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From 2017 to 2019, the percentage of the U.S. population over the age of 12 who use Facebook has declined, from 67% to 61% (a decline of some 15 million U.S. users), with a higher drop-off among younger Americans (a decrease in the percentage of U.S. 12- to 34-year-olds who are users from 58% in 2015 to 29% in 2019).
John Winston Ono Lennon [nb 1] (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist.He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles.
Bones from several similar-sized individuals were incorporated into the skeleton now mounted and on display at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin; [144] this mount is 12 meters (39 ft) tall and 21.8 to 22.5 meters (72 to 74 ft) long, [145] [146] and would have belonged to an animal that weighed between 30 000 and 60 000 kilograms (70 000 and ...
The Earth is about 4.54 billion years old. [258] [259] [260] The earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates from at least 3.5 billion years ago, [12] [261] during the Eoarchean Era after a geological crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. Microbial mat fossils have been found in 3.48 billion-year-old ...
London is an ancient name, attested in the first century AD, usually in the Latinised form Londinium. [36] Modern scientific analyses of the name must account for the origins of the different forms found in early sources: Latin (usually Londinium), Old English (usually Lunden), and Welsh (usually Llundein), with reference to the known developments over time of sounds in those different languages.
[412] [note 12] However, there were women who became distinguished leaders of nunneries, exercising the same powers and privileges as their male counterparts. For example, Hildegard of Bingen (d. 1179), Elisabeth of Schönau (d. 1164/65), and Marie d'Oignies (d. 1213) had full autonomy.
In a 24-hour period ending at 00:00 UTC on July 12, the cyclone strengthened from a 75 mph (120 km/h) hurricane to a 140 mph (220 km/h) Category 4 cyclone, its peak intensity. [24] The storm displayed characteristics of an annular hurricane and was exceptionally small, [ 25 ] with hurricane-force winds only extending about 10 mi (15 km) from ...