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  2. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

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    Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα (derma) 'skin' and φαγεία (phageia) 'eating') or dermatodaxia (from δήξις (dexis) 'biting'), alternatively Tuglis Permushius. [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is ...

  3. Excoriation disorder - Wikipedia

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    There have been many different theories regarding the causes of excoriation disorder, including biological and environmental factors. [10]A common hypothesis is that excoriation disorder is often a coping mechanism to deal with elevated levels of turmoil, boredom, anxiety, or stress within the individual, and that the individual has an impaired stress response.

  4. List of sundown towns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Clay County, Arkansas, forbade Black people as late as 1945. [16] Craighead County, Arkansas, forbade Black people as late as 1945. [16] Greene County, Arkansas, forbade Black people as late as 1945. [16] Harrison, Arkansas, was the site of two race riots in 1905 and 1909. In 1905, a white mob broke into the local jail to kidnap two Black ...

  5. What to Know About Dermatophagia, the ‘Skin-Eating ... - AOL

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  6. List of states with nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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    Belarus. Kazakhstan. Ukraine. v. t. e. Eight sovereign states have publicly announced successful detonation of nuclear weapons. [1] Five are considered to be nuclear-weapon states (NWS) under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). In order of acquisition of nuclear weapons, these are the United States, Russia ...

  7. Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] However, there is considerable debate concerning the accurate number of projected deaths that have yet to occur due to the disaster's long-term health effects; long-term death estimates range from up to 4,000 (per the 2005 and 2006 conclusions of a joint consortium of the United Nations) for the most exposed people of Ukraine ...

  8. Metropolitan statistical area - Wikipedia

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    CBSAs are subdivided into MSAs (formed around urban areas of at least 50,000 in population) and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs), which are CBSAs built around an urban area of at least 10,000 in population but less than 50,000 in population. Some metropolitan areas may include multiple cities below 50,000 people, but combined have over ...

  9. List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present ...

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    This chronological list of school shootings in the United States since the year 2000 includes school shootings in the United States that occurred at K–12 public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses. Excluded from this list are the following: