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Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

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Nostradamus and His Prophecies

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Timeline of the 1990s

Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

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9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

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Why Do Jeans Have That Tiny Pocket?

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Key People

Edward Murray East

American scientist

Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

British biochemist

William Prout

British chemist

Mendel, Lafayette Benedict

Lafayette Benedict Mendel

American biochemist