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  2. Ulysses S. Grant - Wikipedia

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    Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [b] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States, who served from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.

  3. QR code - Wikipedia

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    The QR code system was invented in 1994, at the Denso Wave automotive products company, in Japan. The initial alternating-square design presented by the team of researchers, headed by Masahiro Hara, was influenced by the black counters and the white counters played on a Go board; the pattern of position detection was found and determined by applying the least-used ratio (1:1:3:1:1) in black ...

  4. Insurance - Wikipedia

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    Formal self-insurance (active risk retention) is the deliberate decision to pay for otherwise insurable losses out of one's own money. This can be done on a formal basis by establishing a separate fund into which funds are deposited on a periodic basis, or by simply forgoing the purchase of available insurance and paying out-of-pocket.

  5. D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia

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    D. B. 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 was armed with a bomb, demanded $200,000 in ransom (equivalent to approximately $1,500,000 in 2024) and requested four parachutes ...

  6. United States - Wikipedia

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    Internet TLD. .us [16] The United States of America ( USA or U.S.A. ), commonly known as the United States ( US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federation of 50 states, a federal capital district ( Washington, D.C. ), and 326 Indian reservations.

  7. CharlieCard - Wikipedia

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    Riders with a reduced fare pay $1.10 for the subway, $0.85 for the local bus, $2.10 for the express bus, and amounts varying from $1.10-$6.50 for the Commuter Rail, and between $1.10-$4.85 for the MBTA Ferry - dependent on the route taken. Purchase options Ticket machines and fare gates at the World Trade Center station on the Silver Line.

  8. Andrew Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Often praised as an advocate for ordinary ...

  9. Airport check-in - Wikipedia

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    Airport check-in. Airport check-in is the process whereby an airline approves airplane passengers to board an airplane for a flight. Airlines typically use service counters found at airports for this process, and the check-in is normally handled by an airline itself or a handling agent working on behalf of an airline.