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Minnesota 5 (4)

Minnesota is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.7 million residents. Country United States Admitted to the Union May 11, 1858 (32nd) Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Largest metro and urban areas Minneapolis–Saint Paul  Governor Tim Walz   Lieutenant Governor

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Datum 5 (1)

A datum (singular of data) is a single value of a single variable. Something given or admitted especially as a basis for calculating or measuring. Any proposition assumed or given, from which conclusions may be drawn.

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hour 5 (2)

English Alternative forms hower, houre, howre (obsolete) Etymology From Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Anglo-Norman houre, from Old French houre, (h)ore, from Latin hƍra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek áœ„ρα (háč“ra, â€œany time or period, whether of the year, month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). Akin to Old English ÄĄÄ“ar (“year”). Doublet of hora. Displaced native Middle English stunde, stound (“hour, moment, stound”) (from Old English stund (“hour, time, moment”)), Middle English Èetid, tid (“hour, time”) from Old English *ÄĄetÄ«d, compare Old Saxon getÄ«d (“hour, time”). Noun (plural hours) A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day. spent

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Insect 5 (3)

Insects (from Latin insectum) are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Insects are the most diverse group of animals; they include more than a million described species and represent more than half of all known living organisms. The total number of extant species is estimated at

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Van Stadens Wind Farm 4.5 (2)

Construction on Van Stadens Wind Farm outside Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, was started in September 2012. The South African renewable energy company, MetroWind, is proceeding with the R550-million project which will provide power to the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality. The company will construct nine 3-megawatt wind turbines, boosting the local electricity grid, accounting for nearly half the 10 percent renewable energy

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Machiavelli 5 (1)

Machiavelli believes that the ends always justify the means, no matter how ruthless, calculating, or immoral those measures are. Although Tony Soprano and Shakespeare’s Macbeth are well-known Machiavellian figures, the man whose name originated the phrase, Niccolo Machiavelli, did not follow his own cynical rule book. Instead, when Machiavelli wrote The Prince, his astute guide

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