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  • 101China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 102Mount Everest — Everest redirects here. For other uses, see Everest (disambiguation). Mount Everest (Qomolongma / Sagarmatha) Highest Mountain in the World …

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  • 103Concorde — For other uses, see Concorde (disambiguation). Concorde Role Supersonic airliner …

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  • 104Outer space — For other uses, see Outer space (disambiguation). The boundaries between the Earth s surface and outer space, at the Kármán line, 100 km (62 mi) and exosphere at 690 km (430 mi). Not to scale Outer space is the void that exists beyond any… …

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  • 105Rocket engine — RS 68 being tested at NASA s Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine s exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen) …

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  • 106HALO jump — USASOC Military Free Fall Parachute Badge HALO/HAHO Military free fall form of insertion. Purpose Delivering personnel, equipment, or supplies. HALO High Altitude/Low Opening HAHO High Altitude/High Opening Origins Attributed to USAF …

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  • 107Project Excelsior — was a series of high altitude parachute jumps made by Captain (later Colonel) Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 to test the Beaupre multi stage parachute system. In one of these jumps Kittinger set world records for …

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  • 108Sensory illusions in aviation — Because human senses are adapted for use on the ground, navigating by sensory input alone during flight can be dangerous: sensory input does not always accurately reflect the movement of the aircraft, causing sensory illusions. These illusions… …

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  • 109List of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episodes (season 2) — Yu Gi Oh! GX Season 2 Country of origin Japan No. of episodes 52 …

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  • 110japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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