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Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Paul Revere. "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.," engraved by Paul Revere. Boston Massacre.

There’s a Riot Goin’ On: Riots in U.S. History (Part One)

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

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

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Middle East bee locator map

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

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Key People

Pierre Perrault

French hydrologist

Day, Arthur L.

Arthur L. Day

American geophysicist

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Water and its Varying Forms