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  2. Occam's razor - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements.

  3. Klinefelter syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Klinefelter syndrome (KS), also known as 47,XXY, is a chromosome anomaly where a male has an extra X chromosome. [10] These complications commonly include infertility and small, poorly functioning testicles (if present).

  4. Smallpox vaccine - Wikipedia

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    The smallpox vaccine is used to prevent smallpox infection caused by the variola virus. [10] It is the first vaccine to have been developed against a contagious disease. In 1796, British physician Edward Jenner demonstrated that an infection with the relatively mild cowpox virus conferred immunity against the deadly smallpox virus.

  5. Blackstone Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Blackstone was founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman with US$400,000 (equivalent to $1.1 million in 2023) in seed capital. [3]: 45–56 [4] The founders derived their firm's name from their names: "Schwarz" is German for "black"; "Peter", "Petros", or "Petra" (Πέτρος and πετρα, the masculine and feminine rendering of the word, respectively) means "stone" or ...

  6. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Wikipedia

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    Skeletal structure of PFOS, an effective, persistent and bioaccumulative fluorosurfactant Space filling model of PFOS. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are defined as a group of synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds that have multiple fluorine atoms attached to an alkyl chain.

  7. Bubonic plague - Wikipedia

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    Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. [1] One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. [1] These symptoms include fever, headaches, and vomiting, [1] as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes occurring in the area closest to where the bacteria entered the skin. [2]

  8. Jill Biden - Wikipedia

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    Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden [1] (née Jacobs; born June 3, 1951) is an American educator who has been the first lady of the United States since 2021 as the wife of President Joe Biden.

  9. Ben Carson - Wikipedia

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    Carson's parents were Robert Solomon Carson Jr. (1914–1992), a World War II U.S. Army veteran, and Sonya Carson (née Copeland, 1928–2017). [19] Both from large families in rural Georgia, Carson's parents met and married while living in rural Tennessee, when his mother was 13 and his father 28.