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solar eclipse, sun, moon, astronomy, space

How Do You Tell the Difference Between Total, Annular, Solar, and Lunar Eclipses?

World map. Continents. Oceans. Mendel thumb ok

Just How Many Oceans Are There?

Calendar marking march 15th

22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around

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

When Was the Periodic Table Invented?

Centimetres vs inches, metal rulers on a white background with clipping path.

15 Questions About Units of Measurement Answered

On the Beach

novel by Shute

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discussed in biography

In Nevil Shute
His most famous work, On the Beach (1957), which he wrote while living in Australia, reflected his pessimism for humanity in the atomic age.
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film adaptation

In Stanley Kramer: Directing
…adaptation of Nevil Shute’s apocalyptic novel. The powerful film starred Fred Astaire, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins, and Gregory Peck.
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In On the Beach
…was based on the apocalyptic novel of the same name by Nevil Shute.
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