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Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

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Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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turbidite manganese nodule pelagic sediment hemipelagic sediment ooze biogenic ooze globigerina ooze radiolarian ooze diatom ooze pteropod ooze biolith terrigenous sediment authigenic sediment turbidity current submarine slump colluvium sedimentary rock oceanic ridge deep-sea trench submarine canyon

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Maurice Ewing

American geophysicist