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8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

A mural saluting the actual, and especially folklore, figure Johnny Appleseed in downtown Mansfield, Ohio

Was Johnny Appleseed a Real Person?

Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.

How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

Chinese dragon sculpture or statue.

10 Legendary Creatures from Around the World

"John Dee performing an experiment before Queen Elizabeth I" by Henry Gillard Glindoni. Oil painting 18th century. Pentimento, occult, sorcery, magic.

Queen Elizabeth's Court Occultist

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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).

How Many Countries Are There in the World?

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

green digital binary symbols

What Comes After Terabyte?

Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.

9 American Political Scandals

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