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  2. Sequoia sempervirens - Wikipedia

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    A tree reportedly 114.3 m (375 ft) in length was felled in Sonoma County by the Murphy Brothers saw mill in the 1870s, [75] another claimed to be 115.8 m (380 ft) and 7.9 m (26 ft) in diameter was cut down near Eureka in 1914, [76] [77] and the Lindsay Creek Tree was documented to have a height of 120 m (390 ft) when it was uprooted and felled ...

  3. Olive - Wikipedia

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    The olive tree and olive oil are mentioned seven times in the Quran, [71] and the olive is praised as a precious fruit. Olive tree and olive oil health benefits have been propounded in prophetic medicine. Muhammad is reported to have said: "Take oil of olive and massage with it – it is a blessed tree" (Sunan al-Darimi, 69:103).

  4. Manhattan Project - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan District The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Active 1942–1946 Disbanded 15 August 1947 Country United States United Kingdom Canada Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison/HQ Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. Anniversaries 13 August 1942 Engagements Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of France Allied invasion of ...

  5. Göbekli Tepe - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] He suggested it was a central location for a cult of the dead and that the carved animals are there to protect the dead. [ citation needed ] Butchered bones found in large numbers from the local game such as deer, gazelle, pigs, and geese have been identified as refuse from food hunted and cooked or otherwise prepared for the ...

  6. Peanut - Wikipedia

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    Peanut flower. The peanut is an annual herbaceous plant growing 30 to 50 centimetres (12 to 20 in) tall. [9] As a legume, it belongs to the botanical family Fabaceae, also known as Leguminosae, and commonly known as the legume, bean, or pea family. [1]

  7. Banana - Wikipedia

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    The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. [2] All the above-ground parts of a banana plant grow from a structure called a corm. [3] Plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy with a treelike appearance, but what appears to be a trunk is actually a pseudostem composed of multiple leaf-stalks ().

  8. IEEE 802.1 - Wikipedia

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    IEEE 802.1 is a working group of the IEEE 802 project of the IEEE Standards Association.. It is concerned with: [1] 802 LAN/MAN architecture; internetworking among 802 LANs, MANs and wide area networks

  9. Bonsai - Wikipedia

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    Growing-in-a-rock (石付 ishizuke or ishitsuki) is a style in which the roots of the tree are growing in soil contained within the cracks and holes of the rock. [citation needed] While the majority of bonsai specimens feature a single tree, there are well-established style categories for specimens with multiple trunks. [79]