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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Knot_(unit)Knot (unit) - Wikipedia

    The knot (/ n ɒ t /) is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, exactly 1.852 km/h (approximately 1.151 mph or 0.514 m/s). The ISO standard symbol for the knot is kn.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Desmond_DossDesmond Doss - Wikipedia

    Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) [1] was an American United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in World War II. Due to his religious beliefs, he refused to carry a weapon. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions on Guam and in the Philippines.

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  4. The United States Penitentiary, McCreary (USP McCreary) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated McCreary County, Kentucky. [1] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp for ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › KnotKnot - Wikipedia

    The proper tying of a knot can be the difference between an attractive knot and a messy one, and occasionally life and death. It is important to understand the often subtle differences between what works, and what does not.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Unit_731Unit 731 - Wikipedia

    Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment: 198 and the Ishii Unit, was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945 ...

  7. The offset overhand bend ( OOB, ABoK No. 1410) is a knot used to join two ropes together end-to-end. It is formed by holding two rope ends next to each other and tying an overhand knot in them as if they were a single line.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lord_KelvinLord Kelvin - Wikipedia

    William Thomson, aged 22. The meander of the River Kelvin containing the Neo-Gothic Gilmorehill campus of the University of Glasgow designed by George Gilbert Scott, to which the university moved in the 1870s (photograph 1890s) Thomson had heart problems and nearly died when he was 9 years old.

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