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  2. Baby boomers - Wikipedia

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    The term baby boom refers to a noticeable increase in the birth rate. The post-World War II population increase was described as a "boom" by various newspaper reporters, including Sylvia F. Porter in a column in the May 4, 1951, edition of the New York Post, based on the increase of 2,357,000 in the population of the U.S. from 1940 to 1950.

  3. Snowpiercer (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Snowpiercer is an American post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller television series that premiered on May 17, 2020, on TNT.It is based on both the 2013 film of the same name, directed by Bong Joon-ho, and the 1982 French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette, from which the film was adapted.

  4. Flip-flop (electronics) - Wikipedia

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    A SR latch (R1, R2 = 1 kΩ; R3, R4 = 10 kΩ)In electronics, flip-flops and latches are circuits that have two stable states that can store state information – a bistable multivibrator.

  5. Stoicism - Wikipedia

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    The name Stoicism derives from the Stoa Poikile (Ancient Greek: ἡ ποικίλη στοά), or "painted porch", a colonnade decorated with mythic and historical battle scenes on the north side of the Agora in Athens where Zeno of Citium and his followers gathered to discuss their ideas, near the end of the 4th century BC. [5]

  6. Parapsychology - Wikipedia

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    Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those related to near-death experiences, synchronicity, apparitional experiences, etc. [1] Criticized as being a pseudoscience, the majority of mainstream scientists reject it.

  7. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - Wikipedia

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    Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria [a] (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. [2] His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.

  8. Millennials - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, between the late 1970s and the late 2010s, the shares of people who were married declined among the lower class (from 60% down to 33%) and the middle class (84% down to 66%), but remained steady among the upper class (~80%). In fact, it was the lower and middle classes that were driving the U.S. marriage rate down. [267]

  9. Pope Francis - Wikipedia

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    In the past, one attack of sciatica in 2007 prevented him from attending a consistory and delayed his return to Argentina for several days. [88] Francis is the first Jesuit pope. This was a significant appointment, because of the sometimes tense relations between the Society of Jesus and the Holy See. [141]