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Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).

How Many Countries Are There in the World?

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet

10 Failed Doomsday Predictions

All Saints Day. All Souls Day. Candles in cemetery in Poland on All Saints Day, November 1. All Souls Day, November 2. Christian church, All Hallows, Solemnity of All Saints, Feast of All Saints, purgatory, Roman Catholic church

7 Unique Burial Rituals Across the World

Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.

Roman Catholic Saints

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

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Key People

Euclid

Euclid

Greek mathematician

Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, 1966.

Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov

Russian mathematician

David Hilbert

David Hilbert

German mathematician

Hippocrates of Chios

Greek mathematician