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  2. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

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    Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]

  3. Wiper (occupation) - Wikipedia

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    A wiper is a position responsible for both cleaning the engine spaces and machinery of a ship and assisting the ship's engineers as directed. Railroad workers who performed similar jobs were also known as wipers, [1] or in the UK as "cleaners". The most junior rate in a ship's engine room, the wiper position is an apprenticeship to become an ...

  4. eBay - Wikipedia

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    eBay office in Toronto, Canada. eBay Inc. (/ ˈ iː b eɪ / EE-bay, often stylized as ebay or Ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide.

  5. Trico - Wikipedia

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    Trico is an American company that specializes in windshield wipers.Trico, then known as Tri-Continental Corporation, invented the windshield wiper blade in 1917. [2] Its original Trico Plant No. 1 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]

  6. Clear view screen - Wikipedia

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    Other common names for it include "clear sight", "spin window", "Kent Screen" and "rotating windshield wiper". Clear view screens were patented in 1917 by Samuel Augustine de Normanville and Leslie Harcourt Kent as a stand-alone pillar-mounted screen, [ 1 ] with later patents for telescope and optics covers, followed by the more familiar ships ...

  7. Windscreen wiper - Wikipedia

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    A windscreen wiper (Commonwealth English) or windshield wiper (American English) is a device used to remove rain, snow, ice, washer fluid, water, or other debris from a vehicle's front window. Almost all motor vehicles , including cars , trucks , buses , train locomotives , and watercraft with a cabin —and some aircraft —are equipped with ...

  8. Mary Anderson (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Mary Elizabeth Anderson (February 19, 1866 – June 27, 1953) [1] was an American real estate developer, rancher, viticulturist, and most notably the inventor of what became known as the windshield wiper.

  9. Marine Firemen's Union - Wikipedia

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    Bas-relief by Olof Carl Malmquist on the Marine Firemen's Union building. The building currently housing the union, built in 1957, is located at 240 2nd St. in San Francisco, California . The bas-relief sculpture on the front was made by Olof Carl Malmquist , a sculptor who contributed to the Golden Gate International Exposition .