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Time zone map with standard time zones and International Date Line

Why Are Some Time Zones 30 Minutes Off Instead of an Hour?

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)

Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet

Major Mass Extinctions

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.

Uninvited Guests: The 7 Worst Parasitic Worms

Middle East bee locator map

Are the Middle East and the Near East the Same Thing?

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

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Pierce, John Robinson

John Robinson Pierce

American scientist

William Webster Hansen

American physicist

Sigurd F. Varian

American engineer

Russell H. Varian

American physicist