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  2. Tyrian purple - Wikipedia

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    The Royal purple or Imperial purple was probably used until the time of Augustine of Hippo (354–430) and before the demise of the Roman Empire. Dye chemistry [ edit ] Variations in colours of "Tyrian purple" from different snails are related to the presence of indigo dye (blue), 6-bromoindigo (purple), and the red 6,6'-dibromoindigo.

  3. Skatoony - Wikipedia

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    Skatoony (stylized as SkatoonY) is a children's live action/animated game show, pitting live-action kids against cartoons.The series was co-produced by Talent TV and FremantleMedia Animation (for the British version), Blink Studios (for the Arabic version), and Marblemedia with Smiley Guy Studios (for the North American version).

  4. List of flags containing the color purple - Wikipedia

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    Purple is one of the least used colors in vexillology and heraldry. Currently, the color appears in only four national flags: that of Dominica, Spain, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, and one co-official national flag, the Wiphala (co-official national flag of Bolivia ). However, it is also present in the flags of several administrative subdivisions ...

  5. William Henry Perkin - Wikipedia

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    Sir William Henry Perkin FRS (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) [1] was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline. Though he failed in trying to synthesise quinine for the treatment of malaria, he became successful in the field of dyes ...

  6. Orange Juice Is The Most Expensive It's Ever Been—Here's Why

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    Orange juice concentrate prices hit a high of $4.95 per pound in the futures market, up from below $1 per pound in January 2020, The Guardian reported. Just like many food-cost increases, you can ...

  7. Pop Quiz: What Would Be the World's Most Expensive ... - AOL

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    Halloween is just around the corner, and costume shops are thronged with hopeful party-goers putting together the perfect look for the holiday. Most of the time, the goal of a good Halloween ...

  8. WATCH: The Genius Reason Disney World Highway Signs Are ... - AOL

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    Recently, Reader's Digest's Meghan Jones did a deep dive on the Purple Puzzle: "[T]he colors of those signs—primarily purple with white text, with a red strip containing yellow text across the ...

  9. Linux - Wikipedia

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    Linux is the leading operating system on servers (over 96.4% of the top one million web servers' operating systems are Linux), leads other big iron systems such as mainframe computers, and is used on all of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers (as of November 2017, having gradually displaced all competitors).