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  2. 10-second barrier - Wikipedia

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    Carl Lewis was the first man to run under ten seconds at low altitude. After the 1977 rule change, Jim Hines' nine-year-old 9.95 was the only recognised sub-10-second race. [2] That year the barrier was broken again, when Silvio Leonard ran 9.98 seconds on 11 August 1977.

  3. Speed reading - Wikipedia

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    Skimming is a process of speed reading that involves visually searching the sentences of a page for clues to the main idea or when reading an essay, it can mean reading the beginning and ending for summary information, then optionally the first sentence of each paragraph to quickly determine whether to seek still more detail, as determined by the questions or purpose of the reading.

  4. Orders of magnitude (time) - Wikipedia

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    An order of magnitude of time is usually a decimal prefix or decimal order-of-magnitude quantity together with a base unit of time, like a microsecond or a million years. In some cases, the order of magnitude may be implied (usually 1), like a "second" or "year". In other cases, the quantity name implies the base unit, like "century".

  5. Initial public offering of Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Facebook's valuation steadily increased in the days leading up to the IPO. Prior to the official valuation, the target price of the stock steadily increased. In early May, the company was aiming for a valuation somewhere from $28 to $35 per share [19] [20] ($77 billion to $96 billion). [21] On May 14, it raised the targets from $34 to $38 per ...

  6. History of Facebook - Wikipedia

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    e. Facebook is a social networking service originally launched as TheFacebook on February 4, 2004, before changing its name to simply Facebook in August 2005. [ 1] It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. [ 2]

  7. Meta takes down thousands of Facebook, Instagram accounts ...

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    July 24, 2024 at 10:18 AM. Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and ...

  8. Jogging - Wikipedia

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    Jogging. Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase physical fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running but more than walking, or to maintain a steady speed for longer periods of time. Performed over long distances, it is a form of aerobic endurance training .

  9. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    One half of the world does not know how the other half lives; One hand washes the other; One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb