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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

Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)

Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

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9 Mind-Altering Plants

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Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

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Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

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How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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John A. Roebling

John Augustus Roebling

American engineer

Marc Séguin, the Elder

French engineer