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2. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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   The same coinage act also set the value of an eagle at 10 dollars, and the dollar at 1 ⁄ 10 eagle. It called for silver coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 10, and 1 ⁄ 20 dollar, as well as gold coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 ⁄ 4 eagle. The value of gold or silver contained in the dollar was then converted ...

3. One-drop rule - Wikipedia

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   Discrimination. The one-drop rule was a legal principle of racial classification that was prominent in the 20th-century United States. It asserted that any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ("one drop" of "black blood") [1] [2] is considered black ( Negro or colored in historical terms). It is an example of hypodescent, the ...

4. Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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   The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [2] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [3]

5. Ten percent of the brain myth - Wikipedia

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   The 10% of the brain myth states that humans generally use only one-tenth (or some other small fraction) of their brains. It has been misattributed to many famous scientists and historical figures, notably Albert Einstein. [1] By extrapolation, it is suggested that a person may 'harness' or 'unlock' this unused potential and increase their ...

6. Three-cent piece - Wikipedia

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   The United States three cent piece was a unit of currency equaling 100 of a United States dollar. The mint produced two different three-cent coins for circulation: the three-cent silver and the three-cent nickel. Additionally, a three-cent bronze coin was made as a pattern in 1863. During the period from 1865 to 1873, both coins were minted ...

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