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  2. Subsistence agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. [ 1] Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occur principally with an eye toward what the family will need during the coming year, and only ...

  3. Moiré pattern - Wikipedia

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    Moiré pattern. A moiré pattern formed by two units of parallel lines, one unit rotated 5° clockwise relative to the other. The fine lines that make up the sky in this image create moiré patterns when shown at some resolutions for the same reason that photographs of televisions exhibit moiré patterns: the lines are not absolutely level ...

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Six years later, it introduced a series of seven Postage Due stamps in denominations ranging from 1¢ to 50¢, all printed in the same brownish-red color and conforming to the same uniform and highly utilitarian design, with their denominations rendered in numerals much larger than those found on definitive stamps. The design remained unchanged ...

  5. Food and Agriculture Organization - Wikipedia

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    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations[ note 1] ( FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to "let there be bread".

  6. Demographics of Iran - Wikipedia

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    15.78 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) Death rate. 5.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) Urbanization. urban population: 76.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanisation: 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) Life expectancy in Iran since 1950. Life expectancy in Iran since 1960 by gender.

  7. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [ e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery ...

  8. Population growth - Wikipedia

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    Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. [ 2] The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 8.1 billion in 2024. [ 3] The UN projected population to keep growing, and estimates have put ...

  9. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The United States dollar ( symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.