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  2. History of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    The earliest image of a man smoking a pipe, from Tabaco by Anthony Chute. Tobacco was completely unfamiliar to Europeans before the discovery of the New World. [8] Bartolomé de las Casas described how the first scouts sent by Christopher Columbus into the interior of Cuba found:

  3. David Levithan - Wikipedia

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    David Levithan (born September 7, 1972) is an American young adult fiction author and editor. [1] He has written numerous works featuring strong male gay characters, most notably Boy Meets Boy and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List. [2]

  4. Tobacco - Wikipedia

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    The precise origin of this word is disputed, but it is generally thought to have derived, at least in part, from Taíno, the Arawakan language of the Caribbean. In Taíno, it was said to mean either a roll of tobacco leaves (according to Bartolomé de las Casas , 1552), or to tabago , a kind of L-shaped pipe used for sniffing tobacco smoke ...

  5. Glenn Beck - Wikipedia

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    isbn 978-1-4516-5931-3. The Original Argument: The Federalists' Case for the Constitution, Adapted for the 21st Century , with Joshua Charles; Threshold Editions, 2011; ISBN 978-1-4516-5061-7 . Cowards: What Politicians, Radicals, and the Media Refuse to Say .

  6. BS 5930 - Wikipedia

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    BS 5930:2015, "the code of practice for site investigations", is a UK code of practice which came into effect on 31 July 2015 British Standards Institution.. It supersedes BS5930:1999+A2:2010, which itself supersedes BS 5930:1981 which in turn supersedes CP2001: 1957 "Site investigations".

  7. Synthetic biology - Wikipedia

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    These synthesized enzymes aim to improve products such as detergents and lactose-free dairy products, as well as make them more cost effective. [129] The improvements of metabolic engineering by synthetic biology is an example of a biotechnological technique utilized in industry to discover pharmaceuticals and fermentive chemicals.

  8. Straight edge - Wikipedia

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    A straight edge tattoo. Straight edge (sometimes abbreviated as sXe or signified by XXX or simply X) is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and recreational drugs in reaction to the punk subculture's excesses.

  9. Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by article count/5001–10000

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    5931 Elysia (AR) 133 5932 Deejayk: 133 5933 Davidelit: 133 5934 Damien Linnane: 133 5935 Cte411: 133 5936 CarlosPn: 133 5937 Canadalovesnd: 133 5938 Aranae: 133 5939 Angilbas: 133 5940 4444hhhh: 133 5941 24.51.17.131: 133 5942 1Sire: 133 5943 Xeteli: 132 5944 Vrxces: 132 5945 Viva-Verdi: 132 5946 VaudevillianScientist: 132 5947 Vanished user ...