The first major public power plant in Europe was constructed in Great Britain.
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Listing of prices ending in 9,99 or 95 is used to make products appear cheaper that they really are. As we are accustomed of reading from left to right they register the first number and then make an immediate conclusion about the price. Several studies about sales tell that even 1 cent difference in the prices ending in .99 and .00 can have tremendous effect on the sales.
The same marketing strategy would be used to list a $8.00 item for $7.99.
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When a colonial power or a country that has a lot of ethnicities has lost a war, (it doesn't always have to be losing a war, the major power could just be heavily weakened and still won) especially a world war, many secession movements and rebellion movements will occur. This occured in the British and French empires. The African and Asian colonies started independence movements and rebellion.
A notable independence movement is Britain's India(British Raj).
A notable rebellion is Vietnam(French Indochina), in the First Indochina war.
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No modern country can be governed from a single location only. The affairs of municipalities and rural areas must be left to the administration of local governments. Accordingly, all countries have at least two levels of government: central and local. A number of countries also contain a third level of government, which is responsible for the interests of more or less large regions.
