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Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies

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Timeline of the 2000s

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

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Holi: Festival of Colors

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

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Do Camels Store Water in Their Humps?

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6 Lost Civilizations

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around

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.

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Also Known As	James Mark Burnett
Born	July 17, 1960 (age 64) • Essex • England

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Julian Fellowes

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