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2016-11-07

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Jesus nut

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The main rotor retaining nut or mast nut, often colloquially referred to as the Jesus nut, holds the main rotor to the mast of some helicopters. The related slang term Jesus pin refers to the lock pin used to secure the retaining nut. A failure of this nut is likely to result in a crash. More generally, Jesus nut is us…

HTTP 404

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In HTTP, the 404 response status code indicates that a web client was able to communicate with a server, but the server…

2016 United States presidential election

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Reserve Bank of India

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Elizabeth II

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Treaty Oak (Austin, Texas)

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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

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