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Faryl Smith (born 1995) is a British soprano who

American actress and
rose to fame after competing on the second series
singer Doris Day
of the ITV television show Britain's Got Talent in
(pictured) dies at the
2008. Although she was a favourite to win after the
age of 97.
second round, and received praise throughout the
The United Nations
competition, she finished outside the top three in
reports that, due to
the live final. Smith signed a contract with Universal Doris Day in 1957
human activity, the
Classics and Jazz for a £2.3  million advance in
Earth's biodiversity has suffered a
December 2008, the largest ever granted to a
catastrophic decline unprecedented in
schoolgirl. Her debut album, Faryl, was released in
human history.
March 2009 and became the fastest-selling solo classical album in British
chart history, selling 29,200 copies in the first week. Thanks to the album's At least 29 people are killed in clashes
success, Smith was nominated for two Classical BRIT awards, becoming at the Gaza–Israel border.
the youngest ever double nominee. Her second album, and last with Judd Trump wins the World Snooker
Universal, was Wonderland, which was released in November 2009. Since Championship, defeating John Higgins
the end of her contract with Universal, Smith has continued to perform and in the final.
record music. (Full article...)
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In firearms, rifling is the helical groove pattern that is machined into

the internal (bore) surface of a gun's barrel, for the purpose of
exerting torque and thus imparting a spin to a projectile around its
longitudinal axis during shooting. This spin serves to gyroscopically
stabilize the projectile by conservation of angular momentum,
improving its aerodynamic stability and accuracy over smoothbore
designs.

This picture, taken in 2016, shows the conventional rifling of an

Austro-Hungarian 90 mm (3.5 in) M75 cannon, manufactured in 1891,
on display at Ljubljana Castle in Slovenia.

Photograph credit: Petar Milošević

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