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2. Gamma ray - Wikipedia

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   Gamma-ray sensors are also used for measuring the fluid levels in water and oil industries. [17] Typically, these use Co-60 or Cs-137 isotopes as the radiation source. In the US, gamma ray detectors are beginning to be used as part of the Container Security Initiative (CSI). These machines are advertised to be able to scan 30 containers per hour.

3. Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) - Wikipedia

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   The whaler on HMS Sheffield being manned with an armed boarding party to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea, 20 Oct 1941. The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France in order to restrict the supplies of minerals, fuel, metals, food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany – and ...

4. List of Robot Chicken episodes - Wikipedia

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   Robot Chicken is an American stop-motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich that premiered on Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim on February 20, 2005, at 11:30 p.m. EST. The eleventh and most recent season premiered on September 7, 2021, at 12:00 a.m. EDT.

5. Margarine - Wikipedia

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   Margarine has its roots in the discovery by French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul in 1813 of margaric acid. [8] Scientists at the time regarded margaric acid, like oleic acid and stearic acid, as one of the three fatty acids that, in combination, form most animal fats.

6. Smoking in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   "Birdseye". Caricature of William Wills, by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1893. He made a fortune from cigarettes, but smoked a cigar. According to B.W.E. Alford, in the first century after its founding in Bristol in 1786, Wills was one of many small firms processing loose tobacco for the competitive British market.

7. UltraViolet (website) - Wikipedia

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   UltraViolet logo. UltraViolet was a cloud-based digital rights locker for films and television programs that allowed consumers to store proofs-of-purchase of licensed content in an account to enable playback on different devices using multiple applications from several different streaming services. [1]