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  Noah Lyles 　　Noah Lyles American sprinter Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook Twitter URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Noah-Lyles Share Share Share to social media Facebook Twitter URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Noah-Lyles Written by Fred Frommer Fred Frommer is a sports historian, author, and writer who has written for a host of national publications. Fred Frommer Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee...
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  Love your pet to death? Why and how to create a pet trust 　　 　　In his will, designer Karl Lagerfeld stipulated that a portion of his $300 million fortune go to his beloved cat, Choupette. But when the fashion icon died in 2019, there were questions about how to pass that money on. Lagerfeld and Choupette lived in Paris, and in France—as in the United States—you can’t bequeath assets directly to an animal....
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  Retail investors vs. institutional investors: Bridging the divide 　　 　　The financial markets can accommodate almost everyone, whether you are a young meme-stock trader buying a fractional share of stock through an app-based broker, or the manager of a hedge fund worth billions. However, they don’t accommodate everyone equally. 　　Financial regulators sort market participants into two broad classes: retail and institutional. It’s a measure of account size, not sophistication,...
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  Shanghai Cooperation Organization 　　Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), is an intergovernmental organization established in 2001 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan with the aim of promoting cooperation and peace among its member states, as well as fostering “a new democratic, fair and rational international political and economic order.” The organization expanded to include India and Pakistan in 2017 and Iran in 2023,...
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  Dragon Boat Festival 　　Also called: Double Fifth Festival or Poet’s Day (Show more) Mandarin: Duanwu Jie (Show more) Cantonese: Tuen Ng (Show more) Dragon Boat Festival, prominent and festive Chinese holiday that originated at least 1,500 years ago and features dragon boat races and rice dumplings. It is one of the three “festivals of the living,” along with the Chinese New Year and...
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  exposure therapy 　　exposure therapy, any of various approaches used to help reduce fear and anxiety that cause individuals to avoid specific objects, activities, or situations. Exposure to fear-producing stimuli in a safe environment can help mitigate avoidance behavior. Exposure therapy is highly effective for specific phobias and for patients affected by certain other disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and...
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  Nuremberg Code 　　Nuremberg Code, a 10-point statement designed to define the limits of permissible medical experimentation on human beings. It was developed in August 1947 in Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany, by a panel of American judges during hearings involving 23 Nazi doctors accused of conducting experiments on humans in concentration camps during World War II. While some attribute the code to one single...
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  What’s the difference between moths and butterflies? 　　Most people are generally familiar with moths and butterflies. You might recognize a beautiful butterfly in a garden and avoid the erratic moths circling your porch light at night. But what about that whitish blur fluttering around during the day? Or that large fuzzy beauty you just spied on a window screen at dusk? Read on to learn some of...
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  Seven soldiers in Normandy 　　On June 6, 1944, the Allies landed some 160,000 amphibious and airborne troops in Normandy. Opposing the Normandy Invasion were some 50,000 German troops of greatly varying quality. The 716th Static Infantry Division was composed of Germans who were too old for regular military service and conscripts from German-occupied countries. Its equipment was a hodgepodge of weapons collected from Germany’s...
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  Maryam Nawaz Sharif 　　Legally: Maryam Safdar (Show more) Born: October 28, 1973, Lahore, Pakistan (Show more) Maryam Nawaz Sharif (born October 28, 1973, Lahore, Pakistan) is the first woman chief minister of Punjab (2024– ), Pakistan’s most populous province, and the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Her rise to prominence coincided with that of the rival party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), as...
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  Will Social Security run out? 3 myths and truths 　　 　　The so-called Social Security crisis has taken root in the popular imagination, stoking fears that this pillar of retirement income in the U.S. could collapse, taking with it trillions of dollars in promised benefits. But is Social Security really running out of money? 　　As with Mark Twain’s misreported death, Social Security’s imminent demise is a bit of an exaggeration—one...
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  Tokenization of real-world assets: Is a digital transformation underway? 　　 　　Tokenization of real-world assets: It’s quite a mouthful, but what does it mean? The short answer is that it’s digital proof of ownership of an asset, represented by a token (or tokens) on a blockchain. 　　Asset tokenization has the potential to not only replace or enhance current ownership validation methods (such as deeds, titles, or copyrights), but could also...
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  Robert Pattinson 　　In full: Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (Show more) Born: May 13, 1986, London, England (age 38) (Show more) See all related content → Robert Pattinson (born May 13, 1986, London, England) is an English actor who became a celebrity for his role as the dreamy vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight Saga movie series (2008–12) before later establishing his bona...
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  Understanding frugal fatigue and how to fight it 　　 　　Staying on top of how you spend each month can be draining, especially when you’re first starting out as a working adult. That tiresome feeling of fretting over whether you have enough in your bank account to cover your bills has a name: frugal fatigue. 　　Much like feeling burned out at work, frugal fatigue is a sense of exhaustion...
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  Reaganomics 　　Reaganomics, popular term for the economic policies of U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan. The word is a portmanteau of Reagan and economics and was first attributed to radio broadcaster Paul Harvey. It has been used by both Reagan’s supporters and critics. The policies have also been referred to as supply-side economics, free-market economics, and trickle-down economics. When Reagan ran for president...
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  Should you use a paycheck advance loan app? 　　 　　Maybe you’re struggling financially, but it’s still a few days until payday. Perhaps you need a couple hundred bucks to pay a bill or two—something to close the gap. Enter the paycheck advance app, which allows you to get a portion of your paycheck early, saving the day and seemingly with little cost. 　　But this extra financial help is...
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  history of Malawi 　　history of Malawi, a survey of notable events and people in the history of Malawi. The landlocked country is located in southeastern Africa. Endowed with spectacular highlands and extensive lakes, it occupies a narrow, curving strip of land along the East African Rift Valley. Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa) accounts for more than one-fifth of the country’s total...
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  BuzzFeed 　　In full: BuzzFeed, Inc. (Show more) BuzzFeed, publicly traded online media company known for its commentary, quizzes, listicles (articles formatted as lists), videos, and food writing. The company was founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Jonah Peretti and positioned itself as “home to the best of the Internet.” The site mainly features written and video content created by BuzzFeed employees, but...
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  horse breeds 　　Horses were among the last species of livestock to be domesticated. Their domestication took place at least as early as 3000 bce, probably in the Near East, and likely occurred through more than one domestication event. From the 2nd millennium bce, and probably even earlier, the horse was employed as a riding animal by nomadic peoples of central Asia. Horse...
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  goat breeds 　　Goats were probably first domesticated in Asia, perhaps during prehistoric times, and have long been used as a source of milk, cheese, mohair, and meat. Goat skin can also be made into leather. Goats are especially adapted to small-scale milk production; one or two animals can supply sufficient milk for a family throughout the year. Indeed, they are key livestock...

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