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  2. Point (typography) - Wikipedia

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    A less precise definition is one pica equals 0.166 inches (4.2 mm), and one point 0.01383 inches (0.351 mm). [ 27 ] [ 33 ] It was also noticed that 83 picas is nearly equal to 35 cm, so the Type Founders Association also suggested using a 35 cm metal rod for measurements, but this was not accepted by every foundry.

  3. Nominal Pipe Size - Wikipedia

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    Nominal Pipe Size (NPS) is a North American set of standard sizes for pipes used for high or low pressures and temperatures. [1] " Nominal" refers to pipe in non-specific terms and identifies the diameter of the hole with a non-dimensional number (for example – 2-inch nominal steel pipe" consists of many varieties of steel pipe with the only criterion being a 2.375-inch (60.3 mm) outside ...

  4. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Brown County collected a 0.5% tax for all purchases which funded the remaining cost of a $295 million renovation of Lambeau Field, as well as a payment to the Green Bay Packers to cover part of the cost of operating and maintaining the stadium through the year 2031. The tax ended as of 30 September 2015 but since 1 January 2018, a new 0.5% ...

  5. Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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    The total cost of the decade-long project to design, build, and deploy the constellation was estimated by SpaceX in 2020 to be $10 billion. [ 100 ] [ c ] During the Russian invasion of Ukraine , Musk provided free Starlink service to Ukraine , permitting Internet access and communication at a yearly cost to SpaceX of $400 million.

  6. Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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    The business magnate Elon Musk initiated an acquisition of American social media company Twitter, Inc. on April 14, 2022, and concluded it on October 27, 2022. Musk had begun buying shares of the company in January 2022, becoming its largest shareholder by April with a 9.1 percent ownership stake.

  7. Television - Wikipedia

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    Their reflected-light television system included both small and large viewing screens. The small receiver had a 2-inch-wide by 2.5-inch-high screen (5 by 6 cm). The large receiver had a screen 24 inches wide by 30 inches high (60 by 75 cm). Both sets could reproduce reasonably accurate, monochromatic, moving images.

  8. Waterloo & City line - Wikipedia

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    The motor coaches were 47 feet 1 inch (14.35 m) overall length, and the trailers were 46 feet 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (14.110 m), both being 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m) wide at floor level and 9 feet 8 inches (2.95 m) high from rail level. There were 11 of each type, to run in four four-car formations with spares.

  9. Bill Cosby sexual assault cases - Wikipedia

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    Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault at retrial on April 26, 2018 [15] and on September 25, 2018, he was sentenced to three to ten years in state prison and fined $25,000 plus the cost of the prosecution, $43,611. [16]