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2. Balloon mail - Wikipedia

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   Balloon mail is the transport of mail (usually for weight reasons in the form of a postcard) carrying the name of the sender by means of an unguided hydrogen or helium filled balloon. Since the balloon is not controllable, the delivery of a balloon mail is left to good fortune; often the balloon and postcard are lost.

3. Helium production in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The US Army built the first helium extraction plant in 1915 at Petrolia, Texas, where a large natural gas field averaged nearly 1 percent helium. [6] The United States Navy established three experimental helium plants during World War I, to recover enough helium to supply barrage balloons with the non-flammable, lighter-than-air gas. Two of the ...

4. Card Factory - Wikipedia

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   Card Factory plc is a retailer of greeting cards and gifts in the United Kingdom founded in Wakefield by Dean Hoyle and his wife Janet. The first store opened in 1997, and by 2020 the company had over 1,000 stores. [ 3 ]

5. Celebrations Group - Wikipedia

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   On 28 November 2008 [7] it was announced that Card Factory had purchased 76 of the group's 288 stores as part of a rescue package, securing around 500 of the 1800 jobs. [6] In 2007, Wakefield-based greeting card retailer Card Factory began an aggressive expansion of its stores across the UK.

6. Balloon - Wikipedia

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   Balloon rockets work because the elastic balloons contract on the air within them, and so when the mouth of the balloon is opened, the gas within the balloon is expelled out, and due to Newton's third law of motion, the balloon is propelled forward. This is the same way that a rocket works.

7. Reese Witherspoon Reveals the Holiday Tradition She Tried ...

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   The family does go all out making their gingerbread houses — with one exception. "We use a kit," Witherspoon explains. "Back when I was a 'Do anything that Martha Stewart says' woman, I tried to ...