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  2. Ahmed Mohamed clock incident - Wikipedia

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    On September 14, 2015, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, for bringing a disassembled digital clock to school. The incident ignited allegations of racial profiling and Islamophobia from many media sources and commentators. The episode arose when Mohamed reassembled the parts of a digital clock in ...

  3. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

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    Doomsday Clock. The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [ 1] Maintained since 1947, the clock is a metaphor, not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances.

  4. List of James Bond gadgets - Wikipedia

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    The smart blood is also used in No Time to Die. Omega Seamaster wristwatch Omega Seamaster 300 (special Spectre limited edition) with two-tone NATO strap. Built in explosive charge with a one-minute timer. [93] The real watch is magnetic-resistant up to 15,000 Gauss [93] Laser microphone A microphone attached to Bond's SMG in operation in Mexico.

  5. Time bomb - Wikipedia

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    A time bomb (or a timebomb, time-bomb) is a bomb whose detonation is triggered by a timer. The use or attempted use of time bombs has been for various purposes including insurance fraud, terrorism, assassination, sabotage and warfare. They are a frequent plot device in thriller and action films as they offer a way of imparting a dramatic sense ...

  6. The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film) - Wikipedia

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    Hannay realises that the bomb is to be set off by the clock timer mechanism at 11.45 am. To give the police more time, Hannay breaks the glass of the outside clock-face, climbs out onto the face of the clock, almost 100 meters above ground and physically stops the minute hand as it moves towards the figure IX (11:00 pm).

  7. Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia

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    The year 2038 problem (also known as Y2038, [ 1] Y2K38, Y2K38 superbug or the Epochalypse[ 2][ 3]) is a time computing problem that leaves some computer systems unable to represent times after 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038. The problem exists in systems which measure Unix time —the number of seconds elapsed since the Unix epoch (00:00:00 ...

  8. LGM-30 Minuteman - Wikipedia

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    LGM-30 Minuteman. Minuteman III launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 9 February 2023. The LGM-30 Minuteman is an American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command. As of 2024, the LGM-30G (Version 3) [ note 1] is the only land-based ICBM in service in the United ...

  9. Staff members at dentist's office read aloud, mock cancer ...

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    August 13, 2024 at 9:54 PM. A Tennessee dental office has fired staff involved in a viral video mocking a cancer patient's personal diary, according to a statement. The video, posted to Snapchat ...