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Lake Mead is seen in the distance behind a dead creosote bush in an area of dry, cracked earth that used to be underwater near where the Lake Mead Marina was once located on June 12, 2021 in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada.

Comprehension Quiz: Water Scarcity

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Infographic on water scarcity. water availability, water use, inefficient irrigation, water pollution

Water Scarcity Facts and Statistics

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in 2019. (Meghan Markle, British royalty)

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Calendar showing the month of February

Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?

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?

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.

9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

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water harvesting

Researchers invent a device that can harvest drinkable water from desert air.

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