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  2. List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia

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    15% ( +10% in profits exceeding BR$ 20.000 + 9% Social Contribution Tax or 15% for financial institutions, insurance and capitalisation companies ) 0% [50] 47.5% (27.5% income tax rate applied to annual income exceeding BR$55,976.15 [51] + 20% top social security tax rate for self-employed workers [52] )

  3. Roblox - Wikipedia

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    The company stated that it was wanting to increase the platform's appeal to a young adult audience of users 17–24, which it stated was the fastest-growing demographic on Roblox. On June 20, 2023, Roblox started allowing games rated as only for players 17 years and over, which are permitted to have more graphic violence, romantic themes, and ...

  4. Generation Z - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Generation Z (often shortened to Gen Z ), colloquially known as Zoomers, [1] [2] [3] is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years.

  5. Ethanol - Wikipedia

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    Ethanol is the oldest known sedative, used as an oral general anesthetic during surgery in ancient Mesopotamia and in medieval times. [15] [16] Mild intoxication starts at a blood alcohol concentration of 0.03-0.05 % and induces anesthetic coma at 0.4%. [24] However, this use carried the high risk of deadly alcohol intoxication and pulmonary ...

  6. Sinking of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    John Jacob Astor saw his wife off to safety in No. 4 boat at 01:55 but was refused entry by Lightoller, even though 20 of the 60 seats aboard were unoccupied. [138] The last boat to be launched was collapsible D, which left at 02:05 with 25 people aboard; [140] two more men jumped on the boat as it was being lowered. [141]

  7. Sun - Wikipedia

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    Why is the Sun's corona so much hotter than the Sun's surface? (more unsolved problems in astronomy) The temperature of the photosphere is approximately 6,000 K, whereas the temperature of the corona reaches 1,000,000–2,000,000 K. The high temperature of the corona shows that it is heated by something other than direct heat conduction from the photosphere. It is thought that the energy ...

  8. ESPN - Wikipedia

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    ESPN. ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network [2]) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen ...

  9. Atmosphere of Earth - Wikipedia

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    As of 2023, by mole fraction (i.e., by number of molecules), dry air contains 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. Air also contains a variable amount of water vapor , on average around 1% at sea level, and 0.4% over the entire atmosphere.