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Current and Historical Droughts Around the World
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
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8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century
Bear Hat Mountain above Hidden Lake on a crest of the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, Montana
Exploring 7 of Earth’s Great Mountain Ranges
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Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.
How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials
Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day
Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)
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Major Mass Extinctions
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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances
Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays
Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?
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Why Are Some Time Zones 30 Minutes Off Instead of an Hour?
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Nebraska grasslands
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George Catlin: Buffalo Hunt, Chase
Distribution of Indigenous peoples of the North American Plains
Calgary
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