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The debts of the federal government on January 1, 1791 amounted to $75,463,476.52, of which about $40 million was domestic debt, $12 million was foreign debt, and $18.3 million were state debts assumed by the federal government, of the $21.5 million that had been authorized.
€1,934.40 (US$2288) per month, and €11.16 (US$13.2) per hour for persons 21 and older; between 30–80% (as low as €3.35 per hour) of this amount for persons aged 15–20. [171] An additional holiday allowance of 8% of the annual wage is paid in May or June, prorated for the time worked in the year.
France, [X] officially the French Republic, [XI] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.
By comparison, the total mass of all the stars in the Milky Way is estimated to be between 4.6 × 10 10 M ☉ [146] and 6.43 × 10 10 M ☉. [ 141 ] In addition to the stars, there is also interstellar gas, comprising 90% hydrogen and 10% helium by mass, [ 147 ] [ unreliable source? ] with two thirds of the hydrogen found in the atomic form and ...
Nuclear power's contribution to global energy production was about 4% in 2023. This is a little more than wind power, which provided 3.5% of global energy in 2023. [167] Nuclear power's share of global electricity production has fallen from 16.5% in 1997, in large part because the economics of nuclear power have become more difficult. [168]
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was the first version of Mac OS X to be built exclusively for Intel Macs, and the final release with 32-bit Intel Mac support. [36] The name was intended to signal its status as an iteration of Leopard, focusing on technical and performance improvements rather than user-facing features; indeed it was explicitly ...
This is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States.As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and municipalities.
Up until the 1970s, Virginia was a racially divided one-party state dominated by the Byrd Organization. [344] They sought to stymie the political power of Northern Virginia, perpetuate segregation, and successfully restricted voter registration such that between 1905 and 1948 voter turnout was regularly below ten percent.