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  2. Wow! signal - Wikipedia

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    The Wow! signal represented as "6EQUJ5". The original printout with Ehman's handwritten exclamation is preserved by Ohio History Connection. [1]The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

  3. Achievement test - Wikipedia

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    The most common type of achievement test is a standardized test developed to measure skills and knowledge learned in a given grade level, usually through planned instruction, such as training or classroom instruction. [1] [2] Achievement tests are often contrasted with tests that measure aptitude, a more general and stable cognitive trait.

  4. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    In World of Warcraft, it is a rare ore used to make weapons and armor of uncommon, rare and epic grade. In The Dark Elf Trilogy by R. A. Salvatore set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe it is used to make drow weaponry.

  5. List of mechanical engineers - Wikipedia

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    Henry Maudslay (1771–1831) – considered a founding father of machine tool technology, helped perfect the hydraulic press; Elijah McCoy (1843–1929) – African Canadian inventor, contributions include automatic lubricator for steam engines; Eckart Meiburg (born 1959) – German/American researcher, notable contributions to Computational ...

  6. Wikipedia:Wikipediholism test/modern - Wikipedia

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    Here is the test. Three scoring systems are in use, called points, Eliteness, and RC. A bubble like this - (1) gives points, if it says Eliteness or RC, it gives Eliteness or RC.

  7. History of mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian pyramids were built using three of the six simple machines, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the lever, to create structures like the Great Pyramid of Giza. [10] The Assyrians were notable in their use of metallurgy and incorporation of iron weapons. Many of their advancements were in military equipment.

  8. Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    In the puzzle the question is unknown, but the answer is already known to be 42. This is similar to the book where the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" is known but not the question. The puzzle first appeared in The Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was later incorporated into the covers of ...

  9. Mechanical Turk - Wikipedia

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    Alternate versions of the story include Napoleon being unhappy about losing to the machine, playing the machine at a later time, playing one match with a magnet on the board, and playing a match with a shawl around the head and body of the Turk in an attempt to obscure its vision.