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  2. Mary, Queen of Scots - Wikipedia

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    Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart [3] or Mary I of Scotland, [4] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland , Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.

  3. Pulse-width modulation - Wikipedia

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    Duty cycle is expressed in percent, 100% being fully on. When a digital signal is on half of the time and off the other half of the time, the digital signal has a duty cycle of 50% and resembles a "square" wave. When a digital signal spends more time in the on state than the off state, it has a duty cycle of >50%.

  4. 2024 United Kingdom general election - Wikipedia

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    The manifesto includes a pledge to abolish Stamp Duty on homes worth up to £425,000 for first time buyers and expand the Help to Buy scheme. [197] The Conservatives also pledged a recruitment of 8,000 new police officers and a rollout of facial recognition technology . [ 198 ]

  5. Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia

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    In steady-state operation, this is avoided because xenon-135 is "burned off" as quickly as it is created, becoming highly stable xenon-136. With the reactor power reduced, high quantities of previously produced iodine-135 were decaying into the neutron-absorbing xenon-135 faster than the reduced neutron flux could "burn it off". [25]

  6. Twitch (service) - Wikipedia

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    Twitch is an American video live-streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams.

  7. Jean-Claude Van Damme - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (French: [ʒɑ̃ klod kamij fʁɑ̃swa vɑ̃ vaʁɑ̃bɛʁɡ], Flemish: [vɑɱ ˈvaːrə(m)bɛr(ə)x]; born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme (French: [vɑ̃ dam], Flemish: [vɑn ˈdɑmə]), is a Belgian martial artist and actor.

  8. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Wikipedia

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    Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Matthew Broderick , Mia Sara , and Alan Ruck , with supporting roles from Jennifer Grey , Jeffrey Jones , Cindy Pickett , Edie McClurg , Lyman Ward , and Charlie Sheen .

  9. 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder - Wikipedia

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    The 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South Delhi. The incident took place when Jyoti Singh, a 22-year-old physiotherapy intern, was beaten , gang-raped , and tortured in a private bus in which she was ...