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Okumura Masanobu: Hanshozuku Bijin Soroi

Mizuno Toshikata, c. 1895

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6 Wars of Independence

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How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

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

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

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

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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Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

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printmaking: Japanese ukiyo-e prints

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Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese artist

Kaburagi Kiyokata

Japanese painter