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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

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

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Who Invented the Internet?

Eye. Eyelash. Eyeball. Vision.

7 Vestigial Features of the Human Body

President Richard M. Nixon smiles and gives the victory sign as he boards the White House helicopter after his resignation on August 9, 1974 in Washington, D.C.

Timeline of the 1970s

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How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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7 Drugs that Changed the World

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Also Known As	Mishnayot • Mishnah

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The Ethics of the Fathers Qodashim Neziqin Ṭohorot Moʿed Nashim seder Talmud and Midrash Jewish law Tosefta Yiddish literature Hebrew Bible Midrash Hebrew literature apocrypha Halakhah Haggada responsa minhag Baraita

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Judaism: The making of the Mishna

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Ashi

Babylonian-Jewish scholar

Obadiah of Bertinoro

Italian rabbi and author

Moses Maimonides

Moses Maimonides

Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician

Yom Ṭov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller

Bohemian rabbi and scholar

Gamaliel III

Jewish scholar