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2. Poly(methyl methacrylate) - Wikipedia

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   Poly ( methyl methacrylate) ( PMMA) is the synthetic polymer derived from methyl methacrylate. It is used as an engineering plastic, and it is a transparent thermoplastic. PMMA is also known as acrylic, acrylic glass, as well as by the trade names and brands Crylux, Hesalite, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Lucite, and Perspex, among several others ( see ...

3. Untitled (Senior Thesis) - Wikipedia

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   Untitled [Senior Thesis] was a work of performance art by Aliza Shvarts which she conducted during 2008, the final year of her visual arts degree at Yale University. During the 9 month performance Shvarts inseminated herself, and on the twenty-eighth day of her menstrual cycle, she took herbal medications meant to induce menses or miscarriage (although she never knew if she was pregnant).

4. History of Lego - Wikipedia

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   Hilary Fisher Page's Interlocking Building Cubes of 1939 The Lego Group was created in the carpentry workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund , Denmark. In 1916, Christiansen purchased a woodworking shop in Billund, which had been in business since 1895.

5. Plasticity (physics) - Wikipedia

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   e. In physics and materials science, plasticity (also known as plastic deformation) is the ability of a solid material to undergo permanent deformation, a non-reversible change of shape in response to applied forces. [1] [2] For example, a solid piece of metal being bent or pounded into a new shape displays plasticity as permanent changes occur ...

6. Philippines - Wikipedia

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   The Philippines is an archipelago of about 7,641 islands, [200] [201] covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).

7. Milk crate - Wikipedia

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   These products competed with higher-end proprietary modular plastic storage cube systems, such as the Finnish "Palaset" line marketed by Design Research; the consumer-grade storage crates varied widely in price, quality, and sturdiness compared to their commercial counterparts. The basic milk crate stackable design was often modified to also ...