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  2. Interstate Highway System - Wikipedia

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    Highway shields for Interstate 80, Business Loop Interstate 80, and the Eisenhower Interstate System Primary Interstate Highways in the 48 contiguous states. Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico also have Interstate Highways. System information Length 48,756 mi [a] (78,465 km) Formed June 29, 1956 ; 67 years ago (1956-06-29) Highway names Interstates Interstate X (I-X) System links Interstate ...

  3. Twitter - Wikipedia

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    Since Musk's takeover, data from app-tracking firms has shown that global usage of X has declined by approximately 15%, compared to a decline of 5–10% in some other social media sites. X has disputed that usage has dropped at all. On May 17, 2024, the URL was officially changed from twitter.com to x.com.

  4. Orders of magnitude (numbers) - Wikipedia

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    10 12 10 12 stars in the Andromeda Galaxy (1 000 000 000 000; 1000 4; short scale: one trillion; long scale: one billion) ISO: tera-(T) Astronomy: Andromeda Galaxy, which is part of the same Local Group as our galaxy, contains about 10 12 stars. Biology – Bacteria on the human body: The surface of the human body houses roughly 10 12 bacteria.

  5. Duty-free shop - Wikipedia

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    Duty-free shop. A typical duty-free store, at Zürich Airport. Duty-free store at Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport. Duty-free stores at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. Duty-free stores at Oslo Airport in Oslo, Norway. A duty-free shop or store is a retail outlet whose goods are exempt from the payment of certain local ...

  6. Arctic shipping routes - Wikipedia

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    The NSR may be ice free by 2030, earlier than NWP or TSR. Models predict that in that year 90% of the current area of ice will remain in winter, and only 60% in September. In 2060, they forecast that these numbers will decrease to 85% and 40% respectively. Finally, in 2090, they anticipate 85% in winter, and less than 10% in August–September.

  7. Flag of convenience - Wikipedia

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    Background Open registries have been criticised, mainly by trade union organisations based in developed countries, especially those in the European Union, United States, Japan, Canada, or the United Kingdom. One criticism is that shipowners who want to hide their ownership may select a flag-of-convenience jurisdiction which enables them to be legally anonymous. Some ships with flags of ...

  8. Ship - Wikipedia

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    Ship pollution is the pollution of air and water by shipping. It is a problem that has been accelerating as trade has become increasingly globalized, posing an increasing threat to the world's oceans and waterways as globalization continues. It is expected that "shipping traffic to and from the United States is projected to double by 2020."

  9. Principality of Sealand - Wikipedia

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    Joan Bates, Roy Bates's wife, died in an Essex nursing home at the age of 86 on 10 March 2016. Legal status Map of Sealand and the United Kingdom, with territorial water claims of 3 and 12 nmi (6 and 22 km) shown. In 1987, the UK extended its territorial waters from 3 to 12 nautical miles (6 to 22 km).