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

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

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

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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Key People

Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

Pakistani politician

Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair

Indian statesman

Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, sepia drawing by George Frederick Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet

British law scholar

Satyendra Prassano Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur

Indian statesman

Mahadev Govind Ranade

Indian politician

Sir Benegal Narsing Rau

Indian jurist

Baba Amte

Indian lawyer and social activist