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  2. Cultural trait - Wikipedia

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    A cultural trait is a single identifiable material or non-material element within a culture, and is conceivable as an object in itself. [1] [2] [3]Similar traits can be grouped together as components, or subsystems of culture; [4] the terms sociofact and mentifact (or psychofact) [5] were coined by biologist Julian Huxley as two of three subsystems of culture—the third being artifacts—to ...

  3. Lists of unusual deaths - Wikipedia

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    His death is considered the only credible case of death-by-meteorite. [169] [170] [171] Isaack Rabbanovitch August 1891: A bear walked into the barkeep's inn in Vilna, Russia (now part of Lithuania) and picked up a keg of vodka. When he tried to take it back, he was hugged to death by the intoxicated bear along with his two sons and daughter.

  4. Death and culture - Wikipedia

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    For example, one aspect of Hinduism involves belief in a continuing cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth and the liberation from the cycle . Eternal return is a non-religious concept proposing an infinitely recurring cyclic universe, which relates to the subject of the afterlife and the nature of consciousness and time.

  5. Wikipedia:Graphs and charts - Wikipedia

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    If a chart plots 10 colors or fewer, then by default it uses every other one: The colors can be manually set in a graph by adding them to the 'colors' parameter. For example, for two pie charts, the first of which is default and the second of which omits some colors in the first, you would manually enter your selections from the default 20:

  6. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    Lifestyle factors [67] – including physical inactivity, [68] and tobacco smoking and excessive alcohol use (see above), [69] healthy eating (see above) [70] – and/or general health – including fitness beyond healthy diet and non-obesity – can be underlying contributors to death. For example, in a sample of U.S. adults, ~9.9% deaths of ...

  7. Lists of deaths by year - Wikipedia

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  8. Wikipedia coverage of death - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Web developer and Wikipedia editor Hay Kranen coined the term "deaditor" to refer to these editors. [5] Articles about people often have large spikes in views just after they die. For example, the article about designer Kate Spade averaged 2,117 views in 48-hour periods before her death. In the 48 hours after her death, it got 3,417,416 ...

  9. Symbols of death - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhism, the symbol of a wheel represents the perpetual cycle of death and rebirth that happens in samsara. [6] The symbol of a grave or tomb, especially one in a picturesque or unusual location, can be used to represent death, as in Nicolas Poussin's famous painting Et in Arcadia ego. Images of life in the afterlife are also symbols of death.