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Abandoned school in Pripyat in the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant

Nuclear Exclusion Zones

Community service - volunteers picking up garbage in a park during a spring cleanup. Environmentalism

A Timeline of Environmental History

Wide angle view of Pripyat from Polissya Hotel. Chernobyl nuclear power plant zone of alienation.

30th Anniversary of Chernobyl

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Close up of periodic table, focus on nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, silver, cadmium

When Was the Periodic Table Invented?

Lead image for "A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps"

A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps

Amendments 1-10 to the Constitution of the United States constitute what is known as the Bill of Rights on an American flag.

What Is the Emoluments Clause?

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

New Seven Wonders of the World

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Calendar marking march 15th

22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered

Statue of Liberty in front of the skyline of Manhattan, New York City, New York.

Who Was the Woman Behind the Statue of Liberty?

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Emanuel Shinwell, Baron Shinwell of Easington

British politician

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Energy & Fossil Fuels