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Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

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Why Is It Called Black Friday?

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Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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

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Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)

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Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

Nelson Mandela, undated photo.

15 Nelson Mandela Quotes

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Eastern Mayan languages Huastec language Tz’utujil language Teco language Tojolabal language Chol language Sacapultec language Yucatec language K’iche’ language Kaqchikel language Totonacan languages Xinkan languages Tequistlatecan languages Otomanguean languages Mixe-Zoquean languages Uto-Aztecan languages Aztec-Tanoan hypothesis Cuitlatec language Ikoot language Tarascan language

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Benjamin Lee Whorf

Benjamin Lee Whorf

American linguist

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