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Law, Legislation, Document

What Is an Injunction?

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Are There Laws on the High Seas?

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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

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

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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

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‘You’re His Property’: How One Sheriff Used Inmate Labor on His Family Farm • Mar. 27, 2025, 12:24 AM ET (New York Times)

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