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  2. Jury rigging - Wikipedia

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    Jerry-built things, which are things 'built unsubstantially of bad materials', has a separate unknown etymology. It is probably linked to earlier pejorative uses of the word jerry, attested as early as 1721, and may have been influenced by jury-rigged. [6] [7] [8] The blended terms jerry rigging and jerry-rigged are also common. [9] [10]

  3. Talk:Jury rigging - Wikipedia

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    The first part of this article states that jerry-rig was named after "jerry cans" in WWII (jerry being slang for German), right underneath it says that the WWII explanation is a false etymology. The article should be more internally consistent with its views. -- 99.150.241.219 ( talk ) 19:37, 28 May 2011 (UTC) [ reply ]

  4. Jerry Riggs - Wikipedia

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    The songs were performed by Jerry Riggs, Jeremy Graf, Dave Ridarick, and Steve Carlisle. The songs were also included on the movie's soundtrack release. Riggs' self-titled debut album on the Full Moon label was released shortly after that but failed to make much of an impact on the music scene. [ 3 ]

  5. Everything Is Terrible! - Wikipedia

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    Everything Is Terrible! is an artist collective based in Los Angeles that finds and edits dated, campy clips from VHS tapes. The collective was founded in 2007 by a group of friends who met while attending Ohio University .

  6. Solar panel - Wikipedia

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    A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV cells are made of materials that produce excited electrons when exposed to light. These electrons flow through a circuit and produce direct current (DC) electricity, which can be used to power various devices or be stored in batteries.

  7. Rooftop solar power - Wikipedia

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    Solar panels produce carbon free electricity when irradiated with sunlight. Often made of silicon, solar panels are made of smaller solar cells which typically have six cells per panel. Multiple solar panels strung together make up a solar array. Solar panels are generally protected by tempered glass and secured with an aluminum frame. [11] The ...

  8. List of Google Easter eggs - Wikipedia

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    The same googly eyes appear when actors from Everything Everywhere All at Once are Googled (e.g. "michelle yeoh", "ke huy quan", "stephanie hsu"), in reference to the movie. [citation needed] "Halloween" formerly resulted in a Ghost appearing in the knowledge panel and when clicked, plays the 2016 Halloween Google Doodle. The search now shows ...

  9. List of conspiracy theories - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable conspiracy theories.Many conspiracy theories relate to supposed clandestine government plans and elaborate murder plots. [3] They usually deny consensus opinion and cannot be proven using historical or scientific methods, and are not to be confused with research concerning verified conspiracies, such as Germany's pretense for invading Poland in World War II.