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2. Harry Houdini - Wikipedia

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   m. Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known as Harry Houdini ( / huːˈdiːni / hoo-DEE-nee ), was a Hungarian-American escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts. [3] Houdini first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as Harry 'Handcuff' Houdini on a tour of Europe, where ...

3. History of the wine press - Wikipedia

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   One of the first written accounts of a mechanical wine press was from the 2nd century BC Roman writer Marcus Cato. One of the earliest known Greek wine presses was discovered in Palekastro in Crete and dated to the Mycenaean period (1600–1100 BC). Like most of the earlier presses, it was mainly a stone basin for treading the grapes by feet ...

4. Windows NT 3.1 - Wikipedia

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   Windows NT 3.1 is the first major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, released on July 27, 1993.. At the time of Windows NT's release, Microsoft's Windows 3.1 desktop environment had established brand recognition and market share, but it relied on the DOS operating system for essential functions, and it had a constrictive 16-bit architecture.

5. Disney Channel (Russian TV channel) - Wikipedia

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   Since January 2016, after the entry into force of amendments to the law on mass media, according to which the participation of foreign capital in domestic media is limited to 20%; UTV Holding became the owner of 80% of the channel, and The Walt Disney Company remained 20%, but at the same time Disney's economic share in the business remained 49 ...

6. Ginkgo biloba - Wikipedia

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   Salisburia macrophylla Reyn. Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko ( / ˈɡɪŋkoʊ, ˈɡɪŋkɡoʊ / GINK-oh, -⁠goh ), [5] [6] also known as the maidenhair tree, [7] is a species of gymnosperm tree native to East Asia. It is the last living species in the order Ginkgoales, which first appeared over 290 million years ago, and ...

7. Polyethylene glycol - Wikipedia

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   Polyethylene glycol ( PEG; / ˌpɒliˈɛθəlˌiːn ˈɡlaɪˌkɒl, - ˈɛθɪl -, - ˌkɔːl /) is a polyether compound derived from petroleum with many applications, from industrial manufacturing to medicine. PEG is also known as polyethylene oxide ( PEO) or polyoxyethylene ( POE ), depending on its molecular weight. The structure of PEG is ...