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Gasoline
Gasoline—or petrol outside North America—is a transparent, flammable liquid fuel refined from crude oil through fractional distillation and mixed with chemical additives to power spark-ignited engines. Its performance is measured by the octane rating, which prevents premature ignition (or "kno...
Ismaïla Sarr
Ismaïla Sarr (born 25 February 1998 in Saint-Louis, Senegal) is a dynamic winger currently playing for Crystal Palace and the Senegal national team. After starting at Génération Foot, he debuted for Metz in 2016, then chose Rennes over Barcelona, where he won the
Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz is a strategically vital waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, bordered by Iran to the north and the Musandam Peninsula (part of Oman and the UAE) to the south. Acting as the only sea gate for the Persian Gulf, it is one of the world's most impo...
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club – nicknamed "the Boro" – is a professional club based in North Yorkshire that currently competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded in 1876, they are among the oldest league clubs, and have played at the Riverside Stadi...
NBA 2K
NBA 2K is a premier basketball simulation video game series developed by Visual Concepts and released annually since 1999, originally published by Sega before 2K took over with NBA 2K6 in 2005. The franchise has grown to over 25 main installments
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, commonly known as Hull, is a historic port city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located on the River Hull and the Humber Estuary. Founded in the late 12th century by monks of Meaux Abbey to export wool, it was renamed Kingston upon Hull in 1299 and grew into a key maritime...
Jerry Jones
Jerral Wayne "Jerry" Jones Sr. (born October 13, 1942) is a billionaire businessman best known as the owner, president, and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, a position he has held since purchasing the team from Bum Bright in 1989. Raised in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Jones was ...
Christa (given name)
Christa is a female given name derived as a diminutive of Christine, and it has been shared by a remarkably diverse array of notable individuals across the globe. Perhaps the most famous bearer is Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), the American teacher selected for the NASA Teacher in Spac...
2008 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 2008 Philadelphia Phillies season marked the franchise's 126th year, as the team posted a 92–70 record to win the National League East and ultimately capture the World Series—Philadelphia's first major sports championship since the 76ers in 1983. Under manager Charlie Manue...
D
The letter D traces its ancestry back to the Semitic Dāleth—possibly derived from a door or fish hieroglyph—and evolved through Greek Delta and Old Italic scripts into the Latin alphabet we use today. In English, it typically represents the /d/ sound and ranks as the 10th most frequent letter<...
Margot Robbie filmography
Margot Robbie (born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer who shot to fame playing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the blockbuster The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), following early work on the soap opera Neighbours. She has since become a major franchise star, famously portraying Harley Quinn...
Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi (born October 23, 1959, in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American filmmaker best known for creating the cult-classic Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1993) and directing the blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). His films are celebrated for their dynamic, comic book-inspired visual...