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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

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

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

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geology

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mineral deposits

In mining: Delineation
…ore body is called the footwall.
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structure of faults

In fault
…block below is called the footwall. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and Earth’s surface. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.
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