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  2. James Buchanan - Wikipedia

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    Dred Scott was a slave who was temporarily taken from a slave state to a free territory by his owner, John Sanford. After Scott returned to the slave state, he filed a petition for his freedom based on his time in the free territory. [53] Associate Justice Robert C. Grier leaked the decision in the "Dred Scott" case early to Buchanan.

  3. Hainan - Wikipedia

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    During 2018 Spring Festival, Hainan recorded a 25% increase in duty-free revenue, with 450 million yuan ($71 million) in sales. The two duty-free shops, located in Sanya and Haikou, received about 99,000 customers, a 32% gain. [84] During 2018, the two duty-free shops had sales of more than 10 billion RMB and received 2.88 million customers. [71]

  4. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In the pulp and paper industry, molar mass is traditionally measured with a method where the intrinsic viscosity (dL/g) of the pulp sample is measured in cupriethylenediamine (Cuen). The intrinsic viscosity [η] is related to the weight-average molar mass (in daltons ) by the Mark-Houwink equation : [η] = 0.070 M w 0.70 . [ 87 ]

  5. Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Public health services are universal and offered to all citizens of the country for free. However, the construction and maintenance of health centers and hospitals are financed by taxes, and the country spends about 9% of its GDP on expenditures in the area. In 2012, Brazil had 1.85 doctors and 2.3 hospital beds for every 1,000 inhabitants ...

  6. Economy of West Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Rice and potato are considered to be the principal food crops. The state is the largest source of the important food crop of rice, a staple diet across India, with an annual output of around 16.76 million tonnes (about 13% of total production in India) in FY 2021-22, and the second-largest producer of potatoes in India with an average annual output of 12 million tonnes (about 20% of total ...

  7. Invasive species - Wikipedia

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    In fact, Molnar et al. 2008 documented the pathways of hundreds of marine invasive species and found that shipping was the dominant mechanism for the transfer of invasive species. [63] Cargo ship de-ballasting. Many marine organisms can attach themselves to vessel hulls.

  8. Index of Singapore-related articles - Wikipedia

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    A Blessed Life; A Child's Hope; A Classic Tour; A Dance of Moths; A Gesture Life; A Head Full of Dreams Tour; A Land Imagined; A Life of Hope; A Many-Splendoured Thing