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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

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King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg

Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game

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10 Great Sports Rivalries

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What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

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11 of the World’s Most Famous Warplanes

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles

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Date	70 BCE - 18
Related Artists	Horace • Cicero • Virgil • Catullus • Livy • Lucretius • Marcus Terentius Varro • Gaius Licinius Calvus