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Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

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

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Ivan Kuskov

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Fort Ross

In Fort Ross
In 1808 the company sent Ivan Kuskov to look for settlement sites in California. In 1811 he found an ideal location on a scenic rocky cliff above some rugged, sandy beaches in northern California. The following March Kuskov returned with 25 Russians and 80 Unangan (Aleut) to start building the…
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