Wikipedia

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    qualitystreet.co.uk. Mackintosh's Quality Street ad, 1936. Quality Street is a line of tinned and boxed toffees, chocolates and sweets, first manufactured in 1936 by Mackintosh's in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was named after J. M. Barrie 's play Quality Street. [1] Since 1988, the confectionery has been produced by Nestlé.