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2. Medicare (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare amendment (July 30, 1965). Former President Harry S. Truman (seated) and his wife, Bess, are on the far right.. Originally, the name "Medicare" in the United States referred to a program providing medical care for families of people serving in the military as part of the Dependents' Medical Care Act, which was passed in 1956. [5]

3. Zero-coupon bond - Wikipedia

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   Zero coupon bonds have a duration equal to the bond's time to maturity, which makes them sensitive to any changes in the interest rates. Investment banks or dealers may separate coupons from the principal of coupon bonds, which is known as the residue, so that different investors may receive the principal and each of the coupon payments.

4. Environmental impact of shipping - Wikipedia

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   A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. Ballast water discharges by ships can have a negative impact on the marine environment. [1] Cruise ships, large tankers, and bulk cargo carriers use a huge amount of ballast water, which is often taken on in the coastal waters in one region after ships discharge wastewater or unload cargo, and discharged at the next port of call, wherever ...

5. 2022 in science - Wikipedia

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   3 January: A free online index with metadata about over 200 million scientific documents is launched, OpenAlex. [1]The graphs show one visualization of recent developments of science overall based on this data (fewer papers may not be associated with decreasing success, priority, impact or activity).

6. Smartphone - Wikipedia

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   By Q1 2018, over 383 million smartphones were sold with 85.9 percent running Android, 14.1 percent running iOS and a negligible number of smartphones running other OSes. [282] Android alone is more popular than the popular desktop operating system Windows, and in general, smartphone use (even without tablets) exceeds desktop use.

7. The 1% Club (American game show) - Wikipedia

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   The 1% Club is an American game show, with its setup identically based on the British game show of the same name.Contestants are given a very short amount of time to solve brain teaser questions, with questions getting significantly more difficult as the game continues, as statistically a progressively smaller percentage of people, according to the producers, answered each subsequent question ...