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The three isomeric icosahedral closo-carboranes of C2B10H12.

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Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.

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

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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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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.

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The three isomeric icosahedral closo-carboranes of C2B10H12.

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closo-carborane hypho-carborane nido-carborane metallacarborane arachno-carborane ortho-carborane para-carborane meta-carborane organometallic compound tetraethyl lead Grignard reagent metal carbonyl metalation