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2. List of alcohol laws of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Many counties have more restrictive off-premises hours, such as bans on beer sales overnight (hours vary). All liquor stores must be owned by a single owner, who owns that store and lives within a certain distance of it—effectively banning chain liquor stores from the state.

3. Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs - Wikipedia

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   A ban covering most incandescent bulbs in the United States took effect in 2023. Objections to replacement of incandescent lamps for general lighting mainly include the higher purchasing expense of alternative light bulbs.

4. 30% Club - Wikipedia

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   The 30% Club is a campaign group of business chairpersons and CEOs taking action to increase gender diversity on boards and senior management teams. [1] [2] It was established in the United Kingdom in 2010 by Helena Morrissey [3] with the aim of achieving a minimum of 30% female representation on the boards of FTSE 100 companies.

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6. Off-price - Wikipedia

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   Off-price is a trading format based on discount pricing. Off-price retailers are independent of manufacturers and buy large volumes of branded goods directly from them. The off-price retail model relies on the purchase of over-produced, or excess, branded goods at a lower price, thus being able to sell to consumers at a discount compared to ...

7. Blockbuster (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Blockbuster Video [5] is an American multimedia brand and former rental store chain. the business was founded by David Cook in 1985 as a single home video rental shop, but later became a public store chain featuring video game rentals, DVD-by-mail, streaming, video on demand, and cinema theater. [6] The logo was designed by Lee Dean at the ...

8. Sun - Wikipedia

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   The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star that makes up about 99.86% of the mass of the Solar System. It has an absolute magnitude of +4.83, estimated to be brighter than about 85% of the stars in the Milky Way, most of which are red dwarfs. [32] [33] The Sun is a Population I, or heavy-element-rich, [b] star. [34]

9. 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 ...

10. Magnification - Wikipedia

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    In practice it is considered to be 2× the aperture in millimetres or 50× the aperture in inches; so, a 60 mm diameter telescope has a maximum usable magnification of 120×. [ citation needed ] With an optical microscope having a high numerical aperture and using oil immersion , the best possible resolution is 200 nm corresponding to a ...

11. Angle of incidence (optics) - Wikipedia

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    The angle of incidence, in geometric optics, is the angle between a ray incident on a surface and the line perpendicular (at 90 degree angle) to the surface at the point of incidence, called the normal. The ray can be formed by any waves, such as optical, acoustic, microwave, and X-ray.