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Why some volcanic eruptions are more explosive than others

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Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

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Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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

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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

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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

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	silicon dioxide

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silica mineral silica gel alumina zirconia silica keatite silicosis tabashir phytolith oxide vanadic anhydride zirconia water alumina sulfur oxide titanium dioxide oxide mineral sulfoxide peroxide quicklime

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Jean-Charles Galissard de Marignac

Swiss chemist