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  2. Percent sign - Wikipedia

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    The percent sign % (sometimes per cent sign in British English) is the symbol used to indicate a percentage, a number or ratio as a fraction of 100. Related signs include the permille (per thousand) sign ‰ and the permyriad (per ten thousand) sign ‱ (also known as a basis point), which indicate that a number is divided by one thousand or ten thousand, respectively.

  3. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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    Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington. [6] The company originally started as an online marketplace for books but gradually expanded its offerings to include a wide range of product categories. This diversification led to it being referred to as "The Everything Store". [7]

  4. Gilmour Space Technologies - Wikipedia

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    Founding. Gilmour Space was founded in Singapore (2012; closed 2019) and Australia (2013) by former banker, Adam Gilmour, and his brother James Gilmour. The company's first project in 2013 was to design and manufacture high-fidelity spaceflight simulators and replicas for a number of space-related exhibits and the Spaceflight Academy Gold Coast.

  5. List of Ramsar sites in India - Wikipedia

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    1 October 1981. 1165. A brackish water lagoon, spread over the districts of Puri, Khordha and Ganjam on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 km 2. It is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest lagoon in the world.

  6. Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level - Wikipedia

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    The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (or Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level) is a GCE Advanced Level examination held annually in Singapore and is jointly conducted by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) and the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES).

  7. Tradition of removing shoes in the home and houses of worship

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    Western Asia. In Iran, removing one's shoes before entering a home is a widespread tradition, with the cleanliness of a home very important for families. It is also common to remove shoes in kindergarten schools and, although rarely, in some small private businesses. In the Arab world, no shoes are allowed indoors, as the shoes' soles are seen ...

  8. Timeline of space exploration - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of space exploration. This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space . This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.

  9. File:Singapore road sign - Warning - Hump.svg - Wikipedia

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    Whether you like the board or not it is part of the sign, I've shown you that. More important however is that your triangles are not the right shape or symmetrical. 11:11, 8 February 2014: 561 × 495 (3 KB) Woodennature: The intention of not including the backing board is to emphasise on the intended shapes and design of the signs.