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

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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antisemitism homophobia racism sexism audism discrimination ableism ageism classism misogyny loyalty toleration belief concept propositional attitude optimism pessimism

Key People

Henri Tajfel

Polish-born British social psychologist

Morris Janowitz

American sociologist