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Kilauea volcano

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7 (or 8) Summits: The World’s Highest Mountains by Continent

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8 of the World’s Most-Remote Islands

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Just How Many Oceans Are There?

Arenal Volcano in northwestern Costa Rica in the province of Alajuela.

Are Volcanoes Dangerous When They’re Not Erupting?

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A Tale of Two Submerged Continents

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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Were the Nazis Socialists?

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

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What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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Hawaii: Onomea Falls

Kilauea volcano

Physical features of Hawaii

Behold magma eruptions from Earth's core ushering lava rivers down Kilauea in Hawaii

Study how magma erupts as lava and turns into pumice or hardens to form a shield volcano

The stages of lava: From eruption to cooling

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Island, New Caledonia.

Islands and Archipelagos