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  2. Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia

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    Each entry on this list should be an article on its own (not merely a section in a less unusual article) and of decent quality, and in large meeting Wikipedia's manual of style. For unusual contributions that are of greater levity, see Wikipedia:Silly Things. In this list, a star indicates a featured article. A plus indicates a good article.

  3. Applications of randomness - Wikipedia

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    Applications of randomness. Randomness has many uses in science, art, statistics, cryptography, gaming, gambling, and other fields. For example, random assignment in randomized controlled trials helps scientists to test hypotheses, and random numbers or pseudorandom numbers help video games such as video poker .

  4. List of chemical compounds with unusual names - Wikipedia

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    Picket Fence Porphyrin. (5,10,15,20-tetrakis (alpha,alpha,alpha-2-pivalamidophenyl)porphyrin), used to model heme enzyme active sites. Piranha solution. A strongly oxidizing mixture of hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid used to remove organic residues from substrates and glassware.

  5. Probability distribution - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In probability theory and statistics, a probability distribution is the mathematical function that gives the probabilities of occurrence of different possible outcomes for an experiment. [1] [2] It is a mathematical description of a random phenomenon in terms of its sample space and the probabilities of events ( subsets of the sample space).

  6. Category:Lists of things considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Category. : Lists of things considered unusual. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Unusual. This is a category of lists of things considered to be unusual in a certain domain.

  7. Wikipedia : List of really, really, really stupid article ...

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    A list of unofficial Kirby media. Or a list of any unofficial media of any intellectual property, actually. The debate on whether Tracker is a Chihuahua or a potcake dog. (Note: It would generally make more sense for him to be a potcake.) A list of reasons why you think Stacy's mom has got it going on unless you are Fountains of Wayne.

  8. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    Septium are gemstones that align with one of seven elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Space, Mirage, and Time. Septium is central to the function of Orbal energy, which can power appliances, vehicles, or channel elemental power in the form of "Arts", magical techniques used in combat. Silver rock stone. Pokémon.

  9. Random number generation - Wikipedia

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    Random number generation is a process by which, often by means of a random number generator ( RNG ), a sequence of numbers or symbols that cannot be reasonably predicted better than by random chance is generated. This means that the particular outcome sequence will contain some patterns detectable in hindsight but impossible to foresee.