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Zasiewanie chmur
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Zasiewanie chmur

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Zasiewanie chmur – forma modyfikacji pogody, będąca próbą zmiany ilości lub rodzaju opadów z chmur. Poprzez rozpylenie substancji służących jako jądra kondensacji lub zarodki krystalizacji powodowane są zmiany w procesach mikrofizycznych wewnątrz chmury. Zazwyczaj intencją jest zwiększenie opadów, a na lotniskach prakt…

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Kaduceusz, kerykejon, oba od gr. κῆρυξ – symboliczna laska.

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2022
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At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
2010
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Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month.
2001
Windows_XP
Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale.
1950
People's_Volunteer_Army
The People's Volunteer Army ambushed the South Korean II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, and elsewhere engaged the 1st Infantry Division at the Battle of Unsan, marking China's entry into the Korean War.
1944
Heinrich_Himmler
Heinrich Himmler ordered a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a nonconformist youth group that assisted army deserters and others hiding from the Nazis.
1944
USS_Tang_(SS-306)
USS Tang, the U.S. Navy submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own torpedo.
1927
SS_Principessa_Mafalda
The Italian cruise liner SS Principessa Mafalda sank when a propeller shaft broke and fractured the hull, resulting in 314 deaths.
1924
Daily_Mail
The Daily Mail published the Zinoviev letter, a hoax purported to be a directive from Moscow to increase communist agitation.
1920
Terence_MacSwiney
Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention.
1864
American_Civil_War
American Civil War: During Price's Missouri Expedition, Union troops defeated Sterling Price's Confederate army in three successive battles: Marais des Cygnes, Mine Creek, and Marmiton River.

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