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  2. Ulfberht swords - Wikipedia

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    The Ulfberht swords are a group of about 170 medieval swords found primarily in Northern Europe, [3] [4] dated to the 9th to 11th centuries, with blades inlaid with the inscription +VLFBERH+T or +VLFBERHT+. [3] [5] The word "Ulfberht" is a Frankish personal name, possibly indicating the origin of the blades.

  3. Running first marathon ever, Fiona O'Keeffe qualified for ...

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    They powered the American distance-runner all the way to Paris. Running her first marathon ever, O’Keeffe dominated the U.S. Olympic trials in Orlando six months ago. She crossed the finish line ...

  4. Randi Weingarten - Wikipedia

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    Education. Cornell University ( BS) Yeshiva University ( JD) Rhonda " Randi " Weingarten (born December 18, 1957) [1] is an American labor leader, attorney, and educator. She has been president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) since 2008, and is a member of the AFL-CIO. She is the former president of the United Federation of Teachers .

  5. Japanese sword mountings - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of a katana and koshirae with components identified. Fuchi (縁): The fuchi is a hilt collar between the tsuka and the tsuba.; Habaki (鎺): The habaki is a wedge-shaped metal collar used to keep the sword from falling out of the saya and to support the fittings below; fitted at the ha-machi and mune-machi which precede the nakago.

  6. Bill Gates - Wikipedia

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    Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being ...

  7. Dark matter - Wikipedia

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    The hypothesis of dark matter has an elaborate history. [18] In the appendices of the book Baltimore lectures on molecular dynamics and the wave theory of light where the main text was based on a series of lectures given in 1884, [19] Lord Kelvin discussed the potential number of stars around the Sun from the observed velocity dispersion of the stars near the Sun, assuming that the Sun was 20 ...

  8. Nova Rockafeller - Wikipedia

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    Rockafeller was born in Edmonton, [ 4] and raised in Jamaica; [ 2] living there from the ages of 9 to 14 [ 5] after her family started a water sports business. [ 1] She also briefly lived in Toronto and New York City. [ 6][ 7] As a teen, she dropped out of high school and began rapping during a difficult period of her life split between ...

  9. gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid - Wikipedia

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    gamma. -Hydroxybutyric acid. gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) (or γ-hydroxybutyric acid ), also known as 4-hydroxybutanoic acid is a naturally occurring neurotransmitter and a depressant drug. It is a precursor to GABA, glutamate, and glycine in certain brain areas. It acts on the GHB receptor and is a weak agonist at the GABA B receptor.