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  2. Black Swan-class sloop - Wikipedia

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    The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy.Twelve Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-five Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including two for the Royal Indian Navy; several other ships were cancelled.

  3. Black Swan (film) - Wikipedia

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    Black Swan was presented in a sneak screening at the Telluride Film Festival on September 5, 2010. [40] It also had a Gala screening at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival later in the month. [41] [42] In October 2010, Black Swan was screened at the New Orleans Film Festival, [43] the Austin Film Festival, [44] and the BFI London Film ...

  4. HMS Black Swan (L57) - Wikipedia

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    Black Swan suffered 12 men wounded and severe damage to her superstructure in a fierce engagement with Chinese batteries and fell back. The failed relief effort cost 46 killed and 64 injured. Black Swan also served in the Korean War and was involved in the Battle of Chumonchin Chan. Black Swan was scrapped in 1956 at Troon in Scotland.

  5. Experts puzzle over why Bayesian yacht sank. Was it a 'black ...

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    A perfect storm led to Bayesian sinking, experts say. The combination of unlikely factors that could have contributed to the ship's fate constituted a "black swan event," Matthew Schanck, chairman ...

  6. Blackswan - Wikipedia

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    Blackswan (Korean: 블랙스완; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean multinational girl group formed by DR Music, with an admission and graduation concept.The group currently consists of Fatou, Gabi, Sriya and NVee.

  7. Black swan theory - Wikipedia

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    A black swan (Cygnus atratus) in Australia. The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The term is based on a Latin expression which presumed that black swans did ...

  8. December 1942 - Wikipedia

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    The swashbuckler film The Black Swan starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara was released. Born: Gemma Jones , actress, in Marylebone , London , England December 5 , 1942 (Saturday)

  9. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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    The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable is a 2007 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who is a former options trader. The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events—and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively. Taleb calls this the Black Swan theory.