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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

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?

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

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

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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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Also Known As	circulatory shock

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anaphylaxis cardiogenic shock refractory shock irreversible shock septic shock neurogenic shock psychogenic shock circulatory system cardiovascular disease syncope

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Key People

Sir William Maddock Bayliss

British physiologist

Walter Bradford Cannon

American neurologist and physiologist

anesthesia

George Washington Crile

American surgeon

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