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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

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10 Great Sports Rivalries

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

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Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

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Facts and Figures About the Landings on Omaha Beach During the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944

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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Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

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Leopold Ružička

Swiss chemist

Henry Edward Armstrong

British chemist

Wallach

Otto Wallach

German chemist