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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

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

Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

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Helmholtz.

Hermann von Helmholtz

German scientist and philosopher

Condillac, engraving by Pierre-Nicolas Ransonnette

Étienne Bonnot de Condillac

French philosopher

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist

Gustav Fechner

German philosopher and physicist

Georg Elias Müller

German psychologist