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  2. FamilySearch - Wikipedia

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    FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software. It is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and is closely connected with the church's Family History Department (FHD). [3] [4] The Family History Department was originally established in 1894, as the ...

  3. List of fact-checking websites - Wikipedia

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    The Reporters' Lab at Duke University maintains a database of fact-checking organizations that is managed by Mark Stencel and Bill Adair. The database tracks more than 100 non-partisan organizations around the world. The Lab's inclusion criteria are based on whether the organization. examines all parties and sides;

  4. History of the family - Wikipedia

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    An Eskimo family. The history of the family is a branch of social history that concerns the sociocultural evolution of kinship groups from prehistoric to modern times. [1] The family has a universal and basic role in all societies. [2] Research on the history of the family crosses disciplines and cultures, aiming to understand the structure and ...

  5. 135 Interesting Facts for Kids and Adults to Blow Your Mind - AOL

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    135 Interesting Facts. 1. You can get cell phone service at Everest Base Camp. 2. The Eiffel Tower can grow up to six inches taller in the summer due to thermal expansion, which causes the iron in ...

  6. List of wealthiest families - Wikipedia

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    Note: The list includes families who, according to reliable sources, have a combined net worth of 5 billion US dollars and above. Jacob Wallenberg, Peter Junior Wallenberg, Marcus Wallenberg, Raoul Wallenberg. André Oscar Wallenberg, Knut Agathon Wallenberg . Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, Bennett Dorrance, John Dorrance, III.

  7. Belemnitida - Wikipedia

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    Belemnitida (or belemnites) is an extinct order of squid -like cephalopods that existed from the Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous. Unlike squid, belemnites had an internal skeleton that made up the cone. The parts are, from the arms-most to the tip: the tongue-shaped pro-ostracum, the conical phragmocone, and the pointy guard.

  8. Family - Wikipedia

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    Sauk family photographed by Frank Rinehart in 1899. Family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. [1]

  9. Flexible AC transmission system - Wikipedia

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    A Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System ( FACTS) is a family of Power-Electronic based devices designed for use on an Alternating Current (AC) Transmission System to improve and control Power Flow and support Voltage. FACTs devices are alternatives to traditional electric grid solutions and improvements, where building additional ...