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  2. Harry Houdini - Wikipedia

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    Erik Weisz was born in Budapest, Republic of Hungary to a Jewish family. [5] [6] His parents were Rabbi Mayer Sámuel Weisz (1829–1892) and Cecília Steiner (1841–1913).). Houdini was one of seven children: Herman M. (1863–1885), who was Houdini's half-brother by Rabbi Weisz's first marriage; Nathan J. (1870–1927); Gottfried William (1872–1925); Theodore (1876–1945); [7] Leopold D ...

  3. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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    Recommendations could be sent to friends on the site for what books to read. Amazon bought the company in August 2008. [106] Shelfari continued to function as an independent book social network within the Amazon until January 2016, when Amazon announced that it would be merging Shelfari with Goodreads and closing down Shelfari. [140] [141]

  4. Mein Kampf - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, Mein Kampf was a bestseller in Germany during the 1930s. [ 29 ] During Hitler's years in power, the book was in high demand in libraries and often reviewed and quoted in other publications. It was given free to every newlywed couple and every soldier fighting at the front. [ 26 ]

  5. Ansel Adams - Wikipedia

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    Adams was born in the Fillmore District of San Francisco, the only child of Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray.He was named after his uncle, Ansel Easton. His mother's family came from Baltimore, where his maternal grandfather had a successful freight-hauling business but lost his wealth investing in failed mining and real estate ventures in Nevada. [2]

  6. ARPANET - Wikipedia

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    [43] [46] At each site, the IMPs performed store-and-forward packet switching functions and were interconnected with leased lines via telecommunication data sets , with initial data rates of 50 kbit/s. [42] [47] [48] The host computers were connected to the IMPs via custom serial communication interfaces. The system, including the hardware and ...

  7. 2020 United States presidential debates - Wikipedia

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    The 2020 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2020 presidential election.. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized three debates among the major party candidates, and sponsored two presidential debates and one vice presidential debate.

  8. Lindsey Stirling - Wikipedia

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    Co-authored by Brooke S. Passey, Stirling's sister, the book was released on January 12, 2016, and was listed at #10 on The New York Times hardcover nonfiction best-seller list for January 31, 2016. [111] [112] The book's title came from Stirling's diagnosis of cross-dominance in the second grade, for which an eye patch was prescribed. She was ...

  9. Internet - Wikipedia

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    Newspapers, books, and other print publishing have adapted to website technology or have been reshaped into blogging, web feeds, and online news aggregators. The Internet has enabled and accelerated new forms of personal interaction through instant messaging, Internet forums, and social networking services.