Great Northern Expedition

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Close up of periodic table, focus on nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, silver, cadmium

When Was the Periodic Table Invented?

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona

Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

Holi: Festival of Colors

Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

6 Lost Civilizations

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Facts

Date	1733 - 1745
Location	Russia

Key People

Steller's sea cow

Georg W. Steller

zoologist and botanist

Vitus Bering's expedition

Vitus Bering

Danish explorer

Aleksey Ilich Chirikov

Russian explorer