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In Czech quarters and halves always refer to the following hour, e.g. čtvrt na osm (quarter on eight) meaning 7:15, půl osmé (half of eight) meaning 7:30 and tři čtvrtě na osm (three-quarters on eight) meaning 7:45. This corresponds to the time between 7:00 and 8:00 being the eighth hour of the day (the first hour starting at midnight).
In 2001, 17% of the population were 65 years old and older, 68% between the ages of 15 and 64 years old, and 15% were 14 years old and younger. [290] By 2016, the proportion of the population age 65 and older had risen to 21%, while the proportion of those aged 14 and younger declined to slightly below 14%.
The modern 24-hour clock is the convention of timekeeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours. This is indicated by the hours (and minutes) passed since midnight, from 00(:00) to 23(:59) , with 24(:00) as an option to indicate the end of the day.
X-15 pilots (Dana: far right) From 1960 through 1962 he was a pilot astronaut in the U.S. Air Force X-20 Dyna-Soar program. That program was canceled before the vehicle flew, but Dana later tested several other lifting-body space vehicle projects. He made one of the earliest flights in the plywood M2-F1, and flew the HL-10, the M2-F3, and the X ...
HR24 or HR 24 may refer to: HR 24 (Kappa 1 Sculptoris), the star Kappa Sculptoris; HR-24 Sirsa, a Regional Transport Office district in India; HR24, a DirecTV HD-DVR Receiver model; 2001 HR24, a main-belt asteroid officially named 51599 Brittany and discovered on April 28, 2001
The Dana 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a cutter sloop rig, a spooned and slightly raked stem, a nearly vertical transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller, a bowsprit and a fixed long keel. It displaces 7,400 lb (3,357 kg) and carries 3,100 lb (1,406 kg) of ballast. [1] [3]
Modern Greek military ranks are based on Ancient Greek and Byzantine terminology.. In the army and air force, these names are often based on the unit or post that a holder of each rank usual commands.
Archaeological discoveries in 2006 by a team of international scientists revealed that the Santorini event was much more massive than previously thought; it expelled 61 km 3 (15 cu mi) of magma and rock into the Earth's atmosphere, compared to previous estimates of only 39 km 3 (9.4 cu mi) in 1991, [51] [52] [better source needed] producing an ...