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According to Wikipedia , the company has raised more than $230 million dollars for more than 23,000 projects since it got started. Even more impressive, Kickstarter has a project success rate of close to 45 per cent. Success is defined by whether the project met or surpassed the threshold set by the project organizers).

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According to Wikipedia , the company has raised more than $75 million dollars for more than 10,000 projects since it got started. Even more impressive, Kickstarter has a project success rate of close to 45 per cent. Success is defined by whether the project met or surpassed the threshold set by the project organizers).

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Some of the resources you will find here include historical documents, manuscripts, artwork, maps, photos, letters and film. The site looks almost exactly like Wikipedia, but there is a difference between the two: Scholarpedia can be cited in research papers. Current style options include MLA, Chicago/Turabian, APA and Wikipedia.

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