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  2. Diyu - Wikipedia

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    Diyu (traditional Chinese: 地獄; simplified Chinese: 地狱; pinyin: dìyù; lit. 'earth prison') is the realm of the dead or "hell" in Chinese mythology.It is loosely based on a combination of the Buddhist concept of Naraka, traditional Chinese beliefs about the afterlife, and a variety of popular expansions and reinterpretations of these two traditions.

  3. Firefighting - Wikipedia

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    Firefighters douse a burning building in Massueville, Canada.. Firefighting is a profession aimed at controlling and extinguishing fire. [1] A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter or fireman. [2]

  4. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    3D zone control: The strategy of 3D zone control intended to improve the safety of firefighters operating inside a burning structure.It attempts to safeguard the immediate locality of any space occupied by firefighters in resorting to various defensive actions that (a) confine the fire; (b) remove combustion products safely and effectively; or (c) mitigate dangers in the hot-gas layers.

  5. Flaying - Wikipedia

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    This is more commonly called skinning. Flaying of humans is used as a method of torture or execution , depending on how much of the skin is removed. This is often referred to as flaying alive.

  6. Skinning - Wikipedia

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    A Kalanga man skinning a goat at the annual Domboshaba cultural festival 2017 in Botswana. Skinning is the act of skin removal. The process is done by humans to animals, mainly as a means to prepare the meat beneath for cooking and consumption, or to harvest the skin for making fur clothing or tanning it to make leather.

  7. MythBusters (2015 season) - Wikipedia

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    An explosive charge of 1,000 pounds (450 kg) ANFO was hung underneath the boat at a depth of 30 feet (9.1 m), half the total depth of the lake, and 1,500 pounds (680 kg) sand was added to ensure that the charge would not float to the surface. The detonation system failed on the first attempt; after it was replaced, the ANFO charge blew the boat ...

  8. Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia essays/Assessment/Links

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    No. Page Incoming links Watchers Pageviews Score 1: Wikipedia:Five pillars: 3155200: 1469: 6897: 60036.0 2: Wikipedia:Link rot: 335219: 475: 20294: 48690.19 3 ...

  9. List of companions of the Order of Australia - Wikipedia

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    For service to the community, particularly through administration of the Victorian Bush Fire Appeal (1983) Trust Fund: 1984 Q Richard (Dick) Smith: 1944 – Entrepreneur, businessman, aviator, political activist, philanthropist: 2015 Q Thomas Weetman Smith: 1901: 2000 For service to the law and to legal institutions: 1990 A Victor Smorgon: 1913 ...