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  2. History of the Internet - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and ...

  3. Race and ethnicity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories ( White, Black, Native American / Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander ), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.

  4. TNT Sports (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Watch live (3, UK only) Watch live (4, UK only) Virgin TV Go. Watch live. Now TV. Watch live (Ireland only) TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Owned by Warner Media and BT Group, they first launched on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at Warner Media’s complex in ...

  5. D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia

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    Survivors. 41. D. B. Cooper, also known as Dan Cooper, was an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft, in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During the flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, the hijacker told a flight attendant he had a bomb, demanded $200,000 in ransom ...

  6. Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.phila.gov. Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania [11] and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley, also known as the Philadelphia metropolitan area ...

  7. Paul Dempsey (presenter) - Wikipedia

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    1985–present. Paul Andrew Francis Dempsey (born 16 March 1960) is a British TV and radio sports presenter and commentator now chiefly employed by TNT Sports where he covers football and boxing coverage, as well as TV host and commentary on Indonesian Djarum 's multiplatform Mola TV. After 18 years working for Sky Sports and 7 with the Dublin ...

  8. Geography of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The US has the 2nd largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 11,351,000 km 2 (4,383,000 sq mi). By total area ( water as well as land), the United States is either slightly larger or smaller than the People's Republic of China, making it the world's third or fourth-largest country.

  9. Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. [1] Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane ...