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• USS Daniel (DE-335)
  |Ship in service= ...s destroyer escort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]].
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• USS Manhasset (AG-47)
  |Ship namesake= an inlet of [[Long Island Sound]] on the coast of [[Long Island, New York]] |Ship completed= in 1923 as the [[cargo ship]] ''SS Wilton''
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• USS Muskeget (AG-48)
  |Ship completed= in 1923 as ''SS Cornish'' |Ship acquired= by the USS Navy, 29 December 1941
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• Vickers 10 inch /45 naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |service=1904-1923
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• Mark 14 torpedo
  |caption= A Mark 14 torpedo on display at [[Fisherman's Wharf]] in [[San Francisco]] |origin= [[United States]]
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• QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
  | caption = 5.25 in dual turret on [[HMS Sirius (82)|HMS ''Sirius'']] | length =275.5 in total
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• Aspirin
  {{Redirect|Asprin|the author|Robert Asprin}}
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• Astragalus lentiginosus
  ...'Astragalus lentiginosus''''' is a species of [[Fabaceae|legume]] known by the [[common name]]s '''spotted locoweed'''<ref name=VetPath>{{cite book ...he fruit of a given individual are generally needed to identify it down to the variety.
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...en developed, both online and on [[optical media]]. Since the early 1930s, the ''Britannica'' has developed several "spin-off" products to leverage its re ...nica''. The first encyclopedia to include biographies of living people was the 64-volume ''[[Grosses Universal-Lexicon]]'' (published 1732–1759) of [[Jo
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• Catholic Encyclopedia
  ...e."<ref>[[s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Encyclopedia preface|Preface]] to the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://oce.catholic.com/ ...clopedia and its Makers |location=New York |publisher=[[Encyclopedia Press|The Encyclopedia Press]] |pages=iii–viii |nopp=yes|oclc=748253}}</ref>
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• List of foods named after people
  ...54), first published in 1888, and subsequently rising to be a major figure in French literature, was favored early on by Charles Ranhofer with this goose ...tartlets all bear her name, as later chefs remembered her for her interest in food.
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• List of eponyms of stadiums in the United States
  This is a list of [[eponym]]s of [[stadium]]s in the [[United States]]. ...[[Auburn, Alabama|Auburn]], named for [[Ralph Jordan]] and [[Cliff Hare]], the field is named for [[Pat Dye]] (former coach).
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...cal leader]]s, and respected [[teacher]]s or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for ==Institutions named for people associated with the institution==
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• List of eponymous laws
  ...h as [[Murphy's law]]; or given [[eponym]]ous names despite the absence of the named person. ...ottish Vowel Length Rule|Aitken's Law]] — describes how [[vowel length]] in [[Scots language|Scots]] and [[Scottish English]] is conditioned by environ
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• Amobarbital
  | legal_status = [[Schedule II]]/[[Schedule III]] ([[United States|US]]) ...and a slightly bitter taste. It was first synthesized in [[Germany]] in [[1923]]. If amobarbital is taken for extended periods of time, physical and [[Sub
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• Anacin
  ...the-counter]] [[pharmaceutical]] agents used to combat pain and headaches. The Anacin brand is currently owned by [[Insight Pharmaceuticals]]. Anacin's ac ...Knight and was first estimated to be used in the year of 1916 as stated in the patent.<ref>http://knightlabs.net/images%5Canacinc.jpg
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• Cannabis (drug)
  {{Dablink|For the plant genus, see [[Cannabis]]. For other uses of cannabis, see [[Cannabis#I ...tion = Dried flowers from the [[Cannabis|''Cannabis sativa'']] plant. Note the visible [[trichomes]] (commonly known as "crystals"), which contain large q
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• History of general anesthesia
  ...Surgeons [[John Collins Warren]] and [[Henry Jacob Bigelow]] are included in this [[daguerrotype]] by [[Southworth & Hawes]].]] ...ce of [[Medicine in medieval Islam|medicine]] in the [[Arab World]] during the middle ages, while alchemists like [[Paracelsus]] made some advances.
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• Oktoberfest
  {{About|Munich Oktoberfest|the special strong beer|Märzen|Oktoberfests elsewhere|Oktoberfest celebrations ...ies across the world also hold [[Oktoberfest celebrations]], modeled after the Munich event.
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• Rosewood massacre
  ...ks and two whites were killed in [[Rosewood, Florida|Rosewood]] in January 1923]] ...]]s in the years before the massacre, including a well-publicized incident in December 1922.
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